True Love demands priority.
There are many "things" in life that "have" priority or need priority but only one thing demands priority, and that is Love.
When Love is unchallenged for priority then it has it's rightful place in life. The confidence of Unconditional Love is proved by how much time it's given. Being in the presence of the one Loved deepens the commitment and reassures that priority. Time that is necessary to be away is only a physical lack but the spiritual and emotional "connection" is still alive and yearning.
Agreement and sacrifice is the proof that Love is functioning on it's highest levels. When one or the other "Lovers" gives up something that they enjoy to be with the one they Love then that time together strengthens the relationship. This "giving up" should be part of both sides equally but more commonly not. Love does not have to be equal for both concerned but constantly expressed so as to be convincing to both.
Love "out does" each other.
Love doesn't demand change "of" the other, but Love causes one to change "for" the other. If both Lovers "change" to fit each other then the transition into "oneness" becomes seamless even unnoticed.
Oneness is the proof of maturing Unconditional Love.
This application is a must for:
Man & Wife
Man & Family
Man & Friends
Man & Mankind
But above all:
Man & God.
Prioritize the time to Love Unconditionally.
With Love as one:
J&E in Tn
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Miracles Witnessed Part 5: Prayer for healing, a vision, a word of faith, and a confirmation from the hospital.
It always amazes me how God is "ever present" with us. Seems to me that the most mundane task could bring on the presence of God and a sense of worship, or a reminder of what mighty work God has done in our lives through the name of Jesus.
It was that way the other morning as I was raking grass for mulch in the garden. The Holy Spirit reminded me of an "intervention" in my neighbors life after a nasty fall.
As I have said in the past that God's word is true whether or not "you" believe it or practice it and Truth is not contingent on you but on God's promises. His Truth does not matter on whether or not you "feel something" should be done, or whether or not you feel spiritual at the time. You could spend all day in the Word and Prayer with fasting and that doesn't give you the right to "preform" for God. (I believe that the Word, Prayer, and Fasting is a necessary part of continuing in fellowship with God but not a "right of usage".) What gives us the "ability" to be used of God is humility and the willingness to "hear His voice and harden not our hearts" when He speaks. As I said before that His promises are true and every man a liar whether or not you believe all of His Word. I keep making this point because many think that they are wise but deny the very things that God has given us to manifest His glory and turn the world upside down.
Here is how God can turn the world upside down for someone whether or not we feel "moved" by the Holy Spirit to do anything about it except to be obedient to respond to what we know is right:
I was coming home from work one evening and as I turned onto my road I was behind an ambulance with it's sirens on turning into my neighbors drive. The neighbor was an elderly gentleman about 74 who lived with his wife and went to the Church of Christ. He always kept busy by doing construction type jobs and made an impression on me when at 68. He moved 30 yds of fill sand into the church he was helping build by himself one wheelbarrow at a time up and down ramps. I pulled up behind the ambulance and went inside the house behind the medics. His wife was in tears and his daughter was there in a fret. I asked "Ma" what had happened as the medics took his vitals while he was laying on the bed. She said he had fallen through a porch 9' onto a basement concrete floor whacking his head and landing on his back and was now passing blood in his stool. My next question was the hand that swatted the hornets nest. With no other leading than to do what was right I asked if anyone had anointed him with oil and prayed for him. His pastor had been called and was present with an answer that went like this: "I guess you could if you believe in that kind of stuff, I don't think it's necessary." His wife was of the same thought. Good thing that his daughter heard me and told him that I was here to pray for his healing. He said "then lets take a minute and do that". He didn't believe in divine intervention either but for some reason wanted it done. The only people that gathered around the bed was me, his daughter, and the medics. I anointed his head with oil and started to pray in the name of Jesus for healing when I had a vision. I didn't know what I was seeing but it was organs of some sort. So I asked the Holy Spirit for an explanation and He said that it was the large intestine where it joined the bowel and it had a tear in it from the impact of the fall. He said that I was to tell him what I saw and what He said and that by the time they check him out at the hospital he would be healed and the doctors would confirm it. His daughter wept and his wife and the pastor rolled their eyes. Off he went in the ambulance and after examination the doc's said that he could only find a tear in his large intestine where it joins the bowel and that it was healed. He was sent home the next day after observation for his "whack on the head". He was quite happy about what happened and rejoiced in the experience he had received from the Lord. He lived to be in his 90's working almost every day of his life.
All that it takes to be used of God is to be obedient!
