WHOSE REPORT WILL YOU BELIEVE??????????
"FOR THE SCRIPTURES SAYS, WHOEVER BELIEVES ON HIM WILL NOT BE PUT
TO SHAME."
"FOR THERE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN JEW AND GREEK, FOR THE SAME LORD
OVER ALL IS RICH TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM,
FOR WHOEVER CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED."
(ROMANS 10:11-13)
{AGAIN} "WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?"} (ISAIAH 53:1)
There is a Christian Song being played very frequently on Christian Radio.....
It speaks directly to this topic (Whose report will you believe?)
Due to copyright restrictions I will not share all of the lyrics.....I will share a few words:
[The song is being sung directly unto GOD] ---
"You say I am loved when I can't feel a thing;
You say I am held when I am falling short;
When I don't belong,
You say I am YOURS;
And (Oh LORD) I believe
What YOU say of me."
Radio, TV, Magazines advertise continually that if you intake, or eat, this vitamin supplement
this pill (etc.) then you will be healthy, beautiful, successful, rich, etc.
You decide for yourself----will we believe someone who is trying to {SELL} you something.....
Or...will we believe the ONE TRUE GOD...Who GAVE the highest possible price for each and
every one of us?
HOLY GOD speaks HIS MESSAGE with BOTH words and (ACTION)!!!!!!!!!
Once for all time, and into eternity ---GOD (SET) our value to HIM--by the price that HE paid
for each and all of us---(again) HE paid the price of sending HIS Sinless SON to die on the cross
to save you and me from our sins...(not words only), But....ACTION!!!!!!!
GOD does not change. (Malachi 3:6)
"JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8)
Since He NEVER CHANGES---HE [the ONE TRUE GOD] (John 17:3), and JESUS ["the
TRUTH"] (John 14:6)-----Then our value to HIM never changes!!!
It is not only the advertisers that put us down.....We ourselves murmur to our own heart......statements like "I am too old; I am too big; I will never look good".
In Genesis 17:4-5 God was speaking to Abram saying: "....saying, no longer shall
your name be called Abram ("Exalted Father"); but your name shall be called "ABRAHAM"
("Father of a multitude") for I have made you a father of many nations."
GOD was arranging that every time Abraham heard or spoke his own name...he would be reminded of God's promise.
The Principle: Let GOD'S WORDS, which designated His will and promise for your life,
become as FIXED in your mind, and as GOVERNING of your speech as GOD'S changing Abraham's
name was in shaping his concept of himself. (from Word Wealth in BIBLE).
****DO NOT "name" yourself, nor others, anything less than GOD does.***
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in YOUR
sight O LORD, my Strength and my Redeemer." (Psalm 19:14)
A LITERAL translation of the verse above says it this way: "Let what I speak, and what my heart murmurs to itself , be a delight to YOU LORD"!!!
Do not "name" yourself (nor others) anything less than GOD does.
HOLY GOD, LORD JESUS........ YOU SAY-------I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!
LET IT BE SO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, March 22, 2019
Monday, March 11, 2019
"JOURNEY TO THE SUN (SON OF GOD!!!!!!!!!
"EPIPHANY"---Definition:
" A Revelatory manifestation, especially of a Divine Being."
*****Please, pray now- asking the HOLY SPIRIT to "guide you into the truth".****
Hey!!! Have you experienced one of those recently? Of course the BIBLE Lists many
of these:
JESUS IS HIMSELF the most important, crucial ONE:
(crucial- definition: extremely important or significant; (from the Latin "crux", cruc, cross).
JESUS manifests the HEART OF GOD!!!
In recent years Mary (my wife from God) and I have prayerfully chosen to go to the beach
in October --- when children are in school (and thus the beach is less crowded and noisy).
During October of a recent year, Mary and I were at Daytona, Florida for a few days ---
On a particular afternoon, Mary and I came in from the beach earlier than usual - because
the weather was getting quite cool.
It was cool in our room also. We attempted to turn the air conditioning off; and turn the heat on...
We could not get the heat to come on. Because of that I was uncomfortably cool.
I then decided to go down the first floor, and walk outside the westward-facing door - so
that I could sit on a bench facing the sun.
[ Please, allow me to insert a parenthetical note here].
Our gracious and most Holy
God has taught me over the years to pray about wherever I go --- even for a moment to sit in
the sun.
Which way (or which route I take) to a location determines who I will see and/or determines
who will see me. Both are important - Because GOD guides and enables me---and I will
pray for whom I see, and/or whomever sees me will see the WORD OF GOD on the t-shirt
which I am wearing at the time.....and it could be they will pray for me also. [As I have frequently
stated in this blog - in Psalm 139:16 it is written that GOD has "written down our every day before
the day of our birth"]...so HE already knows who needs my prayer, and who HE wants to pray for
me!!!
I apologize for the length of that inserted note - But it is crucial for clarity in the following story.
So, as I arrived at the ground floor of the building, then I stepped out into the warm sunlight,
I noticed that there were three (3) benches facing the sun...by GOD'S GRACE - I chose to sit on
the end of the 3rd bench.
As I sat on the end of the 3rd bench, I asked the man who was already sitting there -"Do you
mind if I sit with you?" He welcomed me to sit there.
While we sat there, we began to discuss GOD'S WORD/THE BIBLE ; we both agreed that we
"LOVE GOD'S WORD".
