Word For 6/9/2022

 

Word For 6/9/2022

 

How do you bow before GOD?

The Scriptures mention people bowing before GOD and His messengers; Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Gideon, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Elijah, Elisha, John to name a few. But how did they bow? Sometimes it says they lay or fell prostrate or bowed to the ground.

 

So how do you bow to GOD? Do you bow at the waist, on one or both knees with your face and/or hands raised or lowered, on both knees with your face to the ground with your arms extended or not, lying flat on your face with your arms extended to the sides like a cross? These are all forms of bowing that we use during prayer, worship or the physical presence of GOD.

 

According to 1 Samuel 15:22 bowing our heart is more important than bowing our body, “Samuel said: ‘Does The LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of The LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay heed than the fat of rams.’” (Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13, 12:7; Mark 12:33)

“So when MESSIAH comes into the world, He says, ‘Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. In whole burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not delight. Then I said, “Behold, I come to do Your Will, O GOD (in the Scroll of the Book it is written of Me)”’. After saying above, ‘Sacrifices and whole burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them.’ (those which are offered according to Torah), then He said, ‘Behold, I come to do Your Will.’ He takes away the first to establish the second. By His Will we have been made holy through the offerings of the body of MESSIAH JESUS once for all.” Hebrews 10:5-10

 

GOD is after the bowing of our heart, mind and desires (our will) to Him, to serve Him in obedience to His Will. Yet according to the principle JESUS taught the Pharisees about tithing and mercy, don’t do the one (tithing) and leave out the other (mercy); if we only bow our body and not our will, we are like the Pharisees!

Seek GOD First!

GOD Bless, Bob & Charlene

Wor For 6/7/2022

 

Word For 6/7/2022

 

“For you were bought with a Price, therefore Glorify GOD in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:20

“Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.”

Oswald Chambers

 

“Give thanks to The LORD for He is Good, for His Mercy endures forever.” 1 Chronicles 16:34

 

Today is the day of salvation!

Do you thank Him daily for your salvation?

Do you have the Joy of His salvation?

Do you thank Him for convicting you of your sins?

Do you ask for forgiveness for your sins daily?

Are you on the straight and narrow path?

Do you call upon His SPIRIT?

Do you study His Word?

 

Today His Grace is sufficient!

Do you thank Him for your trials, tests and tribulations?

Do you take Joy in your persecutions?

Do you thank Him that He has prepared an Eternal dwelling for you?

Do you thank Him for directing your path?

 

Today His Mercies are new!

Do you thank Him for never leaving you?

Do you thank Him for His Provision of your need?

Do you thank Him for His stripes by which you are healed?

Do you thank Him that JESUS makes you the Righteousness of GOD?

Do you thank Him that GOD has given you JESUS’ victory?

 

Seek GOD First!

GOD Bless, Bob & Charlene

Word For 6/6/2022

 

Word For 6/6/2022

 

“I Am the Gate! If anyone comes in through Me, he will be saved. He will come and go and find pastor. The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly! I Am The Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His Life for the sheep.” John 10:9-11

 

“Again I saw something futile under the sun: There is one who has no one else; neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. ‘So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?’ This too is meaningless – a grievous task.” Ecclesiastes 4:7-8

 

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in or steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve GOD and money.” Matthew 7:19-20, 24

 

“For everything in the world – the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life – is not from The Father but from the world. The world is passing away along with its desire, but the one who does The will of GOD abides forever.” 1 John 2:16-17

 

“And YESHUA told them a parable, saying, ‘The land of a certain rich man produced good crops. And he began thinking to himself, saying, “What shall I do?...And he said, “Here’s what I’ll do!”…And I’ll say to myself, “O my soul, you have plenty of good saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.” But GOD said to Him, “You fool! Tonight your soul is being demanded back from you! And what you have prepared, whose will it be?” So it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich in GOD.’” Luke 12:16-21

 

“Everyone goes about as a mere phantom. Surely they are making an uproar in vain, heaping up stuff – yet not knowing who will gather it. And now, my LORD, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.” Psalm 39:6-7

 

“A lover of money never has enough money, and a lover of wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is futile.” Ecclesiastes 5:10

 

“A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger drives him on.” Proverbs 16:26

 

Prosperity and abundance are not about possessions and comfort! Prosperity and abundance are about serving GOD’s Will in obedience for me!

Seek GOD First!

GOD Bless, Bob & Charlene

Is Sin Important?

