"BREAKFAST BY THE SEA"
"... these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in His name.
"After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee), and in this way He showed Himself.
"But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
"Then Jesus said to them, 'Children, have you any food?' They answered Him, 'No'
"And He said to them, 'Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.' So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of the fish.
"Jesus said to them, 'Come and eat breakfast.' Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, 'Who are You --- knowing that it was the Lord.
"Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.
"This is now the third time Jesus had shown Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead."
The miraculous catch of fish and breakfast with their Master convinced them of who He was, and yet left too them awed to spoil with words the wonder of His presence and actions. (please read that again).
Peter and the others has gone back to their old lifestyle...and were having no success (see John 21:3).
But Jesus in His Holy love, sought them out, He "fed them" with fish, bread, and His presence, and He restored them to fruitfulness and direction. He also personally restored Peter.
When we "go back to some of our old ways", He is willing to do the same for us!!!!!
*****PLEASE read John 20:31 thru John 21:17 (just 18 verses!!!) so you get ALL of the story!!!
"Thank God for His Son, His Gift too wonderful for words." (II Corinthians 9:15/Living Bible)
ALL GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
"MOTHERS' DAY AND FATHERS' DAY!!!!!!!!
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
With Mothers' Day coming soon, then Fathers' day in June........
There are many among us whose parents are deceased, or possibly unknown-----
Let us be reminded by the Holy Spirit of God-------
We "have been CHOSEN, ADOPTED, and ACCEPTED by God as HIS-IN-JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!! (Ephesians 1:1-6)
ONCE and FOREVER HE set our value---by sending His Son Jesus Christ to die FOR us---rather than live WITHOUT us!!!
"For we did not receive the spirit of bondage to fear, but we received the Spirit of Adoption by whom we cry out ' ABBA (PAPA) FATHER' !!!
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." (Romans 8:15-16)
Our Holy Father will never die, never change!!!!!!! (Malachi 3:6/Hebrews 13:8)
Let us rejoice that we are HIS FOREVER!!!!!!!
Amen.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
With Mothers' Day coming soon, then Fathers' day in June........
There are many among us whose parents are deceased, or possibly unknown-----
Let us be reminded by the Holy Spirit of God-------
We "have been CHOSEN, ADOPTED, and ACCEPTED by God as HIS-IN-JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!! (Ephesians 1:1-6)
ONCE and FOREVER HE set our value---by sending His Son Jesus Christ to die FOR us---rather than live WITHOUT us!!!
"For we did not receive the spirit of bondage to fear, but we received the Spirit of Adoption by whom we cry out ' ABBA (PAPA) FATHER' !!!
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." (Romans 8:15-16)
Our Holy Father will never die, never change!!!!!!! (Malachi 3:6/Hebrews 13:8)
Let us rejoice that we are HIS FOREVER!!!!!!!
Amen.
Monday, April 4, 2016
PRISM---PRISON---LIGHT---FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!
Prism - " A transparent body used to distribute (or scatter) light."
(Acts 16:19-34)
"...the jailer...put them into the inner prison...
"But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
"Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
"...the keeper of the prison supposed that the prisoners had fled...
"but Paul cauled with a loud voice saying, ' we are all here'.
Then the jailer called for a light,...fell down trembling before Paul and Silas...
and said 'what must I do to be saved?'
"So they said, ' Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.'"
"...and he (the jailer) rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household."
So,...when Paul and Silas were in prison...they became PRISMS!!!!!!!
JESUS CHRIST ["I am the Light"/John 8:12] shined so powerfully through Paul and Silas...the jailer and all his household were freed and saved!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD INDEED!!!
Now you and I do NOT have to go to prison for His light to shine through us as prisMs!
Lets be willing to let Jesus shine through us WHEREVER we are...through face-to-face conversations, phone, greeting cards, texts, deeds of kindness, and all the ways that He wants to shine through us!!!!!
God is EAGER to fill us with More and More of Jesus/His Light--- in order to free Us from our prisons, AND to shine through us as prisms-----and thus to free many others from prisons of guilt, doubt, sin, fear, addictions, shame, etc.!!!
