Psalm 51: 10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10) David the king, was aware of His great need for God’s forgiveness! He had been measured and found wanting. Sin begins in the heart of mankind. It always promises high but always delivers low. Leaving us still wanting. When the reality is all we need is Jesus! If we have sin in our hearts when we read the Word of God, we risk missing the beautiful and crucial messages the Lord has for us! Daily we should begin our day in prayer requesting our hearts to be changed that it is in line with the heart of Jesus! Holy Spirit we want to love what Jesus loves and hate what Christ hates! Oh church do you not know? God is ready and willing to forgive us (1 John 1:9), but He doesn’t leave us there. Jesus searches the hearts of mankind! Jesus said to the adulterous woman,“go and sin no more” Jesus forgave her and then called her to take action. Change comes from asking for the Lord’s help and being willing to act. Before you pick up your Bible. Make time to pray that God chsnges your heart. Invite God to complete the work in Hearts that He promised He would complete. To change our hard hearts. In Ezekiel 36:26 We have a promise from God! One that we must hold fast to. “ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Oh Lord, create in us a clean heart and have mercy on me. According to your Word, we can come to you and obtain forgiveness. Please change our hearts to be in line with your perfect will.

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. (PSALM 37:4) Interestingly enough as a child of God. Our desire should be to have more of Jesus. To know Jesus on a deeper level. To worship Him with our whole being! That must be our desire, that our lives be not about us. But all about our Redeemer, who set us free from our bondage to sin! Let the church seek to know the will of God for our daily lives and the strength to do His and our own sinful will!

Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. ” (Romans 5:1) Oh, church never forget that before we became Christians, we were in a war with God. We’re opposed to Him (the King of Kings). But when we, by His grace, came to repentance at the feet of the cross! We then surrender ourselves to Jesus Christ, and we have peace with God. It was the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. We once were divided from God, we are now adopted into the Royal family of God. Oh children of God when you’re seeking to live a godly life it causes division in your family. Don’t lament. Instead, think of it this way: it’s better to temporarily offend someone who doesn’t know Jesus Christ with a convicting message of the gospel and see them ultimately come to faith than to never offend them in any way and see them go into a Christless eternity.

John 14:15

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments. (John 14:15) If this is a true characteristic of a child of God. Lord search my heart and remove all that is not of you! Let my life speak of you. Oh children of the true King. Let us love the Lord our God. With all our heart soul and mind. Let us love our neighbors ( spouse, children, church members friends, co-workers), as Christ did! So that the world will know for certain we are the true children of God. Holy Spirit, I cry out to you to pour out upon the body of Christ, the Agape love that can only come from God! That daily we may be found active in His perfect love. Which always seeks the greater good of others before itself.

It is common to all

No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it. (1 CORINTHIANS 10:13) Daily I feel overwhelmed and want to say please take me home! I'm not strong enough for this! At some point, all of us will be tempted to lose hope and give up. But we always have a choice: focus on God and stay in faith, or focus on the problem and give up. Problems no matter how huge they seem to us are no problem to God. Nothing is too hard, or complicated, for God to solve. But God wants us to trust Him. So what should you do when you are being tempted and feel like giving in and giving up? Refuse! Just keep your focus on the Lord and rejoice in His faithfulness. Remember that God cannot lie, and will never fail. God will see you through.

He is worthy

Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who covers thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind.” (Psalm 104:1-3) David directs the follower of God to lift their voices to the Creator of the universe. Our whole being is called to bless the Lord at all times. He is my Redeemer and my Savior and Lord. Before the foundation of the earth was established. He knew you! What great love the Father has for mankind. What other god, do you know of, that would leave their thrown? To suffer in the place of the guilty? Let us bless the name of our Redeemer and Lord! For He is worthy of all the praises.

All that is

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. (John 1:3-5) Do you not know? That the creator of the universe is mindful of you! Yes, you! He left heaven to come and see about us in our lost state! He is the light of the world. If you are His, then let the world which dwells happily in darkness see Jesus' light shining brightly in you! Stephen's light shined so bright that they decided he had to die. But Jesus' light can never be put out. Lord may your light be found operating daily in our lives. May all we do and say reflect your love to a world in darkness. May they see the light of Jesus operating in your life and desire to walk in the light of Jesus.

Are you an Ambassordor for Christ

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him. (2 CORINTHIANS 5:20-21) An ambassador is a resident representative for the head of state of their own country. As citizens of Heaven, we are authorized to represent our King, the Lord Jesus Christ, here on Earth. Because of what Jesus did on the cross at Calvary you! Yes, you! Have been put in right standing with God. By the shedding of the blood of the Lamb of God! No longer are you a slave, but now a child of the King. The logic supporting the plea in verse 20, to be reconciled to God, is found in verse 21: the sin separating us from God has been dealt with through Christ. So we no longer need to hide from God, or fear His judgment. Instead, we can enjoy His gift of being made right with Him. A good ambassador for Heaven must know the Word of God, and live it out accurately and according to the will of God! So that others will want to accompany you back to your Father's house. After He has many rooms, He wants His house full!

