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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.
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ARE YOU REALLY SEEKING THE LORD? I DON'T MEAN JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS LIKE PRAYING WHENEVER YOU ARE IN NEED OR IN TROUBLE OR GOING TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW HOLY YOU ARE. I KNOW THIS IS TERRIBLE TO SAY ABOUT SOMEONE BUT WE ALL GET CAUGHT UP IN OURSELVES ONCE IN A WHILE AND IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE A LITTLE REMINDER NOT TO DO THIS.
Jesus is saying that persecution should actually cause us to rejoice. There are many positive things about persecution but one of the best reasons to rejoice is because of the reward awaiting us in heaven.
Jesus takes the persecution of His saints very seriously as can be seen during the Damascus road experience of the apostle Paul. The Lord asked Paul (then Saul), "Why are you persecuting me?" (Acts 9:4) He didn't say, "Why are you persecuting my people?" but "Why are you persecuting me?"
It is not actually us that people are rejecting but they are rejecting the One we represent. Therefore, Jesus promised to share His reward with us. All the glory and honor that Jesus has and will receive will be shared with...
In the natural world, people eat even when they aren't hungry. Many of us can prove that by turning sideways and looking at ourselves in the mirror. But in the spiritual realm, only those who are hungry can get fed. One of the worst things that can happen to us is spiritual complacency.
Being hungry for the things of God is one of the best things that can happen to us. Most people don't feel that way. They would rather have the feeling of being full. But Jesus promised us that fullness would follow hunger. No hunger, no fullness.
Therefore, what many people hate is actually a sign of spiritual health. Longing for more of God is a healthy sign. No one hungers for God on their own. That is not the nature of man. No man hungers for God unless the Spirit...
Peter and his companions had been working hard all night. Their efforts had not produced even one fish. They had given up and were headed home. But Jesus told them to try it just one more time.
It would have been easy for Peter to reject Jesus' command. After all, Peter had been a fisherman all his life. Jesus was just a preacher. What did He know about fishing? Yet something, or rather someone, caused Peter to try just once more.
Many people are like Simon Peter and his partners. They have done all that they know to do and yet they've come up empty-handed. This breeds a despair and hopelessness that causes many people to quit trying. Yet, just one word from Jesus could make the same tasks that have been...
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PRAISE THE LORD? I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE SONG THAT SAYS "PRAISE THE LORD, OH MY SOUL, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME", BUT HOW DO WE PRAISE HIM? THE WORD PRAISE MEANS "TO GLORIFY, WORSHIP, OR HONOR". NOW WE ALL CAN DO THAT. WHEN WE ARE ALONE WITH HIM, WE CAN TELL HIM THAT WE LOVE HIM. THANK HIM FOR SAVING US AND ALSO FOR ALL THE THINGS HE HAS, AND IS, DOING FOR US, THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.
THE LORD HAS GIVEN US SO MANY PROMISES IN THE BIBLE AND THERE ARE SO MANY CHRISTIANS THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THEM. PETER TELLS US THAT WE ARE GIVEN "EXCEEDING" GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES. 2ND PETER 1:3-4 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. DID YOU SEE IT? LOOK AT THE UNDERSCORED. AND HOW DO WE GET THAT KNOWLEDGE, THROUGH HIS WORD. I KNOW YOU GET TIRED OF ME HARPING ON STUDYING THE BIBLE BUT YOU CAN NOW SEE WHY.
This is an amazing statement. Jesus' ministry was only a few months old and the masses of people were already seeking him out.
This is even more astonishing when you realize that Jesus had not used any of the conventional methods of publicity. In fact, Jesus had already rejected publicity during His first ministry in Jerusalem (Jn. 2:24-25). There was no natural explanation for Jesus' success.
God is the one who promoted Jesus. And He used supernatural means to do it. It was not the slick techniques of Madison Avenue that brought the crowds--it was the awesome manifestation of God's power.
Just the day before, Jesus had cast the demon out of a man at the synagogue in Capernaum (Mk. 1:21-28). This caused the whole city to gather at Peter's house and Jesus...
I WROTE A PRAISE REPORT LIKE THIS ONE SOMETIME BACK TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRUST IN GOD'S FAITHFULNESS. I AM GOING TO GIVE IT AGAIN THIS MORNING IN HOPES THAT THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET TO READ IT CAN DO IT NOW AND HOPING IT WILL REACH SOMEONE WHO REALLY NEEDS THE ENCOURAGEMENT. GOD'S PROMISES ARE REAL AND CAN BE YOURS IF YOU HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS. I DID AND LOOK WHAT IT GOT ME.
How did Peter's mother-in-law minister unto Jesus and His disciples? Did she sit them down and preach to them? Certainly not. Yet sometimes people think the only way we can minister to another is to admonish them with the scriptures.
Peter's mother-in-law apparently ministered to them by serving them. The word translated "minister" is the same word that was translated "deacon" twice in the New Testament, and "serve, served or serveth" eight times.
We can minister for the Lord by doing some of the menial tasks that many consider to be unimportant. Jesus said that even a cup of cold water given in His name would not go unrewarded (Matthew 10:42).
Many people are waiting for the important jobs to...