Fix your eyes upon Jesus, His eyes of fire

Fix your eyes upon Jesus, His eyes of fire
His eyes of burning love for you
And He will hold you in the storm

The Lord died to win our hearts.

HOPE

I just bought a skirt and tops for Thursday's meeting, walking through Tangs.. stopped for dumplings and was waiting for the Lord to speak to me about the skirt or the meeting. But the music to this song caught my heart. Strength came into my spirit.

你会看见雾, 看见云, 看见太阳
龟裂的大地, 重复着悲伤

他走了    带不走你的天堂　

风干后    会留下彩虹泪光

他走了    你可以把梦留下　

总会有个地方    等待爱飞翔

Lydia, 幸福不在远方
开一扇窗    许下愿望

你会感受爱, 感受恨, 感受原谅
生命总不会只充满悲伤

我一直相信在这世上春在一个地方， 一个让现实抓不到你的地方。在那里， 梦想离你很近， 很近。

Jerusalem. The City of God. Zion.

Looney Tunes | Abracadabra, I'm an Umpire! | Classic Cartoon | WB Kids

Be Careful of False Accusations from the Enemy

 Gary Wilkerson Devotion

Friends

Friends matter to God. Scripture references by David Wilkerson

Having you Lord as my God is a dream come true

When I heard of the stories written by saints, and watched those cartoons of Catholic saints ... I always thought how amazing it would be to know a God like that.

And now I do, it is more amazing than I thought, more than a dream come true... thank you Lord.

Dying to self is not the buddhist concept of denial

 

Neither of these passages (John 12 or Matthew 16) should be used as fuel for a “die to self” theology for believers. No, we’re told as new creations to count ourselves as being dead to sin and alive to God (Romans 6:11). And if we’re the new self, then we should not be denying our self. Instead, we should be learning about our new self and choosing to act like who we really are!

Crosswalk article

The great RESET

I decided to write here because most of my words fall on deaf ears, or just encourages more foolish response that aggravates me.

Today, the word was RESET.

I found that one of the issues H goes in circles about with no satisfying conclusion to a long soliloquy is the question of how to build a just, sustainable and fair society for all people. H manages to hit almost all the pitfalls of the analysis here, and I suffer its consequences of (A) not getting a word in and (B) having to sit through confusion and then apathy (the apathy seems to come out of religious apathy for God's hand)  , or paranoia (also based on a religious tradition of terrible things happening in the last days) as a listening ear. 

Among my secular humanistic friends, B goes also in circles with outrageous idealism and no suggestion on effective implementation and leaves with righteous anger but no practical conclusion on implementation, with strong faith that humanity will find the correct path. So he leaves with great anger but still hope for the future, based on the history of human improvement. 

Here are the solutions:

1. Separate the message from the messenger

2. Identify separate issues and then pass them individually through a biblical lens. 

For justice: care for disenfranchised and powerless

For sustainability: stewardship is taking care of the world because it is God's and engenders a wider sense of responsibility that encompasses aspects of the natural world that has no immediate impact on human life. Not just so that we can live in it for a longer time.

Technology: see without seeing the antichrist around every corner. The bible anthropology of human nature strikes a note of caution amid the utopian technological dreams. Humans are made in the image of a loving and wise creator - however, you and I are also fallen and capable of great evil, and not to say self-deception. That is why the separation of powers is by and large a good principle - any increased digitalisation should resist control by a small number of multi-national corporations, governments or individuals.

Your beliefs affect your behaviour and investment in resources.

Article here: Gospel Coalition Australia on the Great Reset

CONFIDENCE IN HIS LOVE

Saturday Night, 22 May 2021

Tonight I want to worship, because, I finally shared my testimony with my dad after three years. 

"It has been three years.. and I want to share with you what happened.."

It was pentacost the week before, so today, I want to worship and thank the Lord for His goodness. The goodness and provision of the Father, the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the sweet fellowship of Jesus.

My father listened with water in his eyes, but said "your mom needs help".

Still, God you are Good, and I believe you. 

Minister to me Lord, I love you.

And then, an unfamiliar song played on YouTube as I walked down Bukit Timah road, by the expressway, towards the petrol kiosk facing Botanic Gardens, by Kheam Keat Road.

