This world is full of trials and tribulations, and thus it's not very easy to navigate, but when you know Jesus, and have His peace that transcends all human understanding flowing through you, then life is certainly more manageable. There's no need to worry or hurry, just move with the peaceful and calm attitude that comes from having Jesus as your anchor and strong tower. His Great Invitation of rest and peace are unbeatable, and only fools will refuse it. So please, let's use the wisdom, the LOVE and the power God gives us to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, so we can live the peaceful and abundant life He died for us to have! Much LOVE!
Jesus Christ is no longer on the earth as a human being, however, as His disciples, we have taken over His earthly responsibilities, become His agents, His ambassadors or representatives, and now, people can only come into contact with Jesus through us; through our goodness, kindness, grace, and all the other attributes we've obtained from Him. But it's no good if we're not using those attributes for the good of others and of our world in general. For then the world will remain in the same dark, evil and ungodly state that it's been in for donkeys' ages now. But that's not what Jesus had in mind when He came to earth. No! He wanted to create a body, His church, that would go around the earth spreading the good news of His gospel, bringing people to the Light, to His light. But sadly we're not doing a good enough job of it, because the world is getting more evil every day, if that's even possible. So come on friends, we have to pick up the baton and run with it for Jesus' sake, otherwise we'll be a great disappointment to Him, and we definitely don't want to end up like that! Much LOVE!
What's God's first commandment with promise eh friends? That we honour our parents so that we could live long in the land the Lord gave us. And I know that many of us didn't have good parents, but God didn't specify we honour them if they were only good. No. Whether they are good or bad, we're supposed to honour them. And today we're celebrating our Mothers' on Mother's Day. And believe me, being a mother is possibly the most difficult and most unrewarding job in the universe, because it carries with it such large and consequential responsibilities. Mothers bear, care for and nurture their children from conception to adulthood, and that's no easy task. But they do it without too much fuss and bother and for that we ought to be everlastingly grateful. That means, honouring them, not only on this special day, but all through the year, and all through our lives. For if we had a good mother, we were in the LOVING hands of God. Much LOVE!
Friends, lots of things and people are vying for our attention in this busy and crazy world. However, we were created to only handle one thing properly at one time. Yes, I know all about doing many things at the same time, but believe me, none of them are ever done to the best of our ability. The Lord in His wisdom made us able to only concentrate fully on one subject at a time, preferably Him. Now the devil engages in all sorts of antics trying to turn us away from God, and one of those things is the LOVE of money. An addiction and sickness that just drives us crazy behind the almighty dollar. But please remember that we can only serve ONE master at a time, which means we cannot serve God and money or material wealth simultaneously. We have to choose...and the best choice is God, who made everything and owns everything! Much LOVE!
Friends, life on earth is short, but eternity in heaven is forever; that means we need to have more stuff to live in heaven than here on earth. Therefore storing up a lot of stuff down here on earth, only to leave it all behind when we die, is not wise. The best option is to store up more rewards and treasures in heaven where we will be spending a longer time. So let's stop running down material wealth nuh, and start concentrating on the things that will benefit us most in heaven. That's true wisdom! Much LOVE!
Friends, Jesus gave up all that He had in heaven to come to earth to live a poor and humble life and sacrifice his sinless life for us. He didn't put on any airs and graces, though He had the right to, and that's the way He expects His followers to behave. As the saying goes, if you know you have it, you don't have to flaunt it. Only those who don't truly have something need to flaunt it. And we already have the best things available, that's salvation and eternal life, thus we need to get ourselves together and help the unfortunates get it too. And the best way to do that is with a humble attitude. Remember that he that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. That's Jesus' philosophy! Much LOVE!
