God is good. Always! He is good ALL of the time. Not some of the time. Not every once in a while. God is good at all times. There is no doubt about it.
Sometimes I feel (there's that word again) like I am the worst of all sinners, and I am not worthy of God's goodness. While in a sense this is true, and yet it is not. We all fall short of the glory of God but He loves us anyway. He wants to impart His goodness on us. Wow! This is something I really need to keep at the front of my brain, somewhere where I will never forget it because often times I do. I feel too sinful to receive His goodness.
While I do know that He is merciful, and gracious, and good to His children, I feel like He will do these wonderful things for others but not for me because I am so utterly unworthy of it all. Which, I am, but, then again, aren't we all unworthy? Yes, and no. We are all unworthy because we are sinners in need of a Saviour, but we are not unworthy because Jesus has come to save us sinners! He was the sacrifice for us. He intercedes with our Father in heaven for us. He has taken the enormous burden of OUR sins. Yet, He never once sinned! What amazing grace and LOVE He has shown to those who will believe and obey!
Yesterday, my family came to a trial. Most might think it to be not such a big deal but for us it was big enough for where we are right now in life. Finances are tighter than we would like them to be (aren't they always?) and we really just needed smooth sailing this month. At least that's what we thought we needed but what do we know? We are just flesh.
You know what though? God was there with us, in our midst. We knew He was there, and that everything would work out. What we didn't know was what He was going to do for us. The problem was the battery went dead on hubs car. Well, He drives an older BMW (we got this car for $500 a few years ago. it was a huge blessing because we needed another car and had, well, you guessed, little money.) and parts for this vehicle tend to cost a lot more than a regular one. So, I had gone to get a new battery at a auto parts store. The cost was going to be $140! For a battery folks! And, as I stated earlier, finances are tight. Well, we left that store and went to Wal-Mart. They didn't have the battery. On my way back to hubs and the car, I spotted another auto parts store. It was the same price there. A whopping $140. We discussed it and we knew we had to get a new battery.
We went back to the last store. We knew God would work everything out. It turned out that even though the computer said they had the battery, they really didn't. Some computer glitch. SO, they called another one of their stores that was nearby, and they had 2 available. We went there and, it turns out, that that particular battery had been sitting on the shelf for years. They hadn't even sold one since 1999. Crazy. Because it had been sitting there so long, they gave it to us at the used battery price of, are you ready for this?, $45! What?!!!! Um, thank you Jesus!!
We were blown away. They even charged it back up for us because it was just a little low. GOD IS GOOD! I can not say it enough. He is GOOD, GRACIOUS, MERCIFUL, AWESOME, SOVEREIGN, ALMIGHTY, AMAZING. He truly does take are of His children. Do not ever forget that! I'm really telling myself that here but maybe you need to be reminded as well.
It really goes to show that I am not so sinful that He will not care for me, or you, or any of His children. His children that trust in Him, that believe on Him, that obey Him.
I will keep my eyes on him. I will ask Him for what I need, and He will give me what I need. Maybe not always in the way that I would like, or a way that I understand at that moment. But, He will care for me. God is good ALWAYS!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Grafted
I just watched a wonderful film titled, Grafted. It is about adoption and the Gospel message. It is such a well put together piece. I recommend that you watch it too. It is free for the month of July. I came across this video on THIS BLOG, where you can get more information about it. May God bless you richly.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Raw & Unedited
Lately I have been so thankful for many things. I mean, I am always grateful for the blessings the Lord has given to me and my family, but lately they have overwhelming. His goodness never ends!
I have been praying a prayer for many years, knowing the Lord would answer. Sometimes He answers slow, sometimes He answers no. I had to be patient with this one. Which has been difficult at times but it has been very worth the wait! It's one of those prayers that is very personal but I needed to share the praise.
Answered prayer is amazing especially when it is something so close and dear to my heart. It really gives me the perspective I have been lacking. It has pointed me to all of the wonderful people that the Lord has brought into my life, all of the Truths I have learned along the way in my walk with Him.
I was getting some things ready for next weeks youth Sabbath study, and I realized how blessed I am to be a part of that ministry. There are several amazing sisters that I get to work with to put together the studies and pictures. 7 years ago I never would have thought I would be where I am today! I am so thankful for the transformation in my life. Everyday I get a little bit less selfish. I have a long way to go though! Even though I have so many more things to work on in my life, In know that with His help I can become the person that HE wants me to be, not the person that I think I should be.
Before coming to the Truth, I thought all I needed was to except Jesus as Saviour. All I had to do was believe, to have faith. While that is true, it is not all I need. Faith without works is dead.
