Friendship With Jesus

I am sure that like me you have at least one old friend, the one that has always been there for you through thick and thin. I have two friends like that, Sally and Jody and they have been my friends since we were kids and we have gone through a lot of things over the years. It is that kind of friendship that no matter what you say or what you do they still love you, because they love who you are.

Well I want to tell you about a man that is closer than a brother to me. His name is Jesus, I share everything with him. He watches out for me so He can help me when I stumble and He guides and protects me from bad things in this life.

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:9 Jesus wants to be our friend, He wants to have fellowship with us. Unlike those friends that we have that we make mistakes with and hurt us and we try to forgive them and go on, Jesus loves us no matter what mistakes we make. He is indeed closer to us then any relative or friend we have. This a picture of my two best friends but I have a friend who is greater than these and He is also their friend and that is Jesus Christ. I pray that you will make Him your best friend today.

May God Bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand.

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When I met Jesus

I thought I would do something different this time,I want to tell how Jesus came into my life.

I was blessed to grow up with Christian parents, who knew how to pray and believed in prayer. If I was sick, my dad would say we should pray and he would lay hands on me and pray for me to get well. He was a man that believed in following the scriptures to their fullest.

I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior when I was eight years old. Everyday my mother would kneel beside the couch and she would pray and everyday she would ask me if I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart and everyday I would say no not today. Then one day I said yes and I knelt down beside my mother at the couch and asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and come into my heart. My life then became very different. I still did the games and things that kids do but I realized that there are things that are very wrong and why they are wrong.

I was a kid, but I prayed and I read the bible the best that I could and my mom would read to me every morning before school and pray with me before I left. I know she prayed for me all the time and still does. We moved around a lot as I was growing up and I met a lot of different people over the time. I grew up in Illinois and moved to Missouri and back to Illinois.

While I was yet in Missouri I was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in another language. My life was changed, like Peter of the New Testament I became bold for the Lord then. I found I could talk easier with people about Jesus Christ. Then we moved back to Illinois when I was 14 years old and I asked the Lord to show me who I was to spend the rest of my life with and He gave me my husband who I am still married to. We went together for 3 years before we got married and are going on 30 yrs of marriage. The Lord has been very good to us, He has blessed us with 3 beautiful girls and great husbands for them. We try to keep growing in the Lord and learning from His word. We are both serving the Lord and loving the Lord and each other more all the time.

Even to this day my mom and dad pray for me and my family. My mom is on a prayer chain at her church, so they will take the prayer request I give them and have others pray also. So the most important thing that I was taught growing up was that as a christian we need to pray. Pray is what I try to do, I enjoy talking to my Father in Heaven and sharing my sorrow and pain and also my joy. This isn’t a full story but it lets you get to know me a little.

If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Savior, Redeemer, I encourage you to ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to come in and make you a new creature.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Please accept Him today, He is waiting and it doesn’t matter how old you are, He accepts all ages all walks of life.

May God Bless you and keep you in the Palm of His hand.

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Faith Do you have it?

Faith is a hard one to figure out. The scripture says if we have faith like that of a mustard seed we can move mountains. Do you know how big a mustard seed is? My husband and I are gardeners and I have seen a mustard seed and it is so tiny you can hardly see it. Now picture this mustard seed being your faith and moving mountains or anything else you want to do. That is faith.

Peter had faith to walk out onto the water. The Israelites had faith to walk through the Red sea to escape the Egyptians.

Hebrews chapter 11: talks about faith and how it worked through the bible. This is verse 1: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. So by faith Peter took the steps out onto the water and walked on water, by faith Paul got bit by a poison snake and did not die.

Do you have the faith to go up against the mountains of life? Like David who had the faith to go up against the giant Goliath. That is the kind of faith we need, one that will stand and not stop no matter what the circumstances are. A faith that makes us like Peter that after he was filled with the spirit became bold and like his name became a rock for Jesus. His faith in Jesus Christ made him bold and solid as a rock he didn’t falter.

So be like the boy named David who only had five little stones and by faith swung the slingshot around and around and let it go and hit that giant right between the eyes and killed him, because he had the faith to stand for God. I encourage you today to study Gods word and pray and seek the spirit of God to receive that faith as a mustard seed to remove those mountains and giants of this life and live victorious for Jesus.

May God Bless you and keep you in the palm of His hands.

