Greetings!!
There is none so blind as he who will not see,,,, sounds like familar words to an old song but it actually originated in the bible. But what does it mean?? When you "turn a blind eye" to something because you just don't want to deal with it means you are refusing to "see". Some parents refuse to see the trouble their children are getting into. "My son or daughter would never do that" is often heard when a child does something wrong. Or we might often refuse to learn from other's mistakes because we have an attitude of, "oh, that will never happen to me" or "I won't get caught, I'm smarter than him." Of course there are many other scenarios that this can be applied to but what about biblically speaking?
When God is leading you down a path do you turn a blind eye and try to make your own path? Perhaps you do not like where He is leading you? Or maybe you just don't think you can do what He wants you to do?
I believe that God is always working in our lives but we don't always see it for various reasons. I know I have been guilty of this many times. More often than not I am just not really paying attention. And then there are the times that I question whether something is really from God or not. I am not doubting God, but doubting myself. I have made several bad choices in my life so now I find myself doubting any decision I make. Second guessing myself became the norm for a long time brought on mostly by a very low self esteem. That low self esteem came on over a period of years of verbal and mental abuse but none the less I had it.
It took a lot of battling and a lot of talking to God to get to where I am today. But I often "test God" (as some would call it) asking God if this is really from you, please give me a sign that I will recognize so I know I am on the right track. Is it wrong to "test God" in such a way? Some would say yes because Jesus answered Satan when he was being tempted in the wilderness, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord your God." But, I believe it depends on the circumstance and how you are testing. Gideon, "tested God" when he asked God for a sign that he would know it was really from God. He was quite specific in the sign he asked for and God did give him that sign. But Gideon was not unsure of God when he asked for the sign, he was unsure of his ability to do what God was asking him to do.
In the book of Matthew it says, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness." I believe if we are truly seeking God first in our lives and want to do His will before our own, then God does not mind us "testing Him" to make sure we are staying on the right path. After all, we are making sure we are understanding and doing His will.
As I continue to grow in my faith and seek God first I am finding it much easier to see the signs that God gives me without having to ask Him for them, but occasionally I still find myself asking. Then when He answers in a most obvious way it brings a smile on my face to know there is no doubt He is in control. I like the peace I get when I know without doubt, God is in control and everything is going to be alright. I don't have to worry, He is taking care of everything!!
God is taking me down a path now that will fulfill a long time dream of mine. As He reveals more and more to me I feel a greater peace growing inside of me. I can hear Him whisper in my ear, "don't worry child, everything is going to be OK, just be patient a little while longer, I'm working it all out for you." I cannot describe the great joy I feel inside knowing God is working in my life and all I have to do is trust and obey Him and He will always provide a way for me. That is such a wonderful feeling!! It doesn't matter what is going on in the world around me, I have a God who loves me and will always take care of me!!
If you do not know the kind of peace that surpasses all understanding, if you do not know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour I urge you to find a good Bible based church and get to know the Lord. You too can find peace and true joy in your life when you seek His Kingdom first. Put aside the things of this world they are worthless without Jesus in your life!!
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!!
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Where does the time go???
Greetings!!
Another week has flown by. Where does the time go?? Naturally I am very busy with ceramic orders and that helps the time pass, but geeze it seems like it is flying and I am not getting everything accomplished that I want to.
Yesterday I had to go to the doctor's office. My back has been getting much worse over the years and on Thanksgiving day I made it even worse. I really hurt it lifting the turkey out of the oven. The sciatic joint area and lower lumbar are both in really bad shape. I need surgery but with no insurance and no steady income that is not going to happen any time soon. I can barely walk. When I go grocery shopping today I will use the motorized cart and ride through the store. I absolutely hate the idea of this but with every step the pain gets worse. I will never make it through the store otherwise.
When I go to the basement to work on ceramics I stay there a little longer than usual because the trip back up the stairs is a killer. You've heard the song, "One Day at a Time", well I am now taking it one step at a time. With each step I pray, "Lord, give me strength to concur this next step". Yes, it really is that bad!! There is no such thing as a comfortable position whether sitting, standing, walking or laying down. The morphine I am on helps take the edge off just a bit, but sometimes that is better than nothing. I don't like taking pills if I can avoid it so usually wait until I just can't tolerate the pain any more.
