About
I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
Website
Location:
Location: Melbourne, FL
Zipcode: 32934
Country: US
Zipcode: 32934
Country: US
Stats
Blogs: 5765
images: 1
Profile Tag Cloud:
"DON'T LET SATAN STEAL FROM YOU" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
DON'T LET SATAN STEAL FROM YOU
BY DAVID MCMILLEN
DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY ABOUT BLIND BARTIMAEUS CRYING OUT TO JESUS WHEN HE WAS LEAVING JERICHO? THIS IS THE ACCOUNT IN "MARK 10:46-48 And as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me."
WHAT SURPRISED ME IS THE PEOPLE TELLING HIM TO BE QUIET. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THEY WOULD DO THIS BUT BARTIMAEUS DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE TELLING HIM. THIS WAS A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME FOR HIM AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO MISS IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT OF THIS BLESSING BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE WORRIED WHAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THEM.
I AM SURE BLIND BARTIMAEUS HAD HEARD MANY WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT JESUS AND HOW HE WAS HEALING THE SICK AS THIS WAS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF JESUS' MINISTRY. YOU WILL NOTICE HOW HE ADDRESSED JESUS. HE CALLED OUT, "JESUS, THOU SON OF DAVID". THIS SEEMS TO SHOW THAT HE KNEW AND BELIEVED JESUS WAS THE KING OF THE JEWS AND THAT HE HAD CLAIM TO THE JEWISH COVENANT.
SO, WE ALL NEED TO TAKE THIS LESSON FROM BARTIMAEUS THAT WHEN WE ARE HURTING OR ARE IN NEED, DON'T LET THE DEVIL USE SOMEONE TO TELL US NOT TO EXPECT ANYTHING FROM GOD. WE NEED TO LET GO OF OUR PRIDE AND CALL OUT TO JESUS NO MATTER WHO IT MAY OFFEND. IT CERTAINLY WANT OFFEND JESUS. HE LOVES US AND HIS PROMISES ARE REAL. JUST BELIEVE AND RECEIVE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