As we continued talking, the Man said that He was waiting to catch the bus to Orlando, Florida,
and that He had a good recommendation for a good job in Orlando, and that He had been out of
a job for a long time.
WE continued talking, and the Man asked me if I would please give to Him 56 cents (fifty-six cents).
He said that was all the money that He lacked in order to pay for the bus ticket.
Quickly I searched all of my pockets, and I found ONLY a key to our room in which my wife and I
were staying. So I asked Him, "PLEASE wait right here, and I will go up to my room, get the money, and bring it to You"... He agreed to wait. As I rode the elevator up to our room, I decided to give to Him MORE than (fifty six cents). I found a $10.00 bill in our room, and purposed to give that to him.
He received the $10.00 gratefully. At about that time the bus to Orlando stopped directly across from
us, so He stood up, we exchanged "good bye"s, and as He walked away, I told Him that "I will be praying for You". He thanked me.
Because the bus stop was on the far side of the street, I could not actually see Him board the bus; but when the bus pulled away...I could see that He was no longer on the sidewalk.
I remember thinking "..when I first sat by the Man --- (that) HE had the most serene peace and gentle love about Him...
As I have prayed about this (encounter) over the intervening years, I have concluded that this was indeed an "epiphany": ('A revelatory manifestation-especially of a Divine Being).
We must remember that JESUS CHRIST - HE WHO IS "THE TRUTH" (John 14:6),
states in Matthew 28:20 "I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS."
O WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS!
TREMBLE BEFORE HIM, ALL THE EARTH."
(1 Chronicles 16:29-30)
"EPIPHANY"---Definition:
" A Revelatory manifestation, especially of a Divine Being."
*****Please, pray now- asking the HOLY SPIRIT to "guide you into the truth".****
Hey!!! Have you experienced one of those recently? Of course the BIBLE Lists many
of these:
JESUS IS HIMSELF the most important, crucial ONE:
(crucial- definition: extremely important or significant; (from the Latin "crux", cruc, cross).
JESUS manifests the HEART OF GOD!!!
In recent years Mary (my wife from God) and I have prayerfully chosen to go to the beach
in October --- when children are in school (and thus the beach is less crowded and noisy).
During October of a recent year, Mary and I were at Daytona, Florida for a few days ---
On a particular afternoon, Mary and I came in from the beach earlier than usual - because
the weather was getting quite cool.
It was cool in our room also. We attempted to turn the air conditioning off; and turn the heat on...
We could not get the heat to come on. Because of that I was uncomfortably cool.
I then decided to go down the first floor, and walk outside the westward-facing door - so
that I could sit on a bench facing the sun.
[ Please, allow me to insert a parenthetical note here].
Our gracious and most Holy
God has taught me over the years to pray about wherever I go --- even for a moment to sit in
the sun.
Which way (or which route I take) to a location determines who I will see and/or determines
who will see me. Both are important - Because GOD guides and enables me---and I will
pray for whom I see, and/or whomever sees me will see the WORD OF GOD on the t-shirt
which I am wearing at the time.....and it could be they will pray for me also. [As I have frequently
stated in this blog - in Psalm 139:16 it is written that GOD has "written down our every day before
the day of our birth"]...so HE already knows who needs my prayer, and who HE wants to pray for
me!!!
I apologize for the length of that inserted note - But it is crucial for clarity in the following story.
So, as I arrived at the ground floor of the building, then I stepped out into the warm sunlight,
I noticed that there were three (3) benches facing the sun...by GOD'S GRACE - I chose to sit on
the end of the 3rd bench.
As I sat on the end of the 3rd bench, I asked the man who was already sitting there -"Do you
mind if I sit with you?" He welcomed me to sit there.
While we sat there, we began to discuss GOD'S WORD/THE BIBLE ; we both agreed that we
"LOVE GOD'S WORD".
As we continued talking, the Man said that He was waiting to catch the bus to Orlando, Florida,
and that He had a good recommendation for a good job in Orlando, and that He had been out of
a job for a long time.
WE continued talking, and the Man asked me if I would please give to Him 56 cents (fifty-six cents).
He said that was all the money that He lacked in order to pay for the bus ticket.
Quickly I searched all of my pockets, and I found ONLY a key to our room in which my wife and I
were staying. So I asked Him, "PLEASE wait right here, and I will go up to my room, get the money, and bring it to You"... He agreed to wait. As I rode the elevator up to our room, I decided to give to Him MORE than (fifty six cents). I found a $10.00 bill in our room, and purposed to give that to him.
He received the $10.00 gratefully. At about that time the bus to Orlando stopped directly across from
us, so He stood up, we exchanged "good bye"s, and as He walked away, I told Him that "I will be praying for You". He thanked me.
Because the bus stop was on the far side of the street, I could not actually see Him board the bus; but when the bus pulled away...I could see that He was no longer on the sidewalk.
I remember thinking "..when I first sat by the Man --- (that) HE had the most serene peace and gentle love about Him...
As I have prayed about this (encounter) over the intervening years, I have concluded that this was indeed an "epiphany": ('A revelatory manifestation-especially of a Divine Being).
We must remember that JESUS CHRIST - HE WHO IS "THE TRUTH" (John 14:6),
states in Matthew 28:20 "I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS."
O WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS!
TREMBLE BEFORE HIM, ALL THE EARTH."
