Real meat, real drink

What a wonderful repast is fed at the Masters Table, (the Bible). I take the "tary" part in Acts as serious business. His Word is "real meat and real drink." No one can tary at His table without receiving special blessing and revelation for their efforts, as did I so far this month. Rich, deep, revelation that only comes from the Holy Spirit.
Just to let you know what this effort entailed to receive such rich bounty: completing the New Testament 3X+ since Jan 1, 2017.
If you only feed on this worlds food you will only feed the body. But if you feed on Gods Word then you will feed the spirit and God will lead you into a continuing revelation of Jesus Christ, maturing the babes and strengthening the mature. I realize my need for that.

My plan is to cover the entire Bible 3-5 X and the New Testament 15 - 20 more times this year, with Revelations another 10 x's above all other completions already mentioned.
Some of you who don't understand this kind of application really don't understand the spirit realm in which we actually participate in.
If you did you would find, seek, and acquire, your Hope, Strength, and Faith at His table, again, His Word.
"His Word is Spirit", "who understands the mind of man but the spirit of man," and "who understands the mind of Christ but the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit."
Many play the "religion game" to gain some sort of satisfaction for their existence, but that only pacifies their actions.
Real spiritual, (Scriptural) Faith and communion with God brings value, use, and priority to an individuals life so that they can "glorify" their Father in Heaven, not just survive here in this life time.
I judge no one and whatever practices they find satisfying, but I do always challenge myself to draw closer to God on that spiritual level, but, by faith, I also expect that God would perform His Word in me as stated in Scripture. "let God be true and every man a liar." Romans 3:4 is the perfect explanation for my faith in His Word. He has given all believers the same promises I read in His Word, but who believes to the "practicing" of them? We all have the same Word but we don't all have the same faith to put them into action.
"Let God be True" means that we are all liars in either thought, word, or deed, depending on what we do with God's Word.
Is His Word only a help in time of need, "though I walk through the valley of darkness", or is it our "rock and our strength" always and all ways. Is His "thoughts always in our minds and brought into submission to the mind of Christ?" if they are then we will not remain powerless to the evil we battle in the spirit realm. Sickness, disease, depression, hopelessness, and fear, will all take back seat to the much used name of Jesus, that name above all names, wherein every knee must bow, both in heaven, and earth and below the earth. By His stripes we are healed, by His death and Resurrection we have the victory over death and the devil.
He lives as do we by His power and victory for us.
All this is worth the extra effort that we will sacrifice to make spending time in His Word so that we will have the Holy Spirit directing us "through this vale" while we do the things Jesus did, and more, because He is with the Father in Heaven, ever making intersession for us.
His Word is real meat and real drink. It's ok to be a glutton at His table......in fact it is the only place to be a glutton and a wine bibber.
I'll take my place there, as you can tell by my girth that I have already overstayed my place at this worldly table.
God bless and keep.
Love
J&E in Tn

What is life all about?

So many philosophies to answer the question: 
What is life all about?
The only true answer comes from reading the Bible!
Confess Jesus as Lord.
Be filled with His Holy Spirit,
Be led by that Spirit,
Serve God.
All else will "fall short of the glory" that He intends for us to accomplish in His name.
You may say: "I don't understand? What do you mean or how do you do this?"
Again, line 3 works well for the answer!
Reading is Feeding.
He, (His Word), is real food, real drink, so just read, This simple act will lead you to accomplish line 4-7.
My suggestion is is to start with the Gospel of John, then the epistles of John 1, 2, and 3. After that the Book of Acts. Reading these 5 books several times in a row will bring your spirit alive and answer a lot of questions that you may have from: "Who is Jesus, to how does the Holy Spirit come to you, and what does He do."
I guarantee that you will not cover these books many times (suggested 10 to start), before you will begin to have a Revelation of Jesus Christ.

I always start my reading with a simple prayer:
"Lord bless this reading with your wisdom and understanding, write it on my heart, and bring it to recall, in accordance with Your will, convenient for this day."
That will invite the Holy Spirit in to "guide you, and remind you of all that Jesus said and taught" so that we can "Glorify our Father in Heaven", as He did walking this earth.
The more you read Scripture, the more you "feed" on the Word of Life. The more you grow in Christ, and make yourself more valuable for the Masters use.
That's what "life is all about."
I challenge you to "test" this application for 30 days and see if there is anything said here that is false.
May the Lord lead and guide you, in Jesus name!
God bless and keep.
Love
J&E in Tn

A new day rising...........

