When I go for early morning walks, I always think of this verse in the Bible about Jesus going out early to pray: ‘And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.’ Mark 1:35
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Walk a mile in my shoes
The one who has no sin, can cast the first stone. John 8:7
Help
I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD who made the heavens and the earth. Psalm 121:1-2
20/20 vision
When I think of 20/20 vision, I think of this Bible verse. A couple of massive armies came to fight against the people of God and the king and the people were so afraid. The king called the people together to fast and pray. Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel and he gave a prophecy that the LORD would fight the battle for them. The people went out against the armies singing praises to the LORD, and the enemy armies fought against each other and they all killed themselves.
You can read the whole story in all different translations on the bible gateway program.
Eternity – Are you ready?
Eternity is forever and ever, and Jesus promised us eternal life by believing in him.
One day there will be a new heaven and a new earth where the righteous will live. All the sinners are going to end up in the lake of fire.
Sin is so terrible in the eyes of God that it is only through the shedding of innocent blood that sin can be atoned for. In the old days, people had to sacrifice innocent animals to atone for their sins, but one day God decided to send his own Son to die for our sins. His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth who had no sin.
He died on a cross for our sins, so that we can have our sins forgiven. Our job is to ask for forgiveness, and then to follow him and his teachings.
All these things I have written are in line with what is taught in the Holy Scriptures. The main book containing the Holy Scriptures is called the Bible. There are many types of Bibles in many different languages around the world. If you don’t believe me, I encourage you to go and search for the truth yourself, because your eternal life depends on it.
I want everyone in the world to have a happy eternal life with God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. If you don’t get saved, you will end up in the lake of fire for all eternity. That will be a terrible place to be, so that is why I am warning you.
Love yourself and your life, and surrender your life to Jesus the Christ. Jesus means “Saviour” and Christ means “Messiah.”
Here’s wishing you a happy eternal life! God bless.
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Related scriptures:
John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Leviticus 17:11: For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Revelation 21:8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Mark 16:15-16: And he (Jesus) said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
When you become a believer, it is your job to share the truth with other people too. May God bless you as you do it. Remember Jesus loves you!
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Forgive – It is not worth going to hell just because some idiot does you wrong!
Song – If you don’t forgive
Beloved, recently the Lord ministered to me concerning a song I wrote a long time ago. I was busy playing games on the computer, and found myself singing this song. Then I found myself changing the words. I found myself putting in names of people that have hurt me. One by one I put in the names of all the people who have hurt me.
If you are finding it a struggle to forgive people, it might be good therapy if you do the same thing, and put in all the names of the people who have hurt you.
This phrase came to me this morning as I was asking the Lord for wisdom, and so that is why I am putting this out there: “It is not worth going to hell just because some idiot does you wrong!”
In the Lord’s prayer, Jesus said we must forgive. Matthew chapter 6:
“9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Jesus said that if we want to experience miracles, then we must first forgive if we have anything against anybody. Mark chapter 11:
“20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
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So I found an old cassette tape recording of this song and have placed it on the YouTube last week.
Good and bad
I think that every person has their good points and their bad points.
I think that every country has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every government has it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every city has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every house has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every car has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
I think that every job has got it’s good points and it’s bad points.
So I think we must enjoy the good things in life. Fix the bad things. But if we cannot fix the bad things, then we must just do the best we can with whatever the situation is.
Many times in my life, some people that I have known have been very good to me, but those same people have also been very bad to me. It shouldn’t be like that, but that is the way it is. Let me give you an example from the Bible.
One day Jesus asked his disciples who they thought he was, and Peter replied: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus commended him for that statement and said: “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.” So Peter was used by Almighty God at that moment!
Then, a few minutes later, Jesus says to Peter: “Get thee behind me Satan!” Wow. So Peter was used by God, and also used by Satan!
Later on, Peter denied that he ever even knew Jesus. Wow. But Jesus forgave him. Later on, Peter was mightily used by God to heal the sick and to raise the dead! So, don’t give up. There is hope for all of us yet!
Just keep on believing!
