My move

I finally made the decision and made my move. The Lord had a reason for this move. I am still not sure of what he has in store for me now but things are already starting to happen. My new Church has classes that help you grow in the lord. One of them is starting it's ten week series next Sunday. Of course The Lord knew this and was trying to get me to understand that he wanted me here to take these and other classes.

When we seem to be having problems in our relationships we need to step back from them and look at what the Lord is trying to tell us. He wanted me here. I had ties that had to be broken. I did not have the strength to do them myself. The Lords let things develop to a point that I would step away. There are still ties there that are good. Some good friends, and my daughter and her family, but I have a peace since I have arrived here that I did not have.

I know The Lord has a work for me here and I am ready to start preparing for it, what every it is. I have surrender all to him, and he is moving in wonderful ways.

Our walk with The Lord

For some people life seems to be a burden, an endless series of tasks that have no importance. There is a hardness to this earthly life, but The Christian life is filled with a purpose and power.

We are a changed people. When we accept Christ He does a work in us that gives us this purpose and power. If one studies the first chapters of Acts we see that this happen with the Apostles were filled with The Spirit of God. Our propose is to be a living witness to our risen Saviour. We are given the power to be that witness through The Spirit of God.

Each day we must walk as if today is the last day. We must be that witness every moment. Others are watching what we do, say, and teach. If they see in us the truth of what the Bible teaches they will have a conviction on their heart. If we loss\e our temper and yell and other, it is not Christ like. I could continue talking about other things that distract form our walk but each of us must look at our self and ask The Lord to show us where we are not walking in His image.

His Children

In John5:28 we are told that the hour is coming where even the grave will not hold His children. Who are his children?

They are born again believers, saved through His grace and mercy. They are bought by His Blood on Calvary, paid for by His strips. They are those who have confesses their sins and ask The Lord to come into their hearts, to live in them.

But we must beware, there are many who confess Him Him are still not his children. You must confess that you are a sinner and ask for forgiveness, only then can you be born again.

His children walk in His light. The strive for righteousness. We are to be Holy as He is Holy Jesus wants us to be like Him, to put away evil things of this world, evil thoughts, and evil deeds.

His children are forgiving. This is one hardest things for all of us. When we are hurt by someone we as humans want to cause hurt back, but Jesus said to forgive them, to turn the other cheek. He forgives us so we must forgive others.

His children pray for others. We are to pray daily for forgiveness, for His mercy, for the afflicted, our country, our leaders, even if you do not agree with them. We are to pray The Lord's guideance on them. Pray for your family, friends. Believing He will answer your prays. He always does, even if it is to tell you no. Pray for His protection from evil. The devil wants to harm you, but he is weak compared to The Lord.

His children are Loving. The Bible says love is the greatest gift. We are to love one another even the sinner, not his sin but the person. Jesus loved us while we were still in sin, He loved us enough to die for us. Just think how much he love you. He would have died if you were the only one who need Him. What a love.

My decision to move

Today I am faced with a decision whether to move from the area I have lived in since 1978. I feel that the Lord is showing me that is his will. I just want to be sure. If It is His will I will move.

Sometimes we as humans want to move to fast and don't wait on The Lord to show us his will. The last 2 days he seems to be pushing me to this move even faster than I was thinking. I have been praying about this for several days. I know longer feel at home here, even having my daughter close does not help. I feel that the Lord is show me in this way that it is his will.

I have talked to other Christians and they all seem to feel that the Lord has a work for me else where

The Sacrifice of Isaac

We all are familiar with the story of the sacrifice of Isaac, but have you ever considered that is was a preview of what Jesus was going to do?

Abraham had been promised that the Messiah would come through Isaac. So how was this to happen if Isaac was to die. Only through resurrection, Abraham must have believed that God would resurrect Isaac. If we read Hebrews 11:17-19 we see that this is what he believed.

After Abraham had Isaac on the alter he looked up and saw a ram (Genesis 22:13). In John1:29 John The Baptist said Look, the Lamb of God.

Isaac was a grown man at this time. He could have overpowered his father and fled, but he was obedient. Many years later Jesus was obedient and died as our Sacrifice. Isaac also carried his the wood for the alter, Jesus carried His wooden Cross. Isaac also said not a word, just as Our Lord didn't.

The days that are involved are also important. It was 3 days after Abraham was told to sacrifice Isaac until The time on the alter, when God returned Isaac to his father. In Abraham's eyes this was the same as a resurrection of his son. Hebrews chapter 11 says in one translation that Abraham "figuratively speaking' did receive Isaac back from the death. 2000 years Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. God also received back his Son on the third day.

I Pray that this helps any reader understand the importance of the story of Isaac sacrifice. It is not just a story of obedience but a prophecy of The death of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus.

May the Lord bless each of you.

Leviticus 23:22

In Leviticus 23 We are told of the days that Israel was to set aside as Holy days. There was 7 of them, 4 in the Spring, 3 in the fall. This gap is very important to us as I will discuss later in this blog.

The first 4 have been fulfilled by Jesus when He was here on Earth. These are The Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Breath, The Sheaf of Firstfruits, and The Feast of Pentecost (The Feast of Weeks). These are discussed in the first 21 verses.

The remaining 3 are The Feast of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. These are discussed in Verses 223 thru 43.

What I wish to talk about today is in verse 22. If you read this verse it seems to be out of place, but if it was not for this verse we would not have had The Book of Ruth. This single verse tells us that we are to share God's bounty with every one. The people of Israel were to leave some of their crops in the field to help the poor. Because of this verse the a hated moabitess, a gentile, became an ancestor of Our Lord Jesus. She is the third female gentile in His linage. It is through this that we as gentiles are to receive the promise of God to Abraham.

This verse also has the importants that we, today are living in the period that is between the Spring and Fall feast. This a period of Harvest. We are to harvest the souls of the lost. This time started when our Lord acsented into Heaven and will end only at His return at The Feast of Trumpets. I pray that the harvest will be great.

Today as the world seems to be full of hate, sin, strife, war, and just plain meanest we need to look to The Lord for an answer as to why this is happening. The Bible teaches that as we near the end times that this would all happen. Daniel had a lot to say about this as well as Revelations.

I believe we are getting very close to that time. I know that there is different views on the rapture of the church and I will not discuss them today. I will just say I believe that the bible teaches that there will be a calling away of his Saints. What a great day that will be. I have heard a song that tells of UFO's on that day. Simply put it says that those that remain will see a lot of UFO's as The Lord takes us away. I know I will be one of those UFO's, and I pray that anyone reading this will also be one of them.

The Lord has promised to return in a like manner as He departed. I am looking forward to that day. We as Saints of God can be assured that we will forever be with Him after that day. I have heard people say that is their hope, I say it is a knowledge. We will spend eternity with our Lord.