......Remember Lord, only you are my hope. You are my life and my salvation. Without you I dry up on the vine. Without your light I walk as if blind. Without you I cry seeing no living water in my cup. Like a dry garden my soul is thirsting for you, for your rain, your latter rain. My soul thirst for you and my prayers haves ascended, and yet I have reason to hope greatly and to be expectant. For when my mind and body and soul shouts at me that they are to famished to hope and to press on, right then, so many times, you revived me and restored again my soul and my spirit did rejoice in God my Savior. ........You take me to the Red Sea trials so that my hope points only to you, for without you I can do nothing. You deliver me. When all my hope in my strength is gone, right then I have seen You show up again and again. My deliverance is the Lord. My breath, my thoughts, my life is Jesus the Lord of glory who is also our Messiah and Christ, the giver of the waters of life. .......Revive me again soon Lord. According to the covenant of great promises soon restore my soul. You have pardoned me and you have forgiven me but as a father you chasten me with your whip that I would learn to say no and to not agree with my iniquity as if sin has no consequence. Obedience makes sweet the fruit, but a rebellious heart has much history in the land of Israel and of the gentiles, where even the chosen that rebelled were forced by their sin to trod. Away with all this dry. Come Lord and pour your refreshing waters upon us and make us so green, so fruitful and deliciously sweet to you in Christ. ........Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord. Come and quench all this thirsting in my soul. Bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more. Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole....deno....share freely.
In the first chapter of Johns gospel we read...And God became flesh and himself dwelt amongst us....In the book of Isaiah we read...Behold said the prophet Isaiah, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and you O Israel shall know His name, He shall be called Immanuel which being interpreted means GOD WITH US. Because of these above scriptures and others and because of the revelations given the apostle Paul, Paul wrote this surety....Be sure that you all understand that all the fulness and all the redeeming operations of God, all dwell in Christ. Because of this truth we preach that all other people, persons, or names, religious ones and non religious ones that anyone of this world esteems or exalts above Jesus Christ who was God with us, those people are false prophets and they fit the scripture that speaks of the blind leading the blind.....JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. All things were created BY HIM and without Him nothing was made that is made....AMEN.
Yes, John knew the Lord. John knew God. John spent three intimate years with he that is called Immanuel which means GOD WITH US. He saw his every expression. Johns eyes were constantly filled with all the Lords thousands of healing's and miracles called the works of God....He knew that the rest of mankind was blind and in the darkness and that they had been misled and deceived by Satan about God, about divine things, and the true things of God. But he knew Him, he had seen Him, he spent three years, THREE INCREDIBLE YEARS with Him on earth in the flesh and saw ALL THE GLORY. John in those three incredible years with God learned much about God. He came to really know God. He learned that the one true GOD IS LOVE and perfect in holiness and was rich in mercy and compassion. And he knew also that if a man or a woman or a spirit said he or they knew God, or that he loved God but that same man or that same spirit hated his brother or sister or fellow man, or preached a message of hate, he said that man and that spirit is a liar, a false prophet, a deceived heart, a lying spirit, even a murderer, a demonized soul though he seems to even look religious. Friends no matter what men say on earth or boast of how much they know God, John who lived and loved with God for three years on earth said, If you say you love God but hate others or are prejudice about others, he said in your heart you are a liar and a murderer, you don't really know Him. Your deceived. All these people all over America, in the middle east, and all over the world that boast that they know God but terrorize and kill in the name of their god, and that hate others and preach hate by skin tone or by any other dividing differences ARE LYING...Jesus even said, Love your enemies. Do good to those that do you wrong. Pray for those who use you and persecute you. By doing so Jesus said you would be like your Father which is in heaven. LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST LOVED US. Friends, the One true God is LOVE and He is Jesus Christ The Word, God with us.....scroll down......deno......share freely. In closing we give this scripture. Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord? 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The Son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: 44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”’? 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore....JESUS IS LORD.
How in the world could we exchange a beautiful walk and fellowship with ALMIGHTY GOD who in His beauty and glory created all the creation for any other walk or seeking or pleasure in this world?....We must be crazy, short sighted, deceived, shallow in understanding, or our hearts are made of a fools substance...Whats wrong with us folks? How could any of us change out what God is offering to us all for the taste of pancakes.....? And the devil took them and showed them all the kingdoms of this world and all these careers, entertainments, all its glory, pleasures, and splendor and applause and whispered to their minds saying....All this will I give you..If you...If you...If will do as I desire and my desire is this for you...Do What You Will and not what God wants. Somehow we all need to break-thru this downward spiral of faith and insight and begin to see the real worth of the Pearl of incredible value. WHO WANTS TO REALLY KNOW AND WALK WITH GOD, the LIVING ALMIGHTY GOD????? What we love and what we are interested in and what we really cherish in our heart is where we are found and is where we all spend our time. Israel of old exchanged out the Living God that showed them his love in signs and in great wonders of deliverance for a golden calf. They changed God out so often for idols that they dreamed up and carved out of their own minds misled imaginations. The scriptures says that the heavens were in shock and in stunning awe about this. Are we doing a similar thing today friends? Where is our heart today? Chasing rabbits? Chasing kicks? or Chasing after the heart of He That Is Called Wonderful, the Prince of Peace, The Everlasting Father, The mighty Counselor. Almighty God, Perfect Love, The Beauty and The Glory of Israel ? God wants our love and attention and fellowship so badly. HE CRAVES US and our attention and yet we burp Him a prayer now and then when we think about it or gasp one out right before we fall asleep at the end of the day. We give Him our crumbs, our leftovers, our scraps, our spot, wrinkled and blemished offerings, our rusted tin instead of the pure gold and the BEST of our hearts, time, and lives that GOD SO DESERVES....GOD HELP US OVERCOME OUR MADNESS. How much is the Lord in our DAILY CONVERSATION? How much is the Lord in our minute to minute thoughts? Or do we look at God as someone we can USE in hope to get to and consume up this world instead of us denying ourselves and taking up our Cross daily being dead to this worlds course so that we can love and fellowship and serve the LIVING GOD AND RISEN CHRIST.? ........In our scripture pic, Jesus told them, Children Come and Dine...Do you know they could have said no? Did you know they could have refused the invite? Had they refused, they would have missed out on all the good that the Lord himself HAD ALREADY PREPARED for them and FOR THEIR LIFE. (Hello). The Joy and the walk with God and Jesus Christ that the Lord went to the Cross to give us is just to WONDERFUL to exchange out for this worlds pancakes. (Go and read John 17:13)......deno.....share freely.
Read these few verses completely and you will see that our Lord had a GOOD HABIT....It was his often custom * Addiction...If he saw it needful to have this good habit, surely we should also... Luke 5:12-16 International Standard Version (ISV) Jesus Cleanses a Leper 12 One day, while Jesus[a] was in one of the cities, a man covered with leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face, begging him, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.” 13 So Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do want to. Be clean!” Instantly the leprosy left him. 14 Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as proof to the authorities.” 15 But the news about Jesus[e] spread even more, and many crowds began gathering to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. 16 However, he continued his HABIT of going and getting away to deserted places and praying....Jesus spent much time with the Father in the fellowship of prayer....
