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Freedom & Choices!

A friend of mine sent this, just had to share 🙂

“ALL of God’s Children are given choices between good and evil. This IS the way that God created us. Our Heavenly Father did not want “robots” to perform without thoughts or feelings.

He made us in His Own Image. He feels what we feel. He knows EVERYTHING about us, every intricate detail. He IS our Maker and each of us made to be unique. He also knew that giving us the ability, to make our own choices, would eventually take us to sin. God’s Mercy and Grace gave His Only Son, Jesus Christ to be our choice of Redemption, our Salvation, our Hope, through His Suffering, death, and Resurrection! Truly, His Love for His Children knows no boundary!

By accepting Jesus Christ, as our personal Lord and Savior, asking Him to come into our hearts, receiving His Holy Spirit and being Born Again, what does this really allow us? FREEDOM! Freedom from worry, fear of tomorrow, evils, and the material wants of the body.

Does this mean evil will no longer try to tempt and bombard us with fiery darts of doubt and pain? NO! Truly, it means we have a choice to attempt to take on all these things on our own (i.e. which we will surely fail) OR give our trials and tribulations to our Father in heaven to combat with us.

Worry means being drawn in different directions, distracted, anxious, disturbed, and upset in spirit. Jesus had warned against this very thing in the Sermon on the Mount. “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’….. For your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:31-34) Jesus was trying to show His people the true secret of a quiet mind, freedom from anxiety and unnecessary worry. Tomorrow’s evils were not to be considered. Our Lord was teaching the great lessons of complete and childlike trust and confidence in God.

Before we make choices on this earth, would it not be wise to take them to our Lord in fervent prayer and ask Him to send His Holy Spirit, to Guide and Direct us in His Will and Purpose? OH, how much grief and evil this would lift from us!! “

“Cancel” God?

A friend sent this, had to share 🙂

“The word “cancel” is getting a new use. “Canceling” and “cancel culture” have to do with the removing of support or objects for people in response to their behavior or opinions not agreed upon. Appears the latest so-called “cancel culture” actions have gone too far.

Simply, if you do or represent something that others feel is a problem, you are silenced, perhaps in voice or action. Truly, the amount of pressure and opinion, that has been stirring to create this person or organization to either shut up, disappear, stop their actions, including boycotts, or be confronted with violence, is becoming greater. Seems just like when a swarm of bees attack, when they feel their home is threatened.

Evil’s home is the world with those whom do not fear God. Evil has been practicing the word “cancel” for a very long time. All evil needs is for God’s children not to practice and live their life to represent His Word. This includes not respecting or having love for our Heavenly Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Should not this word be used, with for what it truly IS: “Cancel” God?

Evil can only flourish if there is no resistance. Recently, I saw a sign outside of a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream store that said, “Resist. Join the Resistance.” Seems like this would be a good slogan against the “Cancel Culture” movement. Those whom fear God need to resist evil and what evil represents. God’s children whom believe in Christ’s Salvation for ALL, need to be like Christ, representing His Love and Peace. Does this mean to not stand up for what is right and God-given freedom?

NO! Quite the opposite. Jesus Christ stood up against those, whom were taking advantage of and creating hardships against good people. Jesus became their Representative and referred to their evil leaders as “rotten on the inside”. Seems like we are witnessing a lot of that in these times. Jesus did not hesitate in His Actions of Truth.

Please note that He also felt sorry for those doing evil, because He knew where their rejection of the Holy Spirit would take them. He even asked His Father to forgive them from their actions of taking Him to His Sacrifice on the cross. This IS True Love!

My thoughts and prayers are that you love one another, even your enemies and those whom do you wrong. That you are not silent for those attempting to “Cancel” God. That you stand up against evil and be like Christ. That you do ALL you can to share Him with others and increase His Father’s Kingdom. Do not forget His Promise that Jesus WILL return!! In Jesus’ Name. Thy Will be done. Amen. Peace.