In order for us to take in more light.....ask God for more of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and study the Bible---asking the Holy Spirit to teach us and "...guide us into all truth." (John 16:13)
Pray that: "...you may have the richest measure of the divine Presence." (Ephesians 3:19/Amplified Bible).
(Psalm 119:130) "The entrance of Your words gives light."
A long time ago-----when I was a little boy-(No, there were no dinosaurs then!) When I was a little boy---there was a children's song "Let your little light shine".
But for you and me...Let us let the BRIGHTEST light---the EVERLASTING LIGHT-JESUS CHRIST shine through you and me!!!!!
FOR THE EVERLASTING GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prism - " A transparent body used to distribute (or scatter) light."
(Acts 16:19-34)
"...the jailer...put them into the inner prison...
"But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
"Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
"...the keeper of the prison supposed that the prisoners had fled...
"but Paul cauled with a loud voice saying, ' we are all here'.
Then the jailer called for a light,...fell down trembling before Paul and Silas...
and said 'what must I do to be saved?'
"So they said, ' Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.'"
"...and he (the jailer) rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household."
So,...when Paul and Silas were in prison...they became PRISMS!!!!!!!
JESUS CHRIST ["I am the Light"/John 8:12] shined so powerfully through Paul and Silas...the jailer and all his household were freed and saved!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD INDEED!!!
Now you and I do NOT have to go to prison for His light to shine through us as prisMs!
Lets be willing to let Jesus shine through us WHEREVER we are...through face-to-face conversations, phone, greeting cards, texts, deeds of kindness, and all the ways that He wants to shine through us!!!!!
God is EAGER to fill us with More and More of Jesus/His Light--- in order to free Us from our prisons, AND to shine through us as prisms-----and thus to free many others from prisons of guilt, doubt, sin, fear, addictions, shame, etc.!!!
In order for us to take in more light.....ask God for more of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and study the Bible---asking the Holy Spirit to teach us and "...guide us into all truth." (John 16:13)
Pray that: "...you may have the richest measure of the divine Presence." (Ephesians 3:19/Amplified Bible).
(Psalm 119:130) "The entrance of Your words gives light."
A long time ago-----when I was a little boy-(No, there were no dinosaurs then!) When I was a little boy---there was a children's song "Let your little light shine".
But for you and me...Let us let the BRIGHTEST light---the EVERLASTING LIGHT-JESUS CHRIST shine through you and me!!!!!
FOR THE EVERLASTING GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 17, 2016
WHERE ARE -YOU- GOING IN 2016????????
Hebrews 1:3 JESUS CHRIST is "...the sole expression of the glory of GOD. He is the very image of God's nature." He is the reflection of God's Immeasurable Excellence.
"He upholds, maintains, guides, and propels the UNIVERSE by His mighty word of power." (Hebrews 1:3/Amplified Bible)
Let's all go to "Emmaus" in 2016---Just as did two of Jesus Christ's followers in Luke 24:13-35).
Let us seek Jesus, asking and allowing Him to "...explain to us in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself..." (Luke 24:27), and to open our understanding that we might comprehend the scriptures.." (Luke 24:45).
Jesus Himself does declare in John 16:13- "...He (the Holy Spirit) will guide you into all truth."
Thus we may "...be transformed by the renewing of our minds." (Romans 12:2)
Let us be praying that our hearts will be warmed (Luke 24:32), and our spiritual eyes opened --- that we may encounter Jesus Christ in ever deeper levels; and that we may more and more live our lives-functioning in the Mind of Christ --- "But we have the mind of Christ". (I Corinthians 2:16)
He can "do in and through us that which is infinitely beyond what we can dream or ask..." (Ephesians 3:20).
FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hebrews 1:3 JESUS CHRIST is "...the sole expression of the glory of GOD. He is the very image of God's nature." He is the reflection of God's Immeasurable Excellence.
"He upholds, maintains, guides, and propels the UNIVERSE by His mighty word of power." (Hebrews 1:3/Amplified Bible)
Let's all go to "Emmaus" in 2016---Just as did two of Jesus Christ's followers in Luke 24:13-35).
