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You have no doubt heard it said, "Be careful what you ask God for." Many times I have prayed to the good Lord to make me more Christ-like. So He answered that prayer - big time - by giving me much to forgive where other people are concerned. Being a forgiving person is imitating Christ.
Jesus had much - and many - to forgive. But He also had much love for lost mankind and died a cruel death at Calvary so that those who would have faith and believe in Him could have everlasting life. What love!
As believers in Jesus as the Savior, we should put Him and God first in our lives and share the Gospel with lost souls.
As Pastor Charles Lawson has said, " ....... Lift up the Lord God; exalt God and magnify His holy name; the more we know about God, the more our faith is strengthened."
Later in this post I will share some Scriptures about strength from God, but right now here is a 14 minute sermon by Charles Swindoll on trusting God.
In the above sermon clip, Charles Swindoll tells us that "many are much better at worrying than you are at trusting God." As many have learned from experience, trusting God will give you strength to endure.
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." - Psalm 46:1
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in Whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower." - Psalm 18:2
Psalm 37:39 says, "But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: He is their strength in the time of trouble."
"That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;" - Ephesians 3:16
"But the God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." - 1 Peter 5:10
Following is a 47 minute sermon by Charles Spurgeon on the above verse, 1 Peter 5:10
Please listen to Spurgeon's explanation of 1 Peter 5:10 where he speaks of Peter's words on perfection, stablish (establishment), strengthening, and settle you.
One verse that I memorized many years ago and that is extremely encouraging is Philippians 4:13 which says,
"I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me."
As Pastor David Wilkerson has said, "Listen to God! God wants quiet, quality time with you!"
This blog has shared much information on how we are now living in the last moments of the end days as prophesied in the Bible. Go to the search box in the above right hand side of this page and type in such things as Gog Magog War, the Rapture, last days, 7 year tribulation and so on and several articles will appear for you to read about eschatology.
Time is short!
Jesus will return soon to take His Bride (true believers) to heaven with Him in the Rapture.
Are you Rapture ready?
You can only go to heaven if you have been born again from above. To be born again is to repent and turn to Jesus in faith and believe that He is the Savior and that His shed blood at Calvary can wash away your sins. To be born again is a spiritual "rebirth."
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." - John 3:3
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16
This believing in Jesus is not talking about intellectual knowledge. It is referring to a heart-felt and soul stirring knowing that Jesus is the Savior and that the only way to heaven is through true and sincere and soul changing faith in Him. FAITH ! BELIEF !
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." - John 14:6
Jesus loves you!
He is waiting for you and His arms are open wide to embrace you with love and forgiveness!
The more you read your Bible and pray, the more you will learn just how much the good Lord loves you! And you will come to love Him with all of your heart and soul and very being!
Romans 10:9,10,13 tells us: (9) "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10)For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (13) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Have a blessed and Christ centered weekend..... and life !!