I rely more and more on the Lord every day just to get me through. The bible says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". I have to constantly remind myself of this when I want to give up. Fighting pain is hard on the body and mind. I also have chronic pain with the fibromyalgia, but even as bad as it gets it is not as bad as this. I can somewhat push through that and at least take care of the basic household chores. Now, I can not even take care of myself without help. I hate feeling like this!! I refuse to give up!! Never give up!! That is what I keep telling myself as I struggle each day to have some sort of a normal life. But alas, normal for one person is not normal for another.
On the bright side of my doctor's visit, I have managed to get my blood pressure back down to normal range without medicines since August. So the doctor has decided to keep me off the meds so long as I continue to lower my blood pressure. Getting people out of my life that has caused me an unusual amount of stress has helped a lot. I know it is not from exercising because of my back the way it is, there isn't any exercising going on, LOL. Maybe it is someone new in my life that is always positive and uplifting. Someone I can trust with my life? I'm sure that is what it is, a dear friend that I can lean on completely. :-)
I'm sure to some this post sounds like I am just moaning, and complaining. But in every dark cloud there is a silver lining. As my back grows weaker my faith grows stronger. My Lord and Savior, Jesus, helps me get through every hour of every day. The less moving around I can do, the more time I have for my ceramics, which I love, and for reading my bible or other Christian books, which I also love. And I know that this too, will someday come to pass. My suffering is nothing compared to what Jesus endured for a lowly sinner like me.
The day will come when I will be given a new body, a spiritual body, one without pain and illness. One without sorrow. There will be no more tears from pain of the heart or of the body. There will be nothing but joy, peace and true happiness. Knowing that this time here on earth is nothing but a blink of an eye compared to all eternity with Jesus gives me the strength to endure. I suffer, yet I am blessed beyond measure because the riches that await me in heaven are far greater than anything good or bad that I will see in this lifetime.
Do you know Jesus? I pray you do!! But if you do not, I pray you seek and find Him for He is the one and only key to all eternity!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Another week has flown by. Where does the time go?? Naturally I am very busy with ceramic orders and that helps the time pass, but geeze it seems like it is flying and I am not getting everything accomplished that I want to.
Yesterday I had to go to the doctor's office. My back has been getting much worse over the years and on Thanksgiving day I made it even worse. I really hurt it lifting the turkey out of the oven. The sciatic joint area and lower lumbar are both in really bad shape. I need surgery but with no insurance and no steady income that is not going to happen any time soon. I can barely walk. When I go grocery shopping today I will use the motorized cart and ride through the store. I absolutely hate the idea of this but with every step the pain gets worse. I will never make it through the store otherwise.
When I go to the basement to work on ceramics I stay there a little longer than usual because the trip back up the stairs is a killer. You've heard the song, "One Day at a Time", well I am now taking it one step at a time. With each step I pray, "Lord, give me strength to concur this next step". Yes, it really is that bad!! There is no such thing as a comfortable position whether sitting, standing, walking or laying down. The morphine I am on helps take the edge off just a bit, but sometimes that is better than nothing. I don't like taking pills if I can avoid it so usually wait until I just can't tolerate the pain any more.
I rely more and more on the Lord every day just to get me through. The bible says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". I have to constantly remind myself of this when I want to give up. Fighting pain is hard on the body and mind. I also have chronic pain with the fibromyalgia, but even as bad as it gets it is not as bad as this. I can somewhat push through that and at least take care of the basic household chores. Now, I can not even take care of myself without help. I hate feeling like this!! I refuse to give up!! Never give up!! That is what I keep telling myself as I struggle each day to have some sort of a normal life. But alas, normal for one person is not normal for another.
