Greetings sisters!
I am back again here to share whatever good pure and true things that I can today. There's always going to be something to write about our great God isn't there! Even at times at the end of the days when you're drained and want to go straight to bed there's always something about His goodness to share! But I have had a somewhat quieter day so had more time to write here...but still housework and baby minding to do. We are called to be faithful and therefore it would include how we use each second and minute the Lord gave us! May we redeem the time as best that we can and God knows all our different situations!
I hope this finds you all pressing on after the Lord! We have to be diligent, dedicated, stedfast, and striving forward and so many things to make this journey of faith and be found worthy to enter the gates of heaven at the end. We will have to endure all things and overcome all sources of temptation or of growing lukewarm and weary in this battle. But we can be of good cheer and have such bright hope because Jesus has overcome the world and made a way for us! I'm so thankful for a mediator to help me before the Father. We each need Him!
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.Hebrews 7:25
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:1-2
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.John 10:9
Let us follow close behind Him as good sheep who are not going astray!
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.1 Peter 2:25
It is not going to be a laid back affair but of pushing forward willingly after Him and His truth in a world that is against Him and His truth.
May we also remain in the truth of the gospel and the sound doctrine of it. Many false gospels and related doctrines abound in these last days and no surprise as we know who the father of lies is and his end is coming closer.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;2 Timothy 3:13-14
Indeed let us continue in the one true faith once delivered. Let us hold fast to the traditions God gave us in His written Word, many through His servant our brother Paul.
We know we must truly believe in the true God and in His Son Jesus Christ as our Saviour who shed His blood for the forgiveness of our sins.
This belief leads us to change our mind/heart on many things including importantly stopping sinning. We learn sin leads to death and separates us from our holy God. We fear God and His judgment on sin. We see His goodness for those who repent and we do so! We do not want to delay!
We are born into God's family by the Holy Spirit and of course He is working with us in this all. Truly we can boast about nothing except the stake of Christ and His great love and goodness and mercy and forgiveness! We know the Lord opens blind eyes and deaf ears and grants us faith and repentance but truly we are responsible too so it is a covenant isn't it. Both sides have a part and we know God fails not in His.
We must endure in the faith, walking in all His commands for us today and continuing to grow and be perfected. Our salvation is the hope to come of being safe from God's wrath at judgement and able to be with Him for eternity in a pure place! Let us press on patiently enduring to the end and then we shall receive the promises!
We know there is destruction waiting for those who continue in sin and we do not want to be deceived about that. There are many warnings in His Word. We want to hear these willingly and order our actions accordingly. We know we must please Him, aim for perfection, and be holy as He is holy. This is all a high calling but with His help it is possible. We do our best and must keep striving and get up and keep going if we fail. But yet we know few are willing to give up this life here in this world, trading their eternal soul for the lusts and pleasures of this world. May we lose our life to find it in Christ sisters! It is such a blessing to have this hope so let us cheerfully endure by faith as we see Him not nor all His promises yet. We trust by faith and press on!
I just came across this scripture and it's good to ponder on the truth of it and fear this same God we serve today...
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
We know it happened to a believing couple in Acts as well...they died for their sins. And to Herod too...
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.Acts 12:23
And many more in the Word and we know God is in control of people's length of life. May we take the warnings seriously and turn from our sins as soon as we know about them. God knows our heart too.
I got blessed to see the aurora (southern lights) again when it was much stronger than the other day so I share a few pictures I was able to take. They are not often seen here. Yes the camera does pick up more light and show more than the human eye does but it's still out there! The sky looked deep red to the eye and I could see the white glow on the horizon. Glory to God for yet another beautiful aspect of His creation! This was 4am this morning in the pitch black of night:)
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.Psalm 19:1-2
Then it was still going tonight too so I had another look! It was beautiful in a different way and I even saw the beams of light moving slowly. They look like black and white to the human eye but the camera picks up the colours!
And then there was this...
It was beautiful. Thankful to start and end my day with amazing creations! Glory to God!
I'm thankful too for how His creation works together so well and how He made this earth so suited to life. But we don't have to go far to see the effects of the curse too. And the signs of our Lord's return coming closer. So may we look to Him and be ready.
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Mark 13:7-8
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Romans 8:22
Indeed there are all sorts of troubles in this world for now...because of the seriousness of sin.
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.Genesis 2:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:17-19
But I am thankful despite it all that the Lord had a plan and sent a Rescuer in Jesus to deliver us from our sins and the effects of them. Let us keep obeying Him to eternal life!
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1 Peter 1:2-4
Well I think that's all from me for today and Lord willing tomorrow will be another day that we know not what it may bring forth! But our Lord is there...let us rely on His help. We need it! Hold fast in the truth my sisters!
Much love in Christ our Redeemer,
Sister Chayil
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