Notice the Angels!

Notice the Angels!
Exodus 37:9″The Cherubim spread out their wings above and covered the Mercy Seat with their wings.” God met Israel where the Blood was sprinkled- the Mercy Seat- and the ANGELS STOOD. Luke 2:9″ And behold, an Angel of the Lord STOOD before them…” proclaiming the Savior’s birth. In the garden of Gethsemane ” an angel appeared to Him(Jesus)…strengthening Him” Luke 22:43. BUT-John 20:11″Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping… And she saw two ANGELS SITTING…where the body of Jesus had lain.!!!” The Resurrection finished the angels work saying, ” He is not here, BUT IS RISEN!!” When the stone was rolled away, the doors of Heaven opened and JESUS STANDS! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life! HALLELUJAH! WHAT A SAVIOR!! Happy Easter!

Resurrection proof

Friday, March 29
Many Infallible Proofs

He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs.
Acts 1:3

Recommended Reading
Acts 1:1-3

Albert L. Roper was a prominent Virginia attorney, a graduate of the University of Virginia and its law school, who eventually became mayor of the city of Norfolk. He once began a thorough legal investigation into the evidence for the resurrection of Christ, asking himself the question: Can any intelligent person accept the resurrection story? After examining the evidence at length, he came away asking a different question: Can any intelligent person deny the weight of this evidence?

Even those who traveled for three years with Jesus experienced disbelief over His resurrection, but Jesus showed Himself alive by many infallible proofs. We don’t base our faith on legends, myths, or fairy tales. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is well-documented, and many critics have been silenced (and even converted) when they’ve carefully investigated the evidence.1

We have a risen Savior! He offers Himself to us today with many infallible proofs.
David Jeremiah

Many people say the Bible is a myth, but they’re myth-taken, myth-guided, and myth-erable.
Vance Havner

I can’t do it any more!

How to get through.
“If things aren’t going well, hear this and be happy…God met me more than half way, He freed me from my anxious fears. LOOK AT HIM: give Him your warmest smile. Never hide your feelings from Him. When I was desperate, I called out, and God got me out of a tight spot. God’s angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray.” (A Psalm of David) Psalms 34:2-7(The Message). “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has set down at the right hand of the Throne of God. (Jesus looked at us as His Joy so that He could endure). For consider Him who endured such hostility, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.” Hebrews 12:2-3(NKJV). He looked at us so that we can look at Him. Hallelujah! Have a blessed day.

Explosion of the Word

David Jeremiah

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
Colossians 3:16

In April 1866, crates of nitroglycerin were shipped to California to aid in blasting through a mountain to create the Summit Tunnel. One of the crates exploded at the Wells Fargo office in San Francisco, killing fifteen people. Nitroglycerin is an effective explosive, but highly unstable. Yet in another form it’s an effective treatment for heart disease and one of the oldest drugs used in the prevention of heart attacks. What power is unleashed when two elements — nitric acid and glycerin — come together!

When the Holy Spirit and the Holy Bible combine in a believer’s mind, there’s an explosion of power, and the mixture somehow strengthens our hearts. Ephesians 5:18 tells us to “be filled with the Spirit.” Colossians 3:16 says to “let the Word of Christ dwell in [us] richly.” Both passages promise the same results — singing, thanksgiving, and power in our relationships. These parallel Scriptures suggest there are two active agents working to help us achieve a renewed mind — the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.

Combine these dynamic agents in your life today.

The Bible without the Holy Spirit is a sundial by moonlight.
D. L. Moody

Are you wearing Grave Clothes?

He Is Risen! Take off the Grave Clothes!

Ron Edmondson

When He had said this Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” John 11:43-44 NIV

This event triggered the Pharisees to crucify Jesus. Lazarus had been dead four days. Jewish tradition prompted the family to bury soon after death, but the Jews also believed the spirit hovered over the dead body for up to three days. This time too had passed. Lazarus was a fully dead man! It was a real miracle to bring him back to life, and this was too much for the Pharisees. What the Pharisees underestimated was that this power would continue to be exhibited in the life of Christians for thousands of years to come. If you are a child of God, you have been brought from death unto life.

Jesus had raised Lazarus from the grave. We should love the story because it shows the power of the Savior. We can know that if He can raise the dead to life, we can trust Him to help us make our house payment or whatever struggles our life may hold. We need to remember that today. Since Jesus has power over death, is there anything in your life that He can’t handle?

Jesus came to give us life! Jesus told Lazarus to take off His grave clothes, to quit “living” like he was dead. Shouldn’t we do the same thing? Have you received Christ as your Savior? Is your name recorded in Heaven as a child of God? Have the angels sung “Glory” over your salvation? Have you personally, without reservation, believed that Jesus died for your sins, and that the only way you will enter Heaven is through the grace of His shed blood on the cross?

Well, TAKE OFF YOUR GRAVE CLOTHES! Quit “living” among the dead. Look alive! Jesus saved you by grace, through faith, not unto death, but unto life! Shouldn’t that make a noticeable difference in your life today? SO LIVE! Don’t let this world steal your joy. Don’t let Satan rob you of your peace. Stop worrying over tomorrow. Start living!

