WHEN A PERSON LOVES ANOTHER DEARLY, HE DESIRES STRONGLY TO BE CLOSE TO THE OTHER; THEREFORE, WHY BE AFRAID TO DIE?
IF YOU WANT TO GET RESULTS FROM YOUR PRAYERS, PRAY WITH EXPECTANT FAITH. IF YOU ARE REFUSED TODAY, COME BACK TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THE BATTLE. NEVER GIVE UP.
I RECEIVED THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM WITH SUCH JOY ONLY ANGELS COULD DESCRIBE
I ASK JESUS TO HELP ME SO THAT I MAY SEE CHRIST IN ALL PEOPLE, NEVER CONDEMNING OR JUDGING OTHERS, BUT WORKING TO BUILD UP ALL PEOPLE I ENCOUNTER.
KNOW THIS; IF GOD CAUSED YOU TO SUFFER MUCH, IT IS A SIGN THAT HE HAS GREAT DESIGNS FOR YOU, AND THAT HE CERTAINLY INTENDS TO MAKE YOU A SAINT.
AS YOU REFLECT ON YOUR LIFE, ASK YOURSELF: CAN I SEE HOW GOD HAS DRAWN ME CLOSER TO HIMSELF, DEEPENED MY FAITH, AND CALLED YOU INTO GREATER UNION WITH HIM?
LIFE CAN BE SIMPLY DEFINDED AS AN EVERMOUNTING CRESCENDO OF PRAISE. AT THE END, WE JUST PRAISE OUR WAY OFF THE FACE OF THIS EARTH AND ENTER THE PERFECT, ETERNAL PRAISE OF HEAVEN.
LORD JESUS GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO REPLY, “I CAN”, WHENEVER I AM PRESENTED WITH THE CROSS IN MY LIFE.
THE PROUD CANNOT SEE OR HEAR THE TRUTH OF GOD’S KINGDOM BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN THEIR OWN OPINION AND PERCEPTION OF WHAT IS TRUE OR REAL.
ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION; HAVE YOU EVER WITNESS TO OTHERS THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL AND THE HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION? OUR FAITH IS NOT JUST FOR US, IT’S TO BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE. YOU COULD BE THE REASON SOMEONE TURNS TO GOD, NOTHING YOU WILL EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE IS GREATER THAN THAT.
IF THE CHURCH IS TRUE, ALL IN HER IS TRUE, HE WHO ADMITS THE ONE, BELIEVES NOT THE OTHER
FATHER, MAY I PREFER TO SPEND A DAY WITHOUT EATING RATHER THAN SPEND A DAY WITHOUT READING YOUR WORD.
DO WHAT YOU CAN AND DON’T WAIST TIME LAMENTING OVER WHAT YOU CANNOT DO.
GOD GIVES US TIME TO TURN TO HIM AND TO RECEIVE HIS MERCY AND PARDON, BUT THAT TIME IS RIGHT NOW.
WHEN PEOPLE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD WITH FAITH AND OBEDIENCE THEY ARE CHANGED AND MADE “A NEW CREATION” IN JESUS CHRIST
THE MORE YOU PRAY, THE LESS YOU SIN, THE LESS YOU PRAYER, THE MORE YOU SIN.
THE ALCOHOLIC, ADDICT, CRIMINAL, IMPOVERISH, FOREIGNER, CRIPPLED, AND SINNERS ARE ALL IMAGES OF JESUS WAITING FOR YOUR LOVE. WILL YOU TURN YOUR BACK OR WILL YOU OPEN YOUR HEART TO THEM? THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
IT IS EASIER TO LOOK AT THE FAULTS OF ANOTHER THAN THEIR VIRTUES. WE SHOULD LOOK BEYOND THE SURFACE AND SEE THE PRESENTS OF GOD IN EVERY LIFE WE ENCOUNTER.
THE LORD JESUS REVEALS HIMSELF TO EACH OF US AS WE OPEN OUR HEARTS TO HEAR HIS WORD. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE LORD’S PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND DO YOU ACCEPT HIS WORD WITH FAITH AND TRUST?
DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS, LOVE THEM INSTEAD, AS GOD LOVES YOU.
OUR ILLNESSES TRAILS AND CROSSES ARE BLESSINGS IN DISQUISE. GOD OUR FATHER USES THESE TO DRAW US CLOSER TO HIM
EVERYTHING IS CREATED TWICE. THE FIRST CREATION IS FROM THE EARTH (THIS IS WHEN YOU ARE BORN) UNSURPRISINGLY EARTHLY. THE SECOND CREATION IS FROM ABOVE AND IS HEAVENLY. THIS IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO GIVES US THE SECOND BIRTH. AND THIS HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE BAPTIZED. WE BECOME BORN ANEW AND IN FACT WE ARE A NEW CREATION.