(1 Chronicles 16:29-30)
Monday, February 11, 2019
HOLY IS GOD!!!!!!!!!HOLY IS HIS LOVE!!!!!!!!!HOLY IS HIS PLAN FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!
One afternoon, as I walked in the sunshine, (of course Jesus Christ was with me- He says in Matthew
28:20 - "I am with you always.")
So, as I walked, I was meditating on Jesus Christ "The Living Word", and the written Word (the BIBLE).
The road on which I do most of my walking is a nice quiet country road through the woods.
Once you reach the top of the first hill.....then you walk down the hill. This "down" side of the
hill is long, but not very steep. As I look down that hill.....there is not even one house or other
building. All you can see is trees and mountains.
Walking down the hill, on the left side of the road there is a small creek. As you walk along,
you can HEAR the creek...hear the water splashing over the rocks.
(Now, let me add a "parenthetical insertion" to clarify some of the names, relationships, etc.
For those of you who do not know me personally - My birth parents ( Taft and Sarah Coker),
died due to illness when I was age 6. So, I was an orphan (?), on my way to becoming a foster child. [Why the question mark after the word "orphan"?] Usually, if we hear anything on the news about
foster care.....it will be something negative! But there are many very Fine Foster Parents!!!
For 34+ years I worked for an agency that handled foster families' cases and there were/are many
Very Fine Foster Parents!!!
BUT GOD!!!!!!!
In the terms of THIS world, (technically) I was an orphan - headed for foster care.
In the TRUTH of GOD'S KINGDOM, I was NEVER an orphan!!!.....
"Blessed be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ...just as HE CHOSE us in JESUS CHRIST.....
having predestined us to ADOPTION as sons (and daughters) by JESUS CHRIST to HIMSELF.....
to the praise of the glory of HIS grace, by which HE made us ACCEPTED in the BELOVED (JESUS)." (Ephesians 1:1-6).
In case you did not catch that as PERSONAL to YOU..... ALL of us were chosen, adopted, and
accepted in JESUS CHRIST. It is up to us individually to ask JESUS CHRIST to save us.....and
it is ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!
My birth Mother's sister, "Aunt Willard, and her husband Joe Taylor were my adoptive parents,
raising me as their own son, beginning at my age 6, and continuing until they both went on to
HEAVEN!!! (So, Aunt Willard became my "Mother", and Uncle Joe became my "Daddy"!!!)
I do not have many memories of my life before my 6th birthday, but my adoptive Mother Who
raised me, talked to me frequently about her sister/my birth Mother Sarah. Mother (Willard)/
"Mama Joe" - MY adoptive Mother told me that my Mother Sarah Loved!!! to walk through the
woods and pastures, and she especially Loved!!! to walk along the creeks and rivers,...and
Sarah would gather vines, flowers, , leaves, etc.,. Then Sarah would make beautiful arrangements
of these vines, flowers, and leaves, and Sarah would give these arrangements to family members,
neighbors, and friends, etc.
(Back to my walk on that road). When I walk that direction and stop at that area where there is an
opening- and I can SEE the water as it splashes on the rocks, ...and I can HEAR the water even
before I see it.
***** Stop reading for a moment, and just be still before the LORD.....can YOU hear it???
{The "water sounds" that you hear.....just may be...the sound of my tears of Joy as I write this!!!).
In that very spot - the first time that I stopped, and looked there at the vines, leaves, and flowers-----
It was THERE that GOD our HEAVENLY FATHER got my attention and reminded me that
(Psalm 139:16)-"He wrote down our every day before we were born." I believe that HE wrote them
in RED signifying the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST - which He gave to save you and me!!!}
May I suggest that you (who read this) begin to ask GOD to reveal to you (in HIS timing) how HE
planned YOUR LIFE, and how He is fulfilling HIS plan for you!!!!!
I must include in this TRUTH that Charlotte Ragan (my wife Mary's Mother) lived with us for her last years before she went on to heaven, she loved wild flowers, and along this same road - I picked wild flowers for her enjoyment!!!
EXPECT to GROW in Faith, Thanksgiving, and Wonder as HE reveals HIMSELF to you!!!!!!!
BE READY to give to HIM MORE AND MORE LOVE, ADORATION, THANKSGIVING AND
WORSHIP AND GLORY!!! HE IS WORTHY!!!!!!
"Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and blessing.
"Blessing and honor and glory and power be to HIM WHO sits on the throne and to the LAMB,
FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN"!!!!!!!!! (Revelation 5:12-13)
One afternoon, as I walked in the sunshine, (of course Jesus Christ was with me- He says in Matthew
28:20 - "I am with you always.")
So, as I walked, I was meditating on Jesus Christ "The Living Word", and the written Word (the BIBLE).
The road on which I do most of my walking is a nice quiet country road through the woods.
Once you reach the top of the first hill.....then you walk down the hill. This "down" side of the
hill is long, but not very steep. As I look down that hill.....there is not even one house or other
building. All you can see is trees and mountains.
Walking down the hill, on the left side of the road there is a small creek. As you walk along,
you can HEAR the creek...hear the water splashing over the rocks.
(Now, let me add a "parenthetical insertion" to clarify some of the names, relationships, etc.
For those of you who do not know me personally - My birth parents ( Taft and Sarah Coker),
died due to illness when I was age 6. So, I was an orphan (?), on my way to becoming a foster child. [Why the question mark after the word "orphan"?] Usually, if we hear anything on the news about
foster care.....it will be something negative! But there are many very Fine Foster Parents!!!
