Gods Truth

We are told in Joshua 1:8, "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." Prosperity and success are much more than money and possessions, it's about healthy relationships that complete each other, knowing your purpose, serving others at work and socially, in the knowledge that you are serving God. You see, "no one should seek their own good, but the good of others." (1 Cor 10:24). This is part of the essence of the law that Jesus commanded us to observe. This makes me look at my present study notes on the "Shema" (Deut 6:4-6), “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart."

If there is one thing that surfaces every time there is an election, it is disagreements. These disagreements can lead to arguments and bad feelings towards others. We must learn that our fight is not against people, it is against ideas in our heads that will disagree with others. These disagreements are part of human nature but they are not part of Spiritual nature. Hurt caused by disagreements is just that - our reaction to a situation or something said. Words do not hurt us, our feelings hurt us mostly when what we believe to be true is challenged by something that differs from what we think. We must never let our emotions dictate how we act towards someone though. We can easily agree to disagree and leave it at that so as not to affect relationships as we are commanded to love all, including our perceived "enemies" to our emotions. Both 2 Tim 2:22-26 and Titus 3:9 tell us to avoid foolish controversies and quarrels as they are unprofitable and worthless". But we are

With the US election this week, we can pray for the best and expose the worst but in the end, God will have whoever it is over us to accomplish His purpose.  Our final ruler we look forward to will be not through election but with power and majesty. Our Lord God and Saviour will return soon and every knee shall bow to Him and every power that is not from Him will cease, even the present, deceiving god of this world (2 Cor 4:4; Eph 6:12). Humanity gave this devil his power at the beginning and continues to by making their own desires more important (Rom 1:23-25) but Jesus took back that authority as the only Son of man that kept God's will first. While we await His return as King of kings, we can be assured that He will see us through all things in life. When we put Jesus at the centre of our lives, "the power that lives in us is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). Through His Spirit alone dwelling in us (Rom 8:11), we have power over evil (Luke 4:6; 10

This week, I was thinking about a verse in the Bible that most people know: "Three things will last forever - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love" (1 Cor 13:13). If love is the greatest, why does God say that without faith, it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:16)? But we find in 1 John 4:8 that "God is love." So we could also insert the word "God" in each place this chapter speaks of "love". And without God, there can be no faith or hope. Verses 9 and 10 show that love is outgoing not inward seeking. Just as God is light, love shines out and " the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us", meaning God's love is to shine through us to others. Only black holes suck in light through their gravity, trying to attract everything to themselves (and this leads to destruction) but all stars shine light outwards. This is the way God created the universe. When Jesus was asked a

  I found this lovely song at the weekend. I feel it takes its theme from John 14:21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” To manifest (emphanizō) is to reveal, appear, come into view and make known. We know from Scripture that the Spirit within the man Jesus was that of Yahweh, the almighty God and our Father. He was and is the God who spoke to Abraham and released Israel from the bonds of Egypt. He now brings salvation and will soon return as Jesus to rule this world as King. But when we accept Him now as our King in our daily lives and follow His commandments to put Him first above ourselves and our desires and love others as He loves them, He manifests and appears in our lives as our salvation. Salvation in the Old Testament Hebrew (yesua) is safety, welfare, prosperity, deliverance and victory - It is Jesus. There is salvation in no other name (Acts 4:

JFK had it right when he said “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” The life of the true Christian is one of service to others and putting the care of others before ourselves (1 Cor 10:24). God blesses people so that they may bless others. But we must also know that giving is better than receiving. Why? Because when we give of ourselves WITHOUT expectations of receiving anything in return (Phil 2:3-4), our Father blesses us greatly when we have faith that He will supply all our needs plus more to continue helping others (2 Corinthians 9:8). Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you (Matt 6:31-33). It is not an option, it is the Royal commandment we are given by our Lord Jesus &qu

So many religions teach wrongly that we are to "do good" so we can "go to heaven". Nowhere in the Bible does it actually say this. There is not one verse that says we are to "go to heaven". "No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven - the Son of Man," Jesus told us in John 3:13. In fact, heaven is going to come to Earth! "May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." Matt 6:10. Heaven is where God's throne is.  Yes, there is a "paradise" that those people who have died "in Christ" are to be but our final destination is Earth united with God's Heaven - the restoration of the Kingdom. Repent and make Jesus the King of your life so that you may be part of His Kingdom now and when He returns. What we have to look forward to is the resurrection or changing into a new spiritual body at the return of Jesus and the merging of heaven with earth.