Men: Your "help meet!"

MEN!
What do you think "she" is thinking when you:
Greet her with a smile in the morning?
Ask her how she slept?
Made her a special breakfast?
Hold her hand while you shop together?
Come up along side her at the kitchen counter with a towel?
Embrace her tenderly at "unexpected" moments?
For now reason tell her you "love her" with no expectation?
Pat her on the butt as she passes by?
Hold her and sigh just because she is yours?
Roll down the bed just for her arrival?
Look into her eyes with love, passion, emotion, that she can see?
Tell her how beautiful she is........always and all ways?
Listen to her diligently as she talks?
Pray for her health, needs, cares, and concerns daily?

Let me tell you what she is thinking:
I am unconditionally loved!
I am valuable!
I am appreciated!
I am desired!

Priceless................

God gave all mankind Jesus Christ, He gave you your "help meet", your wife. The one who "makes you whole," complete!
He designed her just for you as a gift, precious, valuable.

He told you to "love your wife" as Christ loves the church."
He told her to "respect your husband."
Just like God loved us and bestowed "His Love" on us so should we love our wives. If we do that their "respect" will turn to "love" and we will be complete in Gods design.

Life is good!
Love is better!
But a life with love is best!

God bless and keep this new year.
May you grow in Love and Grace through the Lord Jesus Christ daily so that your life will bear witness to His gospel, first at home then to others.

Love
J&E in Tn

A note from me!

I have been on hold from writing on this blog for the past several months, as I promised when I started it that I would only write as inspired by the Holy Spirit. I have kept to that as said. These last few months has been a "remaking" of my relationship with God in the areas of sensitivity, passion, prayer, thanksgiving, and worship. 

I have never "settled in" to the comfort adadge that all things are all they can be and complete in their present form. I believe by Scripture that I, (as are you who believe), am being conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ in all areas of His life. Thought, Word, and deeds (actions) that would bring forth the promise that I (we) will "do those things that He did and do them also", so as to "Glorify our (His) Father in Heaven." This way we will have a "witness" in preaching as He proves the Truth of His Word by "sign's and wonders following."

I believe that His return is imminent........even at the door.

My heart breaks for the unsaved and the believing ignorant of these matters. 

Do not be fooled......there are believers that have taken the weak doctrines of man, (instead of the Word of God), and ran without doubt in the "powerless ways", denying the promises of God and our Great Savior Jesus Christ. These are the "prime" harvest that will make up the "falling away." Sad but true. 

If the Truth's of Scripture has no place in your heart "because you have never seen them or experienced them", or because "they never happened in our church", then you will fulfill the Words of Christ to the father of a demoniac son: In red:

Mark 9:17-24 

17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;

18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.

20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.

22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

And your next cry should be:

24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

If this is what happening at your place of worship then approach them with this Truth or get out. Go somewhere where that does honor the Word of God and apply His promises. The time quickly approaches when these "promises" will not be optional.

Pray about this, fast for a heart to be worthy of making God's promises a reality, then live by faith and be a faithful witness to a lost and dying world.

God bless and empower for His glory sake.

Love 

J&E in TN

Thoughts on the "times that are upon us." Lord what shall we do?

Colossian's 3:1-3

1. Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.…

I Timothy 6:6

6. But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 7. For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. 8. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

1 Timothy 6:17

17. Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. 18. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, 19. storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed

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Sometimes the ease of life or the possession of wealth leads us astray from the Truth of who is the provider of these blessings. Time will prove our motives of how we treat these "distractions" and how much we really rely on them vs God.

I can promise everyone reading this that the time is coming when decisions will be made concerning material possessions that will divide the "sheep from the goats". Faith in Christ will be the overcoming factor of the sheep and despair will identify the goats.

Some prepare for difficult times with material things and forget to add "walking by faith" to their preparedness. Don't make the same mistake. Remember: "walking by faith" is achieved by continued application "NOW" and affirmed "in that time of testing." If you don't have that now then you will "fall away" later.

The reason we "have all these precious promises" giving us by Christ to every believer, because He knew that we would need them not only now but in these difficult times we are facing ahead.

Right now I recommend:

Be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Learn how to pray and have faith for answers.

Start to fast to empower your prayers.

Learn how to "worship". Not just lip service but a broken heart before God.

Give thanks for all you have and all you will be given.

Teach your children these applications.

Allow the Holy Spirit to "conform you to the image and likeness of Christ.

Learn how to "see our Father in heaven doing His work and do it also."

Learn how to "hear the voice of our Father in heaven and speak the same.

Be open to "dreams and visions."

Ask and seek for the promised gifts that will bless you and your plus others.

By accomplishing these above things (plus others that God will lay on your heart) you will secure for yourself and others hope "till He calls all His to meet with Him in the sky."

God bless and keep till that day.

Love in Christ

J&E inTn

A nation turned evil. Why?

It's obvious enough to say that all that is happening in our society today is caused by just one factor: compromise!

