A Man After God’s Heart
Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’ (ESV)
To begin with, I want to be a man after God's heart. I want God to think of me and say, "In Wesley, I have found a man after My heart." My wife says, I'm already a man after God's heart, well, she's biased, I mean, hey, she's my wife and she loves me. Thank you Honey, I love you, too. To be a man (or woman) after God's heart, means everything we do, is His will and we're obedient to His Word. Well, I'm not that guy, yet, of course, with that logic, I'll never be one and I should quit now. This kind of thinking, also makes the sacrifice of Christ useless, because, that's saying we don't need His grace. So, I'll just keep wanting to be that man and leave the rest to God, He is Almighty and has the power to bring me to that place and this I'm thankful for. AMEN!!!
Ok, so why do we go to church?
Is it to escape hell, this is a good reason, or is it to serve God, this is a much better reason. Is it to meet girls/guys, not good, maybe for business or appearances sake, also, not good. Is it because it's expected of us or maybe, your spouse or parents make you, etc, etc, etc. The reasons why people go to church are many, but there is only One true reason for going to church, to have intimate relationship with God. Hey, if you go to church for any reason other than intimacy with God, don't stop, because He's has the power to bring you to this place and I pray He will.
Other reasons, may cost you eternally and you may hear from Jesus say, "I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness." (Matt 7:23)
I pray God will, in His infinite mercy, bring you to a place of total surrender, so that you will endure to the end, and be saved, so He can use you and your name will be written in the Lambs book of Life.
People have opinions of how christians should look, dress, behave, etc.
To begin with, we should look and behave like the One we're following, Jesus. If we don't, then we need to check ourselves and examine our motives. We can fool each other and we do, but no one can fool God. He knows our hearts and intents, so don't think going to church is a way into heaven, but don't quit either, like I said, God is powerful enough to change you.
I've wondered what people think, when they see me? I wonder, because I want to be like Christ and I know we preach more with our actions, than with our words. I wonder, if anyone wants what I have or wants to be like me, the Christ in me. All who believe in Jesus are His witnesses, but I want to be a good witness to Christ. I want people to see my good works and glorify my Father in Heaven (Matt 5:16).
People think I'm funny, of course God isn't glorified by that, I sure hope He likes to laugh though. I can see me making Him laugh and His response would be ROFL. ROFL means, rolling on floor laughing.
I'd love to make God laugh. Hopefully, I already do.
God bless.
The Weapons of Our Warfare
2Cor 10:3-6
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. (AKJV)
Since we have weapons to overcome the enemy, why aren't we? These are good truths that should be taught extensively in church, but if the people in church don't know how use their weapons, then preaching alone isn't getting it done. Part of the training and equiping of the saints is breaking down the message into workshops, and teaching them with hands-on experience. A great message can be preached, but experiential knowledge will bear more fruit. How much fruit do you think preaching alone will get ya? Not much, look around.
Break the church up into groups, the men can teach the men and boys, and the women can teach the women and girls. They should be taught how to pull down strong holds in their lives and how to cast evil spirits out of themselves. Walk them through it and let them be held accountable to each other. Do this till you see victory in their character and in their walk. Don't do it for just a certain number of meetings. If need be, do it till Jesus gets back. People can meet two or three days a week and they should visit each other and check up on each others progress.
If you think preaching the Word is enough, look at the number of churches and beliefs in this country alone, in your city alone. The body of Christ doesn't know unity and it needs unity to be a body. We are suppose to be walking in power and authority and there is little to no power and authority in the body of Christ.
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God bless
For This People’s Heart Has Grown Dull
Matt 13:15 For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them. ESV
I was awakened the other morning by the Lord, He gave me the above verse. I wrote it down, expecting He’d tell me what to do with it later.
When I started writing this article, I wrote the verse and one sentence, then did nothing for a couple of days. I felt blocked and I didn’t know what to write. So as not to make things worse, I left it for a while.
A young man I know came to mind, he’s filled with great anger and hate towards God. His eyes and ears are shut to God and his heart is turned to where God isn’t. While on my mind, I prayed for him a bit. When I returned to my writing, I looked at the verse and the one sentence written and things became clear. This young man was what I was to write about, not him as a person, but him as a type of person.
The world is filled with people, who don’t now, nor ever will, know God. Understand, as bad as that is, that’s not what I’m talking about. What I’m talking about is, that the church, by majority, is the same way. This is why we, the body of Christ, have not, and are not now, seeing the miracles of God happen daily, the way they did in the first century church.
We must repent. We’ve taken advantage of His grace. How much longer do you expect God to allow our disobedience. Don’t in your arrogance, put it off for another day. Today may be your last chance.
God said, “ Turn and I will heal you.”
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