MATTHEW 4:4

The Bible is different than any other book you may read  it contains life. You don't have to understand it, any more than you have to understand nuclear radiation to experience its effects. You just need to expose yourself to it. What is the Word of God active in doing? Bringing forth after its kind. Producing life in you. Producing a harvest of peace, joy, righteousness, and freedom in your life. If you are not enjoying peace, joy, righteousness, and freedom, then your answer is the Word of God. The Bible, especially the message of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, will set you free and make you whole, if you continue in it. However, just because you have fed on God's Word in one area, does not mean you will be free in every area of life.
For example, you could plant hundreds of tomato seeds in a garden and never harvest one carrot. Why? You never planted any carrot seed! God's Word works the same way as a seed. The Word must be
planted inside you to bear fruit in your life.Just because you plant the seed from God's Word about spiritual
rebirth does not mean you can expect a harvest of financial prosperity. Scriptures about prosperity must be planted in you, and watered, before you can expect a harvest of prosperity.  Even if you plant much seed from God's Word concerning health  and healing, you will not automatically have a harvest of a successful marriage and family life. Each seed of God's Word has to be planted to produce fruit in your life in that area.



 But He answered and said, "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' " (Matthew 4:4).

MATTHEW 17:20

 Once we make the decision to believe, we are in faith, no matter how we may feel, unless we make another
decision to stop believing. Because at its heart, faith is always a decision. No one can force you to believe in anything. The choice is yours. A definition of faith is: a decision, based on some evidence, resulting in some action. Faith in God is a choice to believe what God says is true. It is accepting God's Word as evidence worthy of acting upon.   Jesus did not say "faith the size of a mustard seed" as some modern translations say, but "faith like a mustard seed." The size of a mustard seed is only one of its characteristics. Jesus said if you had faith you would say, so faith speaks. Faith is not silent. We express what we believe by our words
and our actions. Faith is not a mystery. You never have to wonder whether you have faith. You know what you believe by what you say and do.



 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20).

1 Peter 2:24

"Time" is difficult to understand. Scientists tell us that time is "relative," just something that seems real to us.
The Bible indicates God is "outside of time." God created time so He is not confined to it. Can we easily comprehend this? No.When a human makes a statement that is not true at this present moment in time, we call it a lie  not the truth. But when God says something that does not seem to be true at this moment -- we cannot accuse Him of telling a lie because God is not limited to our time frame.  Having said all that, the Bible clearly says that you ARE healed. So, you have a choice. You can look at it from your perspective and say, "That is not true. I am not healed." Or, you can view the situation from God's perspective, and because of your faith in Him, agree with what He said. Which choice is best? As you decide your answer, remember to include eternity in your evaluation. Pleasing God by accepting His Word can bring benefits to you after this life. Here is one way of understanding all this. God made provision for everyone to be healed. That provision must be received by
faith  by believing and acting on what God has said in His Word. Humans have a choice: believe God's Word and resist anything that would try to steal their health, or, let their feelings and circumstances control them.
If you disagree with all this, let's not argue or fight. That will not help anyone. But remember, the Bible will still say what it says.God made provision for your healing, but the devil tries to steal it away from you. Here is the bottom line: we do not understand everything. God does. Since God loves us, it seems best to trust in Him instead of trusting in our own limited understanding. So, I choose to believe and say what God says, whether I understand it or not. 



24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness  by whose stripes you were healed (1 PETER 2:24 ).

Which Jesus Do you Serve????

Its back again I will continue to repeat this till i know that each of us has answered this question for ourselves. This for me is probably the most important question that  I could ever answer for myself.  Father help me to be a earthly representation of Christ my Lord and Savior, I want to be more like Jesus and less like me. I want to be ready & willing to lay my life down for my wife as Christ did for the Church, not for just for a bullet but daily that she would know that I love her like Christ loved the church. I want to love my children like Christ love the little one's. I want to be a true brother to my brothers, by putting them first and even be willing to be servant to them. As Christ washed the feet of his disciples. That is the Jesus I want to serve what about you!!!!


Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2)

 The call to imitate God is a call to separate ourselves from the world though we may be in but not of it  (Ephesians 4:17-19) and how we have been made new (Ephesians 4:20-24) and then gave us specific ways to do that (Ephesians4:25-32).

Our call is to live with the same love that Christ has demonstrated.  Jesus laying down his life for us, was first of all an expression of his love for his Father. Jesus did it, not only because of his love for us, but because first of all he loved the Father and this was  the Father’s will. This ‘life of love’ is not to be something we do to make ourselves feel good or appear good, it is to come out of and be an expression of our love for God Himself.  When John says, “We love because he first loved us,” (1 John 4:19). The first thing we need to do in the Christian life is become utterly convinced of God’s love.

