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Number 297

September 27, 2016

My thought this morning: Heaven is a real place for real people.

Heaven is not a fairytale or a made up place but is a place of perfect peace, rest and love.  We have not seen perfection and beauty such as heaven holds.

Think of a place of no death, no pain, no sickness, no senseless shootings, no riots, no worry, and no stress.  That is heaven.

But the thing that really makes heaven real is that we will see Jesus face to face. We will look on the one who loved us enough to take on all the wrong we have ever done or will do and be the ultimate sacrifice.

The crown or crowns that we are given will be laid at the feet of Jesus. As we lay our crowns down as worship to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, we will fully understand the sacrifice He was for us.

1 John 3:2 (KJV)
² Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

When a loved one leaves this world, I believe the Bible teaches that we are instantly with the Lord.   Paul tells us in Corinthians that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:7-9 (KJV)
⁷ (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
⁸ We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
⁹ Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Yesterday was the birthday of my sister Betty who was closest to me in age. I am the youngest of six girls. As the years have gone by first my parents and then my sisters one by one have laid down this house of clay and looked into the face of Jesus.

A little over two years ago Betty went from being confined to a body racked with pain and failure to function correctly, to a place of no pain.

As I was considering how much I miss my parents and my sisters, I began to wonder if I had told them how much I loved and appreciated them enough. The fun, the communion, the camaraderie: I miss all of that.

The reason I am telling you this is that I urge you to tell those you Love and appreciate how much they mean to you.  A hug, a call, a card: each of these can express how much a person means in your life. But more than anything pray for those who are closest to you that they will receive Gods best for themselves.

To many times we let hurt feelings or wrong things done to us keep us from letting people know how much they mean in our lives.  Don’t wait until someone is gone to realize how much they mean to you.  Think about the people in your life who mean the most to you and tell them.

The wonderful message I want you to get today is that heaven is real and we will be with those who have put their trust in Jesus once again.  We are to know and understand that this life is but a vapor and we are to do all we can to point those all around us to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are created to praise, worship and serve the Lord God Almighty.  We are to spread the GOOD NEWS and we are to Love one another. We are to live life to its fullest and we are to be obedient to the vision.

And then when it is our time to lay down this house of clay, we will see Him face to face.

Live life abundantly and let offenses go and show love.

1 John 4:7 (KJV)
⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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Father God, in Jesus name I come to you.  I thank you for the promise of a reunion in heaven. I thank you for the promise of a face to face encounter with the one who died for the whole world.  May we by our lives show the Love of God to all we meet. May we let the hurt feelings and offenses go and walk in Love and Forgiveness. Amen

Walk in Love….share Love!

Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 296

September 20, 2016

 Psalm 121:1-2 (KJV)
¹I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
²  My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

As I sit here on the balcony of the place we are staying in the mountains for a few days, I am looking at an incredible view of Almighty God’s creation.  The mountains tops are going up and down to form tops that are pointing to the heavens.

I think they are praising the Creator God. Just as the trees point upward and the birds fly high, the mountains are proclaiming that the Creator God, the God of the universe is waiting to help us at every juncture of life.

The verse says it all.  I will lift up my head: is your head hung low in pain or shame or just exhaustion this morning?  Lift up your head to the hills from which cometh your help. Lift up your head to the God who made it all and knows and loves you.

As I look out at the Smoky Mountains I am reminded that the things of life are not as they seem but God knows the real truth.  The Smokies indeed look Blue as they are known for. It reminds me of the child who kept wanting to go to the Blue Mountains. However of coarse when they got there they were not Blue.

How many times do we dread what is going to happen, or a situation only to find out when it happens or we encounter the situations, they are not the same as what we thought?

When we allow the God of the all that is and was created to be, in control of our lives we can rest assured that whatever we face, whatever the situation He is our help and strength.

My I tell you this morning that your help comes from the Lord God Almighty and if you will lift up your head He is your help.

Through the work that Jesus Christ did on the cross we have a relationship to the Creator God, Father God, Abba Father!!

Where do you look for for help? I am so full of greatfulness this morning that my life is in Gods hands.

Why should I worry or fret.  God knows my name, address, phone number and where I am right now.  He knows my desires and dreams and He holds today, tomorrow and next week in His Mighty Hands.

