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The most constant cry of the Lord: ” Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.”

The Lords greatest desire, His plan from the Garden.  To walk with man, to have a personal, all encompassing relationship with You and Me, both of us individually.

We read of John, leaning on the breast of Jesus;  the only Apostle to die a natural death.  Do we think he is the only one Jesus loved?  No;   I am here to tell you, the breast of Jesus is available to us all.

He was the one. Abraham, was the one. Noah, was the one.  Enoch, was the one. Billy Graham is the one.  Are you the one?

How well you know and how close you walk with Him is up to you.  You are the one who chooses to accept the offer of His presence, His person, in your life.

Are you obedient?  Are you repentant?  Are you trustworthy?  Humble, teachable, moldable, flexible and thankful for His Grace?

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Lord, I  long to be one of the ones who have chosen to rest on Your breast.  To take up Your Yoke and to walk in Obedience and Faithfulness in Your Love.

One whom You can trust.  Whom You can Annoint,  to do Your work…to lead whosoever will to Salvation.  To heal the sick, give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, make the lame walk. 

Lord, I need to serve a God of Power.  Please Lord,  may I be the one?  Lord, mold me, make me, use me, please.

Neglected Caroline – 8/1/15

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Neglected Caroline  –  This cactus was given to my wife about 13 years ago.  It sits outside all year and blooms once every three years.   Blooms where planted.

Go forth and do the same.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Psalm 31:12
” I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”

What have you done for me today?

That is what is important to many people.   If you haven’t propped them up,  scratched their backs, or given them something.  You don’t exist.

Not so for the Lord.   The “steadfast love of the Lord never changes “.

Jesus, while we were yet sinners,  gave His life, so that we might be able to enter the Holy of Holies.  That we can go to the Father, covered with His blood, Holy, Righteous, Justified, Sanctified. ….Forgiven.

Psalm 37:25
” I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”

1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

God is Faithful, He calls us to the same.  No more, No less.

Revelation 17:14
“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

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Lord, help us to be Faithful, prayerful, humble followers.

Two Bills and a Mel: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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WARNING: A STRONG POSSIBILITY SOME WILL BE OFFENDED.  DO NOT READ IF YOUR POLITICS COMES BEFORE THE LORD.

A few years ago Mel Gibson was the rage.  Most handsome,  most desirable. Great story, great actor/director, top of his field.

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Then the Spirit of God got ahold of him, he made “The Passion of Christ ” movie.  He was warned not to, “it’ll loose money, alienate fans, ruin  your career. ”

It made him bigger and more loved then ever.  Then his life fell apart.  (He fell from grace)  Everyone turned on him.

How about Bill Cosby,  well respected comedian, actor /director, entertainer.  I  loved him as a child, “Noah” and so many other  great sketches on his albums.

As an adult I enjoyed the Cosby Show, loved the whole family.   What happened?

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He stood up and said: “Black youngsters needed to pull up their pants, learn to speak English and work hard.”

He received criticism, that was not enough punishment, stuff hidden for  thirty years, now comes out.  Everyone turned on him.  If he did it, he is a sleeze; but why now?  It’s kind of late, isn’t it?

The other Bill, Bill Clinton.  The titular head of a political party.  Lied to the American people,  accused of several rapes, impeached, disgraced.

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He Keeps on keeping on,  Nothing hurts him for long.  Why?  He doesn’t  pretend to be a Godly person, abortion is OK, gay marriage is great, socialism is the plan.

The moral of the stories :

If you try to do the right thing, the good thing, the Godly thing.  The Devil and his minions will push and pull to find your weakness,  (secret sin),   untill they ultimately  destroy your usefulness  for good.

You have to be strong in the Lords love to survive.

How sad when the Righteous have fallen.  There is no mercy from the world for them.

If you believe up is down, wrong is right, black is white.

The world is your oyster. “It’s only sex.” “Everyone lies about sex.”  “His intentions were good.”  “He stands for womens rights.”

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Sorry if that offends some. 

That is how it appears to me. 

Lord, save us from the judgment of the world. May we judge righteously, carefully and Godly judgment.   Help us to walk in the light.

