Merry Christmas!!! (2014)

He came into the world to bring GREAT joy for ALL people. He came, quite as a lamb, to bring hope. He came into the world as a tiny, little baby to heal the sick, and the wounded. He came so that the BLIND could SEE, the DEAF could HEAR, the LAME could LEAP, the DUMB could SPEAK, and so that the DEAD WOULD LIVE AGAIN! JESUS came into the world as a baby. Quite. Gentle. He came to set us FREE. And even though He came as a baby... He was still fully God. Even though, to most, He probably seemed just like any other baby, He was still the King of Kings. Most looked at Jesus, lying in His mothers arms, and didn't realize that one day He would die a painful death on the cross to save the world from sin. Because you see, that tiny, gentle baby... was holding a promise in His hand. A promise of salvation for ALL who would believe. For you and for me. THAT is why we celebrate Christmas. Because JESUS came.

Luke 2:11 (ESV)

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." 

May the Lord bless you and your family with a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!! May He allow you time to sit and meditate on the REAL reason we celebrate Christmas!!! Love you all!!!! =D

Please enjoy the video below!

Behold Video « The Skit Guys

The Sovereign Word of God

The Word of God is sovereign, holy and to be taken seriously. My heart is broken at the number of people from different God believing religions who pick and choose what the want to follow or believe out of The Bible. This may be a longer devotional than usual but let's set things straight and if I offend you I am sure that you can find the "unfollow" button or simply stop typing in the URL, depending on where you are reading this. It won't hurt my feelings, I will pray for you, and we can remain friends.

As I was saying, to be clear. There are 66 books in the bible, there is an Old Testament and a New Testament. BOTH are equally important and NEITHER should EVER be forgotten or downgraded! The trinity is super important and yes, it does exist. (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). This is NOT to be mistaken as serving three separate gods. There is only one God, but three persons (that is my extent of explaining the trinity at this time). Jesus IS the Son of God. He is fully God and fully man but either way He was/is sinless. Jesus was NOT just some prophet claiming to be the Messiah, He IS the Messiah. There is a VERY REAL place called Heaven and PLEASE understand HELL IS REAL!! It's not a scary story for parents to get their kids to act right it is REAL!!!! I don't want to be too harsh about this but at the same time you need to understand if you don't get right with God you are looking at an eternity in hell... hell is not a place to party with all of your drinking buddies or do everything that you like to do up here now, you will suffer for eternity there.

The gospel can be put in many different ways (all meaning the same thing) but really at it's simplest form, it comes down to this:

Jesus came to earth and lived a sinless life.
Jesus died on the cross for our sins
Three days later Jesus rose from the dead
40 days after his resurrection Jesus ascended to the Father
and... Here is the big one... HE IS COMING BACK!

No matter what you believe grace is for EVERYONE!!! "God so loved the WORLD..." (John 3:16) that means me, you, the person holding a sign on the street, the person tending bar, your boss, your co-workers, and the list can go on and on and on. The fact is, at least before the rapture, there aren't just 144,000 of us going to heaven or "elect" ones, when the world comes to an end. Now just because God loves us does NOT mean that He loves our sin. You aren't supposed to be going out and getting drunk or even staying in and doing so. If you really want to get technical because your body is "the temple of the Holy Spirit..." (1 Corinthians 6:19) that means you shouldn't be putting ANY toxins in your body which means you shouldn't be smoking either. Let me take it just a step further here you shouldn't have obscene words coming out of your mouth either (Colossians 3:8). If you don't know what the word obscene means off the top of your head, it means profanity or cussing. My point?

STOP PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT YOU WANT TO FOLLOW FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND START FOLLOWING THE WHOLE THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will not apologize for my ranting here, or for offending you because I did it out of love. I love each and every last one of you because God loves you. I want you to see Heaven and ALL it's splendor.... I have brothers and sisters in different parts of the world who are dying because they REFUSE to deny Jesus.... They aren't backing down... so why in the world should I or any other Christian for that matter, back down?

May the Lord impress on your heart the seriousness of this devotional. I love you all so much with the love of Jesus. May the Lord bless and keep you.

It Matters

Romans 12:2 (ESV)

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." 

I know I am about to step on a lot of toes but that doesn't really bother me. Sometimes, toes need to be stepped on in order for hearts to be touched. Too many of us have become conformed to this world. We watch the entertainment that television networks have convinced us is okay, when in reality we are breaking God's heart. Too often I hear the words, "it doesn't matter what I watch, it doesn't matter what I listen to, it's not that big of a deal, it's just a show, it's just a book, it's just a movie..." All the while you are sinking deeper and deeper into one of the LARGEST sin industries in the world. IT DOES MATTER!!! IT'S NOT JUST A TV SHOW OR A BOOK OR A MOVIE!!!!! 

