Wednesday, August 17, 2011

God Directs Your Path


 
 
When told God will direct your path
the natural man will..   
 
 
 UP HIMSELF AND MOVE INTO 
the passenger seat....
saying ok Lord Jesus
your in charge
your in control
you start the car
and you drive
to our destination today...
 
 
 
But the Spiritual man
will sit behind the wheel
and say ok Lord Jesus*
lead the way...
 
 
 
STOP!
 
As we grow in our walk in the Lord
we come to understand... in all things trust
in God is directing our path....
when we have committed
ourselves to Him
it is no longer our life but His life
 and that maybe our problem
.. Is to learn to surrender all.
 let go our life is no longer ours
..but His.
 
 
Jeremiah 10:23
I know, O LORD,
that a man's life is not his own;...it is not for man to direct his steps.
 
 
 
 
Jeremiah 42:3
Pray that the LORD
your God will tell us ....where we should go ....and what we should do."
 
 
 
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths...
 
 
WANT GUIDANCE?
 
                                        
 Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
 
 
 
 
Numbers 9:20
Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle
only a few days; at the LORD's command
they would encamp, and
then at his command they would set out.
 
 
 
 
Proverbs 16:3
Commit to the LORD
whatever you do,
and your plans will succeed. 
 
 
 
 
Isaiah 30:21
Whether you turn to the right or to the left,
your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying,
"This is the way; walk in it." 
 
 
 
 
 
WHEN WE MAKE THAT CLAIM THAT JESUS* CHRIST IS
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
AND IT IS SINCERE.... GOD KNOWS ....
 
 
 
THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE
TRIED BY FIRE
ALL GODS CHILDREN
ARE PUT
THROUGH THE FIRE
OF PURIFICATION
.. WE ARE TRIED
FOR OUR SALT
OVER AGAIN
UNTIL HE IS SATISFIED
WITH OUR OUTCOME
AND CALLS US HOME.
 
 
 
Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us:
you have tried us, as silver is tried.
 
 Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
 
Luke 14:34 Salt is good:
but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be seasoned?
 
 
Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness,
how can it be made salty again?
It is no longer good for anything,
except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
 
 
OUR WALK IN JESUS*
IS A LIFETIME PROCESS OF
GROWING IN OUR SALVATION,
IN OUR FAITH,
TO BE MORE RIGHTEOUS
AS JESUS* IS RIGHTEOUS.
 
 
Saved in our Faith Walk
we often have many questions???..
one of the greatest questions we can have
is what am I to do with my life?.
Where am I going...?
 
 
 
 
*When we surrender our lives to Jesus*
we need to trust He has a plan for our life in Him
We need to surrender all and ask of Him
take all things to Jesus* in prayer
Leave nothing to chance but all things by
prayer and supplication.
 
God delights in His children...behave as His children and ask
of your Heavenly Father ... He will delight in your childlike
approach towards Him with your questions...
 
 ASK JESUS WHERE HE LEADING ...WHAT IS HIS PLAN...
WHAT WOULD HE LIKE YOU TO DO today
THROUGH YOU....THAT HE BE GLORIFIED... ?  
 
To be selfless and let His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven
is a good start of each new day in the Lord .... Hallelujah!
 
 
In all things pray and depending on your faith walk you can:
ask Jesus* in prayer and you will get your answer
ask the Holy Spirit in prayer and you will get your answer
ask the Heavenly Father in prayer and you will get your answer..
 
 
 
1) I am not the voice of authority but I can tell you
what I did in my faith walk.... that did work for me;
---In my days of milk I clung to Jesus*
and He is the only name I knew...my only precious redeemer,
my Savior, my Jesus* my new bornagain world
was centered around  Jesus*... as I grew FROM milk to meat
((( I grew in spirit and I wanted to know
the Holy Spirit )))).... ask and you shall find..
 
 
 
2) Next I came to Know Praise Jesus the Holy Spirit within me ...
and though  other spiritual doors began to open
[the Holy Spirit is the keeper of greatest gifts]
and one day of all days....
 
3) Then I met the Father ..
.. just like the word of God says .... no man comes to the Father but buy me... 
its true Hallelujah blessed are we in Jesus* Christ our Lord...
we have so much to grow into we will be growing for all eternity ..
 
 
 
 
*This is not a fable, not fiction but is what I am walking  in and is in accord with the word of God.
 Its not for the carnal man but for the man that is growing in the Holy Spirit of God.
 