These mountains are a reminder of where my help come from.

Where does your help come from?

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Father, I come to you in Jesus name. Thank you for the beauty that I am viewing right now.  Thank you that you are my help, my strength and my refuge.  You are my stronghold. You are the place I can run to.  May each person who reads this Lift up their heads and know your Peace and Love no matter what else is happening.  Amen

 

I Love and desire God’s best for each of you.

Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 295

September 13, 2016

I do not like bugs of any kind, form or fashion.  We pay a fee to have our house treated for insects, etc.

Well????? Sunday morning as I was getting out of the shower behold!!!! Crawling across the bathroom floor was the largest bug I had ever seen. To use a phrase from the Christmas movie Elf…it was gynormous.

I then proceeded to watch this bug as I got toilet paper to catch it with.  When I would get close the bug would run to another wall under the edge of the counter or something and then be very still.

What that amazing little bug did not realize was that from my position high above I could see everywhere it went. It was never out of my sight.  My eyes were seeing all the places it was running to and hiding at.

Yes I got the bug. But at the time I was faithfully watching to see where it was going the Holy Spirit impressed deep within me that just as I was watching the bug. He is constantly watching us.  But as opposite to what I was trying to do the Father is watching us to help us and send all different kinds of angels to minister to us.

Absorb these scriptures: Think about them: Let them get into your Spirit…the life within you.

Psalm 139:7-10 (KJV)
⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Psalm 33:18 (KJV)
¹⁸ Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

2 Chronicles 16:9 A (KJV)
⁹ For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,

I have good news this morning.  We are not alone in this journey of life. The eyes of the creator God is always on us and always watching us. His help is for our asking. He cares about every little thing in our life.  He desires for us to have Joy….Joy does not depend on circumstances.  Joy depends on who we know we are.

Are you a child of almighty God through Jesus Christ?  Do you realize that the eyes of the Lord God Almighty are on you and the host of heaven stand ready to help. All we have to do is ask and believe.

Whisper the name of Jesus and all of heaven stands at attention.

Remember that we are never alone.  All around us people may forsake us, but God has His eyes on us.  Call on Him.  Speak the name of Jesus.

We do not have to do life by our self.  We do not have to make decisions alone. We have a Heavenly Father who sees us and Loves us without measure.

An old song says it best. Here is part of it:

“WHY SHOULD I BE DISCOURAGED?

WHY SHOULD THE SHADOWS FALL?

WHY SHOULD MY HEART BE LONELY,…….

JESUS IS MY FORTRESS, A MIGHTY GOD IS HE,

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME!!!”

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Father in Jesus name I come to you.  How foolish we are when we depend on our own abilities to run this race called life.  You see us and you are ready, able, and willing to step in whenever we call on you.  Forgive us our failures and faults Lord God Almighty and fill us with the security that comes from leaning on your everlasting arms. Amen

 

Have a wonderful week!

Love, Me-Maw

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 294

September 6, 2016

Psalm 136:1-9 (KJV)
¹ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
² O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
³ O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁴ To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁵ To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁶ To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁷ To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
⁸ The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
⁹ The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 136:1-9 (MSG)
¹ Thank GOD! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits.
² Thank the God of all gods, His love never quits.
³ Thank the Lord of all lords. His love never quits.
⁴ Thank the miracle-working God, His love never quits.
⁵ The God whose skill formed the cosmos, His love never quits.
⁶ The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations, His love never quits.
⁷ The God who filled the skies with light, His love never quits.
⁸ The sun to watch over the day, His love never quits.
⁹ Moon and stars as guardians of the night, His love never quits.

Mercy is Love and His Love endures or never quits.  This 136 Psalm goes on in the next 16 verses expressing the things God had done for Israel ending each verse with “His mercy or love never quits.”  The final verse says:

Psalm 136:26 (KJV)
²⁶ O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 136:26 (MSG)
²⁶ Thank God, who did it all! His love never quits.

This morning as my heart overflows with thanks and gratefulness for who God is and all His Blessings I want to paraphrase the middle 16 verses with the things we should praise Him for ending each with “His Love Never Quits”.