On the bright side of my doctor's visit, I have managed to get my blood pressure back down to normal range without medicines since August. So the doctor has decided to keep me off the meds so long as I continue to lower my blood pressure. Getting people out of my life that has caused me an unusual amount of stress has helped a lot. I know it is not from exercising because of my back the way it is, there isn't any exercising going on, LOL. Maybe it is someone new in my life that is always positive and uplifting. Someone I can trust with my life? I'm sure that is what it is, a dear friend that I can lean on completely. :-)
I'm sure to some this post sounds like I am just moaning, and complaining. But in every dark cloud there is a silver lining. As my back grows weaker my faith grows stronger. My Lord and Savior, Jesus, helps me get through every hour of every day. The less moving around I can do, the more time I have for my ceramics, which I love, and for reading my bible or other Christian books, which I also love. And I know that this too, will someday come to pass. My suffering is nothing compared to what Jesus endured for a lowly sinner like me.
The day will come when I will be given a new body, a spiritual body, one without pain and illness. One without sorrow. There will be no more tears from pain of the heart or of the body. There will be nothing but joy, peace and true happiness. Knowing that this time here on earth is nothing but a blink of an eye compared to all eternity with Jesus gives me the strength to endure. I suffer, yet I am blessed beyond measure because the riches that await me in heaven are far greater than anything good or bad that I will see in this lifetime.
Do you know Jesus? I pray you do!! But if you do not, I pray you seek and find Him for He is the one and only key to all eternity!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Who do you live for???
Greetings!!
Well the good Lord laid this on my heart this morning so I figured it is to be talked about.
Who do you live for? What makes you tick? Is there someone special in your life that you just don't ever want to do without so you feel like you live for him or her? Your spouse? Your children? Perhaps your parents or a dear friend? I live for Jesus!!
Don't get me wrong, there are some very special people in my life that I would never want to do without. I love them dearly. But if it came down to having to make a choice between them or Jesus,,, Jesus would have to win hands down!! My relationship and my life with Jesus is for all eternity. The things of this earth are temporary. In the grand scheme of things, earthly life is but a blink of an eye compared to eternity. Here today, gone tomorrow so to speak.
Its really hard to imagine what eternity is. Its hard to wrap your mind around it. But let me see if I can give you a bit of an analogy. Pick the largest sandy beach in the world and imagine how big it is, stand in the middle of it. Now take one single tiny grain of sand and put it in your hand as you stand on that huge beach that you can not see the beginning or the end. That tiny grain of sand is life on this earth and the beach is eternity. Get the idea now? You can not see the beginning of eternity and there is no end to it. What do you then think is more important, life today or eternity?
When we can put things in perspective such as this then we can really begin to see what is more important. I suffer from chronic illness and pain, but I do not let it control my life today because my eternal life is much more important to me. I live for Jesus!! I am promised a new body without illness, pain and sorrow in my eternal life. So now I don't worry about what I am suffering today because it is but a blink of the eye in comparison to what I will have for all eternity. Living a sinful life today is not worth what I might lose in heaven. Am I perfect and without sin? Of course not!! But I strive to do the best I can and repent when I make a mistake because I want the rewards that await me in heaven and do not want to spend an eternity suffering in the lake of fire called hell.
We were not promised a life on earth without trials and tribulations but we were promised that He would never leave us nor forsake us if we but call upon Him. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. We can also endure and get through all things through Christ. If you suffer from chronic illness and pain you can get through it with His help. One day at a time, one hour at a time and even one minute at a time, but you can make it with His help. Call upon the name of the Lord and you shall be delivered. I believe these things with all my heart. I have called upon my Lord and Savior millions upon millions of times and each time He was there. He comforted me and strengthened me. He carried me when I no longer had the strength to carry myself.
When Peter got out of the boat and walked on water he had his focus on Jesus. The minute he let the storms around him distract him enough to take his eyes off of Jesus he started to sink. That is like life today. The minute we let the storms of life distract us from keeping our focus on Jesus we begin to sink. But like Peter if we keep our eyes on the Lord we can weather the storms of life and walk on water or rise above those storms. So, get out of the boat and walk straight ahead because Jesus is there to help you!!
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!
Well the good Lord laid this on my heart this morning so I figured it is to be talked about.
Who do you live for? What makes you tick? Is there someone special in your life that you just don't ever want to do without so you feel like you live for him or her? Your spouse? Your children? Perhaps your parents or a dear friend? I live for Jesus!!