 
 
 
Supporting this is 1 Corinthians 2
 
9 But as it is written,
Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him.
 
10 But God hath revealed them unto us
by his Spirit:
for the Spirit searcheth all things,
yea, the deep things of God.
 
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man,
save the spirit of man which is in him?
 
even so the things of God knoweth no man,
but the Spirit of God.
 
12 Now we have received,
not the spirit of the world,
but the spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things
that are freely given to us of God.
 
 
13 Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things- with spiritual.
 
 
MAJOR KEY  RIGHT HERE STOP AND READ THIS PLEASE!!!!!!
 
 
14 But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
 
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things,
yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord,
that he may instruct him?
But we have the mind of Christ.
 
The carnal man IS BLIND AND CANNOT SEE OR HEAR
HENCE HE will scoff, mock and ridicule
this place...
 
 
but for the spiritually discerned there is no limit
as to where the Holy Spirit of the Lord Jesus* Christ will take you
.... in your very personal
unique walk in God the Father
..... You’re a child of the King... and you grow up
under a different Father ... Praise Jesus*
 
 
If I can tell you anything SO THAT YOU AND I ARE NOT ASHAMED
when we are presented before the judgment seat of Jesus* Christ our Lord and Savior
 
REALIZE NOW IN ADVANCE
we will want to have done so much for JESUS
WE WILL WANT  to have some gifts for Him
and for the Heavenly Father
and for the Holy Spirit
for all that they have done for us
and FOR ALL OF GIFTS WE SHALL
see there waiting for us
.... we will cry
if we have nothing to give
.. GOD IN RETURN....
 
 
 
BUT WHAT CAN WE GIVE GOD?
WHAT CAN ANYMAN GIVE GOD?
WHAT GIFT?
 
 
 
YOUR LIFE... GIVE GOD YOUR VERY LIFE.... BE A LIVING SACRIFICE FOR THE GOD THAT GAVE ALL TO YOU... NOW ITS YOUR TURN GIVE BACK.
LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE AND LET GOD TAKE OVER, YOUR BODY IS A SACRIFICE UNTO GOD THAT ITS HIS HANDS, HIS WILL, HIS FEET, HIS WORDS, HIS ALL AND ALL... can you do that? 
 
Yes you can and you should
make it a practice each day
until its like breathing air, to let God
and you take the back seat to Him
 
 
... you work on it.... and so will I
one day at a time
so we will not be ashamed
AT THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD JESUS*
 
 
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him;
that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence,
and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
 
 
... offer Him your life now...
and don’t take it back..
let go and live anew...
let go and let Him
Now that’s really living.
 
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This my friend is what the desire
of our Lord God is
... Jesus has a purpose
for our lives and it is to be more like Him
... each day or our faith walk it is to be less of us
and more of Him that we are a living sacrifice unto God. 
and our God is alive He is a relationship
God in three persons is a relationship
you and I don’t want to miss but be in it.
 
 
 
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
 
 
 
You should stop imagining God is so far off in
heaven and can not hear you..
The kingdom of God is in you...
and when you pray in quiet, bow your head
and close your eyes and speak out knowing how very close God is to you...
The Holy Spirit is right there and trust He can hear you.
He knows what your going to say before you say it. But say it anyway.
 
Ezekiel 11:5  And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me,
and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD;
Thus have ye said, O house of Israel:
for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
 
Luke 17:21  Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
 
 
When we are diligent and faithful and are indeed
pressing into the word of God striving to be what the Lord
would have us to be, when we are believing in Him and trusting in Him...
trying the very word of God that we stand on...
 
we our bound to break into deeper levels of the word...
its about our perseverance our persistence ...
often times too soon we grow weary and quit just at the threshold of the
breakthrough to a new higher level in the Spirit of the Lord Jesus*...When
-if only we had stayed in prayer another hour
or held on pressing in one more day,
too many have fallen short of the glory of God
...because we stop and give up ....short
of our break through...in the Lord Jesus* 
 
 
-And do we know that too is a test..
See its not about us saying with an attitude of
...ok God,... I prayed,... I asked you,... now you provide..
 
 
Reverence and respect,
loving respect and knowing who your talking to
is extremely helpful in your growth in the Lord God Almighty
or He will let you know. 
You don’t want to learn the hard way do you.
 
 
God is alive and not a magic lamp to rub and receive our wishes ... that’s the new age god...
Not the true living God.
 
Jesus is the master we are the servant of the Lord...
Jesus paid all...  reflect on the Passion of the Christ movie
If you saw that movie ...it’s a good portrayal of what Jesus paid for us..
and it still far lacks the truth... of the extent of His horrid suffering for the sins
of the world that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish but obtain everlasting life..
John 3:16 Praise Jesus* .. Hallelujah!
 