Oh friends, pride is one of the greatest triggers to our falling. You can see it in Satan's demise when he figured he was powerful enough to overthrow the One who had created him, and was kicked out of heaven to walk the earth in shame and disgrace. And that's the same thing he's trying to have us do; ignore God's commandments and live the way he desires. Now, he can cause us to have certain things if we sell our souls to him, but the overall ruler of the universe is still and always will be Almighty God. Thus whatever Satan gives can ultimately be taken away by God. And believe me, pride is one of Satan's major weapons in getting us to turn against God. He tries to turn our free will to choosing his desires rather than those of God. That means as believers, we have to be very careful and not allow our foolish pride to lead us astray as the evil one desires. And with God's help, we can certainly avoid it. Much LOVE!
Friends our world is going to hell in a handbasket because we Christians are not doing a good enough job of showing it the light of Jesus. Meanwhile, Satan's followers are out there furiously sowing their dark and evil seeds and thus bringing our world under their dark and evil command. That's not good enough my people! Christ entrusted us with turning the world around to His way of thinking, to get others to accept His gospel of light and salvation, but unfortunately we're falling down on the job. Please, please, I implore us to wake up and get ourselves together and do the job we've been handed. Otherwise all of Jesus' sacrifices would have been in vain. And we simply cannot have that! Much LOVE!
We have two options in this life; to do evil, or to do good, and Jesus, our Lord and Saviour is the champion of doing good! That means if we are to be true followers, we also have to be doers of good and not evil. But, unfortunately, our basic sin nature, which gives us heightened desires for the pleasures of sin, gets in the way of our doing good. So, to be true believers in Jesus Christ, in consort with the Holy Spirit, we need to strenuously and seriously battle those sinful desires. That's the only way we will ever be true Christians and keep doing good rather than evil. Much LOVE!
In this deceitful and greedy world no human being can be trusted to the nth degree! And that's an indisputable fact, for man is tainted by sin, and sin is not trustworthy. The ONLY trustworthy being in this universe is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and He showed it by shedding His sinless blood on the cross of Calvary on our behalf. Therefore, we should not put too much trust in our fellow man, but put it ALL in Jesus! And if you don't listen, then you will surely pay a hefty price for your disobedience. Much LOVE!
Worry does not come from God, but is the devil's instigation of fear in our lives. When we have faith, we don't worry, and when we worry, as Jesus says, our faith is small. Remember that God hasn't given us a spirit of fear or worry, but one of power, LOVE and of a strong or disciplined mind. (2 Tim. 1:7) Therefore with that grace of God, we don't have to allow Satan to confuse us with the fear that comes from worrying. But that can only happen if we keep our faith strong, and that can only happen if we keep seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness on a constant basis. So let's do that so we can stop worrying. Much LOVE!
This earthly life has but two options, to live in sin, or seek the righteousness of God. And sin, though it may seem pleasureable in the beginning, always leads to undesirable consequences. And that's why our world is currently in so much turmoil; too many of us have chosen the sinful and rebellious path instead of the righteous one, and until we change our sinful ways, we will continue down the path to destruction until the earth and all therein is destroyed. God's Word contains so many good promises it's unwise to keep choosing the foolishness advocated by Satan. Remember where Satan is the boss, in hell, but God is the king of heaven, and He's given us the free choice to choose where we want to spend eternity...in hell with Satan, or in heaven with Christ. Please make the wise choice. Much LOVE!
Friends, without our great God we'd be sitting ducks for Satan, but through Him we have forgiveness of sins and eternal life, things that necessitate lots of praise and thankfulness. Yes, just consider what our options would be if we didn't have a great and LOVING God nuh. Hellfire and damnation would be our destiny. But now with Jesus' sacrifice we have a great option, so why aren't we wise and thankful eh? Look at all the Lord does for us everyday. All the good things we don't deserve, but yet He bestows them on us. Just think that we got up this morning. Whom do you think is responsible for that eh? Almighty God! There's a roof over our heads, food on our table...that's the Lord's doing. Therefore thanks and praise should be a continual thing in the true believer's life! Please, let's make it so! Much LOVE!
