Preservation and Life

 Happy Sunday!

"The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies."(Psalm 41:2 KJV).

I've heard it said, "A gift never leaves your life!"  Meaning the things that you have sown into the lives of others will boomerang back to you.  A smile, a helping hand, a sincere prayer, and a financial blessing are all seeds sown that will create a harvest. 

When I read Psalm 41:2 after searching the word "blessed", my first question was who is the psalmist talking about?  Who is the person that the Lord will preserve and protect?  So I read the previous verse.  "God blesses those who are kind to the poor. He helps them out of their troubles."(Psalm 41:1 Living Bible).  It makes so much sense that Jesus would say, "For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:  Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?  When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the LEAST of these my brethren, ye have done it unto ME."(Matthew 25:35-40 KJV).

Hebrews 6:10 says, "God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people."(CEV).

Love and prayers, Cynthia

Are you ready?

 Happy Sunday!

"You also must be READY all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected."(Matthew 24:44 NLT).

I worked briefly for an Airport Shuttle Company.  It was a second job in order to make a little extra money.  I learned more than I earned at that job! LOL!  I am still amazed at a customer that called from California frantic because they'd missed the shuttle to LAX for their flight to France.  If you are at all familiar with the Los Angeles traffic and the distances from surrounding cities to the downtown area, you will know that this was not going to end well.  If you are not familiar, let me tell you my Aunt who resides in the Inland Empire area refuses to pick you up from LAX.  You must fly into the airport in Ontario, CA or find your own way to her home.  In case you think I am exaggerating, we drove my cousin to LAX after Thanksgiving one year and three hours later we were still in traffic headed back to my Aunt's home.

Jesus said, "BE READY!"  The trip we will eventually take in the Rapture of the Church, or by way of the grave will be unexpected.  Unlike the customer that missed her flight to France, we won't know the day or the hour of our Lord's return.(Matthew 24:36).  When I spoke with that customer I had so many questions.  How long have you been planning this trip?  Are you aware that the airlines urge passengers to check in at least 2 hours before the flight?  Why weren't you packed the night before? (She was crying about not being finished packing).

I have known about the return of Jesus since I was a little child.  One song we sang said, "Somewhere in outer space, God has prepared a place for those who trust Him and obey.  And though we don't know when, Jesus will come again!  The countdown is getting lower everyday".  Because we don't know the exact time we must stay ready.  Even the Apostle Peter had to warn the Believers who thought Jesus would return in their lifetimes, "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."(2 Peter 3:9 KJV).  Don't miss this!  God wants everyone to be Saved!  He's giving people more time to choose LIFE!

Are you ready?  Proverbs 3:5 says, "Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. DON'T ASSUME THAT YOU KNOW IT ALL."(Message).  Hebrew 2:14-15 says, "Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to RESCUE them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he DESTROYED the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of DEATH."(Message).

Love and prayers, Cynthia

You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope…

 This Blessed Me!

"Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk.
They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything.
They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings.
But that’s not the way of CHRIST.
Everything of GOD gets expressed in HIM, so you can see and hear him CLEARLY.
You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without HIM.
When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too.
His power extends over everything." - Colossians 2:8-10 (Message)

Love and prayers, Cynthia

Don't Be Deceived! Don't Be Weary!

Happy Sunday!

"Be NOT deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.  And let us NOT be weary in well doing: for in due season WE SHALL REAP, if we faint not."(Galatians 6:7-9 KJV).

Don't be deceived!  Don't be weary!

The word "Deceit" is defined in the 1828 Webster's Dictionary as "Literally, a catching or ensnaring. Hence, the misleading of a person; the leading of another person to believe what is false, or NOT to believe what is true, and thus to ensnare him; fraud; fallacy; cheat; any declaration, artifice or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false." 

The Apostle Paul was writing to Christians.  Don't miss this!  It is possible for Christians to be deceived.  How? You may ask.  It is possible to be deceived when we lack TRUTH.  What is truth?  Jesus said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you FREE."(John 8:32 KJV).  "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the TRUTH, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."(John 14:6 KJV).

John 16:13 says, "When the Holy Spirit, who is TRUTH, comes, he shall guide you into ALL truth, for he will not be presenting his own ideas, but will be passing on to you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future."(Living Bible).

The word "Weary" is defined in the 1828 Webster's Dictionary as, "Having the patience exhausted, or the mind yielding to discouragement."  Jesus said, "By your steadfastness and PATIENT endurance you shall WIN the true life of your souls."(Luke 21:19 Amplified).  Romans 15:4 says, "Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the SCRIPTURES give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled."(NLT).

Keep the WORD first place in your life.  Don't be deceived!  Don't be weary!

Love and prayers, Cynthia

Worry Free, JOY FULL

 Happy Sunday!

"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting ALL YOUR CARE upon him; for he careth for you.  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"(1 Peter 5:6-8 KJV)

Praying for you!  Hoping you are having a great day, and a Worry-Free, wonderful week. 

The Apostle Peter wanted the Believers to know that we have an enemy!  BUT more than that, he wanted us to know that our God cares for us! Our God doesn't want us to WORRY or FRET about anything.  The Psalmist said, "Fret NOT thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall SOON be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. TRUST in the Lord, and DO good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed."(Psalm 37:1-3 KJV).

The J.B. Phillips New Testament version on 1 Peter 5:6-8 says, "So, humble yourselves under God’s strong hand, and in his own good time he will lift you up. You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern." 

Don't miss this!  We are God's Personal Concern!  Jesus said, "Don’t be afraid of those who can kill only your bodies—but can’t touch your souls! Fear only God who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Not one sparrow (What do they cost? Two for a penny?) can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs of your head are all numbered. SO DON'T WORRY! You are more VALUABLE to him than many sparrows."(Matthew 10:28-31 Living Bible).

Love and prayers, Cynthia