Introduced To Love

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Romans 5:8

“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

The word commendeth means to place together or introduce on person to another.  When we were at our absolute worst God introduced us to His love.

The love of God is power.  Its power to change your condition whatever it may be.  Love is the power to change ashes to beauty, pain to joy, loneliness to comfort, sickness to health, poverty to riches and confusion to peace. Whatever your condition Love is the remedy.

Notice what God did when we were at our worst He introduced us to His love and what was once unrighteous was made righteous by love. Even in the beginning when God wanted to see change He used Love.  The world was created by Love.

Do you know that you can do the same thing?  You can change any adverse situation in your life by using love.  Not your love but God’s love and God’s love is Jesus Christ.  When you introduce your problems to Jesus they have to flee.

Now you might be saying “I’ve got some people I’d like to change.”  Well, the love remedy works on all kinds of people.  If you are a believer you can testify to that.  One day you were  ”…fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others” (Ephesians 2:3). Then one day you were introduced to love and were made alive together with Christ.  Your condition changed you moved from death to life, from darkness to light.  No matter how bad they may seem just introduce them to love, introduce them to Jesus because He is the power of God to salvation.  “…Freely you have received, freely give” (Matt. 10:8).

Jesus Christ is the remedy.  It’s His beauty for your ashes, His joy for your pain, His comfort for your loneliness, His body for your sickness, His riches for your poverty, His peace for your confusion, His life for your life.  Use Him and watch your condition change.

Don’t Frustrate Grace!

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Galatians 2:21

“I do not frustrate the grace of God; for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”

Whenever I find myself being frustrated about something, I know that it is because I have allowed myself to move from grace to works.  God’s grace is what He freely gives to us regardless of whether or not we deserve it.  And since He freely gives it we can never earn it.

Therefore, we become frustrated when we try to earn what is freely given.  In all our efforts of trying to obtain the blessing of God through our works, we still come up empty handed because we’re not receiving what God is giving.  Paul tells the church in Galatians that they were foolish and bewitched (Gal. 3:1).  It’s foolish to think you can work for what someone is giving to you for free.  The devil is always trying to deceive God’s people into thinking that God is not that good.  To believe that God wants you to work for His blessings makes God out to be harsh and unkind.  God knows that we would never be able to reach His requirements that’s why it would be harsh and unkind.  But thank God that Jesus has meant all the requirements necessary for us to receive the blessings of God.  Jesus has redeemed us from the curse of the law and release us to the blessings of Abraham (Gal. 3:13-14).

Therefore, stop frustrating the grace of God that’s flowing in your life by trying to earn what has been freely given.  You’re efforts can’t bring prosperity, nor can they bring good health.  Your efforts will only hinder those things from flowing in your life.  Don’t be deceived it’s not by works but  by the faith of the Son of God that we are prosperous, healed, and blessed.

Jesus Christ, A Sure Foundation!

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Luke 6:48

“He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation a rock; and when the flood arose, the stream best vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it; for it was founded upon a rock.”

Jesus is our sure foundation.  When everything else around you seems to be caving in Jesus will never fail.   Psalms 46:1-2 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.  Selah”.  In the midst of all this you are able to stand because you are standing on a firm foundation.

One of webster’s definition of foundation is “a body or ground upon which something is built up or overlaid.”  Our foundation is the body of Jesus Christ.  Scripture tells us that when Jesus dismissed His Spirit that the veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent (Matt. 27:51).  I believe it was to let us know that all other foundations have and will fail and that He, Jesus Christ is the only foundation that stands sure. 

No wise builder attempts to build a house without first making his foundation sure.  That’s why the scripture tells us that “except the Lord the build a house they labour in vain that build it…” (Psalms 127:1).   But watch this, because the Lord is your foundation, you can build upon Him and all hell can come against you, but your house will never fail.   You can build your marriage upon Him, your business, your wealth, your health and never have to fear about them failing because you have built your house upon the Rock, Christ Jesus. 

Therefore, in the midst of the worlds foundations failing don’t fear, you are safe and secure standing on a firm foundation.

Your Hands, His Power!

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Mark 16:18
“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if thy drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

A sign is something that distinguishes a person or thing from others.  The signs that distinguishes us as believers are casting out devils; speaking with new tongues; taking up serpents; laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover.   And you don’t have to have been a believer for many years to have these signs follow you.  All you need is to be a believer.

A young woman in our church testified that her husband had been complaining of chest pains.  When they went to bed that night she laid her hands on his chest and prayed for his healing.  He woke up the next morning feeling fine and never complained of chest pains again, he was completely healed.

However, many believers are reluctant to lay hands on the sick because they are afraid that the person won’t be healed.  Listen believers, the power to heal isn’t us it’s Christ in us.  The hands are ours but the power is His.  Therefore, stretch forth your hands and let His power flow through you.   Go ahead “heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give” (Matt. 10:8).

Issues Of Life

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Mark 5:25-34

“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years.”

When I look at this woman I see a woman who is not only physically sick, but spiritually sick as well.  Her physical sickness was an outcome of issues in her life that caused the blood or the life to leak out of her.  Leviticus 17:14 reads “the life of the flesh is in the blood.” Because this woman couldn’t find help for the issues in her life she began dying a slow painful death. She went to many doctors and spent all she had trying to stop the flow on her own, but the scripture says, “she was nothing bettered but rather grew worse.”

Many people today have allowed issues in their lives to drain the life out of them. Children that don’t act right, martial problems, financial problems; and when they go to the mirror they see a person similar to this woman, dried up covered up and leaking life. And now you’ve come to a place where like this woman you’re sick and tired. Sick and tired of dealing with the same thing over and over again. Maybe you haven’t exhausted all your resources, but you’ve gone to all your friends and family and still you can’t find help.

Jesus said in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” When this woman heard about Jesus, one who could not only heal her body and rid her of those issues that were causing her pain but restore to her the life she had lost, she determined in her mind to touch him. She didn’t allow the crowd, the person on her left, the person on her right, her family, friends, or anyone to hinder her from touching Jesus. She focused all her heart on Jesus the one who could set her free.

Today, I challenge you to be free from the issues in your life and allow the Master to touch you in the areas of your need. I want you like this woman to focus all your heart upon Jesus reach out and touch him and be made whole. It’s just that simple.