Tuesday, November 12, 2013

My Child

Time with Jesus - 13 Nov 2013

Hi all,
The following “Word from the Lord” comprises only quotations from God’s Word. If you have been struggling with your faith and would really like to hear a Word from Him concerning how He really feels about you, there is little doubt you will find it somewhere in the following. It’s not my work and is called:
My Child
My Child, You may not know Me, but I know everything about you. (Psalm 139:1)
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. (Psalm 139:2)
I am familiar with all your ways. (Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. (Matthew 10:29-31)
You were made in My image. (Genesis 1:27)
In Me you live and move and have your being. (Acts 17:28)
You are My offspring. (Acts 17:28)
I knew you even before you were conceived. (Jeremiah1:4-5)
I chose you when I planned creation. (Ephesians 1:11-12)
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in My book. (Psalm 139:15-16)
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. (Acts 17:26)
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14)
I knitted you together in your mother's womb. (Psalm 139:13) and brought you forth on the day you were born. (Psalm 71:6)
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know Me. (John 8:41-44)
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love (1 John 4:16) and it is My desire to lavish My love on you because you are My child and I am your Father. (1 John 3:1)
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could (Matthew 7:11) for I am the perfect father. (Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from My hand (James 1:17) for I am your provider and I meet all your needs. (Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope; (Jeremiah 29:11) because I love you with an everlasting love. (Jeremiah 31:3)
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. (Psalms 139:17-18)
I rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)
I will never stop doing good to you (Jeremiah 32:40) for you are My treasured possession. (Exodus 19:5)
I desire to establish you with all My heart and all My soul. (Jeremiah 32:41)
I want to show you great and marvellous things. (Jeremiah 33:3)
If you seek Me with all your heart, you will find Me. (Deuteronomy 4:29)
Delight in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4) for it is I who gave you those desires. (Philippians 2:13)
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine (Ephesians 3:20) for I am your greatest encourager. (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)
When you are broken-hearted, I am close to you. (Psalm 34:18)
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I carry you close to My heart. (Isaiah 40:11)
One day I'll wipe away every tear from your eyes and take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. (Revelation 21:3)
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love My son, Jesus (John 17:23) for in Jesus, My love for you is revealed. (John 17:26)
The Lord Jesus Christ is the exact representation of My being. (Hebrews 1:3
Jesus came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. (Romans 8:31) and to tell you that I am not counting your sins against you. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled, (2 Corinthians 5:18-19) His death was the ultimate expression of My love for you. (1 John 4:10)
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. (Romans 8:31-32)
If you receive the gift of My son Jesus, you receive Me. (1 John 2:23) and nothing will ever separate you from My love again. (Romans 8:38-39)
Come home to Me and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. (Luke 15:7)
I have always been Father, and will always be Father. (Ephesians 3:14-15)
My question is... Will you be My child? (John 1:12-13)
I am waiting for you. (Luke 15:11 32)
Love,
Dad
(God Almighty)
If this touched your heart, give thanks and share this love letter with others.
Shalom

Jim & Phyllida Strickland



Matt 10:8
Freely you received, Freely give
Time with Jesus – 13 Nov 2013
Matt 10:8
Freely you received, Freely give
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INTRODUCTION
DAILY LIGHT EVENING SCRIPTURES
IN JESUS’ NAME
I’ve heard it said that for some considerable time, theologians argued about how many angels could stand on the head of a pin. All these years later I can give the answer. “All of them, one at a time”. It’s this type of frivolous discussion that has caused us to overlook the obvious. As one man said, “we have majored on minors and minored on majors for so long, we no longer know what is major and what is minor”. Of course, theology lends itself to such discussions. We tend to love circular arguments. A bit like a merry-go-round, there is no starting or stopping point. Everything is random. Get on and get off where you can.
Sadly, prayer appears to have taken on a frivolity that is difficult to understand. Perhaps it is because prayer has become the “lost art” of Christianity, it is regarded by many as being frivolous. Many years ago I was informed that only 3% of Christians ever pray; other than at the specified points in the prayer book. I can’t confirm this to be the case. What I can say is that if attendance at church prayer meetings is anything to go by, the statistic is not far from being accurate. Why is this? God’s Word encourages all of us to pray. Why don’t we do so? I rather suspect that it is brought about by our own experience of lack of answers.
Now if you are one of those blessed Christians who spends hours in prayer and is familiar with regular and appropriate answers, these comments are not intended or directed at you in any way. But if you are among those lesser mortals who finds prayer is like trying to swim in treacle, these words are primarily for you. I won’t tell you my exact position other than hinting that I’m a bit weary of the taste of treacle! Yuk!
One thing I must state immediately is that a lack of answers to prayer cannot be laid at the door of the Lord. It’s never Him. It’s invariably me – or you if the cap fits. In this regard, Jesus has given us promises that are overwhelmingly encouraging. In John 14 is recorded 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  John 14:13 ESV Looking at this quote, it occurs to me we do lots of asking in His Name, but not so that God will be glorified. For most it’s to impress others with our “spirituality”. If I’ve touched a nerve, sorry. Remember that every word I write is directed at me as much as anyone.
President Harry S Truman had a sign on his desk saying, “The buck stops here”. As far as America was concerned, during his presidency, it was true. Where should we place that sign? Not at Jesus door. With unanswered prayer, the truth is “the buck stops with me”. If it doesn’t happen, blame your friend you see every time you look in the mirror. One day we’ll pray in Jesus Name for the right reasons, What then?
Jim & Phyllida
Strickland
18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 2:18 ESV
Whatever I ask in Your Name, You’ve said that You will do.
But from my observation, it seems to be untrue.
It’s not an accusation. I know there’s something wrong.
It’s not the sort of thing You’d say, to any who belong,
To those whom You have rescued. So what is it I’ve missed?
I can’t demand an answer. And I cannot insist,
The One who made creation, would give the reason why,
Our prayers remain unanswered no matter how we try?
But if there’s no objection, You won’t mind if I guess,
And try and find the reasons why You do not answer “Yes”?
I think part of the problem is I concentrate on me.
Prayer for other people is a huge minority.
We are not important to anyone but You,
And since our prayers for others are very, very few,
I think they’ve been discarded or put in file thirteen,
Which then is only opened for the annual spring clean.
Perhaps there is a special bin for all of the junk mail.
The prayers which are so selfish, they surely have to fail.
Others so religious, that they do not arrive.
Instead, they are diverted to some heavenly archive.
Perhaps those You will answer are placed into a queue
Marked, “When I get around to it; for anytime will do”.
And Lord could there be something about us trapped in time?
Because You are eternal and totally Divine,
What we prayed for yesterday, will take a thousand years,
Before it ever gets to You or falls upon Your ears.
Then there is the motive hidden deep inside our hearts.
Is there an agenda which wants us to look smart;
Impressing all the people with a clever turn of phrase,
Belying how You see us and our disgusting ways?
O Lord, all this is frivolous. I know the problem’s me.
It isn’t up in heaven. The truth is that You see
Everything I’m doing and hear my every word.
To think You are delaying it is totally absurd.
So let us concentrate upon the idols in our heart.
Only when we deal with them, will all Your blessings start,
To come upon the people, who pray in Jesus Name.
Because, without sincerity, all prayer is just a game.
Jim Strickland
Written
13th November 2012
23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
John 17:23 ESV
13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. 15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
John 14:13-17 ESV
4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. 5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 and one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all.
Ephesians 4:4-6 NLT
2 And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, as in Heaven, so also on the earth.
Luke 11:2 MKJV
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:19-22 ESV




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