CORRECTIVE LENS

Corrective lens, define our eyes to see perfectly the object in full view, without distortion.  The Bible defines this in (Luke 11:33-36 GNT) “No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a bowl; instead, it is put on a lampstand, so that people may see the light as they come in.  Your eyes are like a lamp for the body.  When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good your whole body will be in darkness.  Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness.  If your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be bright all over, as when a lamp shines on you with its brightness.”  These are the words that explain our vision of good from evil, but Jesus warned that we should, “Judge not, that you be not judged.  For with what judgement you judge, you will be judged, and with the same measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Matthew 7:1-2 NKJV), which is evil.

Default sight causes vision impairment to the things that are really important in our lives, by having a distorted view of matters which could rob us of the true value of life in a purposeful living environment for the better.  Life is what you make it – good for yourself – or a state of pitifulness (feeling no pity—sympathy or sorrow for others’ suffering; a state of regret; hard-hearted).  We can either move on from difficult situations, or dwell on them with regrets of certain actions affecting our lives.  The distorted view would be to think of change as a bad choice, but on the contrary, we must make the most of a bad choice to be a good outcome in the end, for ourselves and others we are responsible for.  Nothing can change us, other than praying to Jesus to change our attitude from a negative perspective into a positive one of hope filled perspectives of advancement for the common good of all involved.  (Matthew 10:38 NKJV) details this as Jesus taught His disciples to pass on His teaching, “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”  This tells us to take up our cross daily, dying to self, and doing what is necessary, and not whether we feel like doing it or not.  Circumstances change all the time, but as long as we keep an open-minded approach that anything is possible, and not be dis-heartened at the thought of giving up what is familiar to us, we can excel to great heights of success and honour in following in Jesus’ steps as He obeyed His Father in heaven, by dying on the cross at Calvary, then rising from the dead on the third day, becoming our Saviour and Mediator, “He is God’s “Yes”; for it is He who is the “Yes” to all of God’s promises.  This is why through Jesus Christ our “Amen” is said to the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:20 GNT).

Let’s take Father God’s Word who is Jesus, and petition our request to Him as we are told to do in (Philippians 4:6-7 GNT) “Don’t worry for anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking Him with a thankful heart.  And God’s peace which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus.”—

”Lord Jesus, I am deeply sorry for any vision impairments in my life which have taken me away from your will, in seeking my pleasures and not considering the suffering of others. I have allowed a hard-hearted approach of negative thoughts, words, and deeds, criticizing, gossiping, complaining, resentment, and bitterness fill me up with regrets, instead of a positive attitude to all things being good from you, for you allowing the changes to take effect in my life as not being good choices for me.  I am truly sorry for all my sins on this account, whereby I lost my vision of the good aspects of my life, for the negative attitude in my heart, allowing for a default sight to take place of the corrective lens for the future good you have already prepared and planned for my good and not to harm me, as (Jeremiah 29:11-12 NKJV) declares over my life, “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon me and go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.”

This then is my petition to you Lord Jesus, to ask for your forgiveness for my default vision to be effectively changed by your corrective lens, to see with open-mindedness your enablement for my future progress in the good things you already have in store for me with thanksgiving and praise, Amen!”

(ISAIAH 35 NLT) “HOPE FOR RESTORATION” 12-10-16

1. “Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days.
The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses.
2.  Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy!
The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the Plain of Sharon.  There the Lord will display His glory, the splendour of our God.
3.  With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees.
4. Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.  He is coming to save you.”
5. And when He comes, He will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
6. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the wasteland.
7. The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.  Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.
8. And a great road will go through that once deserted land.  It will be named the Highway of Holiness.  Evil-minded people will never travel on it.  It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there.
9. Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts.  There will be no other dangers.  Only the redeemed will walk on it.
10. Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return.  They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy.  Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.”
“For all who have suffered at the hands of abusers and mockers, you will receive the rewards spoken of in (Isaiah 35) above, as your favour from God for never giving up, and letting go and letting God!”

THE DOLDRUMS

Having the doldrums is explained in the dictionary, as a period of gloominess, a period of stagnation or inactivity.

