Sunday, April 21, 2024

I've got it MADE

And besought Him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. And whithersoever He entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch if it were but the border of His garment: and as many as touched Him were made whole. And He laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 

All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. Wilt thou be made whole? And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. And ye shall know the truth, and truth shall make you free. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. 

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. 

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For He is our Peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. So He made it again another vessel.

That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 

Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God. But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. That being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Out of weakness were made strong

THE DEADLY SELFS

Beware of Yourself:
Self-Acceptance
Self-Accusing
Self-Admiration
Self-Applause
Self-Approval
Self-Centered
Self-Charity
Self-Complacent
Self-Conceit
Self-Condemned
Self-Confidence
Self-Congratulation
Self-Conviction
Self-Deceit
Self-Deceived
Self-Deception
Self-Delusion
Self-Dependent
Self-Despair
Self-Destruction
Self-Devouring
Self-Display
Self-Esteem
Self-Estimation
Self-Exaltation
Self-Existent
Self-Flattery
Self-Glory
Self-Help
Self-Honor
Self-Idolatry
Self-Importance
Self-Indulgence
Self-Inflicted
Self-Invented
Self-Justifier
Self-Lauding
Self-Love
Self-Made
Self-Murderer
Self-Partiality
Self-Pleasing
Self-Preference
Self-Reliance
Self-Reform
Self-Restoration
Self-Righteous
Self-Saved
Self-Salvation
Self-Seeking
Self-Sufficiency
Self-Trust
Self-Truster
Self-Will

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

BLESS ME INDEED

Draw Me
Visit Me
Turn Me
Spare Me
Save Me
Redeem Me
Free Me
Wash Me
Help Me
BLESS ME
Deliver Me
Hear Me
Teach Me
Shew Me
Lead Me
Guide Me
Direct Me
Examine Me
Heal Me
Cleanse Me
Search Me
Try Me
Comfort Me
Quicken Me
Awaken Me
Revive Me
Restore Me
Uphold Me
Preserve Me
Hide Me
Sustain Me
Defend Me
Remember Me
Keep Me
Enable Me
Send Me

Friday, April 5, 2024

SANCTIFICATION (3)

Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy Spirit is Good; Lead me into the land of uprightness. I yield to be nothing, and let JESUS be all in all. My one aim and desire in this brief life of mine is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ with my daily behavior, to spend and be spent for Him who suffered on the Cross for my sins. My sure aim is to magnify Christ in all I think, say and do. My one solitary aim is to win souls for JESUS. The one object of my life - Glorify Christ, Bring honor to Him and win His Smile. My life's aim and end is to live for and glorify the Lamb of God. Holy Spirit, please tenderly guide me, and keep my pride and passions in check. 

I cast myself and all my burdens on JESUS throughout my day, asking Him to aid me in my trials and struggles. Happily yielding and Cheerfully submitting to God's divine will every day is the essence of Sanctification. The center of everything that is GOOD is found in the Cross of Christ. I want to always be sensitive of the presence of the Holy Spirit, and yielding to His promptings and impulses. My highest aim and goal is the glory of the Father, and the honor of His Son. My aim and intent is to be used by the Holy Spirit to awaken, cheer, arouse, instruct, restore, encourage and exhort the souls around me. The grace of God will not flow to lost souls through filthy channels, so keep thyself pure for Jesus' sake. 

I concentrate the whole of my might to the will of God. JESUS is my happy choice, and Sin is my wretched choice. My heart must continually casts out all rivals, for I desire purity within for Jesus' sake. JESUS lives in my heart, and I must keep the King's dwelling place tidy. My heaven on earth is nearness to God and pleasing the Lord Jesus Christ. My power source is dwelling near to JESUS. I have no righteousness of my own whatsoever to boast of, but I simply trust to the free grace of God and the saving, bleeding love of Christ Jesus. 

