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Psalm 96:1-4  "Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!  Sing to the Lord, all the earth.  Sing to the Lord, bless His name;  proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.  Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.  For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised;  He is to be feared above all gods."

As I was reading and studying this passage of scriptures, I went back to the day that the Lord called me to be His child and I accepted Him into my heart...Oh what a day!!!  I was so honored that He would even claim me as His daughter...

He gave me life...New Life!!!  All things become new and old things were not only washed away, but cast away never to be remembered by Him anymore...Praise the Lord!!!

He put a New Song in my heart!!!  Gave me a story to tell in hopes to help someone else find Him and to help me remember where He picked me up from...
YES!!!---He is ALIVE AND WELL IN ME!!!  He will completely do for you what He said He would do...

He forgives...He protects...He loves...He supplies...He heals...He delivers...and I could go on and never have enough room to tell what He does...

You serve Him and you will never be lonely...He is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother!!!  All He wants in return is you...your heart...your soul...and your will...

Many times on the path to Heaven, I have been broken...and He picked me up and put me back on the Potter's Wheel and made me NEW...and showed me a way to live righteous and whole before HIM and the world...through sanctification and the precious gift of the Holy Ghost dwelling in me...He loved me when I felt so unloved...He protected me when I was in harms way...He visited me when I needed a visitor...He healed me when I was at deaths door...He has stood by me when others have walked away...Oh who wouldn't was to be made NEW by the precious blood of Jesus...

YES!!!  He is GREAT!!!  The greatest GIFT that God gave to us...His Son...We should fear what and who He His...

He is HIS WORD!!!   And, unlike worldly gods, His Word is tried and it is pure and sure in an unsure world...

I stand in AWE to think of this KING OF GLORY, cared enough to give up His will and die so that I may live...

God help me to give up my WILL so that HIS WILL may be done!!!

Try HIM!!!  You will be NEW too...

Merry Christmas and God Bless you and your home this year and the Happy New Year to come!!! 

The Settled Word

The Settled Word

Psalm 119:89 "For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven."

Some who read the Bible regularly are familiar with these sweeping statements from God's Word...

"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:  it shall not return unto me void, but it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it..."  Isaiah 55:11

"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled..."  Matthew 5:18

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away..."  Matthew 24:35

"But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.  And this si the word which by the gospel is preached unto you..."  1 Peter 1:25

On this foundation, the psalmist made additional promises to his Lord in this stanza (Psalm 119:89-96).  He noted the affliction that almost took his life..v.92...and the wicked who tried to destroy him...V.95...,common enough occurrences among the godly...
But in spite of the troubles in life, this godly man knew that the evidence abounds for God's faithfulness throughout the earth...v.90-91...

God's questions to Job---Job 38-41---centered on the evidence of His control and care for the universe...These prompted the psalmist to reiterate his commitment to a firm familiarity with God and His precepts and an effort, continually to seek Him...Psalm 119:93-94

God knew that the wickedness of this world would try and change His Word...
God knew that their would be some to re-write His Word...but forever, His Word is settled in Heaven and in Earth and in the Heart of those who serve Him...
And the godly man understandeth His precepts and accepts them for His learning...Praise God that there are those whose heart and mind is in ONE ACCORD and LIVING HOLY LIVES BEFORE HIM AND THESE WITNESSES!!!

MAY GOD RICHLY OPEN UP HIS WORD TO US ALL!!!  AMEN!!!

The Joy that Jesus Gives

The Joy That Jesus Gives

The children of God, and especially The Church of God, should be a joyful people.  Where there is joy, there is a cause for joy.  Joy, is caused usually by a special occassion.  But, I am talking about a forever joy...That is the kind that Jesus gives...

Isaiah 12:3 "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation..."  I mean..., you don't see one come to the altar of salvation and leave with a sad face...I have seen the hardest of sinners come to an altar and walk away with such JOY...you never thought that you would ever see the person smile...but when Jesus got ahold of them, they smiled from ear to ear...couldn't stop...Ain't that awesome???  The Joy that Jesus gives will make you shine...all the time...even when you feel the rain in your life is about to take you under and the storms are hurling faster than you care to think about...JOY!!! is what you can hold on to because it is from the Father above and MAN cannot take this JOY away from you...Amen!!!