    "It's ok to believe, just open and receive, I want you to have confidence, in MY LOVE".

I praise you, O Lord, I love you.

"Stop acting as though can earn it

I don't love you cos you deserve, I love you because that's who I am

Let love win"

Sunday, 23 May 2021

I wake up with praise and love for you, Lord.

Even though Dad shares a video by the enemy

God 

"Lord I know you love me"

I watch today's sermon and did a double take, Pentacost is this week, not last.

:)

I love you Holy Spirit.

Another one, please.

Psalm [37] - to feed on His faithfulness.

Sorrowful

For many years I've strived to be happy, especially since my father gave me Andrew Matthew's book, Being Happy!

But today...

maybe sorrow is a gift from God.

sorrow received allows us to connect with those in pain, and put their pain into our baskets of sorrow, as prayers lifted up in offering to the Lord, who gladly exchanges them with us for joy. so much that our mouths were filled in laughter, our tongues with songs of joy, no words, leaving bystanders to say " the LORD has done good things for them".

Learning Shir Ha'alot today, I realised this was the very same song that the Lord presented to me for my family on 11 July 2020: 

    Those who sow with tears

    will reap with songs of joy.

    The man who goes out weeping, carrying "pulling" seed to sow

    will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.

Psalm 126.

Like the dream of Joseph

    when the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.

God I don't want to strive to "be happy", bring me into your loving presence and thank you for making me all that I am. Amen.

He who watches over Israel - The NAME

The Beloved, My Beloved, who watched over me, in my house.

I have a verse that I like to rely on -

    "I lift my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from"

Even though the mountains appear stable, everlasting, hard, reliable, our hope is not in the mountain, or the mountain gods but in "the LORD",

    "the Maker of heaven and earth", Himself. Blessed be His name.

Last night, I went to bed, thinking of Gaza and reading word on Jerusalem. It was a difficult afternoon, the Lord, the Father CRYING out, horrified, looking at his hands... his children. The left hand, the right hand, both are of his flesh, killing one is as bad a killing the other. Seeing the feet of Jesus walking by Jerusalem, we can see the Son of Man, whose eyes of fire are burning, the seven lamps of fire burning, the sea of glass.. 

Weeping, Lord, have mercy on us, have mercy. Your righteous justice reigns, will reign, blessed be the feet of the one who brings Good News. Blessed are those who thirst for righteousness, for they WILL BE filled. 

Indeed, 

    "He who watches over Israel will not sleep nor slumber"... and I went to bed. and when I woke up on 17 May 2021, alive, it was a Monday a work day. Yet, He who watches over Israel will not sleep nor slumber. The virgil over Israel remained, watching.

This is the Lord who promises to keep me from harm, keep Israel from harm, keep us from all harm, 

watching over our life

watching over our coming and going

both now

and forevermore.

The One. The same, God, My GOD.

Hallelujah for the Lord, God Omnipotent..

It is Monday evening now and what mercy with justice looks like, is Jesus cradling his elder brothers to his heart, while bearing the wrath of righteousness on his back. By His stripes we are healed.

Praying for Healing

 https://youtu.be/CtcqmWwNRbQ

10:02: Why we continue to pray for healing, testimonial from 29 years experience

Command to have unshaken belief : when you hear the truth - the truth will set you free.

The Unique Will of God

 Beyond the revealed will of God to which we were all called to obey, there is the revealed will of God

What does it take to settle in the promised land

Understanding that it will be currently occupied. God created everything and he is free to give it to whoever He deems fit.

"chope tissue papers".

1. Abraham planted the Tamarisk Tree: Confidence and Expectation

2. Building wells in the desert: Abraham broke ground to build wells - through the guidance of the Holy Spirit (he couldn't possibly have kept digging holes!). Supply of water to be able to live. This will bless you and those around the well, too.

3. Building wells in the desert, again by Isaac: If someone covers it up, hope again.

4. Alters everywhere

Cost of giving up the "good" for "God"

How much would it take for a person who has done a lot of "good" in a project, an enterprise, a cause, to give that up, in favour for what is "God"?

