Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, December 23, 2011
Get Ready .... Time is short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP_pDAnvx2A&context=C323b7e5ADOEgsToPDskI5zW7y2DqUh0u5RT8xKIsf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDT_LmGg1U&context=C351be4cADOEgsToPDskJ5b3bQuHFGqmXIVvkxtPjj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTctnIHY_A&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7a9qnvgTJw&context=C3afe3b7ADOEgsToPDskIkxUw5mLzbdNhmt2mXyW2r
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDT_LmGg1U&context=C351be4cADOEgsToPDskJ5b3bQuHFGqmXIVvkxtPjj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTctnIHY_A&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7a9qnvgTJw&context=C3afe3b7ADOEgsToPDskIkxUw5mLzbdNhmt2mXyW2r
Monday, November 7, 2011
Jesus yoke ( its no joke )
When Jesus was taken up into Glory, He did not intend to leave us helpless and vulnerable or susceptible to the elements of this world or the principalities in it.
When a woman gives birth to a baby, does she leave it to defend its self, no, she feeds nurtures, protects and educates the baby until it is in a position to provide for its own needs and then in turn, for the needs of others. In the same way God has provided for His children, when we first receive Jesus it is like when we are first born, we know very little about our father (God) or life in general, we make a lot of mistakes and our only form of communication is crying. In this time God feeds, nurtures, protects and educates us in preparation to go and accomplish what He has set for us to do.
Over time a baby learns to crawl, then starts to try and walk, it is very wobbly on its feet and falls down a lot but it keeps trying to stand and walk. Sometimes when it falls down it hurts but what does the baby do, it tries again and again and again. Eventually the child can not only walk with ease, they run, then skip and jump. In fact they can do these things so well that they do it without even thinking about it and can even teach others how to do it.
At the start the child falls down over and over again, but as the child grows the falling down becomes less and less until, as an adult, falling down is very rare indeed.
How does the small child learn these things, no one can explain to the baby how to crawl, it doesn’t even speak yet. What encourages the child to try and stand on its feet, and why does the baby continue to try even after it keeps falling down. I’ll tell you why. It’s because that little kid, who is still in nappies and can’t even talk can see others doing it. Mum and dad walk around quickly and easily, they can bend over and pick things up or even stand on a chair and put something high. Big sister runs and jumps all over the place she doesn’t crawl on the floor like I do.
That youngster realises that he does not belong on the floor, he desires that thing that was put up high, and so the standing, then walking, then jumping and skipping process starts.
Becoming and remaining a Christian is much the same.
God has provided everything that we need as a Christian to first crawl then walk and eventually reach the high thing. We Learn by watching and imitating our Father (God) and our big brother (Jesus).
Jesus said in Matthew 11:29-30, Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
This is why we read the bible and listen to others teach about Jesus; we can see how things are done Gods way. We can see how Jesus walked and observe what he taught and from that we ourselves can learn how to walk, speak, heal, teach, prophecy, discern and so on.
Isaiah 54:13 says, All your sons (Children) will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's peace.
John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.
Even as a baby goes through human processes to be able to grow, walk and speak we go through Godly processes to achieve Godliness.
It is at this point that we need to ask ourselves am I learning from Jesus, have I taken his yoke upon me, that I may learn from him or am I yoked to something else.
A yoke is a device that is used to tie two beasts of burden (Oxen or Bulloks) together. The younger ox is yoked to an older ox which has already been trained and knows what its doing. Because they are tied together the young ox has no choice, but to learn from the older one, even though it sometimes resists or falters, the older ox is strong, it knows its job and continues with the task that has been given.
Eventually the young ox learns the job well and even becomes able to train another.
Again we have to ask ourselves whose yoke have I taken.Is it the yoke of Jesus, or is it the yoke of education?
Is it the yoke of Jesus or the yoke of prosperity?
Is it the yoke of Jesus or is it the yoke of Religion
Is it the yoke of Jesus or is it the yoke of the world.
Jesus Himself said “by their fruits you shall know them”
What are fruits anyway?
Put simply a fruit is the product of growth which contains in itself the power to reproduce after its own kind.
Jesus explained it like this: Matthew 7: 16-20 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
In other words a grape will always produce a grape, a thorn will always produce a thorn.
A human will always produce a human and spirit will always produce spirit.
So what is the point I am trying to make, what can we learn from these things.
Jesus will always produce Jesus, or to put it another way a Christian will always produce Christian.
Let’s take a look at the fruit that Jesus produced what were the results of His life.
He preached, He prayed, he healed, He cast out demons and so on.
But what was the main thing that Jesus did while he was doing all these?
He trained his disciples.