The Joy that Jesus gives never changes under any circumstance, except to just grow stronger...Many incidents in the Bible talks about the miracles performed by Jesus, and His disciples...For example, the JOY being spread...True story, Lazarus, a dear and close friend to Jesus passed away...Jesus wept because of his family and friends unbelief...but when Jesus was three days on time, and called Lazarus, Come Forth...Oh the Joy on that day...I am sure that the people hurried with the news of this...JOY spread...What a miracle they witnessed!!!

My friend, JOY like this should be spread when we see one hit the altar of repentence---The healing lines of being freed from sickness---The testimony of someone down and out being lifted up---Praise God if He never did another thing for me!!! He has already done enough...About a year ago I was told that I had esophgeal cancer...showed the pics to my pastor---but guess what---GOD HEALED ME!!!  I was preparing to die, but God said, "LIVE..."   You talk about some shouting time...I had some...and still have that time today to think that GOD wrought a miracle in me...YES, I BELIEVE IN THE JOY THAT JESUS GIVES!!!

Salvation, Sanctification, The Holy Ghost, The Church of God, contributes to a permanence of our joy...We are  a special people to be called out and to be made known of part of the Mystery of The Church of God...and yet, we know not all...but on that day...on that Joyful Morning all will be made known...Don't cha wanna go??? WHEW!!!  I am about ready!!!

Jesus also had some things to say about Joy...In the 15th. Chapter of John, He had spoke of pruning the unfruitful branches from the true vine, and the keeping of His commandments, He said, "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might be full."  That leads me to believe the joy of the Lord is kin to a fruitful and obedient life, to the Word of God...Praise the Lord!!!

David said, "in thy presence is fulness of joy..."

The world would love to destroy us, but in Him we have overcome the world...  Jesus prayed for us to be overcomers...so when the enemy tries to steal your joy...Kneel down and pray for them...that is what the Bible tells us to do...

III John Chapter 4---"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth..."

See when we obey, we are giving God joy...and there is no greater joy than to know that we make God happy...

Thank God for THE JOY THAT JESUS GAVE AND IS STILL GIVING TODAY!!!

GOD BLESS!!!

PamzSpamz

The Wells of Salvation

I have been studying alot this week and was redirected last night to the thought of,  "thirsty people." 

At Christmas time, what an awesome gift to share...The good news of Jesus Christ....but one has to really be thristy to drink from this Well...

Isaiah Chapter 12---and I do not know yet where I will stop...or rather where the Lord will stop me..."And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee:  though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me...Behold, God is my salvation;  I will trust, and not be afraid:  for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song;  he also is become my salvation...Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation...And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, make mention that his name is exalted..."  these are verses 1-4...

I read this and thought about how in different parts of the world, and sometimes here in the USA...there have been periods of drought...Crops destroyed...people thirst...This can be a depressing and devasting sight...Especially if you see someone dying for lack of water...You can live for awhile without food...but up to maybe 7 days without fluid...I know that sometimes I will get so thirsty...usually drink sodas, but sometimes nothing quenches my thirst like a good glass of cool water...Life of all forms depend on it...

Just as natural water is to natural thirst...so is spiritual water to spiritual thirst...God is the Well of Salvation...Where God is not let in, there is no life...death will follow...and it is an undying death...God doesn't want any to perish...that is why He gave the ultimate gift...His Son...Just as a river carries water to a town from the springs in the mountains, so does Jesus bring life brand new from God to those who call on His name...There is no other name under Heaven by which man can be saved...that thirst can be quenched except by calling on the name of Jesus...Amen


You know folks can have water right in front of them, and be so thirsty...but, they will never be satisfied until they reach out and grab...Until we reach out and touch the one who satisfies all our thirst...we will starve to death for a quenching of our souls...

