REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD

REDEEMED BY THE BLOOD

Isa 53: 3-6    ³ He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.⁴ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.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.⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Sin is in the body

Iniquity is in the soul

Transgression is in the spirit

It was our grief Jesus carried, it was our sorrows that weighed him down, and people thought God was punishing him for his own sins.

He was wounded in the Spirit, he was bruised in the soul and he was chastised in the body.

He was chastised for our peace, not for our healing

He was chastised when they beat him,

He was chastised when they put the crown of thorns on his head.

He was being chastised while he was suffering,

Chastisement was not only by the pain he suffered

But also the agony he suffered.

First he was wounded before his soul was bruised.

He was wounded for our transgression (sins).

At that time he began fighting for our salvation.

Then the battle became so intense that his soul was bruised and his sweat became as great drops of blood.

It was on that day that his spirit was wounded and he began to experience our transgressions.

I believe that in Gethsemane, not only did the battle begin, but he began to experience separation from God. We can never know how painful it was. Jesus had never been separated from the Father.

Luke 22: 42-44   ⁴² Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.⁴³ And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.⁴⁴ And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

We don’t know when the father left Him, but we know that it was between Gethsemane and the cross

Matthew 26:38   ³⁸ Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

In Gethsemane He said my soul is sorrowful, stay here and watch with me while I go and pray.

I don’t believe His separation from God happened in a moment. I believe God the Father had a very hard time leaving His Son.

I believe the Holy Spirit had a very hard time walking away.

When Jesus was pleading… Let this cup pass… I believe everything in the heart of God was exploding with pain.

As the separation began, the wounds began to increase.

Isa 53 and Matthew 26 are not just about healing, think about the price Jesus paid for our salvation, our healing, our blessings and prosperity. Not to mention spending eternity in the lake of fire.

He is in Gethsemane saying to his disciples…my soul is sorrowful unto death, if you don’t stay with me I might die before I even get to the cross.

Even so the disciples kept on going to sleep, then Jesus said… sleep on now and take your rest…

This was when God sent an angel down to strengthen Jesus.

I really believe Satan tried to kill him that night.

That same night Judas came with a great multitude of soldiers with swords, sent by the chief priests and elders.

They led Jesus away as a prisoner to the house of Caiapais, the high priest… to judgment hall.

That is when the chastisement started; they began to beat Him, pulling out his beard and hitting in the face until he was unrecognizable.

They sent him to the dungeon until morning. In the dungeon he was still bleeding, the blood didn’t stop flowing, his face was disfigured.

Early in the morning they took him before Pilate

Pilate said to the chief priest, I find no fault in this man

When Pilate heard Jesus was a Galilean he sent Jesus to Herod. When Herod saw Jesus he was happy to see him.

Luke 23:6:16   ⁶ When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.⁷ And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.⁸ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.⁹ Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.¹⁰ And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.¹¹ And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.¹² And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.¹³ And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,¹⁴ Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:¹⁵ No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.¹⁶ I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

So Pilate had Jesus chastised, which means he was whipped, or scourged on the back with a whip. That was for our healing… the crown of thorns came from Herod’s soldiers.

Jesus at this time was most likely taken out of the dungeon early in the morning, around four or five o’clock. He was on the cross at nine AM, on a Wednesday morning.

Jesus was beaten with the whip but that was not enough to satisfy the chief priests and the people.

Luke 23: 20-21   ²⁰ Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.²¹ But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

Pilate gave the sentence that it should be as they required.

I believe with all my heart, that Jesus paid the price for our transgressions and our iniquities, and our peace as they were beating Him.

He was wounded and bruised on Tuesday, he was chastised on Wednesday.

He was wounded when the separation from God began. He was bruised in the garden when his soul was sorrowful.

As they began to beat him and whip Him the healing began to come for us.

Isaiah saw this four hundred years prior to the cross, and prophesied it and said with his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53 is not just about healing…by the time Jesus said it is finished we were healed.

They took his body off the cross at three pm and laid it in a tomb before the Sabbath started at dusk. That was on a Wednesday night. By six o’clock pm on sat, he conquered hell and the grave and rose from the dead Sunday morning.

                               


                        Our healing and our salvation cost Him much.

We are Babes in Christ

We are Babes in Christ

1 Thessalonians 5: 5-6   ⁵ Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.⁶ Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober

Once you accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in your spirit.

At that time you become the children of the light.

 Notice it stated Children… when you made Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Lord of your life, a new spirit was born in you.

This baby spirit has no knowledge, same as a natural born baby.

