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RESPECT....you have it....or not.

By Graham Cooke http://brilliantperspectives.com/how-does-jesus-see-your-situation/ If Jesus were looking out through your eyes, how would He see the situation that you are currently in? Asking this question gives us the opportunity to understand who God wants to be for us. This means we get to experience what He is really like, and then bring that specific part of His nature into our situations. In other words, our situations in life bring us into alignment with who God really is. When we walk with the Lord, we must learn to always connect our life situation, whatever problem, difficulty or circumstance, with the nature of God. We need to know who He is going to be for us in those specific situations or we may get...

When our life is falling down to pieces broken marriage, illness of all kinds, blindness coming to our eyes, someone dear died recently and our children are lost in this world. Then it is time to call on the Lord. He will hear from heaven and answer all our problems. Jonah called out to God and said. In my distress I called unto the Lord and He answered me. From deep in the realm of dead, I called for help. And You listened to my cry. Jonah 2.2 When we feel all alone in this world and there is no one to help. Call on the Lord, He is ready to help you out of your pains and your sorrow. Remember this. He will wipe out all the tears you our eyes when we get there. In heaven we shall not have any pain at all. Look to...

When people look at you, do they see a reflection of Jesus? As Christians, we are the representatives and ambassadors of Jesus to this world. It is our job to show Jesus to the world. Unfortunately, we are often as the scribes and Pharisees that Jesus spoke about, "So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach." (Matthew 23:3) Too often we fail to live what we preach. "There once was an atheist (we will call him Frank) who was interested in becoming a Christian. The pastor of the nearby church, upon hearing that Frank was interested in Christianity, invited him to dinner. During dinner, the pastor talked to Frank about God, religion, and...

A believers walk with the Lord depends a great deal on who God is to the believer. We have to settle it in our minds of who God is. Is God good? All the time? If we see Him as being good sometimes, then we are like a ship tossed by the seas and going no where. We waver in our faith. When we are steadfast in our faith about who God is to us, then we will be able to move into the great things God wants us to move into. We need to settle it in our minds, and especially our actions, about whether or not "God is good, all the time".

Why would Paul, Directly chosen by Christ to "stand before governors and kings" (Acts 9:15), ask "prayers for Kings and all in authority so we can lead a quiet life" (1 Timothy 2:1-4)? Then he refers to the fact this is "good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who wants all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth..." The answer is that Paul knew what has already been written in Proverbs 11:10 and following and what God had to say about respecting the office of authority (whether you agree with the person appointed or not) and that this has a positional association with the land to some degree as to how well or poorly the land fares based on the actions of it's superiors... "When the righteous prosper, the...

We bow down before You o Lord. We magnify Your holy name. You have been so good to all of us. Have bless us and keep us from evil. Thank you Father. Amen

Don't Give Up! There will be times in our lives when it seems that all is lost, that there is no hope, that God has forsaken us, and that no matter what we do, things just get worse. - Firstly, let me assure you that God will NEVER forsake you. The Bible says, "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6) "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." (Hebrews 13:5) We may forsake God, but He will never forsake us. - As hard as it is at times to believe, God will never give us...

We praise You o Lord, for Your goodness endureth forever. We fail you every time, we forget to read Your word. We did not even pray before leaving for work. Forgive us Lord. Guide our steps towards your holy presence. Make our hearts like Yours. Full of mercy and compassionn. In Jesus name. Amen

God is love. (1 John 4:8) God's only law is this, "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12:30-31) Love never fails, because God is love, and God cannot fail. Only God's love can truly satisfy us, only His love can fill the hole in our hearts. God's love is endless. He loves us, despite our failings and shortcomings. He knows we are sinners, impure and imperfect, but He loves us regardless. He loves us so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, into the world to suffer and...