Reflect for a moment...Is your thirst being quenched?

We too are a well...One that should be springing forth...and giving those that are hungry and thirsty for righteousness a drink of that lifegiving water...

Isaiah 58:11-12  "And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones:  and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not...And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:  thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations;  and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer
of paths to dwell in..."  WHOOOO!!!  Praise the Lord!!!

Church of God, we are the SPIRITUAL WELL that people are gonna look too...
The Word of God springing forth from us, out to others will bind up all that is lost and people WILL BEGIN TO LIVE!!!  BECAUSE THEY REACHED OUT AND GOT A HOLD OF THE WATER OF LIFE...PRAISE THE LORD!!!  And that is Jesus Christ...

May we be willing to SPRING FORTH for The Church of God!!!  God Bless...Hope that you have read something that will prick your heart...to dip in the WELL...

THE BOTTOM LINE

Trying to save space please re-read Ephesians chapter 6:10-20...

Ephesians 6:14 "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;..."

We must "provide for honest things not only in the sight of God, but in the sight of men also..."  II Corinthians 8:21 that is bible...Not only do we need to be truthful, but we need to "STAND" on the truth of the Bible... When we face trials and tribulations, we need to tighten our belt while standing on the truths written in the Word of God...You cannot go wrong by doing right...What we know in the good times, we need to hold on to in the bad times, as the McKamey's sing it well..."The God of the Mountain, is still God in the Valley..." Always remember that God will not allow us to be tempted or troubled what we cannot stand that He has already made an escape for us...I Corinthians 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:  but God is faithfulm, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it..."  Amen!!!

Isaiah 59:17  "For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head;  and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak."

Whenever the enemy tries to bring up your past to accuse you, the breastplate of righteousness is your trusty defense...If the Spirit of Christ dwells within you, then god receives you as His son or daughter no matter what the devil says...
A loving Father corrects his child, and once you have corrected your life with Christ, then it is cast away never to be remembered no more...
Guilt is one of the darts that the enemy loves to throw at a child of God...He is a liar, remember that...
The Lord loves His children...that is why He designed this armor for us to wear...He knew that we would face evil and corruption...and sad to say sometimes it is more from within than without...but He who holdeth on to the end...praise God will be rewarded...
Let us who are of the day, be sober, putting the breastplate of faith and love;  and for an helmet, salvation...We are to let the light of Christ shine to those around us and follow the Lord's leading in doing good works...  Matthew 5:16;  Ephesians 2:10 adn Titus 2:14
We must meet the need of the ones in need and that is the lost...Win them at any cost...Praise the Lord!!!
We need to preach the Word...Be ready, in season, out season...We must be obedient, that our feet trod shod up with peace ,and to the world share  the gospel of Jesus Christ...
Above all taking the Shield of Faith for with that we will show perfect LOVE...And, perfect love casteth out fear...the fear of what man can do to us for we know where our soul is going...Live life without fear...You ask how...Well, get into the Word and let the Word get into you...Wear the Helmet of Salvation, daily...It will protect your mind, thoughts that aren't pleasing to God will vanish...
The Sword of the Spirit is God's Word, and with it applied to our hearts and our daily walk with Him...there will be no room even for vain imagination...
Just as Jesus, the Living Word defeated Satan---the Written Word spoken will also...For His word is powerful, quicker than a two-edged sword...His word will cut you up or lift you up...
Pray always...never stop...Strongholds are broken by the Spirit of prayer...Standing in the gap---wins souls...A dangerous place to be, but worth it to see a soul set free from bondage...Praise the Lord!!!
Botton Line is; "We Serve a Risen Saviour..." 
Heaven will be worth it all folks...God Bless all and I hope that this study on The Armor of God has been a blessing to all who read it...It has me studying it...