Psalm 136:10-25 (MeMaw Version)
¹⁰ The God who gave us a way to Him by Jesus death on the Cross, His love never quits.
¹¹ And rescued us from a life of destruction, His love never quits.
¹² Took our lives in his powerful hand, His love never quits.
¹³ Kept us from and in sickness and problems, His love never quits.
¹⁴ Led us into His perfect will, His love never quits.
¹⁵ Dumps all our mistakes and blunders in the sea of forgetfulness, His love never quits.
¹⁶ The God who Blessed us with family: both spiritual and physical, His love never quits.
¹⁷ Is Smashing the enemies’ kingdom right and left, His love never quits.
¹⁸ Gives us strength for each day, His love never quits.
¹⁹ Provides everything we need, His love never quits.
²⁰ Blesses us with Favor with all we meet, His love never quits.
²¹ Uses us to encourage others, His love never quits.
²² Heals the deepest hurts in us. His love never quits.
²³ Saves and keeps our children, His love never quits.
²⁴ He gives us Praise for heaviness, His love never quits.
²⁵ Takes care of each of us in time of need. His love never quits.

I end with:
²⁶ Thank God, who does it all! Nothing is too hard for Him! His love never quits.

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Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, I come to you.  I am so amazed that your Love Never Quits. Your Mercy Endures forever.  I sit in your presence and bask in your Love and thank you that you know me best and love me most.  There is no pretense in our relationship. I receive all the good and all the Love you have for me.  I am the apple of your eye and you sing over me with unequaled Love and Care.  My Father, creator of the universe, my deep desire is for all who read this to have an amazing wonderful relationship with you.  I desire each person realize that in spite of what the enemy has done to try to destroy their lives, joy, and peace, you are there…..your Love endures…..you Love us in spite of us.  You created us and your eyes are always on us and when we allow it you are in control of our lives.  Amen

Go forth in the Blessings of God!!

Love, MeMaw

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 293

August 30, 2016

We have a Mother and Grandmother in our church whose Father passed away this past Sunday Morning.  Even though he had been very ill that does not ease the grieving of losing a loved one.

This morning as I was praying for God’s strength on this precious family my thoughts went to my own dad who has been gone now for 49 years this month.

My dad was an amazing man of God who loved his family and his congregation.  He had a great sense of humor and would laugh heartily at himself.

One of my memories is when, as a little girl, if I stumbled and fell or tripped and fell my dad would say: “come here and I will pick you up”. Of course I would laugh and the world would be right.

This morning I want to apply that to our spiritual life.  When we stumble; falter; make wrong choices; the creator of the universe, our Heavenly Father says: “Come to me and I will pick you up”.  Or, “come to me and I will lift your burden”. Or “come into the shadow of the most high”.

Matthew 11:28 (KJV)
²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Psalm 91:1-2 (KJV)
¹ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

But just as my dad would do, if we are unable to take a step toward God, if we are so hurt, or confused, or injured that we cannot run to Him, all we have to do is call His name.  He will come to us.

When we run to Him in our wounded spirit and just call on His name, He is there.

There are some lyrics from a secular song that says what God says to us:

I’ll be there with a love so strong,
I’ll be your strength,
You know I’ll keep holdin’ on.

I’ll reach out my hand to you
I’ll have faith in all you do.
Just call my name and I’ll be there.

The world and no one in it can make that promise. We do not know what today or tomorrow holds.  But the Lord God Almighty can say with pure Love and Truth:

“I will be there, just call on me, I will be there”.

Do you need the Lord God Almighty to take away the hurt so deep you cannot even express it?  Do you need the Lord God Almighty to calm the fears and anxieties? Do you need someone to understand and give you Peace and Calmness?

Just call on the Lord God Almighty and He will be there!

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Father, in Jesus name I come to you. I release to you the deepest desires and confusions of my heart. Thank you that you know the deepest depths of my being. You know me and love me and created me in your image.  I decree and declare that all who read this will understand how much you love them.  I decree and declare that they will know you will be there.  Amen

 

Go with the one who will never leave you!! He will be there!!

Love, MeMaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 292

August 23, 2016

ARE YOU SEEING THE POSSIBLE OR THE IMPOSSIBLE?

