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The Problem : The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
The Problem:
Misunderstanding the directions received.
A couple of weeks ago I bought some pansy’s for my piano planter.
Red, white and almost blue.
I was very pleased. The lady told me they would flower all winter if I snapped off the dead flowers.
Wonderful. ..easy…flowers all winter….color. I am excited.
Now the problem.
Not knowing any better, I snapped off the buds before they flowered.
How dumb is that? You would think a grown man could see what hadn’t flowered from the flowers past.
Apparently not.
I don’t know if it was fatal but there is no color now.
I stopped the plants from flowering, meeting their potential. From becoming a pleasant gift to all who came within sight.
Our ignorance of God’s plan and promises causes us to snap the flowering life out of on fire, young believers.
Our unbelieving, belief in God is our down fall.
We don’t really believe the promises of God beyond Salvation.
Why? Because so few really dig into the Spiritual.
We educate ourselves physically, but never really exercise the Spiritual.
David was known as a man after Gods heart. Why?
Read the Psalms, David knew long before Jesus, how to enter the Holy of Holies.
He spent time in Praise and Prayers, a man who knew how to take responsibility for his errors.
He knew how to repent and return to God.
We need to spend time the same way, in Praise and Prayer.
Finding our way into the presence of God. Into the place of obedient peace, joy and power.
His Promises and Power are available to “whosoever” will seek His face.
“Whosoever will become a love slave.”
Those who truly give their all to the Lord.
Will you?
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There is hope, in the Lord. Don’t give up.
Don’t give up hope,
we can survive.
Gods on our side.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
2 Peter 1:10-16 Study -The Fix-it Shop – Filling Station
This verse is an encouragement to do the former and a promise of results.
2 Peter: 1. 10.
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:“
Be diligent, give serious and thoughtful attention to, read, study, meditate. Know your calling and election. Know who you are and what you are supposed to be doing.
“The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. “
We have been called to serve, so do it. If we do “we shall never fail.” To please and grow in the image of our Lord.
2 Peter 1:11-14
“For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.”
We received our ticket to heaven when we accepted Jesus as Lord. The gates of heaven will be opened wide, I am pretty sure there will be a cloud of witnesses to our triumphant entrance.
Peter wants to remind us….to keep on, don’t give up, we will bare fruit at the time appointed. He would have us established, faithful, strong, ready to answer those in need. Work men, not ashamed, working.
Knowing his time is short, Jesus had prophesied his death and he was ready.
2 Peter: 1. 15,16
“Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
He wants us to continue in his absence, he hasn’t made this up, he knew Jesus and faithfully gave us His Word and Will.
2 Peter: 1:10-16
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
Lord, help us to endeavour to grow in your likeness, to walk in Your path, to bring others into Your flock.
A Sun and Shield: Psalm 84 : 11-12 – 4 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Psalm 84:11-12
King James Version (KJV)
” For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”
The final phrase:
“O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”
》O Lord of Hosts:
He is no longer telling us who and what the Lord God is and does. Now he is speaking to the Lord Himself. Letting Him know that the Psalmist recognized the blessings of God, that are available to those who trust Him.
》Blessed is the man:
Blessed, happy, fortunate, to be envied is the man, the individual, that knows the Lord enough to trust Him.
》Trusteth in Thee:
O Lord, that we would learn to trust, to rest in You, to believe You are and You are a rewarder of them that diligently seek You.
Lord, I thank You for Your Blessings, Your provision, Your Mercy and Grace.
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A Sun and Shield: Psalm 84:11,12 – 2 -The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Psalm 84:11-12
King James Version (KJV)
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.”
One of my favorite songs and Psalms. Lively, upbeat, hopeful, the Word. Truth, for today.
Do you believe it? Today let’s look at what the Lord has promised us.
“the Lord will give grace and glory:”
one thing I know: – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
One thing I know. …
If there was only one thing I knew, it would be the fact that Jesus saved me and gave me a new life. This scripture, is the statement of a man born blind.