PamzSpamz

Pamela Stewart

The Armor of God ---Ephesians 6:11-15

"Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 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.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to wit...hstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand,
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth"
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perserverance and supplication for all saints"

A direct command---"Put on the whole armor of God..."  Well then, what is the problem...you wouldn't leave home in your best suit without a shirt, would you?
For a child of God this armor is the best suit we have to protect us from the devils tricks and believe me he has plenty...and they are no different than in the day at the Garden of Eden...they are still lies...
Nothing will make us any smarter than God...for He knoweth ALL THINGS...
And, so many fight against each other...Why???  Because self has not died out to self...We as children of God and as members of The Church of God need to be so cloesly knitted together that even air cannot get between us...but satan manages somehow to come between the children of God too...with petty things, things that really shouldn't be...maybe because we were not suited up... 
But, our fight is with the wicked ones...Have you not seen it in the day that we live???  The wickedness in the high seats of our government, and they get maybe a slap on the hand for their disobeying the law...but there is a day coming when all things will be shown in the light...GOD HELP US TO NOT BE FOUND WITHOUT OUR ARMOR ON!!!  And the most thrilling part of that is when we get to Heaven, and we see how bashed up it is...we can shout---BUT THANK GOD WE STOOD!!!  PRAISE HIS NAME!!!  THE BATTLE IS NOT MINE BUT THE LORD'S!!!  WE DID WHAT HE SAID AND WE WON THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST IN US!!!  AMEN!!!
And, the spiritual wickedness in high places...we have seen in our time the devil dim the eyes of men and women that once saw the doctrine of God and they turned their hearts toward a more convenient way of living and have added to themselves a downward turn to God's Word...HELP US TO HOLD ON!!!
I will be blunt in the following statement---"WITHOUT TAKING THE ARMOR OF GOD UP, WE WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE BATTLE!!!" 
Keep the word of God applied in your heart...you never know when you will be in a situation where the word will be what will keep you and save you from going down...
WITH ALL WE HAVE IN US IN THIS DAY AND TIME!!!  STAND!!! KEEP GOING!!! DEFEAT THE ENEMY!!! YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! THERE SHOULD BE A PRAYER CHAIN SO HUGE IN THE CHURCH OF GOD ONE FOR ANOTHER THAT THE DEVIL WOULD BE SCARED TO COME CLOSE TO ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN!!! AMEN!!!
Let us pray one for another that we all should be able to Stand!!! when we have done all we know to do...and when we see one getting weary that we would be willing to hold them up in the battle...Praise the Lord!!!
I truly want to make Heaven my home...some live as if this is all there is...My Friend, it is not all there is...there is Heaven and there is Hell...
It is your choice...

God Bless

Pamela Stewart

 

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I am really late today...sorry Brother Don...I will get better...maybe...LOL
Study on "The Armour of God" This is an awesome series...Let me start with the scripture that I am studying today...May this richly bless someone and may God speak to all of our hearts to study, hear, read and practice the Words of God in our lives daily...He is our Salvation...
Scripture for me today is---Ephesians 6:10 "Finally, my brethern, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."
What a strong exhortation to encourage the child of God that even though we go through struggles...we have been given an insight on how to stay strong...how to be of good courage...how to remember that we are not in a warfare with people...but of powers and principalities of darkness...we are in a WAR AGAINST SATAN!!! It is a known fact that a soilder must be brave, not afraid of facing danger for the right cause...our cause as Christians is Walk as Jesus did...spreading the news of His Father...we cannot save, but we can lead others to Christ Plan of Salvation...Just as a soilder in war for the people to be FREE from Rulers of Darkness...Christians in the battle for souls to be FREE from the ONE WHO RULES THE DARKNESS...WHO HAS COME TO KILL AND DESTROY YOUR SOULS...we must be brave...stouthearted...strong for the service of the Father...strong to die and not deny His precious name...strong to not turn your back on the Lord...Strong to pray daily for your will to break and strong enough to let go and let God...Amen!!! How can we maintain this type of strength...by allowing the workings of the Holy Ghost to do His job in us...LEAD---GUIDE---COMFORT---HELP US TO RESIST---AND TO TAKE US HOME---AFTER WE HAVE LEARNED TO..."FINALLY, BRETHERN..." That means sister too...
God Bless...