Patience is something that our God would have us all to learn. Patience is also a fruit of knowing Him (see Galatians 5:22-23).

Imagine the Israelites having to wait before the Red Sea for God to act. Meanwhile, one of the most powerful armies of all the world is nipping at their heals and closing fast open though. But they dare not move, not without their God that is. So as the Egyptian army is steadfastly closing in on them, Moses waits in patience, only holding up the staff which God had given him, for he knew that God would act, he knew that God would show himself strong. This faith gave him such great patience and perseverance, waiting upon the Lord our God.

And God did act, He came through and showed himself strong, as He always does for those who wait upon Him and trust His might hand.

Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God"

God bless!

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I love this verse, Mark 10:48, 'Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"'. (Note: Son of David is a Messianic title for the Christ, this man was also confessing Christ as the Messiah in this verse. What a blessing!)

This man understood that he had nothing to bring to the Lord, nothing to offer. He understood that he needed the mercy of the Lord, and he sought that mercy! God bless his soul! So what happened to him, let's read on.

Mark 10:49-52
"And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you."

Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus.

And answering him, Jesus said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabbi, I want to regain my sight!"

And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road."

Simple, huh? Yes, it is! Very simple. Very straightforward. The man came, and he was healed. It is the same for you and me this day. We come, He heals. Remember He is the same Yesterday, today, and forever.

Hebrews 13:8
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

He is unchanging and His love is unchanging. Come to Him and seek His mercy, for He shall pour it unto all that seek Him.

Micah 6:8
"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

Walk with the Lord and love His mercy. Jesus told a parable to those who would listen.

Luke 18:9-14
"Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Seek His mercy, for that is what He desires, and He shall give it. God bless!

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When we love those that persecute us, I think that it really shows the love of Jesus. It's easy for anyone to love someone who loves them back, and this is good too, but it takes a real person, someone who knows the love of God in their heart, to really love someone who does them wrong.

I think the ultimate example of this love is when Jesus was hanging on the cross. Even though He was mocked by those who had put Him there, He still found it in His heart to ask forgiveness for them, and to continue to love them.

This is the love of God, the love that we can only know and experience and give as we walk and remain in Him. For He is love. And He fills our hearts with His love as we know Him.

Romans 5:5 "The love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us".

The love of God that is given to us by the Holy Spirit will allow us to love even those that do us wrong. What a wonderful and powerful love this is, beyond anything this world has ever seen or known, except in Jesus Christ Himself! God Bless!

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Prayer is of such great importance in our lives and our walk with our Father. Prayer needs to be our connection to Him, our inviting of the Holy Spirit into our lives, our daily resource. Since God is the source of all of our strength, I believe it is of utmost importance that we stay connected to Him through prayer.

The more and more I live, I see the vast importance of prayer in our lives. Almost like a soldier receiving orders, an athlete discussing matters with a coach, a son spending time with a Father, prayer is so important to us. Without it, without that open communication to Him, I believe that we can easily become lost in this tough world.

Thankfully we have prayer to keep us on track. Not a list of rules or regulations or things we must do or say, but talking to God from the heart and listening. Let it not be a chore but something to be loved. Time with the Father can be great and can relieve our burdens and answer our needs. If you have questions, let Him know. He is here to answer. He wants to help. Invite Him into your life and allow Him to teach you and show you the true way.

Let us stand fast in prayer and our connection to Him, for it will lift us higher and higher while we walk through this life! God Bless!

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You know how Jesus said that we are to love God with all of our heart, and how this is of such importance? (Mark 12:30)

Well, I believe that as we spend time with our Father, we are richly rewarded. I think that as we get to know Him and let Him into our lives more and more, that we grow to love Him more and more, for there is nothing about Him that we can not love. He is perfect and He bends over backwards to help us out and to show He cares when we ask and I think that as we get to know Him it would be impossible not to love Him with all of our hearts.

It's a shame that in our fallen states it is hard for us to love at times, and sometimes almost impossible, but with God all things are possible and I think the love for our Father will change everything! God Bless!

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Have you ever wondered, "Is there truly a God?". And then you look up at the sun, or the stars, or a beautiful light, and you realize that out there somewhere, something or someone had to create all this. It seems like there is too much beauty for it all to be chance. And then there are those moments that make you think. Moments of true beauty. Moments that are so Divine that they take your breath away and leave you wondering. A little child, a warm hug, a gentle laugh. Something that happens throughout the busy day that makes you stop and think, there must be more.

These are the moments that make us think. Sometimes they may be few and far between. Some may be closer than others. But these are the moments that define reality. That make us really think, God must be watching now, and He must want me to see this. He must be there, and He must care enough to go out of His way to do this for me. Maybe He has never stopped caring, even if I forgot about Him, He never forgot about me. Maybe He has been there all along, and in those split moments we see a little glimpse of what is really going on. A little glimpse of who He is, what He is truly like. These are the moments that make up life and eternity. God bless!

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It seems that as we get closer to what the Good Book refers to as the End Times (although we don't know when this will be), it seems that we are beginning to see more and more of a destruction of the home life and the structure of the family in general.

This almost sounds like a demonic attack, but before I go finger pointing and name calling, I would like to say that ever since the beginning of mankind, it's been recorded that the Adversary always seems to attack the family structure. The very first incidence I can think of is Cain and Abel, brother against brother, with one killing the other. Cain was in the wrong with God, and this led him to attack and "lash out" on his very own brother with the remark, "Am I my brother's keeper?".

