Acts 9:6 in part :
“Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”
Paul had just been struck down on the road to Demacus. Meeting the Lord he had thought he was serving.
Finding out his error, his first words: “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”
How often have I found out I am doing the wrong thing, or going the wrong way, or believing in a wrong or false premise?
Is my responce: “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” ????? Continue reading
What is Expired Faith?
Expired Faith is a Faith that doesn’t really believe that the signs and wonders, miracles, gifts of the Spirit are possible today.
After all I believe, I pray for miracles, I believe in healing, forgiveness, victory in Jesus. I don’t experience these things in my life, so God must not be operating that way since the Apostles died away.
It’s not me, or my Denominational teachings that are holding God back. It is just a time of silence like between the Old and New Testament.
BIRD FEATHERS!!!
Proverbs 8:17
King James Version (KJV)
“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early will find me.”
Jeremiah 29:12-14a
King James Version (KJV)
“Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: “
Will you seek Him early? Will you seek Him with all your heart?
He said He will be found. I hope you seek Him.
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We tend to think of multitudes wherever Jesus went. Why?
Matthew uses the word 16 times, Luke twice
Much people :
Mark, (3 times),Luke (4, in acts 6) and John (3 times) all use much people.
A freind once asked why Faith healers always had people falling down? (Slain in the Spirit ).
He said we don’t see that in the Bible.
Fell down meeting Jesus :
Matthew – 3 times
Mark – 2 and twice at his feet
Luke – 7 and 3
John – 1
How many times – immediately healed, immediately left, immediately did:
Mt – 6
Mk – 16
Lu – 9
Jo – 4
Acts – 11
Gal – 1
Rev – 1
Straightaway or straightway :
Mt – 8
Mk – 19
Lu – 4
Jo – 1
Acts – 4
Will knowing this help in any way? Probably not but I thought it was interesting.
Lord, help us to see and understand what we read.
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I received at least 2 phone calls from my Mother, (may she RIP), over the years, where you could hear hurt, disappointment and sadness in her voice.
I wish I had received neither.
One of them was in October, she called to ask if we had forgotten her birthday. (In June).
There are so many people outside the doors of our churches and homes, who do not know Jesus, do not want to hear about Jesus, will not accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
WARNING: LONG POST, DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU CARE FOR A CLOSER WALK WITH JESUS.
I stand here flummoxed. …why do they not understand the peace, joy and grace that could be theirs? Why can’t I convince even those in my own family to realize the gift of Forgiveness?
This is very frustrating. There is something even more frustrating though.
That is the number of people who believe in and accept Jesus but who do not accept the fulness of His Holy Spirit. I believe the Holy Spirit (and His Gifts ) are the Talents the Master left us and expects us to invest and increase until His return.
So many accept the impossibility of Jesus dying on the cross to save us from sin and death but the Power of the Holy Spirit. ….not for me, not for today, I don’t need it, God doesn’t want us confused.
On the day of Pentecost the first Gift of the Holy Spirit given to all, was the Gift of Tongues. The crowd received the Gift of Interpretation.
I say unto all, Watch.
Mark 13:
“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.”
Is the church watching? Continue reading
What will cause you to be satisfied? A raise? A new job? Admiration or respect of your peers?
A bigger house, a new car, a different significant other?
Not one or all of these things will satisfy. None of these things will change who or what we are inside.
Do any understand?
As a born again, Bible believing child of God, my heart is heavy. They do not understand.
We have been given a great commission, go into the world and introduce Jesus to the lost. Most of the time, I haven’t a clue how to do this effectively.
Psalm 13:1-2
“How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?”
Four times the Psalmist cried out;
HOW LONG?
~ Will You forget me? For ever?
~ Will You hide Your face from me?
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Romans: 3. 18.
Why is sin acceptable today? What happened to moral judgment, common sense, manners, right and wrong? We have taken the wrong road, we are in a downward spiral.
Why? “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
” I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.” (Verses from Psalm 4)
David would encourage himself in the Lord in times of trouble.
One way for us to do that is to have scripture implanted in our hearts and minds. This only comes from memorization, meditation and action. To know the Lord we must know His Word and walk in it.
Then you can lay down in peace and sleep, knowing the Lord is keeping you safe.
“But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.”
Are you set apart, godly? Does the Lord hear your call? Do your prayers reach the highest heavens? Do you listen and wait for His answer? Do you accept the judgements, answers to your calls?
“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.”
Is the joy of the Lord a growing fruit in your life?
Gladness isn’t about a smile on your face or a bounce in your step. It is a place of Faith, (to do His will). Wisdom, (to understand His will). Knowledge, (to know how to do His will).
Gladness, (is ours in His service).
That is where I was. A drunkerd, pot head, a man actively seeking comfort from married women. A mouth unfit for civil society. (All things that seem to be accepted today).
When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid.
Isaiah 26:3
King James Version (KJV)
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
Do you really trust the Lord? Are you concerned, worried, wondering who, what, when, where, how?
Psalm 16:11
King James Version (KJV)
“Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
I believe this and feel, I live this. I am not always smiling or happy but the joy of Salvation is in my heart. I have no fear of this life, I try not to have concerns about money or health issues. “The Lord is my Shepherd and I shall not want. ”
I have experienced the Lords supply many times in my walk with Him. He doesn’t always meet my time table but He always comes through.
Romans 12:3. Tells us God gives everyone a Measure of Faith. We choose to activate it when we repent, confess and accept Jesus as both Lord and Savior.
Then it is up to us to increase, to build up the Faith we have received. We do this by reading the Word, by stepping out in that Faith, sharing the Love and Grace, (Gods unmerited Forgiveness and Favor, Salvation).
James 2:26
“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
For Faith is not passive but demands action.
Jude 1:20
King James Version (KJV)
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
Praying in the Holy Ghost or Spirit, that my friend is Praying in Tongues. ..This is where being Filled with the Spirit comes in.
The Lord doesn’t appear to give a measure of the Holy Spirit : He certainly filled Jesus.
John 3:34
King James Version (KJV)
“For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.”
When we receive the Lord we receive the Spirit in Full, someone came up with what we have called the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
I have thought of it this way for over 30 years, the Baptism of the Spirit as a second blessing. An immersion into and of Gods Spirit.
Always hearing those who don’t speak in tongues arguing, if I didn’t have the Holy Spirit, I couldn’t have been saved.
Peter and Paul both asked: “Have you received the Holy Spirit since you’ve believed? “
They then prayed :
Acts 2:4
King James Version (KJV)
“And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
Some point out speaking in tongues is not always mentioned, true; but it is not ruled out either.
Paul encouraged us to be filled with the Spirit :
What have we done?
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy:
These words from Isaiah 9, apply to our Churches today. So many Churches, reverential, solemn, ritualistic, formal. Hymns, music so wordy no one knows what it means.
What seek ye?
What is your desire? What are your hopes? What are your dreams? What is it you seek?
Is it money, power or love? Is it peace, prosperity or purpose?
We are all seeking something, it’s elusive, it’s something we just cannot see, something that we desperately need. It is something we do not understand.
Do you think of your church as a hospital, where the sick and hurting come to heal? That’s how alot of people think.
It explains why so many continue hurting, they never seem to heal, they are continually recovering. Never getting better.
If you check my archives, you will see I have written of this before. That is why you see “The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station”.
I found some new wrinkles. Continue reading
I’ve been feeling forgotten, the Lord has been distant, uncaring, I ‘ve prayed for nought. No answer, silence, is the Lord taking a walk?
Maybe He is napping? Mayhaps He has taken His hand off the tiller of my life?
I have been floundering, sinking, lost in the storm.
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