We are living in a new day:

Protest means riot,

Disagreement means malice,

Opinions reflect hatred,

Expressions are rife with intolerance,

The Lie has replace Truth on all levels of society,

Good is shown to be evil,

and Evil is accepted as good.

Just a reminder:

Satan is the father of all the above. 

God is the Heavenly Father of Love,

Love never fails.

Who is the Father or father of your of your participation in these?

You know,

God knows,

We witness your choice.

Love

J&E in Tn 

Our hope

What's on my mind?

Love, Joy and Peace in the Holy Spirit. This has been the general theme for the last couple of days.

With our lives/world in such turmoil there has to be a "safe haven" for us to rest in, and that haven is God.

It's easy enough to get swept away with all the media lies and "prominent peoples personal", (say that real fast 5 x), opinions, along with any personal difficulties that are happening in our own lives. We must have a "refuge" that's always loving, always forgiving, and always available for us to run to and find solace.

My safe haven is in Christ who has never failed me yet, even though many of my "visits" to this Heart were needed because of self imposed problems.

These times let you know who has your heart and thereby hope. Is it this surreal world we live in, (the one that right now is so troubled), or is it our Heavenly Father, (who knows and holds the future)?

So the question that need to be asked is: Who or what is real enough to you that you put your hope and trust in, or how much comfort and hope do you get from your choice? There is only one choice here that satisfies all our needs for Love, hope, and peace, that choice is God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ.

Think about this when you think about "the times we live in."

Think about this when the "fear of the future sets in."

Think about this when "trials and tribulations manifest themselves."

Life is full of "obstacles".

God is full of Love and Grace.

Love to all,

J&E in Tn.

Loss, comfort.

Hard week! Questions, sleeplessness, sorrow, all culminating in where we are at this moment. Taking comfort in some old gospel songs sung by one of the "greats." Amazing how passion, pain and the gospel can give hope and bring joy. Worshiping the True and Living God can redeem one from grief and comfort the aching heart. It's there that we have hope and relief with His presence filling the hole left behind. Loss of a loved one can set the spirit low but Jesus came to give wings to the broken hearted so we can fly to His bosom for comfort.

Isaiah 40:31

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

1 Peter 5:7

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."

Those who are partaking in this event/loss we hope this post will bring you comfort and help ease the pain. Here is a worship song that will complete this post:

https://www.shazam.com/track/114049408/turn-your-eyes-upon-jesus

Love

J&E in Tn

What came with Jesus on the first Christ-mas

Christmas 

Today is the day that has been proclaimed since the beginning and preformed "at the appointed time." Though God's Love has always been with us since the creation, His manifestation of that Love in bodily form came through Jesus Christ.
Hereto we celebrate that memory in the fact that by His (Jesus) birth we are given access to forgiveness by faith, and the promise of heaven "where we will be with Him forever."
For most this is the meaning of Christ, He is the definition of "salvation" but that's pretty much it.
But the Word Christ goes much deeper than that in completion.
He is:
The Alpha and Omega
Which means literally "the beginning and the end", also "from the beginning (Gen 1:1) to the end (Rev 22:21), and from the beginning of time (no known point as God/Christ is without time) to the end of time (no known point as there is no time in God, only in His creation, but HIs creation is in a time state so we can know the 'shortness of our days', and the need to accomplish His goal of "believing on the Lord Jesus Christ to be forgiven our sins and grow in "fellowship with Him."
The Great Physician
"By His stripes we are healed!" His healing power was manifest before His "stripes" were set upon Him by healing the sick, cleansing the leapers, giving sight to the blind, straightening the crooked back and shriveled hand, and many more "manifestations", to many to be mentioned here.
What was the reason for these manifestations of healing???? Simply put: so God's glory could be shown, and His Love of man manifested in concert with the Truth (His Word) being spoken. When the Truth is spoken God will manifest His "signs and wonders" to bare witness to that "Eternal, set you free, make you whole Truth", which is Jesus Christ; the hope of glory and all that God the Father has finished, in and through Him, for us to participate in.
The Supreme Power over the Devil
So that we can be aware of, unencumbered by, unoppressed by, set free from, and have authority over "the destroyer of our souls. That in His name (Jesus) every knee should bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the Father. He (this) is true freedom. Protected under the wing of the Father from all evil by His grace through Christ and faith in that name.
The giver of the Comforter
"I go to the Father so that I can send you the Comforter," who is the power of God to "enable" all of us to "posses the land," and "having done all you could do to stand then just stand with all the armor that God has given us for battle, against spiritual wickedness." He (the Comforter) will also "teach us and remind us of all the things He (Jesus) has said and taught." Remember He (the Comforter) is the Mind of Christ that reveals to us, (a revelation given), what is the Truth of God and empowers us to "do the things that Jesus did and greater things."
Our Provider
"He will fulfill all your needs through Christ Jesus our Lord."
Multiplication of the loaves for food. Raiment for clothes. A sound mind. Fearlessness in the overcoming of trouble. Life (eternal) for physical death.
There are many more things that could be said about what God the Father finished for us in His Son Jesus Christ for our use of and the taking by faith, but this shall sustain us for now.
All this and more was given, settled, and acquired by faith on that first Christmas morn.
God bless and keep through out the year.
Merry Christmas
Love
J&E in Tn

