The Real Deal

My Manna

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Matthew 5:11-12.

An ancient story is told of the Queen of Sheba.

She sent two wreaths of roses to Solomon, one real and one artificial, to test his reputed wisdom.

She defied him to detect the genuine from the artificial.

Solomon at once directed that some bees be brought into the room and of course-

-         They immediately flew to the real flowers and thought nothing of the counterfeit.

So it is with us as believers!

When we find ourselves overwhelmed, surrounded, being attacked from every side with the bees of revile and persecution-

-         It simply means they recognize that we are the real deal!

Our beautiful aroma attracts those scary bees!

But our Lord has overcome the 'bees'.

Oh bee where is your sting?

Rejoice when the bees come around!

Don't lose heart!

God has the victory!

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Watch over your heart

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"Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." Proverbs 4:23.

Our culture is obsessed with success!

We are obsessed not only with our own personal success-

-         But we may be even more obsessed with providing our children with the tools they need to become successful.

We all want to do our best!

But a lot of times-

-         there's confusion about what real success is

There's a nebulous understanding that-

-         Success means that our child will one day get a good education, have a good job, a good family and be good citizen.

But-

That is a very short-sighted view!

It's not much success-

- If our children grow up to have worldly success for fifty years-

- And then spend eternity in hell.

That's a temporary success-

-         but an eternal failure!

In God's eyes-

- Success means discovering His will for your life,

- And using that purpose for the glory of God,

- Not for the glory of self.  

We must see that big picture when we help our children become truly successful.

When a child grows to understand that-

- then the child has a far greater chance of experiencing real, lasting success,

- for they will be successful in God's eyes.

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Light

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"Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house." Matthew 5:15.
D. L. Moody told the story of a man who was crossing the Atlantic by ship.
He was terribly sick and confined to his cabin.
One night he heard the cry "Man overboard!"
He felt that there was nothing he could do to help.
But at second thought-
- he said to himself, "I guess I can at least put my lantern in the porthole."

He struggled to his feet and hung the light so it shined out into the darkness.
The next day he learned that the person who was rescued said, "I was going down in the dark night for the last time, when someone put a light in a porthole. As it shone on my hand, a sailor in a lifeboat grabbed it and pulled me in."

All of us have weaknesses...and times of weakness!

The fact of the matter is, though, that weak or not-
- we need to muster up the strength to put our lights in our portholes for the sake of the dying and the lost among us.
It's so tempting to-
- sulk in our weaknesses,
- and stay in our beds.
But God expects more of us!
He has given us the strength to do all things, even move mountains!
There are so many people around us sinking in despair.
But God has chosen us to reach out and light up their lives!
Let's do something extraordinary for the Lord today.
Be bold, speak up!

Let's get beyond our weaknesses-
- and light up the darkness around us!

Perfect Peace

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind   is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. ( Isaiah 26:3 *nkjv )

  Dear friend,

      Now true peace in our lives can be hard to find at times,   but through our faith in Jesus Christ we can know peace   even in turmoil.  This is because He Himself is our   peace.    ( Ephesians 2:14 )

      Now our savior Jesus Christ said, "These things I   have spoken to you, that in me you may have   peace.  In the world you will have tribulation;   but be of good cheer, I have overcome the   world."  (John 16:33 )

      Therefore when you find that peace has left you, and you   feel troubled; return your thoughts to our heavenly father   and trust in him with all your heart.  Always remembering   that having been justified by faith, we have peace   with god through our Lord Jesus Christ.   (Romans 5:1 )

      So, always let the peace of god rule in   your hearts, to which also you were called in   one body; and be thankful.  ( Colossians 3:15 )

      Have a wonderful day and may the grace of our   lord Jesus Christ be with you all, now and always!   Amen. (Revelation 22:21 )

Loving God

YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR   HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR   STRENGTH.  ( DEUTERONOMY 6:5 *NIV )