This is how we measure ourselves, this is how we can test if we are yoked to Christ and learning from Him or if we are yoked to another.
We compare our fruits to His fruits.
How do we measure up.
Are we still babies, being hearers only, but never doing anything, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth, Having a form of Godliness but denying the power of God.
Do we deceive ourselves. (James 1:22, 2Tim 3:7)
I Challenge you to Test yourself,
Yoke yourself to Christ, Learn from Him,
For the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.
WE MUST BE READY (Mat 25:13)
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The great commission
Are you a Christian?
Watch this:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4798454957666839036&hl=en
Then this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Sw8zqHTgptc&hl=en&fs=1
and this:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8079222068794156871&hl=en
If you are not a Christian,
Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/nmF8WdVPwcc&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mUtJkXSbo&feature=player_embedded
and listen to these:
http://www.freecdtracts.com/comps/One%20Minute%20Gospel.mp3
http://www.freecdtracts.com/comps/Have%20You%20Obeyed%20the%20Gospel.mp3
Watch this:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4798454957666839036&hl=en
Then this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Sw8zqHTgptc&hl=en&fs=1
and this:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8079222068794156871&hl=en
If you are not a Christian,
Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/nmF8WdVPwcc&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mUtJkXSbo&feature=player_embedded
and listen to these:
http://www.freecdtracts.com/comps/One%20Minute%20Gospel.mp3
http://www.freecdtracts.com/comps/Have%20You%20Obeyed%20the%20Gospel.mp3
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
True Love....
I want to share something with you that has been very helpful to me through my life and I hope will be of help to you also. LOVE ...................................... 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn't jealous and doesn't sing its own praises. It isn't arrogant. It isn't rude. It doesn't think only about itself and isn't irritable. Love doesn't keep track of wrongs. It isn't happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up. Love never comes to an end. I think you know that sometimes people let you down, they don't always live up to your expectations, sometimes they hurt you and can leave you feeling rejected and broken inside. These things happen because people are human, they don't always intend to hurt or make you feel bad, but a person can easily make mistakes, especially when they don't understand love or how it works. Sometimes we even hurt others and make the same mistakes which cause ill feelings to another person. I want to tell you, there is a way to experience true love and to share it with others without the hurt and selfishness. First you need to know where love comes from and to accept the love that has been offered to you. You will then be able to share and experience love in a way that is new and vibrant, exciting and fulfilling. If you are having trouble with a math problem, you ask your teacher. But if you were having trouble with the whole text book, who would be better to ask? Your teacher may be some help, but the best person to give you understand would be the writer of the text book. The person who invented the theory knows the most about it. So if you want to know about love and how to understand it the best person to ask is the inventor of love. That person is God. God loves us so much that He gave his only son (Jesus) to die in our place. Jesus (the son of God) loves us so much that he was willing to die in our place. So what does this have to do with anything? I have heard this so many times and it does not make any real sense. Just imagine that you are married, you love your husband with everything that is inside you. He is handsome and strong, you feel safe with him and feel happy that you are his one true love, forever. Nothing else matters as long as you are together. Then one day he comes home from work and he has another woman with him. He says that he loves this woman and she will live with us from now on. How do you feel? Some time later he brings home another woman and then another and another. He says to you, I love these women, I do not love you so much anymore. How would you feel? Eventually he says, I dont love you anymore, get out of my house. This is exactly what we (the human race) did to God. ...................... Genesis chapter 2 and 3 He created us to be in an intimate personal relationship with Him and to love Him more than anything else. He asked us to be faithful to Him, just like in a marriage. He gave us a choice and our own free will. He said you can choose to live with me and have a wonderful eternal life. Or you can choose your own way, but the penalty will be death. We became unfaithful to our husband. and the end result is death. Death is the payment for our unfaithfulness (sin) Hang on, I thought I was talking about LOVE . John 3:16 says; God loved the world (people) so much that He gave His only Son (Jesus) so that any person who believes in Him will not die but will be given eternal life. Now this is real love; God wasn't happy that we were unfaithful to him but He loved us so much that he wanted us back. Can you imagine taking back an unfaithful husband? Wouldn't you be afraid that he would do it again. God knew that people would always remain unfaithful , so He made a way for the death penalty to be paid without the people dying for their unfaithfulness. He sent His son to earth and gave Him a human body so He could be born and live life, just as we do, but without sin. Jesus was a human man that was never unfaithful, He always chose Gods way. Jesus is always patient and kind. He is not jealous and does not sing His own praises. He is not arrogant or rude. He does not think only about Himself and is not irritable. Jesus doesn't keep track of wrongs. He isn't happy when injustice is done, and is always happy with the truth. Jesus never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping and never gives up. Because Jesus was never unfaithful, he had the right to eternal life. but He chose to give up that right as a substitute for us, who were unfaithful. He died in our place. He paid the penalty that we owed. This is true Love. After Jesus died on the cross, He proved that he had been faithful by rising again and showing Himself to many people. He then ascended to heaven while they were watching and is now sitting at the right hand of God. Jesus Christ will have no end Jesus is Love . This is why we all must accept Jesus. Being part of a religion is not enough by its self. Jesus is the one who paid for our sin and it is only by accepting Him that we can become acceptable to God. I ask you to please accept Jesus as your saviour. He will become your best friend and always be faithful to you. When other people hurt you, He will be there to help you through it and to comfort you. He will teach you real love that never fails and give you the desires of your heart. Pray this; Dear father God, I believe that Jesus died for me and that you raised Him from the dead. I ask that you forgive me for the sins that I have committed and that Jesus come into my life and be my Lord and saviour. Please help me to build a relationship with Jesus and guide me in all that I do. I pray this in Jesus name amen. Please Read the Gospel of John to learn more about Jesus, How he lived and loved. |
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Earthquakes, A Sign?