This seems to be the tone that rings out in society now a days on the whole. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Well, Jesus said it like this. We are to love not only our brother, but our neighbor, just as we do ourselves. This is a far cry from, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

So what is happening to the family? Why are we seeing such a strong breakdown of the family structure and the relationships that should be forming the heart of this country, and the world? Is this a demonic attack? Has the devil personally targeted the family life? Does he realize that there is great power in the family? For it is said that a family that prays together, surely will stay together. But what is accounting for the dramatic increase in divorce rates, teen pregnancies, broken marriages and broken homes?

Surely God places a strong emphasis on family and their importance in our lives. All throughout the Bible there are examples of the importance of the family and the importance that God places on an individual to maintain the integrity of his or her family. Heck, one of the greatest tasks given in history was when God called a man named Joseph, and his wife Mary to raise His Own Son. That must have been a great task!

So what has happened to the family? Is it that as we drift further and further apart from God that we lose the very values that He stands for? Do we begin to lose the bonds and the ties that only He is able to supply as we lose touch with Him? I believe so, and I believe that this could account for the trend that we are beginning to see in society. We see Muslims degrading women and lowering their standards. We see no honor and respect for the ones who raise our very children and provide support in the home. (By the way, one of the greatest tasks in the Bible was given to a woman, and that was to carry the Lord Jesus, to give birth and to raise Him, with the help of God of course).

So what can be done? I believe that as we drift further and further away from God, this is the inevitable. The family is the core of God, and as we lose that, we lose Him and vice versa. It's the destruction of the home, and it's evil. Demonic in nature. Call it what you want, but we must stand up and raise our children right. What must give them what they need, and not what we necessarily desire. Look around and you will see all the children who are neglected. It seems that they have all these things. PlayStation's and T.V.'s etc., etc., but they still seem so lost, so neglected, so confused. We have to show them that somebody cares.

We need to stand for God and stand for the family. It's the future of our nation, our society, the world as a whole. The family is what matters the most, and I can not stress that enough. It is the foundation of life. Without it there almost seems to be no reason for living. This is serious but true. Our family is what matters. It is of such importance in the eyes of our loving God, and He can not stand to see the destruction of something that is so whole and good and pure and good for us all.

Let us stick to the family and be strong as one, for this is the core and the essence of all that God is and desires for us as His children. God bless!

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In life I find that it's easy sometimes to look at all the rules and regulations and forget how imperfect sometimes we truly are. Life is about mistakes and learning from those mistakes. I think that it is in our mistakes that God teaches us the most. It's were we learn the greatest lessons in life. When we see the error of our ways we also see the beauty of forgiveness and second chances.

I think that it's easy sometimes for us to lock ourselves away and hide from daily life, and some people do. Maybe you don't trust yourself. Maybe you are afraid of what you might do.

Religion teaches us that we must be better. That we must somehow figure out a way to fix ourselves. But God says, "Just come to Me. I'll show you the better way. I'll make things right. I'll set you up on high where nobody can touch you, where nothing can harm you and you will be safe. I promise you."

God will show us the better way as we come to Him. He will give us that better life. The life we so deserve. The one that we so desire and He so desires for us. And it's ok to mess up, because when we do, He will always be there to fix whatever we do. He wouldn't be a good father if he didn't, and He is the best Father anyone could ever ask for. Try to understand His love and you will see. He wants to have a relationship with you. He wants to know you. He wants to bless your heart. There is nothing that He would not do for you. Open up your heart and see the goodness that He truly is. Allow Him to bless you as He wants to. If we have Him in our lives, we shall be eternally blessed. God bless!

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We as the Children of God can find our rest in the Father and in His Son. We need no longer to be burdened nor troubled by the world. Jesus Christ said:

Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

This meaning of this is that when we come to the Lord we find rest. Rest for our souls. Rest for our weariness and toil. We no longer need to be burdened nor weary.

Let us come to the Lord and find rest for our souls, for He is our rest and the one that will deliver us from our burdens and toils. God Bless.

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We as Children of God are able to rest assured knowing that the Lord is in control. Although the Devil may be the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) and may seem to have the upper hand at times, rest assured that God will never be defeated and is always in control.

One thing I believe is that the Devil is more talk than he really is. It says that in the end we shall look upon him and narrowly consider him as the one who was able to deceive the whole world (Isaiah 14:6). Like a cat who has been shaved, I believe we shall see him for who he truly is, not that big!

Smith Wigglesworth used to say that the Devil was kind of like God's whip, His rod of chastisement to bring one to repentance and deeper faith in the One who is true life and joy. We must see God as Sovereign, as He truly is.

Look at the Book of Job where the Devil must come before God to ask permission to proceed.

Job 1:6 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them."

We must understand that the Devil is still subject to the Creator. He is still the created one, and God is still the one in control. God holds the cards! The Devil is the created one, and is still subject to the Lord. I believe one of the lies of the Devil is to convince the world that he is more powerful and holds more cards than he truly does. This is just not the case! God is always sovereign and He always will be. There is no great battle for first place. God has first place and He always will be first place. He is only allowing the Devil to continue until the appointed time when He shall be done away with and everything made new again!

Rest assured brethren, our Lord and God is in full control, and Jesus holds the reigns of life. As we submit to Him we shall know this blessed victory that has already been won for us in Him through our Lord Jesus Christ! We shall let Him have full reign! God Bless.

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