The Flame Thrower of Love

Satan is using the abuse suffered by a tormentor to extinguish Jesus’ light of love and fill it with dark hate. I pray for the Holy Spirit to be the flame thrower of love to destroy satan’s dark matter in our hearts. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

As Though I am Working For

I work willingly at whatever I do, as though I am working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give me an inheritance as my reward, and that the Master I am serving is Christ. Colossians 3:23-24 The Holy Bible, The New Living Translation

Today I commit everything I do into the Lords hands. That He will guide me on where and how to serve Him. That He will bless me with the tools to succeed. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

Prayer: Please Holy Spirit always remind me the one I am serving is Jesus not man. I honestly request this in the name of the King I dedicate my life to serving, Jesus Christ. Amen

May you have a grateful heart towards He who has given so much to you. indeovi vas ( may you live with Jesus in Latin )

Seleh- stop and think about it.

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If You Want to Succeed in Life

If you want to succeed in life, always listen and obey The Holy Spirits guidance Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

But Please be Gentle.

So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle.Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.Jeremiah 10:24 The Holy Bible, The New Living Translation

The difference between a spanking and a beating is the number of strokes used and the harshness of them. I learned from spankings but hated from beatings. If you have received both you know what I am talking about. One was done with discipline the other was done with anger.

Just think of what were to happen if we were to receive Gods anger. It certainly terrifies me.

I am grateful for the Lords discipline but am ever more grateful that I do not experience His anger. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

Prayer: Please Jehovah Elohim Ozer Li (Psalms 54:4 GOD My Helper ) You know that I deeply desire to emulate my hero Jesus in all I say and all I do.

Thank you for sending The Holy Spirit to help me with His gentle correction when I start going in the wrong direction.

Thank you for Your patience so I do not experience Your anger. I thank you in the name of He who had divine patience with His disciples Jesus Christ. Amen

May you have a grateful heart towards He who has given so much to you.

indeovi vas ( may you live with Jesus in Latin )

Seleh- stop and think about it.

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Then and Only Then We Will Be

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ Matthew 22:37 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament

The whole Christian life is best summed up as a loving relationship with Jehovah, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

To accomplish this everything that stands between them and us must be crucified. I say crucified because many times it will be the most painful experience of your life to give up many things that stand between you and Christ.

My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament

To accomplish this we must always be obedient unto The Holy Spirits guidance in every aspect of our lives.

But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything John 14:26 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament

Then and only then we will be blessed with the most awesome love affair there could ever be both now and for eternity. I am with you always Matthew 28:20 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament

Being a Christian is not living according to a creed nor a religion but in walking daily with Christ. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

Prayer: Thank you Jehovah ‘Immeku (The Lord Is With You Judges 6:12 ) for blessing me with The Holy Spirit to guide my steps through out the day. Thank you for the most precious gift, a loving relationship with You, Jesus and The Holy Spirit. I praise You in the name of my big brother whom I adore, Jesus Christ. Amen

May you have a grateful heart towards He who has given so much to you.

indeovi vas ( may you live with Jesus in Latin )Seleh- stop and think about it.

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Study this Book of Instruction Continually.

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. Joshua 1:8 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament

Before I moved to China to teach I studied the culture, customs, history and language as much as I could. Even then it took about four years living with them to assimilate with them because there was many things they lived that is not taught in a book or video. After that many Chinese were shocked that I was more Chinese than they were.

So too it is with our relationship with Jehovah, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.

We must daily read scriptures to understand their ways. Of course it is always advisable to pray for The Holy Spirit to be our Tutor to explain the words within The Book so we understand.

As well we need His help to be obedient to follow through on what we learn because many times it takes superhuman powers to do so.

But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything John 14:26 The Holy Bible, The New Living Testament

I ought to know. I have walked with Jehovah, Jesus and the Holy Spirit for over forty years and am still learning.

Funny thing you know, whenever I was obedient unto The Holy Spirits guidance I always succeeded.

Whenever I was disobedient unto The Holy Spirits guidance I always crashed and burned.

If you want to succeed in life, always listen and obey The Holy Spirits guidance Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

Prayer: Thank you Jehovah Rabbi (God our Teacher 2 Timothy 3:16 ) for blessing me with the most important book to ever read ( the Bible ) and for sending the best tutor The Holy Spirit to teach me the amazing knowledge with in it pages. Thank you that He teaches me wisdom ( how to put into practice what He has taught me ) from with in its pages. I praise You in Yor insightful name. Amen

May you have a grateful heart towards He who has given so much to you. indeovi vas ( may you live with Jesus in Latin )

Seleh- stop and think about it.

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The Carnal Mind and a New Mind

George Whitfield, the eighteenth century evangelist, was correct when he said, “If the unregenerate man could enter heaven, he would be so unhappy in heaven, that he would ask God to let him run down to hell for shelter.”

