Do they know? How can they know if you didn't tell them?

 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.( Acts 17:24-28)

Much like Paul, when he went to  Athens, he discovered people who did not know God, we must also tell those in this era about the true God. For the world today has many gods, it could be their job, their beauty, their wealth, their intellect, or religion (man ideology of a god place in a box).  Tell have you taken the time to identify God and explain to those around who God is, not what some Evangelist on television said or their uncle Benny said.

Now like with and the Athens many that you share the truth about God will not hear you or accept it, but many will. Do not try to preach to them simply share  why you believe and the difference God has made in your life and why you know he is real 

The word of God is like Food for our soul

If we indeed desire to see growth as Christians we must daily feed on the word of God. Like  a newborn baby depends on liquid diet to nourish his or her body. If you
know anything about babies, you know they require regular
feeding!

It's not just a quick reading of the Word that you need. You
must chew the Word to get the "milk" out of it. This just means
you need to meditate on God's Word to get all that you should
from it. You can't just gulp it down quickly and expect to
receive all its nutrition. It takes some time and effort to
think on the Word and digest it, so that it becomes a part of
us.

The food we take into our physical bodies does not nourish us
unless we properly digest and assimilate it into our cells.
Spiritual food is the same. The Word you read has to "become
flesh" in you. It has to become part of you. As it nourishes
you, it will change you by changing the way you see yourself
and the way you see others.

It is possible to study the Word and not believe it, not
personalize it, and not internalize it. This type of mental
study does not feed your spirit.

Personalizing the Word and speaking it, helps us digest the
Word so it becomes part of us. This, along with thinking and
seeing in agreement with the Word.

We are the children of the living God. We have what God says we have.
We can do what God says we can do. We must believe whatever God has said about us, simply because we know that God can not lie. 

 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 4:4 shows us that God's Word somehow sustains life, as
does bread in the physical realm. But we need more than
physical food to enjoy life as God intended. God's Word is our
spiritual food which will enrich our life. 


 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God. (Romans 10:17)
God's Word produces faith in our hearts and renews our minds.
It is vital for our spiritual growth. God's Word is like food for our souls.




Tell me did you pray today? Did you pray before you laid your head down to sleep?
Did you read the word of God before you went to sleep last night? Or did you raise up early this morning to fall down and worship God?  Did you read his word this morning?  Do you read the word of God to your spouse? Do you share the word of God with your children nightly?
Based on these question are you fat on the word or are you starving to death?

God can Redeem your family

   Right now does it seem hopeless? You have prayed and prayed and put them on your churches prayer list.  You invite them church all the time, do not give up hope for God is able to do all things.  One thing you should make sure that you are doing which to reflect the love of Christ to them, let them see Christ moving in you. Let them see the new creature that Christ has made you into       


31 So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." (Acts 16:31)

Christ said it was not his nor the Father will that any should perish

  "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. "(2 Peter 3:9)  When people are confronted with the reality of God, they will accept Him. Spiritual blindness
is the only reason anyone rejects Jesus Christ.


Praying for those we love, gives God a valid invitation to enter into your family or friends lives, so that  they can come to know  the truth.


We must pray for them day and night that bondage that they are under from the lies of the enemy, his whole intention is to kill and destroy that is why he is describe as roaring lion going to and fro seeking out whom he may destroy.  Do not allow him to have the victory over your family, stand in the gap, continue to be a mirror for the Lord in their lives, cause through your walk with God they may be saved.

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:3-4)

When we pray for family and friends it may not seem like anything is happening outwardly, but behind the scenes we can be certain hat God is working. We must continue in faith and resist any thoughts of doubt, for we trust not in but in Christ Jesus, who is our deliever. I have 5 kids and each one I must trust and leave in God's to bring them to Salvation. I can pray all day and night but the bottom line is this. Only God can save, we do not bring anyone to God, bring them. While we were yet his enemies he loved us so much that sent his only begotten son down from Glory to suffer greatly for us. So do not be deceived by the devil floor show God is alive and still on the throne.  Trust in him and walk in his light so that the world that is in darkness may come to the light and come to know Christ through you.