When the WORD converges with our world

 I was reading Rabbi Fohrman's commentary on Abraham's journey and found too many parallels between his faith tests and H's faith tests, my faith test. Eg., 

- being tested when we don't know we are being tested

- Being taken out of Egypt but having Egypt come along

- usurping God in grabbing the promises that he had not fully given yet

- overcoming the narcissism in our relationship with God

- having trouble in identifying the right partners and letting go of the wrong ones (eg. Lot, Hagar)

H thinks that each person has their own journey but she cannot be more wrong. When the Word converges with our world, the tests and patterns in our lives are eerily similar and close to the patterns of our patriarchs in the bible.

I guess this is what it means by He live in us and we in Him (the Word). I guess this is what it means by the Word was made Flesh.

Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world but be washed by the Word. There is so much richness in the Book of Life that so many do not see. It is true though that the He, by his Holy Spirit speaks in parables so that only his disciples can understand. 

Even if I did share this information with H, she would not be able to receive all of it.

Joy

Do we need any reason more to go deeper into the Word other than

just for the sheer Joy of knowing God? 😊 

Mozart

 Mozart died around 35, which was my age just a couple of years ago.

I'd like to think that he did meet the Lord before he did, having now heard this Requiem Mass, which he wrote and did not finish.

As a child, his pieces were the chirpiest and easiest to play (by impression), I cannot think of the pieces now.

As an adult, the Queen of the Night aria in The Magic Flute most intrigued me; but having been saved, I felt a tad disappointed that the piece had illuminati affiliates. I couldn't believe that Mozart, with all his talent that was obviously gifted from Above, ended up with the dark side!

Now having done some research, it seems that the lyrics to this amazing last Requiem was not written by Mozart but probably by one of his students. See here.

Emotional, grand and impressive. I'm glad to have a piece to enjoy.

God works in amazing ways - everything is His.

Completion

In our partnership with the Lord, God who began a good work in each of us will carry it on to completion until the Day of the Lord.

We have nothing to worry about - as he will provide the grace necessary for completion.

The Cross

Charm is deceitful, beauty is vain. But a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

The CROSS not only pays for our sins. It also pays for events that we paid for but felt like would be a waste not to consume. Here Father God says, "even if you've paid for it, you no longer have to attend it - I'll cover your cost. It's been covered by the blood of my Son Jesus".

One of the reasons why the children of Israel wanted to stay in Egypt was because the price to BE in Egypt was paid - (although the Bible say pittance). The Lord says - it will not be a waste to leave Egypt and throw away what you have paid. Because I will cover that cost, I'll give you back that money. With that, Jesus led them out (Hebrews).

In the Spirit there is Freedom!

Source: Dream, pageant, paid 109 for it and felt like i had to attend it because I paid. But I wanted to tap out early but I didn't want to deliberately make myself look bad because I failed. People will say - don't dishonour the judges and the people to organised the pageant. The Lord says - I have paid the price, leave. 

Returning

The journey from Egypt to the Promised Land is not a breaking of new frontier

It's a journey home to where we belong but forgot when we were scammed into Egypt for pitance

In remembering we have the Holy Spirit as our GPS and more, set in our heart as our personal guide

When we are weak, that is when He is strong

When we can't overcome, that shows the power and might of the Almighty One who conquered even the grave.

So we praise.

Courage

Lord, teach us how not to be afraid of the evil within each of us but to confront and conquer

through the cruxificion at the cross.

Let no man deceive himself that the first station of the cross addresses the seed of Adam within.

In Jesus name, amen.

Heaven on Earth

Venue: home, worshipping with Living Streams, 10am service, “You are Good”. On knees.

Parable of Heaven and Earth. Heaven: a zoom call from the head office to local entity, with directions to his church. Jesus returning: the boss from the office coming. An image of the tabernacle like God said “make it exactly the way I showed you” - just like zoom calls show you and exact image of what is on the callers end.

Whatever is the exact understanding, if my understanding is that when God wants to come back in fullness it’s not instant upon his thought, if this understanding is correct, the journey to earth from earth has already commenced. Not the way it commenced when said in a little while you see me again. No, it has just commenced, Jesus is on the way back right now. This is my revelation today.

Answers

I look into myself, I see nothing.