For 34+ years I worked for an agency that handled foster families' cases and there were/are many
Very Fine Foster Parents!!!
BUT GOD!!!!!!!
In the terms of THIS world, (technically) I was an orphan - headed for foster care.
In the TRUTH of GOD'S KINGDOM, I was NEVER an orphan!!!.....
"Blessed be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ...just as HE CHOSE us in JESUS CHRIST.....
having predestined us to ADOPTION as sons (and daughters) by JESUS CHRIST to HIMSELF.....
to the praise of the glory of HIS grace, by which HE made us ACCEPTED in the BELOVED (JESUS)." (Ephesians 1:1-6).
In case you did not catch that as PERSONAL to YOU..... ALL of us were chosen, adopted, and
accepted in JESUS CHRIST. It is up to us individually to ask JESUS CHRIST to save us.....and
it is ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!
My birth Mother's sister, "Aunt Willard, and her husband Joe Taylor were my adoptive parents,
raising me as their own son, beginning at my age 6, and continuing until they both went on to
HEAVEN!!! (So, Aunt Willard became my "Mother", and Uncle Joe became my "Daddy"!!!)
I do not have many memories of my life before my 6th birthday, but my adoptive Mother Who
raised me, talked to me frequently about her sister/my birth Mother Sarah. Mother (Willard)/
"Mama Joe" - MY adoptive Mother told me that my Mother Sarah Loved!!! to walk through the
woods and pastures, and she especially Loved!!! to walk along the creeks and rivers,...and
Sarah would gather vines, flowers, , leaves, etc.,. Then Sarah would make beautiful arrangements
of these vines, flowers, and leaves, and Sarah would give these arrangements to family members,
neighbors, and friends, etc.
(Back to my walk on that road). When I walk that direction and stop at that area where there is an
opening- and I can SEE the water as it splashes on the rocks, ...and I can HEAR the water even
before I see it.
***** Stop reading for a moment, and just be still before the LORD.....can YOU hear it???
{The "water sounds" that you hear.....just may be...the sound of my tears of Joy as I write this!!!).
In that very spot - the first time that I stopped, and looked there at the vines, leaves, and flowers-----
It was THERE that GOD our HEAVENLY FATHER got my attention and reminded me that
(Psalm 139:16)-"He wrote down our every day before we were born." I believe that HE wrote them
in RED signifying the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST - which He gave to save you and me!!!}
May I suggest that you (who read this) begin to ask GOD to reveal to you (in HIS timing) how HE
planned YOUR LIFE, and how He is fulfilling HIS plan for you!!!!!
I must include in this TRUTH that Charlotte Ragan (my wife Mary's Mother) lived with us for her last years before she went on to heaven, she loved wild flowers, and along this same road - I picked wild flowers for her enjoyment!!!
EXPECT to GROW in Faith, Thanksgiving, and Wonder as HE reveals HIMSELF to you!!!!!!!
BE READY to give to HIM MORE AND MORE LOVE, ADORATION, THANKSGIVING AND
WORSHIP AND GLORY!!! HE IS WORTHY!!!!!!
"Worthy is the Lamb Who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and blessing.
"Blessing and honor and glory and power be to HIM WHO sits on the throne and to the LAMB,
FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN"!!!!!!!!! (Revelation 5:12-13)
Monday, January 21, 2019
THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST.....EVEN MORE!!! VICTORY THAN WE KNEW!!!!!!!!!
*******Please read this carefully, maybe read it several times (You don't want to miss ANY
of the victories in this, they are for YOU!!!*****
Jesus Christ's betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane:
"When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook
Kidron, where there was a garden (Garden of Gethsemane) which he and His disciples
entered...(John 18:1...) (Also please see John 17:1-26)
So, in the Garden of Gethsemane---Jesus was betrayed and arrested----He entered Gethsemane
by crossing the Kidron Valley---
The Kidron is a valley on the eastern slope of Jerusalem through which a seasonal brook runs.
In the winter rains, the Brook Kidron is swollen - an overwhelming outpouring of water.
Asa, Hezekiah, and Josiah, the great reforming kings of Judah, burned the idols and objects
of worship of the pagan cults - in the Kidron Valley. In the time of Josiah, the Kidron Valley
was the common cemetery of Jerusalem. The Brook Kidron finally ends in the Dead Sea.
Even the name "Kidron" means "Gloomy".
JESUS IS THE TRUTH. (John 14:6)
HIS obedience to His Father's will --- paid for every aspect of our healing!!! "He was a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief....The punishment necessary for US to have PEACE was put
upon HIM...and by HIS stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:3-5)
"HE is HIMSELF our PEACE". (Ephesians 2:14)
JESUS spoke the words..."Father...now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world,
that these people (whom You have given to me)... may have MY joy fulfilled in themselves".
(John 17:1-19).
So JESUS ("CROSSED") the (Gloomy) Kidron Vallley several times - CROSSING gloom (depression), idol worship, death, grief and the grave. And on His cross He declared: ..."IT IS FINISHED"!!! (John 19:30)
"Now thanks be to God - Who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us (HE) manifests the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." (II Corinthians 2:14)
"GLORY TO YOU O GOD IN THE HIGHEST"!!!