So don't you dare give up hope, hold to your faith and trust in...
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Do you know the secret to life? To good health? To a long marriage? To happiness? To clear skin and no athlete's foot?Ec        evision, or even go to the movies, without seeing a commercial promise the secret to something. Truthfully, most of the answers you receive aren't secrets, they're just common sense. I think we're really looking for shortcuts and external solutions to internal problems.

I'd rather you give me five easy steps to good health than eat a balanced diet and exercise on a regular basis. Tell me how to fix my husband in seven days because that's simpler than working on myself. If it were really as easy as the commercials promised, we'd have long lives, happy marriages, gorgeous hair, and never get sick.

The real secret isn't a secret at all. It's relationship with God. Knowing Him and walking with Him makes our lives bearable. It doesn't make them perfect, nor does it make us perfect. I may never have perfect hair, a perfect marriage, or the perfect body, but I can have perfect peace, and that's enough for me.

 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)
True perfection can only be found in Christ, you are ready to surrender your fancy house and all your trips  to spain

The Cell

Ever feel like your trap and there is no way out? Your not sure how you got there and how do you get out of this trap. Christ gives you a way out of this cell that is called sin. It hold you in and want let you free. Sin keeps bond and only desire is to steal away your joy and hope for the future.

  Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Notice that Jesus does not say he will show you the way. He says, "I am the way!"

   Jesus also spoke of a narrow road and a wide road. Many walk on that wide road, which in the end is the way of death ( Matthew 7:13).

Sin is not a fabrication

Sin  in not a fabrication it is real and it is what separates us from the Father. God gave Adam dominion over the world  in Gen. 1:28. When he rebelled against God, he set in motion an entire series of events and changed the very nature of man and creation. Both were affected by sin. Creation was no longer a paradise, but bore thorns and thistles.    Sin is rebellion against God. But God has not left us alone in this fallen state.  His Son is brought  to the cross so that we might have the opportunity to obtain eternal life. In this, God has not stepped away from his fallen creation, but has stepped into it by  sending Christ to pay the sin price for us.
Even the non believer is perplexed by why such evil things happen in today's society.  Question such as the following are often asked of Christians:   Why is there suffering? Why are the innocent victimized? Is there purpose in pain? Is there any escape? For the Christian, who believes that God is all-good and all-powerful, answers to these questions are especially important. Because usually their argument says, “If God is all-powerful, he could prevent or eliminate suffering. If God is all-good, he would not want his creation to suffer. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." (Revelations. 21:4).
Suffering is the result of human sin aka (evil or bad) Even the Catholic Church calls it evil instead of sin.  There will come a day when the Lord will return and cleanse this world of all sin and all suffering.

No being a Christians does not make you immune to sin. For we are sinners saved by grace, not something we earned but it is simply God's favor.  Being showed to those of us who are able to admit that we need him. Admitting  that we are not good enough to enter heaven without his grace and mercy which was the blood of Christ that covers a sinner like you and I. 

Who have you witness to lately???

The guy in this video says he's a Calvary Chapel Member, not sure what the message that being taught at the Calvary he attends, but one things for certain he's not getting it. Yet here is young lady who is not a Calvary Chapel member but a child of God attempt to remind him of who God is and who were called to be in Christ.  Who are you in Christ.
   "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)


. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.." (Romans 8:28) Not some things. All THINGS. Losses as well as gain; invisible things as well as visible; those that are bitter as well as those that are sweet. All things work together for good.