It is Presence, not answers that will comfort...

when our minds are too limited to understand 

Being shown how to dance to the rhythms of Jesus

June 2020 - Prayed for by Joey and Cheryl

Wow - this came in the form of the song of ascents, Psalms of ascending into Jerusalem, traditionally sung and walked three times each year by every Hebrew, even Jesus, even Paul...

Thank you.

Ref: A Long Obedience... 

I'm gonna sing, of the Goodness of God

Joni Erekson Tada: 

There are times where we must ask ourselves not, why has God not blessed me but

Why has God blessed me so much

31 May 2020

If you say “go”, I’ll go

Thank you

Thank you Lord for freedom

Thank you for seeing me through the Circuit Breaker of 2020.

Thank you

You are the God of Miracles

I forgot to be lonely

Just now Nikki said "I can't imagine how to live alone in this period", actually I was left confused for awhile, and then it hit me how it could have been difficult and this might well have been my nightmare come true.

But then, uh, I forgot to be lonely!

Hahaha. How lovely it is to be in Christ and have the lovely company of the Holy Spirit.
I didn't "do" anything to avoid being lonely specifically. Actually I just set my heart to keep my eyes upon the lovely Jesus in this period and hmm, Joy just came.

Joy
Just
Came

I guess, this confirms the word in Zephenia 3:17 given by my friends in Cornerstone, and the word I privately received previously.

The Father laughs over his beloved child in joy!

Thank you Lord, there is nothing more I desire, amen.

Don Moen TV Playlist 2020 | Live Worship Session | iVlogU

Un-deniabil-ity

There are certain things in life that are undeniable.

For example your DNA and your blood type.

If you are of a certain blood type, you may not know the type of blood that you carry, nor that your blood is compatible when mixed with certain people's blood but not others. And you could very well believe that blood type differences are imagined, political, commercial and not in fact real.

That doesn't change the fact that if you receive a blood transfusion from an incompatible blood type you could very well die. So in that sense, your belief would not influence factual outcome upon your body.

So is the same for matters of objective truth - the fact that we are created beings of the one God of Israel who chose Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, sent his one begotten son to die for the eternal salvation human beings (who receive that same Jesus Christ and follow him) only to be resurrected again.You can't "believe away" the outcome and consequence of following Jesus or not following Jesus. Belief is... irrelevant to truth.

Timeline of Prophets in the OT

Bible Gateway Link

Saturday Night Passover Seder feat. Dan Levy, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Porte...

Focus

Christ

Too many Christians only think that they died to sin, but are not made alive in Christ yet. By focusing on not-sinning, you are still focusing on sin. And you are continually confronted with your inadequacy to be ‘good enough’. Paul says, don’t focus on that, focus on Christ. Start living the new life you have received, because something in you has changed since you accepted Jesus – your natural focus is not sin any more, but righteousness. So live consistently with this new nature!

https://www.koenprinzen.com/post/living-consistently

The Prize

[some section of the bible. eye on the prize]
 

Word made flesh

The gospel isn't a theory, or a idea, or a principle of life.
It's a person.

The person called Jesus Christ.

Who was is and always will be the Word, that was made flesh.

JESUS vs chaos

Jesus

Sat down 5000 men (excluding wives and children) across the backwaters of Galilee for an epic sermon.

Chaos theory

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”

-Albert Einstein

It's 2:28AM

Today.

ABIDE

rest

Faith

It's a lifestyle not a calling card.

"Enoch, we closer to your home than my home, why don't we walk on to my home right now".

David Wilkerson - Believe God is a Rewarder of Faith
https://worldchallenge.org/newsletter/1989/god-is-a-rewarder

In the whole of the bible, there is only one book where faith is expressly exegesized. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that:
(A) God exists; and
(B) that God rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Hebrews 11:6, KJV: "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

If you want to have a relationship with God, you must first come to him, right?

Resource: See Tony Evans sermons on faith.

Consecration

The Purpose of Consecration - Witness Lee

When the bullocks and rams were killed and offered to God as burnt-offerings, it was first necessary for God to do His thorough work upon them, that is, to consume them by fire, if they were to be pleasing and acceptable to Him. If the sacrifices were not consumed by fire, they would be raw and foul-smelling and could never be acceptable or pleasing to God.

So it is agreed today

Your will is my choice.

We don't want to stay where we have been. We'll loosen the sails to catch the wind.