Forgive us and turn us toward You.

Following a book: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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There is a local car dealer that always speaks of “A customer for life”.  How he had read a book with that title forty years ago and has followed it’s direction since, even giving copies to his employees.

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                              (Not his car lot)

Such dedication to a book.  Do you know Christians that are that committed to the Bible?  Do we live by it, have it for our guiding principles,  give copies to those who are coming behind us?

We should be.  The Word of God, the Bible is the inspired Word of the Lord.   We need to know it, live by it, declare it, give it away,  encourage those who show an interest to delve in, ask questions, seek the face of the Lord.

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Thank you Lord,  for drawing us to You, help us to understand, know and share Your love and grace.

he that lacketh these things – TheFix-itShop-FillingStation

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2 Peter 1:9
” But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”
  
Are you lacking in anything?  I am.  Why?  Because I am not the man of God that I long to be.  Why?  Because I am blind, I have allowed the Old Man to dominate in my life.  I lack the wisdom and willingness to truly follow my Lord.

Self will overcomes selflessness, pride, greed, lust overcomes service and love for others.  What must I do to correct my wrong headedness?

Seek that which I lack:

Do you want more Godliness, Wisdom, understanding and knowledge of God?   Continue reading →

Is the Holy Spirit? 2 -The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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“Have you received the Holy Spirit since you’ve believed?”
*”If I didn’t have the Spirit I couldn’t have believed. ”
“How about the 120 believers on the day of Pentecost or the others Paul met and asked?
*”Well I don’t know but I know without the Spirit, I couldn’t have gotten  saved”

All of that is true we receive a measure of faith and the Spirit, when we are saved but there is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit available to whosoever will.

Are you a whosoever will? Do you want all the the Lord has for you? Do you long to see signs and wonders following?  Do you think Jesus wants to heal the affected, comfort the brokenhearted, give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, make the lame walk?

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(Without the Spirit we are like these boats in dry dock…not providing the. Service we were meant to).
I  believe Jesus is disappointed in His Church,  His representatives on earth.  His words once again in:

John 14:12-18
” Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.  If ye love me, keep my commandments.   And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.  I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

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(He wants us prepared and ready to launch out into the deep, to collect His harvest ).

He promised those who believe. …(is that you?), that they would do greater works, then He,  whatsoever we ask He will do.  If we love Him… (do you? ),  we need to keep His Commands.   (Love God, Love each other).  Jesus will pray the Father to give us the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth.  We should know Him for He dwells within us.

So what happened?  Why is today’s Church so weak?  We have misunderstood Matthew 25.

The Master in the story left money (Talents ) according to their abilities. They were to invest  (or use) these Talents to increase their Masters wealth.  They received praise or scorn.

Jesus went to a far Country,  and left us something,  The Holy Spirit.   He expects us to invest or use it to increase His wealth.
(Save Souls).

He gave us the tools to use.  The Gifts…the 9 in 1 Corinthians 12 and others.  What have we done with them?

Excess and abuse mostly,  just like the Corinthians.  What should we do now?

Ask forgiveness, for our lack of Faith. Ask to be filled  with the Holy Spirit.   Ask for the gift of the the Word of Wisdom and Word of Knowledge.

He gave out the gift of Tongues first because that is the easiest to use….it is the one that scares people the most. (” I don’t think we should have to speak gibberish.”)  When the Lord tells us it is our spirit talking directly to Him.  (1 Corinthians 14 :4,28).

That’s filling your lamp with oil, finding the Faith to do His will.

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That is where I’m restarting.  I  expect The Lord to bless any that come to Him in obedience and Faithfulness.

Thank You Jesus for filling us with Your Spirit of Love.
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Is the Holy Spirit? – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Is the Holy Spirit
     *  Alive in your heart?
     *  Alive in your Church?
     *  Healing the Sick?
     *  Making the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear?

I believe if we do not see theses signs wonders and miracles, the Lord is disappointed.  

He said in John 14:12-18
” Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.  If ye love me, keep my commandments.   And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.  I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

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Was Jesus telling tales?