Let stop letting the devil have the victory, I heard a pastor say that in Paul's life time the devil was not a happy guy, cause he was not able to get the victory over Paul, he said he bet when Paul died the devil had a feast for he no longer had to battle against Paul.  Will that be said of us? Or are we just push overs to afraid to stand upon the word of God?  Do we live in fear? Does the world have a stronger god than ours?  If not then why do we walk in defeat?  Okay maybe we hide in defeat, to afraid to speak out of work because you might loose that job, who gave you the job?  Too afraid to tell my family and friends the truth because they might not like me, or disown me, but Christ bought you with a price he is with you always.
So tell me what is holding you back from witnessing to others about someone who can save anybody.  Do you need to be in her situation before you stand up for Christ, would stand up even if it meant you dieing??? Really then don't you do it now, cause each day we live we die, hopeful we are dieing to our flesh and living for Christ and not for the devil. I want to be a thorn in the devils side don't you????

Are we still one Nation under God???? Are we????

Have we truly forgotten how to be a Christian Nation??? Oh Father help us to stand as the nation that you allowed us to be. For the enemy has feed this nation  lies and they have devoured it and asked for seconds.  Let us who are called by your name remember your promise:  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. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

America was formed off the sweat and tear and blood of men who believed in God, our forefather George Washington was a Christian and was know that when he was traveling and  whatever town he stop in and that had  a church that is where he would be spending his Sunday worship. Not demo nationalist, but a simple believer. What oh men of God do you truly believe in, not what your lips say. What does your actions and your heart say to our heavenly Father.

"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States." 

Wow so I'm not the only one who actually understands the importance of America being true to its grass roots of being a nation that serves God and proudly announces it to the world that we are a Christian nation. But wait how can we be? Do we not allow Muslims to build their worship centers in our country?  Shocking right?  Wrong King David allowed the same thing  when he married pagan wives, yet the apple did not fall from the tree cause King Solomon did the exact thing. Surely this proof that its okay to denounce being a Christian nation instead to announce ourselves as nation of all religions.  Think about it, if what I've said is right take a stand. If not ignore it as old military guy with a few screws loose.

To Save a life A must see movie

It was the blood

"Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:28)

The thought that the death of Jesus and His shed blood were somehow the ransom price paid to redeem lost sinners from an eternal prison in hell has been a stumbling block to many of those very sinners. Yet that is the teaching of Scripture, whether it appeals to their reasoning's or not. "Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold.But with the precious blood of Christ" . In the Old Testament economy, ransoms were paid for various reasons, to free slaves, for example. The last use of "ransom" in the Old Testament, however, seems to foreshadow the New Testament concept. "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death" (Hosea 13:14).

But to whom was the ransom of Christ to be paid? Not to Lucifier, or to any human king. It can only have been paid to God Himself, for He had set "the wages of sin" to be "death" (Romans 6:23). For a time, these wages had been paid in part "by the blood of the lamb and also goats and calves" offered on the altar as a temporary covering for sins. But that was only until the true ransom could be paid. "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who  offererd himself in our behalf without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"  He paid a price that none of could afford,, not Abraham, not Issac not even Moses or David could pay that price, only the son God could do what man had failed to do which is to live a perfect and upright life.

Such a sacrifice was not foolishness as the scoffer claims, but "the power of God, and the wisdom of God". "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man kind, and that is Christ; Who gave himself a ransom for all. By his blood we are redeemed, by the precious blood of the lamb of God.

I know it was the blood,
I know it was the blood,
I know it was the blood for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
I know it was the blood for me.

Verse 2
They nailed Him to the cross,
they nailed Him to the cross,
they nailed Him to the cross for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
they nailed Him to the cross for me.

Verse 3
They pierced Him in His side,
they pierced Him in His side,
they pierced Him in His side for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
they pierced Him in His side for me.

Verse 4
He never said a mumbling word,
He never said a mumbling word,
He never said a mumbling word for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He never said a mumbling word for me.

Verse 5
He hung His head and died,
He hung His head and died,
He hung His head and died for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He hung His head and died for me.

Verse 6
He rose up from the dead,
He rose up from the dead,
He rose up from the dead for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He rose up from the dead for me.

Verse 7
He's coming back again,
He's coming back again,
He's coming back again for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He's coming back again for me.