Sometimes we can be’ our greatest enemy in growing in grace. .. amen
 
 
 
It often takes time to realize when the Lord is answering you..
be expecting an answer... so when the answer does come the Lord does not
have to keep showing you over and over again this is what  I want you do...
or this is what I expect from you... or this is the answer right in front of you...
or what ever the case may be.
 
 
God speaks to us in many ways....
through His written word,
through audible word
through other people
through dreams or visions.
Through something written even though it
may have been written ten years ago
it may the very word you needed to hear
and God can use it for you today...
 
 
 
 
Jesus* works like that ....in my life
and it is amazing that an article of ten years of age
or more can be my exact to the letter thoughts
... I will feel as though I got my break through
and the Holy Spirit will reaffirm that it indeed is what
you were meant to hear from the Lord... Hallelujah!
 
 
God uses people places and things everything and anything
... he used a donkey to speak to the prophet Balaam
and if He could use an animal to reach man ... He can use anything
or anyone to speak to us.. Amen
 
... if God could use a donkey
for the prophet Balaam 
He can even use me
to speak to you today.
 
 
So keep your eyes and ears open my friend you never know
when God is giving you a word of affirmation or an answer
you have been looking for... 
 
 
 Numbers 22:28 Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and she said;  
 
 
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If God wants you in prison so be it ..
He will see to it that you enter in...
 
 
You don’t have to be wicked or evil or be doing something wrong
in the Lord to end up in prison... it could be His plan for you life requires
that you be in there ...
 
Psalm 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:
who is so great a God as our God?
 
 
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you
are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that
Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?
 
1 Corinthians 11:28 A man ought to examine himself
before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
 
 Ephesians 3:17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
 
 
Recall Joseph tossed down the well by his brothers
and did end up in prison for a time ....eventually
...he was the man God used to save Egypt and even more so 
the Hebrews in their beginnings ...
 
 
 
 God had to get the Hebrews into Egypt
in order to one day get them out in such a miraculous presentation
of Himself in the book of Exodus.
 
Stop and see how its through us God  gets the
Glory for the good things He has done ...
Paul and Silas were in prison
and they were singing and praising  God
 
 
That’s growing in faith tried for faith
.... the Holy Spirit inside a man is never in prison
no matter what prison the body is in
the Holy Spirit is free.
Hallelujah!
 
Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.
 
 
Jeremiah 37:1 5 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah,
and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe:
for they had made that the prison.
 
 
 
 
Acts 16 24 Who, having received such a charge,
thrust them into the inner prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
 
 
 
Genesis 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house
of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place
where Joseph was bound.
 
 
 
Jeremiah 38 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon
of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court
of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the
dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
sneak away from the watchful eyes of the Lord God.
 
 
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If God wants us to do something and we do not do it..
..if we run from His will...
then we will be redirected
via some non- pleasant terminal
until we decide to follow the Lord our God
and do what it is He asked of us...
(RECALL)...  Jonah in the whale; 
 
RUNNING FROM GOD =WHAT'S YOUR WHALE?
 
Today our whale does not need be a great fish, but a great hindrance...
a huge stop ...a great halt in our directional path... and then suddenly all
things are on a downward spin until we rededicate ourselves to following the 
will of the LORD ..
 
 
GOD TELLS US WHAT TO DO  ))))  
Notice each time there is a question:
WHAT?
 
God has answer.
 
1 Samuel 16:1  And the LORD said unto Samuel,
How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,
seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?
fill thine horn with oil, and go,
I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite:
for I have provided me a king among his sons.
 
 
 
[The LORD selected a King]
 
 
 
2 And Samuel said, How can I go?
if Saul hear it, he will kill me.
And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say,
I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
 
 
 
[The LORD told Samuel what to say and what to do.]
 
 
 
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do:
and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem.
And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
 
 
5And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
 
 
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
[Samuel wanted to select a man to be King according to outward appearance.
.. but God said I do not judge ...as man does; I look at the heart.]
 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before
Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 10Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

[After going through the line of sons of Jesse and the LORD 
having said no to each one presented
..Samuel was beginning to wonder ...???]