Jesus choses

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (John 15:16) Oh Church, let us rejoice in being the redeemed of the Lord! God so loved you, that He sent His only begotten Son down from Heaven! To redeem that which was lost. What love the Father has. I'm so thankful for Calvary, for there is where we were set free of sin. You are no longer a slave to sin. So stop acting like one! You are a child of the King of the universe. Act like a child of the King, so that the world might come to believe and know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!

The wages of sin

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) This is why oh children of God. Our hope must be in Christ alone. Not in works plus Christ! Those that accept the gift of Salvation, that Christ offers to all of mankind. Is freed from slavery to sin. We must decide to trust and follow Christ. For there is no other name by which we can be saved!

I'm the way

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (JOHN 14:6) The original church was called the Way! The word translated as "way" means road. Jesus is the road to God. The Bible is clear. Jesus did not lie. There is no salvation or access to Heaven without receiving Jesus Christ. There is no other name by which we can be saved! Let the church rejoice that Jesus is the way to salvation. Is the way for the broken-hearted to find peace in Jesus. The way to find Perfect love is by finding Jesus! For Jesus is the way and the truth and light. Oh church if Jesus is not found in you. Then you are not found in Jesus. Let it be known to all that have ears to hear. Jesus is our all and all, if you have Jesus you have all that you need

Imitate Christ if He is in you

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. (1 John 2:5-6) Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be in a healthy state of soul-if they would escape the sickness of sin, and enjoy the vigour of growing grace, let Jesus be their model. For their own happiness' sake, if they would drink wine on the lees, well refined; if they would enjoy holy and happy communion with Jesus; if they would be lifted up above the cares and troubles of this world, let them walk even as He walked. There is nothing which can so assist you to walk towards heaven with good speed, as wearing the image of Jesus on your heart to rule all its motions. It is when, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you are enabled to walk with Jesus in His very footsteps, that you are most happy, and most known to be the sons of God. Peter afar off is both unsafe and uneasy. Next, for religion's sake, strive to be like Jesus. Ah! poor religion, thou hast been sorely shot at by cruel foes, but thou hast not been wounded one-half so dangerously by thy foes as by thy friends. Who made those wounds in the fair hand of Godliness? The professor who used the dagger of hypocrisy. The man who with pretences, enters the fold, being nought but a wolf in sheep's clothing, worries the flock more than the lion outside. There is no weapon half so deadly as a Judas-kiss. Inconsistent professors injure the gospel more than the sneering critic or the infidel. But, especially for Christ's own sake, imitate His example. Christian, lovest thou thy Saviour? Is His name precious to thee? Is His cause dear to thee? Wouldst thou see the kingdoms of the world become His? Is it thy desire that He should be glorified? Art thou longing that souls should be won to Him? If so, imitate Jesus; be an "epistle of Christ, known and read of all men."

The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever do not abandon the works of your hands. (Psalm 138:8) If we indulge in any confidence which is not grounded in Christ, our confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is He who has carried it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief insinuates- "You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by them and led astray." Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own strength. If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, He will perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven. We can never be too confident when we confide in Him alone, and never too much concerned to have such a trust.

Forsake me not

Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. 22 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior. (Psalm 38:21-22) Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without His constant upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in temptation, we alike need the prayer, "Forsake me not, O Lord." "Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe." A little child, while learning to walk, always needs the nurse's aid. The ship left by the pilot drifts at once from her course. We cannot do without continued aid from above; let it then be your prayer to-day, "Forsake me not. Father, forsake not Thy child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not Thy lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold. Great Husbandman, forsake not Thy plant, lest it wither and die. 'Forsake me not, O Lord,' now; and forsake me not at any moment of my life. Forsake me not in my joys, lest they absorb my heart. Forsake me not in my sorrows, lest I murmur against Thee. Forsake me not in the day of my repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and forsake me not in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption. Forsake me not, for without Thee I am weak, but with Thee I am strong. Forsake me not, for my path is dangerous, and full of snares, and I cannot do without Thy guidance. The hen forsakes not her brood, do Thou then evermore cover me with Thy feathers, and permit me under Thy wings to find my refuge. 'Be not far from me, O Lord, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.' 'Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!'" "O ever in our cleansed breast, Bid Thine Eternal Spirit rest; And make our secret soul to be A temple pure and worthy Thee."

