Thought For The Day

When you set your heart to ask God for something, do you really believe that you will have the answer? Matthew 21-22 "And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing , you will receive." I always pray before I leave the house, that God will direct me to the one I am to share His love with today. God always has someone. When we pray, we should expect an answer.  Luke 11:9 "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Our answer comes in a day or years, but it does come. God never fails to answer.  John 14:14 "If you ask anything in My name I will do it. Jesus has souls that He wants to reach and bless. I was getting in line at the store, but the manager of the store moved me to another isle.  I knew that would be a divine appointment, and it was. God had hand picked the person that I was to bless and share Jesus with. He was the one who helped me to my car, a true believer. We had great fellowship....

Anytime you share Jesus and the gospel, that is a ministry.  The Holy Spirit works on us first, so that we will have a desire to share God's love. That preparation time   seems like an attack from the enemy, but it is God working on us and in us transforming us to be like Jesus. When the Lord begins to remove things and people from our life, we don't understand what's happening. Some went to heaven and others went their way. People that we thought would always be there, were removed.  We don't understand at first, but then God's word makes it clear, when we look at the lives of those God transformed and used. We are no different then they were. Moses, Joseph, Jacob, David, Job, Paul and many others. They were being prepped to have new and different lives.    Romans12:1-2 I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed ...

  These are things we need to ask ourselves. If you are an active participant in God's kingdom, then you will bear fruit. If you are a passive observer, you will not have fruit. We are known by our fruit. Our lives in Jesus. Passive observers are not disciples of Jesus, because they just observe what others are doing. John 15:8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit: so you will be My disciples. The passive observer only watch what others are doing, they only do what they believe is expected of them.  They do show up at church, but, they don't want to get involved. They just watch from a distant. Their heart is not connected to all that Jesus has taught, and all He is doing in the world.  They may have a ministry, but it is to glorify themselves not our Lord Jesus. We all have seen this through the years. So sad they miss the wonderful fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Beloved, it is a wonderful thing, when a passive observer comes to follow Jesus. Not just...