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Being In Tune

You ever listen to a piano or a any kind of instrument that isn’t in tune. It sounds horrible. It is like listening to a person sing off key it just doesn’t sound good. We are like that with the Lord, He wants to tune us and make us what He wants us to be. To make the old go away and be made new in Jesus Christ. Like the song make me an instrument and instrument of worship I lift my hands up in your name. We need to be a fine tuned instrument, not one that is out of tune and sounding horrible.

All through the bible music and instruments are mentioned, the tambourine is one that is talked about. David played the harp.

1 Chronicles 15:16

David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs, accompanied by musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.

2 Chronicles 5:13

The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang:
“He is good;
his love endures forever.”
Then the temple of the LORD was filled with a cloud,

Are you an instrument for the Lord? Do you make beautiful music for Him? Think about it and look inside. God is calling us to be instruments of worship, instruments of praise. Lets learn how to be in tune with the spirit of God. When God wants us to do something, lets forget about finding excuses of why we can’t do it, like Moses who kept telling the Lord he couldn’t do what God wanted because he wasn’t a eloquent speaker. So God had Moses us Aaron his brother to speak to pharaoh think of how much more impressive it could of been if Moses would of let God use him the way God wanted to. Lets make sure that we are saying yes Lord we will go where you want and do what you want instead of making God change the way He wants to do things because we are scared. Let us become in tune rather than out of tune.

May God Bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand.

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This Little Light of Mine

I was thinking this morning of the kids song” This little light of mine I’m going to let it shine”. I don’t know if you know it or not but I sang it a lot as a little kid growing up in the church. Remembering back I was so excited that I had the light of Jesus shining in my life and that all that saw me saw that light. I tell you, that today I have been having a hard time letting that light shine. I don’t feel good and it is hard to talk, I didn’t even want to do devotions this morning. My husband had prayer for me and that helped a lot. I still don’t have much of a voice but I feel more like talking to the Lord now. As I sat down to write here, that song started playing in my mind and I remember how it made me feel, I really do want my light to shine for Jesus so that others may see and find him. You know it is like the ships in the sea and how they have to have the lighthouse so they can see where to steer to and keep away from the rocks. We need to have the light of Jesus to follow so we don’t stumble and fall from the goal.

So I am singing this morning “This little light of Mine I’m going to let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine”. I hope you will let the light of Jesus shine in your life so others will see and not fall on the rocks of life.

John 12:35-36

Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

John 8:12

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

So I am praying for myself and for you that we will be the light of Jesus and be able to let that light shine for Him. Sometimes we are all that a person will see of Jesus, what is shining through our lives and I want my life to shine so all that sees will see and glorify God.

I pray right now Lord for anyone that reads this, if they don’t know you that they will want to meet you. That your light will become a bold shining light like that on the lighthouse that all the ships will see. Jesus make us your light house so your light will shine to the world. I ask this in Jesus name Amen. Thank you for visiting and reading this, May God Bless you and Keep you in the Palm of His hand.

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Thank You Jesus

I find myself not really taking the time to thank the Lord for all the miracles that takes place in my life. He has taken good care of my family and I have 7 beautiful grandchildren. Good health and my family has good health. He answers my prayers with food in the garden and clothes on my back. Yet I find myself still asking the Lord for more things and to take care of this problem or that one.

Now I sit here and wonder why Lord do you listen when I complain and still answer my prayers and let my ego get the best of me? He loves me a lot and he loves you also. He wants to make us happy even when He knows what we want isn’t going to make us happy. So I took the time this morning to thank Him for such a beautiful day even though we need rain real bad and to thank Him for taking care of us and for answering my prayers. I thank the Lord for all of my friends that I have whether they are on the internet or where I live, you are a blessing to me. The thing I am the most thankful of is that the Lord saved me from a life of sin. He made me a new creature when I was 8 yrs. old kneeling down beside my mom at our couch. My life has never been the same. Through the years I didn’t always follow where the Lord lead and I went my own way but I found out that He never left me and I came back and He acted like I never left. He is a great God. So thank you Jesus for saving me and forgiving my sins and making me complete.

Now I want to ask you a personal question and you may leave this page and never come back, but I want to ask it anyway Do you know Jesus Christ, do you have a personal relationship with Him? I know we get raised a lot with church being the answer or doing good works will get you to heaven, but I am telling you that isn’t going to make it. If you have not asked Jesus to come into your life and forgive you of your sins you will go to Hell. I don’t want to see that happen to anyone, so please ask Jesus to come into your life and make you a new creature.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

All you need to do is ask and it shall be given to you. It is a free gift from God, He doesn’t want anyone to perish but have eternal life. If you ask Jesus to come into your life please find a church to get into and get the nourishment for your soul. May God Bless you

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