Thursday, June 27, 2019
Thank you for your patience~
Thank you, friends and family, for your patience. The Lord gives different people different assignments and He has given me assignments to support our President and unborn babies. This does mean that there will be people that don't agree with what I share, but when the Lord gives you a burden for something it is not wise to avoid it. If I offend anyone please let me know and we can work it out, I'll be happy to share reasonably with anyone! But if the Lord tells me to climb into alligator-infested swamp water to save a baby I'll do that also. =) Lorna
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Hypocrites?
Have you ever heard this, "I don't go to church because there are so many hypocrites there"? I have heard it a lot of times, but recently the Lord has been showing me that if He had had the same attitude then He wouldn't have come to Earth.
Actually, the enemy uses any excuse that will work for us to keep us from going to church and being united with a body of believers. Some people believe they are ok not going to church, some believe they are ok not tithing, some believe they are ok not praying and some believe they are ok not reading scripture. Yet God's word tells us to do all of these things! If we live as if it's ok to not follow His instructions then we really aren't being obedient and most likely we're deceived by the enemy that has told us we're ok "just the way we are".
One of the saddest parts in scripture is in John 2:24-25, But Jesus did not yet entrust himself to them, because he knew how fickle human hearts can be. He didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature, for he fully understood what man was capable of doing.
Every time I read those words I feel such conviction! It doesn't say that a few people were this way, it says it is "human nature". I really don't like to be put in the group of people that soon crucified Him, do you? However, even though Jesus knew what our human nature was, He came to Earth, He went to where people gathered to hear scripture, He presented Himself and He still offers Himself to all of us. If Jesus came and died for all of us, who are we to say we don't want to go to church with hypocrites?
I do believe that we have to diligently fight our own nature, fight our own hypocrisy, fight our own agendas and be the people that He has called us to be. How else will we advance His Kingdom as He instructed us to do?
Life is so very short, and if we spend it only pleasing our selves we have squandered the precious gift and opportunity that the Lord has given us. There are things He has told us to do and assignments He has given us to accomplish, how are you doing with the work He has given you?
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25
Actually, the enemy uses any excuse that will work for us to keep us from going to church and being united with a body of believers. Some people believe they are ok not going to church, some believe they are ok not tithing, some believe they are ok not praying and some believe they are ok not reading scripture. Yet God's word tells us to do all of these things! If we live as if it's ok to not follow His instructions then we really aren't being obedient and most likely we're deceived by the enemy that has told us we're ok "just the way we are".
One of the saddest parts in scripture is in John 2:24-25, But Jesus did not yet entrust himself to them, because he knew how fickle human hearts can be. He didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature, for he fully understood what man was capable of doing.
Every time I read those words I feel such conviction! It doesn't say that a few people were this way, it says it is "human nature". I really don't like to be put in the group of people that soon crucified Him, do you? However, even though Jesus knew what our human nature was, He came to Earth, He went to where people gathered to hear scripture, He presented Himself and He still offers Himself to all of us. If Jesus came and died for all of us, who are we to say we don't want to go to church with hypocrites?
I do believe that we have to diligently fight our own nature, fight our own hypocrisy, fight our own agendas and be the people that He has called us to be. How else will we advance His Kingdom as He instructed us to do?
Life is so very short, and if we spend it only pleasing our selves we have squandered the precious gift and opportunity that the Lord has given us. There are things He has told us to do and assignments He has given us to accomplish, how are you doing with the work He has given you?
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25
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