Don't get me wrong, there are some very special people in my life that I would never want to do without. I love them dearly. But if it came down to having to make a choice between them or Jesus,,, Jesus would have to win hands down!! My relationship and my life with Jesus is for all eternity. The things of this earth are temporary. In the grand scheme of things, earthly life is but a blink of an eye compared to eternity. Here today, gone tomorrow so to speak.
Its really hard to imagine what eternity is. Its hard to wrap your mind around it. But let me see if I can give you a bit of an analogy. Pick the largest sandy beach in the world and imagine how big it is, stand in the middle of it. Now take one single tiny grain of sand and put it in your hand as you stand on that huge beach that you can not see the beginning or the end. That tiny grain of sand is life on this earth and the beach is eternity. Get the idea now? You can not see the beginning of eternity and there is no end to it. What do you then think is more important, life today or eternity?
When we can put things in perspective such as this then we can really begin to see what is more important. I suffer from chronic illness and pain, but I do not let it control my life today because my eternal life is much more important to me. I live for Jesus!! I am promised a new body without illness, pain and sorrow in my eternal life. So now I don't worry about what I am suffering today because it is but a blink of the eye in comparison to what I will have for all eternity. Living a sinful life today is not worth what I might lose in heaven. Am I perfect and without sin? Of course not!! But I strive to do the best I can and repent when I make a mistake because I want the rewards that await me in heaven and do not want to spend an eternity suffering in the lake of fire called hell.
We were not promised a life on earth without trials and tribulations but we were promised that He would never leave us nor forsake us if we but call upon Him. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. We can also endure and get through all things through Christ. If you suffer from chronic illness and pain you can get through it with His help. One day at a time, one hour at a time and even one minute at a time, but you can make it with His help. Call upon the name of the Lord and you shall be delivered. I believe these things with all my heart. I have called upon my Lord and Savior millions upon millions of times and each time He was there. He comforted me and strengthened me. He carried me when I no longer had the strength to carry myself.
When Peter got out of the boat and walked on water he had his focus on Jesus. The minute he let the storms around him distract him enough to take his eyes off of Jesus he started to sink. That is like life today. The minute we let the storms of life distract us from keeping our focus on Jesus we begin to sink. But like Peter if we keep our eyes on the Lord we can weather the storms of life and walk on water or rise above those storms. So, get out of the boat and walk straight ahead because Jesus is there to help you!!
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Partial obedience is disobedience,,,,,,
Greetings!
God has been teaching me some important lessons lately. And I am finally paying attention!! Through the trials and tribulations I have been going through the past few years God has been trying to show me what He wants me to do and I have not been completely following Him. But that is now changing. Let me explain.
I have felt a calling for many years to become a minister, a pastor, but I have not moved forward on that. I have only been partially obedient to the Lord. I have been very active in church. I sing for the Lord. I volunteer in out-reach programs. I talk opening about Jesus. But I have not moved forward in becoming an ordained minister. I have been partially obedient. I have done the things in the church that He wanted me to do, but I stopped short of doing EVERYTHING He wanted me to do.
I have said it before, sometimes God has to slap me upside the head to get my attention. Believe me, He has done just that. Like a ton of bricks coming at me at 90 miles an hour, He has got my attention now!! I will be moving forward to get the education I need to become an ordained Minister. I will preach where God leads me to preach. I do not know where that will be. I don't think He is going to show me until I step out on faith and get the education. I have to obey this command first.
So when I talk to my employment specialist in the morning I am going to find out how to go about getting financial assistance to get my degree in bible studies and theology. I am going to take that next step so I will be completely obedient to God. I am going to move forward in my quest after God's heart to be completely obedient to Him and Him alone.
Now that I have determined myself to listen to the Holy Spirit and move forward in what God wants me to do, I have felt a peace come over me like none other. I can walk through this valley of trials and come out the other side victorious in Jesus!!
Are you truly listening to God? Are you obedient to Him? Or have you only been partially obedient? God has a purpose in life for each and everyone of us. We must listen to Him and be completely obedient. Partial obedience is just not enough. Partial obedience is disobedience.
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!
