Thought For The Day

The church is the body of Christ on this earth. What exactly is the duty of the church, that living organism that breathes and talks and moves upon the earth. The body of Christ Jesus. We don't just represent the body of Christ, we are the body of Christ , representing all of the Father's nature of LOVE! It was birthed to represent the heavenly kingdom.  To preach, heal, pray, speak to the mountains of problems they will encounter, and most of all to reach lost souls, and show them the love of God. The church sometimes meets in a building or homes, or stadiums, sometimes a store front. Jesus said, "where two or three are gathered in His name He is there in their midst." So wherever believers are together, Jesus is there. Ephesians 2:19-20 Now therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself bein...

Our hearts are God's birth place and our lives are His home. Have you ever wondered why God takes us just as we are? It is because, He wants to place His nature in us.  He has already made us in His image, but through sin, our character and nature was marred. The very character of Jesus is being formed in us. God formed us (Genesis 1:26) "Let us make man in our image" Sin deformed us ( Romans 3:23) "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Human knowledge reforms us ( Proverbs 14 :12) There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it leads to death." Christ transforms us (Romans 5:1) Being justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." The Word of God conforms us . (2Timothy 3:16) All scripture is God breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness." The trouble with human knowledge is that it will change and not be stable, it is fickle ...

As this world gets more troubled,  it is only a setting for the glory of God to show up.   God lets things go just so far and then He steps in with the glory from heaven.  Things people could not have dreamed of, God is doing today. Rejoice!! The sleeping giant that was caught in religion, or I should say religious activities, good things, and being servants, and that's needed, but we must spend time with Jesus first. But now instead of so much focus on how to fix self and others, the sleeping Giant has its eyes back on the Lord Jesus and spending more time with Him, sitting at His feet. Conferences are nice, church service is needed, but we need to spend personal time with Jesus, sitting at His feet. Luke 10:38-42 Now it happened as they went that they entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into their house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus feet and heard His word. But Martha was distra...

God is saving from the gutter most,  to the uttermost, those ones that we believe to be lost. Don't give up on those who are acting out in sin,  living the unbridled nature, like a wild horse. Those are the very people that God will use in a greater way than we could ever have believe He would be able to use. 1Corinthians 1:26-29 For you see your calling brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things that are mighty, and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and things which are not,  to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. Don't give up on those that are lost and living out a life of sin. We see only those ones in the natural, God sees what He intends to make them become in Christ ...

Living in this kingdom of God here on this earth, will bring challenges in our life. We now are being changed with a new nature, God's very nature. Like a ship when the wind comes it must adjust it's sails, so we must adjust our life to reveal that we are the Kings kids and reveal our royalty in all we do. Speak life! Jesus has saved us, and daily we are being changed, is that change evident in your life? We all struggle with the old nature, that sinful nature trying to rear its head from the grave we buried it in. Stay strong and draw on the Lords strength. We do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:25-32 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.  "Be angry, and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil .  Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good that he may have something to ...

Knowing and acting upon what is first in our life, will set the day in order in all we set our heart and mind to do. God and His kingdom should always come first. Matthew 6:31-33 Therefore do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or what shall we wear?" For after all these things the Gentiles seek.  For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. As soon as we open our eyes, Jesus should be on our heart and mind.  All that He is doing is good, and for the betterment of our life and His kingdom. When we love God, we want to tell Him so, and praise Him, as we open our eyes to start our day. Matthew 22:36-40 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him. "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind"   This is the first and...

Let us be patient and not waver in our hope, enduring until the end. We want everything to be instant.  Instant food, coffee, instant answers, yet we do not consider the fact that as we wait we learn to be more patient for things and with people, we are building our hope and hope does not disappoint. 1Thessalonians 1: 2-3 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father.  James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience .  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect (mature) and complete, lacking nothing. The word patient or patience means: to never give up , never quit ,  we will not surrender, hold your ground, keep your position. Endure! The early church was under ...