If you are Lost right now, never look inward for help; if you were dying of thirst, you would not go to the mirror and look down your panting throat. If you are panting, grasping, thirsting for true Satisfaction, be wise, cease to look within yourself, humble yourself and come to the Fountain of living waters, Emmanuel, JEHOVAH manifest in the flesh. Drink Christ Himself into your thirsty Soul, as a thirsty man simply drinks water down his throat and into his body and is thereby refreshed. Likewise, Receive Christ as your own Savior into your inward parts by Faith in His Precious Blood. Go straight to the Cross now, and Rest on JESUS only.

Nearness to JESUS will always result in three things: Humility, Holiness, Happiness. Live off Christ, not religious excitement and ceremonies. I want to be in harmony with the divine will of the Father. I want my sermon to be my living, loving conversation each day. Christ's presence with me is my only source of Strength. I will seek after Holiness, but I will never make it my trust or boast. I fear offend the Father the most, for His smile is my Happiness. JESUS' great aim and object of life was this: He went about doing good and always pleasing the Father. Christ Himself is object of my life. 

My daily care is to glorify the Lamb of God. Worthy is The Lamb! I never know a bad day. The days are such as God chooses to make them, and therefore they are all good. What pleases God, pleases me. I choose, that God should choose for me. If I am here on Earth, Christ is here with me, and if I depart to heaven, I shall be with Him. I would ask God to choose the Best for me; I leave everything in His merciful hands.

If I am conscious of Christ and communing with the Holy Spirit, I will be comforting to others. I give myself up to JESUS gladly, for He bought me with a great Price, even His most Precious Blood. I set my face toward JESUS, looking unto Him, with resolute purpose, undivided attention, and fixed perseverance. God is always sparing and preserving me, covering my path with His kindness, and surely His goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

I want nothing beyond JESUS and His blessing. I want the Holy Spirit to lead, draw and attract me to Christ. Without the power of the Holy Spirit, I can do absolutely nothing effectual or profiting. I must find my Strength in the quickening Spirit of the Living God. I seek to diligently cultivate a spirit of prompt obedience to the LORD's words, will and promptings. Divine Aid is always needed from above ASAP. I am resolved to cleave to JESUS, do His will  from my heart, sit at His feet and catch His words, practice what He teaches, and be useful in His vineyard. JESUS' bleeding love sways me to glad gratitude, willing sacrifice, and obedient service. The cream of Life is sweet dependence upon JESUS and fellowship with the Father. 

The Goodness of God that leads me to Repentance and Obedience daily is JESUS Himself. The Giver of Everlasting Life is the great object of my life. The concentration of all my powers are upon one thing - the Praise and Glory of God. This one thing I do - seek Jesus' smile. The Source of my Joy and Object of my Faith is Christ Jesus the Lord. The root Source of Sanctification is Regeneration. The happiest life is lived nearest to JESUS. Always stay near the Great Shepherd, keep close to Him. 

The only cure for a bad day is to get near to JESUS, sigh after His company, cling close to Him, glorify Him in the little and big things, and in the good and bad things of daily life. Never leave JESUS out of anything. Simple faith in God is needed, not fanatical, not idle, simply desiring to glorify Him. My single aim entirely is JESUS; I give Him the best of my thoughts, works, words, affections. I will engage all my energies for JESUS on purpose, desiring to point and persuade sinners to the Cross. 

The great object of my faith, thoughts, ambitions, motives, and actions is JESUS only. The wisest soul always stays nearest to JESUS. I received Christ by a personal act, and now I must obey Him daily by a personal act out of adoring gratitude to Him. JESUS paid for my sins with His own Precious Blood all by Himself; He didn't need my help one bit. JESUS is Preciousness, Goodness and Sweetness itself. 

Monday, March 25, 2024

O VISIT ME

Till God in human flesh I saw, 
My thoughts could find no comfort at all; 
The Holy, Just and Sacred Three, 
Were only terrors to my mind. 
But when Emmanuel's face appeared, 
My Hope, My Joy began; 
His precious name took away all my slavish fears, 
His Grace and Blood expunged all my sins forever.

