“Then I will bring you and your descendants back to your land, where I will protect you and give you peace. Then your fears will be gone. I, the Lord, have spoken.” Jeremiah 30:11
Have you ever been so broken that you think it would be impossible to ever mend what has been broken? I have been broken more times than I can keep count of. Glory be to God-He has always been faithful to find me in my messy state-He sees all of us! He seems to pick up all the pieces, when we trust in Him-we begin to see how He has a plan that plays out much better than the one we felt was shattered.
Restore us Lord!!
One time my whole house had been destroyed and I cried out to God, “I look to the hills, but where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? My help cometh from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” Psalms 121:1-2
No matter how broken, how messed up anything we have ever broken is; He is the God who comes to heal all that is broken, and He brings restoration and hope. The only way we can truly be mended is with His hand upon the situation, mending all of it.
These are serious times that we live in today, Jesus came to earth for us, He was crucified and died for all of our sins, so that we could be free and start our lives over again. He is right here for you today .
Jesus, I believe that you came to this world for all of us, forgive me of my sins, anything that has separated me from You, Father God, or the Holy Spirit. I believe you died for me and rose again so that I may have eternal life, be Lord of My life, fill me afresh with Your Holy Spirit, lead and guide me in the ways that I should go, mend me, Lord, Make my life new, in Jesus’ mighty name! Thank You, Lord!
I took this picture when I was in Romania we went there to help them build their church, I was thankful that the stone was quite light, and also thankful that most of the church was up. I was unable to find out the kind of stone it was due to language barriers and timing of when we received an interpreter, but it was light like wood.
The stone that had been placed on Jesus’ tomb was not light. Some sources say that the stone that was used to seal the tomb for Jesus was between 1-2 tons. The tomb had been sealed with the body of Jesus in burial clothes, when Mary Magdelene and Joanna went to the tomb, the stone had been rolled away and Jesus was not there. Instead, there were “men dressed in glowing white” there who said to the women: “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross, and God has raised Him to life, and He is not here. You can see where they put His body.” Mark 16:6 When the women looked into the tomb there was only the grave clothes, the stone had been rolled away.
Wow, what great power, and a fulfillment of prophecy: Zechariah 9:9-10 “Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your King has won the victory, and He is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey, He comes on the colt of a donkey. I, the Lord, will take away war chariots and horses from Israel and Jerusalem. Bows that were made for battle will be broken. I will bring peace to the nations and Your King will rule from sea to sea. His kingdom will reach from the Euphrates River across the earth.”
Luke 24:1-4 tells more of the story: “Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb carrying spices they had prepared, when they found the stone rolled away from the entrance, they went in, but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus, and they did not know what to think. Suddenly, two men in shining white clothes stood beside them. The women were afraid and bowed to the ground. But the men said “Why are you looking in the place of the dead, for someone who is alive? Jesus isn’t here! He has been raised from death. Remember that while He told you, The Son of Man will be handed over to sinners who will nail Him to a cross. But three days later He will rise to life. Then they remembered what Jesus had said.”
These brave women were known as the first to go to the 11 disciples and tell them that Jesus is alive!!!Sadly, at first the disciples had a problem wrapping their minds around this wonderful news. Though that did change then they went about the world preaching the gospel and bringing souls to the kingdom. Jesus is still alive today, every day, always King, always our savior.
By the grace of God only, I have been used to bring the gospel to thousands of people, for this I am humbly grateful! If you reading this, have never made the choice to trust God with your life, He sent His only Son to the earth to live as a man, He sacrificed His only Son: John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life.” He is alive and asking you to give your life to Him today, you will never be the same!
Jesus, forgive us of all sin and deliver us from all things that separates us today, I do believe that you died for my sins, thank you for what You did for me, I believe in You, You sacrificed Your life so that I have a chance to start again, fill me today with your love and with Your Holy Spirit, so that I am guided by His gentle direction through Your word, and through this life, thank you for eternal life just like You, Lord Jesus!
Down through centuries, there has been a heart cry: “We want the truth.” In John 14:6 Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me.” KJV
Man have searched relentlessly to uncover the “truth”, neglecting what the word tells us about the truth.