Matthew 19:26 (KJV)
²⁶ But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Mark 5:36 (KJV)
³⁶ As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

Genesis 18:14A (KJV)
¹⁴ Is anything too hard for the LORD?

Back in the day we would sing a song that went like this:

“GOT ANY RIVERS, YOU THINK ARE UNCROSSABLE?

GOT ANY MOUNTAINS, YOU CAN’T TUNNEL THROUGH?

GOD SPECIALIZES IN THINGS THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE!

HE’LL DO FOR YOU WHAT NO OTHER POWER CAN DO!”

I ask you to think about that for a moment.  We serve a God who can do anything. We serve a God that loves us and desires to Bless us.  We serve a God who sees us struggling in life and desires to do the impossible but there is a blockage.

It may be fear. It may be unforgiveness. It may be unbelief. It may be that we desire things that are to our destruction.

We need to know our God so well that we let go of fear, unforgivenss and unbelief and put our hand in His hand, knowing he knows best and nothing is impossible with Him.

How can we believe the impossible? By understanding the nature of the creator of the universe and by realizing the Love for each of us that sent Jesus to the Cross. By realizing that we are not bound to this worlds system but have the greater one in us.

I admonish each of us today, to release the struggle and snuggle up to the one who really cares and can help.

Our minds get so bound up in the practical and the natural that we cannot let go and believe the impossible.

2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)
⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

This tells me fear, worry or stress is never of God but is the enemy’s way to stop the impossible.

So today I ask you: What do you need God to do that looks impossible?

I challenge you to speak out that impossible thing, thanking God for doing it. Continue to speak out that impossible thing until you really know deep inside you that it is happening. Praise Him for the impossible as you trust He is working all things for your good.

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Father God, how majestic is your name in all the earth.  I release to you this morning my tendency to look at the circumstances.  I decree and declare that nothing is impossible.  You are a God of the incredible POSSIBLE! I trust in your nature and I trust in your hand. Thank you for doing exceeding, abundant, above all I can even imagine.  I decree and declare your Glory cover the earth.  I decree and declare this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen

 

Imagine the impossible!

Love, MeMaw

 

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 291

August 16, 2016

2 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:14 (MSG)
¹⁴ And I got it, thank God! In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance.

In many parts of the world people are so hungry for God’s written word, the Bible that they risk death to obtain even a few pages.  Yet here in the United States of America the Bible, the bestselling book of all times, is also probably the top book that sits unread.

Why? I’m not sure. Maybe a lack of understanding its power or afraid we will not understand it, or even thinking it is not relevant to today’s world.  And yet within the pages are life given words, bondage breaking words and even miracle working words.

Even those who claim to be Christians and attend church, etc, etc, neglect the word of the living God.  Life is in the Word.  We must know the Bible and ask God for understanding of what we read.

What this tells me is that as a Christian, a child of the creator of the universe, “We are the only Bible some people read!”

Therefore as stated in the scripture at the beginning of this we are to be the expression of God’s Word in this world.  We are to be the Bible in Action.  We are to let people breathe in the knowledge of Christ as they encounter us.

Wow! What a responsibility. It may seem a daunting task, but it really is not.  All we need to do is know the word. Spend time in reading and fellowshipping with the author of the book and we will be so full of the Word that our lives just naturally portray the faithfulness and power of the Word…….the life giving Word.

According to today’s scripture people should know and understand God’s Love and care for them, just because we are around them.  We should be so full of the Love and Power of God that the atmosphere of a room or store or building changes just because we walk into it.

Pastor Rick tells us often that we are to be thermostats not thermometers.  A thermometer measures the temperature of a room but a thermostat sets the temperature.

We need to set the atmosphere around us. We need to portray so fully the Word of the Living God that people will want to know what we have, and they will find the giver of life:  Jesus the Christ…the Son of the Living God.

Is the Bible that powerful? Absolutely!!!

Just two verses: John 3:16 & 17 Is powerful enough to save the entire human race.

John 3:16-17 (KJV)
¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Maybe you are one of those who Love Jesus but just cannot seem to get into the Bible.  I suggest you start with the Gospel of John: the fourth book in the New Testament.  Then before beginning sincerely ask Father God, through the name of Jesus to open your understanding and let you read with your Spiritual eyes wide open. Don’t just do it one time: do it every day and you will see things begin to change.