WE BOW! WE BOW! WE BOW OUR KNEE AND OUR TONGUES CONFESS YOU ARE LORD OF ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*******Please read this carefully, maybe read it several times (You don't want to miss ANY
of the victories in this, they are for YOU!!!*****
Jesus Christ's betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane:
"When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook
Kidron, where there was a garden (Garden of Gethsemane) which he and His disciples
entered...(John 18:1...) (Also please see John 17:1-26)
So, in the Garden of Gethsemane---Jesus was betrayed and arrested----He entered Gethsemane
by crossing the Kidron Valley---
The Kidron is a valley on the eastern slope of Jerusalem through which a seasonal brook runs.
In the winter rains, the Brook Kidron is swollen - an overwhelming outpouring of water.
Asa, Hezekiah, and Josiah, the great reforming kings of Judah, burned the idols and objects
of worship of the pagan cults - in the Kidron Valley. In the time of Josiah, the Kidron Valley
was the common cemetery of Jerusalem. The Brook Kidron finally ends in the Dead Sea.
Even the name "Kidron" means "Gloomy".
JESUS IS THE TRUTH. (John 14:6)
HIS obedience to His Father's will --- paid for every aspect of our healing!!! "He was a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief....The punishment necessary for US to have PEACE was put
upon HIM...and by HIS stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:3-5)
"HE is HIMSELF our PEACE". (Ephesians 2:14)
JESUS spoke the words..."Father...now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world,
that these people (whom You have given to me)... may have MY joy fulfilled in themselves".
(John 17:1-19).
So JESUS ("CROSSED") the (Gloomy) Kidron Vallley several times - CROSSING gloom (depression), idol worship, death, grief and the grave. And on His cross He declared: ..."IT IS FINISHED"!!! (John 19:30)
"Now thanks be to God - Who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us (HE) manifests the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." (II Corinthians 2:14)
"GLORY TO YOU O GOD IN THE HIGHEST"!!!
WE BOW! WE BOW! WE BOW OUR KNEE AND OUR TONGUES CONFESS YOU ARE LORD OF ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
HEALING??? WHEN?????????
HOLY GOD is not limited by time when He is healing us according to His Word!!!
(but he understands that WE are in time).
A few years BEFORE I retired, my supervisor (Roy Cornweller) on a weekday notified (us
(whom He supervised) that his wife (Brandy) was in the hospital.
At that time, I started praying extra for both Roy and Brandy.
Soon after that, our HOLY LORD GOD drew to my attention to a portion of His Word:
"By His (JESUS') stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5).
As I prayed about this verse, ANOTHER verse came to my remembrance.....
It was Isaiah 55:11 "So shall MY WORD be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not
return to Me void (empty or fruitless); But it shall accomplish that for which I sent it and
shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it)."
And this verse Isaiah 55:11 (above) strengthened my faith that Brandy would be healed after
she read the verse ("By His stripes we are healed").
When I first received the healing verse I also understood that I should write the verse down and
give it to Roy and Brandy...and after she read it she would be healed.
As stated above, I did give the verse to Roy, he gave it to Brandy, and she read it.
After giving the verse to them I waited several days, then I asked Roy "how is Brandy?"
Roy said, "About the same". Of course, I was disappointed!
I waited until 2 weeks had passed, then I again ask Roy "how is Brandy?", Again Roy answered
"about the same".
Again I was disappointed!. Soon after that, I sensed that I had to spend alone with our LORD---
in order to get some more understanding from HIM. As soon as I could, I did (by HIS GRACE)
spend some time with HIM.
During that time, I struggled to be in reverent AWE of GOD, and at the same time be truthful
in expressing my frustration.
I remember saying, "O LORD, please guard my heart, and please give me understanding"-------
"I know that Isaiah 55:11 says that Your word will not go out and come back void.....but I don't
see ANYTHING happening in Brandy's sickness; but I know that Your word says that Your word
does not go out and come back void...but accomplishes that for which It was sent.........so I went
back and forth quoting those 2 verses.....
Finally---after GOD got me calmed down, and quiet, then gave me understanding:
"While Brandy is in the hospital, there are many family members, friends, co-workers, and
others that are coming to visit Brandy, and hospital staff are in and out of her room.......
I (GOD) am doing MUCH work in the lives of all those people.....; When I (GOD) have completed the work in all their lives THEN I WILL HEAL BRANDY!!!"
Our HOLY GOD graciously gave me more understanding:
"YOU, Barry have been quoting ME Isaiah 55:11?!!!
"My son, I know that up until this time Isaiah 55 is the ONLY chapter that you have already
memorized---
So look just 2 verses above there....in Isaiah 55:9...
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher than your ways, and
MY thoughts than your thoughts."
O WOW!!! when I think different from GOD'S WORD.....He can just "lay me out"!!!
But HE is so gracious to us!!! HE is faithful to His word and to His righteous character". (2 Timothy 2:13)
AFTER HE FINISHED HIS WORK IN ALL THOSE LIVES.........HE DID IN TRUTH HEAL BRANDY!!!!!!!!!
HOW AWESOME HE IS!!!!!!!!! THE ONLY TRUE GOD!!!!!!!!!(JOHN 17:3)
LET US IN WORDS AND ACTION WORSHIP HIM!!!!!!!!!
"SURELY LOVE AND MERCY,YOUR PEACE AND KINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME WILL FOLLOW ME." (See Psalm 23:6)
Thursday, December 27, 2018
HOLY GOD'S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE INTIMATELY WITH US!!!!!!!!!