Yes Friends, if we don't want to be taken in by the devil and all his evil schemes, we must make it our imperative to seek God and His kingdom before all else. Otherwise we can be overcome and overtaken by any of the many serious ills that now exist in our world. And remember that though God gave us free will to choose as we please, His great desire is for us to choose Him and all the things that He stands for. And when we wisely do that, then He showers us with all the things we need to live a decent life in this ungodly and evil world. So please, wake up and smell the roses nuh...unless you want to spend eternity with Satan. Much LOVE!
Ah friends, knowing Jesus is indeed important, but accepting Him as Lord and Saviour is even more important, because it's only through Him can one gain salvation and eternal life. That's the only way you will ever see the Father's face in heaven. All other options only lead to hell fire and damnation! Thus it's wise to accept Christ while you're alive, preferably RIGHT NOW, since the Grim Reaper can come for you at any time, and it won't be possible after you die. Refusing to accept Jesus while alive on this earth means the worst possible future for a human soul; eternal separation from God. And believe me, you don't want to experience that. So please be wise and accept Christ as Lord and Saviour so that your soul will rest eternally in heaven with Him! Much LOVE!
Friends, here on earth we are the hands and feet, the body of Christ. He's using us to do His earthly work, and we're certainly not doing a good job otherwise our world would not be as evil and strife-filled as it is. And that puts the blame solely on our shoulders for the Lord has given us all we need to do the work assigned to us, but because of fear, laziness or simple complacency, we're not doing it, we're not putting our best foot forward, and consequently people are laughing at Jesus, blaspheming His holy name, and we just sit back and allow it to happen. Believers in every other false faith rise up and fight sincerely for their faith fate, except Christians. That's a sad commentary on our faithfulness friends. So please let's get serious and do the job we were assigned to do nuh, or stop calling ourselves Christians! Much LOVE!
Now, we all talk about going to heaven, when the roll is called up yonder...and some of us will go, but many will not because they have not received Christ as Lord and Saviour, and He said it quite clearly, that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and no man comes to the Father but through Him. So, if we truly desire to be in that heavenly roll call, then we must absolutely give our lives in true surrender to Christ while we're here on earth. There's NO other way to make that roll call in the last days. So please be wise and do it today; RIGHT NOW! Much LOVE!
The Lord says, 'seek me and ye shall live.' What don't we understand about that eh? If the Creator and Controller of the universe says something like that, shouldn't we in all wisdom believe it? Yes, if we are wise, and not the playthings of Satan, who keeps us enslaved in darkness and the bondages of sin. But please remember that Jesus died so we could be freed from the evil hold of Satan and come into His light and salvation. So why are we still not seeking God in the throngs and droves like we should, but instead are turning away from Him in throngs and droves, to the sinful pleasures that Satan is holding out before our greedy, envious and lustful eyes? But please remember that those who don't listen will pay a hefty price for their disobedience! Much LOVE!
Yesterday we saw how important LOVE was to the relationship between God and man, and between man and man. Today we're intensifying that relationship with some more scriptures on how LOVE contributes to the wellbeing of mankind and our world. Also the fact that anger and sin and all the evil attributes of Satan just makes our world a place sadly lacking in godly LOVE, but filled with strife and warmongering. Now that's not the kind of world we want our children and their children to grow up in, which means we believers have to get our act together and behave as one body in Christ and fight the evildoers mano-a-mano and make the LOVE Revolution our world so badly needs a reality. Much LOVE!
What makes the world go round eh? LOVE! That's because God LOVED us so much that He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die so our sins could be forgiven. It was only LOVE that made Him do it. Therefore, if we are to show proper respect for God's goodness and mercy, we should also be reciprocating that LOVE back to Him as well as showing it to others, so that they can know what God's LOVE, is all about. Unfortunately thought, LOVE is not as big and widespread as it ought to be in our world, for believers have not stepped up to the plate to help it increase, while the evildoers have put in the efforts necessary to make sin and ungodliness more popular in our world. And until Christians make that sincere effort to best sin and ungodliness with LOVE, the sad status quo will remain! Much LOVE!