Another example:
One morning very early a friend of mine and I were driving up I 75 towards Flint, Mi to take another Hwy to get to a job in a Detroit Edison Plant. It was very icy and slick out, traffic was moving slow at least most were. The exit ramp to 69 was very sharp and icy and I noticed an old beast of a car in front of me, it was some sort of 60+ Buick a two door, might of been an Electra. For the day it was a massive vehicle. All of a sudden a truck zipped by me on the shoulder which was sided with a concrete wall. The Buick lost it on the curve and slid sideways just in time to be hit by this 4x4 truck doing about 60 mph. The impact was so hard that it pushed that massive door into the cabin area as far as the other side of the steering wheel. The fella that was in the Buick was smashed in the side by the door and lying on the front seat. I stopped and ran to the car calling 911. After reporting the accident I went inside the passengers door to see if there was anything I could help with and here is what he said. "I am a para medic going into work and I am familiar with injuries. I will not live through these because I can tell my guts have been crushed. Please call my wife and tell her that I love her, here is the number." I then answered him "if that is the case do you know where you will go when you pass?" He said "I am a Christian, yes." He was weeping and screaming in pain at the same time. My heart broke. I took out my oil and asked if he would mind if we prayed in Jesus name and he said great. All the time I prayed he was screaming at the top of his lungs in pain. After the prayer ended the EMT showed up, it turned out to be his work partner and they took him away. As soon as I got to work I called his wife and told her what happened and what hospital he would be at. All day long that fella was on my mind. As soon as I got off work I called his wife again to get an update and (I found out during the conversation that his sister had answered) was greeted by a very rude person saying how do I know about the accident and what business was it of mine to call. I explained what had happened and who I was then she calmed down. Her attitude changed and told me that he was home and in perfect health with not even a bruise to be found. His wife then got on the phone and thanked the Lord for her husbands healing because he had told her about how he thought he was going to die. I wept. That was all I needed to know. God is good. I never spoke to them again but will catch up when the rolls are called up yonder.
The only thing that God needs to work with is an obedient, humble heart, that trusts His word and counts that as the only necessary thing in life.
Be bold, be vigilant.
I hope this encourages some of you to act on God's Word for all who believe have inherited the promises whether they believe them or not.
God Bless and Keep
Love in Christ
J&E inTn
It was that way the other morning as I was raking grass for mulch in the garden. The Holy Spirit reminded me of an "intervention" in my neighbors life after a nasty fall.
As I have said in the past that God's word is true whether or not "you" believe it or practice it and Truth is not contingent on you but on God's promises. His Truth does not matter on whether or not you "feel something" should be done, or whether or not you feel spiritual at the time. You could spend all day in the Word and Prayer with fasting and that doesn't give you the right to "preform" for God. (I believe that the Word, Prayer, and Fasting is a necessary part of continuing in fellowship with God but not a "right of usage".) What gives us the "ability" to be used of God is humility and the willingness to "hear His voice and harden not our hearts" when He speaks. As I said before that His promises are true and every man a liar whether or not you believe all of His Word. I keep making this point because many think that they are wise but deny the very things that God has given us to manifest His glory and turn the world upside down.
Here is how God can turn the world upside down for someone whether or not we feel "moved" by the Holy Spirit to do anything about it except to be obedient to respond to what we know is right:
I was coming home from work one evening and as I turned onto my road I was behind an ambulance with it's sirens on turning into my neighbors drive. The neighbor was an elderly gentleman about 74 who lived with his wife and went to the Church of Christ. He always kept busy by doing construction type jobs and made an impression on me when at 68. He moved 30 yds of fill sand into the church he was helping build by himself one wheelbarrow at a time up and down ramps. I pulled up behind the ambulance and went inside the house behind the medics. His wife was in tears and his daughter was there in a fret. I asked "Ma" what had happened as the medics took his vitals while he was laying on the bed. She said he had fallen through a porch 9' onto a basement concrete floor whacking his head and landing on his back and was now passing blood in his stool. My next question was the hand that swatted the hornets nest. With no other leading than to do what was right I asked if anyone had anointed him with oil and prayed for him. His pastor had been called and was present with an answer that went like this: "I guess you could if you believe in that kind of stuff, I don't think it's necessary." His wife was of the same thought. Good thing that his daughter heard me and told him that I was here to pray for his healing. He said "then lets take a minute and do that". He didn't believe in divine intervention either but for some reason wanted it done. The only people that gathered around the bed was me, his daughter, and the medics. I anointed his head with oil and started to pray in the name of Jesus for healing when I had a vision. I didn't know what I was seeing but it was organs of some sort. So I asked the Holy Spirit for an explanation and He said that it was the large intestine where it joined the bowel and it had a tear in it from the impact of the fall. He said that I was to tell him what I saw and what He said and that by the time they check him out at the hospital he would be healed and the doctors would confirm it. His daughter wept and his wife and the pastor rolled their eyes. Off he went in the ambulance and after examination the doc's said that he could only find a tear in his large intestine where it joins the bowel and that it was healed. He was sent home the next day after observation for his "whack on the head". He was quite happy about what happened and rejoiced in the experience he had received from the Lord. He lived to be in his 90's working almost every day of his life.