Wind of God, Holy Spirit, we will go where you lead.

CHOICE

On 30 March I wrote that Christinity requires choice.

Tony Evan's sermon on Faith resonates.

Faith demands a choice. Faith:

• Chooses God’s plan over culture’s plan
• By faith because he was no ordinary child, they were not terrified by the king’s edict. Heb 11:23. God’s perception of the child, not their own perception. Acts 7:20. Chose to believe what was God’s thinking of the child inspite of government. Not going to be controlled by the culture. 
• Chooses The reality of your faith vs the pressure of the world. Once you make the choice, there will be ill treatment. See Moses on his decision on his 40th year.

HOUSE OF PRAISE

Lord I pray that this house, will be a house where
sounds of PRAISE for your Name will come out of all the time

hallelujah!

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

I'm surprised by myself. I'm completely fine staying at home, cutting social activities.

Which is odd for an extrovert.

The past few years of isolation kind of turned out to be some form of training from the Lord. While undergoing therapy, I was often guilted for wanting to spend less time interacting with people I wasn't very interested in. I do not doubt the benefits of healthy social interaction. Yet I feel like now is the time now, to embrace the gifts from the Lord, no matter how unusual they are to the world.

I pray that I grow in the discipline of solitude in this season. To quote

Theresa of Avila: "Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself."

Read: Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster

FAITH – how to develop dynamic faith

There are 3 types of faith
1. Measure of Faith
2. Gift of Faith
3. Fruit of Faith

Levels of “Measure of Faith”
A. Little faith: comes and goes, not sure. Romans 12:3 (God imparts it when we are saved at salvation) – develops as we grow. Ephesians 2:8 – all of us have faith. I live by the faith of the son of God – Gal 12:3
B. Great Faith: good but not good enough – I’ve not seen such great faith in all Israel. I believe God will do it but not there to believe in the perfect rhealm that nothing can shake it out of me. Even unbelievers like the centurion can have it. Matthew 8:5
C. Perfect Faith: James 2: 21, 22. Hebrews 11:1 – Substance of Faith. I know that I know that I know that I know.

What is faith?
Believing in the character, his truthfulness (He cannot lie), in the integrity of God Almighty.

How to get Perfect Faith (only “Measure of Faith” type of faith)

Learning principles:

• Know that faith can grow. 2 Tess 1:3: “your faith is growing more and more”
• Jesus is God’s word and God’s will in action.
• God does not only speak with his mouth, his actions speak also
• Hope starts in the mind – when it moves to the spirit, that is where the heart is. 
• Hope → Faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for.
• Romans 10:10: With the heart man believeth unto* righteousness; with the mouth that you confess your faith and are saved

What to do: Meditate on the Word

• You allow the Word into your mind, and then you meditate / ruminate on the Word
• Think about the scenes in the bible in pictures, enter into the scene personally 
• Allow these scenes to enter into your heart. The example of Eliezer.
• Go slow.

The Word will give life to you – Dynamic faith.
Be filled with the spirit. Eph 5: when the wind fills the sails, the whole ship moves.

Self Check: 7 Locations faith will take you to

1. Salvation, Sozo. Exocism. Eph 2:8
2. Security: 1Pet 1:5 That I am in Jesus; blessed assurance
3. nswered prayer. Mark 11:24: Know that prayer is going to be answered (just a matter of time that God will answer)
4. Healings. James 5: 14-15: The prayer of faith shall save the sick.
5. Strong walk in Jesus daily. 2 Corr 5:7: We walk by faith not by sight
6. Victory. 1 John 5:4: Our faith overcomes the world
7. Holiness. Acts 15:9 

Imprecatory Psalms

Imprecatory Psalms. Source: Got Questions.org

Imprecatory psalms are those in which the author imprecates; that is, he calls down calamity, destruction, and God’s anger and judgment on his enemies. This type of psalm is found throughout the book. The major imprecatory psalms are Psalms 5, 10, 17, 35, 58, 59, 69, 70, 79, 83, 109, 129, 137, and 140. The following are a few examples of the imprecatory language gleaned from these psalms:

“Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you” (Psalm 5:10).

“Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked” (Psalm 17:13).

“Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland” (Psalm 79:6–7).

“Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks” (Psalm 137:9).

When studying the imprecatory psalms, it is important to note that these psalms were not written out of vindictiveness or a need for personal vengeance. Instead, they are prayers that keep God’s justice, sovereignty, and protection in mind. God’s people had suffered much at the hands of those who opposed them, including the Hittites, Amorites, Philistines, and Babylonians (the subject of Psalm 137). These groups were not only enemies of Israel, but they were also enemies of God; they were degenerate and ruthless conquerors who had repeatedly tried and failed to destroy the Lord’s chosen people. In writing the imprecatory psalms, the authors sought vindication on God’s behalf as much as they sought their own.

While Jesus Himself quoted some imprecatory psalms (John 2:17; 15:25), He also instructed us to love our enemies and pray for them (Matthew 5:44–48; Luke 6:27–38). The New Testament makes it clear that our enemy is spiritual, not physical (Ephesians 6:12). It is not sinful to pray the imprecatory psalms against our spiritual enemies, but we should also pray with compassion and love and even thanksgiving for people who are under the devil’s influence (1 Timothy 2:1) We should desire their salvation. After all, God “is patient . . . not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). Above all things, we should seek the will of God in everything we do and, when we are wronged, leave the ultimate outcome to the Lord (Romans 12:19).

The bottom line is that the imprecatory psalms communicate a deep yearning for justice, written from the point of view of those who had been mightily oppressed. God’s people have the promise of divine vengeance: “Will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly” (Luke 18:7–8; cf. Revelation 19:2)

Defending a lentil patch

Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. Psalm 144

Keys
v	Whack a mole. When you whack it, whack it until it’s dead.	Elisha’s last prophetic word. The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it…” 2 Kgs 13:16
v	Defend your lentil patch. The Lord honours that.	When the Philistine banded together at a place where there was a field full of LENTILS, Israel’s troops fled from them. But SHAMMAH took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the LORD brought about a great victory. 2 Sam 23: 11.
v	Stewardship – why fight so          hard, when your work will belong to the Lord and it’s going to be tithed away anyway	What is holy belongs to the Lord – if it’s God’s portion to you, it belongs to the Lord. But instead David poured it out before the LORD. “Far be it from me, LORD, to do this!” he said “ Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?” And David would not drink it.
v	Pray the imprecatory psalms It is right to hate evil	Those who love the Lord will hate evil Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Psa 97:10
v	Remain in me – apart from me you can do nothing.	“Shall we kill them my father, shall we kill them?”/”Shall we command fire to rain on them?” – which produce a "no" from God. Note Jesus’ command: Do not curse your enemies; turn the other cheek (so hard!)	Praying to God to call judgment against the evil, in line with “Anyone who does not love the Lord, let him be accursed!” 1 Cor 16:22
		Stop trying to find a formula and listen on a per situation basis.  Enter his courts with worship and praise! Strip off your yoke with repentance.
		Personal life battles vs Church corporate battles   Know that eventually, the battle is the Lord’s

There is no Option B

In this world of options, and as a transaction lawyer by background, I'm trained to have a backup plan at all times. I'm slowly learning that in this world, Jesus is the only choice.

The world is hopeless without Jesus Christ.

There is no other option. He is option A, B, C, D, E, F, G, Omega. Just one way.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Christianity is about making choices.

Choosing again and again and again to say: Lord, I choose you.

I choose to be with you

I choose to be in you

I choose to serve you

Your mercies are new every morning

It was a really rough night.

The Lord unveiled some rather unpleasant truths about the past that continue to hurt me today. 

"The Truth will set you free", is His Word. "I bring life in abundance", is His Word. 

Where is the Life, Lord?

And then, in front of my eyes, in large lettering as they appear here, came His Word, again.

Lord, I praise you for your mercies are new every morning.

Gilgal - Bethel - Jericho - Jordan

In the path of Elijah and Elisha

Hardships - What is your view of the Lord?

Disciplinarian
- Father who loves his children (Y)
- Delivers his people into Satan (N)
- Punisher (Depends)

Attack of the enemy

Remember: Ephesians 6 - we battle not against flesh and blood
The Law was presented as a schoolmaster for Israel, not the Gentiles
The Gospel was first proclaimed to Israel, and then the Gentiles (the dogs)

Circumscision of the heart - is this a battle?
Resolving the sins of the flesh, Galatians - is this a battle?