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Related scriptures: Matthew 16:16-23, Mark 8:29-33, Luke 22:31, Acts 9:33-42.
Wounded in the house of my friends
I grew up attending a church in Africa with the idea that the church people were the best people on the planet, and that the “worldly” people were the bad people who would hate us. This was based on the teachings of Jesus where he said: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” (John 15:18)
Jesus taught his disciples to love one another. (John 13:34) So my idea was that the church people were full of love, and the “worldly” people were full of hate.
When I was a minister of a church in Canada, I did the Gospel of Mark in pictures, and it was then that I realized that the “world” who hated Jesus was not the bad sinners, but the religious people. That was a shock to me, and it became even more real to me when the church people turned against me, and wanted me dead.
They wanted to kick us out of the church in the middle of winter, when it was -20C at night and -10C in the day. We were living in the back of the church building, with no money, my car was broken, and my credit card was at the limit. We had no home to go to. The leader of the church made us both quit our jobs and move down there. In the old days people were burned at the stake, etc, but the modern day is more sophisticated, but the end result is the same! When my trial was on, I just sat there quietly with my head down.
So anyway, I can relate to the words that Jesus will one day say to his people as recorded in the words of the prophet: And one shall say unto him, “What are these wounds in thine hands?” Then he shall answer, “Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” (Zechariah 13:6)
At the last supper, Judas left the table to betray Jesus. Then Jesus referred to his disciples as his ”Friends.” (John 15:15) In the Garden of Gethsemane after Judas had betrayed Jesus with a kiss, Jesus called him “Friend.” (Matthew 26: 50)
So it seems like Jesus still loved Judas, even though he had betrayed him. Maybe Jesus still loves every one of us, no matter who we are or what we have done. Our job is to repent of our sins and get saved.
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Related scriptures:
Psalm 22:16 – For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Isaiah 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Zechariah 12:10 – And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zechariah 13:6 – And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Matthew 26
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
John 13:34 – A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:15 – Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
John 15:18 – If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
John 19:37 – And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Revelation 1:7 – Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
King’s Messengers Quartet
Apparently these folks hail from Butterworth area, and did recordings back in the 1950’s. I remember singing once in Butterworth back in the 1970’s. The name of the city of Butterworth has since been changed, the same as lots of cities of South Africa that I sang in back in the 1970’s.
One of the songs that touched my heart deeply was: “Softly and tenderly.” That song brings back lots of memories for me. Jesus is calling each one of us to come home to God and get saved. One verse they didn’t sing has these words:
“Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, Coming for you and for me.”
Beloved, each of us will die. The scripture says: “For it is appointed unto all men once to die and after that the judgment.” (Hebrews 9:27) We must all get right with God. It is the final call.
Face to face with Christ my Saviour
Farther along (Tempted and tried)
No one ever cared for me like Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Belfast Church hymns
I grew up in a British based church where the people were English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh, so I feel I can relate to these people. Most of these songs I heard when I was a kid.
- A wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord
- All that thrills my soul is Jesus
- Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
- Blessed assurance
- Great is Thy faithfulness
- Have you any room for Jesus? /On mountains high
- He lives, He lives, I know that my Redeemer lives
- He touched me
- Holy, holy, holy, LORD GOD Almighty
- How great Thou art
- I am so glad that Jesus loves me
- I know not why God’s wondrous grace
- I stand amazed
- I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
- I will sing the wondrous story
- If that isn’t love
- It is well with my soul
- Isn’t the love of Jesus something wonderful?
- Jesus keep me near the cross
- Just a closer walk with Thee
- Leaning on the everlasting arms
- My Jesus I love Thee
- No not one
- Now none but Christ can satisfy
- O for a thousand tongues to sing / He touched me
- O happy day
- Old rugged cross
- Power in the blood
- Standing on the promises
- The love of God
- There is a fountain filled with blood
- Thine be the glory
- This old world will never hold me/Give me oil in my lamp
- We’re marching to Zion
- When I survey the wondrous cross
- When we all get to heaven
- Whiter than the snow
- Worship