Inspiration

CALLED

 

Jesus says in Matt. 9:13 ‘…for I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners.’ There are many in the world who believe being good and righteous is all that is needed to get into Heaven. This attitude is understandable but it would mean Jesus suffered a humiliating and painful death for nothing. But Jesus isn’t agreeing with that thought, is He? No, in fact Paul said in Romans 3:10, 12 that there is ‘no one who is righteous’ and ‘no one who is good.’ Even Jesus tells us that ‘there is no one good except God alone.’

 

Therefore, how does one get to heaven? Simply by accepting the fact that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world, and anyone who accepts this truth and invites Jesus to be their personal Savior.

                                            

 

Inspiration

I AM WILLING

 

Matthew 8:3: Jesus says “I am willing.” Yes, He is willing to heal us, willing to forgive us, willing to save us, willing to die for us and willing to be patient with a love so profound that we cannot understand nor appreciate it. God’s love is unconditional; He forgives and He forgets. What would you do if you were a witness to the humiliation and torture and crucifixion of your only child? Could you then be willing to forgive and forget? God did.

 

While God’s love is unconditional, there is a condition for all who want to experience that love and forgiveness; we must be willing to believe in and accept His gift. I believed and I am saved. If you haven’t made that choice I urge you to consider it today.

 

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ASK-S

 

When I read Matt.7:7 and Jesus tells us to ‘ask, seek and knock’ and it will be granted, I couldn’t help but to think of a great acronym for His advice. I took the liberty of adding one letter, S, because this ingredient is necessary to validate the first three letters.

 

S is for sincerely, the fourth letter. We cannot expect God to honor any request or even ‘hear’ us if we are not genuinely sincere in our approach to Him. My own experience has proven to bear out what I am saying. In all my attempts to find God and understand the Bible and to ‘hear’ Him ‘speak’ to me, failed until the day that I sincerely wanted to know the truth at the age of 37. I asked, He heard, and it has been an exhilarating spiritual experience ever since. This is why I always end my letters asking people to read His loving Word for an exhilarating experience.

 

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HOW TO PRAY

 

When Jesus told the Disciples how to pray He told them to pray in ‘secret’ to the Father, and do not pray using repetitive phrases; Matthew 6:6.

 

The Lord’s Prayer, as it is commonly known, is merely a model (things to think about when praying to the Father) and is not necessarily a ‘prayer’ to repeat and repeat, time and time again. This is not my opinion, it is Scriptural; see Mt.6:7: Jesus says “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans for they think they will be heard because of their many words.”

 

For those who believe it is an actual prayer to be repeated, so be it; the words are beautiful.

 

Jesus said it and I believe it. You too, can learn the truth simply by reading His Word today.