Forgiveness is Available for all those who Ask :)

The Bible says, “fear is the beginning of wisdom”.

We may not always wish to live as the Bible has instructed, but woe to person who fails to do so, and refuses to repent.

In His great love for us, our Father has left wide open a way for repentance and forgiveness. His name is Jesus Christ.

Don’t walk to Him, Run. He is waiting for you with open arms ?

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More On The Fairness of The Unforgivable Sin…

We all like to focus on God’s Great Mercy and there is nothing wrong with that. It’s so comforting to think about God’s Great Love for all of us. And to know, that when we fail. He will be there to catch us, and to forgive us. And to Love us!

But God is also Just. And His Justice is not necessarily something every one likes to focus on. And yet, if God were not Just, would we follow Him? What’s the point of striving to do all that the Bible teaches us, if it doesn’t matter? Thank God, it does matter. And that is one of the reasons for the Unforgivable Sin. We have our whole lives to accept Christ, but at some point, there has to be a reckoning. This is it.

God is indeed Merciful, but He is also Just. And we thank Him for both ?

Is It Fair To Have An Unforgivable Sin?

Some will say that it is unfair that our death can place us in a state of Unforgivable Sin. But God is fair. We each have our entire life in which to accept Jesus. And that is the same for every human being that exists. It doesn’t matter what country one comes from; what race one is; if one is rich or poor. Every human being receives the same ability to choose.

Choose wisely?

The Unforgiveable Sin!

The Unforgiveable Sin used to scare me. The Bible says the Unforgiveable Sin is Blaspheming the Holy Spirit. And I believe that. But what does that mean? Had I ever accidentally done that? After all I am no youngster, I can’t remember every single thing I have done in my life. The truth is, I think that the idea of an Unforgivable Sin scares a lot of people. And yet if you are alive, it is not a sin you could have committed.

The Unforgiveable Sin is when we die rejecting Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. For the Holy Spirit only comes to us when we accept Jesus as our Savior. So you see, if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, it’s just not possible that you have committed the “Unforgiveable Sin”.

For Jesus forgives all other sin the minute we accept Him as our Savior. The Holy Spirit becomes a part of us that very same moment.

For more on The Unforgivable Sin, I think Billy Graham explains it even better: https://billygraham.org/answer/what-is-the-unpardonable-sin-i-am-afraid-i-may-have-committed-it/

So as long as we are alive, we can not have committed the Unforgiveable Sin.

The Color of Jesus’ Skin- Does It Matter?

In the news recently, there has been quite a discussion as to the color of Jesus’ skin. How sad that so much energy is wasted on something that does not matter.

In the Bible, it talks of clay pots. And how although the clay pots may age and deteriorate (Us). It’s what is In the pot that is truly the Treasure (The Holy Spirit). It is the same with the color of Jesus’ skin. It simply does not matter what color of skin Jesus had.

We love and follow Him because of who He was on the inside. We love and follow Him because He loved us so! And His greatest command is that we love God with our whole heart and soul, and love our neighbor as ourselves.

Notice Jesus did not say, love those with whom we agree, lol. He said love every one.

Jesus does not recognize any of the ways we divide ourselves. Whether it be economic, political or race, because Jesus loves us all-each and every one!

Trust God

Everyone says it. Everyone means it. But how exactly do you do it?

For me, it’s sometimes as basic as repeating over and over in my mind, “Trust God”. That way, there is no room for any scary thoughts! Recently, I had an experience that I had to do that. My tire had been torn, and I had to drive it quite a long way, and over a bridge with a metal grate in it. To say I was scared is an understatement! What if that tire blew? What if I lost control of the car? But it needed to be fixed before all the air leaked out, and that was the only way.

So I got in the car and drove the long drive, over the bridge, and the metal grate…saying to myself over and over “Trust God”. Sometimes it’s just that simple.. And you know what, I arrived just fine ?.

Coincidence? Miracle?

Prayer changes things ?

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