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Good morning, oh what a Happy Saturday 😁 y’all have a very blessed day and remember the message below and share it with others

Dont Wait, Confess The Lord JESUS As Your Savior Today

Please, Do Not put this off or say I’ll do this later or tomorrow. No one knows when the Lord JESUS will return nor does anyone know when their last day on earth will be. However,  you must be ready to secure your eternity in heaven so you do not spend eternity in hell with the devil. So make sure, for you and your immediate family, friends, and neighbors, that you do the following:
1. Believe that the Lord JESUS came as Son of man and died on the cross for our sins and the sins of the whole world
2. Then, believe HE was buried and on the third day HE rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where HE is now seated on the right hand of God The Father
3. Most critically important, you must confess ALOUD, with your mouth, that The Lord JESUS is your Savior.

Once this is done sincerely and truthfully, you are truly saved.

I hope to see you all in heaven. Don’t delay, do this Today, NOW!

Beloved, this has been a reoccurring theme for me for weeks. There is a constant war at work and in family relationships to test my self-control or folks who just love drama and try to bring chaos into my life. What do you do in such situations? Do you pray and submit these things to God? How do you maintain the peace God has given you?

Philippians 4:4-7
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:4‭-‬9 NKJV

God wants every soul saved so no 1 ends up in hell. This is HIS desire. It’s why HE gave HIS SON 2 die on D cross, be buried and be raised on D 3rd day. Confess D Lord JESUS as ur Savior 2Day

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:16‭-‬19 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.3.16-19.NKJV

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. II Peter 3:9 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/2pe.3.9.NKJV

Our God’s Purposes

To unite everything in the heaveans and earth unto HIMSELF Ephesians 1:7-10That HIS Church may make God’s wisdom known to all rulers and authorities Ephesians 3:9-12

1. Are we truly doing our Father’s business i.e. To unite all in Christ? If so, why is the Church so segregated/divided?
2. Are we making God’s wisdom known to all rulers and authorities? Why not?

May we all submit to the leading of HIS Spirit to do HIS Will and not ours in JESUS name, Amen

Ephesians 1:7-10
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, bothfn which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

Ephesians 3:8-12
8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 and to make all see what is the fellowshipfn of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;fn
10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

Good morning, we give thanks to God with a grateful heart, not for this day or the history of it, but for all God has done for us and our families throughout this year.

We know the true natives of this land mourn for the bloodshed and tragedy that befell them and so we acknowledge and mourn with them too as God commands us to mourn with those who mourn. Romans 12:15-16 “15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.”

Yet, at the same time we look back on this year and appreciate God for preserving our lives, protecting us from covid infections, causing many we know to recover from covid, feeding and clothing our FAMs, having a home to live in, healing our FAMs from illness not related to covid, giving elders in our FAM long lives and more years to live, using us to serve and bless others, and most critically drawing us closer to HIMSELF who is our Loving Father, HIS SON our Lord JESUS, and HIS HOLY SPIRIT. LORD we love you and thank you, and Worship YOU with the rest of our lives in JESUS name, Amen

Psalms 38:1
English Standard Version
I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

Beloved, our God does not tempt us. Rather, he tests us to prepare us for the work HE has ahead for us and to see what’s in our hearts. Are you ready for God’s tests? Be encouuraged to know our Father wants us to mature and be ready for the spiritual battles that will come to us. Also, HE wants to know if you will obey HIM.

Judges 3:1-31 (Emphasis on verse 1-2)
1 These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 
2 He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.

Deuteronomy 8:2
2 You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Jeremiah 17:10
10 “I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

1 Corinthians 3:13
13 each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.

James 1:3
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Beloved, do we have extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone instead of for God? Idols are not just statues or man made gods. They can be TV, a hobby we do, a person or thing that we give more devotion to more than we give to God. God has made a covenant with us, but if we bresk the covenant by choosing to server and love another god, person or thing we lose the promises, favor, protection and all has for us. But, if we repent and return to God we regain it all. Lord, help us to love and worship only You and to return to You if we have gone to other gods in JESUS name, Amen

Judges 2:1-23 (Emphasis on verses 1-3 and 20-23)
1 The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you. 
2 For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this? 
3 So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides,a and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”

20 So the LORD burned with anger against Israel. He said, “Because these people have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors, and have ignored my commands, 
21 I will no longer drive out the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died. 
22 I did this to test Israel—to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the LORD as their ancestors did.” 
23 That is why the LORD left those nations in place. He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.

Beloved, are we helping our brethren in Christ fight their battles? Has another Christian asked for your help to fight their enemies or spiritual battles? As a family under God and by God’s grace, I pray we can hear the pleas of help from our brethren, then unite as one to fight off their enemies. May God help us help our Christian families fight their spiritual battles to get their victories in JESUS name, Amen

Judges 1:1-34 (Emphasis on verses 1-3)
1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”
2 The LORD answered, “Judah, for I have given them victory over the land.”
3 The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, “Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us. Then we will help you conquer your territory.” So the men of Simeon went with Judah.

Deuteronomy 32:30
30 How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?

Leviticus 26:8
8 Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.

Beloved, this came to my mind today as I read HIS words and I strongly believe it is a warning reminder from God to all HIS people. It is to distinguish ourselves from the world and be holy and clean and teach our children the same. Even our Lord JESUS prayed for our sanctification, protection from the evil one and stated that we are not of this world. So why are we living or behaving like them? May God help us live and act like HIM while we are in this world in JESUS name, Amen

2 Corinthians 6:14-18
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
18 and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Leviticus 10:10-11
10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,
11 and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”

John 17:14-18
14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

From what I am seeing in life today, we i.e. the body of Christ, have become like the Ephesian church described in Eugene H. Peterson’s devotion below. As God said in Revelation, may we do and return to that first pure love for otbers and not just for ourselves only in JESUS name, Amen

The Foundation of Our Faith, The Test Of Love.
Read 1 Corinthians 16:14, 1 John 4:7-11, Revelation 2:1-7

John’s letter to Ephesus revealed some great things about the Ephesian Christians. They were hard workers. They didn’t give up easily. They were faced with constant opposition, but they didn’t waver. There were daily acts of mercy and compassion to perform, and they did them with regularity. They didn’t forget to gather together, despite the danger, to worship each Lord’s Day. They were also discerning about doctrine.

A group of heretics, the Nicolaitans, were trying to worm themselves into the church and upset its devotion to Christ. They denied the necessity for moral standards—they taught that you could love Christ and do what you liked. But the Ephesians did not tolerate these evil men. They were a vigorous, alert group of Christians. Christ commended them for all this—he knew it well and approved of it. But he also saw something else. In their vigor to do the right thing, they had be­come the wrong kind of people. What more could you ask of Christians? Well, love for one thing. He accused them of abandoning the love they had at first.

Love was the beginning of their faith. And ours too, of course. The foundation of Christianity is an immense act of love—the love of God for them, for us, for all who come to God. God’s love for them was the experience that brought everything else to wholeness. Their love for God involved them in a life that had purpose, intensity, and passion. Their love for one another diversified and extended the experience.

As they went along, though, they found it easier to keep doing everything else but love. This was not a gentle drifting away but rather a catastrophic fall. This fall was so massive in its implications that they might as well have been leaving the center of existence.

For love is not what we do after we get the other things done, if we have any energy left over. Love is what we do, period. It is not how we work; it is our work. If we don’t love, we aren’t doing what we were created and saved to do.

Heavenly Father, You have drawn us to You through your love, and we can’t know You apart from love. It is Your love that has given us our very life.