New Heaven And New Earth

Revelations confusing? Nah. Okay maybe.  But there are also promises written throughout.

And one of them is about the new heavens and new earth. Exciting times. An exciting promise and it should be something we all need to look forward to. May this promise come quickly, Lord, we long for the day but until then, may you find us faithful.

God Bless.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea." - (Revelation 21:1)

Devotional

John's vision of Christ in the New Jerusalem. The book of revelation can be confusing, but it ends with Christ as the victor and sometimes that is all you really need to know and understand. This new heaven and earth will not be consumed with sin as we know it now. It's something to look forward to after all that we have seen and experienced on this present earth. The old will no longer be relevant the new will rule and dominate. There will be no wars, no death, and peace forevermore in this new heaven and earth.

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Gratitude Beginnings

Gratitude. Something this world needs more of and to put into practice. I am just as guilty as the next person.

But I have wonder, if I got serious about living a life of thankfulness where my life would be; probably in better shape than where it is now.

Maybe, there is still hope for me and this world. Maybe all we need to do is begin today to live a life of gratitude is a mind change. And when the mind is change, the heart will be effected, which might just cause a world-wide revolution making this world a much better place for the future to come.

God Bless.

Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 16:7-36 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. - 1 Chronicles 16:34

This month we set our hearts on gratitude. Gratitude is good for us. Even science has proven it. The physician and researcher Hans Seyle, who extensively studied the negative effects of stress on humans, concluded that the best antidote to stress is gratitude. Of course, there’s much more to it than what science can name, because gratitude is rooted in God. Out of the groundswell of God’s goodness gratitude grows. In ancient Israel, King David’s whole being responded to God’s goodness. In this song of praise we see that David’s gratitude springs from God’s creational activity. Our first evidences of God’s goodness are in creation. David calls for the heavens to rejoice and the earth to be glad. He invites the sea to resound, the fields to be jubilant, and the trees of the forest to sing for joy. Why? Because the world is firmly established. In the beginning God acted with goodness in establishing this world, and God continues to sustain it by his costly grace. It’s been said that if the essence of God is goodness and grace, the essence of God’s people is gratitude. When we take time to recall God’s goodness and grace, our hearts tune in to the grateful melody all creation sings. So let’s join the sea and fields and trees today and sing for joy!

Prayer: Creator God, we lift our hearts to you in gratitude for this beautiful world you have made. Thank you for all you have done for us. We give thanks in the name of Jesus, through whom we have received grace upon grace. Amen.

Ruth Boven

God Has Made Everything Beatuiful In His Own Time

God's timing sucks! I can't believe I am the only one who thinks this and there are times I don't see anything beatuiful around me and a lot of times I wonder where God is.

I know, I am a horrible Christian but at least I am an honest one and I know I have a relationship with a loving God who doesn't condemn me but is thrilled I care enough about our relationship to ask questions and seek Him and His way's.

I may not see Him in things everyday doesn't mean He hasn't left them for me to see. And that's okay because He is still working on me and those things around me.

God Bless.

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end. (NLT) -Ecclesiastes 3:11

Sometimes it's hard to see the beauty in things, people, or life’s events. It's easy to be overwhelmed, stressed, and busy yet we don't take the time to see the beauty that surrounds us. He sees us as His beautiful creation. Remember that God has made us unique in His image. Look in the mirror and smile at God's beautiful creation!

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I Don't Want To

When dealing with the sins in our lives we either acknowledge them and repent; acknowledge them and still go about our business without dealing with them; or all the above and still fall back into our same old habits later on.

Sin. The destoyer of lives and nations. God help us all and thank heavens he will!

God Bless.

I don't want to, but I do David's prayer today, when he said "keep your servant from deliberate sins" gives us a very important idea. Some sins we do do them deliberately, and we cannot fight them alone as David believes "they can control him".