Take off your grave clothes and LIVE!

HE!

HE!
For HE is the living God and HE will endure forever, His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His rule will never end. HE rescues and saves His people; HE performs miraculous signs and wonders in Heaven and on Earth.” Daniel 6:26-27. “Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: CHRIST appeared in the flesh and was shown to be righteous by THE SPIRIT. HE was seen by angels and was announced to the nations. HE was believed on in the world and taken up into Heaven.” 1Timothy 3:16. ” We are made right with GOD when we believe that JESUS shed His blood, sacrificing His life for us…There is only one GOD, and there is only one way of being accepted by Him. HE makes people right with Himself only by faith…Oh what joy for those whose sins are forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight. Yes, what joy for those whose sin is no longer counted against them by The LORD.” Romans 3:25-30, 4:7-8. Rejoice in who HE is. HE does it all for us! I’m praying for you.

What do u call yourself?

Identify Yourself

For to me, to live is Christ . . . .
Philippians 1:21a

Think of all the ways human beings define themselves, beginning with gender: male or female. Then we often cite race: Caucasian, Asian, African, Latin, and so on. Then comes nation of citizenship: American, French, Brazilian, South African, Russian — wherever one was born or became a naturalized citizen. And the list goes on from there: region (“the South”), state (“Pennsylvania”), county (“Orange County”), city (“Dallas”), and even neighborhood or part of the state.

But there is one identifying mark that should supersede all others for the followers of Jesus Christ: Christian. A Christian can be of any race or gender, live in any nation, state, or town, and be part of any subgroup. Paul said in Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Paul also wrote, “For to me, to live is Christ . . . ” (Philippians 1:21) and, “For our citizenship is in heaven . . .” (Philippians 3:20).

People usually identify themselves by the label that is most important to them. Is “Christian” most important to you?
David Jeremiah

I reckon him a Christian indeed that is neither ashamed of the Gospel nor a shame to it.
Matthew Henry

Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Who’s Mind

Becoming Like Christ

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:5

Recommended Reading
Philippians 2:5-8

Before the advent of law schools and medical schools, aspiring attorneys and physicians learned their craft by apprenticing. They would attach themselves to a practicing professional and work by his side until they became like him and could go out on their own. The idea was, “Just watch what I do and do the same thing yourself.”

Paul had a similar thought in mind when he wrote to the Philippians, “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). He wanted the Philippians to be like Christ in a particular area of life: humility. When Christ entered the world, He humbled Himself by giving up any aspiration except that which was the Father’s purpose for His life. He set aside His rights and prerogatives as the Son of God and humbled Himself, taking on the lifestyle and behavior of a servant. In that way, Christ fulfilled God’s purpose for His life. His purpose was to know and carry out God’s purpose for His life.

If we are to fulfill God’s purpose for our life, we will become like Jesus. We will humble ourselves before God and say, “Not my will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42). When our purpose is to fulfill God’s purpose, His will will be done.
David Jeremiah

The surest mark of true conversion is humility.
J. C. Ryle

365 daily “Fear Not’s!”

365 “Fear Not’s”
“Fear Not!” is mentioned in the Bible 365 times. One for every day of the year. Satan attacks with fear. ” But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” Romans 5:8. “If God be for us, who can be against us? Since God did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?” Rom. 8:31-32(NLT). ” You then, be strong IN THE GRACE that is in Christ Jesus.” 2Timothy 2:1. “God is able to make ALL GRACE abound to you, so that in ALL things, at ALL times, having ALL that you need, you WILL abound in every good work…For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have DIVINE POWER to demolish strongholds. We can take captive EVERY THOUGHT to make it obedient to Christ.” 2Corinthians 9:8&10:3-5. “If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace… The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you.” Rom. 8:6,11. Use the divine power that is in you. FEAR NOT!!! I’m always praying for you.

The Racket of Life.

The Racket of Life

Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you.
Ezekiel 40:4

Novak Djokovic is the Number One tennis player in the world. After beating Andy Murray at the Shanghai Masters, he told reporters, “A calm mind always wins. Confidence plays a key role for any person on this planet.”

For Christians, a calm mind comes from having our thoughts fixed on Jesus and our minds stayed on Him (Hebrews 3:1; Isaiah 26:3). Jesus told us to love Him with all our mind (Matthew 22:37). The Bible warns against an “anxious mind” (Luke 12:29) and instructs us to set our minds on “things above” (Colossians 3:2). We’re to be renewed in the spirit of our minds. To be spiritually minded is “life and peace” (Ephesians 4:23; Romans 8:6). As we meditate on God’s Word, the peace of God guards our “hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7).

Amid the racket of life, a calm mind always wins. Learn to deliberately fix your mind on Jesus and His Word today. Focus on Christ and feed on His Word.
David Jeremiah

It is a grand thing when the mind becomes calm, when the soul grows strong, when courage increases, when confidence comes, when deep peace and quiet restfulness flow into the soul.
Charles H. Spurgeon

2 Corinthians 10:3-5
New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,