“Existence”
Mankind just spent 9 1/2 years to probe Pluto. It’s time to prioritize probing The Cross of Christ, and the relevance of life and death as this song states. What JESUS did in hours upon “The Cross” can take you beyond anything this world can show you on a TV screen. They traveled over 300 billion miles to show us Pluto, yet cannot discover who placed planet Pluto in space. You can only know your Existence through HIM who gave it to you. Know the Real History Maker and study HIS Book.
p.s. JESUS is a whisper away, call on HIM and KNOW your EXISTENCE!!
“MY DELIVERER IS COMING, MY DELIVERER IS STANDING BY”
GOD’S WORD
ISAIAH 53:4-7
Surely HE took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered HIM stricken by GOD, smitten by HIM, and afflicted. But HE was pierced for our transgressions, HE was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon HIM, and by HIS WOUNDS we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.
ISAIAH 53:10-12
Yet it was the LORD’S will to crush HIM and cause HIM to suffer, and though the LORD makes HIS LIFE a guilt offering, HE will see HIS offspring and prolong HIS days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in HIS HAND. After the suffering of HIS SOUL, HE will see the Light of Life and be satisfied; by HIS KNOWLEDGE my RIGHTEOUS SERVANT will justify many, and HE will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give HIM a portion among the great, and HE will divide the spoils with the strong, because HE POURED OUT HIS LIFE UNTO DEATH, and was numbered with the transgressors. For HE BORE THE SIN OF MANY, AND MADE INTERCESSION FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS.
PRAYER: Father, speak to the heart of man and help him understand that every stripe upon your life was not in vain. I pray for every leader whom you have placed in position to hearken unto your voice for wisdom. To every pastor upon this earth, may they hear the call upon their life to share your love. Please forgive us for walking in our own way. LORD, let this video remind us all of the price you paid in laying down your own life. In the name that is above every name, In JESUS name, I pray. AMEN
“SANDCASTLES”
Max Lucado writes:
“A little boy is on the beach. He packs the sand with plastic shovels into a bright red bucket. Then he upends the bucket and a sandcastle is created.
“A man is in his office. He shoves papers into stacks and delegates assignments. Numbers are juggled, contracts are signed, and a profit is made.
“Two builders — two castles. They see nothing and make something. And for both the tide will rise and the end will come. Yet that’s where the similarities cease. For the boy sees the end while the man ignores it. Watch the boy as dusk approaches. As the waves near, the wise child begins to clap. There is no sorrow. No fear. No regret. He knew this would happen. He is not surprised. And when the great breaker finally crashes upon his castle and his masterpiece is sucked into the sea, he smiles picks up his tools, takes his father’s hand and goes home. The grown-up however, is not so wise. As the wave of years collapses on his castle he is terrified. He hovers over the sandy monument he protected. He blocks the waves from the walls he has made. Salt-water soaked and shivering he scowls at the incoming tide. ‘It’s my castle,’ he defies. The ocean need not respond. Both know to whom the sand belongs…and I don’t know much about sandcastles. But children do. Watch them and learn. Go ahead and build, but build with a child’s heart. When the sun sets and the tides take — applaud. Salute the process of life, then take your father’s hand and go home.”
“WHEN GOD RAN”
Luke 15: 11-32 “The Prodigal Son”
JESUS continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.’ So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his Father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; HE RAN to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son”.
“But the Father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the BEST ROBE and put it on him. Put a RING on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!
“‘My SON,’ the FATHER said, ‘you are ALWAYS with ME, and everything I HAVE is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; HE WAS LOST AND IS FOUND.'”
Dear LORD, I pray for all those who tried to find a better way and finally realized that “JESUS, YOU ARE THE ONLY WAY”. Come Back Home, In Jesus Name, AMEN.
Link 2 videos to Scripture provided here:
“DESERT ROSE”
This song came into my life around 1985. Until now, I didn’t know the full meaning behind the title of the song. Can you believe that a Rose grows in the Desert?
Have you ever been in a DRY place? (A Desert Place). A place where you felt like giving in, saying I quit, I CANNOT go any further, not one more second. Not one soul is listening, and all I can see is SAND, And LORD, this place is LONELY.
Sharing the Love of GOD is WORK. A friend of mine asked me why I begin to sweat when I start talking about the LORD? I didn’t have an answer to that question last year, but I do now. Have you ever plowed the ground? It’s not easy digging up dirt, it will wear you out very fast.
In the Garden, GOD formed Adam from the ground. So, we all come from dirt. When I witness for CHRIST, my tongue becomes a shovel for GOD’S Word to plow the dirt (Male/Female) within. There is Good soil, but sometimes you have to dig very deep to find it. The weeds on the surface of the dirt can be seen and pulled up with a little effort. However, the Roots underneath take more strength to get to and more time to Up-Root. This may cause you to sweat!!
Should you ever feel that no one is listening, GOD wants you to know he hears every word . You are his Desert Rose. Please enjoy and receive this message into your Heart. All my Love, tim
“People need the LORD”
“People Need The LORD” Apart from HIM, we can do nothing. We tend to think we get up on our own everyday as if it were our own breathe that is keeping us alive, but it is the very Breathe of GOD that sustains us. I heard a statement years ago that said: “You CANNOT say NO to anything, until you have said YES to GOD”.
“DROWN THE NOISE”
PSALM 105:4 “SEEK THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH; SEEK HIS FACE CONTINUALLY.”
We are to look for the LORD’s Strength every day and every hour of the day–not just when we find ourselves in trouble or danger. HIS strength is always there, of course, and ever available to HIS Children. But if we’ve allowed clutter to build up in our relationship with GOD, if we’ve allowed that living, pulsing sense of HIS reality in our lives to fade, our Faith may be very small at just the time when we need Faith the most.
