LIVE LOVE

"AND THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE, AT THE RIVER OF AHAVA, THAT WE MIGHT AFFLICT OURSELVES BEFORE OUR GOD, TO SEEK OF HIM A RIGHT WAY FOR US, AND FOR OUR LITTLE ONES, AND FOR ALL OUR SUBSTANCE...THE HAND OF OUR GOD IS UPON ALL THEM FOR GOOD THAT SEEK HIM; BUT HIS POWER AND WRATH IS AGAINST ALL THEM THAT FORSAKE HIM." Ezra 8:21-22 It is easy to be confused if you are depending on your own understanding or concerned with what others might think. You would do well to seek God NOW and not wait until later. "Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe." Proverbs 29:25 "O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him..." Daniel 9:8-9

WHAT CAN I DO TODAY TO MAKE HIM SMILE? To bring joy to His heart? How can I show my thankfulness? "The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy." Psalm 147:11

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God , The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever...He is wonderful! He is the counsellor that we need. He is THE MIGHTY GOD! The Lord is a Warrior ever making intercession for us. God help us to be more like Jesus in the every day coming and goings and lives of those around us. Wonderful shoulders alot for us, like the weight of the world. He is worthy of ALL our attention and affections and devotion. May GOD'S people commit themselves to prayer.

Of all the ways to say, "I love you" communication is most effective. Communication is not always in words. Sometimes actions can communicate what words never could. Take JESUS for example. He lived love. He did not have to say, I love you. People knew it and clung to Him. The whole city came out to meet him. True love draws a crowd eh? They wanted to hear what He (love) had to say. They knew that He (love) would not leave them in their poverty and sickness, He came to set them free. To give them all He had (The Kingdom of God)...love...a better way. Isaiah 58 True Fasting 1 "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and s...

I think we all have been blessed coming Sept 26th with an excellent tool to promote unity in the Body of Christ - one marriage at a time. I pray that husbands and wives all over the world are challenged to evaluate the reality of their own situations. Not wishing their problems away, not regretting the commitment they have made, not taking an attitude of throwing this one out and starting all over again, but seriously realizing the truth and condition of their own heart and life. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE SOMEONE SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE... (Reference I Corinthians 13 to study what love is.) If you have love you can endure anything. Be healed in Jesus name from your unwillingness to defend and protect and fulfill the promises you have made. Give what you want to receive every day of your life to your friend.

I am thankful to be able to share this little blurb from one of Charles Finney's books, Crystal Christianity. "An individual can never know the true state of his heart unless he is active in the Church. [I am almost convinced that Sir Charles was pointing out the bankrupt state of the individual who thinks "finding the right church and becoming a member" has something more to do with God's perfect will than seeking to please God in whatever circumstance he may find himself]. How can he ever know his real feeling toward outsiders or sinners if he never brings his mind in actual contact with them? His imagination may make him feel, but his feelings are not based on reality. Individuals shut out from the world of reality and living in worlds of imagination become perfect creatures of imagination. A similiar thing happens in Christianity with those who don't bring their mind in contact with reality. They think they love mankind yet do them no good. They imagine t...