God has given me a message to share about faith. On 5/20 he
showed be an assembly line where someone was pushing a button and a nice neatly
wrapped present with a bow came out. Every time the button was pressed a new
gift would come out exactly like the last wrapped perfectly with a perfect bow
on top. God was saying that some people believe that faith is easy. You push a
button and you have insta-faith! It was like all you had to do was push that button and very easily & quickly you had faith. It's not always as pretty as a present with a pretty bow. A true relationship with God may not always be easy. Many people believe wrongly that all you
have to do is go to church and be a good person and that's it and you have your
nice neat present with a pretty little bow.
This is not how it works though. Having a relationship with
Y'hovah is not the equivalent of putting on your Sunday best going to church,
thinking your acting like a good person, praying sometimes at night but
forgetting about Y'hovah during the day, and praying to the Lord when things
get rough but no communication when things are going great. That is not the
type of relationship Y'hovah wants with his people. He created us. He wants to
have a real relationship with his people each and every one of us. I think of
my relationship with Y'hovah as a marriage. The Lord wants you to know him and
have a very personal relationship with him. When you were dating or getting to
know your spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend etc did you ever go days
without speaking to them intentionally? Did you ever only speak to them briefly
at night before you went to sleep? Did you ever only call them when times were
rough and then only plead and demand for help? No you didn't because if you did
you would not have had a relationship with them! The very same rules apply with
God. How can you expect him to have show himself to you, to be present in your
life if you are not open to him? If you do not attempt to have a relationship
with him? You have to take that first step towards Y'hovah and trust me he will
make a giant leap towards you.
Take a look at 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.” John 14:21
Look at that verse; it plainly says he that LOVES me will be
LOVED by me. It doesn't say he that KNOWS me. It doesn't say he that PRAYS
sometimes. It says he that LOVES me. You cannot love our Father in heaven
without knowing him and you cannot know him if you don't talk to him every day.
You have to speak to Y'hovah every day. I talk to him like I talk to my
husband. Anytime something is on my mind or I have a question whatever it may
be I speak to Y'hovah, if I need guidance I will pray. But I also do not only
just pray or speak to him when I need help. I have time set aside every day for
God. Just like I am sure all of you have time everyday with your spouse you
should also have time everyday for God!
Like the verse says above love him and you be loved by my Father & he
will manifest himself to you. Do you understand what that means? Let's just
take a look at the definition of manifest really quickly.
Verb (used with object)
3. to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding;
show plainly: He manifested his approval with a hearty laugh.
4. to prove; put beyond doubt or question: The evidence manifests the guilt of the defendant.
5. to record in a ship's manifest.
So let's
see God will make clear or evident to the eye. Or God will put beyond doubt or
question. Wow that sounds pretty amazing to me! God will show himself to me and
manifest himself to me if I keep his commandments and LOVE him. It sounds so
simple but yet so many people get it so wrong. Listen to this song please and
listen to the lyrics. God put this song on my heart the day after he showed me
the assembly line and it totally fits with this message. It's Jason Gray, more
like falling in Love.
I want to share a quote from a book I read. It's called
Experiencing God by Henry T. Blackaby & Claude V. King. The book is amazing
and totally helped me develop my relationship with God and to grow. But here is
the quote.
"Many can say they obey God, serve God, worship God,
& Fear God, but few can say "I love you God with all my
Heart".".
That is such a powerful statement I got goose bumps the
first time I read that. God brought it back to mind for this message because it
is so true. God wants YOU to love him with all your heart. Can you say that you
LOVE him? Because he wants to LOVE you & he wants to manifest himself in
your life.
God doesn't want you to live the illusion of faith with the
neatly wrapped present and pretty bow. Which doesn't mean life is always going
to be easy and it won't be perfect but God will be present each and every step
of the way if you let him. Let go of the restraints that are holding you back
and let God into your life, Let God control your life! God wants to have a real
relationship with you. Does that mean you have to be perfect? Nope we are all
far from it.
"For all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God" Romans 3:23
Y'hovah knows we
are not perfect and he doesn't expect any of us to be perfect that is why he
sent his only son Jesus, Yeshua, to earth to die for our sins. He did this so
we can ask for forgiveness and be forgiven of our sins. Listen to this song by
Jason Gray, I am new
Y'hovah will make you new. Do not allow yourself to held
back or followed around by past regrets, past shame, or past sins! Because God
forgives you then you must also forgive yourself. Do not let the enemy convince
you are not worthy of God's unconditional LOVE because of anything in your
past. God forgives all sin.
"As far as the east is from the west,
So far
has He removed our transgressions from us" Psalms 103:12
I don't know about you but as far as the east is from the
west sounds extremely far to me and that is how far Y'hovah will remove your
sins from you when you genuinely ask him too. Break free from the chains that
are binding you and keeping you from God. He is waiting for you!
Here are a few more scriptures on how much God wants to LOVE
you and how he wants you to LOVE him.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
John 3:16
Romans 8:35, 37, 39
1 John 4:9-10, 19
Something that is very important is that to get to know the
Lord is by reading your bible along with the prayer I mentioned earlier. You
can't get to know him if you don't know his story!! Read the bible and get to
know the Lord for yourself. Do not just take my word for it or only listen to
what I am saying. Do not just listen to people on YouTube and take it as the
truth. Do not only listen to your Pastor, Minster, Bishop, Preacher, etc if you
have one and take what they tell you as pure truth. I am not saying they are
wrong but they could be and if they could be shouldn't you be searching the
truth for yourself? Pick up the bible, seek God, and seek the truth for yourself. Pray that God will reveal himself to you.
My question to you before I go is Do you have a love relationship with God? Can you say love him with all your heart? If not maybe it's time to revaluate that relationship!
I will be posting my very personal testimony very soon to
show how God has worked in my life! Also because of the status of the times we
are living in today I will be posting the message below at the bottom of every
Blog in the hopes of reaching as many people as possible. Thank you!!
Accept Jesus now by saying the prayer below from your heart. Confess it
with your mouth! You must sincerely mean it, and you have to do your best
not to go back to a life of sin! This is very serious and there are
grave dangers involved in living a life of sin. God made us all and he
wants to love us all! Praise God for your decision to come to accept Jesus into
your heart. Below is a prayer you can say to ask God into your life and into
your heart right now. These are not the only words that can be spoken they are
only a suggestion. If you want to add more, then add more, if there are things
you want to change, then change them. God asks that you admit you have sinned
and repent (ask for forgiveness) of those sins, tell him you believe in him,
believe that he sent his one and only son to die for us so that we may have
forgiveness, and ask him into your heart and to direct your life! Look at John
1:1 & 14, Romans 3:10, Titus 3:5-7, Mathew 25:47, Romans 5:8, Romans,
10:9-10, Corinthians 15, Ephesians 2:8 for more direction to salvation.
“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”
“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”
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