First of all we are told in (Ephesians 2:10 NKJV) “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

Gloominess changes our perspectives on our life’s purposes, which leads to stagnation and inactivity to proceed forth in the challenges of everyday living, for regrets and bad thoughts rob us of ever feeling adequate or able to proceed to do anything good or worthwhile, that’s when stagnate sets in to rob us of wanting any activity in moving forward whatsoever.  The Bible tells us that worry is a sin, because it’s not allowing us to trust God, but to do for ourselves what only God can give, and that’s peace of mind, when we let go and let God of the troubles which rob us of any chance to be able to do the good works God has prepared for us to walk in, without any enterprise in our lives if we do not heed His warning in (Philippians 4:6) “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”  This is the only way to beat the doldrums robbing us of the joy in living a full and accomplished life, with the benefits it brings to ourselves and others when we place our trust and confidence not in ourselves, but in our Maker, the Lord God Almighty, to resurrect us to great heights of valour in our lives for His glory, and our good-will towards others.

A simple prayer would be:

“Lord Jesus, forgive me for all my sins of gloominess, and stagnation, and inactivity due to my living in the doldrums.  I repent of living in the doldrums apart from your will, which has brought about my loss of joy in life, and living as I ought to, by doing the good works you have already planned for me to walk in.

Lord Jesus take away my anxious heart, and renew me by the transforming of my mind to accept who I am, and what you are doing in my life of good works that I may walk in them.

Lord Jesus I surrender all that I am and all that I have to you now and forever, and I thank you now to wash me in your precious blood, that I be made whole complete lacking in nothing.  I thank you Holy Spirit to come live in me, “Create in me a clean heart, O God.  And renew a steadfast spirit within me” according to your Word in (Psalm 51:10 NKJV) that I may be changed, and renewed to be active and motivated to do the good works you have pre-planned for me to do, to the honour of your holy name Father God in Jesus’ name.

So be it Lord Jesus to do it, for God is and God will provide, and I draw the bloodline of Jesus over the whole lots, Amen!”

MISPLACED PRIDE–BRINGS ABOUT DEVASTATION & OPPRESSION-THROUGH UNTRUTHS BELIEVED

It is written in (Malachi 4:6 NKJV) that God, “will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”  This curse brings devastation and oppression in families who are too proud to ask for help in situations of need, by asking a mother or a father for help when trouble strikes, through devastating times of mishaps and mistakes being made in finances and living beyond one’s means, through being prideful and wanting to appear successful to all who are important in their life, seeking to make a good impression of their independence, in not needing anyone’s help, because that would wreck their reputation in the eyes of family members, who genuinely care for their good outcomes in life, to live in a good and godly purposeful life, achieving the goals God would have them achieve, but through prayer and supplication to Jesus, who is always waiting to hear our cries for help, which He gives through others who obey Him when He requests them to give help when it’s needed.

“A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honour.” (Proverbs 29:23 NKJV).  What is honour?  Integrity (uprightness and honesty), which suffices all aspects of human nature in keeping with the Ten Commandments, and loving as described in (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 GNT) “Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil but is happy with the truth.  Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.  Love is eternal.”  For, “The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honour is humility.” (Proverbs 15:33 NKJV).  Humility is asking for help when times seem hopeless, for Scripture tells us in (Matthew 7:7 NKJV), “Ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you.”  When it seems all is lost through untruths believed, turn to the Lord, and He sets us free from untruths believed which have brought devastation and oppression into a person’s life and their family’s lives, through the curse mentioned in (Malachi 4:6) which condemns a family who believes the lies told by such family members who have no honour or respect and are too proud to admit their wrongs, and need for help.  Jesus warned about this in, (John 10:10 NKJV) “The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy.  I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.”  The devil is the thief, and he is a liar.  He will distort the truth to make it credible to the person who is prideful, and to their family who is not able to see that they are covering up for themselves, but only to find out later when it is obvious they were lied to, that they see the full bulk of the devastation and oppressions suffered by that family member and their own family, who could have been helped, if only they asked.

The curse upon the earth spoken in (Malachi 4:6) can be broken off of us and our families, through the repentance of “devastation and oppression through untruths believed” so that God can restore us and our family back to His abundance in all our needs met, when we let go, and let God on them all.  It is not shameful to ask for help, and that’s why God gave us family to bless one another whenever the need arises.  We are never alone, for “The Lord keeps close watch over the whole world, to give strength to those whose hearts are loyal to Him.” (2 Chronicles 16:9 GNT)

So without further ado, let us “let go and let God” with this situation in our midst from ever erupting into devastation and oppression through untruths believed, by us or our family members, in our repentance prayer to Jesus, who is our Mediator and Saviour:

*”Lord Jesus, I repent of the curse of devastation and oppression, which has entered our family through untruths believed.  I am truly sorry for having this curse alive and active amongst our family circle, with pride and unwillingness to ask for help from each other when times began to be full of devastation and oppression.