11  And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Worldly is what we are to begin with.... we are encumbered with the lusts of the flesh
the lusts of the things of this world and we do not hesitate to say we want this or that
and are grounded in the belief that we need this or that in order to survive this life ...
We are trained for the most part early on that riches of this world are what matters most
and that money will open all the right door and give us the life that most can only dream of
... our lot is to strive to climb the financial ladder of greatness seek the praises  of men,
be respected by others ....  live a good life, fulfilled that we did job well done, die happy,
with many good accomplishments behind  us, a good name, a good legacy...
SOUNDS GREAT FOR A MAN OF THE WORLD...
 
 
Before any of us are saved.... we are right there and it’s a race to gain as much stuff as we can out of this world...give us a basket and we want to fill it with something, give us a house and we want to fill it with something, give us a bank account and we want to fill it with something... we want to do that.... just look around ...we collect stuff .. stuff makes us happy and comfortable ... stuff is good. We like.
 
Jesus* is not against stuff... He wants us to have stuff.... 
but when He moves in.... SOMETHING CHANGES....
There is not enough room for stuff and Jesus too.
So little by little stuff has to go... until all the stuff is gone and only Jesus is left.
Jesus does not like stuff as much as we do... in fact He is jealous over the stuff
we enjoy or love more than Him we should not put anything before Him... 
 
It’s a one day at a time sweet Jesus walk to realize Jesus first .... and as we grow we
learn a new balance from a new perspective point of view... Christ in us
Christ before us... around is the stuff but its not valued like it was ... its necessary and we
do appreciate and are thankful for it
but its not our god... it no longer has power over  us ... as it once did... Hallelujah
 
We see things differently with new eyes we understand these things will pass away they are temporary this life is temporary but our soul is eternal... THIS LIFE IS MERELY A TEST... WE ARE WALKING IN OUR TESTING GROUND..... nothing will stay the same .... all things will constantly change .... moment by moment  time is pressing onward to our finish line and then time up... HENCE WE WILL MEET UP WITH OUR ETERNAL REWARDS FOR OUR LIFE LIVED ON EARTH.
 
....Jesus- Christ the Savior of the world... Jesus is the Lamb and the Lion...
The child of God is washed in the blood of the Lamb of God
Seeing things in that new eye opening prospective point of view
adding the Holy Spirit within a man is working outwardly through him.
That it no longer our will be done but GODS WILL BE DONE.
Saved that is our new daily battle to surrender all to let Gods will be done...
 
That will be our battle until God
calls us Home Amen...
As long as we are in the flesh
We are in spiritual battle...
 
 
The more we grow in Jesus the less appealing the things of this world are
to the point of a hungering a groaning and longing to go Home to be with the Lord
over-powers us and surely the things of the world have no hold on those that hunger
to go home... Hallelujah! 
 
From milk to meat one day at a time sweet Jesus*
 
 
 
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JESUS TELLS US WHAT TO DO...
 John 21: 5 Then Jesus saith unto them,
Children, have ye any meat?  They answered him,
No. 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right
side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore,
and now they were not able to draw it
for the multitude of fishes.
 
 
 
26;’ Jesus saith unto him,
Matthew 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them,
 go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that
first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth,
thou shalt find a piece of money: that take,
and give unto them for me and thee.
 
 
 
Catch that particular fish ,
cast your net here or there
God is with us watching over us...
leading us in accord with His will
that He get the Glory for the things He has done.
 
We have freewill
its difficult for men to understand
how freewill and Gods will
can be at work in the same body
.... look at (((Jonah))) again ...
he did it his way ....
 
We can see when we belong to God ...He chastens us
... nothing has changed we are His children
and He is in the business of child rearing
He is still raising His children... 
 
 
Our freewill one day hopefully
will desire to be a living sacrifice for Jesus*
that He be glorified and that He can work
through us... His will be done ... amen... Hallelujah!
 
 
Mans best made plans will fall to the way side
when God is at the Helm
When God is in charge nothing is off limits to Him
He will redirect our course,
change our charter
and set a new path in the woods
there is no limit on what God will do,
nor how high or low he will take us
to reach us and teach us...
 
I believe all those variables depend on us ...
As God has uniquely made each of His children
We can not be treated the same
 
Our abilities in the Lord,
our gifts
our strengths
and blessings
our everything in Him
.... is unique in our walk  in Jesus...
 
so accordingly... to us He pours out what so ever
is necessary; in order to get us up to par
and to polish us off ....
that to God be the Glory
not us ....but Him ... PRAISE JESUS* Amen
 
And you and I need to know we can grow faster and deeper in the Lord through the
more time we spend with Him in prayer and in His word... Jesus is a relationship
.... we should be searching after Him to follow Him...
If Jesus is always in the position of having to chase after us....
we are not going to be happy when He get us...  no not good.
 