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True healing

Let me start out with this:

John 14:12-17 King James Version (KJV)

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

What is more important? Going to church or knowing and obeying the "will of God?"
Though we are not to forsake "the meeting of our fellowship" the reason we do that is so that we can "obey the will of God."
So how do we know the will of God? We know the will of God by 3 things:
1. His Word (the Bible)
2. His Spirit (the baptism in and repetitive "being filled")
3. A personal/intimate relationship with Jesus Christ (not just lip  
    service but becoming one with Him.
By these three "applications" being implored everyday we will cultivate a "Father/Son" relationship that will guide us in "walking in the Spirit and there by not satisfy the lust of the flesh." Vs 16 is a promise that makes all other promises possible. He is the "Spirit of Truth" and will guide us in all truth. God's Truth not our interpretation.
Every Word of God is true and cannot be broken, but for those whose hearts have not been "cleansed by the Word" vs 13-14 might be an attraction to ask wicked things of God which of course He cannot do, "for God cannot be tempted with sin nor temps He anyone."
So what has this to do with anything?
Troublesome times are apon us, and not just political, or national.
The root of all "problems" is spiritual.

Ephesians 6:12-13King James Version (KJV)

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

What we are experiencing today is brought on by waging a warfare "in the flesh" with carnal weapons, and not proceeding it with spiritual warfare (Prayer and supplication to God) to bolster our "actions" with Divine power from above.

Mark this one thing:
Our ways have failed because we have failed. We, to long have looked to man to "set things right", and to few have exerted the practice of "the prayers of a rightous man availeth much." We have not given "the Comforter" significant "abiding" with us so that He could lead us "in all Truth."
"Like sheep we have gone our own way" and have "reaped what we have sown." Sorry to say that reaping is never 1 for 1 but 1 for 30, 60, or 100 fold, ergo what we have now for acceptance in our present state: adultery (extra marital affairs), fornication (sex outside marriage), sodomy (read Romans 1:18-32), murder, and many other "not so long ago sins" that are accepted as normal now.
These times (both spiritual and physical) warrant a drastic change if the future is going to accomplish any reformation.

So here is the question:
What do you believe?
Have you received the Comforter?
Is the "change" worth the effort for our grandchildren and those afar off?
Just know that NO change is going to come unless this takes place:
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people (God's people), which are called by my name (the name of Jesus Christ, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
AND Will HEAL THEIR LAND!
Notice it didn't say just vote in the change, (we must apply ourselves here) but "humble ourselves", "confess our sins (mentioned above), pray, and seek His face." Before the voting and petitioning that must be done.
Only then will this "land be healed."

There is the layout for future success and change for the better. There in is the hope for our progeny.

What thinkest thou?
Their future is in our hands.
"I put before you life and death, I would that you chose life." Jesus said that.
Will the future hold life or death?
It's up to us to start doing what will change the evil we have to good now.

Love, joy and peace in the Holy Spirit to all who set their hearts on these things above.
Love
J&E in Tn