God has been teaching me some important lessons lately. And I am finally paying attention!! Through the trials and tribulations I have been going through the past few years God has been trying to show me what He wants me to do and I have not been completely following Him. But that is now changing. Let me explain.
I have felt a calling for many years to become a minister, a pastor, but I have not moved forward on that. I have only been partially obedient to the Lord. I have been very active in church. I sing for the Lord. I volunteer in out-reach programs. I talk opening about Jesus. But I have not moved forward in becoming an ordained minister. I have been partially obedient. I have done the things in the church that He wanted me to do, but I stopped short of doing EVERYTHING He wanted me to do.
I have said it before, sometimes God has to slap me upside the head to get my attention. Believe me, He has done just that. Like a ton of bricks coming at me at 90 miles an hour, He has got my attention now!! I will be moving forward to get the education I need to become an ordained Minister. I will preach where God leads me to preach. I do not know where that will be. I don't think He is going to show me until I step out on faith and get the education. I have to obey this command first.
So when I talk to my employment specialist in the morning I am going to find out how to go about getting financial assistance to get my degree in bible studies and theology. I am going to take that next step so I will be completely obedient to God. I am going to move forward in my quest after God's heart to be completely obedient to Him and Him alone.
Now that I have determined myself to listen to the Holy Spirit and move forward in what God wants me to do, I have felt a peace come over me like none other. I can walk through this valley of trials and come out the other side victorious in Jesus!!
Are you truly listening to God? Are you obedient to Him? Or have you only been partially obedient? God has a purpose in life for each and everyone of us. We must listen to Him and be completely obedient. Partial obedience is just not enough. Partial obedience is disobedience.
Until next time,,,,,,,,Blessings!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Get out of the boat,,,,,,,
Greetings!!
Many years ago a Pastor preached a sermon on faith called, "Get out of the boat". That sermon stuck with me and has taught me many valuable lessons about faith and always keeping my eye on Jesus. When we keep our eye on Jesus and do not let the turbulent times of the world distract us, we can do anything,, including walking on water.
There are a lot of good scriptures in the bible regarding having faith, including this one. Please read with me Matthew 14: 22-33. This is from the New King James Version.
22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea,[a] tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.
27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”
28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous,[b] he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 Then those who were in the boat came and[c] worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”
Many years ago a Pastor preached a sermon on faith called, "Get out of the boat". That sermon stuck with me and has taught me many valuable lessons about faith and always keeping my eye on Jesus. When we keep our eye on Jesus and do not let the turbulent times of the world distract us, we can do anything,, including walking on water.
There are a lot of good scriptures in the bible regarding having faith, including this one. Please read with me Matthew 14: 22-33. This is from the New King James Version.
22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea,[a] tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear.
27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”
28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
29 So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous,[b] he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 Then those who were in the boat came and[c] worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”
Take a good look at that scripture. Peter had faith to get out of the boat and walk to Jesus. He was walking on water. But he let the turbulent waves distract him from Jesus and he began to sink. In life today, we can get through those turbulent times in our lives that want to distract us and make us take our eyes off of Jesus if we just ignore them and keep focused on the Lord.
Jesus tells us, he will never leave us nor forsake us if we just call on Him. He also says, Fear Not, for I am with you!! We are told multiple times in the bible, Do Not Fear!! So why do we?? Satan attacks us and constantly tries to put doubt in our minds, but do not listen to him, for he is the king of lies!! Since the beginning Satan has always used doubt and lies as an attack to get us away from God. The next time he attacks you and throws turbulent waves to distract your eyes from the Lord, focus on Jesus, say his holy name over and over and Satan will have to flee!!
I know, a lot of things are easier said than done. It takes work, concentration and faith to keep Satan at bay when he attacks. But it is not impossible!! If he does manage to knock you down, pray while you are there, then get back up on your feet and move forward, trusting more and more in the Lord. To build faith we need to be in fellowship with other faith believing people. We need to support each other and encourage each other in their faith walk. One a brother or sister in Christ has a weak moment we should not criticize but should support, encourage and lift him or her up in prayer.