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Father, in Jesus name I come to you. You gave us the guide book, the book of life. I ask that we would become so infused with your words that we are breaths of life wherever we go.  Forgive us when we forget that we walk in victory and we are to be the thermostat.  Amen

Don’t wait: begin today to know HIS WORD!

Love, MeMaw

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 290

August 9, 2016

Joel 2:25a (AMP)
²⁵ And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten—the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust,.

Have you ever felt like you let your opportunities pass by? Have you ever felt like you missed it? Have you ever felt like you failed to grasp hold of the dream God placed within you? Have you ever felt like I should have??????

Has time passed and you feel like the years have been eaten by life itself?

Then this scripture in Joel 2 is for you. God will restore those years. In other words He will roll back time and allow you to fulfill your dream and the destiny He has for you.

I love the statement:

Destiny delayed is not destiny denied!

Whether circumstances beyond your control, your own choices, procrastination, fear or anything else has caused your dreams and desires to be delayed, is not a factor. What matters is that the destiny God has laid out for you is still there.  The dreams He placed within you are not out of your reach.

When you Love the Lord God with all that is within you and you lay your dreams at His feet, He will Bless them and return them and open incredible doors that no one can shut.

The problem is that we think we have to prove ourselves.  When a person wants to be on a team of academic or athletic competitors, they must try out to see how good they are.  But if you are the coach or the owners’ child, you make the team no matter what.

When it comes to our destiny, we do not have to prove ourselves or try out.  We are the Kings Kid.  We have the DNA of Jesus flowing through our veins.  We just receive the dreams God has Blessed and given back to us and go forward knowing it is in His name and through His power we can do it.

All the Father is looking for is for us to say YES!  Yes, I will dream the dreams you have placed deep within me! Yes, I will be consistent in praying and preparing! Yes, I will rest in the knowledge that you have the way and the route all laid out!

I think it is interesting that we get bogged down in time when in fact in Heaven there is no time.  When we think it is too late, God says:

Romans 11:29 (AMP)
²⁹ For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]

Ha, His call and His destiny for you have not changed and He can open all the right doors.  Be persistent and faithful as you walk steadily in the light of the revelation He is giving you.  Bloom where you are but keep walking toward the goal.

Remember Jesus prepared 30 years for the recorded three years of His life.

He will restore the years::::::::: let Him!!!!!!

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Father, forgive us when we get so caught up in time that we think our opportunities have passed by.  Forgive us when we dwell in the land of if…if only I had, etc.  Father God, Lord God Almighty nothing is too hard for you. You can order circumstances and situations to fall in line with your will if we will just surrender and understand it is all about you and bringing souls into you kingdom and making disciples.  What a wonder you are.  What a plan you have. I declare dreams fulfilled in the name of Jesus Christ who fulfilled all the requirements. Amen

Love and Follow Jesus!

MeMaw

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 289

August 2, 2016

There is little magazine called Guideposts. It has short true stories and miracles of happenings that changed people’s lives and guide them to a better way.

Road signs are guideposts and buildings and landscape areas can be used as guideposts.

When someone is giving you directions sometimes they will give you landmarks to look for …….(past the wal-mart, etc). But have you ever listened to someone tell you how to get somewhere, thought you had it, and then found you forgot to really take note of the guideposts they mentioned.  Hmmm was it the blue or white house.  Did I turn right or left at the Country Store. 

You soon find yourself in the wrong place.

The word of God challenges us to not forget the guideposts that have been set before us in our walk with the Lord God Almighty.

Proverbs 22:28 (KJV)
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

The Bible is full of rich wisdom and stories we can learn from.  The Lord God Almighty moved on men of old to record what we now use as our guidebook.  They recorded the good and the bad.  This was not just for interesting reading but to show us not only what to do but what not to do.

But we must listen and learn from it.  We must let the word get deep within us and guide us in the right path.