War amongst our members

For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. (Galatians 5:17) In every believer's heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of plying all the weapons of its deadly armoury against newborn grace; while on the other hand, the new nature is ever on the watch to resist and destroy its enemy. Grace within us will employ prayer, and faith, and hope, and love, to cast out the evil; it takes unto it the "whole armour of God," and wrestles earnestly. These two opposing natures will never cease to struggle so long as we are in this world. The battle of "Christian" with "Apollyon" lasted three hours, but the battle of Christian with himself lasted all the way from the Wicket Gate in the river Jordan. The enemy is so securely entrenched within us that he can never be driven out while we are in this body: but although we are closely beset, and often in sore conflict, we have an Almighty helper, even Jesus, the Captain of our salvation, who is ever with us, and who assures us that we shall eventually come off more than conquerors through Him. With such assistance the new-born nature is more than a match for its foes. Are you fighting with the adversary to-day? Are Satan, the world, and the flesh, all against you? Be not discouraged nor dismayed. Fight on! For God Himself is with you; Jehovah Nissi is your banner, and Jehovah Rophi is the healer of your wounds. Fear not, you shall overcome, for who can defeat Omnipotence? Fight on, "looking unto Jesus"; and though long and stern be the conflict, sweet will be the victory, and glorious the promised reward. "From strength to strength go on; Wrestle, and fight, and pray, Tread all the powers of darkness down, And win the well-fought day."

My Redeemer lives

I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. (Job 19:25) My Redeemer," and in the fact that the Redeemer lives. Oh! to get hold of a living Christ. We must get a property in Him before we can enjoy Him. What is gold in the mine to me? Men are beggars in Peru, and beg their bread in California. It is gold in my purse which will satisfy my necessities, by purchasing the bread I need. So a Redeemer who does not redeem me, an avenger who will never stand up for my blood, of what avail were such? Rest not content until by faith you can say "Yes, I cast myself upon my living Lord; and He is mine." It may be you hold Him with a feeble hand; you half think it presumption to say, "He lives as my Redeemer;" yet, remember if you have but faith as a grain of mustard seed, that little faith entitles you to say it. But there is also another word here, expressive of Job's strong confidence, "I know." To say, "I hope so, I trust so" is comfortable; and there are thousands in the fold of Jesus who hardly ever get much further. But to reach the essence of consolation you must say, "I know." Ifs, buts, and perhapses, are sure murderers of peace and comfort. Doubts are dreary things in times of sorrow. Like wasps they sting the soul! If I have any suspicion that Christ is not mine, then there is vinegar mingled with the gall of death; but if I know that Jesus lives for me, then darkness is not dark: even the night is light about me. Surely if Job, in those ages before the coming and advent of Christ, could say, "I know," we should not speak less positively. God forbid that our positiveness should be presumption. Let us see that our evidences are right, lest we build upon an ungrounded hope; and then let us not be satisfied with the mere foundation, for it is from the upper rooms that we get the widest prospect. A living Redeemer, truly mine, is joy unspeakable.

Fear must not become your master

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." (JOSHUA 1:9) This is a scripture that address an issue that mankinds deals with fear/afraid daily. 365 times fear is mentioned in the Word of God. Why is that ? When you stop and think about it for a moment. We might come to the conclusion that it's ridiculous to be afraid when God is with you and for you. As humans, we tend to forget. Maybe that's why God said so many times to "Fear not!"Let us put our trust in Christ. For who can take us from the hand of God? He did not bring you this far to abandon you now! Rest in CHrist and know he will guide you the through valley of death, what shall we fear if God is with us?

Communion with Jeus

Abide in Me. (John 15:4) Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and it is matter of secondary importance whether thou livest on the mountain of honour or in the valley of humiliation. Living near to Jesus, thou art covered with the wings of God, and underneath thee are the everlasting arms. Let nothing keep thee from that hallowed intercourse, which is the choice privilege of a soul wedded to THE WELL-BELOVED. Be not content with an interview now and then, but seek always to retain His company, for only in His presence hast thou either comfort or safety. Jesus should not be unto us a friend who calls upon us now and then, but one with whom we walk evermore. Thou hast a difficult road before thee: see, O traveller to heaven, that thou go not without thy guide. Thou hast to pass through the fiery furnace; enter it not unless, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, thou hast the Son of God to be thy companion. Thou hast to storm the Jericho of thine own corruptions: attempt not the warfare until, like Joshua, thou hast seen the Captain of the Lord's host, with His sword drawn in His hand. Thou art to meet the Esau of thy many temptations: meet him not until at Jabbok's brook thou hast laid hold upon the angel, and prevailed. In every case, in every condition, thou wilt need Jesus; but most of all, when the iron gates of death shall open to thee. Keep thou close to thy soul's Husband, lean thy head upon His bosom, ask to be refreshed with the spiced wine of His pomegranate, and thou shalt be found of Him at the last, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Seeing thou hast lived with Him, and lived in Him here, thou shalt abide with Him for ever.