Let us seek Jesus, asking and allowing Him to "...explain to us in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself..." (Luke 24:27), and to open our understanding that we might comprehend the scriptures.." (Luke 24:45).
Jesus Himself does declare in John 16:13- "...He (the Holy Spirit) will guide you into all truth."
Thus we may "...be transformed by the renewing of our minds." (Romans 12:2)
Let us be praying that our hearts will be warmed (Luke 24:32), and our spiritual eyes opened --- that we may encounter Jesus Christ in ever deeper levels; and that we may more and more live our lives-functioning in the Mind of Christ --- "But we have the mind of Christ". (I Corinthians 2:16)
He can "do in and through us that which is infinitely beyond what we can dream or ask..." (Ephesians 3:20).
FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD"!!!!!!!"
S. H. E. P. H. E. R. D.
S- Son of God
S.- Shepherd
H- (He is) Holy!!! Holy!!! Holy!!!
H- (He is) Here- Jesus promises in Matthew 28:20 "I am with you always."
E- "Everlasting Father" (Isaiah 9:6)
P-Path Jesus is "...the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)
P-Power Jesus is "...the head of ALL power, rule, and authority." (Colossians 2:10)
P-Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)
P- "He is HIMSELF our peace." (Ephesians 2:14)
P-Praise Praise Jesus through every day and night!!! He is "...worthy to receive ALL praise, glory, and honor." (Revelation 5:12-13)
P-Presence - God "...inhabits the praises of Israel (His people!!!)
H-Hope He is "our hope." (I Timothy 1:1)
E-Everlasting He "...loves us with His everlasting love". (Jeremiah 31:3)
E-Everlasting He holds us with His everlasting arms. "...And underneath are His everlasting arms."
[Deuteronomy 33: 27] (The same arms that were on the cross for us!!!).
R-Righteousness He IS our RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!!!!! "But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us Wisdom from God - and righteousness and sanctification and redemption."
(I Corinthians 1:30)
D-Door "Then Jesus said to them...I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." (John 10:7) [The picture here is one of SECURITY and SAFETY in JESUS CHRIST as THE DOOR to the sheep's daily comings and goings.]
D-Destination- "With Me"
In John 17:24 Jesus Prays---
"Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me, may be WITH ME where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me..."
:
AMEN!!!! THANK YOU OH LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE WORSHIP YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S. H. E. P. H. E. R. D.
S- Son of God
S.- Shepherd
H- (He is) Holy!!! Holy!!! Holy!!!
H- (He is) Here- Jesus promises in Matthew 28:20 "I am with you always."
E- "Everlasting Father" (Isaiah 9:6)
P-Path Jesus is "...the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)
P-Power Jesus is "...the head of ALL power, rule, and authority." (Colossians 2:10)
P-Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)
P- "He is HIMSELF our peace." (Ephesians 2:14)
P-Praise Praise Jesus through every day and night!!! He is "...worthy to receive ALL praise, glory, and honor." (Revelation 5:12-13)
P-Presence - God "...inhabits the praises of Israel (His people!!!)
H-Hope He is "our hope." (I Timothy 1:1)
E-Everlasting He "...loves us with His everlasting love". (Jeremiah 31:3)
E-Everlasting He holds us with His everlasting arms. "...And underneath are His everlasting arms."
[Deuteronomy 33: 27] (The same arms that were on the cross for us!!!).
R-Righteousness He IS our RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!!!!! "But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us Wisdom from God - and righteousness and sanctification and redemption."
(I Corinthians 1:30)
D-Door "Then Jesus said to them...I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture." (John 10:7) [The picture here is one of SECURITY and SAFETY in JESUS CHRIST as THE DOOR to the sheep's daily comings and goings.]
D-Destination- "With Me"
In John 17:24 Jesus Prays---
"Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me, may be WITH ME where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me..."
:
AMEN!!!! THANK YOU OH LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE WORSHIP YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, February 19, 2016
A HORSE NAMED PENNY, AND RESTING IN JESUS!!!!!
When I was a young boy, (NO there were no dinosaurs around at that time!); I had a horse.
The horse's name was "Penny"---because she was the color of an old copper penny coin.
