Good Morning Beloved,
On this wet morning I want to write about forgiveness. It is such an important part of our daily lives.
forgiveness: pardon, cancel, overlook . This is what forgiveness means.
Have you ever had to say I'm sorry to someone? Have you ever had to ask them for forgiveness ? When you have done a wrong and you don't try to make amends then you start feeling bad or guilty , correct? Well, we all need to be forgiven for the wrongs we have done.. Wrongs are sins. Sin is sin, even when we do it. We are all sinners. God shows and proves His love for us that while we were sinners, Christ died for us . ( Romans 5:8) Now, that is pretty important don't ya think? As a matter of fact in Luke 23:34 it says this" Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." So, if Christ can forgive us, then we should forgive others too.
Have you been hurt by someone and find it hard to forgive them? Have you had to live with the anger, bitterness and depression, anxiety and yes even hatred in your heart? I have and it takes a toll on you and everyone around you. It affects how you live day by day, and affects how you react to people around you. All of that anger, bitterness , depression, anxiety and hatred is SIN in capital letters. It was a awful , horrible way to live and I finally had to do something about it.. I had to go and ask God to forgive me and He showed me how to forgive those who had hurt me. It was a struggle at times but with the Love of God and His Word and forgiveness from the ones around me I am an over comer! Praise God!! Thank you Christ Jesus !! I had to forgive for myself, so I could move forward and finally the ones I had to forgive , they even ask me for forgiveness. That meant everything to me... We could put it in the past and move forward.
If someone has hurt you and you are finding it hard to let it go then why don't you ask God for help? Even if the ones who hurt you don't know , you will know and it will make life so much easier. Christ forgave us on the cross and how can we do anything less then forgive the ones who have hurt us? Sis is sin even if it just a little sin, big or little they will have the same punishment. It is not a good place we will go if we don't ask for that forgiveness..
I love each and every person who will read this with the love of Christ Jesus. Please talk to Him and ask Him to forgive you.. When you forgive .... mean it: Christ meant it when He was on the cross. God bless you and remember to smile today , you are the most beautiful when you do.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
My Personal Testimony
Good Afternoon Beloved,
This morning in church our pastor talked about what we are suppose to do as a church. Not a building but as a church body. How we are to go about letting people know what Christ Jesus has done for us, personally. Well, that is what I am going to do today in this post. One post will not really tell all the story but it will be a start .
I have been in search of who I am most of my life. As a child I went to Sunday School and heard all the bible stories. As a teen I went to church( mostly looking at the boys) Got married in my teens and started having my family. At age 22 I had my family. When I was 26 years old I went back to church and heard a sermon that changed my life. I went down and ask Jesus Christ into my heart and was baptized in water then. I went on trying to raise my family the best I could and somehow life just got in the way... It was not until I was in my late 40's that I became serious about my relationship with Christ Jesus .. I had be a back slider for a long time, like I said life just got in the way. BUT GOD. I have to Praise God for friends, real friends who cared not just for me as a person but for my eternal soul.
I was having trouble in my marriage and I wanted out, very badly I wanted out. My husband and sons were a mess as was I. My friend would come by and invite me to go with her to church but I did not want anything to do with church. I just wanted my life to change. I had been to church and my life was not all that.. She just would not leave me alone . I told her I would go one time and after that she had better leave me alone. She said OK, sure, we'll see. She knew something I didn't. Well, I did go with her to church one evening and that evening something happened inside of me.. I became alive again.. She knew this would happen, she told me later.
A few months later, I was getting ready for church and my husband said he would come with me.. He did and sat on the front row and something happened to him that morning and he went down and ask Christ Jesus into his heart and he was baptized in water that morning. This was a HUGE BIG DEAL!!!! From that moment on life has been different and has changed. Yes, we still have our ups and downs but how we deal with it is so different now.
It is about choosing how to live. With Christ Jesus in our life or with out Him. Without Christ in my life I was on the road to Hell.
I am so glad that Jesus came to live in my heart, I would be lost with out Him.
More next time. Smile: You are your most beautiful when you do.
This morning in church our pastor talked about what we are suppose to do as a church. Not a building but as a church body. How we are to go about letting people know what Christ Jesus has done for us, personally. Well, that is what I am going to do today in this post. One post will not really tell all the story but it will be a start .
I have been in search of who I am most of my life. As a child I went to Sunday School and heard all the bible stories. As a teen I went to church( mostly looking at the boys) Got married in my teens and started having my family. At age 22 I had my family. When I was 26 years old I went back to church and heard a sermon that changed my life. I went down and ask Jesus Christ into my heart and was baptized in water then. I went on trying to raise my family the best I could and somehow life just got in the way... It was not until I was in my late 40's that I became serious about my relationship with Christ Jesus .. I had be a back slider for a long time, like I said life just got in the way. BUT GOD. I have to Praise God for friends, real friends who cared not just for me as a person but for my eternal soul.
I was having trouble in my marriage and I wanted out, very badly I wanted out. My husband and sons were a mess as was I. My friend would come by and invite me to go with her to church but I did not want anything to do with church. I just wanted my life to change. I had been to church and my life was not all that.. She just would not leave me alone . I told her I would go one time and after that she had better leave me alone. She said OK, sure, we'll see. She knew something I didn't. Well, I did go with her to church one evening and that evening something happened inside of me.. I became alive again.. She knew this would happen, she told me later.
A few months later, I was getting ready for church and my husband said he would come with me.. He did and sat on the front row and something happened to him that morning and he went down and ask Christ Jesus into his heart and he was baptized in water that morning. This was a HUGE BIG DEAL!!!! From that moment on life has been different and has changed. Yes, we still have our ups and downs but how we deal with it is so different now.