In my first few years of being a 'Christian' I did feel changed. I had a new look on life. I attended church every Sunday morning. But I always felt like something was missing. There was still a big void in my heart. I would cry after many services, and just sit there in my chair, often alone because the hubs was at work. Not because he didn't love the Lord, because he did, he brought me to Christ, he just had to work (more on that later). I knew there was something missing in my spiritual life. I just couldn't pin point it.
That same year, hubby was studying Noah's Ark and how people were much taller than people are today. He came across a picture of a femur bone that would have belonged to a 14 ft man. Everything was bigger before the flood. He browsed that website and came across some Biblical information he had never heard of before. It's in my husbands nature to research.Here he was researching how tall men used to be, and he came across this whole website full of information about the Bible he had never heard of before. He was intrigued and started searching the Scriptures to see if there was any Truth in what was being shared.
Let me tell you, his coming upon that website was NO accident. The Lord brought Him to that site, to study that information. He studied for months. He prayed for months about the information given. He brought the information to me and then I had to study and pray for months as he had done. That was the turning point on my spiritual life. That was when I could call my self a Christian, not a 'Christian'. It took me a long time to come to that point but the struggle was well worth it.
I went from having a lost, troubled, and confused heart at a Sunday keeping, to having a full, untroubled, unconfused, searching heart at a Sabbath/Commandment keeping home church. I found JOY. The joy that only comes from the Lord. What was missing in my heart was now filled. I started to grow in my walk, something I hadn't really done before. There were no more happy-go-lucky motivational sermons. The ones that keep you complacent.The ones that most preachers share to keep the people coming in. I now heard Bible Truth being preached from the pulpit. God's Word being taught straight from the Bible itself, with no extra opinions being added in.
It was God's Truth that completed me. None of the watered down sermons could do it. I find myself, 7 years later, still searching the Scriptures as to what they have to say. I continue to find His Truth in those sacred pages. His Truth never changes, it just grows stronger and more apparent the more His Word is read. "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:" (Isaiah 28:10), that is how you find good, solid doctrine. Not by taking a line and misconstruing it to fit what you want.
His Truth is the BEST Truth! It saves the soul. Never stop studying. Never stop letting the Holy Spirit guide you. Never say it is too hard to understand. Never let someone else force their opinions on you. Never tell yourself that you don't FEEL convicted about something. People rely way too much on their "feelings". Christians are to rely on God, His Son, and the Holy Spirit for conviction, not self. Let Gods Word explain itself. Don't let this world get in the way of Truth, "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:14)
I have been praying a prayer for many years, knowing the Lord would answer. Sometimes He answers slow, sometimes He answers no. I had to be patient with this one. Which has been difficult at times but it has been very worth the wait! It's one of those prayers that is very personal but I needed to share the praise.
Answered prayer is amazing especially when it is something so close and dear to my heart. It really gives me the perspective I have been lacking. It has pointed me to all of the wonderful people that the Lord has brought into my life, all of the Truths I have learned along the way in my walk with Him.
I was getting some things ready for next weeks youth Sabbath study, and I realized how blessed I am to be a part of that ministry. There are several amazing sisters that I get to work with to put together the studies and pictures. 7 years ago I never would have thought I would be where I am today! I am so thankful for the transformation in my life. Everyday I get a little bit less selfish. I have a long way to go though! Even though I have so many more things to work on in my life, In know that with His help I can become the person that HE wants me to be, not the person that I think I should be.
Before coming to the Truth, I thought all I needed was to except Jesus as Saviour. All I had to do was believe, to have faith. While that is true, it is not all I need. Faith without works is dead.
In my first few years of being a 'Christian' I did feel changed. I had a new look on life. I attended church every Sunday morning. But I always felt like something was missing. There was still a big void in my heart. I would cry after many services, and just sit there in my chair, often alone because the hubs was at work. Not because he didn't love the Lord, because he did, he brought me to Christ, he just had to work (more on that later). I knew there was something missing in my spiritual life. I just couldn't pin point it.
That same year, hubby was studying Noah's Ark and how people were much taller than people are today. He came across a picture of a femur bone that would have belonged to a 14 ft man. Everything was bigger before the flood. He browsed that website and came across some Biblical information he had never heard of before. It's in my husbands nature to research.Here he was researching how tall men used to be, and he came across this whole website full of information about the Bible he had never heard of before. He was intrigued and started searching the Scriptures to see if there was any Truth in what was being shared.
Let me tell you, his coming upon that website was NO accident. The Lord brought Him to that site, to study that information. He studied for months. He prayed for months about the information given. He brought the information to me and then I had to study and pray for months as he had done. That was the turning point on my spiritual life. That was when I could call my self a Christian, not a 'Christian'. It took me a long time to come to that point but the struggle was well worth it.
