Believe!!!

Believe

Lately I have found myself walking around with a smile on my face while my heart is filled with so much doubt. I sometimes wonder how can  the wicked continue to be so wicked. They seem to get away with doing wrong and it appears that they are at peace in all their wrongdoings.

  Well today while I was around the house and getting ready for work I found myself being very doubtful about certain things in my life. Out of no where I heard a noise. The only problem is there is no one else in the house but me. I looked around me and saw nothing so I continued with what I was doing. About half an hour later I go downstairs to find that the flowers on the table had overturned and there was water all over the floor. Since I can no longer believe in ghost I told myself that it was God. In my mind it was God talking to me. He was getting my attention because he is the only one who reads our thoughts and I was having doubts about my prayers. Well" God  got my attention by letting me realize that there is nothing impossible for him to do. Just like Jesus said in the bible " when you pray you must believe. This verse is found in mark 11:24.    

Mark 15:39 also gives an account of the centurion and his faith Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, "Go" and he goes; and to another, "Come," and he comes; and to my servant, "Do this," and he does it.'"

I also know someone who in past conversations told me that she does not say the same prayer over and over because she believes that her prayer has been answered so there is no reason to pray that prayer again. I do believe in God but sometimes the doubts and disappointments can be too much, but as my mother use to say" God won't give you no more than you can bear. Today I realized I needed to stop having doubts no matter the situation. Believing God now determines my future. Walking around in doubt is basically stating that God does not have the power or ability to do what he said he will do. His word tells us in Matthew 7:11 

if ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more will your heavenly father give good gifts unto you. My thoughts also took me to Sara and Abraham when the angel visited Sara to tell her that this time next year you will be with child. Sara laughed and denied laughing when asked by the angel. But God had made a promise to Abraham, and he is not a breaker of promises but a keeper. He is the author and finisher of our faith.  He is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. What God put together let no man put asunder. 

So if I want my prayers to be answered I must believe that it is already answered. If I need healing I must believe that he is able to heal me so therefore I am already healed. If I need a miracle it's already done. Believing is the key. Believing without the slightest doubt.

God is a loving God!!

God is a loving God

So long as people only see God as a loving God or still think that he is baby jesus they will never have a true desire to change. God is a loving God!!he is also a jealous God!! he is a vengeful God and when he gets angry  no one can stand before his wrath. The bible says the mountains quake at his presence. Nahum 1:6,7 &8 states: Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. The Lord  is Good , a strong hold in the day of trouble and he knows them that trust in him. But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

I just want people to understand that my God is not a toy to play with.  God is real, Jesus is real and he is coming soon. Who will be able to stand before him. I know that I quiver at the sound of thunder how much more will I quiver if God should become angry at me. Wasn't it king Nebuchadnezzar who got beside himself believing that he built this great kingdom and admiring himself instead of admiring and thanking God who gives to whomever he pleases.  Wasn't he cast out of his own kingdom for 7 years and lived in the wilderness for seven years until he acknowledged God. After seven years his kingdom was restored to him. Didn't God bring an earthquake to destroy the Israelites in the desert for thinking that he was gone away just like Moses and built themselves a golden calf, transgressing against the almighty. As children didn't our parents punish or correct us when we did wrong. Yet I have heard some people say they don't believed in God because he took away their loved one or since he allows all this wickedness to go on they no longer believe . I thought the word said that God is slow to anger because it is not his desire that any of us should perish and go to hell. He would prefer if all of us would be saved. 

Some ask the question, how can God destroy us if he is so loving? Why does he allow bad things  to happen? I suppose we want a life that is filled with laughter, no pain and no repercussion for wrongdoing. Looks like we have forgotten that the world now lies in sin and we should all know by now who controls this world ( Satan) and he has no place to go until the judgement. Didn't Satan try to tempt Jesus? Matthew 4:8,9 

Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and there splendor. All this I will give you if you will bow down and worship me. And Jesus said to him , "depart from me satan, for it is written "serve the Lord thy God and him only shall you serve. 

For those who choose not to believe Paul ask the question in Galatians 3:1 Oh foolish Galatians who has bewitched you that you should not believe the truth....

