Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Little Talks with Jesus: “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm ...

Little Talks with Jesus: “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm ...: This morning the Lord reminded me that the part of the Passover Feast we celebrate as Holy Communion comes at the place of dessert, after ...

Little Talks with Jesus: “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm ...

Little Talks with Jesus: “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm ...: This morning the Lord reminded me that the part of the Passover Feast we celebrate as Holy Communion comes at the place of dessert, after ...

“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Psalm 34:8)

This morning the Lord reminded me that the part of the Passover Feast we celebrate as Holy Communion comes at the place of dessert, after the meal.

Then I heard the following scripture. “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him!” (Psalm 34:8)

Over the years of partaking of morning communion as I fellowship with the Lord over His word, I have come to realize how the scriptures point to the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. 

He accomplished everything it takes to bring me back into full fellowship with my Heavenly Father. This is what atonement does.

In the Old Covenant the blood of the animals only covered sin. Jesus’ blood washes away our sins. We are made completely new creations in Christ Jesus. He is truly the dessert, the best and the sweetest love we will ever experience.

As I come to communion - fellowship with Jesus today I am meditating on the sweetest and most precious gift of my Heavenly Father: Jesus the Christ.

As I eat of the bread and drink of the wine I can see Jesus’ body saturated with His blood. O that I may be saturated in the life-giving blood of the Lamb of God who takes away my sin. 

“O taste and see that the Lord is good!” Trust in Him and be blessed. Amen!

Blessings on your day!

Karen

Monday, February 22, 2016

Little Talks with Jesus: His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3...

Little Talks with Jesus: His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3...: This morning as I was meditating on the blood of Jesus I saw Isaiah 53:4-5 before my mind’s eye. “But [in fact] He has borne our griefs...

His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

This morning as I was meditating on the blood of Jesus I saw Isaiah 53:4-5 before my mind’s eye.
“But [in fact] He has borne our griefs, and He has carried our sorrows and pains; … He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; the punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, and by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.”

Then I was reminded that His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

As I continued to drink of the cup of the New Covenant in His blood I decreed that my sins are washed away each and every time I receive the blood of Jesus.

(Mark 11:24-25). “Believe that you receive…” 

I believe I have received, and I have His forgiveness. 

If you are struggling with sin consciousnesses, spend some time with the Lord. Receive His loving forgiveness as you confess them before the Lord this day. He stands ready to forgive you every day, if you will only come to Him. 

Remember, when we mess up, He still loves us and wants to forgive us. However; we must allow Him in.  "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." (Revelation 3:20 KJV) Amen!

Blessings on your day!

Karen


Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Little Talks with Jesus: “He who believes in Me, ...out of his heart will F...

Little Talks with Jesus: “He who believes in Me, ...out of his heart will F...: I had been reading a small book on releasing your angels to minister to you and for you. He took me back to Proverbs 18:21 , “Death and l...

“He who believes in Me, ...out of his heart will Flow Rivers of living water.” (John 7:38 NKJV)

I had been reading a small book on releasing your angels to minister to you and for you. He took me back to Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

The words we love are the words that come from our emotions, out of our belly. We can decree all day long, but until they come out of our heart they do not produce.

In this book the author shows in Psalm 103:20 (NKJV), “Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word.

The angels of God respond to His word. When we decree His word from our heart we release God’s angels over us to work for us and through us.

Next,  the Lord began to teach me another truth from His word. Satan is always trying to imitate God. He disguises himself as an angel of light. When Moses was before Pharaoh, the first several demonstrations of God’s power were imitated by the devil’s magicians. God’s power always prevailed over the magicians. But the devil is still trying to deceive us with his magic tricks.

When the Lord showed me this He told me that when we speak death and curse words we are releasing the demons from hell to work their magic.

Remember Deuteronomy 30:19 where God says, “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;”

It is here the devil gets the right to move on our negative words.

Another word the Lord reminded me of is, Luke 4:18 a, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to …heal the brokenhearted…”

Scripture tells us that our heart is in our belly and out of it flows a river of life. (John 7:38) 

By this we can also surmise that out of it can also flow rivers of death. Therefore it is imperative that our hearts be healed in order for us to choose life with our words, (Deuteronomy 30:19) because out of our hearts we speak.

Our heart is ruled by our emotions; grief and sorrow (John 14:1, joy (John 16:22), desires (Matthew 5:28), affections (Luke 24:32), perceptions (john 12:40), thoughts (Matthew 9:4), understanding (Matthew 13:15), reasoning (Mark 2:6), imagination (Luke 1:51), conscience (Acts 2:37), intentions (Hebrews 4:12) purpose (Acts 11:23), will (Romans 6:17) and faith (Mark 11:23). 