On Sunday they raise their hands to heaven and declare that it is Jesus that they serve.
Then why do we look so much like the world?
Did you know that the wheat and the tare, the world can't tell which is which and quite frankly neither can I. So I pose the question again, which Jesus do you serve?

My Savior bleed and suffered and died and rose again for a sinner like me. My Savior, was a friend to friendless, He remembers the forgotten ones among us, Which Jesus do you follow?
 Which Jesus do you serve?
Is it this picture of the American dream that you chase after? Is the prince of this world who you serve or did you miss that part when you decided you want fortune and power?
If Jesus was here would you walk right by him or cross over to the other side of the street?
Would you even recognize him or have time to speak to him?
Pretty blue eyes and curly brown hair and a white complexion Michael Angelo version of Jesus ,is that the Jesus you serve? My Savior was battered and bruised for my sins, did you miss that part? Sometimes I ponder do we really understand what the price he paid for us?
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they understand and they know My Savior. So which Jesus do we serve. is it the one whom we pray to bless us with great wealth? Or the Jesus who said
blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness?
 So who do you serve? The one whose promises are like shifting sand?
Marine says it God , then country and the marine Corp, what comes first for you?
My Jesus would he be accepted in your churches today? All bloody and bruised with no shoes on his feet, would we want him sitting next to us?  He was not rich he didn't have a pillow to lay his head upon. Today my Jesus would look like a homeless man or perhaps we would see him  as mentally insane.
He spent His time with criminals and those that are considered the least among us. Did you know he had a heart for the poor, so which place would  He come to eat Sabbath meal at your house or among those that were forgotten by society?
Its time we decide which Jesus do we serve but I'm not sure we understand what that means to be like Christ,
Jesus said to live like HIM, love like HIM but then does that mean we must be willing to die for HIM as he died for you and I???
Can we be Imitators of Christ? Can we live like our Savior?  Which one do you want to be ? I turned on the TV set today and heard a man preaching Jesus wants to make you rich and that he never intended for us to be poor.  Is that the Jesus your seeking??? Heard a pastor say that his Jesus says that we should never be sad. Yet my Jesus wept when heard his good friend was dead. So which Jesus do you serve?  I know that I want to be more like my Savior and less like me.  I want to be an imitator of my Savior what about you????

Ephesians 3:18-19

What  words can describe, or  fully understand, How does the clay ever attempt to understand the potters? God tells us in  Isaiah 55  God's reminds you and I that His thoughts are as far from us as the east is from the west. l God's love is greater than words have the ability to communicate. It is impossible to put into language.

God's love for us was demonstrated in redemption. God took our place and suffered what we deserved, so we could be forgiven and go free.Secondly  God proved that He loved us more than He loves Himself. He did not spare Himself to help us. The Creator dies for his creation, if that is not love please tell what is love?

Every good thing in life was created by God for you because of His great love for you.

How can we explain the unexplainable? How can we know something that is beyond the ability of human knowledge to comprehend? You would have to be God Himself to fully understand why He loves us the way He does. Don't expect to ever understand it. But we can accept it. You can believe it.
We can experience it and enjoy it a perfect love, God will never forsake nor leave you he pay the price for you and I. Paul calls himself a bond servants because he knew the Price Christ paid for him.
God's love for us is also evident in creation.

Know this for certain," and I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love—how wide, how long, how high, and how deep that love is.  Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you (Ephesians 3:18-19).

PSALM 107:1

It seems the more people have the less thankful they become, now these are not just words but the story of Willis Henry, when I  drove  and lived in the some of the finest homes and had expensive watches an other toys, I believed in God but I didn't really need him because I had  the things I needed.Today complaints are abundant, but thanks being given to God is few. Being thankful is not optional for a Christian. If it was
impossible, God would not have told us to do it. So, why are people not thankful?  Gratitude is a mark of maturity. Ingratitude is a mark of immaturity. Babies are never thankful. Neither are proud people thankful. Why? Because their mindset is that they deserve not just everything they have, but even better. "Why be thankful for something less than what you deserve?" describes their thinking. A funny thing you will notice if you consider it: un-thankful people are never happy. In fact, the more thankful a person is, the happier they are. You will not be bothered with depression if you act on the Word of God and "be thankful." The cure for unhappiness is being thankful. Try it. But how can you overcome the bad habit of ingratitude? Only by
changing your core beliefs. As long as you believe you are getting a raw deal, or less than you deserve, you will never become a thankful person But if you realize that you deserved punishment and eternal
separation from God  yet in His mercy God instead gave you what He deserved, and EVERYTHING you have including every breath you breathe  is a gift then you will become a thankful person.