We can see that all the times in our lives: A man who wants to love and be faithful to his wife, but ends up in an affair because something inside him is too powerful and controlling him. A woman who wants to honour her husband, but ends up gossiping about him to her friends because something inside her called emotion is controlling her. A young man/ woman who wants to stay pure until wedding day, but ends up committing sexual sins because something inside them called lust is controlling them. The examples can go on and on... and David was no excuse, I'm also no excuse.

That's why, only God can be bigger than them all! Only God, can be bigger that the sins controlling us. Only God, can be bigger than our emotion, lust and our weaknesses. Let's call on Him this morning, everyone everywhere needs God to be kept safe from deliberate sins. Whoever finds God, finds life.

-Author Unknown

The Holy Spirit Is Our Regenerator

There are days, okay let's be honest,  it is more like everyday, I need to have some form of a sap of energy to get me started, okay, more like to get me through the day.

I know what I need to get by and I seem to be happy with the just getting by life. But there is a part of me that wants more and knows how to get but the follow through is the problem and my greatest weakness.

I am so grateful there is a person who is continuing to work in my life even when I don't feel like He is. And believe you me, He has no problem sapping me into shape when it deems necessary. Now, the responsiblity for the follow through comes back to me so I better sap myself into gear.

God Bless.

The Holy Spirit Is Our Regenerator

Meet the Holy Spirit, who can do it all. He is the Spirit of God. He has limitless power and wisdom, yet He willingly comes to live inside any person who believes in Jesus Christ. And that means we have access to His amazing power. As I pondered the work of the Holy Spirit in Scripture and in my own life, I identified seven distinct roles He plays.

Jesus told Nicodemus that we are born again by the Holy Spirit. “Truly, truly, I say to you,” Jesus said in John 3:5, “unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” True conversion is the most supernatural thing we will ever experience. When a person puts his faith in Christ for salvation, it is the Spirit who opens the heart and imparts divine life. He then indwells us, giving us the confidence that we are now children of God. None of us would be Christians today if it were not for the regenerating power of the Spirit.

And if you have ever led someone to faith in Christ, you know it is truly the most amazing miracle God can perform. If you are praying for someone to repent and give his heart to Jesus, do not minimize the role the Holy Spirit plays in this process. How does this miracle happen? We typically tell new Christians that Jesus came into their hearts at the moment they repented of their sins. But again our language limits the grandeur of a true conversion. When the Holy Spirit enters the life of a repentant believer, He literally breathes new life into the dead! Just as the prophet Ezekiel watched dry skeletons stand up, grow new flesh, and breathe again (Ezek. 37), people who are dead in sin are resurrected to a new life when they believe in Jesus Christ for the first time. Never forget the raw power of conversion. Of all the manifestations of the Holy Spirit available to us, conversion is the most precious—and the most powerful. Never minimize the Holy Spirit’s power to transform a sinner.

7 Truths of The Holy Spirit Devotional

Live A Life Of Power

To live a life of power is my prayer. I have a deep hunger within me to see the power of God in my life.

Just because I have the desire doesn't mean I have the willpower or knowledge how to make it happen.

So when I come across little devotional's like these I grab hold of it and hang on for dear life and pray, then put it into action.

Sure, I might not have it all together now or even tomorrow but someday....and this is what I long for...

God Bless

Live a Life of Power!

by Gloria Copeland

“Strip yourselves of your former nature...and be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind...put on the new nature...created in...true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24, The Amplified Bible To live a life pleasing to God, you must have the spiritual strength to lay aside natural pursuits at times. How do you develop that strength? First and foremost by spending time in the Word and in prayer. As you spend time in His Word, by the power of that Word, the Holy Spirit will separate you not only from sin, but also from the unnecessary things in life. He will impart to you the spiritual might and grace you need to obey the instructions in Ephesians 4:22-24. Those verses tell us that righteousness and holiness are two different things. Righteousness is the right-standing with God you gained when you were born again.

