Greetings sisters!
I'm back on another day serving our great God and Saviour! It's always a good day to serve Him no matter what! And we are so rich in Him! Let us keep being thankful and content remembering the true riches that we have in Christ and laid up in heaven!
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:Colossians 2:9-10
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.Ephesians 2:7
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:19
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.Hebrews 11:26
Let us remember who Jesus said are truly blessed (in Matthew 5)...
- The poor in spirit
- The mourners
- The meek
- The hungry and thirsty for righteousness
- The merciful
- The pure in heart
- The peacemakers
- The persecuted (for righteousness)
- The reviled for His sake
- The ones spoken evil of falsely for His sake
And these are the blessings of being so...
- The kingdom of heaven
- Comfort
- Inherit the earth
- Be filled with righteousness
- Obtain mercy
- See God
- Be children of God
- Great reward in heaven
I love all that! Praise God for the truth and that we can know it and follow after it with our whole heart!
A sister shared these scriptures the other day so I share them again here.
We can't be divided can we sisters. May we have a pure and sincere single heart for our Lord.
And I just have to share this scripture again because it's so good too!
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
James 3:17-18
God's ways are so amazingly good! Let's seek after them with all that we are. Would be a wonderful world if everyone had that wisdom from above. One day it will be.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.John 14:23-24
I was thinking how in these perilous times of great deception we need to define our terms in what we are talking about like when we share the gospel with someone. At the surface level it may look like someone agrees but when you test deeper the terms are different. I mean they may have a different Jesus or false doctrine (like once saved always saved), or think born again means baptism or something when it doesn't. So it may not be as simple as sharing the gospel may have been in the early days. We may have to question a lot to see if someone's beliefs line up with the truth. For example...
Do you believe in the Jesus who said you must repent (change your mind and turn to God away from sin) to enter the kingdom?
Do you believe in the Jesus who said you must be born again/born from above by the Spirit?
Do you believe in the Jesus who said He came to bring a sword/division and not peace?
Do you believe in the Jesus who was fully God and fully man?
Do you believe the Jesus who said abide in Him or be cut off and thrown into the fire?
Do you believe the Jesus that said if you love Him keep His commandments?
Do you believe the Jesus who said to hate our own life, take up our stake and follow Him?
Do you believe the Jesus who said IF you keep His commandments you abide in His love (not the Jesus who just loves everyone no matter what)?
Do you believe in the Jesus who said to endure unto the end to be saved?
And so on with many such questions and we know true belief leads to action. Someone may say oh yes of course I believe in Jesus and come to find out the one they believe is someone who doesn't even exist but in their own imagination and is practically a false god! Just like satan in the garden said "hath God said?"...these people may say..."did Jesus really say or mean that?". Perilous are the times aren't they sisters. If someone doesn't have the right Jesus...well everything else they do is really meaningless right sisters?! There's no point or use believing in a fake Jesus that cannot save! The true Saviour is our foundation and chief cornerstone! We better get that right!
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.Acts 4:11-12
Praise God for sending His Son to die for us! Let us learn of Him...
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.Matthew 11:29
And He has gone to prepare a place for us but has not left us comfortless but sent the Comforter...the Spirit of truth!
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
John 14:16-19
Let us not do either of these...
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.Ephesians 4:30
Quench not the Spirit.1 Thessalonians 5:19
Let us please Him instead.
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.Ephesians 5:9-10
Let this also apply to us sisters in the ways of godly women...
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.Romans 15:14
I think that's what I have for you today. Hope it's edifying somehow! The Lord bless your day, sisters, and all you do in His name. Keep pressing on in the Lord and growing in grace and knowledge of God, going on unto perfection!
Love, peace, and joy in Christ,
Sister Chayil
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