His righteousness

So that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. (1 CORINTHIANS 1:29-30) You ARE righteous if Jesus is your Lord. In fact, Jesus IS your righteousness. As a believer in Christ, Church remember this you will never be more righteous no matter what we do. For our salvation and our hope must be in Christ alone for our very best is like a filthy rag meant to be taken outside of the encampment and buried 6 feet under. I'm so glad that my salavation is not dependent upon how righteous I can be. But it is all about Christ and what He already done at Calvary for you and me!!!

Right with God

Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. (ROMANS 5:1) God offers righteousness as a free gift to everyone who receives the Lord Jesus Christ. Righteousness means right-wise-ness, or being right. So righteousness is right standing, or good standing with God. It does not mean human "perfection." Righteousness is a gift from God not something you can earn or achieve. God simply declares that you are innocent, as far as He is concerned, because you believe in Jesus, and that makes you righteous.

Let the world see His love

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1 John 4:8) The only way for the world to see God is through you and I by showing them something they do know or see much of in this world which is pure love with no catches or if and buts, just God's true love. Oh children of God. We didn't know what love was. The bible tells us there is no greater love than a man lie his life down for another. In our case it we were sinners in need of a Savior. Jesus paid the price for our crimes against God. He guiltless but he became sin to pay what Justice demand of us which was our lives, for sin leads to death. It was grace and mercy and the love of Christ that said oh no I will pay the price for them not because we are worthy but because Christ loves us, He died for us. To be a follower of Christ mean to me to have Love even for those who hate me and persecute me, after all they hated Jesus first and put him to death when he was innocent guilty of loving a sinful creature that was us.

Let the gospel become more than words uttered

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20) God didn't expect or want us all to be Theologians like Paul of Tarus or Pastor Phil or other well know men of God. Sharing the great commission is to share the Good news, that our debt was paid in full but can't be credited to your account to you accept the gift. The great commission does say you have to stand on street corner and shout bible scripture not everyone is called to be a John the Baptist, Andrew went about everywhere telling everyone who would listen about a man who could save anybody. Not everyone in the room shall be a planter, some shall be weed pullers, plowers, others spreading fertilizer some shall simply water and others shall reap the harvest. But God has work for all of the body. If you would wait and listen for him to call your name and be willing to answer the call like Samuel. For me I didn't want to be a Pastor because what I saw growing up in a Christian family was went church to sing in the choir teach, and we sat and listen to some stuffy old pastor. I told God no when my Aunt told me at 6 I would preach I told him no at 13 I told him no again at 21, I told him yes August 25, 1992 in San Diego because I was tired of running, I decide no longer to allow my trepidation of what God might ask of me. Guess what guys he never asked me travel to Africa the military did, But never did I've never had to travel to any foreign countries unless you count Seattle and Bremerton they are both strange places. I answered the call, the great commission does mean he calling you to preach or teach, my sister Leti great commission was serve breakfast a ministry of hospitality both her and my wife were called to that ministry, Jason was called to preach, others may be called to sing, to pray for others, to be a comforter or a good will ambassador. Brothers and sisters, what are you trepidated of today that keeps you from saying, " here am I Lord" what would you have me do for your kingdom sake. I'm going to wrap this up I want to ask you one question, where would you be if someone had not answered God call and came and told you the"Good News"? Would you be dead, in jail, addicted, me I'm sure one thing I would be a child of God, my spiritual mother Irene Gonzalez and my spiritual Father showed me the love of Christ and made God real by the love they showed me and others. Now who in your home, work, neighborhood could you show the love of Christ and make God more than word or book that most people are just a bunch of out dated stories. The great commission is given to the believers, if your not a believer then this is not for you to do. I don't know you hearts but if any of you be followers of Christ then Jesus has work for you to do while it is still day for the world daily grows more cold and dark. Be the light of the world and share the good news you might say how a smile, a God bless you to a clerk, or co-worker, maybe you bring in treat or make sure the coffee pot is filled and ready to start, maybe its a kind word, to assist your neighbor when you he/she is struggling.

Fear not

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." (JOSHUA 1:9) Over and over the Bible tells us to not be afraid. When you stop and think about it's ridiculous to be afraid when God is with you and for you. As humans, we tend to forget. Maybe that's why God said so many times to "Fear not!"