How could the enemies of God sit down at the banquet of the Lamb of God?

Universalism wants us to bury our heads in the sand.

The carnal mind is enmity against God all the time.  So why would such a person ever want to be in God’s holy presence?  It is against everything God is for in His universe.  It sets the world system and all it teaches in opposition to the LORD God.

The carnal mind is a “depraved spirit that is set on those things which are not proper” (Romans 1:28).  How would you know one if you saw it?  Romans 1:29-32 says, “Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”

It is a dreadful picture of human depravity.  The apostle then declared, “Therefore you have no excuse, every one of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things” (Romans 2:1-2).

There is a day coming when “God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus” (v. 16).  It is not because we do not deserve it.  The Bible testifies that we are all guilty.  “But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds” (Romans 2:5-6).

After a detailed presentation of our sins against us in Romans chapter three, the apostle Paul concludes, “But glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God” (Romans 2:10-11).  “You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?” (Romans 2:23).

How many of us have not wished in the depths of our hearts, “Would to God these sins were not forbidden!”  Spurgeon asked, “Who among us has not been so foolish as to desire that there were no God?”

But neither solution makes the problem go away.  We still stand guilty before God.  “Every carnal mind in the world is at enmity against God.”

The carnal mind declares that by our very nature we are the child of evil.  What part of man was affected by the fall?  The entire man, every part of him – every power, every passion is at enmity with God.  You may say, “Oh, Wil, I am not really that bad.”  God says, “The heart is deceitful above all things.”  It is desperately wicked.

Why would any carnal person want to be in the holy presence of a righteous God? It would mean to be guilty and condemned twenty-four hours a day. We would never be able to escape His holy, hot wrath.  Our sense of guilt would always be a state of awareness.

The only solution to the desperate plight of man is to have a new mind and a new heart.  If we have not experienced a change of heart, our carnal mind will always be at enmity against God.

Our thoughts, our decisions, our behaviors all testify that we deserve God’s holy wrath.  Every person born into this world deserves God’s wrath and damnation.

Because we are guilty sinners, God must provide the solution.  Since the carnal mind is at enmity with God, salvation cannot be by any merit on our part.  It must be by God’s grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  If we are at enmity with God, what merit can we have?  How can we deserve anything from the person we hate?  Therefore, God must step in and rescue us by His grace.

The Spirit of God must lay His hand on you and renew your heart or there is no chance of your entering into heaven.

Jesus Christ can make peace through His blood.  If the Spirit of God has convinced you of your sin as you read this, you can become a new creature, a new person, with a new heart if you will ask Jesus Christ to be your Savior.

By our physical birth we are at enmity with God, but by the new birth we are made His friend.  Our nature must be changed if we are to enter into God’s holy presence.  Here is the most precious promise for every sinner to believe.  “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life” (John 3:14-15).

SELAH! Pause – reflect- just think of that!

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It is Only by the Power Of

It is only by the power of The Holy Spirit that we have the power to forgive. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

It is Impossible for Us To.

Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. Luke 6:27-28 The Holy Bible, The New Living Translation

It is humanly impossible for us to forgive someone who has hurt you badly. Especially if they laugh at you instead of ask for forgiveness.

To make matters worse is if you take the punishment because they framed you or cheated you out of money.

What I found is the best recipe is to pray to Jehovah that through the Holy Spirit you are blessed with the power to forgive. Do not think it is a one off experience but rather must be done daily. Believe me it will only be granted through sincere prayers.

I know from a lot of experience.

He will make you strong with power in your hearts through the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 3:16 The Holy Bible, The New Living Translation

Oh and by the way, turn off the repeat button.

You know where you keep on repeating the incident in your mind again and again until it is ingrained in you and rage enslaves you.

Yes, it is natural to want them to be punished but have faith that Jehovah will punish them at the right time and in the proper manner. He will give them time to repent but if they refuse, look out.

If anyone does wrong, he will suffer for it. God does not respect one person more than another. Colossians The Holy Bible, 3:25 New Life Version

It is only by the power of The Holy Spirit that we have the power to forgive. Joseph- Anthony a son of Jehovah

Prayer: Please Jehovah Mauzzam (Psalms 37:39) – The LORD Their Strength bless me with Your divine strength to forgive those who have done me wrong, including the unrepentant one. I humbly beseech You in the name of He who forgvae while suffering on a cross, Jesus Christ. Amen

May you have a grateful heart towards He who has given so much to you. indeovi vas ( may you live with Jesus in Latin )Seleh- stop and think about it.

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Teach Us to Surrender Ourselves Unreservedly To

Blessed Lord, teach us to surrender ourselves unreservedly to the Holy Spirit…. So we are in You, and You work through us.
Andrew Murray