All that it takes to be used of God is to be obedient!
Another example:
One morning very early a friend of mine and I were driving up I 75 towards Flint, Mi to take another Hwy to get to a job in a Detroit Edison Plant. It was very icy and slick out, traffic was moving slow at least most were. The exit ramp to 69 was very sharp and icy and I noticed an old beast of a car in front of me, it was some sort of 60+ Buick a two door, might of been an Electra. For the day it was a massive vehicle. All of a sudden a truck zipped by me on the shoulder which was sided with a concrete wall. The Buick lost it on the curve and slid sideways just in time to be hit by this 4x4 truck doing about 60 mph. The impact was so hard that it pushed that massive door into the cabin area as far as the other side of the steering wheel. The fella that was in the Buick was smashed in the side by the door and lying on the front seat. I stopped and ran to the car calling 911. After reporting the accident I went inside the passengers door to see if there was anything I could help with and here is what he said. "I am a para medic going into work and I am familiar with injuries. I will not live through these because I can tell my guts have been crushed. Please call my wife and tell her that I love her, here is the number." I then answered him "if that is the case do you know where you will go when you pass?" He said "I am a Christian, yes." He was weeping and screaming in pain at the same time. My heart broke. I took out my oil and asked if he would mind if we prayed in Jesus name and he said great. All the time I prayed he was screaming at the top of his lungs in pain. After the prayer ended the EMT showed up, it turned out to be his work partner and they took him away. As soon as I got to work I called his wife and told her what happened and what hospital he would be at. All day long that fella was on my mind. As soon as I got off work I called his wife again to get an update and (I found out during the conversation that his sister had answered) was greeted by a very rude person saying how do I know about the accident and what business was it of mine to call. I explained what had happened and who I was then she calmed down. Her attitude changed and told me that he was home and in perfect health with not even a bruise to be found. His wife then got on the phone and thanked the Lord for her husbands healing because he had told her about how he thought he was going to die. I wept. That was all I needed to know. God is good. I never spoke to them again but will catch up when the rolls are called up yonder.
The only thing that God needs to work with is an obedient, humble heart, that trusts His word and counts that as the only necessary thing in life.
Be bold, be vigilant.
I hope this encourages some of you to act on God's Word for all who believe have inherited the promises whether they believe them or not.
God Bless and Keep
Love in Christ
J&E inTn
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Fathers Day Reflections
Some might argue but I just have to say it:
My Fathers Day has been the best because, like good food, it has the right ingredients.
1. A Holy Loving God who gave me my Wife.
2. An Incredible Woman to make Fatherhood possible.
3. 13 wonderful children of which 9 remain as 4 has gone home to be with Him.
4. Going on 11 grandchildren to Love and Cherish.
5. Friends that are deep and true.
6. 63+ years to enjoy all the above.
7. Life and that more abundantly.
I am thankful for all these "gifts" that my Father has given, every one a perfect reflection of His Love for me.
I know that you are somewhere on that list and I thank you for your love and friendship.
Love is the golden jewel of life that never stops giving.
God Bless and Keep
Love
J&E in Tn —
feeling excited.
My Fathers Day has been the best because, like good food, it has the right ingredients.
1. A Holy Loving God who gave me my Wife.
2. An Incredible Woman to make Fatherhood possible.
3. 13 wonderful children of which 9 remain as 4 has gone home to be with Him.
4. Going on 11 grandchildren to Love and Cherish.
5. Friends that are deep and true.
6. 63+ years to enjoy all the above.
7. Life and that more abundantly.
I am thankful for all these "gifts" that my Father has given, every one a perfect reflection of His Love for me.
I know that you are somewhere on that list and I thank you for your love and friendship.
Love is the golden jewel of life that never stops giving.
God Bless and Keep
Love
J&E in Tn —
feeling excited.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
My Father
My Father is good, and He is good to me.