During the summers, I would ride Penny almost every day! Penny was a very gentle, and a very dependable horse.
In truth, most of the time that I was on Penny's back... I RESTED. (I rode her without a saddle---it was called riding "bareback". I would ride her up into the grass of the yard around our house.
When we got up into the grassy area of our yard, I would just drop the reins on the ground, and while Penny ate grass.....I would stretch out on her back, and take a nap!
Penny never walked away from our yard, and she never caused me to fall off, nor caused me to get injured, nor even be afraid.
This story is not just my recollection.....My Mother confirmed this to me after I became an adult.
"Cast all your cares, concerns, all your anxieties and fears on Him (Jesus Christ!!), for He cares for you and He cares about you." (I Peter 5:7 Amplified Bible).
RESTING IN JESUS.
Psalm 23:2 "He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the resting and stilled waters."........To rest in JESUS CHRIST........the One who rides on the WHITE horse (Revelation 19:11, 16)
Matthew 11:29 Jesus Himself says : "Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest, relief, and ease...for My yoke is wholesome and good, gracious, and My burden is light." (Amplified Bible)
Now this sounds SIMPLE, but it is NOT easy!!!!!
In truth, it is not NATURAL to do that.
It is SUPERNATURAL!!!!! So we will have to ask, and trust, the Holy Spirit to guide and enable us to do that.....ask and trust Him every day........moment by moment!!!
We are not BIG, STRONG trucks. We are not made to carry big loads, for long distances, nor for long times.
We are made to be more like "fork lifts"---to 'cast our cares on Him', rest IN Him, and to "lift Jesus up in PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING"!!!!!!!!
Colossians 2:14 Jesus took our sins, and the "decrees and demands against us-----and nailed them to His cross."!!!
I have studied the Bible...and to the best I can find out---Jesus Christ's cross is now EMPTY!!! Jesus is no longer on the cross, neither are our cares, burdens, sins, nor are the demands nor decrees that were against us.
"THE LAMB OF GOD TOOK THEM AWAY" (John 1:29)!!!!!!!
The empty cross points to the REST of the TRUTH---The OCCUPIED throne---where Jesus Christ our High Priest SITS at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens."!!!!!!! (Hebrews 8:1)
Jesus is HIMSELF "our hope". (I Tim. 1:1/I Thessalonians 1:3)
So, we as individuals, and as His church, are to ask and trust the HOLY SPIRIT to guide and enable us
to:
1) Ride on, and rest IN Jesus Christ (He comes on a WHITE horse!!!).
2) Cast our cares on Him (He cares for us);
3) Lift up praises and thanksgiving to JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!
4) Declare that "Jesus is HIMSELF our hope and our peace!!!" (I Timothy 1:1/Ephesians 2:14)
AMEN!!!!!!!
When I was a young boy, (NO there were no dinosaurs around at that time!); I had a horse.
The horse's name was "Penny"---because she was the color of an old copper penny coin.
During the summers, I would ride Penny almost every day! Penny was a very gentle, and a very dependable horse.
In truth, most of the time that I was on Penny's back... I RESTED. (I rode her without a saddle---it was called riding "bareback". I would ride her up into the grass of the yard around our house.
When we got up into the grassy area of our yard, I would just drop the reins on the ground, and while Penny ate grass.....I would stretch out on her back, and take a nap!
Penny never walked away from our yard, and she never caused me to fall off, nor caused me to get injured, nor even be afraid.
This story is not just my recollection.....My Mother confirmed this to me after I became an adult.
"Cast all your cares, concerns, all your anxieties and fears on Him (Jesus Christ!!), for He cares for you and He cares about you." (I Peter 5:7 Amplified Bible).
RESTING IN JESUS.
Psalm 23:2 "He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the resting and stilled waters."........To rest in JESUS CHRIST........the One who rides on the WHITE horse (Revelation 19:11, 16)
Matthew 11:29 Jesus Himself says : "Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest, relief, and ease...for My yoke is wholesome and good, gracious, and My burden is light." (Amplified Bible)
Now this sounds SIMPLE, but it is NOT easy!!!!!
In truth, it is not NATURAL to do that.