Lord Jesus I humbly request for your forgiveness in my family circle, and to heal us all of the curses imposed through our not honouring and obeying the Ten Commandments.

Lord Jesus I place my life and my family’s lives into your hands, and with your love to be ever present within us, may we surrender ourselves to you, along with all that we have, is yours.  Thankyou Lord Jesus to wash and cleanse us all and our land with your precious blood, and may we receive your grace through the Holy Spirit to achieve the goals you have set before us with your love and integrity always for one another within our family circle, to the honour and glory of your name Father God in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

I let go, and I let God!  So be it Lord Jesus, for God is and God will provide, and I draw the bloodline of Jesus over the whole lots, Amen!”

 

THE LOSS OF ONE’S WILLPOWER TO LIVE & EXIST

According to God’s Word the Bible, we are told in (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV) “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”  This is what He meant by a future and a hope – to live to the best of our abilities.  To do unto others, as we would want for them to do to us, and in all things to remain faithful and secure in knowing that God, “has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began” (Timothy 1:9 NKJV).  This grace here is the same grace that raised Jesus from the dead, according to (Ephesians 2:4 NKJV) “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).”

Therefore we have no right to refuse to be happy in the life Jesus died on the cross to give us, freedom in all areas of our life to choose, and adhere to His will and purpose for our life, “For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10 NKJV)

God wants us all to live long and fulfilled lives, but Satan wants the opposite, “to steal and to kill and to destroy,” but Jesus says, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 NKJV).  This means that we should guard our heart and our mind against immorality, and perverse judgement—which according to the dictionary means (obstinately or unreasonably wrong; refusing to do the right, or refusing to admit error; self-willed; headstrong; stubborn; peevish—perverseness, unreasonable refusal to do right; contrariness; obstinacy; wickedness), for (Proverbs 4:23 NKJV) explains it as so, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life,” “and  the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7 NKJV)

God made us in His own image, and equipped us with a free will to choose the good things from the bad, which can harm and damage our status in life with despondency (dejection of mind; depression; loss of hope or courage).  These factors are the reason why people give up on life ever getting better, and the loss of one’s willpower to live and exist, become the dominant factor in their everyday living with losses, rather than improvements.  The only way this form of dejection living (cast down; to dishearten; to depress; to dispirit; to discourage), can be eradicated from one’s mind attitude, would be to cast it on the Lord, for He is our peace and only He can save and redeem us from erroneous thinking that our life is worthless where we are presently.  Here is a short prayer to fix the problem once and for all, to receive God’s grace for His abundant living re-established in all our ways of thinking positively and adhere to the purposes we were all created for good—

”Lord Jesus I am truly sorry and repent of losing my willpower to live and exist in the life you purposed for me.  I will trust and obey your pattern and purpose for my life, by surrendering all that I am, and all that I have to you Jesus, for with God all things are possible, and without you, I can do nothing.  I am truly sorry for the life of dejection thinking I have been living in of late, and I cast it all onto you Jesus.  I ask you now Jesus to forgive me, and wash me clean whiter than snow from that lifestyle of dejection living, which has stagnated me from moving forward in your grace, so therefore, I now ask you Jesus to be my peace in all my decision making, to be perfectly apt in diligence and honourable conduct all the days of my life, so be it Lord Jesus to do it, for God is and God will provide, and I draw the bloodline of Jesus over every lot in my life apart from your will, Amen!”

                   

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVERS FOR THE LORD

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13 NKJV), is the “motto” for life for those who believe, that all things are made possible to those who trust and obey the will of God for their lives, with all their heart, and all their soul, and all their mind.  I am a firm believer, that in Christ we have the salvation to be all that He created us to be, according to (Romans 12:2 NKJV) “And do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God,” “For we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them,” according to (Ephesians 2:10 NKJV), which is the answer to everybody’s reason for living, to honour God throughout our lives, obeying His Ten Commandments, which is the moral code of life in Christ Jesus to do His will, even amongst the unbelievers, to show our love and gratitude for our existence every day in the hardships and in the victorious outcomes, that “God is, and God will provide!”

