IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR SOUL

IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR SOUL

Matthew 16:24-26King James Version (KJV)

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Those who want to come with me must say no to the things of this world.

In other words, if you want to be a follower of mine you must deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow me.

You must make Jesus the Lord of your life, and live righteous before Him. If you try to saved your life without following Jesus you will loose your life.

Why: Because you have chosen to denied him as Lord and Savior.

When you accept Him and follow Him you will save your life.

What should it profit a person if they had a billion dollars and denied Christ and died in sin.

His soul and spirit will spend eternity in the lake of fire.

You might say, I never thought a loving God would send me to Hell.  He wouldn’t, your choices decide where you will spend eternity.

John 14:6King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

God sent Jesus to save us, you must make the choice to receive Him as Lord and Savior.

What in this earth would be worth missing eternity with Jesus in Heaven? Every thing on Earth is only temporary.

There should be nothing on this earth that would be worth exchanging your soul and spending eternity in Heaven with Jesus.

The problem is, people focus on earthly values instead of Gods word and Gods values.

They can’t seem to get it in their heads and hearts that Gods word is real.

Proverbs 3:5King James Version (KJV)

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Trust in the Lord or trust in his word with all your heart. It doesn’t say trust with your head.

Whether you believe it or not God is real. His word is real and His will for your life is real. Heaven is real and Hell is real.

Whether you are a Christian or not you face the world the flesh and the devil.

How are you facing it: With God or with the Devil.

People that read Gods word or people who deny God will hear Gods word but will not understand it.

Only the Holy Spirit can give understanding of Gods word.

Jesus said you will see what I do, but you will not understand its meaning.

Matthew 13:15-16King James Version (KJV)

¹⁵ For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

They have closed their eyes and can not see.

They have closed their minds to Gods word and their hearts can not turn to me and let me heal them.

Matthew 13:16King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

As a Christian your eyes are blessed because they see.

And your ears blessed because they hear.

Matthew 11:5King James Version (KJV)

⁵ The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Romans 10:17King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If you will listen to God, do as he says: you too can understand why there is nothing worth exchanging your soul for.

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED

  

John 14:1King James Version (KJV)

14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

When trouble shows up, be patient. Don’t go to your natural way of thinking. Go to the Lord and let him walk with you through the trouble.

In every situation in life there is always a promise and a provision for it in Gods word.

John 14:13-14King James Version (KJV)

¹³ And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁴ If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

The very reason people don’t receive is they don’t ask. When they do ask, a lot of the time it is not in line with Gods Word.

Matthew 6:33King James Version (KJV)

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Believe in your heart that you are the righteousness of God. Confess with your mouth. Then you have the right to what to the thing you have asked for and what you say.

A lot of people don’t what to grow and develop in the word, but they want the blessing of the word.

We are to love God with all our heart and soul leaning on Him. Especially when we are in trouble and need Him, we should be leaning in closer to him.

God still hears our prayers and still answers prayers.

We need to have assurance in God that if we ask anything according to his will (which is his word) He will hear us.

Start seeing your self as God sees you. You will be amazed at how much different you will see yourself.

If you are a born again believer, then you are a child and heir in the Kingdom of God. You are not of this world: you are just passing through on your way to heaven.

The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you. Gods grace is sufficient to handle all of your troubles.

If your trouble is depression, let God comfort you.

John 14:6King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

God is the way; he will walk you through what ever it takes to provide for you.

His word is the truth; you can be assured God is always on your side.

Jesus said, I will never leave you or forsake you. He said I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.

We have a loving and compassionate heavenly Father, who gives us comfort in our time of need.

He comforts us in all our suffering and tribulation. He does this so when other people suffer we are able to comfort them as he comforted us.

Let not your heart be troubled, it will only lead you to thinking in the natural. Wrong thinking leads to wrong living

Ask the Holy Spirit to quicken your spirit, that you can rise above the natural and ask him to take you to Gods supernatural realm of thinking.

All of the answers for the problems of this world can be answered by leaning on God and his Word.

TRANSFERRING THE WORD

TRANSFERRING THE WORD

Philippians 1:6King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

The word communication means to transfer or release the power and authority from faith.

That the forces of faith might become effectual or having adequate power to produce what the word thru faith says it will do, Also by acknowledging of every good thing which in you by Christ Jesus.

By faith you release or transfer communication from your spirit to your body. Your spirit and soul is the real you.

You are supposed to have control over your natural body. If you don’t your natural body will scream like it always does, “I want my way, want it now and I don’t want to wait.”

It has been that way from the starting with Adam and Eve at the fall in the Garden of Eden.

You need to stay alert and acknowledge the good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

You need to believe and admit that the reality of the soul, spirit, word and that the power of it is real.

That reality and power will transfer knowledge from the spirit man to the natural man. We need to be confident of the good work of God which will perform in you.

Isaiah 55:11King James Version (KJV)

¹¹ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

When God speaks things take action, when you speak your words activate the power of God. Life and death is in the tongue of the believer.

His word shall accomplish that which He pleases. And it shall prosper in the thing where He sends it.

Get your soul and spirit lined up with Gods word. Then speak His word to obtain the Power you need for your life.

Once you realize you can release you’re healing in your body thru the stripes of Jesus you can overcome sickness. Release the wisdom of the word in everything that pertains to the purpose of your life.

The word works! I will say it again The WORD WORKS!

Isaiah 54:17King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

You need to realize the importance of communication of the faith, so it can become effective by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Start trusting God, he is still in control. Don’t lean to your own understanding.

Speak to your brain; tell it that you are in charge and for it to do its job. Let it know that it’s been some what slack lately and you are not happy about it.
 

Speak to it; tell it to line up with the mind of Christ, and the word of God.

Your brains job is to regulate the body. If your body hurts, speak to the hurt, tell it you are in control.

Talk to your finances; tell them to get in line with the word. Let the spiritual body tell the natural body who is boss.

Reach out and take the power and authority that Jesus invested in you and be strong.

Israel Day 3

Israel Day 3

Well we had our arrival in Israel and our first night sleeping in Israel.

We awoke at 4 am. We were so excited neither Andy or myself could sleep any longer. We went to breakfast at six thirty then we were off to the room to collect our bags. We had to meet our tour bus at eight thirty. Our driver and guide greeted us with smiles and a bottle of water.

We were all settled in our seats and the bus drove us north to the plains of Sharon. Our first stop was Caesarea. Herod had made a great port there on the Mediterranean for ships to stop at and unload their cargo, to resupply and have some shore time.

There was an arena built there where they had chariot races and gladiators jousting with the backdrop being the beautiful blue Mediterranean Sea.

The next stop was Mount Carmel where Elijah had an encounter with the priest of Baal.

On to the valley of Megiddo where the battle of Armageddon is to take place. We were on a peak overlooking the valley. It was breathtaking and awesome.

Next were the pastoral hills of Galilee and a look at Mount Precipice overlooking the town of Nazareth. As you know this is the place where the friends of Jesus and towns men took Jesus to throw him off the cliff.

On to the place of the annunciation where Mary found out she was the chosen one of God to bring our savior into the world.

Our tour day ended in Tiberius where we would stay for two nights. A beautiful beach resort: Our rooms over looked the beautiful Sea of Galilee.

The day was so blessed. We saw some holy places where our Savior lived and grew up. It was hard to believe I was really there.

The terrain was very rocky in most places we visited. It was apparent that the people of that day had to be strong to make a living.