Foolishness and slow of heart to believe

When two disciples were walking to Emmaus, Jesus, after His resurrection,
appeared to them and their eyes were restrained from seeing Jesus. They
were feeling sad for they had thought that Jesus would redeem Israel but He
was nowhere to be found.

Jesus said they were foolish and slow of heart to believe and He then went
on to expound from the Torah to the Prophets things concerning himself and
the hearts of the disciples were warmed. They later partook of the Holy
Communion and that was when they realised who Jesus was. By then Jesus has
disappeared from their sight.

The disciples were so energised by Jesus' teaching that they went back to
where they came from.

Jesus has said to the disciples that they were foolish and slow of heart to
believe. These are probably the two indictments concerning the church
today.

Some of us are just plain silly to close up our hearts to the inspired
scriptures. We sleep during service while the word of God is been preached
by anointed preacher. At times, we allow the cares of the world to cloud
our hearts so much that we are not listening to what the Holy Spirit is
identifying with. Or simply we are just distracted by what is going around
the church than to pay attention to God's word been preached.

The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. What is he after foremost? It
is the word of God in our lives. When we are not letting the word of God to
touch our lives, we are basically letting the devil to make inroads into
our lives. When trial come, we will have nothing to rely on to speak to the
situation, even though we are the beloved of the Lord.

When we hear the word of God been preached, do we really believe the truth?
Do we allow the word of God to dwell within our hearts that it guards our
hearts from been troubled and fearful? Repent! Believe the truth preached.
It is easy to believe when we open our hearts to Jesus. When the preaching
is all about Jesus, beliving is effortless. The Holy Spirit jumps with joy
within everytime when Jesus is been preached.

When we believe the truth preached, we will have a strong foundation in
Christ. The wind can howl and the earth can shake and our hearts will be
still for we know Jesus is the Lord of all. His name is above all names.

Lets be quick to believe the truth and don't be blinded by the lies of the
devil. Believe that Jesus is always loving us and caring for us. Believe
that God is no longer angry with us for Christ has borne the wrath of God
at the cross. Believe God wants us to be lacking in nothing. Be prosperous
in the soul and see the wonderful manifestation of the word from without.
Praise the Lord.

Lets talk about Jesus

When one's life is touched by Jesus, that person will, unknowing, start
sharing about Jesus and what wonderful works He has done in his life.

This is so evident in the story of the Samaritian women who was living a
lifestyle of adultery. She felt embarrassed to be among the women of the
same city in the morning when they were gathering water from a well. As
such, she went to the well only in the afternoon to possibly avoid hearing
more gossip regarding her relationship with men.

One day when she was at the well, she met Jesus. That divine meeting
changed her life completely for good. All the love she was seeking for
through past marriages finally became a reality when she communed with
Jesus. Jesus has shown her only Him is the source of everlasting love. With
His love, we can love each other for He first loves us.

With the inward transformation, the Samaritian was no longer conscious of
herself and her works but was full of Jesus. And she was no longer ashamed
to even meet the people of the city. To top that, she was talking about
Jesus and what wondrous work He had done in her life.

The bible also tells us about a story of a leper who was made clean by
Jesus. The leper was breaking through the ranks to present himself in front
of Jesus. He knew that Jesus could heal him but wasn't sure if Jesus would
heal him. When Jesus answered him that He would heal him and cleansed him
of leprosy, that man can't help himself but to spread the what Jesus had
done for him.

Beloved, don't hesitate to give glory to Jesus. Give praise to Him. Don't
be embarrassed in sharing what wondrous works Jesus has done in our lives.
When Jesus is exalted in our lives, God will make sure our lives shall be
made as good testimonies to those around us.

When our lives are and still been transformed by Jesus, we just can't help
it but to share the goodness of what Jesus has done in our lives. Give
praise to Jesus. For He has completely completed the finished work at the
cross. Hallelujah!

My God is A righteous God!

God is righteous to forgive all our sins for Jesus has paid the punishment
for every committed sin, past, present and future. Jesus is the over
payment for all our sins!

With that finished work at the cross, Jesus has divinely exchanged His
position of righteousness with our position of guilt and sin. With one act
of divine exchange we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We are
drafted into the kingdom of God. We are sons and daughters of Abba Father.