No, we are a people who have failed to recognize and employ the Talents our Master left for us.  Some of us have even buried the Talents and claim they are not for today.  It’s like the experation date has passed.

Matthew 25 is a chapter about the Holy Spirit:
Wise and foolish virgins:  Oil for there lamps.
Those who had no oil are like the Church today…No Spiritual power,  because we don’t  really believe.   We want to, even pray to, but don’t  know how to fill our lamps.

The Master and the talents :
Jesus told the story using money  for the simplicity of understanding.

Everone knows some who invest, and others, that hoard.  The ones who invested were blesed the ones that hid the talent were sent to outer darkness.

The sheep and goats.
The sheep understood the Commandment to Love one another…they fed the hungry,  gave clothes to the needy, water to the thirsty.

So how do we fill our lamps, invest out Talents, Love one another?

It is all as plain on the nose on our face.  It is Revelation Knowledge. ..will you see and believe  or hide in your bed?

Watch this space….The Holy Spirit is alive and begging to to allowed to proclaim the good news.

Lord, open our hearts and minds to see, to act, to glorify  Jesus.

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God had created man to walk with,  have fellowship with.  They had only one rule.  Don’t eat the fruit of a certain tree.  They broke the rule.

Adam had disappointed God because of His disobedience.  Many years pass, people are multiplying on earth and God finally finds what He is looking for.

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

Genesis 5:21-24
King James Version (KJV)
“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:” (who lived 900+ years)
“And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:  And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

All we know of Enoch we find in Hebrews 11 and Jude.

Hebrews 11:4-5
“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

Jude 1:23-24
“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,  To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

Enoch  pleased God, walked  with God, believed that God is and  that God rewards those who are diligent in seeking Him.

In Jude we learn of the Lords second comming and judgment.

To me Enoch is one of the most interesting Bible figures….to please God and to walk right up to heaven.  He is alive in heaven with God today.

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Here we have one who walked with God.  Many years pass, man becomes vial, sexual sin, greed, murder, the Lord desides to destroy the earth.  Yet again,  one man stands out:

“And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:  And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.  And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Genesis 6:7-9
“And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.  These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”

Noah built the Ark and his family  repopulated the earth.  God was still seeking a people who would walk with Him.  To  truly,  love trust and depend on Him.

This new group of folks were not any better then the last group.

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The early followers  of Jesus were only called Christians, in derision by the heathens.

They were called by Jesus, Desiples.

A Desiple is someone who studies Gods Word and attempts to follow His precepts, a person who comes to a love relationship with Jesus.

Who have one thing they absolutely   know:  GOD IS LOVE.

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To explain this love it is really best to go back to creation.  To put it simply God made man in His image to have some sort of relationship.   He would walk in the garden in the cool of the day,with Adam and Eve.

I know you have heard this but I feel I must elaborate.  At that time thete was no death, no work, no pain, just fellowship with God.

Man could do anything and eat anything  except the fruit of the tree of knowledge.   They knew no sin, shame or guilt until they ate of tree of knowledge of good and evil.

At that point death came into the world.  For that one little, stupid act.

 Disobedience of God.  Now people lived almost a thousand years before physical death but Spiritual death was immediate.   No more relationship with God.

God didn’t give up.

 

 

 

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What God wants: -The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Why was man created?  How do we explain Gods love for us?  How do we make people understand Gods plan of Salvation and love?

I  have been asking this question to myself for years.  I have seen many ministries try to teach people how to lead folks to the Lord.  The Roman Road…is one I’ve got on this sight under the “Salvation Way”.

Unless people are halfway to belief, this is really useless.   What’s wrong with my life?  Who are you to say I’m a sinner?  Who made you God?

If they don’t know why man was created, I believe they will have a hard time accepting our “Judgement ” of their lives.

So, why did God create man?

I believe the answer is:  To walk with Him, in the cool of the day.  God simply wanted a people with a Freewill to choose to Love, Honer and Obey Him.  Adam failed.

Enoch chose the way we need to follow.  “Enoch walked with God and was not, because God took him.”

The thing The Lord requires of us is to learn to Love, Honer and Obey, to walk with Him.

A more lengthy explanation to follow.