John 8:32: “And Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” KJV
John 16:13: “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.” KJV
John 17:17: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” KJV
Psalms 145:18: “The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him In truth.”
Years ago in a prayer time with the Lord, He showed me the importance of reading and obeying His word-His word has an answer for any and all questions that we run into in our lives-check out the above scriptures.
Hosea 4:6:”My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” KJV
John 3:16,17 “God loved the people of this world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who has faith in Him will have eternal life and never really die. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent Him to save them!” CEV
Jesus is our only answer to the truth that we seek, cry out to Him today-ask Him to forgive you of all sin and things that separated you from Him, surrender it all to Him, He died, rose again- for each one of us! Yes, it’s true He died for every one of us-ask Him to come into your heart and fill you with His Holy Spirit, make your life new today -He shows us the truth through His living word and through Himself. You will know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. “Psalms 51:10
“One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have a King for a friend.” Proverbs 22:11
“Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”2 Corinthians 7:1
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8
My heart cry every day is, “I want to see You Lord!!!”Please purify my heart of all that wants to filter in and defile me, please cause my heart to be clean and renewed always!”
People are always, wanting to blame what concerns them on someone else, or something else, instead of praying for the concerns, or the situation. Man has never, nor will he ever be able to save himself, only God can do that!
As Martin Luther King quoted: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that…”There have been many brilliant men with many amazing accomplishments down through history, exciting as all of that may be, men are full of sin, their hearts are full of darkness, without a Savior they can do nothing! I do believe that God has used many gifted men and women to create much good on this earth, let us never forget who the true creator is. “I lift up my eyes to the mountains-where does my help come from?My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1,2
As a single mom who struggled for years in my life, I know that without the Lord I never would have made it, I would have perished years ago. I thank God daily for life and for the strength that He provided for me not to give up! I congratulate all mothers, women and especially the single mom’s as it is not easy but with God’s help you will do all that He has called you to do. Let your heart be pure before the Lord!
Happy National Women’s Day
If there are women or men out there who have not given their lives to Jesus, now is the time: Pray Jesus I need you desperately, forgive me of all my sins, I believe that you died for me and rose again so that I may have eternal life, so that I can come to know You and rely on You daily. Come into my heart, fill me with your Spirit, teach, lead and guide me everyday.
Jesus said to His disciples, “Don’t worry! I am Jesus. Don’t be afraid. “Peter replied, “Lord if it is really you, tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come on!” Jesus said. Peter then got out of the boat and started walking on the water toward Him. But when Peter saw how strong the wind was, he was afraid and started sinking. “Save me Lord!” he shouted. At once, Jesus reached out His hand. He helped Peter up and said, “You surely don’t have much faith, why do you doubt?” Matthew 14:27-31. It’s clear in this text, Jesus tells them all not to worry, or to be afraid, Peter let fear and disobedience in, and he doubted Jesus was who He said He was. Peter also was believing more in what he saw around him than what Jesus told him he was able to do. Is there something or someone around you that has caused you to doubt that Jesus is who He says He is?
David told Solomon in 1 Chronicles 22:13: “If you obey the laws and teachings that the Lord gave Moses, you will be successful. Be strong and brave and don’t get discouraged or be afraid of anything.” If we obey the Lord-we should not be afraid of anything! God told Joshua in Joshua 1:7:”Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading the Book of the Law, he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land.”
Oh, but the waves around us are so high– or the people in our family– or staff on the job or people in general are promoting fear into our lives, these are perilous times that we are living in, if we do not trust and obey in a living, risen savior in these times, then courage will not be easy. I do remember many times that the hair stood up on the back of my neck, but I still did what God wanted me to do, because I was sure I heard His voice, and knew that I was doing what he asked me to do. Without His power through the Holy Spirit, I would not have been able to do the things that God wanted me to do. I believed Jesus is who He said that He is. He is Lord, He will forgive you of all your shortcomings, Come to Him today. Believe that He died for your sins and for a chance for eternal life. He rose again to grant you that second chance, believe today that He is Who He says He is, take courage, surrender your life to Jesus, then trust and obey what he teaches you through His living word.