  Dear Friend,    

 It is very easy to love the Lord with all your being   when you think about how much He loves each of us.   FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE   HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER   BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE   EVERLASTING LIFE. ( JOHN 3:16 )

      Further, Jesus Christ said; "GREATER LOVE HAS NO   ONE THAN THIS, THAN TO LAY DOWN ONE'S LIFE FOR   HIS FRIENDS.  YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO   WHATEVER I COMMAND."  ( JOHN 15:13-14 )

      Therefore; WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE   LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR US.  GOD IS LOVE, AND   HE WHO ABIDES IN LOVE ABIDES IN GOD, AND GOD   IN HIM. Thus it is only right to show God our love by   worshiping Him, for; THE HOUR IS COMING, AND NOW   IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP   THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH; FOR THE FATHER   IS SEEKING SUCH TO WORSHIP HIM.   ( 1 JOHN 4:16 ) &   ( JOHN 4:23 )

      So Friend, COME, LET US BOW DOWN IN WORSHIP,   LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE LORD OUR MAKER; FOR   HE IS OUR GOD AND WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF HIS   PASTURE, THE FLOCK UNDER HIS CARE.  Amen.   ( PSALM 96:1 )

Past

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 You may be stronger because of your past; you may be wiser because of your past; But you are not who you were in your past!
Listen, we have a problem sometimes forgetting... It's not really people doing it to us as much as it is us beating ourselves up because of stupid mistakes. We think of the past mistakes, sins, and just plain foolish decisions we made and we cringe sometimes. But we cannot focus on that!!!
God took it away when we asked Him to and He is concerned about where you are going and not where you have been or what you have done.
You cannot find it in the Bible anywhere when God threw someone's past up in their face! Out of all the people He used, He never talked about what they did in their past until they were dead and gone. He spoke about their future and their call. He spoke about their purpose and their faith. But never their sinful past.
Let it go my sister and my brother. No matter how bad it is or was, God gave Jesus so you would be able to let it go.
We minimize the cross by carrying past issues and sins around. We take away from the power of Jesus' blood when we harbor unforgiveness towards ourselves.
Look, after you are forgiven, it's then time to move on. Don't hold on to your past any longer. Allow God to be God and let Him give you a fresh start.
I know it's hard sometimes to forget things because people will try to remind you of it. But the Bible says that we all have sins and come short. What you did has been done before. But if sin could stop the plan of God, then the death of Jesus was a farce!
The bible says that Jesus took the power of death, hell, and the grave when He rose. Hell? That means, that hell has no power over you. That means that your past sins no longer have the power to take you there!
So, if you have power over sin, then sin has no power. Your past can't stop you.
Forget about it! Let it go and move forward in Christ. Your sins are not hidden, but they are buried! Cast into the sea of forgetfulness, never to be remembered by God again. He has wiped them away and will continue to if you continue to move forward. But if you talk about it and worry about it, you give it back it's power and you will begin to suffer for it. Don't give your past energy and power. Don't awaken your past by worries and woes. Let it go and move on.

God has forgiven you, now it's time that YOU let it go.

Redemption and Forgiveness

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God. (Ephesians 1:7 *niv )

dear friend,
now speaking of Jesus' blood is an important way of speaking about Christ’s death. For his death points to two wonderful truths, forgiveness for, and the redemption from
our past sins.

In the Old Testament redemption was the price paid to gain freedom for a slave. You will find that written in the book of (Leviticus 25:47-54.) Jesus' paid the price to release us from slavery to sin, thus granting us eternal life.

Now forgiveness was granted in the Old Testament on the basis of the shedding of an animals' blood. A young lamb without blemish was usually used for this. Now it is written: for the life of a creature is in the blood and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for ones life. (Leviticus 17:11)

therefore, with the precious Blood of Christ, a Lamb without blemish or defect, Jesus became the perfect sacrifice for the forgiveness of our old sinful ways! (1 peter 1:19)

now that does not mean that we no longer must repent for our sins. For we must continue to; Repent, then, and turn to God, so that our sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Amen (Acts 3:19)