Who am I

Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.” (Job 40:3-4) It’s remarkable how many of the men of God in the Bible often confess to being the worst of sinners. The patriarch Job was said by God Himself to be “a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and eschewed evil” Job 1:8 Yet, when Job saw God, he could only say, “Behold, I am vile.” Oh church considers Abraham, who is called “the father of all them that believe” in Romans 4:11 When Abraham spoke to God, Abraham said that he was “but dust and ashes”Let the church be reminded that the only good that exist in us. Is because of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us! We can do nothing without God. Let the church praise His Holy Name. God is worthy of the praises!

Nothing can separate us

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39). This is where my hope and joy are in this truth! Nothing can separate me from the love of God! King David also came to this same truth. David realized that there was no place he could go to hide or not be seen by God. This is a truth every Christian should hold tight to.

Unselfish love

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not to love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. (1 Corinthians 13:3-8). Lord teach me to love my bride, with unselfish love! That means meeting her needs not according to how comfortable or how easy it is for me! Love is God, so if we walk in love, then we walk with Jesus. If you are unable to love as Christ does. Then it's time you invite God, to let His perfect love be found active in you! Lord enable me to love with your perfect love all those that you place in my life!

Fix our eyes

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (2 CORINTHIANS 4:18). Some of us seem to have more faith in the problem than we do in God. This happens when we focus on the problem, instead of looking to God who is the solution. As long as we focus on the problem and let it consume our attention, we will have faith in it to defeat us. However, our faith must be in Christ alone. There is an issue too small for Him or an issue too big for Him! Give your worries and fears to the God that sees you! Instead, take upon yourself His grace and mercy. For if God is for you what then should we fear or worry about?

Welcome

For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt godly grief so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point, you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter (2Corinthians 7:8-11). I welcome the rebuke, of a Godly brother, when done it, love. A Godly rebuke is not done to belittle you but done out of love. If God sends a brother in love to remind you of whose you are! For though we are in this world we must be careful to not become a part of it!

These Promises

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. ( 2 Corinthians 7:1). Lord, help us to keep our eyes on Jesus! Like little children let our eyes look upon nothing ungodly. Let husbands seek pleasure in their wives! Let our ears not seek out ungodly speech! Let our fellowship be with the Godly men/women. Let us lust not or seek anything that is not given to us by God! Let us daily cry out to God to guide us on the path of righteousness.

Psalm 118:6

The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? (Psalm 118:6) Break every bone in your body! Boil you in oil. Cut you in half. Take your life. Yet no one or nothing can ever separate us from the Love of God. Be like Peter and Daniel in the jail cell. Neither man worried they instead sleep, because They both trusted in God! What are you trusting?

Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. (Ruth 1:16) Church do you not know that? This passage is such a statement of loyalty that it has been traditionally used as a wedding vow. In Psalm 23, we are told that even when we are in our darkest moment also is God! He has vowed that He will never leave or abandon us. I’m so glad that we have such a loving and faithful Heavenly Father! Let the church be so committed that we will declare with a loud voice. That where ever God is, we want to be there too. Are you willing to follow Jesus and forsake all to follow Him? Does your life reflect that action?

What profit is there

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? (Mark 8:36) Energy does not just stop existing. So what you do in this life matters! If this is the beginning and the end. Party like there is tomorrow.Since tomorrow is not promised to any man. I'm choosing to believe there is an afterlife. I’m choosing to believe in Jesus. If I'm wrong I'm simply maggot meat. However, if I'm right then I will spend an eternity with the creator. So I would rather worship the creator than the creation. What are you investing in? I'm choosing Jesus till the end!

Humility and gentleness

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:2) Oh church do you not know. If you are found operating in God's perfect love. The law is for filled in you. May you daily be found planting seeds for Jesus by loving those around you.

"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' (JOHN 3:6-7). From this Scripture, we see that when you are born again, the part that is born again is you are filled by the Holy Spirit, not your mind, and not your body. Born again, right with God, and filled with His Spirit. You are to control your body and to control what is fed into your mind so that it can be renewed by the Word of God to know the truth. Then your life will be changed and conformed to the will of God. According to the Bible, the believer is filled with the Holy Spirit! We who are filled with Spirit of God! Daily we seek to be guided by the Holy Spirit that we might not only know but do the will of God! Without the Holy Spirit working in and through us, it is impossible to please God. It is impossible to worship God without the Holy Spirit. So we welcome you Holy Spirit to work out God's good and perfect will in our lives!

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (2 Timothy 3:16). If we are not grounded in the Word of God. How then can we share the gospel? Which is the good news. You can buy a car and never use the owner's manual. But we as the body must know the Word of God! For how else can we know the promises of God and stand upon them! Lord guide that we are filled and ready to proclaim the truth of God! Let us be ready to answer anytime

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32) Christ gave himself the perfect example of how to live and treat others. We are told to love one another as Christ loves us! So that the world might actually see Christ in you! That requires us to stop speaking and acting like the world. We can not serve two masters. If you chose to follow Jesus let your life reflect that truth! Let love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness abide in you!

