Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. In John 13:34-35 it says, “a new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Why is it “new”? Because this love is a self-sacrificing love…it is from the deep recesses of the heart. It comes with a fresh power. It is a spiritual foot washing. We all have “dirty feet”. We need a constant cleansing. Jeremiah (God’s prophet) said, “the heart is decei...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In I John 4:7 it says, “dear friends let us love one another.” Love is the DNA of every child of God. Once we were saved the Holy Spirit abides in us giving us the discernment to recognize “what love is”. So when you hear about the legalization of infanticide, euthanasia, pedophilia, sex trafficking, prostitution, welfare benefits to all illegal aliens, same-sex marriage being legalized, mutilating the young (transgenderism) affirming the LGBTQ+ community do you as a Bible believing Christian condone or support these ideologies tha...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Since God is Love and we are not; it stands to reason that we (as spiritual growing Christians) have to figure out how we can become Love. Love is an action. God wants us to grow in the image of Christ; therefore, he left us some thoughts on how to achieve this task. One way is to read the Love Chapter in 2nd Cor. 13 saying your name. For example, the verse say Love suffers long; you say Paula suffers long; it says love is kind; you say Paula is kind. And you keep going until the end. Being honest you will feel a conviction from the Holy Spirit as you com...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. This month the focus will be on LOVE. God has commanded us in Matt. 22:37 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” That was not a suggestion. This is a tall order ..but we can do this in the Power of the Holy Spirit while we read THE LOVE STORY…. THAT IS THE BIBLE. Throughout the Bible (the Word of God) He shows us how He has authored the concept of Love. God is Love When we become believers, we are to continue to yield to the Spirit within us to “love one another”...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. I love reading and visualizing the Word of God? I love all of its authentic stories. I love the way God never holds back anything. Like in Ezekiel 5 when he passes judgement on Jerusalem. Read it. You may be taken aback by God’s action and cringe. I love when God loves on us by showing that He is very sincere in wanting us to be OBEDIENT. God tells us exactly how to do it. Gal. 5:16 “So I say walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the lust of the flesh.” God’s chief goal in our lives is to make us in the image of Himself know...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Do you desire to grow and mature in the Christian faith? Do you want to be able to minister to or evangelize to others? Do you have the desire to respond to others who have concerns and questions or may even attack you because of the myths about our Christian faith? To what and to whom do you turn to when you are facing deep sorrow and negative feelings coming from financial losses, a health issue, or an unexpected loss of a relationship? We usually turn to the horizontal reason of man (Humanism). But that will only help you and I to a certain degree. It ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. David wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in Psalm 19:7-14 which says, “The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right- rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever…. Those verses counter the teaching of those who believe we must augment God’s Word with beliefs gleaned from modern psychology. That is not to denigrate the importance of spiritually ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We as Holy Spirit filled followers of Christ believe the Bible is fully inspired by God and is without error in the original manuscripts. We also believe that the Bible is God’s final, complete and authoritative revelation to man. It is our guide for living life, the standard by which we measure our behavior. We believe when the Bible speaks God speaks. In our society(culture) you can believe whatever you like no matter how absurd and contradictory. Every point of view since it arrives from one’s own feelings is just as valid as another and th...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! What are you asking God for in 2023? During His time on earth Jesus met many people who longed for new beginnings. He gave physical healings to the blind and the lame. He gave spiritual healing to the Samaritan woman at the well. To Nicodemus the religious leader he explained to him how to be Born- Again. To the disciples’ students of His Word; Jesus offered them a new identity. All of us who are saved and a True follower of Christ have been given “new beginnings”. Because Christ died for our sins and conquered the grav...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. IT IS CHRISTMAS DAY. The day that most followers of Christ celebrate the coming of the Lord as a babe in the manger. Christmas is a busy time of the year…shopping, baking, cooking, preparing for family and friends and much more. The first time God came the people were busy also. The people were mostly farmers, textile workers, homemakers, farmers. and shepherds and let’s don’t forget the politicians and tax collectors. When Jesus (God) arrived, the angels announced it to the shepherds. They stopped what they were doing and ran to see th...
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