Do I Know Jesus!!!

Do I know Jesus 

To know Jesus is to have a personal relationship with him. To have a personal relationship with him means pulling out and dusting off that bible that has been sitting on that shelf for so long. Just going to church and hearing what the pastor says and doing nothing with what you have learned is not having a personal relationship. The bible says that in that day many will say Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, cast out demons in thy name, and done many wonders in thy name, Matthew  7:23 And then I will declare to them 'I never knew you, depart from me ye workers of iniquity. 

I realized that to know Jesus is to love God. Jesus said" I have done nothing of my own will, everything I do, I do according to the will of my father who sent me. So if it is important for Jesus to obey God it is ever so much for us to obey God also. I have heard some people say that Jesus is the white mans God and where is the black mans God. Other races of people honor someone within their own culture based on their own beliefs. 

I believe in Jesus Christ. Do I have a picture in my house of the figure that everyone else believes is Jesus? No I do not. Deuteronomy 5:8 Do not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the  earth beneath or in the waters below. We are all here as people and regardless of race we were all created by one God who had one son who sent his son to die for all of us who chooses to believe. I choose to believe, I choose to believe because God has never let me down yet. (Man has let me down, so called friends have let me down, governments let people down). I choose to have a personal relationship with him because he first chose me. I did not wake up one day and say let me start believing in God. God has a way of drawing us close to him and getting our attention. When so many things start to happen in your life and you can't seem to get control, that may be God trying to get your attention. I remember when I was a child and my aunt would leave the house to go to market she would always pray. Her prayer was for God to carry her to her destination safely and when she got home she thanked him again for bringing her home safe. I use her as a guide in my life because she was a believer. I cannot let society dictate to me how I should believe or should I believe. I know without a doubt that God exist and I need him in my life at all times because  I cannot do it alone. Believing in God satisfies me. I don't spend time trying to see how many people I can take advantage of today. I don't spend time trying to cause confusion in other peoples lives. I spend my day meditating on his word and listening to songs which glorify Him. I recently had someone tell me that it feels good to be evil and I love being evil. We must be careful in making statements such as these and taking it upon our selves to do evil. To do evil is not of God but yet this came out of the mouth of someone who is a regular church goer. The Lord says " They declare me with their mouth but their heart is far from me. If I truly love the Lord then I will do all I can to please him. Some people are so intent on pleasing others that they forget that their purpose in life is to please God. 

 When we know Jesus we do his will. When we love God we follow his commandments. John 21:17  a third time he said to him, Simon son of John,  do you love me? Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, do you love me? He said, lord you know all things; you know that I love you" Jesus said " Feed My Sheep.

The Law

The Law

What side of the law am I on and who's law am I following? The decision to have an abortion goes against Gods law. If I choose to commit murder goes against Gods law. Going against his commandments is going against Gods law. There are so many things that we put above God as if he is secondary. I hope to never  let a job jeopardize my beliefs. Making a decision to feed my family is important, but it should never come between me and God. If I choose to let money become a deciding factor then I have now put money above God. We all have something that we believe in, and will take a stand for,  be it evil or good but in my house God wins. So I don't have a million dollar house and I don't drive a fancy car but my eternity should be the most important thing in every decision that I make in life.  Money buys lots of material goods but when the body becomes ill all the money in the world can't save me. If the doctor says  that I am terminal money cannot save me. It is God who gives life. It is he who prolongs our days. Don't  get me wrong, I have seen the wicked live a long and prosperous life and I have seen a humble and sincere person be cut off from this world. But whether we live to be old or we die young the soul must go back to the one who gave it to us" God". We may live 70, 80, 90 or even 100 years but that is a very short time to be on this earth. Some people who do not believe in God believes that we live and die and that is the end. Well, the  soul does not die and we all have a soul. The soul of mankind will not be destroyed until the final judgement before God, and even then the bible says that those who do not believe will be tormented in fire and brimstone. I have never seen brimstone and I don't know who has. I cannot describe it but I bet it makes hell a little more hotter. I do not want to see fire and brimstone or a place where the worm does not die.  Who will you serve. As Joshua said" as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.