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. (John 14:1) Some might say, that is easy for you to say, Jesus. You don't know my pain, my stress, my fears, my worries. Yes, He does, and despite all that. He will never abandon you. So instead of trusting in the whispers of the father of lies. Let us choose to trust the one. Who suffered to set us free of our slavery to sin! So church let us choose to believe in our Redeemer and Savior. Or can continue to be controlled by fears and lies or choose to rest in the love of God?

What then

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:15-23) Oh children of God! Today and every day, you must choose. To remain free or like the dog who returns to its vomit! In 1 John we are told we no longer have to sin. Don’t be like a dog chasing a moving car. For what will you do when you catch up to sin? Will you drink of her filthy again? Who Christ has set free is free! So stop choosing to return to the pig pen. Do you not know you are a child of the king? If we are true children of king let’s start acting and living like it.

You Are Not An Orphan

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (JOHN 14:18) You are not facing life all alone -- no matter how you feel. Jesus is with you. He promised to never forsake you. The father of lies loves to make us think we have no help, that God does not care us, and that we have no hope. True with Jesus I have no hope. Which is why my hope is in Christ alone. I know these words can be accepted in good times, but when the storms of life come do you find yourself saying." Why does God allow things to look so bleak? Why doesn't He help me sooner?" God desires faith and trust from us. Without testing times we would have no opportunity to show our faith. Without obstacles we would have nothing to overcome. We must always remember that God is raising a family, preparing us for eternity with Him. It can be a great error to judge everything by "the bottom line" today. We must trust our Father God, because only He really knows what the "true bottom line" is. And we can trust Him, because He is good and trustworthy. Its funny because this word is one for myself. I got to work one night and discovered that one of my boss sent me a email saying stop by and see me. I found myself saying what did I do wrong now! I found that since I suffered my depression that I'm always doubting myself and feeling like that things are my fault. Or that is it is just a matter of time before I get into trouble again for something. I realized something as I put some thoughts together, though the devil wants me to believe I'm alone and forsaken and not loved but I realize that, I'm not alone. Granted that doesn't always help when your hungry or without a job or a place to live, or your child is dieing or spouse left you. At those moments you want God to wrap his arms around you to say He loves you. Did you know that sometimes we can be the hands and feet that reach out and hold another. We can extend ourselves and allow God's love to shine through us.

The Secret

One day, one friend asked another, "How is it that you are always so happy? You have so much energy, and you never seem to get down." With her eyes smiling, she said, "I know the Secret!" "What secret is that?" To which she replied, "I'll tell you all about it, but you have to promise to share the Secret with others." "The Secret is this: I have learned there is little I can do in my life that will make me truly happy. I must depend on God to make me happy and to meet my needs. When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply according to HIS riches. I have learned most of the time I don't need half of what I think I do. He has never let me down. Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy. " The questioner's first thought was, "That's too simple!" But upon reflecting over her own life she recalled how she thought a bigger house would make her happy, but it didn't! She thought a better paying job would make her happy, but it hadn't. When did she realize her greatest happiness? Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, a simple gift from God. Now you know it too! We can't depend on people to make us happy. Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that. Trust HIM! And now I pass the Secret on to you! So once you get it, what will you do? YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too! That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU! But it's not really a secret... We just have to believe it and do it... Really trust God!

To be a Christian ?

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (1 John 4:20-21)

True Christianity requires us to be Christ-like. Jesus says we are to love as He loves us. Love is not a feeling but a decision to put the needs of someone else's first. That is what Jesus did at Calvary for you and me.

If I call myself a follower of Christ and abuse my neighbor, my spouse my children or deal with my customer wrongly, where is the love of Christ in that? How shall I introduce them to Christ when Christ is obviously not in me.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 
(1 Corinthians 13:1-8)



The only way for the world to see God is through you and me by showing them something they do know or see much of in this world which is pure love with no catches or if and buts, just God's true love


8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandments, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (

10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13:8-10)


Jesus demonstrated love for us.     Long before we knew what love was. The Bible tells us there is no greater love than a man to lay down his life for another. In our case, it was a sinner like me that Jesus paid the price for a crime He didn't commit. Justice demand my life but grace and mercy and the love of Christ said oh no I will pay the price for Willis not because I was worthy but because Christ loved me, He died for me, and because Christ I live also. To be a follower of Christ mean to me to Love even those who hate me and persecute me, after all, they hated Jesus first and put him to death. For my sins for He was innocent, but guilty of loving a sinful creature like me.