The world system, is to do for yourself, but the Bible tells us that apart from God, nothing good is possible, for we can either accept our roles as Christians, following in Jesus’ footsteps as displayed throughout the New Testament, or recline from that life, into a life of self-indulgency and disrepute, which leads to a harshness of heart, and blaming everybody else for one’s circumstance when things did not turn out as they would have liked.  Jesus instructed all of us when He spoke these words in (Matthew 10:38 NKJV) “And he who does not take his cross and follow Me, is not worthy of Me.”  What does this all mean? Well, the cross is a symbol of sacrifice, but if we give Jesus our cross to bear for us when times are hard and seem never ending, He will carry it for us as He did for us when He carried the cross of our salvation in His dying on the cross at Calvary, and then the resurrection from that death into the life He promises for all who seek Him, for He declares to us in (Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV) “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.”  This Scripture is our authority in Christ Jesus to ask for anything, and He will answer us, especially in those times when our cross is heavy to bear, we can cast all our problems onto Him, and He will shoulder our cross till the finished work is completed, and we can celebrate the life He intended for us to share our lives with Him, so that He may be glorified in all our actions, words, and deeds, and not the glory given to self, for (Proverbs 16:18 NKJV) tells us that, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

The only way to live the good life Christ Jesus died to give us on the cross at Calvary, by redeeming us from the life of sin and death, is to be resurrected with Him in the newness of life in the challenges we face daily by becoming “outstanding achievers for the Lord,” by the standards we keep, morally and financially, dedicating all that we have and all that we own, to Him alone be the glory.  Lifting up to Him, the Lord Jesus all our problems, and all our victories, for in Christ Jesus alone, can we “trust and obey, for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey,” Amen!”

THE SELF-WILLED PERSON

“The self-willed person is arrogant, and a law unto themselves.  They will not receive advice from anybody, other than like-minded people who believe in their rights to be served before any others can be given.  The Bible warns us not to be self-willed against God’s principles of government in our lives through disobeying the Ten Commandments, as such in (Deuteronomy 21:18-21 NKJV) “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.  And they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice, he is a glutton and a drunkard.”  Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil person from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.”  Anybody, reading that Scripture should take warning that God does not approve of self-willed people, and today we have many such people living in our homes – rebellious sons and daughters, who will not listen to the voice of their parents.  What can we do?  Surely not stone them!  But, “With God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26 NKJV), so in all things we are told to make our request to God who is faithful to us who believe and trust in Jesus to save our loved ones from the harmful way of life to destruction a self-willed attitude brings to those who couldn’t care less what anyone tells them, but believe only in themselves, and what they can do for themselves without having to obey any of the Commandments.

There is only one way to approach the matter, and that is by prayer alone as is written in (Philippians 4:6 NKJV) “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”  So then, let’s put our prayer request to God for that self-willed son or daughter, and let God transform them inwardly, by the renewing of their mind, that they may prove what is that good and perfect will of God (Romans 12:2), as follows:

”Lord Jesus I offer to you my thanksgiving and praises, for the (son/daughter) you have blessed my life with.  I come before you now with my thanks for bringing their self-willed character to a close, and bringing them into the true nature and conduct of respect and love of wisdom to hear and obey the voice of God’s authority through their listening to father and mother for their good.

I beseech you Lord Jesus to bring them to know the truth, and the truth will set them free.  For I know, believe, trust and receive all your promises of faithfulness in trusting your will for their good outcomes in life as you have declared in (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV) “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

So be it Lord Jesus to do it, for God is and God will provide for them as is written in your Word of truth the Bible in (Psalm 6:9 NKJV) “The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.”  Amen!”

 

THE PROGNOSIS’ PROGNOSIS

To conform accordingly to the observed, observances presumed conductivity, in one’s life to commit to applying the diagnosed prognostic’s opinion in the troubled complaint, active and able to proceed the continuance of the prognosis to the level exemplified by the physician’s labelling of the condition, onto unsuspecting people who go for help – but are given more to deal with than they originally had gone to seek help for.

This “conditional prognosis” is due to a prognosis of a particular condition confirmed possible in one’s life -- but it’s void of the symptoms until diagnosis by medical applications of tests and interviews of the person’s life, to base their medically based opinions upon, without the symptoms being exposed until the confirmation by the physician’s tests, are conveyed to the patient, and then by their acceptance of the tests.