These can only be holy if we submit them to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We do this in prayer allowing the Holy Spirit to search our hearts and confessing the sin He reveals to us.

I encourage you today to open up your heart to the Lord asking Him to search your heart. In this we are examining ourselves before partaking of communion. This is judging ourselves, lest we be judged. It is not beating yourself up. It is allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal areas of your life that you have not submitted to His Lordship.Once you repent you are worthy to receive His body and His blood without condemnation.

Then spent time praising God for His marvelous love and mercy for bringing you into covenant with Him through Christ. Praise God and celebrate all God has done for you. Amen!

Blessings on your day!

Karen

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Little Talks with Jesus: “He (God) accounted it to him (Abraham) as righteo...

Little Talks with Jesus: “He (God) accounted it to him (Abraham) as righteo...: It was counted to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6) This morning God took me on a spiritual journey to teach me how to seek His right...

“He (God) accounted it to him (Abraham) as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6)

It was counted to him as righteousness (Genesis 15:6)
This morning God took me on a spiritual journey to teach me how to seek His righteousness. 

He began by reminding me that Abram, later named Abraham, who is considered the father of faith was considered by God as righteous because Abraham believed God.(He took God at His word.)

“Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6 MEV)

Next the Lord took me to Genesis 3:1 where the old serpent asked Eve, “Has God said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” 

Here God showed me that Adam’s fall was because he and Eve made the choice to not believe what God’s had told them.  Hence, Adam became unrighteous.

Also, the name Adam means mankind. This is where we too become unrighteous when we make the choice not to take God at His word.

Righteousness means faith, or believing every word God says. However; faith must have action or it is dead. (James 2:17) “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”

Who and what we believe and act on determines where we place our faith.Where we place our faith makes either righteous or unrighteous.

Matthew 6:33 tells us to, “… seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” (The benefits of Psalm 103:3)

Colossians 1:13 says the moment we accept Jesus as our Savior, God takes us out of the kingdom of darkness and places us unto the Kingdom of Jesus. However; just as the Children of Israel struggled in the dessert learning to listen, trust and act on what God said, we too fall into this very problem. 

When I say “believe His word”, I mean you come to the place you really believe He will do exactly what He says He will do, whether you see it or not, and we act on what He has told us to do. Acting in faith is what makes our faith alive.

God never reacts to our whines, cries or the desperation of our circumstances. He acts on our faith (trust and belief) in His word. 

When God inspired John to write 3 John 2, God calls us His beloved, He means it. He goes on to say, “I wish, above all things, that you prosper, be in health as your soul prospers,” He really means it. He is pulling for us to come to Him, believe and receive.

Our soul consists of our mind, our will and our emotions. Our emotions need healing. This comes through forgiveness and changing our old ways of thinking to having the mind of Christ. Having His mind is thinking the way Jesus thinks. It only comes from knowing, in an intimate way, God’s deep love for us and listening for His directions. 

We see this love through Christ on the cross. Jesus took on His body every sickness, every disease, hurt, heartache, pain and sorrow we will ever experience so that, if we desire, we can give them to Him in faith.

Jesus took the chastisement (severe criticism; rebuke or strong reprimand, corporal punishment; and beatings) whether deserved or not, so that we can receive His peace.

He took my poverty away and has given me access to His riches- all the cattle on a thousand hills, all the silver and all the gold is mine to access through faith, if I can trust Him to be my Jehovah-jireh (the Lord who provides our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus), He will show us where to cast our nets even if we’ve fished there before and found nothing.

Jesus also took my sins, both known and unknown, and paid the price.

Sin is high treason against the Crown. It is punishable by death. He took the death sentence in my place.

As you search the scriptures, you will find more of this divine exchange in the covenant we have entered into with Christ.

The New Testament puts it this way, “. . . For they know His voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers” (John 10: 4b-5). When we hear, believe and act on the voice of Jesus we become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

As Jesus' sheep we will not follow the steps of the first Adam when we make this most important decision to believe and live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. They are written in the Holy Bible. 

This is living Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight."

Mostly, He tells us to walk in love and forgiveness, being kind to one another, knowing we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Salvation comes to each of us through our belief and acceptance of Christ's love on the cross, and asking Him to forgive us of our sin.

As you take time to commune with the Lord today, meditate on all that He has done for you because He loves you with His whole heart. 

Search the scriptures to find out what He has to say about your situation. Believe Him and stand on His word. It takes practice to hear the spoken word of God in your heart. Open your heart and listen. He still speaks today. He has not changed. Amen!

Blessings on your day!

Karen