Thank you Lord - join in the worship.

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Just follow Him, His word; pray; keep focused on Him and He will reveal to you this knowledge. Glean how to do this by following His word and it IS that simple. Open your mind, trust in Him, ask and it Will be given. Thank you Lord for Victory. Nike - I think it is called. Triumphant Victory in Life as well as OVER death. Jesus is Life and that does not include death. God hates sin and He turns from it. He loves obedience, a humble heart.

On my morning walk it was dull and rainy when I started out and I wondered if I should take my raincoat. I left it at home. After praising and thanking God, by the time I returned home the morning had burst open and it was blue skies and sunny. And we go on.

Give Him the glory. Even in knowing Him, He has the glory. Everything we are it is to Him we die and get renewed with a pure heart and steadfast spirit.

We are gathering together; those who have their names written in the lambs book of life. We build each other up and call out to the lost in our prayers and as we live out our life. To take the veil from the faces of those who don't yet know Him.

A precious, precious knowledge. Thank you Lord. Amen

Thank you Lord for this message...

"The text we're looking at this weekend paints the devastation that is coming to a world that is drunk on the potions, libations, cocktails and "dainties" that an anti-Christ world system is pouring. The great "Babylon" comes crashing down; imploding upon itself, and all those who have drunk from her goblet will face the same horrific end.... Serious stuff!

Revelation 17 [study]
Chapter 17
The Woman and the Beast1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.2With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”
3Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.... (more)

...thank you Lord for this message from Mark Burch at Willow Park Church in Canada. From the begining of this year till June you can find excellent sermons here on the book of Revelation. A real gem stone - literally. How REAL this all has become for me.. Jesus is the King, alive and triumphant - that in heaven there wages the battle at this moment - the final battle where Jesus has already won.

Angels and heavenly hosts of our our Lord, are taking care of believers here on Earth. As believers we need to hold on like never before, staying in the middle of the hurricane that is ensueing. Be still and Pray. Repent and be baptised in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will give you not only comfort but insights into how great our God is and how He is watching over us. We are gathering together. His people - are you written in the lamb's book of life?

It has become clear to me why we are given the faculties we have - so we can know and understand Him - with a brain! And, we are given righteousness, judgement, a pure heart and renewed steadfast spirit - all we have to do is believe, ask and it WILL be given. We can walk on the straight path, the narrow way and be guided in His wisdom. His word (the bible) is Jesus's message to us and if we don't study it and sink into it we will miss out. Once we have been saved, we go ON, and it just gets more awe inspiring! We continue the journey and are renewed each morning by the Holy Spirit dwelling within us.

The devil will try to scupper God's plan. But Satan knows his time is nearly up and is writhing his tail. BUT the devil will not harm us because we are blessed with ultimate sanctury. We need not panic, because God is fighting on our behalf. We just need to co-operate, in choosing to obey His word. We are human and we do sin - that's just how it is, but we can be forgiven and are loved and be strengthened in God each day.

Amen Crown picture by me (!) for Holiday Bible Club at Wheelock Heath Baptist Church.

Covered by the blood of the lamb

The Word speaks of our sins being taken from us far away - as far as from east is to west. (see link - Psalms 103;12). So great is his love for those who fear him, as far has he removed our transgressions from us. This is a big relief - for me - I can say:"PHHHEEEW!" :) )He has us covered. What a blessing. What freedom we can have in Christ. ALL our sins, when we repent and declare He is our saving grace. Each day we call on Him to refresh our souls and our bodies. Fall afresh, Oh Lord! Each day becomes a new summer. Asking him to teach us His ways, and through His word and Him speaking to us (somehow! - I haven't heard audible voices, but words seem to echo in my head, as if to guide me in His wisdom). May you be touched today by His spirit. Now. Be still and know He is Lord.

It IS a grim world out there, that prowling Lion seems to be slinking about more and more Acts 17 v12. We need Christ as if never before to help keep us self controlled and alert. Even the smallest worry we must take to Christ and place it at His feet for Him to touch, cleanse, and heal. He is more powerful than the fallen one and by His purity, touches clean, all in His way. It's stunning to think about and realise! Nip it in the bud as SOON as you see a blemish - anywhere.

Temptation - C.S. Lewis wrote: "No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because he was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means--the only complete realist."

A useful link for group Bible studies

Irish born evangelist, speaker, Desi Maxwell deserves a recommendation. Desi is well-known and you will him regularly on UCB radio http://ucbmedia.co.uk . He is extremely knowledgable about the Jews and Israel and has created several courses for bible study groups.