You and I know that the natural baby doesn’t know the things of the world and can not protect itself.

This new born natural baby needs parental support, training, feeding and protection from this evil and unsettled world.

You can’t produce a new born baby and expect it to have knowledge like a grown person.

The only thing a newborn knows is to cry when it is hungry and cry when it is in pain.

Your new born spirit is a baby same as a natural born baby. It too needs parental knowledge and training. Otherwise it will suffer the consequences of being unlearned and untrained same as a natural born baby.

If the natural newborn isn’t trained in the way it should grow it will have a disastrous life. It must be fed and nurtured so it can grow up to be strong and wise.

It is the same way with the spirit child; it will also have undeveloped wisdom and not have the necessary biblical skills it needs if you do not feed it the word.

Both babies have to be fed, nourished and have parental training to be used for life’s purposes and Gods purpose. Both the natural baby and the spiritual baby inside of you.

If you never spoke to your new born it could never speak itself, because it never heard the words to learn to speak.

If you never speak Gods word to your newborn spirit child it too will never develop in the word. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

It takes words to train both children. Words develop them for the world they must face each and every day.

They will need common language and spiritual language for the development of both natural and spiritual children.

You need to think about what you are feeding your spiritual child. Are you ignoring your inner spiritual child or are you feeding it the word of God, your spiritual child needs more than just one meal a week. Life is not about just having a one time meal.

Your spiritual child needs to be fed often, just as you would feed a natural child.

Proverbs 4:20-23
 ²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.²² For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

My son… we are his children.  He says, listen to what I am saying, open your ears to my words, and don’t loose sight of them.

Keep them deep within your heart, because your heart is this spirit child. The word is life to those who find it, and health to the physical body or inner child.

Both children win when the word of God is applied to their daily lives.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die to get there. If you do not feed your natural baby it will die, if you don’t feed your spiritual baby it too will die.

You need Gods word daily to feed your inner spiritual child. If you don’t feed your inner spiritual child it will never mature in the word of God.

No one with common since would take their natural child to Disneyland and turn it loose and walk away with out giving that child the proper training.

We must not turn our spiritual child out to the things of this world without the proper training.

What are we feeding our spiritual child today?

The word to the spirit child is like medicine to the natural child. If your natural child was sick you would take it to the doctor to get it healed.

If your spirit child is sick from lack of knowledge, just feed it the word… it will get well.

Taking care of both children is a daily thing, but it is something that is necessary to overcome the world, the flesh and the devil.

Meeting Jesus

Meeting Jesus

 John 3:16   King James Version (KJV)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.

 God loved his creation so much until he sent Jesus down to earth to clean up the mess we people (his creation) created.

He knew we were helpless against Satan and his demonic forces.

What most don’t understand is that Jesus didn’t come down to condemn us, but rather that we would be saved from our sins and be with God forever.

 When we choose to believe Him, in the one that God sent, we won’t be destroyed. The situation today is there is no awareness of God’s love, or the fact that if he came to take his people ( the ones who choose to believe in Jesus and accept Him as savior) to heaven they would be left behind for their choice not to believe in Jesus.

The left behind will have to face the seven years of tribulation. 

2Thessalonians 2:3    King James Version (KJV)³ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

It speaks of the fact that people will deceive you by any means. There will be a great falling away of Christians from the gospel just before the great tribulation.

Many Christians have turned away from reading the word, hearing the word and do not spread the word. These same Christians then wonder why their prayers are not answered. 

Life is not a game of chance; it is a matter of choice.

The devil does not play fair. However the Lord did not leave you at Satan’s mercy. The only way to win this spiritual war is with the word. Put on your armor every day. Decide every day to follow Jesus.

We have a new covenant with Jesus our savior. He is faithful. He will not leave or forsake you. He is only a prayer away.

Matthew 10:38King James Version (KJV)³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

 It says… he that take not up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Your decision to follow Jesus every day will determine the outcome of your eternal life. Someday you will stand face to face with Jesus. Have you made the right choices? Will you spend eternity with the Lord? I hope to meet you there.

Getting Our Prayers Answered

Getting Our Prayers Answered

Through Moses, God designed  the law for the Jews

Through Jesus the law was fulfilled with a new covenant

Jesus came to teach the Jewish people

God chose the Jewish people to teach the world the love and blessings of God.

Jesus was born a Jew, raised as a Jew under Jewish teachings and became a Jewish Rabbi… Priest

By exploring the word of God we will find out how to get our prayers answered by petition.