The love of the Father

 

Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this, my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:11-24)

This story is more about the Father, whose love was so great that he daily waited for the return of his son, Notice in the story, "But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him." This indicated the father was waiting for the return of his wayward son. I said to you doesn't matter how far you have gone from God he is standing there with arms wide open waiting for you.

God loved us so much that He left Heaven to redeem us, we had separated from him because of sin.  Did you realize that no matter how great your sins were God refuses to leave us in our present state? Oh Children of God do you not know? Nothing can separate you from the Love of God! He proved the depth of His love for you. He gave His life at Calvary for you! To the world, the cross is foolishness and a stumbling block to others. To the true children of God, the cross is grace and mercy being demonstrated by the king of the universe for you! No other gods or religions, do we know of that Creator of all became a man and suffered in the place of His creation. Only one and  His name is Jesus Christ. In Him and Him alone must be where you place your faith and hope and trust.  

Direct Orders (sermon)

 

A Song: Love God and love people.

A show of hands of those who served in the military. How many of you have obeyed the Direct Orders given to you by your CO?

 Direct orders are commands that must be obeyed when handed down.

         

   If I said you are a soldier in God’s army, would believe me?  Don’t let's instead look at what the word of God says.

Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

 (2 Timothy 2:3-4).

 

So, it is Paul who calls you soldiers in God’s army!

 

The Scribes, Pharisees, and other religious leaders tested Jesus, trying to find fault in Him. In the book of Matthew, a lawyer asks Jesus, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

In response.

 

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment.

³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

⁴⁰ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

(Matthew 22:37-40).

 

You have been given Direct Orders. My question is what are you going to do about it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. The First is to love GOD with all your hearts and soul in doing so you.

³ “You shall have no other gods before me.

⁴ “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. 

⁵ You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

⁶ but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

⁷ “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. (Exodus 20-3-7).

 The church was given   Direct Orders. When Jesus says I give you 2 commandments These are Direct Orders from your king Himself! when we say that we are believers then we should be found doing the thing that our King commands. So that the world could see God moving in the church? So that they might believe the gospel to be more than words. Uttered in hypocrisy. hypocrisy” refers to the act of claiming to believe something but doing something different.    

2. Second Direct Order Tell us how to treat others aka your neighbors

You will honor your father and mother (Exodus 20:12).

 You will not murder anyone (Exodus 20:13)

 You will not commit adultery (Exodus 20:14)

 You will not steal from anyone (Exodus 20:15)

 You will not lie (Exodus 20:16)

 You will not covet anything that belongs to someone else (Exodus 20:17).

We can keep the entire law simply by obeying these two Direct Orders. However, the kicker is without the power of the Holy Spirit. The church has zero chance of ever adhering to Jesus’s Direct Orders. Only through the Holy Spirit and not our flesh,   can  the church begin to follow Jesus’s Direct Orders.

 

In the gospels, Jesus teaches the church what God’s Direct Orders are. We are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

In other words, we are to love God with our whole being. Love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus is not asking you He has commanded you!

 

Why hide your light under a bushel or put it out? If all you ever do is shine your light in church how does that bring the pre-Christian to Christ? Is that what you were commanded to do?

 

Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age”

(Matthew 28:19-20).

 

We are commanded to go the highways and byways to share the good news. We send missionaries over sea’s but what about the mission fields here in America? What about making followers of Jesus here? Church, do you understand this is not your home, Jesus says in His Father’s house there are many rooms! How many of you are inviting others to come home with you to your Heavenly Father’s house?

 

But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.

(1 Samuel 12:15).

Ruth Graham once said if God does not deal with America He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. Many times, the Jews focus too much on being the chosen race. Instead of focusing more on what God commanded them to do.  So, Church what are you going to do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am a soldier in the army of my King.
The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer.
The Holy Scripture is my code of conduct.
Faith, prayer, and the Word are my weapons of warfare.

I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience, tried by adversity, and tested by fire.

I am a volunteer in His army, and I am enlisted for eternity. I will not get out, sell out, be talked out, or be pushed out. I am faithful, reliable, capable, and dependable. If my King needs me, I am there. I am a soldier. I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up. I am a soldier. No one must call me, entice me, or lure me. I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name, and building His kingdom!
I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, or catered to. I am committed I cannot be discouraged enough to turn back. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit. When Jesus called me into His army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing. I will still come out ahead. I will win. My King has and will continue to supply all my needs. I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ Jesus. The devil cannot defeat me because I’m in Christ. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me. I am a soldier in the king of the king’s army! Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from His battlefield, He will promote me to captain and then allow me to sit at His right hand. I am a soldier in the army, and I’m marching claiming victory. I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier, marching heaven-bound.
Here I Stand! Will you stand with me?

