" ... The World Is Ever Near ... But, Jesus, Draw Thou Nearer ... "

In Solomon, we see strength and weakness. He was strong - ‘the House of the Lord was completed’ (2 Chronicles 8:16). He was also weak. He was infatuated with foreign women, who did not belong among the redeemed people of God. He married ‘Pharaoh’s daughter’, a woman who had no love for ‘the holy places’ of worship (2 Chronicles 8:11). To the queen of Sheba, a woman who had more love for ‘her own land’ than for life among the people of God, ‘Solomon gave all that she desired’ (2 Chronicles 9:12). Solomon was a complicated man. He had a real love for the Lord, yet the world still had a strong hold on him. “O let me feel Thee near me: the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; My foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin.’

Words That You Can Depend Upon

Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Blessings, in the love of Christ
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Difficult Times Nationally

It seems that our nation is encountering some difficult and challenging times. Of course from a prophetic perspective the prophets are prophesying good times, seasons of abundance and so on. Yet when one looks at the seasons past, the current season and the seasons to come. One see's the word of God coming to pass.

Yes, times are difficult, challenging and the course is set.

Be wise saints of God, be wise. The prophetic time clock as mentioned in the Word of God is ticking.

The Model Of The Lord

Funny how human beings come up with models for various ministries within the body of Christ. These models usually come with rules, the precepts of men and are very religious, sometime almost cultish.

The model of the Lord however, is love and a basic understanding of that love through experience and application of the scriptures.

As We Worship God, We Receive Wisdom And Strength.

‘Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised’(Psalm 48:1). We worship God in the place of worship - ‘Within Your Temple, O God, we meditate on Your unfailing love’. Our worship must not end there. We are to play our part in seeing that the praise of the Lord ‘reaches to the ends of the earth’. We are to ‘be glad’ in the Lord. We are to ‘rejoice’ in Him (Psalm 48:9-11). We must not keep this joy to ourselves. The Lord is ‘the joy of all the earth’. We must share His joy. We are to ‘tell the next generation’. How will they know if we do not tell them? Many are slow to come and worship the Lord. We must not be slow to witness for Him. Let’s remember God’s promise - ‘My Word...will not return to Me empty, but will...achieve the purpose for which I sent it’- and let’s say - ‘Here am I. Send me!’(Isaiah 55:11; Isaiah 6:8). ‘The Spirit came into me... Do not be afraid of them or their words’(Ezekiel 2:2,6). Through the Spirit, we receive wisdom - ‘We have received the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand what God has freely given us’- and strength - ‘God strengthens us with power through His Spirit in our inner being’(1 Corinthians 2::12; Ephesians 3:16). ‘Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart... Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word... Be Thou my Battleshield, sword for the fight’(Church Hymnary, 87).

The Beauty Of God's Admission Price

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isa 55:1

The beauty of God's love, presence, peace, compassion, mercy, forgiveness, healing, and every other promise of God. It's free and Jesus already paid for it.

Blessings, in Christ
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He Painted The Sky's With Beauty

When God created the heaven's he painted the sky's with beauty. It is simply awing to look at the universe and see all that God has created. Endlessly beautiful, colorful and amazing. However God didn't stop there.

You too are a masterpiece of creation, created in the image and likeness of God. Now that's some amazing DNA.

The True Vine & The Husbandman

Jhn 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Jhn 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

His Soon Return

Jesus is coming! It's been stated endless times over the last almost 2000 years and prior. Yet he came, lived a sinless live, died a ransomed for many, was resurrected and ascended to heaven.

Jesus is coming soon! I want to repeat that. Jesus is coming soon.

Now the question is, what do you believe? Is he coming soon? Are you watching for His return? Do you believe that the prophecies leading up to his second return have been fulfilled or are fast being fulfilled?

Leave a comment and share your thoughts.

The Lord Has Saved Us. Let Us Serve Him.

* The Lord has saved us. Let us serve Him.
* Called to serve the Lord, we receive strength from Him.
* Led by the Spirit, strong in the Spirit, we press on to glory.
* Those who are born of the Spirit are to live a life of holiness, love and truth.
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Trinity Sunday (First Sunday after Pentecost): Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 8:12-17; John 3:1-17