I read a story about a small boy in Oklahoma named Billy, who had Down’s syndrome. One day Billy visited a little church in town with the pastor’s son, who had befriended him. When the pastor said, “is there anyone here who wants to give his or her life to JESUS?” Billy immediately lifted his hand. From that time on, Billy came every Sunday, choosing pew number two as his designated spot. And if you happened to get there first and sit down in that pew, he’d sit right in your lap. Sometimes, during worship, GOD would move on Billy’s Heart, and he would lift his hands, tears filling his eyes and spilling down his cheeks. Five minutes or so later, GOD would move on others in the congregation. It always seemed that when GOD began to touch people’s hearts in that little church, Billy was the first one to sense HIS Presence. Others would follow after. After having read this story, you can clearly see that Billy didn’t have a lot of clutter in his life. When the HOLY SPIRIT began to touch people, Billy was wide open; nothing hindered his response.
Why is it so difficult for us to hear from GOD sometimes? Because our lives are so often cluttered with cares and worries and preoccupations and NOISE that GOD can’t get through to us. But Billy was a simple young man, and the LORD had immediate access to His Heart.
Where can I go to escape all the distractions (TV, Radios, Cell Phones, Face Book, etc.,) and Noise, that only this world can offer?
ANSWER: PSALMS 91, (GOD’S SECRET PLACE). In this place, CHAOS is absent, CALMNESS is in abundance. It’s a prescription for PEACE from the Great Physician (THE LORD HIMSELF).
PSALMS 91:1 “HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.”
LORD, open my eyes to focus on YOU! Let my ears listen to YOUR VOICE ONLY! And LORD, please help me to remove any clutter from my life that would cloud my view of you, and all the noise that keeps me from hearing you. With your help, and only yours alone will I be able to “DROWN THE NOISE.”
I pray the HOLY SPIRIT minister to all who have this opportunity to click on the link below and listen to the lyrics of “DROWN THE NOISE.” IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
“ALL THAT IS IN ME”
AN ACRONYM FOR WORSHIP = Worship Our Risen Savior He Inhabits Praise
“A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE”
HEBREWS 13:15 Through JESUS, therefore, let us continually offer to GOD a SACRIFICE of PRAISE–the fruit of lips that confess HIS name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such SACRIFICES GOD is pleased.
“SACRIFICE” comes from a (humble) heart. An “offering to the LORD”.
“PRAISE” comes from a GRATEFUL heart with “shouts of joy” to our GOD.
“BOTH SACRIFICE & PRAISE COMES FROM AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION THAT LEADS TO THE WORSHIP OF GOD”
WORSHIP IS WHERE WE ENTER GOD’S PRESENCE. TO BOW OUR HEARTS, TO KNEEL AT HIS FEET, TO GIVE THE LORD THE HONOR & GLORY DUE HIM. TO JOIN WITH THE ANGELS THAT SURROUND HIS THRONE IN SAYING HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
Worship at home, at work, in your car, in your shower, Thank Him for everything,
Worship is Walking with GOD. Make it your goal to be like Enoch.
Worship is not Running with GOD. It’s hard to pay attention when your running.
Worship is a lifestyle serving GOD. From the moment you get up, begin to Thank Him.
Worship is Obedience to GOD. The Steps of a Righteous Man are ordered of the LORD.
HERE ARE TWO LINKS TO A SONG THAT TOUCHES MY SUBJECT ON SACRIFICE, PRAISE, AND WORSHIP.
LORD, IT IS MY PRAYER, THROUGH SACRIFICE & PRAISE, THAT YOUR CHURCH BE ABLE TO REACH AND TOUCH YOUR THRONE OF GRACE. HELP OUR HEARTS BE ABLE TO SAY: “ALL THAT IS IN ME, ALL THAT I AM, THERE’S NOTHING I WITHHOLD FROM HIM. ALL THAT IS IN ME, ALL THAT I AM, WILL GLORIFY THE LAMB.”
IN JESUS NAME, AMEN,
“CASUAL CHRISTIAN”
REVELATION 3: 14-22
To the Church in LAODICEA
Write this to the angel of the church in LAODICEA:
“The Amen, the Faithful and true witness, the beginning of all GOD has made, says this: I know what you do, that you are not HOT or COLD. I wish that you were HOT or COLD! But because you are LUKEWARM–neither Hot, nor Cold–I am ready to spit you out of my mouth. You say, “I am rich, and I have become wealthy and do not need anything.’ But you do not know that you really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. I advise you to buy from ME gold made pure in fire so you can be truly rich. Buy from ME White Clothes so you can be clothed and so you can cover your Shameful Nakedness. Buy from ME medicine to put on your eyes so you can Truly See. I Correct and Punish those whom I Love. So be eager to do Right, and change your Hearts and lives. Here I AM! I Stand at the Door and Knock. If you Hear MY Voice and Open the Door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with ME. Those who Win the Victory will Sit With ME On MY THRONE in the same way that I WON The VICTORY and Sat Down with MY FATHER On HIS THRONE. Everyone who has Ears should listen to what the SPIRIT says to the churches”
FATHER, YOUR HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE TO ME LAST NIGHT AND SAID TO WRITE MY NEXT BLOG ON THE CONCERN THAT “AMERICA” HAS ADOPTED “THE LAODICEA SYSTEM.” MAY THIS COUNTRY ACT NOW FROM OUR “CASUAL” AND RELAXED STATE OF MIND AND “GET BACK” TO “THE REAL STATE OF OUR HEARTS.” IT’S NOW OR NEVER, TURN BACK, BE ZEALOUS AND REPENT. HE THAT HAS EARS, LET HIM HEAR, HE THAT HAS EYES, LET HIM SEE. TO THE NAME GIVEN ABOVE EVERY NAME I PRAY, THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN
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