1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever (Psalm 107:1).

1 John 4:4

God now has His dwelling place which is in every believer who has accept him as Lord and Savior!  We don't have to "try to reach God." He is right there! What we need to do is to cultivate an awareness of His presence. This, along with communication, is the way to develop a closer relationship with God closer relationships come about via prayer, reading the word and acting upon the word of God. Knowing that God lives in us, and that He loves us, should banish all fear from our life. Fear of failure should have no
place. Fear of what other people think should not bother us. Fear of problems that may come up should be of no concern. We have God dwelling with us !  The God, Who dwells within us, is greater. Greater than any
problem. Greater than any difficulty. Greater than the devil. Greater than anything we will ever face. This is the Word of God. We must embrace God's truth  and live in the light of it. We must meditate on God's word and speak it. We must resist any contrary thought the enemy might try to place in our minds. Trust if God and Him for God will not forsake nor leave us.





4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4).

PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11

No matter what it may seem like at times, Jesus Christ is Lord. He is ruler, boss, king: the One ultimately in charge. He just hasn't exercised His prerogative and taken charge of everything yet. Jesus is not currently micro-managing everything on earth. He is not responsible for every mistake, accident, and bad thing happening in the world. God has allowed mankind to "try things our way" so we may see the folly of going our own way in rebellion to God. But this won't last forever. God has a plan with a limited amount of time allotted for this part of history.
Although God has set certain boundaries, basically human beings are now in control on earth. We are free to choose. Because we are free to choose, we bear the responsibility for the consequences of our chosen actions.
All that is bad in the world today is the result of choices people made. God is not to blame. His only blame is that He allowed us the freedom to choose. One day Jesus will exercise His authority and put a stop to all
evil. Not only that, but He will eliminate the curse and all its effects. He will make all things new, whole, and sound again. One day everyone will see and acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus Christ. You have that privilege today.




9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (

PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11)

PSALM 103:11

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If we understood how much God loves us  our lives would be different. Fear and worry would have no power over you any longer. Fear has no torment for someone basking in the sunlight of Almighty
God's love. This passage in Psalm 103 attempts to picture the size or extent of God's love. It is not portrayed as simply big as the highest mountain. No, no  far more. As high as the sky is above the earth. That is the picture God wants us to see when we think of how great His love is for us. How do we know this? Just from what the Bible says. And from what God did in and through Jesus Christ to redeem us. He paid a mighty price for us  because His love for us is so great. But, we may ask, "Why is my life going so poorly if God really does love me so much?" This line is one I've uttered a lot late nights as I'm endeavor to last through a personal storm in my life right now. To me  that is a valid question, but not the same one as whether God loves us. The quick answer is that God has made provision for us but most of us are not taking
advantage of the help He offers. Put another way, we are not acting on God's instructions whether out of ignorance or for some other reason. When we don't follow a proven recipe we cannot expect a good outcome. God has no desire to condemn us for our failure, but instead desires to invite us into His fellowship and His way of doing things. It is through His Word that this will happen in our lives. So, read the Bible to see how much God loves us, but also remember that it is because of His great love for us that He gave us the instructions found in the Bible. They are for our benefit  not God's benefit.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him (Psalm 103:11).

Getting what you deserve Thank God We didn't

What if God gave each of us what we really deserved, I can't speak for you but  the most I would get is death for you see the price of sin is death.  So thank God that I didn't get what I deserve! The good news in Grace and Mercy pay the price for you and I . Because justice demanded our lives, Jesus stood and spoke saying grace and mercy which is I already paid for their sins with my life.Do you really want what you deserve? Maybe you should first find out what you really deserve. People clamoring to get what they deserve are really in the dark. God is the judge and He declares that we have all fallen short
 none of us deserves good. But the wonderful news is that God loves us so much that He is not giving us what we deserve. But it doesn't stop there. It gets better. Believers are actually going to receive what Jesus deserves!  Jesus took what we deserved punishment (death). And now, because of
His great love, offers us what He deserves  freely as a gift of love. How can you not respond to Someone like that!


PSALM 103:8-10 NIV
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger,
abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger
forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us
according to our iniquities (Psalm 103:8-10).