Being Born Again - September 19th

Hello:

I am trying to stay faithful to bring you encouragement through the Word of God. I have been writing at night so that I can type on the weekend or throughout the week when I have time. God is always speaking, and I am trying or rather I will be obedient to do His Word. But I thank God that I have chosen to serve Him because is He is so faithful. He understands that we are not perfect, but we should always shrive for that perfection.

I know that I spoken on this topic before, but I think that we should always keep this ever before I our eyes. We are born again. What does being born again mean? It means that we have been saved by grace through faith. In standard terms, we believed in our hearts and confessed with our mouths that Jesus is Lord; and He died on the cross for our sins and is now seated at the right hand of the Father God ever making intercession for us. This is the only way to truly be born again/saved. But we must understand that all the wrong things we once did don't automatically stop or go away. The faith walk/salvation/born again is a process. We don't get it right the first day, week, month or maybe even a year. Some things take a while to work out of lives. That's why it's important that we renew our mind with the Word of God (to His way of doing and being). Get in the Word of God - I've said it before. Not only does this helps us renew our minds to the things of God, but it is also part of that fellowship God wants to have and needs to have with us. It also helps us to pray God's Word concerning situations that go on in our lives. Getting in God's Word helps us to make the right choices, and live healthy prosperous lives. It helps us to know the voice of God so that we can follow Him.

So if you have made the decision to follow Jesus, and feel that you can't walk this faith born again walk - don't give up. Jesus loves you, and He died for you so that you can be free from sin, sickness and disease. He knows that there are things in your life that are going to take time to walk/work out. Sticking with God and staying in His Word will help you stay on the course! Talk to God; He is always listening!

Did you put your armor on today????

Be Encouraged Today!!!!!!

A Revelation of God's Word -September 26th

Hello & Praise the Lord:

Have you ever read a scripture before, like a thousand times, and one day you read it, and it seems as though a light switch came on? Well that happened today.

I was reading Philipians 4:6 "Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. Sounds simple enough. This is what I love about God's Word - it gives you the instruction on how to do His Word plain and simple. But for some strange reason we sometimes just can't get it right. Now the scripture says not to be careful/anxious/worry for nothing. Let's stop here. Here is where I think we miss it. We have the praying and thanksgiving part down pack, but it's the first part of the scripture that I think we have a problem with. We know we have a need - it stares us in the face day in and day out. It's like it taunts us a times or all of the time. We're constantly thinking/worrying about it or anxious of how and when God is going or if God can do it for us.

Here's the thing - before we take our need to God, we must seek God's Word and get that Word in heart ( know it in your knower) that God can and will do it for you. Once you have done this, you can easily dismiss (by speaking God's Word) any worry or anxiety that may arise. You will then be able to pray, believe and receive those things that you have requested of the Lord. When you cook, you turn the oven on and put your food in it. You don't worry if the oven will cook your food or how it's going to cook it. You trust that when the oven is on, and the food is in it that it will cook your food. You don't keep going back to see if the oven is cooking your food. This is an inanimate object. The God that we serve is an knowing and all powerful being. You know that He can and will do the impossible in your life. You wake up every morning and you are breathing if you are reading this. Roll all of your cares on the Lord for He cares for you. When you go into the prayer confident that God can and will perform His Word that you are praying concerning your situation, that's your faith in operation - it's our faith that moves God. And if you haven't gotten to the place where you can believe God's Word concerning your situation, then being to meditate on that Word everyday. Get it down in your spirit; continue to speak it over your life. Don't give up on the Word of God. God and His Word are one; you can't separate them. Continue to speak God's Word concerning your situation; have some to agree with you, but you have to be speaking the Word for yourself while the other person is agreeing with you. Don't worry or speak doubt or anything that negates what God's Word says about your situation. Get that Word in your spirit and bring your request unto God. He can and will perform His Word just trust in Him and believe!

Did you put your armor on today???

Be Encouraged Today!

Let Faith Come Alive In You

Hello:

I am so glad that God's mercy is new every morning towards me and my family, and His grace is sufficient for us. I am so glad that I belong to Him, and He belongs to me. That is a great feeling to know.

Let Faith come alive in you. Now how exactly does that happen????? It comes alive in us when we apply the scripture(s) to our lives. The reason that faith comes alive when we apply the scripture(s) to our lives is that whatever scripture you are standing on for your situation, you have to believe that you receive the thing you are hoping for which is the evidence of the thing that's not visible yet (Hebrew 11:1). When you believe a thing is true, it becomes real to you; it becomes a part of your life, your thinking - a part of your way of being and doing.

You can quote and confess a scripture, but if you do not believe or continue to doubt that God can and will perform that Word for you, then you hindering your answer from coming forth. If your faith is not that strong, you can have someone agree with you, but you have got the stand for your own thing. When you read the Word of God, Believe that Word that you read. And if you are having a hard time understanding or believing, ask the Lord to help thine unbelief. We have the great counselor here with us. who is the Holy Spirit. He teaches and lead us in all truth. Remember to continue to fight the good fight of faith. Staying in the Word of the Lord is the way to keep your faith built up in the Lord. Just as you eat food everyday to keep yourself strong; you should also feed your spiritual man everyday (the Word of God) to keep yourself strong in the Lord.

I hope that even though you haven't heard from me in a while that you have continued to put on the whole armor of God. Did you put your on today????

Be Encouraged Today!!!!