 

“Go And Sin No More!”

 

I heard a popular TV pastor say in a sermon the other day, “Don’t worry about sin!” I do not remember the context as I was so taken aback by his statement and that he repeated it with emphasis several times. He did not say it was ok to sin, but the implication of his statement was that sinning was not a big deal.

 

WELL! JESUS say it was a big deal, He told the people “…that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 5:20 If that is not clear enough what about “Go and sin no more.”, John 5:14, 8:11.

 

And what does this statement by JESUS mean, “But go and learn what this means; ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”? Matthew 9:13 See also Luke 13:1-5

 

“Nevertheless, I tell you the Truth…And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin…” John 16:5-12 why would The HOLY SPIRIT convict the world of sin if we did not need to worry about sin.

 

1 John 1:5-2:3 makes it clear that if we, as disciples, sin we have forgiveness through CHRIST.

1 John 3:4-9 makes it very clear that if we are disciples of JESUS we do not sin!

 

Sin is important and we are to repent of it and avoid it!

 

Now we are not to judge people by their sin, but we are to convict them of sin by presenting JESUS as the Son of GOD who came to take away the sins of people so that they could be saved from eternal damnation in the Lake of Fire.

Word For 6/4/2022

 

Word For 6/4/2022

 

“I pray that from His Glorious Riches He would grant you to be strengthened in your inner being with Power through His SPIRIT, so that MESSIAH may dwell in your hearts through Faith. I pray that you, being rooted and grounded in Love, may have strength to grasp with all the Saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know the Love of MESSIAH which surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled up with all the fullness of GOD.” Ephesians 3:16-19

“Many of us refuse to grow where we are put, consequently we take root nowhere.”

Oswald Chambers

 

“You’re Never Gonna Outgrow Warfare – You Simply Must Learn Too Fight Spiritually – There Are No Wimps in GOD’s Army!”

Ephesians 6:10-13 “A FINAL Word: Be STRONG in The LORD and in HIS Mighty POWER. Put on ALL of GOD’s Armor so that You will be able to STAND FIRM Against ALL Strategies of the devil. For We are NOT Fighting against FLESH AND BLOOD enemies, but AGAINST evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, PUT ON Every PIECE of GOD’s Armor so that You will be able to RESIST the enemy in the Time of evil. Then after the BATTLE You will STILL be STANDING FIRM.”

“Anything Worth Having Is Worth Fighting For – Fight For What’s Yours in CHRIST!”

Be Encouraged, Pastor Bob Harris

 

If you’re Born Again then you’re living in GOD’s earthly Kingdom, being prepared for His Heavenly Kingdom. Keep the Faith, Know His Word, Do His Will! The Victory is ours if we Persevere until His Return.

Seek GOD First!

GOD Bless, Bob & Charlene

Word For 6/3/2022

 

Word For 6/3/2022

 

“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against GOD; for it is not subject to the Law of GOD, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please GOD.” Romans 8:6-8

 

“And you shall Love The LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Deuteronomy 6:5

“To serve GOD is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the Call of GOD.”

Oswald Chambers

 

The struggle everyday is not to live the good life but to live the obedient life, no matter the tests and trials.

Seek GOD First!

GOD Bless, Bob & Charlene

Word For 6/2/2022

 

Word For 6/2/2022

Some Things Never Change

 

“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believes on Him shall not be ashamed.” Romans 9:33 (Isaiah 8:14, 28:16)

“People do not want to be devoted to JESUS, but only to the cause He started. JESUS CHRIST is a source of deep offence to the educated mind of today.”

Oswald Chambers (This was written sometime before 1917)

 

“Stop Watering Things That Were Never Meant To Grow In Your Life!”

Romans 6:16 “Don’t You REALIZE that You BECOME a SLAVE of WHATEVER You CHOOSE to OBEY? You can be a SLAVE to Sin, which LEADS to Death, or You can CHOOSE to Obey GOD, which LEADS to RIGHTEOUS Living.”

“If You Hold On To Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny In The LORD!”

Be Challenged, Pastor Bob Harris

“Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.” Luke 6:36

 

So JESUS CHRIST is a stumblingstone and an offence to those who cannot just believe as a child. The things that we give ourself to will destroy us or guide us to righteous living that is obedient to GOD. We are to be merciful to others because GOD is merciful to us (John 3:16-17, Ephesians 4:32, 1 John 3:16).

Seek GOD First!

GOD Bless, Bob & Charlene