THE LORD HAS WORKED ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
WHEN OUR TIME COMES IT IS NOT THE END, IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
MAN CANNOT SAVE HIMSELF, ONLY GOD CAN SAVE YOU
GOD DOES NOT DWELL ON YOUR PAST SIN. WHEN WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND ARE TRULY SORRY, OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.
“LORD JESUS, I BELIEVE AND I PROFESS THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.TAKE MY LIFE, MY WILL, AND ALL THAT I HAVE, THAT I MAY BE WHOLLY YOURS NOW AND FOREVER.”
HAS JESUS CALLED YOU TO DO SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR HIM YET YOU HAVE DELAYED OBEYING HIS CALL?
SIN IS CROUCHING AT THE DOOR; IT’S DESIRE IS FOR YOU, BUT YOU MUST MASTER IT
MY DIVINE LORD, YOU ARE CONSTANTLY PRESENT TO ME DAY AND NIGHT, AND YET I DO OFTEN FAIL TO PRECEIVE YOU AND ADORE YOU. HELP ME TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF YOUR PRESENCE IN MY LIFE.
BEFORE YOU LAY DOWN TO SLEEP, REPENT OF ANY BITTERNESS, ANGER, OR UNFORGIVENESS TOWARDS YOUR SPOUCE. “THE SUN MUST NOT GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH.”
JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MANY NEW FRIENDS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN HIS KINGDOM.
HE CAME TO SET US FREE FROM THE EFFECTS OF SIN SO THAT WE COULD ENTER THE GLORIES OF HEAVEN FOR ALL ETERNITY
JESUS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THIS IS AN UNDENIABLE TRUTH. HIS 12 APOSTLES WERE ALL PUT TO DEATH, BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEVES. NO ONE DIES FOR A LIE, BUT BRAVE MEN WILL DIE FOR THE TRUTH.
TRUST IN JESUS; IN DIFFICULT MOMENTS YOU WILL NOT DESPAIR NOR BECOME DESPONDENT, BUT WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE SUBMIT YOURSELF TO HIS HOLY WILL, WHICH IS LOVE AND MERCY ITSELF.
BE WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BE, AND YOU WILL SET THE WORLD ON FIRE.
PROCLAIM THE TRUTH AND DO NOT BE SILENT THROUGHT FEAR.
ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN IS HEAVEN, BECAUSE JESUS SAID, “I AM THE WAY.”
FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, SENSUAL LUST, ENTICEMENT FOR THE EYES, AND A PRETENTIOUS LIFE, IS NOT FROM THE FATHER BUT IS FROM THE EVIL ONE.
“CARNAL ALLUREMENTS, ENTICEMENTS FOR THE EYE, THE LIFE OF EMPTY SHOW - ALL THESE ARE FROM THE WORLD.”
I DO BELIEVE THAT IF I CAN KEEP YOU AND YOUR WILL AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE, ALL OTHER NECESSITIES IN LIFE WILL FALL IN PLACE
IF CHRIST SUFFERED, WE TOO, FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE, SHOULD ACCEPT SUFFERINGS.
WE HUMANS ARE CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE AND LIKENESS. WE ARE CREATED WITH IMMORTAL SOULS AND ARE CREATED TO LIVE WITH GOD FOREVER.
NO PERSON CAN LIVE WITHOUT JOY. THAT IS WHY SOMEONE DEPRIVED OF SPIRITUAL JOY GOES AFTER CARNAL PLEASURES
GOD IS AGAPE: HE LOVES US WHETHER OR NOT WE LOVE HIM. HE LOVES US IF WE DECIDE TO NEVER LOVE HIM, EVEN IF WE DECIDE TO HATE HIM AND BE ALIENATED FROM HIM FOREVER.
IT IS NOT ONLY OUR BEHAVIOR THAT DOOMS US, IT’S WHETHER WE PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD OR IN MAN
JESUS IS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD WHO CAME FROM THE FATHER IN HEAVEN TO SET US FREE FROM THE POWER OF SIN, SATAN, AND DEATH
IF WE SEEK THE LORD JESUS, WE WILL SURELY FIND HIM
LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU, LET NOTHING FRIGHTEN YOU; ALL THINGS PASS: GOD NEVER CHANGED. PATIENCE ACHIEVES ALL IT STRIVES FOR. WHOEVER HAS GOD LACKS NOTHING. GOD ALONE SUFFICES
HAVING MERCY ON SOMEONE, IS TREATING THEM BETTER THAN DESERVE. BE MERCIFUL AS JESUS IS MERCIFUL TOWARDS YOU.
IT’S GOING TO BE OK!