ARE YOU BROKEN HEARTED? HAS SOMEONE YOU LOVE DONE SOMETHING THAT REALLY HURT YOU AND YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN OR EVEN TALK TO THEM? IF THIS HASN'T YET HAPPENED TO YOU, IT COULD. WHAT YOU DO IF THIS DOES HAPPENS IS GOING TO BE YOUR CHOICE. YOU CAN HATE THEM FOR IT OR YOU CAN FORGIVE THEM. EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES BUT YOUR FORGIVING THEM WILL BE MUCH BETTER FOR THE BOTH OF YOU. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU HAVE FORGIVEN THEM, IT HAS TO BE FORGOTTEN, NEVER TO BE MENTIONED AGAIN.
THE OTHER DAY I WROTE ON FORGIVENESS BUT TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LOVE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES ON LOVE IS 1ST JOHN 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Luke 8:12, "Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved."
LUKE 8:4-13
The first type of person Jesus describes is someone who doesn't understand God's Word (Mt. 13:19). Before God's Word...
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY "THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE"? I AM SURE YOU HAVE, AS I HAVE, AND WITH OUR CARNAL MINDS, SOME THINGS REALLY DO LOOK IMPOSSIBLE. ONE TIME I SAW MY FATHER-IN-LAW TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A STEERING COLUMN ON AN OLD FORD FALCON. I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT SHAFT TO FIT. IT WAS TOO LONG AND TOO BIG AROUND AND I KNEW IT WAS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO FIT. I WILL GET BACK TO THIS STORY AFTER I TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MY FATHER-IN-LAW. .
HE HAD ABOUT THE CLOSEST RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS AS ANY MAN I HAD EVER MET. HE ONCE WAS THE...
Luke 8:11, "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God."
LUKE 8:11-15
It is through the reading of the Word and the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit that Christ in His fullness is known. What a privilege it is today to have God's Word in our own language. Six hundred years ago there...
I HAVE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT PRAYERS, AND GETTING THE ANSWERS TO THEM, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHOW YOU WHAT THE WORD SAYS. PRAYERS THAT ARE MADE ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD IS ALWAYS ANSWERED. IF WE COULD GET THIS INTO OUR LITTLE PEANUT BRAINS IT SURE WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR A NEW WIFE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
LET''S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT TALK ABOUT ASKING. ALL OF THESE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS....
I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAD A WONDERFUL EASTER SUNDAY. IT IS GREAT TO GET TOGETHER WITH FAMILY ON THESE SPECIAL DAYS BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR RISEN LORD. WE ALWAYS ENJOY THESE HOLIDAYS BUT WHEN THEY ARE OVER, WE TEND TO FORGET WHAT WE JUST HAD. WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT EASTER MEANS TO US ALL YEAR LONG. WE ARE THE ONLY RELIGION THAT CAN SAY THAT OUR GOD IS ALIVE. AND THE GOOD THINGS IS THAT HE IS NOT WAY OFF IN THE SWEET BY AND BY BUT HE LIVES INSIDE US. WHEN WE PRAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK UP TO HEAVEN, WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK DOWN TOWARD OUR HEARTS. THAT IS WHERE HE IS.
Matthew 13:15, "For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."
Matthew 13:11, "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."