  Matthew 15:21-28     King James Version (KJV)²¹ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.²² And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.²⁴ But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.²⁵ Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.²⁷ And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
 

Because the woman kept pursuing Jesus for what she needed He had mercy on her and granted her wish. Sometimes we just need to continue to beseech God for our desires.

James 5:13-16King James Version (KJV)¹³ Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.¹⁴ Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:¹⁵ And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.¹⁶ Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

It is important to have faith and a conviction in our heart that God will hear and answer our prayers. There are some steps in this verse we need to follow. Anointing with oil, confession of sins, come together in prayer and supplication to our Lord.

1 John 5:14-15King James Version (KJV)¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:¹⁵ And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Again here we are told to have confidence in God that what we ask, within His will he wants to grant to us.

Psalm 20:5     King James Version (KJV)

⁵ We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

 2 Corinthians 1:19     
¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

Philippians 4:6-7     King James Version (KJV)
⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 1:19     King James Version (KJV)

We must humble ourselves and meditate on the word.

Use biblical Prayer. Do our prayers line up with the will of God?

Jesus died to fulfill the will of God. We must be persistent. We are Gods children. God wants to please us.

We must petition God with a list of Scripture pertaining to the prayer we want answered. Not forgetting to pray with thanksgiving, praising God. Jesus through the new covenant earned the right for our prayers to be answered.

The Power That Works Within Us

The Power That Works Within Us

Ephesians 3:15-20   ¹⁵ Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

¹⁶ That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁸ May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

¹⁹ And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

²⁰ Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

 Rejoice, because your names are written in Heaven.

Luke 10:20   but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

The family of God includes all who have believed in Him in the past, present and all who will believe in the future.

We are all a spiritual family, because we have the same spiritual Father.

He is the source of all creation, the rightful owner of everything. God promises his love and power to his family the church.

If we want to receive Gods blessings, it is important that we stay in contact with other believers in the body of Christ.

People, who isolate themselves from Gods family and then try to go it alone, cut themselves off from Gods power. Gods’ power works in unity or in one accord.

Matthew 18:20   ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

This is so important in the body of Christ. When two or three believers are praying for something the Holy
Spirit is with them.

The Holy Spirit gives us the gift of grace by the effectual working of his power. If you are a believer, this power should be working in you.

In union with Christ Jesus and through His empowering spirit we are complete. We have the fullness of God available to us.

Through faith and prayer we can ask the Holy Spirit to fill every aspect of your life to the fullest.

If believers set their spiritual minds in one accord, or in the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, nothing is impossible.

Genesis 11:4-6   ⁴ And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

⁵ And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

⁶ And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

God said the people are one, they are in one accord or in agreement. They have one language, now nothing can hold them back from what they have imagined to do.

In this verse Language is speaking words they were agreeing on building the tower.

These people had the kind of faith in themselves that they believed they could do this. However these people were not trusting God to help them build this tower.

Their faith and belief was in agreeing if it could be imagined they could do it. Their faith was in trusting the next step. Their words of faith made a reality.

How much more faith can believers have today in the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen.

The will of God is our foundation for faith. You must look beyond the natural realm of your mind, will and emotions to have the God kind of faith.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Your must get Gods word beyond your head and down in your heart for it to work.

Matthew 12:34   ³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Jesus reminds us that what we say reveals what is in our heart. You will never be able to solve your heart problem by just cleaning up your speech.

We must allow the Holy Spirit to fill us with the spiritual way of speaking. As believers we are the righteous children of God. We need to use our words carefully. Words have power.

Believe in your heart that you are the righteousness of God and confess with your mouth, only then you will have the right to what you say

The power is within us.

RENEWING OF THE MIND

2 Timothy 1:7   For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

We are spirit, we live in a body, and we have a soul.

Our soul is made up of three parts, our mind, our will and our emotion.

Your mind is what you think with

Your will is what you want

Your emotions are what you act on.

Matthew 22: 37   Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is what the mind does; it is supposed to make the right choices to love the Lord with all your heart.

However, your mind can only do what it is trained or renewed to do.

However we still have a will and emotions to deal with.

Your will, doing what you want it to do, is called the desires of the mind.

Then comes the emotions, your emotions can really make your day

They are a state of feeling… happy, anger or fear.

Romans 8:15    For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Fear will put you under bondage, anger causes toxins, or poisons to be released into your body.

Eph 4:31   Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

1 Corinthians 6: 19-20   ¹⁹ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Let us talk about our mind: our mind is what we think. Did you ever hear the expression “I gave her or him a peace of my mind?”