It is about choosing how to live. With Christ Jesus in our life or with out Him. Without Christ in my life I was on the road to Hell.
I am so glad that Jesus came to live in my heart, I would be lost with out Him.
More next time. Smile: You are your most beautiful when you do.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Random Thoughts Today
Good Morning Beloved,
It is cold outside but the sun is shinning and looks so pretty glistening on the snow. Onward.
I have so many things running through my mind today. January was kind of a hard month this year.. I missed a lot of church for one reason or another and I don't like not going to church. It is where I get fueled up for the rest of the week. Okay moving on....
I have been re reading a book by Johnathan Cahn called " The Mystery of the Shemitah" . I came across something in it today that I thought pretty cool. On page 250 it is titled YESHUA. It says
" How can one be safe in the days of judgment ? " The answer is that in Hebrew, the word for safety is yesha and also means salvation. Jesus Christ is our safety and salvation.. If you are living outside of Christ on judgment day then you have no safety or salvation.. Pretty scary if you ask me.. So, take time today to talk to God and ask Him to come into your heart and make yourself ready to stand before Christ on judgment day.
Here is another thought running in my head. In Luke 16:19-31 it tell about a rich man and poor man.
I don't know why preachers don't teach this.. It is so important.. I will just paraphrase it. Rich man had everything, food, clothes, home, and lived having a good time. While the poor man , Lazarus , had to beg for alms ( money, food) he was covered in sores and the dogs licked the sores. Now, Lazarus was carried by angels to the bosom of Abraham; the rich man was buried and in torment in Hades( place of the dead). Rich man looked up and saw father Abraham and Lazarus and cried out send Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool my tongue. Abraham tells the rich man , you had your comforts and delights , and Lazarus had his discomforts and distresses , now Lazarus is being comforted and you are in anguish. The great chasm ( a deep crack in the earth's surface ; gorge, abyss) we can not come to you nor you to us. The rich man begged for Lazarus to go back and tell his brothers what it was like where he was.. Abraham told him they have Moses and the prophets to listen too . Rich man: But if someone from the dead were to go and tell them they will repent. Abraham: If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets they will not even listen to someone raised from the dead... Moral here. Heaven and Hell are both real places.. You will have all your senses in either place. If you want to be where Abraham and Lazarus are then you better listen to what Moses and the prophets were saying.. If you want to be like the rich man and be in that place of torment for eternity then go ahead and not listen to Moses and the prophets and do it you r way. Just remember this from 2 Peter 2:4 " God did not even spare the angels that sinned , but cast them into hell". Beloved, YOU HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN . Take time today to start your relationship with Christ Jesus..
The fearful, unbelieving, abominable( to hate) murders, whore mongers ( pimps, pander) sorcerers( witchcraft) and idolaters ( putting anything before God) and ALL liars will join the devil and his demons in the Lake of fire and this will be the second death.
Beloved, please today talk with God and make your calling sure.
In the love of Christ Jesus, your sister in Christ vickie
It is cold outside but the sun is shinning and looks so pretty glistening on the snow. Onward.
I have so many things running through my mind today. January was kind of a hard month this year.. I missed a lot of church for one reason or another and I don't like not going to church. It is where I get fueled up for the rest of the week. Okay moving on....
I have been re reading a book by Johnathan Cahn called " The Mystery of the Shemitah" . I came across something in it today that I thought pretty cool. On page 250 it is titled YESHUA. It says
" How can one be safe in the days of judgment ? " The answer is that in Hebrew, the word for safety is yesha and also means salvation. Jesus Christ is our safety and salvation.. If you are living outside of Christ on judgment day then you have no safety or salvation.. Pretty scary if you ask me.. So, take time today to talk to God and ask Him to come into your heart and make yourself ready to stand before Christ on judgment day.
Here is another thought running in my head. In Luke 16:19-31 it tell about a rich man and poor man.
I don't know why preachers don't teach this.. It is so important.. I will just paraphrase it. Rich man had everything, food, clothes, home, and lived having a good time. While the poor man , Lazarus , had to beg for alms ( money, food) he was covered in sores and the dogs licked the sores. Now, Lazarus was carried by angels to the bosom of Abraham; the rich man was buried and in torment in Hades( place of the dead). Rich man looked up and saw father Abraham and Lazarus and cried out send Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool my tongue. Abraham tells the rich man , you had your comforts and delights , and Lazarus had his discomforts and distresses , now Lazarus is being comforted and you are in anguish. The great chasm ( a deep crack in the earth's surface ; gorge, abyss) we can not come to you nor you to us. The rich man begged for Lazarus to go back and tell his brothers what it was like where he was.. Abraham told him they have Moses and the prophets to listen too . Rich man: But if someone from the dead were to go and tell them they will repent. Abraham: If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets they will not even listen to someone raised from the dead... Moral here. Heaven and Hell are both real places.. You will have all your senses in either place. If you want to be where Abraham and Lazarus are then you better listen to what Moses and the prophets were saying.. If you want to be like the rich man and be in that place of torment for eternity then go ahead and not listen to Moses and the prophets and do it you r way. Just remember this from 2 Peter 2:4 " God did not even spare the angels that sinned , but cast them into hell". Beloved, YOU HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN . Take time today to start your relationship with Christ Jesus..
The fearful, unbelieving, abominable( to hate) murders, whore mongers ( pimps, pander) sorcerers( witchcraft) and idolaters ( putting anything before God) and ALL liars will join the devil and his demons in the Lake of fire and this will be the second death.
Beloved, please today talk with God and make your calling sure.
In the love of Christ Jesus, your sister in Christ vickie
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