The Believer's Protection

Many believers are fearful and anxious because of what is happening in the world. They are concerned about the future, about persecution and hardship. If we follow Jesus Christ we have nothing to worry about because He goes ahead of us. The reason why these people are so worried is because they are NOT FOLLOWING Jesus Christ and they DO NOT TRUST HIM.
We read in Revelation 12:11 “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives until death.” Those are the ones who FOLLOWED Jesus Christ and who OVERCAME.
You overcome by your TESTIMONY. Your testimony is the result of your relationship with Jesus Christ. It is the PROOF that you are following Jesus because you only have a testimony IF you follow Jesus Christ.
Are YOU overcoming because YOU are following Jesus Christ and He is going ahead of you? Are YOU overcoming because of the blood of the Lamb and the word of YOUR testimony?

May Jesus bless you.

Hand it over

Before you can follow Jesus Christ you have to make up your mind about one thing and that is about TOTALLY SUBMITTING TO JESUS, handing over all your rights and then to follow Him and do His will.

Eternal life is about KNOWING Jesus Christ and SERVING Him as LORD, doing His will, not your own. You cannot follow Jesus Christ and be pleasing to Him unless you have submitted yourself totally to Him. You cannot pray the Lords Prayer unless you have totally submitted to Him. You cannot pray:”Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done...” and if you cannot pray for God's will to be done then you cannot be a child of God, you cannot be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Jesus said:”Whoever WISHES to come after Me must deny Himself, pick up his cross daily and come here, follow Me.”

If you are not willing to submit yourself totally to Jesus and to GIVE UP ALL YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUSELF and TO OBEY HIM until the very end, then you cannot follow Jesus, you cannot be a child of God, you cannot have eternal life. Jesus gave His life for us. Unless we are willing to submit our lives totally to Him, we cannot have eternal life.

Have you submitted to Jesus? Have you made that decision? Are you willing to TOTALLY and UTTERLY OBEY His words, do what is pleasing to Him? Are you willing to live in utter obedience to the words of Jesus as they are also recorded in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? Are you willing to be led by the Holy Spirit, to DO what He tells you to do, to GO where He sends you? Are you willing to follow Jesus?

If you want eternal life you need to let go of it all! Hand it in! Hand it over! Give it to Jesus and follow Him and He will give you LIFE.

May Jesus bless you.

Has God left America?

It is a wonderful thing when a country displays on it's currency “IN GOD WE TRUST” but it is a terrible thing if believers in that country buy guns because they want to protect themselves and THEY do not trust in God, when believers attack you when you tell you to trust in God and not in medication; when believers start trusting more in themselves and their own abilities and in other things more than in God. This is what God said through the mouth of the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah 17: 5” Thus says the LORD,“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6“For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant. 7“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. 8“For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not FEAR when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be ANXIOUS in a year of drought NOR CEASE TO YIELD FRUIT. 9“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? 10“I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.” These words were spoken to Judah and the wrath of God came on them because they turned away from God. This is what He said to them: Verse 3: “I will give over your wealth and all your treasures for booty, Your high places for sin throughout your borders. 4And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance That I gave you; And I will make you serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger Which will burn forever.” It is not the will of God that we perish. God looks after those who TRUST in Him, who OBEY Him. We read in Psalm 127:1,2. “1Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. 2It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.” God has never changed but if we turn our back on God then He turns His back on us. If we profess to be children of God, then our trust must be in God. God knows how to look after those who trust Him and who fear Him but the hand of God is against the ungodly. Why do believers buy guns? Why do they trust more in medication, technology, their own devices than in God IF they truly believe in Him? If we trust more in guns, medication, technology, money, our own devices and if we love pleasure more than God then GOD TURNS HIS BACK ON US. Has God turned His back on America? May Jesus bless you

Many people are buying guns and ammunition because they are worried that their guns might be taken from them. Among those people there are also Christians. A child of God does not need a gun to defend himself. Jesus commanded us that if somebody strikes us on the one cheek we offer him the other cheek and He also warned that all those who take up the sword will die by the sword. If we are children of God we OBEY JESUS CHRIST like the first believers did. Jesus Christ Himself protects those who follow Him and who obey Him. The first believers did not buy weapons they prayed and Jesus delivered them. We read in Acts 12 that Peter was taken captive by Herod and Herod intended killing him. Peter was locked up between two guards and that night the angel of the Lord came and he delivered him, he led him out of prison. But some believers were praying and the next thing Peter knocked on the door. We read in Acts 12:13”When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel.” 16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison.” There are even some CHURCHES who now have armed guards to protect the church goers. Do they not serve the same God or do they not pray? Has God changed? We read in 2 Corinthians 10:3 Paul writes: “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, 6 and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.” If we have come to obedience to Jesus Christ we OBEY HIM and His power works through us. We are here to declare the Kingdom of God. We are here to preach the Gospel of Peace and we don’t need to defend ourselves. We do not kill other people. We obey Jesus Christ and do His will. A child of God does not need a gun to defend himself. The power of God in him is mighty to destroy the works of satan. How much of the power of God is working in us? Or do we trust in ourselves and in guns? Do we really believe in Jesus? May Jesus bless you.