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Directions for pleasing God: -The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Psalm 37:23-24
King James Version (KJV)
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.”

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Psalm 37 tells us how to please God:

   :1. Fret not thyself
Fret not, is mentioned 3 times in this Psalm :  “because of evildoers, fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
In short, worry about your own walk with God first.  Get your life straight and leave others alone.  God will take care of the rest.”
   :2.  Trust in the Lord,
Trust in the Lord:  ” and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
   :3.  Delight thyself also in the Lord:
Delight in the Lord:  ” and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  he (The Lord ) delighteth in his (your) way.”
   :4.  Commit thy way unto the Lord;
Commit thy way unto the Lord:  ” trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”  Commitment doesn’t mean much if not joined with Trust.
   :5.  Rest in the Lord,
Rest in the Lord:  ” and wait patiently for him: fret not ”  Rest, Wait, Fret not all in one, this comes from commitment and trust.
   :6.  Cease from anger,
Cease from anger: (now He’s meddling )  ” and forsake wrath: fret not ” again building one from another, all  relie on the others.
   :7.  Depart from evil, and do good
Depart from evil: ” and do good; and dwell for evermore. For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.”
   :8.  Wait on the Lord, and keep his way,
Wait on the Lord:  ” Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.”
   :9.  Mark the perfect man,
Mark the perfect man:  ” and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.”

Are you wondering how to improve your walk with the Lord?  The directions are right here:

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.”

Now Lord, help us to walk in them.

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they became fools,

Is it hate to disagree with and protest the direction and moral decline of our country.  No;  but the left will claim we are hate filled because we agree with the Word of God.

It is foolish to think this country can continue to be blessed by God when we accept sin as normal. 

As a Christian,  I call for all who love God, to stand fast, act like a man and stand against a government that doesn’t act in the best interest of her people.

Pray for Godly leaders, who are not afraid to stand for the truth.  Who will fight for that we hold dear. 

” Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”

We have fools in places of power. ….God save us.

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How soon they are grown – The Fix-it Shop – Filling Station

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Mothers day:

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Fathers day:

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How soon they grow up, started with 4 only one now.

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what is good;

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Genesis 27:28
King James Version (KJV)
“Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven,  the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:”

” they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.”
“no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”
“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:”
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.”
“Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, ”
“acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.”
“For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; ”
“Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.”

“what doth the Lord require of thee, ”

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“surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.”
“what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,”

but to do justly,

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“Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:”
“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
” the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.”
” It is joy to the just to do judgment:”

and to love mercy,

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“will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.”

and to walk humbly with thy God?

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” remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.”
” that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;”
” If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
” Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.”
” he shall save the humble person.”
” he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.”
” Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:”
” Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.”
” honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
” I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
” Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
” he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”
” God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
” Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:”

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Micah 6:8
King James Version (KJV)
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

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Ephesians 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

What is your measure of Grace?  Do you have the Grace to believe Jesus is Lord,  He was God become man who died and was Resurected and now sits at the right hand of God .

The sacrifice of His earthly body, His blood covers  our sins and makes us the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

If you believe that good.  Now do you truly believe He became man, on this earth….just like you and me?

Tempted as we are,  lazy, slothful, greedy, short tempered, covetous?

Probably not.  I believe Jesus was just like us, except He had an open heart to the Father for directions and the Spirit for Power.

Luke 4:2
King James Version (KJV)
“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”

Hebrews 2:17-18
King James Version (KJV)
“Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.”

The only difference in us and Jesus is that He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and knew how to use the Spiritual Gifts  available to whosoever or as many as touch Him.

Romans 12:3
King James Version (KJV)
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”

What is your measure of faith?

By Grace we are saved by Faith.  We have to believe the impossible story of Jesus to be saved.   We need to believe the impossible fact that Jesus said:

John 14:12
King James Version (KJV)
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

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2 Corinthians 12:12
King James Version (KJV)
“Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.”

Hebrews 2:4
King James Version (KJV)
“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”

Do you really  believe?  

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as many as touched him were made whole. – The Fix-it Shop – Filling Station

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Mark 6 is a chapter all about perception, the people. thought Jesus was doing mighty works.  He said He could do no mighty works because of their unbelief

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He could only heal a few sick.  He was doing the work of His Father.  Being His Father’s  hands.