OCTOBER 16, 2018
While standing outside praying aloud this morning......
Just as I PAUSED speaking aloud.....I heard a soft sound above me, then a leaf fell
(from it's place where it had been attached to a limb), and that leaf fell onto my left
shoulder, then it continued down to the ground.
As I stood there - silently in awe of the INTIMACY that displayed.....I then saw
another leaf fall silently.....and it landed directly in front of my right foot.
In another moment, another leaf was detached from the limb to which it was attached,
this leaf also fell .....striking the ground directly in front of me.....I heard the
faint sound it made as it struck the ground.
As I wrote in the PREVIOUS paragraphs, the INTIMACY of where the leaves fell
(including the first one falling on my SHOULDER!!!) caused me to be (even more)
in awe of the INTIMACY of "GOD MOST HIGH" (Psalm 47:2); "THE HOLY ONE OF
ISRAEL" (Isaiah 29:19) -----
As we read, and meditate on GOD'S WORD---especially Psalm 139 and other Scriptures---
We know that HOLY GOD:
1) CHOOSES to live in our HEARTS (1 Corinthians 3:16)
2) He is "with us always" (Mathew 28: 20),
3) He has His hand on us (Isaiah 41:10),
4) He holds our right hand (Isaiah 41:13,
5) His "everlasting/everpresent arms hold us(Deuteronomy 33:27).
He knows our every thought before we think it, and every word before we speak it (Psalm 139;
So HE is VERY intimate with us!!! And He strongly encourages you and me, and He will ENABLE us to draw near to Him:
1)"Blessed is the man YOU choose, and cause to approach YOU, O GOD" (Psalm 65:4),
2)"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8),
3) "For I, THE LORD YOUR GOD, will hold your right hand, saying to you 'Fear not, I will help
you".
4) "Do you not know that you are the temple of GOD and that the Spirit of GOD dwells in YOU".
(1Corinthians 3:16).
5) "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the "everlasting arms." (Deuteronomy
33:27),
6)"For HE HIMSELF has said, 'I will never LEAVE you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5.
And every spring HE gives to us another(crop) of leaves to remind us.
As I continued to meditate and pray about this, I sensed that OUR LORD GOD was giving to me
UNDERSTANDING for a message to me;
I Corinth. 1:30 He says(Jesus became wisdom from God to us; in Proverbs 8:14 "I AM understanding."
THE LEAVES WERE:
1) on my left shoulder-----(near my heart)
2) Before my right foot-----(That I should "walk in right standing with God"[by His HOLY SPIRIT and by JESUS' BLOOD!!!
3) Directly in front of me------(God saying to me 'Barry, 'move forward from the situation that is on your heart.
4)NO LEAVES(zero!!!) fell BEHIND me-----(GOD speaking to Barry: "LEAVE to ME the things
that are past.'
Psalm 31:14: "But as for me, I trust in you, Oh LORD; my times are in Your hand".
Our HOLY GOD is eager to hear us---in our prayers, praises, worship, and thanksgiving!!!
AND He is eager for us to LISTEN...waiting for HIM to speak to us.
"SURELY LOVE AND MERCY, YOUR PEACE AND KINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME,
WILL FOLLOW ME". (Psalm 23:6)
"SURELY LOVE AND MERCY, YOUR PEACE AND KINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME,
WILL FOLLOW ME (US)"
OCTOBER 16, 2018
While standing outside praying aloud this morning......
Just as I PAUSED speaking aloud.....I heard a soft sound above me, then a leaf fell
(from it's place where it had been attached to a limb), and that leaf fell onto my left
shoulder, then it continued down to the ground.
As I stood there - silently in awe of the INTIMACY that displayed.....I then saw
another leaf fall silently.....and it landed directly in front of my right foot.
In another moment, another leaf was detached from the limb to which it was attached,
this leaf also fell .....striking the ground directly in front of me.....I heard the
faint sound it made as it struck the ground.
As I wrote in the PREVIOUS paragraphs, the INTIMACY of where the leaves fell
(including the first one falling on my SHOULDER!!!) caused me to be (even more)
in awe of the INTIMACY of "GOD MOST HIGH" (Psalm 47:2); "THE HOLY ONE OF
ISRAEL" (Isaiah 29:19) -----
As we read, and meditate on GOD'S WORD---especially Psalm 139 and other Scriptures---
We know that HOLY GOD:
1) CHOOSES to live in our HEARTS (1 Corinthians 3:16)
2) He is "with us always" (Mathew 28: 20),
3) He has His hand on us (Isaiah 41:10),
4) He holds our right hand (Isaiah 41:13,
5) His "everlasting/everpresent arms hold us(Deuteronomy 33:27).
He knows our every thought before we think it, and every word before we speak it (Psalm 139;
So HE is VERY intimate with us!!! And He strongly encourages you and me, and He will ENABLE us to draw near to Him:
1)"Blessed is the man YOU choose, and cause to approach YOU, O GOD" (Psalm 65:4),
2)"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you (James 4:8),
3) "For I, THE LORD YOUR GOD, will hold your right hand, saying to you 'Fear not, I will help
you".
4) "Do you not know that you are the temple of GOD and that the Spirit of GOD dwells in YOU".
(1Corinthians 3:16).
5) "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the "everlasting arms." (Deuteronomy
33:27),
6)"For HE HIMSELF has said, 'I will never LEAVE you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5.
