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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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THIS MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A STORY I FOUND ON "GODVINE", A CHRISTIAN WEB SITE. IT IS A TRUE STORY ABOUT SHREK, A SHEEP, AND IF YOU WANT TO READ THE COMPLETE STORY YOU CAN GO TO THAT WEB SITE. I COULDN'T FIND THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO PUT THIS LITTLE STORY TOGETHER BUT IT IS GREAT AND I THANK WHOEVER IT WAS. NOW FOR THE STORY.
Shrek, the sheep, became famous a little while back for hiding out in caves, by himself, for six years. Because of his isolation, his fleece was never shorn. It grew and grew; and by the time he was finally shaved, the amount of fleece that fell away from his body weighed sixty pounds. Most sheep have a fleece weighing under ten pounds; sometimes it's...
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGH ABOUT WHY JESUS DID SO MANY MIRACLES? HIS STATEMENT IN JOHN 4:48 GIVES US A CLUE WHEN HE SAYS "Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe." I AM ASSUMING THAT "signs and wonders" ARE MIRACLES AS HE HAD JUST FINISHED CHANGING WATER INTO WINE AT THE WEDDING IN CANA. WHILE HE WAS THERE, A NOBLEMAN ASK HIM TO COME TO CAPERNAUM AND HEAL HIS SON. JESUS KNEW THE MANS FAITH AND SAID "Go thy way; thy son liveth". THE MAN HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE JESUS AND JUST WENT HOME, KNOWING HIS SON WAS HEALED. THAT IS THE FAITH JESUS WANTS ALL OF US TO HAVE.
WITH WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT MIRACLES, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY HIS DISCIPLES ASKED...
It is interesting that Luke is the only one of the gospel writers to mention that Jesus' sweat was as great drops of blood. This is probably because Luke was a physician (Col. 4:14), and therefore, this had special significance to him.
There have been documented cases of people actually sweating drops of blood under extreme emotional pressure. This might explain why Luke is the only writer to mention the angel strengthening Jesus. Just as when Jesus encountered Satan during His forty days of fasting and temptation in the wilderness and the angels ministered unto Him (Mk. 1:13), so here, He needed supernatural strength to endure His sufferings.
The use of the words "as it were" might also mean that the sweat of Jesus was...
IF YOU HAVE EVER WONDERED WHY I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO READ THEIR BIBLE, IT IS BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S WORD AND IT GIVES US HIS PROMISES AND HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES. IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE, YOU SHOULD. IT WILL GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT ON HOW HARD PEOPLE WORKED AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SACRIFICE TO GET IT TO US. IT IS VERY INTERESTING AND SHOCKING AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE IT SO EASY HERE IN AMERICA WHERE WE CAN READ OUR BIBLES WITHOUT HAVING TO HIDE IN FEAR THAT WE WILL BE CAUGHT AND PUT TO DEATH. THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD. THESE PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY FOR GOD'S WORD THAT THEY RISK IT ALL BECAUSE OF THEIR LOVE FOR JESUS. BEWARE, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING SOON, IT MIGHT COME TO THIS FOR US. WE CAN READ OUR BIBLES NOW WITHOUT FEARING FOR OUR LIVES AND SOME DON'T EVEN READ OR...
Although God was referred to as our Father in the Old Testament, Jesus' frequent use of this title brought a whole new understanding of our relationship with God. Jesus referred to God as His Father, and He spoke of God as being our Father as well. This infuriated the religious Jews of Jesus' day who considered it blasphemy to call God their Father, because they understood that to mean they were equal with God.
We are instructed to call God our Father, revealing the kind, gentle, loving nature of our God. The term "Abba" is an affectionate term that a young child calls his father, which corresponds to our term "daddy." It is a term used to express intimacy and affectionate fondness. It removes the idea of God as a strict judge...
I HAVE BEEN ASKED WHY I SAID SIN IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE. I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY. SIN IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE AND DOES MATTER BECAUSE THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. "ROMANS 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Jesus knew it was the Father's will for Him to be made an offering for the sins of the world. This is true because He prophesied His death and resurrection many times before. However, because of His unique relationship with God, Jesus was asking God to accomplish His will some other way, but at the same time affirming His commitment to do His Father's will and not His own.
He was not at a loss to know God's will and therefore, left this time of prayer trusting that whatever the Father deemed best for Him would happen.
He knew, when He began praying what the Father's will was and He knew at the close of His prayer, that God's will could not be accomplished any other way.
For us to pray, "Lord, if it be thy will" in response to a...
God the Father had the plan of salvation worked out before He even created the world. Most of us would not have created the world and man if we knew the heartache and terrible sacrifice it would cost. But God is not man. In His judgment (which is the correct judgment) the prize was worth the cost.
We were chosen in Christ before the world began. The Lord did not choose us by our merit, but solely by our acceptance of Christ which His foreknowledge allowed Him to do before the foundation of the world. In the strictest sense, we were not personally chosen, but Christ was chosen and all those who are "in Christ" partake of His being chosen by His Father. Just as we are the...
LET ME ASK YOU A PERSONAL QUESTION AND PLEASE BE TRUTHFUL WITH YOURSELF. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU OPENED YOUR BIBLE TO STUDY GOD'S WORD NOT COUNTING WHEN YOU WERE IN CHURCH? DO YOU READ GOD'S WORD EVERY DAY AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LISTENING TO A TEACHING TAPE OR AN EVANGELIST ON TV OR READING A PRAYER BOOK? LIKE I SAID, BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. THE BIBLE IS WHERE JESUS TALKS TO US. KNOWING WHAT HE SAYS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I WROTE THIS YEARS AGO AND POSTED IT AND FACEBOOK BROUGHT IT BACK UP AS ONE OF MY MEMORIES LIKE THEY DO ONCE IN A WHILE. SO, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT AGAIN JUST IN CASE SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT. I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I DID WRITING IT. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM JESUS IF HE WROTE YOU A LITTER? I HAVE AND IT GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YOU CAN CLAIM IN FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD LIKE.