Mathew 24:7
Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.
Mark 13:8
Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many parts of the world, as well as famines. But this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
Luke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.
Isaiah 29:6
the LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.
Psalm 18:7
The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
1 Samuel 2:10
those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
Read this and understand
2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8Come and see the works of the Lord,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he burns the shieldsb with fire.
10“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
How many times do we have to be warned. God, the God of love is also the God of justice.
How many times does a loving parent warn their child before some sort of discipline is applied. It is for their own good, we don't like to discipline our children but we know deep down that if we don't they won't learn and will possibly make some devastating mistakes later on in life.
God has warned us many times, He has allowed us the maximum amount of time to realise the error of our ways and change our deeds.
Mankind on the whole however has refused to listen to the God who loves them.
We as a race have thumbed our nose at God and continued to practice the deeds that we know are wrong.
So God has decided that he must bring destruction to the earth and wipe out those whom He created to be His friend but have determined to be his enemy.
This is why we are seeing the incredible changes going on in the world RIGHT NOW.
Read this for more information:
JAPANS TRIPPLE WHAMMY
http://www.maranathamrc.com/mm116.htm
world wide evidence that Jesus is coming VERY soon. GET READY
http://www.maranathamrc.com/mhg005.htm
Prophecy concerning comming earthquakes and tsunami.
Japan, http://tinyurl.com/3bwdv57
California is NEXT. Accept Jesus and stop committing sin.
California, http://tinyurl.com/3vv5b72
http://tinyurl.com/28erp2v
http://tinyurl.com/kqs4mu
Australia, http://tinyurl.com/3qr9ete
EARTHQUAKES - WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM TRENDS?
http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk/
Read This to find out how to Return to God and be forgiven for your disobedience.
http://tinyurl.com/2cuhdsd
There is a way out.
Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.
Mark 13:8
Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many parts of the world, as well as famines. But this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
Luke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.
Isaiah 29:6
the LORD Almighty will come with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.
Psalm 18:7
The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.
Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
1 Samuel 2:10
those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
Read this and understand
Psalm 46
1God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8Come and see the works of the Lord,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he burns the shieldsb with fire.
10“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
How many times do we have to be warned. God, the God of love is also the God of justice.
How many times does a loving parent warn their child before some sort of discipline is applied. It is for their own good, we don't like to discipline our children but we know deep down that if we don't they won't learn and will possibly make some devastating mistakes later on in life.
God has warned us many times, He has allowed us the maximum amount of time to realise the error of our ways and change our deeds.
Mankind on the whole however has refused to listen to the God who loves them.
We as a race have thumbed our nose at God and continued to practice the deeds that we know are wrong.
So God has decided that he must bring destruction to the earth and wipe out those whom He created to be His friend but have determined to be his enemy.
This is why we are seeing the incredible changes going on in the world RIGHT NOW.
Read this for more information:
JAPANS TRIPPLE WHAMMY
http://www.maranathamrc.com/mm116.htm
world wide evidence that Jesus is coming VERY soon. GET READY
http://www.maranathamrc.com/mhg005.htm
Prophecy concerning comming earthquakes and tsunami.
Japan, http://tinyurl.com/3bwdv57
California is NEXT. Accept Jesus and stop committing sin.
California, http://tinyurl.com/3vv5b72
http://tinyurl.com/28erp2v
http://tinyurl.com/kqs4mu
Australia, http://tinyurl.com/3qr9ete
EARTHQUAKES - WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM TRENDS?
http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk/
Read This to find out how to Return to God and be forgiven for your disobedience.
http://tinyurl.com/2cuhdsd
There is a way out.
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