Greetings sisters who love Him and each other!
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Psalm 96:11-13
I love that scripture! Yeah He is the just Judge! That's comforting. Obviously terrifying if we are outside of Christ and His truth...but comforting in light of man's sometimes faulty judgements of us or their misunderstanding of us. There will not be any of that! Isn't that a great hope sisters?! Even though it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God I know He is merciful and gracious and has done everything He can to give us hope as He wants none to perish. He loves His saints.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1 John 3:1-3
His Word is good to tell us the truth. Let us keep loving His Word of truth!
I read some scriptures on truth to edify you...
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.Acts 11:9
I was pondering that scripture and that it says what God has cleansed don't call unclean and how He was referring to humans (Gentiles in context). God has washed His saints in the blood of His Son! Praise God and as long as we are striving on and not in any willful sin we too are clean!
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.John 15:3
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,Ephesians 5:26
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1 John 1:9
It's sad when others treat us as being 'unclean' and not to be associated with when we truly love the Lord and the truth and hate every false way and want to keep growing. The Lord sees us as clean and His standard is so much purer than man's and yet man can still push us away as dirty. It doesn't make sense to me. None of us are going to be sinlessly perfect even though we want to be it isn't reality and we just keep striving humbly knowing we are weak and He is strong!
The Lord blessed me to talk with a dear sister today. Well on video call not in person but that's still a great blessing in these perilous last times, to edify and encourage in the Lord and Word! I was pondering the body of Christ and what it is. A single human can't put someone out of the body really but they can just separate personally. We are all members, all the saints around the world, even if we don't know about one another.
Sisterhood and godly friendship is a blessing from the Lord and so rare in these last days. As in all relationships there may be issues to work through occasionally which is normal, but if everyone truly loves the Lord with a pure heart those relationships in the body should be strong and easily mended where mercy, truth, repentance, and forgiveness is in action in all parties. Of course if people are walking in the flesh there comes strife and envy and every evil work but may it not be so sisters. We are to strive for things to be not once named among us. True fellowship in His family is a precious thing and why it breaks my heart when it isn't to be. Jesus said love would be a sign of His disciples. When a sister who you used to be close to in sisterhood and friendship withdraws and doesn't speak to you...it is heart breaking and doesn't glorify the Lord. I'm not going to feel guilty if sometimes it hits me hard on occasions and I shed some tears over this. Brother Paul cried a lot and so it's absolutely nothing to be ashamed about if we do too. In fact we could be quenching the Spirit as we try to suppress the love and care we have for others and our grief that God is not glorified and then we may become cold hearted and dead. But you just have to keep pressing on knowing the Lord knows the truth and your heart and we cast our burdens upon Him. Jesus also was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
2 Corinthians 2:1-8
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Philippians 3:18-19
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:Romans 9:1-3
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Philippians 2:26-28
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Acts 20:19, 31
It's sadly the way things can be in this world. I don't know why it has to be, except it is the fallen nature of man, but some things in this life will never have complete answers to them or maybe one day the Lord will show us more clearly but we do know one day this will be...
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.Revelation 21:4-5
That's our day of hope sisters...not today although God can give us great gifts and blessings on this earth and soften hard hearts and heal and mend and restore if people are willing. I am always willing and here for humble sisters who love the Lord and walk in all His ways of meekness, gentleness, and love and everything else good, pure, and true. Oh yes truth matters and part of it is walking in love, longsuffering, kindness, mercy, compassion, humility, forgiveness, bearing burdens, forbearing one another, preferring one another, edifying one another, comforting one another, caring for one another, correcting one another, admonishing one another, receiving one another and much more. To obey these commands is to obey and love the truth which is Christ Himself. Some can cling so tightly to one scripture to the neglect of very many more and that is not loving God or others. There's so many scriptures that could be necessary to be obeyed in each situation and we just strive to do the best we can for His glory and for our love for Him and His body which He died for and loves.
I love this scripture...
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.2 Timothy 2:13
God is...I AM.
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.Exodus 3:14
No matter what happens He will always exist. He will always be God and He reigns! Isn't it such a great blessing to know Him sisters?! And to be His daughters?! Amen it surely is!
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;Philippians 3:10
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1 John 2:3-5
It was such a beautiful day today...
God is good to give good things like sunshine and rain on all mankind and that the conditions He provides on this earth are liveable for the most part. He is good.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.Matthew 5:45
Let us also strive to be good. Of course any good in us is from Him! But He is pure goodness in and of Himself!
Keep pressing on sisters! The race is still before us! But our Captain has gone before us! He overcame!
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.Revelation 3:21
🌻Godly love to you all,🌷
Sister Chayil
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