Reliability of prognoses to diagnose a problem existent – will then metabolise to become the same exact symptoms advised to occur, and for one to expect the symptoms as a result due to a particular cause of reaction, that their body exhibits the symptoms outlined – due to that particular prognosis’ declaration of ailment for the person’s own, now.

My true feelings on that matter would be to get a second opinion, and that would be to go to the Word of life – Jesus, who said as is written in (Matthew 10:8 GNT) “Heal the sick, bring the dead back to life, heal those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases and drive out demons.”  So with this in mind, when a prognosis is received – we must stand firm in our faith and believe that if God be for us, who can be against us?  “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:6 NKJV).  This means God made us, so let’s take and give the prognosis to Him, and He will declare us, “healed by Jesus’ stripes” (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV).   For, He loved the world that God sent His only begotten Son Jesus into the world – not to judge but to be our Saviour, so that no one will perish (John 3:16-17).  This applies truly for our lives, and that if the symptoms exist as we were told would happen by the diagnosis of a physician through their prognosis spoken over our lives at any point to occur, due to the tests being taken to make sure, that the effects would be identified, to have the symptoms as specified.

Most of the time ailments are-due to an unconditional capacity to accept change in our lives, and with the fear of change comes the expression of the body to start showing the effects of fear being dispelled from the body, whether it be through a lack of ability to restrain – bowel movements, water works dis-functioning, or the inability to stop a runny nose with the extremities of runny eyes and sneezing – the body knows there is a distortion of truth present, and in its inability to accept and adapt to the aforementioned spoken diagnosis’ symptoms taking over, instead of a healthy outlook in one’s life – the prognosis will not allow the body to dispel and shut off – but continues in the stream of what was diagnosed as an over-reaction to do as conformed with the symptoms outlined, to occur.

This outlined occurrence, goes on without any restraints being successful through the medical professions advising the course of prescribed alternatives -- if the problem erupts out of control.

This out of control, will not ever be satisfied – for as soon as you start taking a form of relief, the body’s symptoms overrides to get more stimulation to erase the symptoms – which becomes a pattern of ups and downers to take no account of the wellbeing being enhanced – but robs the patient taking the drug alternatives, to have side-affects, causing other issues – for their body to conform to, and have more problems to become diagnosed, than when they first began.

”Father in Jesus’ name I thank you to forgive me, for everything I have rebelled against you to bring change in me for my own good.

Father, I repent of all the times I did not accept change, as a result of my being disobedient, at school, or in my home, whereby I was asked to do something which I had never done before.

I am sorry for believing that you were wrong when you weren’t, and so I now know that as a child of God, you will not abandon me, and so I declare that I will not abandon you, and will obey your Commandments to honour you through my mother and father to teach me to change the way I live, for the best.  Amen!”

This prayer, will bring the balance of power God gave each one of us to have through the death of sin, and then Jesus’ resurrection into a new life (John 10:10) – all things have passed away – behold I have given you, life in all abundance – health, wealth, and wisdom in all categories to be conformed to His – God’s standards and not the world’s. (Romans 12:2-18)

This learning applies to all categories.  Ask God, by His insight through the Holy Spirit, to bring about to your memory’s remembrance, of the time before the symptoms started being observant, with God’s Word of Knowledge to bring into conclusion the illness’ power in a person’s body – to be made wholly healed and conformed to be healthy and strong and vibrant to be a living testimony of God’s workmanship when – we give Him our lives, to be in His hands alone.

(2 Corinthians 6:18 NKJV)  “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty.”

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN “TROUBLE” STRIKES?

“Trouble,” is defined in the dictionary as, (to disturb in mind; to distress; worry; to make trouble for someone, disturbance disorder unrest).  All these afflictions are to cause disadvantageous or a source of stress or anxiety or distress in difficulties.  (John 16:33 NKJV) tells us, “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”  What is tribulation, we may ask?  Well tribulation is identified again in the dictionary as being, (grievous trouble – causing grief or sorrow, severe trial or experience).