John 9:25
King James Version (KJV)
“He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.”
What is it that gives us that confidence, Continue reading
A double minded man: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
I was 12 and quite a thrill to see this in the big parade. James warns us about being Double minded.
James 1:8
“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”
Joshua 24
“choose you this day whom ye will serve;”
Who do you choose, are you following the road to perdition? Or the Way of Salvation?
“as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
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“My grace is sufficient for thee: “-The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
All my Christian life I have heard of Pauls thorn in the flesh, “it is his eyes, or religious Jews “.
I see in the scriptures that he had problems with his sight, no denying that and with the religious, still a problem for those seeking God today.
Do I think he would seek the Lord for either of these things,? No, he rebuked the religious and Satan alike. No this thorn went much deeper.
1 Corinthians 12
“lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
“My grace is sufficient for thee: ”
Home Group – teaching of Andy Stanley
The Sunday evening home group we attend has beed watching Andy Stanley videos. He is an interesting and enlightening teacher.
He has been explaining that Jesus called His followers Disciples, and He reminded us, that Jesus gave us: (search Andy Stanley on U tube)
John 13:34
King James Version (KJV)
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
He said people would know we are His Disciples if we learn to love, as He loved.
I am going to give you my take of his message. …. (my apologies are in order).
》To learn to love as Jesus loved, we must look at His actions of love.
Jesus gave truth, you are a sinner followed by grace, I will forgive you.
He brought up as examples the woman at the well and the woman caught in adultery.
The love of Jesus :
John 1:14
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Jesus was full of grace, (grace is salvation, forgiveness, mercy, acceptance ) and full of truth. (He not only sees your sin but helps you to recognize it).
He always gives you a way to escape. ..a path to forgiveness, acceptance, salvation.
Please look for the Teaching by Andy Stanley, it is his revelation, and explains it so well. I think the title was: Gracie meets Truthy
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The Holy Spirit in Acts 16 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
My morning reading today started in Acts 16, I could not help but notice how active the Spirit was in Pauls life at this time.
Paul knew the Lord and how to hear and obey the Spirit. We could learn this also.
》The first step to hearing the Spirit is to be doing what You already know the Lords bidding. (Sharing the Gospel where you are).
Paul desired to go to Asia, good idea, worthy work, not Gods plan:
“forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,”
“the Spirit suffered them not.”
His desire denied, do we see him sulking, upset, indignant that God had the nerve to disagree with his plans?
Not hardly. ..what followed was prayer, an attitude of yes Lord. We find:
“a vision appeared to Paul in the night;”
“after he had seen the vision, immediately “
If you were to look up how many times the Disciples moved immediately or straightway, we might learn how to see results in our work for God.
Of course, Paul and Silas ended up in jail for their testimony. They cowered in fear, knowing all was lost. (not quite, lol)
“At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.”
Knowing God, obedient to the Spirit, they counted it joy to be imprisoned for the Gospel. The Word of God spread because they obeyed.
They went about preaching, teaching and a:
“certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination”
Followed, proclaiming them to be men of God.
“Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.”
We see an example of “Discerning of Spirits” and the “healing of same”.
Lord, I pray that all that love and serve you would learn to listen to and walk in obedience with Your Holy Spirit, that we would see You working in our lives and in those we meet.
Amen
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Flying by the seat… – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
A local radio commercial asks, whether we have planed for retirement or are we flying by the seat of our pants?
The older I get the more I regret, that I have never been one to plan. Continue reading
I was in the spirit:
” I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,”
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
“I was in the spirit”
“the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.”
“the man whose eyes are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:”
“I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)”
To be like Barnabas : The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
Who was Barnabas?
First off a man who gave up all, to follow Jesus:
“Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.”
A man who recognized the hand of God in Pauls life and took him to the brothers.
Can you find Him? – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
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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Mom was disappointed : The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
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).
I say unto all, Watch: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
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
O Lord, How Long? – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
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?
Measure of Faith vrs Full of the Spirit : – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
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 seek ye? – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station
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.
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