Just Me!!

Psalm 72:12-14
12 He will rescue the poor when they cry to him;
he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them. 13 He feels pity for the weak and the needy,
and he will rescue them. 14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious to him.

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

¶   ISAIAH 2 : 2

In The Lord Jesus Christ - I am secure… nothing can separate me from His Love!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.

For I am persuaded,
that neither death,
nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present,
nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:35-9 KJV

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… I am now a citizen of Heaven!

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

Philippians 3:20 NASB

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… I can live without fear

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it?
What if we gave it to Kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go….hmm…where is my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing.
Unlike our cell phone, we don’t have to worry about our Bible being
Disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.
Makes you stop and think ‘where are my priorities? And no dropped calls!
When Jesus died, he was thinking of you!

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

1 Thessalonians 5:23,24 NASB

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All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

John 6:37-39 KJV

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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

John 10:27-29 KJV

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God, Whose grace is irresistble and all sufficient, be glorified!

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. - (Philippians 3:13–14)

Some people say they don’t want to go to church because the church is full of hypocrites. They will identify any Christian who falls short as a hypocrite. If you do or say anything that doesn’t measure up to your faith as a follower of Jesus, then you are immediately branded that way.

But just because you believe something and don’t always live up to it doesn’t mean you are a hypocrite. In fact, that doesn’t mean you are a hypocrite at all. What it does mean is that you are a human being. No one measures up all the time to the very high standards of God. We all fall short of the glory of God—again and again. We are imperfect people serving a perfect God.

Even the great apostle Paul admitted this struggle: “I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it” (Romans 7:15–17).

That wasn’t Paul’s everyday experience, but it was a candid admission. Nor should it be used as a justification to say we always will be struggling in this manner and therefore shouldn’t even try. Paul also wrote, “I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me” (Philippians 3:12).

The further you go in the Christian life, the further you will realize you need to go. That is the mark of a genuine, growing Christian.

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

¶   REVELATION 21 : 23

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph…”
(2 Corinthians 2:14, AMP)

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
In life, we all have to deal with the unexpected. Just because we’re believers, just because we’re good people or doing the right thing doesn’t make us exempt from trouble. The scripture says, “The rain falls on the just and the unjust.” When something unexpected happens or you find yourself facing a crisis, don’t automatically go into “panic mode” or just fall apart emotionally. Realize that the crisis is no surprise to God. It may be unexpected to you, but God knows the end from the beginning. He has solutions to problems that you haven’t even had yet. He has equipped you for every battle, and He goes before you to make your crooked places straight!

Today, instead of focusing on your problem, focus on your God. Focus on the fact that He is with you. Remember that He is walking with you, leading and guiding you to a place of peace and victory. No matter what has happened, He will take what the enemy meant for evil and turn it around for your good. He always leads us in victory. So keep moving forward knowing that He has a good plan for you!

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD
imputeth not iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Psalm 32:1,2 KJV

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And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 12:31,32 NIV

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But I’m so wicked, how could God ever forgive me?

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 1:18 KJV

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God, Whose grace is irresistble and all sufficient, be glorified!