Holiness Unto The Lord

It is a lifestyle that requires an active participation on our part. It requires that we put the necessary work in to remain set apart for Christ. The Word has to be at work in us and that requires it to be a habitual part of our daily lives. We have to have an ongoing relationship with the Lord that challenges our flesh to yield. Christ has to start shining through us, people in the world and our brothers and sisters have to see change taking place. Life can never remain the same when we are truly spending time with the Lord. Our lives have to reflect that we have been with Him. He truly makes us holy like...

Knowing What Your Priorities Are

Sometimes we put so much emphasis on unimportant things. We specialize in the things that don’t really matter and pay little attention to the really important things. God and His Word is priority and He should always stay at the top of our list. God is never pleased when we neglect His word and do our own ordering. We need to study what God commands of us and dedicate our lives to making it a habit. We have an enemy that loves to turn our lives upside down, making us think that what is unimportant is really important. We need to seek direction from the Lord in all that we do so that we can get His list of priorities for our life. God has the best solution for our lives. We will never be out of balance when He is guiding our lives. He knows where everything needs to be. We will never have to feel overwhelmed when He takes the drivers seat in our lives. He loves us and He wants to direct our paths. His Word says “trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and He will direct your path.” He is capable and well able to do what He says He will...

Spending Quality Time Alone With The Lord

When is the last time we spent some quality time alone with the Lord? As much as it feels great spending time with our brothers and sisters in the presence of the Lord, He still wants to spend time with us individually. Look at Christ, He always went away alone to be with His Father. In marriage, if you don’t spend quality alone time with your spouse, it won’t work. We have to take time out of our busy schedules and invest some time with the Lord alone. There are things that He will speak into our spirits that we will never get in a crowd. He will take us places inside ourselves that we haven’t visited before or we’ve been hiding from. He will tear down strongholds and cultivate a stronger relationship with us. Some of us are afraid to be alone. We have to have the radio or TV on or we have to be on the phone or internet. We have to learn to be comfortable with ourselves and with God. What are we hiding from? We have to figure that out for ourselves. God desires us to love ourselves as He loves us. He will teach us how to love ourselves when we invest quality time with Him. God deserve prime time not leftover time. God is loving and kind and He only wants the best for us. Let us learn to give God some quality time to minister to our souls. He loves us more than we will ever...

There Is Joy In Forgiveness

Yes there is! When we learn to forgive, we are freed up and a burden falls off our backs. For some people their health gets better and their relationships are transformed. For many of us we’ll start seeing our prayers answered. Sometimes we think that we don’t need to forgive because we have been wronged but if you really thing about it, you’ll see that we carry the burden more than the other person. Sometimes the other person have not a clue that they did us wrong. While we carry them around with us and that can become heavy if malice enters the picture. Just learn to forgive and life will become less complicated and you will see how much better you will feel. God is our Lord and He does not tolerate lack of forgiveness because He knows how it can become like an abscess that becomes a tumor and eventually a cancer that spreads. He will give you the strength to forgive if you allow Him access to your hurt. God can transform lives when He is allowed to perform His operation. All He asks from us is to forgive one another and He will  do the rest of the healing. He will do what He alone can do. He is our...

God, The Father To The Fatherless

For any child growing up in this world being without a father is painful. Having a mother is a great blessing but when a boy has his father active in his life, he feels complete. The same goes for anyone who don’t have their heavenly father active in their lives. You can be a Christian and not have God active in your life. You can push Him so far from you with your lifestyle that He with His holiness cannot be active in your life. Just as a child missing their father can grow up feeling that there is something missing, as Christians we face the same feelings. There will always be an emptiness that leaves us feeling empty always. God is the only one that can fill that void same as only a father could have filled that void that their absence left. When God is active in our lives, He fills the void of any missing earthly father and He occupies any void that only He alone can fill. No one can take the place of God in his creation. He has genetically left a space for Himself inside of us that will never be filled unless we receive Him inside. As Christians we need to actively seek out our Heavenly Father and get Him involved in our lives. As unsaved people all that is necessary for Him to fill the void is to “ASK” Him to come into your heart and occupy the space that was designed in you for Him. He will come in and fill the void and take away the loneliness. God loves...

Jesus is The Answer To [name it]

Do we really believe this statement or is it just a cliche? The reason I ask that is, when we are in need of a solution to a problem and He doesn’t show up at the time when we think He should come, we try to find our own solutions. I can understand God directing us to a solution, when He does it, it is always the perfect solution for our problem. The outcome is always a blessing and it brings God glory. When we come up with a solution after becoming impatient with God, it is never the best solution and it never gives God glory ultimately. Sometimes we come to the alter and place our problem there but as soon as we get impatient we go right back and take it out of God’s hand. In the end we blame Him for the solution that we came up with. God isn’t double minded and He has perfect knowledge of all things. He has perfect timing and He knows how to solve a challenge perfectly. No patch-up work for God. Everything is orderly for Him. We have to learn to trust Him with our lives and believe that He knows how to take care of us better than we know how to do so. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that who soever believes in Him will have eternal life.”- John 3:16. That is...