The only thing you did to be made righteous was to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life. Holiness is another matter. You are not made holy. Holiness is the result of your choices. It’s what you do with your time and your actions. It’s your conduct. It comes when you make a decision of your will to live according to the precepts of the Lord. In short, holiness is doing those things that please the Father. To be holy is to be “sanctified, and meet for the master’s use” (2 Timothy 2:21). Sanctified means “set apart.” Set apart from what? From the world! God wants us to be so caught up in spiritual things that we lose interest in carnal activities and pursue Him with all our hearts. According to Romans 12:1-2, being wholly dedicated to God is your reasonable service. God expects us all to live holy. He says, “Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). When you see the power and glory of God start to flow in greater measure through you, you won’t regret you made those sacrifices. When you lay hands on a crippled person and see him made whole instantly, you’ll be glad you turned down that carnal movie your friends went to see. You may think I’m being overly dramatic, but I’m not. Those things are happening—not just at the hands of famous preachers or full-time ministers, but at the hands of everyday believers. They can happen in your life. Determine to be a part of it all. Make up your mind not to be sidelined by doing petty things that please yourself. Dedicate yourself wholly to the Father. Choose to live holy. Choose to live a life of power! Choose to live for God! Speak the Word “I strip myself of my former nature. I am constantly renewed in the spirit of my mind. I put on the new nature that is created in righteousness and true holiness.” —Ephesians 4:22-24, The Amplified Bible

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Work Harder

This little devotional is soooo true! And the lies I have believed leave me in tears.

Yes, I may have done somethings wrong but thank heavens I have a loving God who has faith in me and understands when I miss the mark.

Thank You, Jesus for keeping me, and the continued work in my life and the life of others!

God Bless.

Work Harder!

by Kenneth Copeland

“Walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 “We just need to get out of the way and let God work. After all, we can’t do anything anyway. He’s the One who is in control.” Have you ever heard anyone say things like that? I’m sure you have. In fact, if you’re like most of us, you’ve said them yourself. At the time, they probably sounded very good. Very religious. Very humble. But let me warn you, that kind of attitude can also be very dangerous. It can leave you sitting passively while the devil tears up everything around you. It can leave you in tears, begging God to fix a situation for you when He was saying all along, “Take care of it yourself! I’ll back you. I’ve given you My Name. I’ve given you My authority. I’ve given you My own faith. Now, use it!” Right now, especially, we must be on guard against such spiritual passivity, because we are on the edge of a great outpouring of God’s glory. It has already begun, and it will become much stronger. During times like these, even believers who know better can get lazy. They can look around them at the signs and wonders God is working and say, “I guess I don’t need faith anymore. It looks like God is taking care of everything Himself now.” Don’t make that mistake. Even though God is moving mightily in end-time manifestations, He still expects His people to walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7) and live by faith (Hebrews 10:38). Don’t get lazy just because the glory is here. Work harder! Spend more time in the Word and develop your faith to a greater measure than ever before. Then, as Smith Wigglesworth once said, stretch your faith as far as it will go, knowing that the Holy Ghost has nine manifestations of His own to add to it if you need them. Get yourself ready so that when someone falls to the floor under the healing gift of the Spirit, you’ll be there beside them with your Bible, helping them up and saying, “Now, friend, let me show you how to stay well.” We’ve come to the last of the last days. God’s schedule demands that He pour out His Spirit in great manifestations of power now. You’ll see them everywhere. In churches all over the world, the cloud of God’s glory will get so thick at times, the people won’t be able to see one another. God’s manifest presence will fall as rain—on the just and the unjust. It will fall on those who have learned to walk by faith and those who haven’t. But that rain will remain, not on those who are sitting passively waiting on God to take control, but on those who have dared to believe and behave as joint heirs of Jesus. It will abide on the household of faith! Speak the Word “I am just, and I live by faith.” —Hebrews 10:38

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