It started with ALL churches, compromising sound doctrine, fear of God, elimination of the commands and gifts given those "who believe", and a silent resistance to evil when it is entered in subtly.
Compromised churches led to weakened family's through minimizing the practice of faith and the reliance on God to prove Truth and glorify His name.
Weakened families allowed an ever increasing moral compromise in our children to accept and practice evil as good.
These children are now (with weak and immoral training) filling our leadership rolls in all three areas of govt. judicial (instead of enforcing laws they are now writing immoral and Godless laws), legislative (now rebelling against our God inspired Constitution and undermining the intentions of our Forefathers, furthermore giving place to our enemy's by calling opposition to them "hate crimes", and then of course our executive branch (calling our enemy friends, forsaking our citizens in foreign prisons, and using his executive powers to override anyone who stands against his evil plans.)
So here we are now. All this because (just as Israel did in the past) we thought not to be thankful for the blessings that God has anointed this country with, and to believe the lie that ourselves through science has done all this. Not realizing that science has no moral borders as the commands of God do. Science has no authority in righteousness as do the commands of God. And what started out (science) to prove that God is "the Creator" it is now used on every side to prove otherwise.
Through out the lineage of man (since the creation) there has been an uncompromising effort to eliminate the "knowledge of God", and give Him His due for all His blessings. Still He loves us all and would to continue in blessing but because of His righteousness/justice He must bring discipline once again upon the earth. He has not forsaken us nor turned from us but we have turned from Him. Even this upcoming discipline will be in love as the full measure of our sin would surely cause Sodom and Gomorrah's punishment to look lacking to the cause.
Even though we as Christians,because of a lack of powerful faith, testimony, and doctrinal compromise, has unleashed this evil authority over us, there is hope. Jesus Christ. We are never hopeless or without a future because of Him.
As for our leaders in all three branches:
Your sin will find you out.
Your punishment will be just.
Our God shall prevail.
As for all those who bite on the flesh of hate and would devour the righteous with lies and hate mongering know this:
The pit of deceit and lies that you perpetrate will become your grave, your children will turn against you, and God will rise up and cause you to fail though your victory would seem to be at hand.
Church:
Return to your first love.
Humble yourself before the Living God.
Pray confessing our sin of slackness, compromise, and backsliding.
The Lord will come soon.
Long for His coming.
Watch and pray.
The hour is at hand.
Stand and having done all to stand just stand.
Putting on the whole armor of God.
Grace and peace be unto you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Love
J&E in Tn

Faith and Relationship with God

I stand always amazed at how much God wants to communicate with us continually. Seems like no matter what time of day or position of body, or participation of motion (work, play, ect), He is always and all ways there to manifest His presence and meet with us on a personal and active level. Sometimes this meeting is just a conscious presence of His being there and thereby  heart felt. Sometimes it is verbal with His instruction for us and our listening with both our ears and our hearts. Sometimes it's His gently nudging us to do something of His will that we don't understand or that we can't figure out where this will lead us.
No matter what the way, or reason, He "meets" with us, the main thing is that He does and should, at least on a basis that says He is alive in our lives and guiding our hearts.
Do you believe this? Is it a part of your daily "revelation of Jesus Christ?" If not daily: when you seek Him do you find Him regularly? Be honest, most of us are claiming some sort of "religious" practices or faith, but the question is: "does your faith manifest itself" in real Biblical experiences?"
Hebrews 1:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen."
Understand that faith is "true reality". Not like the carnal, physical, visible world that we live in, transient and ever changing. True Faith takes it's roots from the unchangeable real spiritual world of "without end." The Biblical promise world of an "unending eternity."
Look at it's very definition: Now faith "IS" the substance of things hoped for. Reading this we can only surmise that faith is the substance, ie. true reality, truly touchable, truly apprehend able, and the only thing worth hoping for. Real faith validates the achieving of hope, in fact it guarantees it as much as we view this world to be real, faith is more.
"The evidence of things unseen" proves that faith is it's own evidence because "by faith" the unseen is acted on as seen and therefor received by that self same faith. Evidence is what we use to validate truth (not so much any more but it was this way in the beginning). The participation in faith that we apply ourselves in will then manifest itself in reality. So if you have little or no faith, or just a carnal, mental faith then the "things of God" will be hidden from you and your "growing in faith and grace" will be thwarted. Our faith must put us into a class of believers that believe "that God is and He is a rewarder of those who seek Him diligently."
Here is where we fail, we stumble at the stumbling block, that word "DILIGENTLY".
Here is an example that someone once told me: "God is God but this is reality." If God is not your foremost "reality" then where are you living and what is most important to you? Is God in "all" your thoughts? Is your thoughts in subjection to the "Mind of Christ?"
Could this be why our daily/weekly/monthly/yearly walk with God is so "Divinely Uneventful?"
Scripture says "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts."
We are to ask, seek, and knock "in accordance with His will" in order to "receive" the substance and the evidence" of hope and the unseen.
We have to become like the man with the devil possessed son who said in desperation to Jesus "Help thou my unbelief."
Do we have to be sinking to these depths of despair before we cry out for help with our faith? Are some of us there now? Have we forgot who is the "author and finisher of our faith?" Are we so strong that we don't need "Divine" help and so we rely on the "arm of man." Is our God's arm shortened that it cannot help, heal, deliver?
God cannot change. He is from everlasting to everlasting. He knows your life as a story already told. He has put all things needed in your path/life to draw you unto Him and His Gospel for the sole reason of having "fellowship" with you. Fellowship means to walk, talk, and be an active, real, living part of your life.
The first place this is manifested is in prayer, (communication), which is a conversation (two or more participants) not a monologue, (only you talking). If your prayer time is just a monologue ending with Amen, and not a time of "waiting on the Lord" to hear what He has to say, then things need to change. When you kneel before God in that most solemn and intimate time of prayer, be still and know that He is God. You are bowing before the God of creation and glorious in your sight. If He is anything else then a good look at your heart needs to be taken.
The second (and most lied about in Christianity) points at the proof of His "manifesting" Himself and His will through His promises and commands.
For You does He? If we walk with Him we will be conformed to His image and likeness and manifest His will on earth, seeing Him do His will and doing it also. Hearing Him speak and speaking the same. Doing those things that Jesus did and greater.
If you don't believe that this is His intentions for you then just what do you believe? Did He bring His Son to the cross and out of the grave to just save you. Was that price offered for your sins just so you can "walk streets of gold?" Or did it come with a contract of "obedience" to His Word, and Will wrapped in His Love. We owe Him! Everything! Our Hearts, Souls, Minds, Bodies, Wills, efforts, passions, focus, everything! It may take a while for us to get there but with the right companion (the Holy Spirit) for the journey, and the right food and drink, (His Word) to strengthen us, we are more then fit for the journey which is our "calling and election" for "in Him we live and move and have our being."
Gird up your loins with strength.......fit yourself for battle,,,,,,,draw neigh to God and He will dray neigh to you..........remembering that "faith comes by hearing and that by the word of God."
Read the Word, pray, so growing in faith and thereby producing fruit "keeping with repentance."
Though I am always reminded of the "sin that ever wants to posses me" I am also ever assured of the Savior who bought me with a price eternally and my passion and desire to serve Him, keeping Him ever in my heart, thoughts, words and deeds, receiving of His will in prayers, dreams and visions to do and speak.
"This is the way, walk ye therein."
Love
J&E

