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I can do nothing

I can do nothing One of the biggest traps and lies that I can fall into is thinking that I am enough and that I can do it or handle it. This statement may seem to be wrong by many because of the self-empowerment slogans we hear from all around us is that tell us how we are enough, we can do it and we have the power. What we fail to see is that if we are enough and we have to power to do it then we have the ultimate responsibility for accomplishing everything in our lives. It doesn’t take living very long to realize that this is a lie. There are things that come up in life that we don’t have the intelligence, talent, ability, power, or finances to handle. Seriously if we are enough to handle it we would never fail. Yet the truth, and comfort, is found in the last part of John 15:5 John 15:5 b. “for without Me you can do nothing.” Jesus statement here isn’t a narcissistic, ego driven put down. He is stating a fact and one that brings me great comfort. Comfort in that it reminds m

Grace and Faith, Death and Life.

Grace and Faith, Death and Life. These really must be taken as pairs for if we only focus on one half of the pair we miss out on some very important things and we wind up in a ditch. For us each half of the pair is dependent upon the other half. Grace does US no good without faith, and what good is faith to us without grace? Since the fall there is no life without death and to obtain life there has to be a death. Sounds crazy right? Grace is manifested in Jesus dying on the cross for sin past, present and future? Correct? This means all sin was forgiven at the cross from the beginning of time till the end of time. Correct? So then why are there people in hell now and why are there people who are and will still go to hell and who will be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death, to exist for eternity? Did God’s grace not apply for them? The problem wasn’t God’s grace the problem was that they did not have or use faith to access it. To put it in an earthy conte

Loving the Lost

Romans 10:9-15 If you are a Born-Again believer in Christ Romans 10:9-13 isn’t for YOU anymore. “ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”’ It is for those who have not yet believed. Born-Again believer in Christ Romans 10:14-15,17 IS FOR YOU! 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach

Humbling Ourselves

2 Chronicles 7:14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. This verse came up during a prayer meeting today and we were discussing what it is to humble ourselves. Fasting and prayer where mentioned as ways we can humble ourselves but then Isaiah 58 came to mind. “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God. 3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’ “In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, And exploit all your laborers. 4 Indeed you fast for

Faith

Romans is a book that teaches us about righteousness and how we actually obtain the righteousness of God. Romans also teaches us a great deal about faith. It is by grace that we are saved but we don’t receive that salvation without faith. God’s grace provided forgiveness of sin but that gift is only received through faith. God’s grace is there for everyone, hence the term “but by the grace of God go I” is not a good term to use because it implies that God’s grace wasn’t there for someone else who did something bad or had something bad happen to them. God’s grace is available to everyone the problem is that everyone doesn’t have faith in God to receive that grace. Faith is so important for living the Christian life. Faith is so important that there is actually a law of Faith. Romans 3:27-30 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith . { Andrew Wommack has a great teaching on this subject. https://www.awmi.net/audio/audio-te

3 times a day

3 times a day Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. Quick context for this verse for those not familiar. Men who were jealous of Daniel and his position in the kingdom had tricked king Darius into making a law that for thirty days people could only pray to the king or else be thrown into the lion’s den. Key points from this verse. Regardless of the law Daniel stayed devoted to the Lord. Daniel didn’t start praying 3 times a day because of this law. This was his custom since his early days. He prayed 3 times a day in obedience to God’s Word. Psalm 55:17 “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.” (this would have been the 9 th , 3 rd and 6 th hours of the day or 3pm, 12pm, 9am). It is also signific