When the Battle is the Lord's

What needs to be done before the Kingdom is established - see 1 Kings 2:46

The Lord is alive!

The Lord doesn't always give the same instructions for similar or even, identical tasks:-
1. Exodus: Speak to the rock vs strike the rock
2. Jericho: Are all battles won through singing?
3. Samson: Are all battles won through "donkey jaw" wars
4. Jesus at Luke 22:36: "Previously I said".. "but NOW"...

Our Lord still speaks today, through His Holy Spirit. The question is, are we listening to Him, or are we using precedents in the bible as an excuse not to approach the Lord?

“Face Jerusalem”

8 Mar 2020 why

15 Mar 2020: "Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray towards this place. Hear form heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive."

1 Kings 8: 30

The gospel - it demands more than you thought

And it offers more than you have ever dreamed 

Predestination ?

Does God know my decisions before I act on them - RZIM FORUMS

Being theterred to the Lord. If we have an creator whose very nature is Restoration, He will display restoration to everyone who SO desires and agrees to be thetered

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

Proverbs 25:2

Daniel and the Lions

I really must read the Book of Daniel again soon.

The truth has set me free

The ransom of Christ was not paid to Satan, but to God himself, to appease the wrath of God's righteousness. Hallelujah!

The Gospel Coalition article: Christ paid the ransom, but to whom?

In C.S. Lewis’s classic work of “supposal,” The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, we see where Aslan makes the payment of his life for Edmund’s liberation in response to the White Witch’s demands. It’s a powerful scene and not without biblical resonance, but if we draw the lines to directly, we may make a theological mistake of some importance. Aslan is clearly Christ in the story, and the Witch is clearly the stand-in for our accuser Satan. But while Satan is often called the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4), he is still subservient to the sovereign Lord of all the cosmos. So we have to be careful in how we speak of ransom, lest we lend too much power to the enemy and deflect too much glory away from God.

Test your trinity knowledge

Tim Challies - 33 on the trinity quiz

Infographic - Tabernacle Prayer

Visual Theology Website
"The infographics are always free for you to download." Gosh, what an angel! 😍

Infographic - God’s Holy Days

I love infographics!

Library - March 2020

Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions - Ken Ham

Under Cover - John Bevere

Scattered Servants - Alan Scott

Foundational Truths - Derek Prince

The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers - Oswald Chambers

The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare - Dr Ed Murphy

Secrets of a Prayer Warrior - St James Church library

In the Upper Room - St James Church library

Generous Justice - Timothy Keller

Romans 1 - 7 for you - T Keller

Romans 8-16 for you - T Keller

Romans - Brian J Bailey

The Coming Glory - Bailey

The Pillars of Faith - Bailey

AngelsGood and Bad - Bailey

The Restoration Era - Bailey

Foundations of a Healing Ministry - Tom Marshall

How to Pray - Pete Greig

Discovering God’s Will - Sinclair B. Ferguson

Enjoying God - Tim Chester

Frequency - Robert Morris

The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel

The Case for Faith - Less Strobel

SpiRitual Maturity - Sanders

The Return of the Prodigal Son - Henri JW Nouwen

Put on a garment of praise!

And we can see that God you're moving
A mighty river through the nations
And young and old will turn to Jesus
Fling wide you heavenly gates
Prepare the way of the risen one

Open up the doors and let the music play

Let the streets resound with singin'

Songs that bring Your hope and

Songs that bring Your joy

Dancers who dance upon injustice

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’[a] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. Rev 2:4

Holy Spirit

It's a joy studying with the Holy Spirit.

As I read Zechariah 4:6-7, this some came up on my spotify.. "did you feel the mountain tremble". It's not a song I know but sounds familiar. 😁

I'm gonna rejoice!

"Not by might nor by power, but by MY spirit" says the Lord Almighty.

"What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground."

How wonderful, just last weekend I was studying Genesis 8:14 on the Noahic covenant and THIS song came playing on Spotify (mind you I don't even know the song). 🌈

I'm mindblown! I love this, thank you Holy Spirit. Amen😍😍😍🙌