Greetings in love to my sisters!
God gave us another day! How has your day been going? I'm sure you have been seeking to please the Lord as you go about your good works...those good works we have been created for in Christ! The ones we are to be zealous for, diligently following, and fruitful in! And we definitely want to aim for zero bad fruits and works as we strive on in the power of Christ! If we fall we have such a merciful God. But we never want to grieve Him.
I was thinking of the fact that many know that we must believe in Jesus to enter the kingdom. But what Jesus are they thinking of because there are many made up false ideas of Him. We have to make sure people we might be sharing truth with understand who He is and what He demands of His followers don't we lest they believe in a fake Jesus which would end up being another god. And many people believe He overlooks or even approves of sin. But we know He/God never does. We are blessed to have the written word that we may believe the truth!
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.John 20:29-31
And let's remember His words...
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.Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:Matthew 7:21-24
And He said this...
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.Luke 9:23-24
In sharing the good news of Christ we remember the deception that abounds in many things and we cling to the written word. So many have been deceived by man made religion of many different types including the 'Christian' one itself haven't they.
Pretty day here...
Good day for the garden to continue growing before it gets colder here.
Good blessings we receive from the plants from the ground that God created in the beginning and it's still going today.
How beautiful...
Glory to God for His works and that we get to appreciate them and give Him the praise!
Thank you for the scriptures sister!
That's amazing...joy in heaven over repentance! We can have great joy too when a soul repents to follow after Christ or a wayward and rebellious believer repents too!
Amen we must love the Lord above all else with all our heart and mind and strength!
I must go sisters. Hold fast to the truth! Remember to rejoice in being blessed to simply be a godly woman! Praise God! His truth sets us free as we submit to Him!
Love in Christ,
Sister Michaela
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