Really thankful for the folks in this picture. Steve you are the man and I am very thankful for you being in my life. Gwen thank you for all you do for me!
Mom and Dad you are the best...I am so thankful for all that you put in my life!
Got to spend a week in Florida with my wife and I think we had fun. Swam at the pool, and tried to do allot of nothing.
The Strength To ‘Go And Sin No More’
John 8:11
11… “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
Imagine you were there at the temple when the woman caught in adultery was brought before Jesus by the scribes and Pharisees. Would you have expected Jesus to condemn her for her sin? Maybe you would have been surprised to hear Him say, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” (John 8:7) After all, she was caught in the very act of adultery.
Jesus, the only one in the crowd who truly had the power to condemn her would not. If you had eavesdropped on their conversation after the crowd had left, you would have heard Him ask her, “Woman… Has no one condemned you?” (John 8:10)
He spoke such words of grace to her because He loved her. Also, by asking her the question, He was giving her a chance to speak words of no condemnation to herself — “No one [condemns me], Lord.” (John 8:11)
Jesus not only spoke words of grace to her, He also gave her the gift of no condemnation — “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
Could He do that? She did commit a serious sin. Had God gone soft on sin and compromised His holy standards? Of course not! Jesus could say that to her because He knew that He would be punished for her sins on the cross. He was therefore able to give her the gift of no condemnation.
Today, you have the gift of no condemnation because the Son of God was condemned for all your sins. (Romans 8:1) God cannot condemn you when you sin because He is faithful and just to what His Son has done.
But we still find people saying, “Go and sin no more first, and then I won’t condemn you.” But God says, “I don’t condemn you. Go and sin no more.” God gives you the gift of no condemnation, so that you will have the strength to go and sin no more!
I am being a parrot...I did not write this Joseph Prince did and there is no reason for me to try to rewrite it so here it is...
Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, He marvelled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith…
The way you see Jesus, the revelation that you have of Him, will not affect God’s acceptance of you. But it will affect your acceptance of what God has for you. It will affect how you receive from Him.
Consider the Roman centurion who told Jesus, “You don’t have to come to my house. Just speak the word and my servant at home will be healed.” (Luke 7:6–7) Compare him with Jairus, the ruler of a synagogue, who told Jesus, “My daughter is dying. Please come to my house and lay Your hands on her, and she shall live.” (Mark 5:22–23)
Do you know that Jesus does not have to go to your house to heal you? So why did Jesus follow Jairus to his house? He had to come down to Jairus' level of faith. Jairus believed that his daughter could be healed, but only if Jesus came and laid His hands on her.
The centurion was different. He said, “Lord, You don’t have to come to my house. I know who You are.” This centurion believed that Jesus didn’t have to come to his house for his servant to be healed. He believed that Jesus only needed to speak the word. He said to Jesus, “Just speak the word and my servant at home will be healed.”
Do you know who Jesus is? The centurion had a greater understanding of who Jesus was than Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, and he wasn’t even a Jew!
Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” (Mark 4:40) He even remarked, “O you of little faith.” (Matthew 6:30) But to the woman with the issue of blood, He said, “O woman, great is your faith!” (Matthew 15:28) And to the centurion, He declared, “I have not found such great faith, not even in
My desire is for you to have an accurate understanding of who Jesus is because when your revelation of Jesus is big, you will know what has been freely given to you. And when you know what is yours in Christ Jesus, you will be rich in all things!
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by Mac
When it comes to winning in life, are you hot, cold, or somewhere in between? A famous preacher was known for saying, "I've come to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." What's so wrong with being comfortable? Revelation, chapter three says, "I wish you were either cold or hot, but you are neither, you are lukewarm."
When you're cold, you at least are aware that you need heat. But when you're only lukewarm, you're in danger of becoming satisfied with the status quo. Check your temperature today. If you're lukewarm and comfortable, start heating up your passion for winning God's way.
This is the reason I made the point to pick up her book and go thru it. Here is a wonderful woman who was used by God to introduce a generation to the Holy Ghost. And when he shows up…so do his works. So my thought was “if you want to hit like Joe DiMaggio then study up on how he hit”. I really do want to see the move of the Holy Ghost in these last days and I will leave it at that.
The first chapter I read hits me with the above mentioned quote and I get to thinking. There is a rule in scripture and it is the law of first mention. What it basically gets at is that when we see God interact with someone or do something for the first time it sets a precedent for what is to come. What happens the first time Jesus performs a miracle? Who gets healed? What great thing does he do?
John 2:1-11 He makes water into wine…he serves at a wedding? No one is healed, set free, delivered, and made whole. No one receives their sight, no missing limbs come back, no one told to pick up his bed and walk! His first miracle was to serve people. We want to be used by God and then we he comes and asks us to move chairs or love the unlovely we walk away and complain that someone “used” us. He did what others where asking of Him, seems like good prep because He always said that He did His Fathers work and not His own.
I want to see the power of God in operation however tonight I was gently reminded that it is not about me and seeing revival. It is about them…us who need the help, the help that only the Holy Ghost can offer! So my purpose is to keep on serving and giving because I am born-again and I was born for a greater purpose…to be poured out of!
Remember giving leads to compassion and compassion is what Jesus was moved by. Mat 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. Giving leads to and opens the door of love which is what the Holy Ghost flows thru…a vessel of love!