Philippians 4:8 (ESV)

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." 

Let me give you a few things that aren't true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent and most definitely NOT worthy of the praise that sadly they receive anyway:

1. 50 shades of gray (movie or book)

2. True Blood

3. The racy Hardee's commercial (yes, I went there)

4. Orange is the New Black

5. Family Guy

6. Addicted

7. Let's be Cops

Have I gone far enough? It's not just a funny show, it's not just a funny movie! You are filling your minds and your hearts full of filth and at the same time you are breaking God's heart!!!! DON'T YOU GET IT!!!! Tears are pouring down The Father's face, because you are allowing your heart to be entertained by a god of this world. PLEASE STOP!!!! I can not stress to you just how much it really does matter what you watch and listen to. Music is not much better, today it fills your head and your heart with words that should never come out of your mouth. It talks about pre-marital sex, one night stands, and gay relationships as if all of it is okay. It gives the message that it's okay to drink heavily, cuss heavily and if some drugs get involved what could it hurt right? WRONG. It's time to put an end to the profanity, the pornography, and the vulgar comedy. It's time to stop holding back to spare peoples feelings and start speaking out to save lives for the Kingdom of God! 

I am begging you, with all of my heart, please STOP BREAKING GOD'S HEART! Turn off the television when garbage comes on, don't keep watching the movie if it is impure. Turn the radio station... open your bible. I am praying for a MIGHTY move of God in America. Will you join me? Will you step up and remind our brothers and sisters that it DOES matter? Will you tell those who don't know, that there is hope? Or will you sit back, will you be quite, and spare the feelings... 

Matthew 10:33 (NIV)

"But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven." -

You don't have to speak to disown Him. You can stand by, and say nothing,and share nothing..... spare feelings and you are doing just as much harm. May God guide and direct you according to His will. May He pull your heart close to His so that your heart will break for the reasons His does and so that your heart will rejoice at what His does. I love you so much my sweet, wonderful brothers and sisters. 

I am Humbled.

I know that a lot of ya'll are waiting for that post that I've been working on and I want you to know that I am still working on it but almost finished. However, this post is a little different than most. Today I decided to take a look it at my audience that makes up the 1,721 views on Great News!!!!! What I saw took me by surprise a bit and I am humbled. This is what I saw:

United States: 1201
Russia: 252
France: 46
Malaysia: 28
China: 19
Germany: 17
United Kingdom: 14
Poland: 7
Romania: 6
Sweden: 6

To some of you this may not mean a whole lot but when I look at these numbers my heart is overjoyed to know that these people have come to my blog, my ministry for hope, love, peace, encouragement. To read my devotionals, and my other posts. I see these numbers and think about the countries on this list that are experiencing some seriously hard times, and persecution. Some of these viewers may very well be risking their safety just to read a blog with God's Word and they chose mine! This is only 1,596 of my readers, so I apologize for those that its not showing me but I want you to know that I love each and every one of you with the love of Christ, and I thank God for each of you. If you ever need prayer or need to talk please feel free to send me an email. Its under my profile. 

"May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace." -Numbers 6:24-26 (NLT)

"I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." -Romans 15:13 (NLT)

"Dear brothers and sisters, we can't help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing. We proudly tell God's other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering. And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you." -2 Thessalonians 1:3-6 (NLT)

"The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure." -1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT)

Thank you all some much. May God bless you:)

EASTER 2014

John 19:16-18 (NLT)
"So they took Jesus away. Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha.) There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them."

He was treated like a criminal. He was beaten beyond recognition, had a crown of thorns placed on his head, mocked and forced to carry the cross that they would later nail him to. A death I am almost certain none of us would WILLINGLY endure. But Jesus did. The cross he carried was ours. He wasn't just carrying the weight of a wooden cross, he was carrying the weight of every sin we would ever commit! OUR  sin nailed Him to that cross!!! But three days later=)...

Luke 24:1-7 (NLT)
"But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked 'Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.'"

HALLELUJAH!!! HE ISN'T DEAD!!! HE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE!!! The grave could NOT contain Him!!!

There is a song that we sing at my church called This Blood. It is such a beautiful song, and there is a part in the song that when we come to it, our screen puts in big bold letters:

BUT IN THREE DAYS=)

Every time I see this reminder my heart leaps for joy! Another wonderful song that is out there is one of the newest songs from Kari Jobe called forever. As you finish this post I want you to watch it (below) and just worship our amazing God! 

May you be blessed beyond measure this Easter as God reminds you that He is not dead He is ALIVE!!! God bless you with an AWESOME Easter in Him! I love you my sweet friend in Christ! =D

Here is the link to This Blood=)

http://youtu.be/DQLlW_Bl4BA