It is SUPERNATURAL!!!!! So we will have to ask, and trust, the Holy Spirit to guide and enable us to do that.....ask and trust Him every day........moment by moment!!!
We are not BIG, STRONG trucks. We are not made to carry big loads, for long distances, nor for long times.
We are made to be more like "fork lifts"---to 'cast our cares on Him', rest IN Him, and to "lift Jesus up in PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING"!!!!!!!!
Colossians 2:14 Jesus took our sins, and the "decrees and demands against us-----and nailed them to His cross."!!!
I have studied the Bible...and to the best I can find out---Jesus Christ's cross is now EMPTY!!! Jesus is no longer on the cross, neither are our cares, burdens, sins, nor are the demands nor decrees that were against us.
"THE LAMB OF GOD TOOK THEM AWAY" (John 1:29)!!!!!!!
The empty cross points to the REST of the TRUTH---The OCCUPIED throne---where Jesus Christ our High Priest SITS at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens."!!!!!!! (Hebrews 8:1)
Jesus is HIMSELF "our hope". (I Tim. 1:1/I Thessalonians 1:3)
So, we as individuals, and as His church, are to ask and trust the HOLY SPIRIT to guide and enable us
to:
1) Ride on, and rest IN Jesus Christ (He comes on a WHITE horse!!!).
2) Cast our cares on Him (He cares for us);
3) Lift up praises and thanksgiving to JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!
4) Declare that "Jesus is HIMSELF our hope and our peace!!!" (I Timothy 1:1/Ephesians 2:14)
AMEN!!!!!!!
Saturday, February 6, 2016
"A B I D I N G C O N T I N U O U S L Y!!!!!!!!"
Continuous: uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.
In John 19:28-30, Jesus Christ is on the cross, dying for your sins, and for my sins!!!
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished.....He said 'It is finished!!!' And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.' "
"It is finished." The Greek tense indicates that the worK of REDEMPTION has been COMPLETED once for all and its results are abiding continuously!!!
Almost everything in our lives -changes with time.
HOWEVER, Jesus Christ does NOT change with the passage of time.
Hebrews 13:8--- "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
How Perfectly-Loving and Graciously Good God our Father is---that Jesus Christ's work of redeeming us is "FINISHED!" and its results are ABIDING CONTINUOUSLY!!!
In Ephesians 2:14 God's Word declares---
"He is HIMSELF our peace."
And Jesus Christ HIMSELF declares---
"I am WITH YOU ALWAYS." (Matthew 28:20)
We can continuously strengthen and reinforce these truths in our hearts throughout the day and night by frequently whispering:
"(Jesus) You are YOURSELF my peace, You are WITH ME ALWAYS. THANK YOU!!!!!!! PRAISE YOU!!!!!!!"
Come!!! His kingdom, in our hearts,
Be done His will on earth as it is in Heaven!!!!!!!"
For the glory of JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMEN
Continuous: uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.
In John 19:28-30, Jesus Christ is on the cross, dying for your sins, and for my sins!!!
"After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished.....He said 'It is finished!!!' And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.' "
"It is finished." The Greek tense indicates that the worK of REDEMPTION has been COMPLETED once for all and its results are abiding continuously!!!
Almost everything in our lives -changes with time.
HOWEVER, Jesus Christ does NOT change with the passage of time.
Hebrews 13:8--- "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
How Perfectly-Loving and Graciously Good God our Father is---that Jesus Christ's work of redeeming us is "FINISHED!" and its results are ABIDING CONTINUOUSLY!!!
In Ephesians 2:14 God's Word declares---
"He is HIMSELF our peace."
And Jesus Christ HIMSELF declares---
"I am WITH YOU ALWAYS." (Matthew 28:20)
We can continuously strengthen and reinforce these truths in our hearts throughout the day and night by frequently whispering:
"(Jesus) You are YOURSELF my peace, You are WITH ME ALWAYS. THANK YOU!!!!!!! PRAISE YOU!!!!!!!"
Come!!! His kingdom, in our hearts,
Be done His will on earth as it is in Heaven!!!!!!!"
For the glory of JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMEN
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