He fed 5,000, walked on the water with Peter, calmed the storm.  The desiples were astonished.

When they landed on the other side.

” And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.”

Do people run around the villages to bring the sick to your Sunday or weekday services?

When we learn to touch Him, maybe He can then use us to touch others.

Lord, help me to be a vessel for Your love, healing and
Salvation.  May Your Spirit reign in my life.

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Now I know: The Fix-it Shop, Filling Station

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We all know the symbol of the light bulb.  A brilliant idea.  Eureka!!!

Now, I  know!!!

Six times in Scripture we find this phrase.  Sometimes it is just a statement of fact.

Abram tells Sarai, Now, I know you are a beautiful woman, say you are my sister.  (Genesis 12:11)

Moses father in law, after hearing of the plagues in Egypt :
Exodus 18:11
“ Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: “

Naaman, after being told to go wash in the Jordan 7 times, to be clean of Leprosy.
2 Kings 5:15
” Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: “

Peter, after the angel released him from prison :
Acts 12:11
” Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, “

The one that really opened my eyes was in the story of. Abraham and Isaac, when the Lord said:
Genesis 22:12

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“And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.”

The Lord himself said :  “Now I know ”   is it possible that the Lord who is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient  just found out something? Or was it a statement of fact. 

Like with Job, the Lord knew all along the faithfulness of Abraham,  He needed Abraham to do the unthinkable to prove to Abraham, that he, himself, would be faithful to God.

So we come to our own lives.  What do we know.  If we are Christians, we know Jesus is real and a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.  Do we know it all?

1 Corinthians 13:12
” For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

We don’t understand yet, the importance of learning to take up the Yoke of Christ, of learning to walk with, not before or behind.  Elijah knew what the Lord wanted of him when he first approached Ahab.  He didn’t hear the Lords  voice, till after the message was delivered.

Levi and Simeon were obedient to the Lords will, and they said: “Should he treat our sister as a harlot? ”

Moses was obedient to the Lords will, when he murdered the Egyptian.   Phinious,  in his zeal for the Lord, killed the man and woman and stopped The Lords plague.

These men knew the Lords will and did it, before getting instructions from the Lord.  They all, walked with God, in obedience and faithfulness.

I dought the Lord calls people to murder today but I am sure He wants us to quit mudering defenceless babies, stop wilful and outright disobedience and learn to live within the parameters outlined in His Word.

Simply stated:  “LOVE GOD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS AS YOURSELF”

A small thing, that is the whole of the Law and Prophets.   Lord, please help us to this place.

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deliver us only, we pray thee, – The Fix-it Shop, Filling Station

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And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
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Here we go again.   Lord, I know I have this problem because I did that thing I shouldn’t have.  So Lord, help me out of this today, please.

We have a loving God so help comes.  Repeat.

What we fail to understand is He helps, saves us so we might to serve Him.  Spend time with Him, love and obey Him.   If we did, we would find a peace in the midst of the worst storms of our lives.

Lord, help us to love, honer, obey to walk in Your yoke…..with You every day of our lifes.  Don’t let us wait, until it’s too late.

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What is the Church? – The Fix-it Shop, Filling Station

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To the unbelieving, The Church is the building the hypocrites go to every week to show the rest of us how holy they are.

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To some believers, The Church is where they go to hear the Preacher tell them what God wants them to know this week.  Or the place you bring people who need salvation, healing or prayer.  Or even the place where you praise or worship God.

The Church can and should be all these things but  are you?

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The Church isn’t the buildings believers meet in.  The Church is the believer.  We are the ones, the seekers should come to, to be led to the Lord. To be healed by, comforted by, discover the Love and Grace of the Lord.

They don’t recognize the Lord in our lives, so why would they expect to find Him.

Some think of The Church as a hospital for the sick and those recovering.   The Lord never told us to nurse the brokenhearted.  To go someplace to heal,

No, He said: “Your Faith has made you whole.”

“ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”

The  Lord expects us to believe and to have signs and wonders following.  Amen.

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