Thursday, March 31, 2016

Fullness of the Gentiles is the TIMING

Romans 11:25Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
25 So that you will not be conceited, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery: A partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

Luke 14:23-24 (Message)

“The master said, ‘Then go to the country roads. Whoever you find, drag them in. I want my house full! Let me tell you, not one of those originally invited is going to get so much as a bite at my dinner party.’”

His dinner party will start on schedule......

Luke 21:24
(Jews)They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Ephesians 1:9-12Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him 10 for the administration[a] of the days of fulfillment[b]—to bring everything together in the 
Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him.
11 We have also received an inheritance[c] in Him, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, 12 so that we who had already put our hope in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.

Mark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.



















Thursday, March 10, 2016

To the Diligent Searcher for Meaning

"Whoever shall call on The Name of the Lord shall be saved."

If you ask "Why? For the terrible trial?", He will tell you, "I Am here; Still here! Will you not recognize the face of your Redeemer?" You are being delivered, and MIGHTY is the One who delivers you! Find your freedom in the praising of the excellence of the Lord! Find your joy in the expressions of His Love! Find your voice, bursting out in song, from the gratitude that wells up in response to His presence! Do not consent to the slavery which forbids the full expression of exuberant participation! Shed shame like a soiled garment. Put on His garment of light! Step up into the high office of His calling! Feel the glory of KNOWING HIM. He is right there next to you, for the speaking of His Name!

Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

The Wounded Warrior

"Blessed be the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war."

Wisdom seems to dictate that we do what we can to avoid pain and suffering. After all, there is something to be said for surviving to live another day. Along with what seems obvious, is the assumption, unaware and unavoidable, that there must be something wrong with the one who is suffering. We deem them "smitten of God." They MUST deserve what is happening to them.

The laws of the world are to be obeyed. Violators are punished. Conformity is assured. That's just the way it is, right? Keep emotion out of it, don't even look at it, or it will break you, will drive you insane.

For the strong, suffering has turned into a gift. They gained their very strength in the fight, for courage has found it's anchor, and faith the meaning for it's being. In the lowest pit of hell, Love has arrived. Walls are broken down, locked gates are blown wide open, with the impact of His arrival! Pain has conferred an inevitable grip on an awareness of His beauty and inestimable value! Who He Is enters into us, remakes us, and inflames us with His passion! As strong as that sorrow feels, His joy is mightier, all consuming! He creates in us the capacity for the feeling of it! Violence and fear used by the enemy to break us and control us, is now the creative energy that He already authorized! Our very wound is now known to be the catalyst that fires our change into His image, victorious in His joy! We have been trained in how to exercise joy!


"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." Psalm 51:17

"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18 

"If the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed!"