And every spring HE gives to us another(crop) of leaves to remind us.
As I continued to meditate and pray about this, I sensed that OUR LORD GOD was giving to me
UNDERSTANDING for a message to me;
I Corinth. 1:30 He says(Jesus became wisdom from God to us; in Proverbs 8:14 "I AM understanding."
THE LEAVES WERE:
1) on my left shoulder-----(near my heart)
2) Before my right foot-----(That I should "walk in right standing with God"[by His HOLY SPIRIT and by JESUS' BLOOD!!!
3) Directly in front of me------(God saying to me 'Barry, 'move forward from the situation that is on your heart.
4)NO LEAVES(zero!!!) fell BEHIND me-----(GOD speaking to Barry: "LEAVE to ME the things
that are past.'
Psalm 31:14: "But as for me, I trust in you, Oh LORD; my times are in Your hand".
Our HOLY GOD is eager to hear us---in our prayers, praises, worship, and thanksgiving!!!
AND He is eager for us to LISTEN...waiting for HIM to speak to us.
"SURELY LOVE AND MERCY, YOUR PEACE AND KINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME,
WILL FOLLOW ME". (Psalm 23:6)
"SURELY LOVE AND MERCY, YOUR PEACE AND KINDNESS WILL FOLLOW ME,
WILL FOLLOW ME (US)"
Monday, November 12, 2018
THERE IS GOLD IN MY FUTURE!!!........HOW ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FUTURE???
Many years ago, when I was in military service, my U. S. Navy job was to serve as a "rescue man".
At the Naval Air Station, we watched all of the planes come in on approach, landing, and taking off
again.....our job was to observe and see if the wheels, brakes, lights, etc. were functioning correctly.
And of course, anytime that a plane crashed-----our job was to extinguish the fire and to rescue
the people from the plane.
Frequently, we practiced and drilled in order to become more proficient in our duties.(Another part of our ongoing training - was to (on our own time) fly as a passenger on the different
types of planes that used our Naval Air Station. This was done in order to become better informed
about where in each plane each crewman and passenger would be positioned.....thus we would know how best to rescue them should they ever crash.
I remember clearly one such flight from our base... 90 miles to Seattle, Washington.
Before this flight, I arrived early. One of the plane crewmen spoke to all of us (passengers)
saying, "If an emergency occurs, each of you must locate your parachute, and exit the plane through
the proper door." He also told us of the various parachutes, and which person should use which
parachute.
All of this information, he related to us in a very hurried manner, leaving no time for questions from us passengers. I tried to listen very carefully, but the information was insufficient.
Immediately, we were told to board the plane, and we did so.
As the plane took off, and while it flew us toward Seattle - the plane's engines were very, very LOUD!!! In truth, the engines were so loud that we (passengers) could not hear each other speak!
After flying for about an hour with these LOUD engines "clattering" away ---- we were out over the
North Pacific Ocean, no land in sight----- when "SUDDENLY" the engines all STOPPED!!! TOTAL SILENCE!!!
Suddenly, my mind started racing---"WHERE IS MY PARACHUTE ?????
through WHICH DOOR should I exit???
It SEEMED like a long time of silence.....but it actually was only a few minutes... then the engines RE-STARTED!!! OH!!! WHAT A RELIEF!!! GONE was the PANIC, doubt, and overwhelming fear!!! Soon, we found out that the flight crew had purposefully cut the engines off - just to scare
us! IT WORKED!!! During those few moments I was filled with panic!!
So.....now let's talk about the SPIRITUAL side of this personal story: as you read earlier... we were
NOT well informed about what to do "In case of Emergency."
In our personal life --- (WHEN, not if, but WHEN) the ultimate emergency happens: when we believe that we are about to die.....Are you ready??? Have you accepted JESUS CHRIST as your personal Savior??? If you do not know JESUS CHRIST as YOUR Savior---NOW is the day, the hour, the moment for you to ask JESUS to forgive your sins, and to save you!!!!!!!
As we read and study God's Word (THE BIBLE), we will be well informed about what to do ---
"Where is my parachute?" JESUS declares in Matthew 28:20 - "I am with you always." Also, God says in Isaiah 41:10,13..."Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I AM your GOD. I will Strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with MY Righteous right hand."
and (verse 13)- "For I, the LORD YOUR GOD, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.' "
Also, let's remember Deuteronomy 33:27---"The Eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting (ever present) arms."
Again - Through (by) which door do I exit? In John 10:7 JESUS says 'I AM the door of the sheep' "
further - Jesus declares 'I am the way, the truth, and the life,' " No man goes (to heaven) except thru Me." (John 14:6).
Some business Executives/owners have what is called a "Golden Parachute". A "golden parachute" is usually an agreement which obligates his employer to pay him or her a large amount of money -
to fund retirement, etc.
Of course most of us are not business executives, nor do we have a "golden parachute".....
BUT, if we have accepted JESUS as our Savior and Lord----- He will be there with us and He will take us to land safely in Heaven where the STREETS are GOLD!!! (Revelation 21:21), the gates
are PEARL, and we will FOREVER live in the PRESENCE of OUR HOLY GOD AND FATHER
and worship HIM FOREVER!!!
How do we get there?