Or I think I am loosing my mind:

Or my mind isn’t what it used to be

It is just mind over matter. I don’t mind and it don’t matter.

That is bad lingo in any language.

Eph. 4:23   And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

We need to renew our minds daily, so the enemy can not deceive us. the way we renew our minds is to read and study the Word of God. The enemy is very cunning and very smart.

Take heed to your selves, that your heart be not deceived. the best way not to be deceived is to know the Word.

Our life is not in the mind, our life is in the spirit, our mind is carnal, and sometimes carnal is not good.

Eph 2:5   ⁵ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Open your mind and receive the inspired word of God. I challenge you to read five minutes five days a week. I know that just reading five minutes a day five days a week will change your life, make it better, happier, fuller.

Receive this anointing and power from reading and discerning of His word

Let the word quicken your mind with the life force that makes our spirit alive beyond natural thinking.

If you will let Gods presence in your life, the Holy Spirit will give you insight to put Gods word into action.

Romans 12: 2    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

It is not about your will. It is about the will of God and the renewing of your mind.

Leaving young girls at home alone for 3 days?

Dear Mom,

My husband’s uncle, Mike, passed away this week. It was stage IV cancer – only diagnosed a year and a half ago. The funeral is in a few weeks. Although I didn’t see Mike often, he is the man who presided over our wedding. We know his wife and his children – the youngest is still in high school.

I know my husband Tony thought a lot of him and would like us both to go to the funeral which will be several states away. Tony thinks that is it okay to leave my two daughters home alone for the two nights and three days that we will be gone. Ashley will be 14 in just two months, but is she old enough to be home alone for so long? Sarah is 11. Both girls are very well behaved and follow the rules. We have neighbors who will check in on them regularly and be there if they need anything.

I still can’t help but feel that the girls are too young to be without us for so long. What do you think? How young is too young to be home alone?

A cautious mom,

I am so sorry for your loss and for the family’s loss

I can’t help but feel that It is way too risky to leave these two young girls at home alone. It is not a matter of if they are well behaved or not, it is a matter of if some kind of accident or emergency comes up. If they get sick or run a fever they will need the help of an adult that is there with them. They are too young to know what to do in an emergency situation or if one of them get sick. 

There needs to be an adult staying with them. You are right to feel like they are too young to be left home alone for so long a period of time

Mom.

Lynn Hardy is one of five kids – one of my twins. In her book Angels Believe in You she mentions much of the advice I have given her concerning her walk with God. She felt that others might have questions about God or other issues which I might be able to help with: Ask Mom was created for this purpose.

If there is something weird going on in your life or you just need an outside opinion about your situation, I would love to hear from you!

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HAVING A RIGHTEOUS CONSCIOUS

This is a lesson written by Brother Andy... I thought you might like this one. It is good to be righteous ie in right standing with God.  We all have choices to make every day to either be righteous or walk on the wrong side. I hope you all enjoy this lesson as much as I did.                                                                                

HAVING A RIGHTEOUS CONSCIOUS

2^ND Timothy 2: 19…¹⁹ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

When we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, and the finished work of the cross, we become a new creation. At that moment that we accept Jesus, the Holy Spirit seals this new spirit, or new creation, and lives or dwells in us.

The Holy Spirit reveals Gods wisdom, to our spirit, keeping us on the path of righteousness. We are heirs to the kingdom of God and no devil in hell can take this away from you.

John 10: 27-30… ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.²⁹ My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.³⁰ I and my Father are one.

No one can take you out of Jesus’ hand, and even if they could, they can’t take you out of the Fathers hand… Jesus and the Father are as one…

Hebrews 13: 5… ⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Jesus says, I will never leave you or forsake you… and by no means will I ever forsake you, we must believe that.

Finding a Church Home

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 I've raised 5 children and been married for almost 20 years. Any questions are welcome. Just like with my kids, I will give you honest feedback.


My Husband I worked as Evangelist for a while and visited many different Churches. It was very interesting to see how each church operated, and to teach Gods word wherever we went. We loved all the people we met. We found that for the most part, people are the same everywhere.

We had the habit of going to this one church when we didn’t have any engagements. It became familiar to us. We both, Andy and I enjoyed the people and the pastor’s messages. The people became fond of us and after a year or so it became clear to us that our path was about to change.

The pastor needed our support and we decided to join the church we had learned to love. We were greeted with open arms by this loving church. We have not done any more evangelizing and are there full time now.