I went from having a lost, troubled, and confused heart at a Sunday keeping, to having a full, untroubled, unconfused, searching heart at a Sabbath/Commandment keeping home church. I found JOY. The joy that only comes from the Lord. What was missing in my heart was now filled. I started to grow in my walk, something I hadn't really done before. There were no more happy-go-lucky motivational sermons. The ones that keep you complacent.The ones that most preachers share to keep the people coming in. I now heard Bible Truth being preached from the pulpit. God's Word being taught straight from the Bible itself, with no extra opinions being added in.
It was God's Truth that completed me. None of the watered down sermons could do it. I find myself, 7 years later, still searching the Scriptures as to what they have to say. I continue to find His Truth in those sacred pages. His Truth never changes, it just grows stronger and more apparent the more His Word is read. "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:" (Isaiah 28:10), that is how you find good, solid doctrine. Not by taking a line and misconstruing it to fit what you want.
His Truth is the BEST Truth! It saves the soul. Never stop studying. Never stop letting the Holy Spirit guide you. Never say it is too hard to understand. Never let someone else force their opinions on you. Never tell yourself that you don't FEEL convicted about something. People rely way too much on their "feelings". Christians are to rely on God, His Son, and the Holy Spirit for conviction, not self. Let Gods Word explain itself. Don't let this world get in the way of Truth, "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:14)
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Shocked and Disgusted by the Worldly Churches
This video is sickening. They really should be ashamed of themselves.
To make it even worse, they are pushing the wrong day! Now, I know that most people who read this blog believe that Sunday is the Lord's day, but this is not Truth. I'm not trying to start an argument. It's just Biblical fact. Sabbath IS the Lord's day.
The simple truth here is that they are using all of this pushing of Sunday to get the people ready for the Sunday laws to come. And they are coming. What's sad is that most people think they are a good thing. I am not one of those people.
The Lord is calling His people out of the apostate churches (Revelation 18:4). He is separating the wheat from the chaff (Matthew 3:12). Jesus told us that the elect will not be deceived (Matthew 24:24).
My prayer is that I am not of the chaff. That I am obeying the Lord in all things in my life. That I am allowing Him to work through me in His righteousness. I know that with Him all things are possible (Mark 10:27), including the keeping of the Ten Commandments. I know that He came to fulfill the Law, not destroy it (Matthew 5:17). I know that to show our love to our Father in Heaven we are to keep His commandments (John 14:15, John 14:21, John 15:10, 1 John 5:2, 2 John 1:6, and several more verses in the old and new testaments), and they are not grievous (1 John 5:3). I pray that for each of my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, whether they attend my church service or not.
The day of our Lord's coming is near. On that day I long to hear,
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord", Matthew 25:21.
Not this,
Something to seriously pray and think about. I know I am."Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.", Matthew 7:21-23.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Footwashing
At church today it was Communion Sabbath. It is always a blessed service. A wonderful time to come together with fellow believers and do as the Lord had asked us to do. There is nothing quite like it, focusing on what our Lord and Saviour has done for us. The examples He has given to us.
One of those wonderful examples is the washing of feet, or footwashing. We read of this example in chapter 13 of the book of John. It is not something you hear Christian churches doing. I do not understand why this is overlooked. It is such a blessed thing for me personally, to humble myself before my brethren and wash their feet. A blessing that others are missing out on. Something the Lord has told us each to do for one another.
I came across 2 YouTube videos today. The first one explains footwashing so well. While the second one is such a blessing to watch, and so humbling. It really shows us the love of Jesus. How He serves each of us, and how we are to do the same for one another.
*Just a note: I have not seen other videos from these channels. Just the two I have put above. I can not say whether any other videos are acceptable to the Lord or not. I do not condone any teachings contrary to the inerrant Word of God.
One of those wonderful examples is the washing of feet, or footwashing. We read of this example in chapter 13 of the book of John. It is not something you hear Christian churches doing. I do not understand why this is overlooked. It is such a blessed thing for me personally, to humble myself before my brethren and wash their feet. A blessing that others are missing out on. Something the Lord has told us each to do for one another.
I came across 2 YouTube videos today. The first one explains footwashing so well. While the second one is such a blessing to watch, and so humbling. It really shows us the love of Jesus. How He serves each of us, and how we are to do the same for one another.
*Just a note: I have not seen other videos from these channels. Just the two I have put above. I can not say whether any other videos are acceptable to the Lord or not. I do not condone any teachings contrary to the inerrant Word of God.
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