O Visit Me with Thy Salvation!

Sunday, March 24, 2024

SANCTIFICATION (2)

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. By the help of the Spirit of Christ, I want to be honest and sincere, clear of all subtlety and craftiness, transparent as glass before the LORD. I seek to be free of guile, so the LORD will reveal Himself to me, and reveal Himself to others by me. If I meddle with sins privately, then people may not see the LORD through me as they ought, and that would be a colossal waste of my life. I seek to be like JESUS: He went about doing good, His life was transparent and pleasing to the Father, He wore the gospel on His sleeve, come what may He kindly and consistently spoke the Gospel with His heart, tongue, and eyes; He revealed the Father through His daily life, He told out the priceless truth and heavenly message, and glad tidings wherever He went. First of all, I always need the Holy Spirit to pay me a Visit in everything I say and do through my day, or everything I do will be for naught. Pure heart, Good conscience, Faith unfeigned. 

Not what I want to do, not what I please; but what Christ pleases, for I am not my own, I am bought with a precious price - The Pardoning Blood of Emmanuel. I have absolutely nothing to boast about but my Savior. *I Corinthians 4:7* Let it be the habit of my heart to live upon Jesus, keep to Him, cling to Him, never let Him go, seek to serve and please Him in the little things of my life, live and have my being with Him. I gladly serve Him who served me. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. *II Corinthians 10:5*

I must Study the words of God with care and attentiveness, with constancy and dependence upon the Spirit's illumination, asking for His understanding. I must sit alone and worship, draw near to Christ, steadily fix my heart's gaze upon His person. Let my Faith daily increase in simplicity, resting more fully upon the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the strengthening work of the Holy Spirit. He must Increase, and I must decrease, and grow downward for His sake. I must ask the Holy Spirit for fresh grace and wisdom. I must keep to the Cross, the central Sun of the gospel message, for the the Lamb is the Light that scatters darkness and gives Life and fruit, no one else can do it.

I choose to daily Yield to JESUS my members, faculties, abilities, talents, my life itself.  Complete submergence of my Self into the glory of God is true happiness. Simplicity and Sincerity of character, warmth of heart, zealous temperament, generous and helpful spirit is what I need to have. I must prepare my heart for service: worship and adore Jesus Christ privately, feel His splendor through His words and through praise to Him, and let His goodness shine upon my Soul and warm my, and give the warmth of adoring love to Him. 

Delight thyself in the LORD, not in yourself. Love JESUS, trust Him, come under His authority and command daily, pray to Him, talk to Him, be His Friend, talk about Him to others, let His will be my delight, take pleasure in pleasing Him, never forget Him, listen to Him closely, and follow His lead. Seek to glorify God and honor His Son as the main object and aim of my life. Make JESUS my heart's singular Focus. This is Sanctification: Eat, drink, work, play and sleep Jesus Christ, ascribing All glory to Him.

Entrust, hand over, give custody of my life to the Lord Jesus Christ daily. Long after God's way, desire to be conformed to the image of His dear Son inwardly. Concentrate all my spiritual, mental, and bodily powers upon Christ Jesus alone. Die to Self daily, and live wholly to Christ, only so He will be exalted. Find my soul's Focus in Him, make Him the sole object of my Love, His Cross the sole object of my glory, the Theme in which I Delight. I am living for no object or intent, but Christ Jesus Himself: He is the great aim of my ambition, the great object of my efforts, the grand focus of my eye of Faith. 

I freely choose to Daily devote myself to JESUS, surrender my Heart to Him afresh cheerfully and readily, without a murmur or grudging thought. I will give up All for Jesus Christ, for He gave up All for my Soul, and I rejoice to do so. My one thought, one wish, one aim is to Concentrate my whole heart, to gather up and send all my energies into one channel, towards one great end, and that is to do the will of the Father and finish the work He has for me to do here in the earth for Jesus' sake.

Sunday, February 18, 2024