Truth - what does it matter….

Are you open to the Spirit of Truth or are you holding fast to the wisdom of man and this world…

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth (John 16:13)

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24-25)

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. (1 Cor 2:14-15)

The wisdom of man and this world is foolishness to God... 

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God (1 Cor 3:19)

The foolishness of man ruins his way, And his heart rages against the LORD. (Prov 19:3)

May we set our hearts and minds to seek and to dwell in the Spirit of Truth as we minister to this lost and dying world…..

Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you (1 Sam 12:24)

The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. (Ps 145:18)                                                                                                                                             Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. (1 John 3:18)

Truth for ponderment

…apart from Him nothing…

As we consider our lives as believers in Christ Jesus our Lord and look at the relationship that we have with Him does this truth resonate in our lives? He truly is our all in all and apart from Him there is nothing!

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. (John 1:1-3)

It Is Time....

Kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord

Join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God

Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity

Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. 

(2^nd Timothy 1)

Hard hearts….

How do our hearts become so hardened and calloused? How can we allow the grace and truth of the Lord to break through the hardness?  Are we even able to allow the Spirit to soften our hard heart? 

There is so much evil around us today we seem to have become more and more calloused...we need refreshing, we need our heart's renewed...we need Your voice Lord to break through all the chatter and distraction that is this world - and then we need to listen and follow You!

Saints of the living Lord rise up and stand firm in this spiritual battle that rages around us…do not be deceived...arise up and put on our weapons of warfare. ..prepare for battle....raise up holy hands to worship and beseech the glory of the Lord to reign down upon us....

And may our hearts be softened with the anointing of His Holy Spirit. 

Where we stand

In our new 'era of change' our world has not become a better place. It is as if I am able to only stand idly by and watch as evil moves steadily against the souls of man. An evil that is supported by those who have been blinded by its allure and overcome by its promise of power and control. And man shall gain the world yet lose his soul.

We are called to stand against the wiles of the enemy - to call them out and use the weapons of warfare that Christ has armed us with in the power of His Spirit. But the battle persists, it has become more fierce and weariness has begun to take its toll. One can begin to understand why Elijah ran and hid in a cave!

And yet the battle is the Lord's…and His victory is assured. Lord provide me with the faith, the strength and the perseverance to stand in Your victory.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!