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SHARE THE GOSPEL AND HELP SAVE SOME

JAMES 5:20  Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

1 TIMOTHY 4:16  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

1 CORINTHIANS 10:33  Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 CORINTHIANS 9:22  … I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

LUKE 9:60  Jesus said …  go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

2 TIMOTHY 4:2  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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HEALING TIME

JAMES 5:14-15  14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

MARK 6:13  And they … anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

DEUTERONOMY 7:11,15  11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee … 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, … but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

EXODUS 23:25  And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

MARK 6:12-13  12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

PSALMS 103:2-3  2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

 LUKE 9:1-2  1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

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LISTEN CLOSELY, WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

Does to seem time is on a tread mill with you having to race to keep from being thrown off the machine? Or things just aren’t happening quickly enough, taking what seems forever to come about. Need help with figuring out what your next step should be? And the next ones after that?

JEREMIAH 1:5  “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” We are also formed by God and known by God before we were born as well. And plans were made for each one of us that God had created us for. That is why we can declare the truth that there is no unwanted child, not by God! Nor can our birth be a “mistake”. God does not, he cannot make mistakes.

We may not understand the plans God has for us but if we choose to follow God’s leading, to trust and obey, we will achieve them. victory will be ours, by the grace of God.

How many others felt they weren’t getting anywhere in life? When what they thought was defeat in reality was actually victory in disguise.

Joseph could have thought he had failed, being sold as a slave by his brothers, thrown in prison in a foreign land. How could Joesph have known the events, the who-what -when- where-why or how future event were to happen? That he would be second in authority under the ruler of Egypt. Joseph remained faithful trusting God and did not give up! Oh, that we might be as lovingly faithful and wise.

James 1:17 ” …. with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. ” God is faithful, never changing. We must keep praying, hoping, and believing God’s promises. And should we find ourselves losing faith, we must pray as the man spoken of in Mark 5:23-24  23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Confess to the Father, ask in Jesus’ name, with our lips our need for help to believe, it is no sin to ask for help. Matthew 7:7  “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”. As long as we are not asking “amiss”. Truley, when desiring the LORD”S will, God’s way, God’s timing, even when we feel God is too early or too late, His timing is perfect, right-on time.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.” Ephesians 6:11-12 11 “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.“

Pray for one another that we have ears to listen to God’s guidance, and faith to believe God hears our prayers. Pray we always hear the still soft voice of the Holy Spirit in our hearts such as we read of in 1 Kings 19:11-13.

John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

May the LORD God keep you and yours in the palm of His right hand.    

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TIME TO BE HUMBLE

JAMES 4:10  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

LUKE 18:14  …. every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

1 PETER 5:6  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

PROVERBS 18:12  Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, …..

PROVERBS 15:33  The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

ACTS 20:19  Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, ….

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TURN TO CHRIST, RESIST THE DEVIL

JAMES 4:7-8  7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

EPHESIANS 6:11  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

EPHESIANS 4:26-27  26 …. let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil.

1 CORINTHIANS 10:20-21   20 …. I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ….

JOHN 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

JOHN14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: ….

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THE WORLD OR GRACE?

JAMES 4:4…. whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

1 JOHN 2:15  …. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

MARK 4:19  And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4  …. the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, …. should shine unto them.

EPHESIANS 2:2,8  2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:  8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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HOW TO ASK AND RECEIVE?

JAMES 4:3  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

1 JOHN 3:22  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

JAMES 1:5-7  5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

LUKE 11:9  And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

JOHN 14:14  If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

1 JOHN 5:14-15 14  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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BLESSINGS DURING LIFE’S STORMS

Through the troubles of life, I find it is true….

Never once have I been deserted by you….

Many a day I feel no longer can I go on….

Still shall I praise thee ever in songs….

The Lord is my refuge, my shelter during life’s raging storm ….

The Rock I abide in when I am torn and worn….

Hebrews 13:5 I have only to open and read….

I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee….

Thy word hath spoken it and Lord I believe….

Thank you, God, for mercies daily received……..

Author, by God’s grace,   Sharon Rose Lawless

September 09, 2018

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LORD GUIDE MY TONGUE

JAMES 3:6,8  6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, …. 8 …. the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

PROVERBS 16:27  An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

1 PETER 3:10  For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

PROVERBS 21:23  Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

PROVERBS 18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: ….

PHILIPPIANS 2:11,13  11 …. every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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THE LAW POINTS US TO JESUS

JAMES 2:10,12  10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

JAMES 1:25  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, …. shall be blessed in his deed.

ROMANS 7:12,14  12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

ROMANS 8:7,8,14  7 …. the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

GALATIANS 3:24,26  24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 26 ….  ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

JOHN 14:15  If ye love me, keep my commandments.