We have all gone through many trials and testing to see our character, but thank God we have remained fixed and stable on the promises of God in (Hebrews 13:5-6) “Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have.  For He himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  So we may boldly say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?”  This is our position in all circumstances of trouble’s attacks to get us off the course to great expectations, into a downward spiral of hopelessness living, without cause or purpose.  We must never forget these kind words of comfort that can enhance us to continue in living as overcomers, with cheerful dispositions on everything, and in every occasion of our lives.  This transpires in our lives as a result of trouble trying to inhabit our every nature of conduct, to debilitate, and waste us away into nothingness.  But God has made a way possible for all trouble, and tribulation to be removed from our existence, and that of our family’s lives, which would effectively eradicate all traces of the effects trouble and tribulation brings.

This is what Jesus taught us to do, “Come to Me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from Me because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.  For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load the Lord will put on you is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 GNT).  How awesome is that! Easy is the word that pleases us all to hear, so let’s do it now, repent of all the trouble and tribulation has set upon our lives to make living burdensome, to be set free in Jesus’ name for His overcoming ways to take effect in our lives now and for always:

*”Dear Lord Jesus we repent of having trouble and tribulation over us demanding for our life to be grievously affected to disturb our peace, and get us off course of the things that would cheer us up.  We are truly sorry for harbouring trouble and tribulation as a carnal defensive mechanism to cheat us out of the joy of living in your way, your truth, and your way of life for us as you have already overcome every difficulty we can ever face in our lives through trouble and tribulation, by taking all our sins upon yourself on the cross at Calvary.  And redeeming us for the life you have chosen and overcome for us already.  So with your grace and your help Jesus we cast all our problems and burdens onto you, and ask that you now wash us with your precious blood Jesus, clean and white as snow, that we might now be filled with the Holy Spirit’s gifts of, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, according to (Galatians 5:22-23).  So be it Lord Jesus to do it, for God is, and God will provide, and I draw the bloodline of Jesus over the whole lots, Amen!”

THE FORLORNED BY THE LORD

“The forlorned meaning is: utterly lost, deserted, forsaken, wretched.

Jesus came that we might have life in its fullness, not deserted and abandoned by Him, but there is a price to pay for those who have forlorned the ways of the Lord.  God is love, and therefore there is no bad deed in Him, for He sent His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life, and that because of this love which conquered the sin of the world once and for all, we ought to love one another as He loved us first, and created us in His image, “LOVE” for (1 John 4:7-11 NKJV) identifies this love to us through Jesus, who was slain for our transgressions and became a living sacrifice to suffice the evil’s plots to be admonished for ever, through His shed blood at Calvary, “Beloved let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  In this the love of God was manifested towards us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another.”

How then can we love one another?  By keeping ourselves from wrong doings such as lying, bearing false witness against one another, keeping ourselves from malicious gossip, and staying away from those who reject God’s ways of love, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His Commandments.” (1 John 5:20-21 NKJV).  It is our affirmation of love when we keep the Commandments for, “If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar, for he who does not love his brother (or sister) whom he has seen, how can he love whom he has not seen?  And the Commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.”

We have all said things that we shouldn’t, without recognising it as disobeying this Commandment of love, like when somebody has been so vile and abusive of us, the comment of, “I hate him, or her!”  In a moment of upset and rage, we presume curses upon ourselves, for God, for God said we must treat others as we would want them to treat us, so by saying the “hate” word, it’s actually inviting hate towards us, rather say, “I hate the evil in that person, not the person.”  The only way we can live love, is to have love for one another and leave those who abuse us and openly criticize us, and demean us publicly, to cast them onto the Lord in this one simple prayer of forgiveness for us, and for those who are the forlorned by the Lord through their hatred and evil doings towards us-

”Lord Jesus, I cannot but say sorry for all the times I have hated those who have betrayed me and publicly abused me and belittled me, so as you declared upon the cross at Calvary, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.”  I am not the judge Jesus you are, for you never sinned on the earth during your life as a human, therefore I can cast all my problems and burdens on you by those who have rejected me because I am your follower, who misunderstand the purposes for loving one another and have jeered at me as being evil and not sound-minded.  I forgive them all, who have insulted me and made fun of me to others with malicious gossip and given their point of view about how I live as a Christian is wrong and idealistic.  I forgive them all and now Jesus I ask for your forgiveness of me, wash me with your precious blood, and teach me through the Holy Spirit to love others as you have commanded, and never use the hate word other than towards evil, and not the person, so that I may dwell in you and you in me, Amen!  So be it Lord Jesus to do it, God is, and God will provide.”