Unconditional Love

To have Unconditional Love is the only practice that has no down side to it. To keep it in the "never fails" state produces an excellent life. Without it there is no triumph, without it there is no worship. Love is the Victory every time all the time. By love we prove we "know God." He who loveth not knoweth not God! Do you love Him? Then you will love others. 
Love
J&E in Tn

Decisions

Each days a new day and with the new day comes new or continuing decisions. So what's it going to be? Continue on in the direction of the mind or follow the heart that's led by Gods Word (Jesus Christ)?
If you follow the mind (head knowledge) you will elevate "why" to the pride level then fall, (for pride goes before a fall.) The mind can be manipulated by our carnal desires and excuses made to "back our play." But the heart, led by the Spirit of God through His Word, will direct us to "do His will" and thus glorify His name in all the earth.
This has benefit in all areas of life. Marriage, work, service, parenting, actions, attitudes, and motive. Not to mention thought, words and deeds. In every area mentioned proof is shown as to where you are making you decisions out of. The heart will abide with the Word of God and all His precepts regardless of how we feel about them or what we want to do. You will only make this journey (life) once and we have been given a map and a Guide, use them.
Excuses belong to those who "want excuse" to go their own way, do their own thing. You can tell that you strayed from the Map O'God when everything starts to fall apart and crumble. If you claim His name then you must claim His Word that it alone is right and we must submit to His Loving guidance. Here in is where many "Believer's" fail. They want the "Streets of Gold" on the other side, but not the path of peculiarity (obedience) on this side.
If our "claim to Salvation" was done in our heads by the cunning devises of man's words, and not in the heart by preparation of the Holy Spirit, then we will not "follow the Spirit" in obedience to His Word and "grow destruction" in our fields instead of precious Fruit of the Spirit.
FOLLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT AS HE PRESENTS THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT OPTIONAL!
Having God's Word written on our hearts is not optional.
Scripture describes two types of hearts: one of stone and one of flesh. We all start out with a heart of stone that God promises to take from us and replace it with a heart of flesh "wherein He will write His Word with His finger.
A stony heart is the starting block for all men and woman so that God might have the "preeminence" on all to change it. But even that has to be "desired" of that stony heart to have done. Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened unto you.
Is your life important enough to "follow the Guide and the Map"? Or are we just strong enough to constantly pick up the pieces cast down from our carnal decisions and call it a life?
Here is a question that you could ask yourself: Is the joy of the Lord my strength? If so then why the failing when there is nothing impossible for Him? Who gave up? You? or Him? He didn't as He cannot fail. So maybe we missed something in our daily communication with Him that caused us to "wander afar off." Maybe we are just happy to worship Him with our mouths but our hearts are far from Him, just maybe we "decide" that all that "is written" doesn't apply to us, our hearing or our applying? Maybe we "dispensate" His Word so as to allow ourselves to resist being "conformed to His image and likeness" or down right deny that change.
Consider your life,
Consider your walk.
Consider now your future in Him who "fills all His creation" in which you live.
Just consider.
Love
J&E