When we choose to not take note that the religious leaders of Jesus day missed the truth that the Messiah was in their mist:  When we ignore the fact that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness because they believed they could not take the land:  When we ignore the fact God Blessed Solomon with wisdom because he desired that above all else: When we do not remember that God sent His Son in a way that did not make sense, we are missing the landmarks set before us.

I am not talking about religious traditions or rules: they are what Jesus came to set us free from. But when we have a relationship with Jesus Christ of Nazareth we still have to walk in the everyday now and now with some wisdom and guidance.

Don’t ignore what our forefathers showed us. Not only the Bible but history and biographies give us much guidance. We can learn what does not work and what does.

We can learn from people even in our own family history.

A few weeks ago I talked about that great cloud of witnesses in Hebrews who are cheering us on.  Maybe we also have many witnesses that are saying “Follow Jesus, listen to that still small voice and do not close your eyes to truth as I did.”

2 Timothy 2:22 (KJV)
²² Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

 1 Peter 2:21 (KJV)
²¹ For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

3 John 1:11 (KJV)
¹¹ Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Let us walk in the way Jesus walked and learn from those who have gone before us.

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Father, in Jesus name I ask you to help me to never think I have a better way but to always follow the example of Jesus here on earth and the amazing Christians who have gone before us.  Let the truth that Love never fails and that we are ambassadors for you fill me up completely. Search my heart and purify my mind and motives.  Let me listen and learn and may I leave guideposts for those coming after me.  Amen

Love Jesus with all that is within you!

Love, MeMaw

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 288

July 26, 2016

The other night I was reading a book and occasionally watching the TV program Ronald had on. He was watching a rerun of the old original Startrek series.  In this episode there was a creature who could take the form of anyone.  This creature had invaded the ship in the form of one of the crew and had then changed to other crew members, the Doctor and a lovely lady. The creature in any of these forms had a goal to kill and take life.

When the creature was discovered and shot with the weird weapons they use on Startrek, the truth emerged and the lovely lady turned into a hideous looking creature lying dead on the floor.  The interesting concept was that the creature needed to pull the life from the people it attacked so that it could live.

What a picture of the devil: the enemy of all that is good.  The one who hates you is set on killing and destroying you.

Satan comes as various people and temptations and tricks us into believing He is a helper. He is only as strong as we allow him to be. He only has power when we allow him access to us and our families.

John 10:10 (KJV)
¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

NEWS FLASH: Satan hates you and is set to destroy you and needs you to give him life, to believe his lies and to allow him into your daily decisions and actions.

2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Satan is looking for your weak spot and is trying to find a way to get you to follow a destructive path. This may be in the form of a person, a job, selling out for success, or just deciding to eat, drink and be merry.

2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV)
⁴ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

The god (little g) of this world is Satan and will blind eyes to the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  He wants to blind your eyes to the truth so that he can lead you to destruction.

BUT WAIT:  WE HAVE THE WEAPONS WE NEED!

2 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV)
⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Ephesians 6:16-18 (KJV)
¹⁶ Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
¹⁸ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,

Give your heart to Jesus, walk in Faith and Prayer and use the Word of God…the written declarations to defeat the enemy and keep the blinders from your eyes.

Use the Word like a weapon, speak it out loud and it will send the enemy back to hell where he belongs.  Know that you have the victory and ask Father God, the Creator of the Universe to let your eyes be open to the deception of the enemy and you will be the winner every time.

The word is powerful.  Write a few scriptures that are promises to you on 3×5 cards and keep them with you. Speak them and the atmosphere around you will change.

By His stripes I am healed: My God will supply all of my needs: God will open doors no man can shut: I will be saved and all of my family:  The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses me from all unrighteousness: My help comes from the Lord above: I will sing a new song.

Those are just some starter scriptures that are death to the enemy of all humanity. We can bring down the enemy when we realize just how powerful we are when Jesus Christ is our Savior.

Use the weapons: see the real enemy!!

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Father, I decree and declare today that every person who reads this will see with spiritual eyes. I decree and declare the blinders are coming down and we see the truth and the truth will set us free. I decree and declare the enemy is defeated in each of our lives and no weapon formed against us will prosper. Thank you that we are victorious…we win because you have already won.  I pray this in the mighty name of Jesus.  Amen

God Bless each of you.

Love, MeMaw