Make it easy on yourself turn now and ask His will be done
be sincere and set out to follow Jesus*... stop running from God
and His desires to be fulfilled on earth amongst men; in you and in me.
 
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ONE OF THE GREATEST MISCONCEPTIONS
... is that if you are suffering its due to your sin ...WRONG!
... its natural to assume that ...
all we need do is look back at Samson... right?
 
 
 
 
 
WELL HERE IS A THINKER FOR YOU?
 
Luke 21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents,
and brethren, and kinsfolks,and friends;
and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
 
 ...  that suffering is due to sin ...WRONG!
 
 
 
What about Joseph, Daniel in the Lions Den,
"Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego or Paul and Silas
 ...  that suffering is due to sin ...WRONG!
 
[Daniel 3:26  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.  Daniel 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.  Genesis 37  23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the richly ornamented robe he was wearing— 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. ] ...  that suffering is due to sin ...WRONG!
 
 
Acts 16 24 Who, having received such a charge,
thrust them into the inner prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
  ...  that suffering is due to sin ...WRONG!
 
 
1 Peter 3: 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, ........that ye suffer
for well doing,..... [that you suffer because of your good works in Jesus
that you suffer for Jesus name sake because Jesus suffered before us
and He was Holy... free of sin and yet He did suffer
....so shall we that follow after Him expect to suffer]
 
 
 
1 Peter 3: 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, ........that ye suffer
for well doing,.....
 
.....than for evil doing. 
 
...........18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, 
 
 
 
 
ALL SUFFERING CLEARLY IS NOT DUE TO YOUR SIN....
WAKE UP AND SEE THE REAL TRUTH BEHIND SUFFERING
 
 
 
WHAT WOULD CAUSE
A MAN of God TO SING WHILE IN PRISON? 
 
WHAT JOY COULD BE OF THAT?
 
*not many sing their own song in day
to day life yet alone sing in prison?
 
 
the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh,
but quickened by the Spirit 
 
 
 
THIS IS THE WORK OF GOD
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
ITS WHAT HE DOES IN US AND THROUGH US
WE ARE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD
IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD
AND WE ARE BEING RAISED UP
IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
TO BE ALL WE CAN BE IN HIM. 
IN ALL THINGS ... TO GOD BE THE GLORY
FOR THE GOOD THINGS HE HAS DONE
... HALLELUJAH!
 
to pray and sing praises unto God
even though they were in stocks in prison! 
 
 
 
That’s the spirit man teaching us from the inside out.
Jesus said I am always with you.
And even though you will not be received by the world
and you be hated and even though the
world want you at greatest point
dead.... I am with you.
 
 
Without that friend that sticketh closer than a brother
who could bear the persecutions
of being a follower of Jesus Christ? 
 
 
 
You would not do it TO BEGIN WITH NOR TOLERATE
or be able to stand under the pressure
of it and you would walk away from Jesus.
.. it’s the Holy Spirit that is within you
... that makes all the difference in the world. 
Hallelujah!
 
 
 
Understanding that then next realize He is always striving to grow us up in Jesus
which is a daily process of less of us and more of Jesus...  We are daily learning
to let the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ our Savior move through us speak through us
direct our path and work through us as He wills...
that Jesus Christ be glorified through our life on earth ... Amen.
 
 
 
 
BACK TO Joseph, Daniel in the Lions Den,
"Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego or Paul and Silas
WHAT GOOD CAME OUT OF THEIR SUFFERING AND AFFLICTIONS?

FOR EACH OF THESE STORIES;
GOD WAS GLORIFIED.
THESE PEOPLE WERE STEPPING STONES FOR GOD
TO WALK UPON AND SHINE AMONGST MEN and He does.
 
 
 
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
 
 
 

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father.

HERE JESUS TELLS US WE WILL DO GREATER WORKS THAN HE DID
.... CERTAINLY WE ARE TO BE GROWING
IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND EARNESTLY SEEKING AFTER
THE GREATER GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN ORDER TO DO GREATER WORKS THAN JESUS DID. 
Do we see we are to be growing in our faith
growing in the Holy Spirit and daily
its less of us and more of Jesus
... we are ever learning that..
 
 
 
Do we keep a list of things we don't do in Jesus*
Will we say no to God as  (((Jonah))) did?
 
 
 
In conclusion Growing in Jesus via our soul salvation its God s will be done.... that is to be of our best and first interest.
 
Ask yourself where you are in your walk of faith?
 