Why is God righteous to send His only begotten Son, Jesus to be crucified
at the cross? Because of the covenant He had cut with Abraham. Because
Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only begotten son, Isaac as the
sacrificial lamb, God is righteous to send His only begotten Son, Jesus to
be the perfect offering for our sins.

With the redemptive work completed at the cross, God is righteous in
blessing us, His children. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
for cursed is He who hangs on the tree. With Christ, He will freely give us
all things to enjoy. We have no part to play in the giving of blessings but
every part to receive what God has freely given!

If we are facing some form of terminal diseases, know that by His stripe,
we are already made whole, healed and completely freed from the diseases.
The syptoms may linger on but its root has been cut off from our bodies!

If we are facing a mountain of debts, know that by the grace of God, Jesus
was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich.

Nothing is impossible with God. Whatever the problem may be, cast it upon
the feet of Jesus, for He cares. He cares for our every minute detail of
our lives. He even count the number of hair on our heads.

My God is a covenant keeping God. At the cross, God cuts a covenant with
the perfect Man, Jesus, so that whatever is of God is ours to proclaim and
receive. Every promise in the bible is yes and amen! God will bless me for
my sin and lawless deed He shall remember no more for He has remembered
every one of them at the cross on the body of Jesus Christ! Hallelujah!

Trust God for He is a good God. He will always make sure we abundantly
provided for, lacking in nothing. Praise Him and worship Him for He is good
and His mercy endures forever!

Just enjoy God's love

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.

God is still working on His master plan in loving His people. His love for
His people is unconditional. His love for us doesn't depend on our good
behaviour. His love for us doesn't depend on us loving Him. He loves us
like He loves His only begotten Son, Jesus.

This agape love is unceasing and unending. It is all about His love for
Jesus for Jesus represents us. Hallelujah! Just bask in Abba Father's love
for us and enjoy His love. Focus His love like the magnifying glass on our
lives and see miracles manifesting in our lives.

We can love God becausee He first loved us. We can then love each other
because we know we are the beloved. We extend the love that we have
received from Abba Father to those around us.

When we know we are the beloved, we can live life with zeal! There is a
spring in our step. We can deal with dire situations with no fear for His
perfect love for us casts out all fear.

The bible also says that God has given us a spirit of power and love and
sound mind. This is possible because of Jesus and His finished work at the
cross. When Jesus was crucified at the cross, He didn't die for Himself for
He was sinless but He was carrying the sin of the world upon Himself, He
was representing us at the cross! Wow! What love is this that the Son of
God would die for me!

When He rose from the grave, we also in Him have risen from the dead. Enjoy
His love for us daily. Each moment of our lives, remember His agape love
for us. Live life with the knowing that we are the beloved and He is caring
care of our every need every moment. Hallelujah.

You can't out give God!

God is lavish God. He has given all things freely through Christ Jesus.
With the completed work at the cross some two thousand years ago, we the
beloved of the the Lord are being made righteous before God.

When God sent His Son Jesus to die at the cross, He bascially gave the
world His best. With Him comes righteousness, health, and prosperity!
Everything that we need is found in Jesus.

Abraham offered Isaac as the sacrifice but God offered Jesus as THE
ultimate sacrifical Lamb that will take away all our sins once and for all!
Oh! What an unfair exchange! Jesus is the over payment for our sins. God
will never be a debtor to anyone.

Jacob promised to give one tenth of all his increase to Jesus and God
subsequently blessed him with everything. That's the lavish nature of Abba
Father. He will always supply with more than enough for God doesn't know
what is enough! Hallelujah!

After the children of Israel came out of Egypt, they offered their clothing
and leather skin for the building of the tabernacle. For forty years in the
wilderness, the clothing of the children didn't wear out and neither is the
sandal on their feets. God is so good, what little the children of Israel
gave, God out gave them all!

When Jesus gave thanks for the five pieces of bread and two fishes, God out
poured His grace upon that little offering with twelve baskets full of
leftover after five thousand men, not counting women and children, had been
filled. That's just the way God shows His grace.

Beloved, we can't out give God. When we give our time to God, God will
multiple that back to us so that we can accomplish so much more with the
same amount of time within a day.

When we give our finance to the Lord, God will make sure we have more than
enough. He will make sure we have so much more to be a blessing to those
around us. When we give our energy to God, we will find ourselves having so
much more energy to go about our daily endeavours.

Trust God in His grace. God shall never be a debtor to anyone. Trust is His
goodness and see His miraculous power working mightily in us. Hallelujah!