The best WAY to get there is by "GPS" - GOD'S POSITIONING SERVICE - GOD'S WORD/THE BIBLE:
Start at John 3:16; then to (Acts 2:38) to "receive the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT". For the balance of the journey - ask the HOLY SPIRIT TO "guide you into all truth(John 16:13).
What about FOOD for the journey??? "...trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and 'FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS" (Psalm 37:3);
"HIS FAITHFULNESS" - " He is Faithful to His WORD and to HIS RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER, for HE CANNOT DENY HIMELF." (2 Timothy 2:13/Amplified Bible).
I will see you on "THE WAY, IN THE WAY (JESUS)and BY THE WAY, (John 16:13/John 14:6).
(JESUS ) " Your love and mercy,
Your peace and kindness, will follow me, will follow me -
all the days of my life, and
I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." (Psalm 23:6)
AMEN!!!
Many years ago, when I was in military service, my U. S. Navy job was to serve as a "rescue man".
At the Naval Air Station, we watched all of the planes come in on approach, landing, and taking off
again.....our job was to observe and see if the wheels, brakes, lights, etc. were functioning correctly.
And of course, anytime that a plane crashed-----our job was to extinguish the fire and to rescue
the people from the plane.
Frequently, we practiced and drilled in order to become more proficient in our duties.(Another part of our ongoing training - was to (on our own time) fly as a passenger on the different
types of planes that used our Naval Air Station. This was done in order to become better informed
about where in each plane each crewman and passenger would be positioned.....thus we would know how best to rescue them should they ever crash.
I remember clearly one such flight from our base... 90 miles to Seattle, Washington.
Before this flight, I arrived early. One of the plane crewmen spoke to all of us (passengers)
saying, "If an emergency occurs, each of you must locate your parachute, and exit the plane through
the proper door." He also told us of the various parachutes, and which person should use which
parachute.
All of this information, he related to us in a very hurried manner, leaving no time for questions from us passengers. I tried to listen very carefully, but the information was insufficient.
Immediately, we were told to board the plane, and we did so.
As the plane took off, and while it flew us toward Seattle - the plane's engines were very, very LOUD!!! In truth, the engines were so loud that we (passengers) could not hear each other speak!
After flying for about an hour with these LOUD engines "clattering" away ---- we were out over the
North Pacific Ocean, no land in sight----- when "SUDDENLY" the engines all STOPPED!!! TOTAL SILENCE!!!
Suddenly, my mind started racing---"WHERE IS MY PARACHUTE ?????
through WHICH DOOR should I exit???
It SEEMED like a long time of silence.....but it actually was only a few minutes... then the engines RE-STARTED!!! OH!!! WHAT A RELIEF!!! GONE was the PANIC, doubt, and overwhelming fear!!! Soon, we found out that the flight crew had purposefully cut the engines off - just to scare
us! IT WORKED!!! During those few moments I was filled with panic!!
So.....now let's talk about the SPIRITUAL side of this personal story: as you read earlier... we were
NOT well informed about what to do "In case of Emergency."
In our personal life --- (WHEN, not if, but WHEN) the ultimate emergency happens: when we believe that we are about to die.....Are you ready??? Have you accepted JESUS CHRIST as your personal Savior??? If you do not know JESUS CHRIST as YOUR Savior---NOW is the day, the hour, the moment for you to ask JESUS to forgive your sins, and to save you!!!!!!!
As we read and study God's Word (THE BIBLE), we will be well informed about what to do ---
"Where is my parachute?" JESUS declares in Matthew 28:20 - "I am with you always." Also, God says in Isaiah 41:10,13..."Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I AM your GOD. I will Strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with MY Righteous right hand."
and (verse 13)- "For I, the LORD YOUR GOD, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.' "
Also, let's remember Deuteronomy 33:27---"The Eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting (ever present) arms."
Again - Through (by) which door do I exit? In John 10:7 JESUS says 'I AM the door of the sheep' "
further - Jesus declares 'I am the way, the truth, and the life,' " No man goes (to heaven) except thru Me." (John 14:6).
Some business Executives/owners have what is called a "Golden Parachute". A "golden parachute" is usually an agreement which obligates his employer to pay him or her a large amount of money -
to fund retirement, etc.
Of course most of us are not business executives, nor do we have a "golden parachute".....
BUT, if we have accepted JESUS as our Savior and Lord----- He will be there with us and He will take us to land safely in Heaven where the STREETS are GOLD!!! (Revelation 21:21), the gates
are PEARL, and we will FOREVER live in the PRESENCE of OUR HOLY GOD AND FATHER
and worship HIM FOREVER!!!
How do we get there?
The best WAY to get there is by "GPS" - GOD'S POSITIONING SERVICE - GOD'S WORD/THE BIBLE:
Start at John 3:16; then to (Acts 2:38) to "receive the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT". For the balance of the journey - ask the HOLY SPIRIT TO "guide you into all truth(John 16:13).
What about FOOD for the journey??? "...trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and 'FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS" (Psalm 37:3);
"HIS FAITHFULNESS" - " He is Faithful to His WORD and to HIS RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER, for HE CANNOT DENY HIMELF." (2 Timothy 2:13/Amplified Bible).
I will see you on "THE WAY, IN THE WAY (JESUS)and BY THE WAY, (John 16:13/John 14:6).
(JESUS ) " Your love and mercy,
Your peace and kindness, will follow me, will follow me -
all the days of my life, and
I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." (Psalm 23:6)
AMEN!!!
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