Prayer and thanksgiving

I am so grateful for knowing Christ. Each day,it seems, another revelation from His word hits me. Everything I owe to Him. I surrender to Him.
Why do I tell you? - because He will also touch YOU.
He is our creator God; His word is true.
If you believe in Him you can delight in Him, in His will - everything in His will, not 'mine'.. even though we go through challenging times. He is the comforter and Lord of all. A few years ago, I could not have believed I would be writing these words! What a load of rubbish I would have thought.
What was it that transformed me? It was a willingness to let go into Him, surrender, and be prepared to give everything of myself up and allow a death in me. It brought me new life and an incredible growing desire to be close to Him, read his word, pray by myself, fellowship with other believers and simply be open to Jesus, each moment. If I stumble, I search for Him to pick me up. If I go off to a siding, He brings me back so He can be 'in the midst'. It JUST WORKS. He made me. I'm so humbled, calmed, and thrilled to know Him.
Discovering Genesis to be true - that He made the Earth in Six days and rested on the seventh, has been illuminating. The flood has been explained to me by His word, and people like Kent Hovind and Ken Ham. (Listen, no human is perfect, nor was any prophet in the bible - but we can gain truth from them!)
This morning I listened to the above link - a sermon from the pastor at Willow park church in Canada and I learned about 666. Now, it makes perfect sense. SEVEN is a divine number. SIX is a number that just misses the grade. So to have a 'trinity' of the numbers 666 to describe Satan seems true. (will explain in antoher blog) That the Earth was made in 6 days - it's the EARTH - that us Christians are in this world but not of it.
God Bless.

Trust

Psalm 62:8 (New International Version)
8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah

All times, trust - even when we have a compelling urge not to! This is the battle in the mind that will always be there in born again Christians, we were told by our bible study teacher last night - and don't you know it!
Lord make us pure in heart and give us a renewed steadfast spirit (Psalm 51). Dear Lord, let us have confidence in you and you alone. You are my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear. (Psalm ..) Your word is the word embedded in our hearts so we act according to your will as your spirit lives in us. Thank you for falling afresh on me today. Cleansing and allowing me to trust in you.
Selah.

Willow Park has some fabulous messages for us!

Joel Feddersen tells about how he gets freaked out with willies!
LINK:http://my.ekklesia360.com/Clients/waspPopup.php?theFile=http://www.willowparkchurch.com/mediafiles/-sermon-video-050309-scott-lanigan.flv&w=480&h=352 REVELATION 13: v1-11
The messages I heard here are:, (if you don't have time to listen)

- The love of Jesus is stronger than any sure thing this world can offer.

- Satan mimmicks God.

- the beast of the sea represents the state of the heart. We've removed God(Jesus) from the centre of our life.

- Self confidence is useless without God confidence.

- Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Satan is the joker (Batman)

- In the beginning God.

- If you associate with people as seeing God as something they can use or control, run away, quick!

-Temptation is always here, but the Lord will always give you a way out.

- Where is your heart at?

- Look out for the deadening spirit of hypocracy in this 'world'.

- We are like a child before our God.

- As water reflects the face, so a man's heart reflects the man - from Proverbs.

HYMN/SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZBPD-T20t0

Prayer: Live and breath and act and love through me today Lord. Amen

Luke 21 v.36

Luke 21 v.36

Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. American King James Version

'Dwell in the realm of Prayer' . May you read the bible and stay in His word. To pray is to be in His fathers house. I pray you, the reader are saved. All of us, are required to actively repent and submit TOTALLY to Him daily. Our Lord Jesus. He died for you and me, so we might live. Let yourself be snatched (Jude) so you can give your ALL to Him and follow Him. This is real. He is the Living God. Live in the fruit of the spirit (Gal 23). Knock and the door will be opened. Seek and you WILL find. (Luke) So important right now. Know Him and ask Him to be with you. He WILL, not can, but WILL save you. Listen to His living Word. He created a perfect world and because of sin, our sin, from that moment Earth began to die. He will give you His light, His living spirit, He will heal because of your faith in Him. Please, ask Him and learn to know Him. Cling to Him and pray for others everywhere. NOW. Loving God, Lord Jesus, may we stand before you clothed in your righteousness when the time comes. Holiness means to be set apart. He will make you a new creation, now. This message is urgent. And yet we can remain at peace, self controlled and alert, bathed in His Love. Amen