Pure Word

James 3:17

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.

Have you wondered it would be like to read the Bible for the first time but without all the preconceived ideas, agendas, and teachings of others? While it is good to listen to teachers of the Word but only if you back that teaching up with study and the Holy Spirit.

Many things will sound good. Satan, our enemy, uses the Word of God with a wicked twist.
Ninety percent truth can be dangerous. Read the temptations of Christ. That's what the devil tempted Him with. And each time, Jesus quoted what the Word did say.

Pray for wisdom from above. Check your own ideas and those of others against the pure Word and see that it is peacable and gentle, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and hypocrisy.

Get alone with the Lord. Sit at His feet and inquire. Read the Scriptures in the Light of the Holy Spirit.

But be aware of the enemy who wants to lead astray the believers into error.

Know the truth. The whole and Holy truth. And do not be deceived.

No Agendas

2 Timothy 2:15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

When sitting down to read the Bible, first clear your heart and mind of agendas. Too often we read the Word of God with an idea to defend our opinion or attack those of others. That is not what the Word of God is about. 

Truth will prove itself.

Pray before you read the Word. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal scripture to you. And be prepared to be amazed. Keep a notebook or journal as you study His Word.

Rejoice in the Goodness of God. 

See with a Pure Heart

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Circumstances have a way of clouding our vision. Whether from a cold, money problems, or a world falling down on our ears. But they are just clouds. Wispy attempts by the enemy to prevent us from seeing the truth. God is good. He is victorious. And through Him - so are we.

Sharpen your focus. Proclaim the Lord's Word aloud. The Truth will prevail. God's love never fails. Find scriptures to stand on. On those cloudy days ask the Holy Spirit for direction. Rejoice in the truth. 

Even if there are clouds, the sun  and the SON are still there.   

Small things

These little flowers are no bigger than a pencil eraser. But look at the detail.

Psalm 139:14
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Luke 12:7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

God sees you, knows you, and watches over you. 

Rejoice. 

The Easy Button

1 John 3:11 

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” 

Love. God is love. He first loved us. God so loved the world that He gave His only Son. Love.

1 Corinthians 13

The Excellence of Love

 ¹ If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, ⁵ does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, ⁶ does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; ⁷bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

 ⁸ Love never fails;

First soak in God's love. And then let Him love others through you. Love is not lust, momentary passion, or warm fuzzy feelings. Love is holy. righteous, and good.

Love one another. When life is out of control, press the easy button, and turn to God, accept His love for you, and then love one another.

Time

Ephesians 5:16

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Yikes I looked at the clock and missed the morning. So pretend I am in California. It's still morning there, or at least not after noon.

Time is an elusive dimension. It can drag and slide by.  Seem long and short at the same time. Pondering on the ironies time presents us, I think that the reason is that we are eternal beings. Not destined to be bound by the 24/7 of earth.

While we are on this planet, our days are marked ticking off each minute, hour, day. Time is ... well the time of day but can also be a season. A portion of our life or the life of a project, season.

Mark 1:15

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

So what time is it?


Is it merely 12:53 PM or is there a greater significance to the times we are living in?


Check the time.


God is good and He is never late.

Read the Red

What did Jesus Say?

You can listen to radio and TV, preachers and evangelists, friends and family. But you are responsible for your relationship with the Lord. Jesus didn't come to bring a corporate salvation, but an individual one. He came to build His church out of living stones. One body out of His believers. United by the Holy Spirit and commissioned to do His Will.

This Valentine's day read the red. Discover what Jesus did say. Don't take the word of others. After all, who hasn't heard - Cleanliness is next to godliness. OR God helps those who help themselves. How many times have you heard Jesus came to bring world peace?

All the above instances are not true. Not in the Bible.

We live in an age of feel good scriptures and prophecies. An age of deception and commercialism. An age where people would rather have their ears tickled than be confronted with the truth.

Know the truth - for it is only the truth that can set you free.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.