 

 unknown author

 

Crazy love

 

How many of you here are married raise your hand if you are. How many of you are engaged? Imagine you are being told that you will have to endure something so horrible that it can only bring you pain, and shame from the one you love! Would you endure it?  What if you were to give; give, and give, and never get anything back, except complaints, and unfaithfulness, that would be your reward? What if this was the person you’re married to, in return for your love they give you shame and lies, destruction.  What if it was your child in this situation would you advise them to continue in this relationship filled with abuse and no love being given to them? 

I just described to you the relationship between you and God. Yet God loves us, even when we choose other gods to worship and follow. You probably think not me Pastor Willis, A god is anything that you put first in your life. It could be your car, your home, your job, your spouse, your children,  or even a ministry.

 (Hosea 1:2)    When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He said to him, “Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the LORD.

 

(Hosea 3:1) The LORD said to me, “Go, show love to¹ your wife² again, even though she loves³ another man⁴ and continually commits adultery.⁵ Likewise, the LORD loves⁶ the Israelites⁷ although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 

 (1 John 4:10) “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” Wait does that mean even while I was yet His enemy?  C.S. Lewis said, “Though our feelings come and go, God’s love for us does not.”  So, God's love is unchangeable!!

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Psalms 139:7-12)

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

            King David tells us that there is nowhere he could hide from God’s love,

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 

In the song “Reckless love”.

There's no shadow You won't light up
Mountain You won't climb up
Coming after me
There's no wall You won't kick down
Lie You won't tear down
Coming after me

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

He left the ninety-nine for you and me!!!  That is not logical most time you count that sheep as a loss and protect the flock. Not your heavenly Father He has been chasing after you and He wants to stop till He has all your heart! Even though we don’t deserve His love He gives it to us freely not because we earned His love, but because we couldn’t earn it, which is why the Gospel exists. For we are depraved and have no hope outside of Jesus's never-ending love for us, which is what brought Him to earth for a date on and cross on Calvary to buy back that which He loved more than anything else in the universe.

 That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 

Romans 8:35, 38,39). ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 

³⁸ For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 Love requires action. God poured out His perfect love for us on the cross. He crushed His Son so that you may live. His perfect love is not dependent on what we do, or what we are going to do. God’s perfect love is greatly shown by what He has already done for you. I have heard it said, “God loves you more in a moment than anyone could in a lifetime.”

I once heard this said it was not the nails that held Him on that cross, but it was our sins and His love for the Father who sent Him to introduce us to God’s perfect love and to demonstrate just how far God was willing to die for us!

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

It is so hard to grasp His love for us especially when we look into the mirror and see all of our failures. Without knowing how much God loves you, you are bound to feel like that red-headed stepchild. 

God is patient and kind. “God never gives up.  God never loses hope, and never quits.” That's the kind of love we are dealing with when it comes to how God loves us.
 . The accuser tells me daily God can’t love me, that I’m not good enough, how can I be a child of the King when I can’t stop sinning? The better question I should be asking myself is do I believe God would bring me this far and forsake me? Do I believe that He who started a good work is not able to complete what He has begun in me? Sometimes I believe the lies of the accuser more than the Father’s loving words. Perhaps the issue is that I see God’s love through my darkly lite lens of conditional love. The Father’s love is unconditional.

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 

(Romans 5:7-8). For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps for a good man, someone would even dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

 We cannot escape His love nor can we hide from it, He didn’t bring you this far to leave, so regardless of what your emotions or even your head are telling you about your present plight. You’re not alone; the enemy wants you to believe the lie that your Heavenly Father is absentee. Our Father promised He would never forsake or leave you. It’s us who believes in the lie of the enemy, we think our issues are not important to God! You are so important to the Father that he sent his only begotten son down to pay the price in our stay.

 

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

 

God's love can’t be earned, and we certainly don’t deserve it which is why He has given it to us!

We can never be good enough to earn our way into heaven.  Jesus makes it clear when He says call no man good except the Father, meaning if we measure our good it must be measured against God and our very best is as filthy rags meant to be taken out and barred. God loves us despite our sinful nature. God’s love never fails we fail Him.

            That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can separate Him from you

  He is love and He is a just God meaning sin will not go unpunished for anyone not willing to accept Jesus’s gift of Salvation.

 (Joshua) No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake

 In (Jeremiah 31:3) God speaks about His everlasting love and faithfulness to us.

 In the singing, You love me Anyway   part of the lyrics say

I am Judas' kiss
But You love me anyway
See how I am the man who yelled out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth-shaking the ground
But You love me anyway

Rejoice in the fact that your Father never gives up on you and He wants all of you!!! After all, He gave it all for you on a cross!!! Even then He asked the Father to give us!

That’s a Crazy Love that nothing can keep Him from you