My Father is Love, and He loves me unconditional.
My Father has all provisions, and He provides for me.
My Father is the Great Physician, He healeth me.
My Father is Holy, and He delivers me from evil.
My Father is all wise, and He instructs me.
My Father is all knowing, and He directs my paths.
My Father is all powerful, and He gives me precious gifts.
My Father fills all creation, and I live and move and have my being in Him.
My Father has a kingdom, and He give me authority.
My Father would have none to perish, so He gave me Jesus Christ.
My Father is righteous, and He wants me to worship Him.
My Father knows my needs, and He wants me to pray to Him.
My Father is my delight, and He delights in me.
Who am I?
I am my Fathers son, Brother to Christ, and student of the Holy Spirit.
I have entered into the only Love relationship that cannot fail because that relationship is with God and God is Love. Love cannot fail.
Thanks be to God for His glorious gift of Christ that completes me.
God Bless and Keep
Love in Christ
J&E
Fathers Day
Father's Day 2013
I thank God for making me His son,
I thank Elise (my wife) for making me a Father,
I thank my Children for making me proud,
I thank my friends for making me welcome.
I thank all the above for the life full of Love that makes it worth living.
God Bless and Keep
In Christ
J&E in Tn
I thank God for making me His son,
I thank Elise (my wife) for making me a Father,
I thank my Children for making me proud,
I thank my friends for making me welcome.
I thank all the above for the life full of Love that makes it worth living.
God Bless and Keep
In Christ
J&E in Tn
Monday, June 10, 2013
Timeless Love
Because Love
has transcended the barriers of time,
Because Love
teaches all to be kind,
Because Love
is not hard to find,
Then Love is
eternal,
Then Love is
supernal,
Then Love is
through God, in God, and God is Love.
For He alone
is timeless, compassionate, and only a prayer away.
To embrace
God is to embrace Unconditional Love from which we learn to exhibit Love which
then proves the existence of our Loving Creator. There is no greater gift than
Love (God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit) which (whom) never fails.
He who Loves
not knows not God for God is Love.
Children
walk in Love.
Love in
Christ
J&E
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Be ye angry and sin not
Ephesians 4:26-27
King
James Version (KJV)
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
It would have been enough to just say “be ye angry, and
sin not”, but being that the writer, (led by the Holy Spirit), was writing to
us, he had to add the last couple of thoughts to clarify how we hold on to
anger and where it then comes from.
We are carnal and “lent to the flesh” which, when out of
the Holy Spirits control, tends to take the leading of the devil. That is the “old
man” part of us that doesn't let the Lord avenge or repay and seeks the
satisfaction of self asserted retribution.
“Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” has a whole
encompassing warning inside that few understand. The “day” actually begins in
the evening according to Genesis and the account of Creation:
Gen 1:5 “And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
The day starts at evening before bed and with the day’s
end meal. The day’s end meal was a time of instruction, communication, joy, and
fellowship. That is how the “day” started. Every day. So not letting the sun go
down upon your wrath started the day off right with forgiveness and
reconciliation at the “day’s end meal” so that the arising in the morning would
be rested and ready to meet the day with the grace supplied for that day. Going
to bed angry was the option of a malicious man or person that would cause him
to toss on his bed and loose the precious rest that would ensure him of the
strength and alertness he would need for the next day. This is usually caused
by spending the night thinking on how to get even.
“Neither give place to the devil”. The unforgiving person
who goes to bed angry and “gives place to the devil”, replicates the devils
attitudes and actions, giving the devil authority over him for that period of
time and reaps what he has sown of misery (both for himself and the other
involved), and destruction. If the devil can destroy relationships that God has
ordained he has accomplished his mission making us momentarily Godless.
We can always defeat the devils schemes, (that we are
easily attracted to), with Unconditional Love when it comes to anger or any sin
that has effect on relationships. Love never fails because God is Love. Love
endures forever. If we walk in Love we walk in God. This is His command to us and
there by proves that we are in Him and He in us. The devil was defeated (though
he didn't know it at the time), before Creation and realized it at the cross “or
he wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of Glory”. The devil lost because God chose
to Love us Unconditionally before the Creation so the devil has always been
defeated but the reality of the victory became obvious through Christ.
There is “righteous anger” that was shown in Christ at
the temple but that is for another time.
“So chose ye there for whom you shall serve this day!”
Defeat the devil with Unconditional Love acting through
forgiveness.
“Redeem the time for the days are evil”!
“Let God arise”.
Love in Christ
J&E
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