It is my prayer that you grow stronger every day in your faith walk. Trust in the Lord always, knowing that this time on earth is but a short one and you will have treasures in heaven for your obedience and faith.
Until next time,,,,,,,blessings!
Friday, June 24, 2011
By whose authority???,,,,,,,
Greetings!!
Once again we had an awesome bible study last night. Marilyn sure is doing an incredible job!!
The study last night was about who has authority on this earth today, who had it in the past, how was it stolen, etc. I will try to condense this down just to give you the general idea of our study and hope that you will conduct your own.
First, after God created the heavens and the earth, he created man. We all know that, its pretty simple really. His name was Adam. God gave Adam dominion or authority over the earth. See Genesis 1:26. So the bible says Adam gave names to all the crawling things, the winged creatures and so on. Basically, he, Adam, was in charge. God told Adam he could eat the fruit of any tree in the garden of Eden except one. Then he created Eve from Adam's rib. See Psalms 115: 16
Then here comes Satan by way of a serpent and he tempts Eve into eating from that tree that God had told Adam not to eat from. Adam also ate from that tree falling prey to Satan's tricks. When Adam and Eve sinned, Satan basically stole their authority over the earth. But wait, there is good news!!
The only way to take authority over the earth back from Satan was for a person, pure and without sin to take it. Fast forward in time to a little town called Bethlehem. There a baby was born unto the Virgin Mary. His name was Jesus. Hallelujah!! Praise God, the King is born!! This baby, the son of God, and part of God would raise up to bear the sins of everyone. He would die on the cross a gruesome death, defeat Satan and ascend to heaven to be at the right hand of Father God. See John 5: 26 & 27
Because Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life He had authority on this earth, but He gave that authority to us. See Luke 10: 19 & 20
Did you know that you have the right as a Christian to command Satan to leave you alone by the authority that Jesus gave to you and he MUST leave you alone!! Don't get me wrong, he will try to come back at another point and try to attack you again, but stand strong on the word of God and His promises to you which are written in the bible and Satan can not win in your life.
There are many other scriptures that could be listed here but I just gave you the highlights. It is my prayer that you conduct your own study on your authority. Keep in the word daily and it will not let you down. Praise the Lord, we serve an awesome God!!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!
Once again we had an awesome bible study last night. Marilyn sure is doing an incredible job!!
The study last night was about who has authority on this earth today, who had it in the past, how was it stolen, etc. I will try to condense this down just to give you the general idea of our study and hope that you will conduct your own.
First, after God created the heavens and the earth, he created man. We all know that, its pretty simple really. His name was Adam. God gave Adam dominion or authority over the earth. See Genesis 1:26. So the bible says Adam gave names to all the crawling things, the winged creatures and so on. Basically, he, Adam, was in charge. God told Adam he could eat the fruit of any tree in the garden of Eden except one. Then he created Eve from Adam's rib. See Psalms 115: 16
Then here comes Satan by way of a serpent and he tempts Eve into eating from that tree that God had told Adam not to eat from. Adam also ate from that tree falling prey to Satan's tricks. When Adam and Eve sinned, Satan basically stole their authority over the earth. But wait, there is good news!!
The only way to take authority over the earth back from Satan was for a person, pure and without sin to take it. Fast forward in time to a little town called Bethlehem. There a baby was born unto the Virgin Mary. His name was Jesus. Hallelujah!! Praise God, the King is born!! This baby, the son of God, and part of God would raise up to bear the sins of everyone. He would die on the cross a gruesome death, defeat Satan and ascend to heaven to be at the right hand of Father God. See John 5: 26 & 27
Because Jesus lived a perfect and sinless life He had authority on this earth, but He gave that authority to us. See Luke 10: 19 & 20
Did you know that you have the right as a Christian to command Satan to leave you alone by the authority that Jesus gave to you and he MUST leave you alone!! Don't get me wrong, he will try to come back at another point and try to attack you again, but stand strong on the word of God and His promises to you which are written in the bible and Satan can not win in your life.
There are many other scriptures that could be listed here but I just gave you the highlights. It is my prayer that you conduct your own study on your authority. Keep in the word daily and it will not let you down. Praise the Lord, we serve an awesome God!!!
Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!
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