What can God take from you without you falling apart
and turning against away from God?
 
Ask yourself How much you trust God for in your life
.... see what limitations you put on the Lord Jesus?
 
Are you giving God lip service or heart service?
 
Can you sit behind the wheel and let God do the driving
or will uproot yourself to set in the passenger seat and mock God
saying ok God you drive us today here are the keys.
 
God needs us the salt of the earth on earth to work through us.
That’s the way it is...
 
 
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
 
Jeremiah 17:7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.
 
 
Finally as we grow in our Salvation we grow in the Holy Spirit that is the arena of greater gifts ....
faith is increased, knowledge, expectations and a greater boldness in the Lord a greater understanding as to what is expected of us comes to light.... it’s a process of growing in confidence trust and learning to follow the leading of our Shepherd and learning to wait when He says stay in this place and do this for a time or that for a season... His work for us usually at the beginning is so far from the plan we had...
 
 
I recall my flesh had great plans for Jesus.. I was going to take Jesus here and there and do great things with Him I was going to take Jesus to places He had never been and open doors to Him that had never been opened  before I was going to show Him the way... and I had a grand plan for me.... while I was at it I was going to have lots of things work out to my specifications in this arena of Jesus and I.... Yes I had the perfect plan all the stuff and works were on my paper... as I feverishly designed to the T how this new life would best work out..... lol
 
 
RIGHT DUH... wow... what I know now... hmm
Its not my will be done..
Its His will be done
I'm the pot
I'm the clay
He is the potter
He is the creator
He is the master builder..
He is leading the way..
 
 
 
So I have now learned to follow Him and that is a process of time...
To harken to His voice and to do what He bids me to do.
Even when men around me are saying that’s not the natural way
We do things in the natural much different from what you are doing
 
In our spiritual journey the boys are separated from the men and a boy can kill a giant.
How many Davids does God have today?
Are we cowering and quaking behind a rock or are we standing on the rock?
Are we trusting God half way or all the way?
Are we leading God or is He leading us?
We each need to investigate our walk in Jesus
.... we should always be growing in the Lord Jesus*...Amen
 
 
And what if David the boy had listened to the man behind the rock that was quivering
and quaking with trembling fear?
 
What if David had listened to the man that didn’t trust God enough and he too hid behind a rock?
.... how sad ... would the outcome of that story be....
 
Don’t we love to rejoice when someone has strength in the Lord
and will stand up and say I TRUST IN THE LORD.... I TRUST IN THE LORD..Hallelujah
so much so that they are fearless... 
awesome stuff.... that’s the stuff God wants His children to have....
 
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But its every man in his own walk in the Lord
SINGULAR IS A LABEL WE NEED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH
 
Your walk in Jesus is singular
Your judgment in Jesus is singular
Your rewards or punishment in Jesus is singular
 
Think on this for one moment
In Luke 16 the rich man in hell that asked have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water,
and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
 
See that man was tormented singularly in his punishment  no longer mattering
if he was some ones brother or son or husband or father or relative or neighbor
or friend no matter who he was or what he was on earth
 
.....  there is a sense of singularity  that is of great essence
and its over our heads daily regardless if we are huddled deep
in the middle of the herd or flock.
 
That singularity is a world that IS all about you ...
Yes there is a place of you
are so important its all about you
Because if you don’t get it right
You are going to pay
You are going to suffer the consequences
You are going to be judged for everything you thought said and did... all of it
You and you and you some more
its all about you
 
You without another person
no one
no friends
no family
no loved ones
no associates
no one
JUST YOU
YOU ALONE
 
Do you imagine you can handle that
Are you ready to stand alone before the
Lord Jesus Christ and be judged
Can you live with the decisions you made
We are all held accountable.
One Day we will know beyond a shadow of a doubt how true that is..
 
Right now you can make the most important singular decisions of your life
and be forgiven of your sins Jesus will separate your sins from
you as far as the east is from the west
 
Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
 
and wash us white as snow...
 
Jesus paid for our sins.... want what He has paid for you?
its yours for free
yours for the asking
just ask of a sincere heart
and you shall be set free
you will change your life now and for all eternity
Jesus will trade you ashes for beauty...that will not fade or pass away.
 
 
 
Repent of a sincere heart to Jesus of your sins
today and you will be saved.
 
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
 
YES ....ITS ALL ABOUT YOU
but in the end... we will discover its really
 
 
 
 
ALL ABOUT JESUS*
 
will you and I live up to His expectations?
 
 
Jesus* Blessings to you

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