Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Is hell and condemnation the "GOOD NEWS"

What's on my mind today?
The preacher says, "Their going to hell" the congregation claps....
Are we laughing at their calamity are we applauding because the message of hell and condemnation is so good and joyful?
I thought that the message that Jesus died and saved me from sins was the "GOOD NEWS" that His grace extends farther than we could ever imagine was the "GOOD NEWS"
Only GOD knows where a soul goes when it dies. 
After all, He is the one that created that soul. Who are we to judge another man's servant?

We are to preach the "GOOD NEWS" of the gospel and tell people to repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Is that a watered down gospel??? I HOPE NOT, because Jesus preached it!
We are also to go and restore a brother or sister in the spirit of meekness and humility no matter what "we think" and LET GOD BE GOD AND LET HIM BE THE JUDGE! 
"WE" are suppose to be obedient servants after all that is what we are. 

SERVANTS! (Don't get it twisted I include myself in this)
And whoever restores his brother those sins will be covered and that soul will be saved. PRAISE GOD! 
Aren't you glad God is in the saving business and not the condemning business!
Did you know that God chasten's the ones He loves?? So, why are we trying to do it for Him?
Praise GOD! I'm so thankful that He is the author and finisher of our faith...
If only we would stop trying to write in HIS book.
If only we would let God be GOD because His ways are so much higher than ours and WE WILL NEVER understand everything because right now we see through a glass darkly but then we will see fully!
PRAISE GOD HE MAKES THE WISDOM OF OUR WISE MEN PERISH!
THERE IS ONLY ONE WISE (Yep, that is God)! ONLY ONE GOOD (THAT'S GOD AGAIN)
Praise the LORD TODAY BECAUSE HE DESERVES IT! 
Our life is but a vapor but HE IS ETERNAL! 
Praise GOD HE DIED FOR OUR SINS!
HE TOOK OUR PLACE ON THE CROSS! WOW! HE WAS WHIPPED AND SPIT ON AND BEATEN AND HAD HIS FLESH TORE FROM HIS BODY!
Doesn't our situation look so small compared to that???
YES IT DOES! HE HAS OVER COME YOUR SITUATION WITH WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS!
 OUR SITUATION IS ONLY TEMPORARY but WHAT HE DID WAS ETERNAL! 

PRAISE GOD THIS MORNING because it is what HE DID "HE DID, NOT WHAT WE DID" "HIM" that is what it is about this morning!! PRAISE HIM!
PRAISE GOD! I'm so thankful that His mercy is new every morning! God please help us get off our self-righteous pedestal and let YOU be the RIGHTEOUS GOD that you are!
PRAISE YOU LORD! Open our eyes!

REPENT! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand!

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Are we wise in our own eyes?

Good Morning everyone! I pray that you are having a blessed day. 

I want to share with you something that I believe will bless you.

Genesis 3:1 KJV
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:1 CEB (Common English Bible)
The snake was the most intelligent of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say that you shouldn't eat from any tree in the garden?"

I noticed in my study bible where the word "intelligent" or "subtil"  is that it said it sounded similar to "naked".  

So, I looked up the word "subtil"  Strong's # 6175 and it says the word "subtil" translates from Hebrew "arum" (which means: crafty, shrewd, sensible)

I also looked up the word "naked" Strong's # 6174 it says the word "naked" translates from "arom" (which means naked).

This really hit me because even though this snake  was  so "intelligent" or "subtil" he was "naked" before God! 

This snake was created by God yet he thought that he could still exalt himself above his Creator. 

I want to bring to your attention some more scriptures that I believe the Holy Spirit brought to mind.

Isaiah 29:14 KJV
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Isaiah 29:14 CEB
I will go  on doing amazing things to these people , shocking and startling things. The wisdom of their wise will perish, and the discernment of their discerning will be hidden.

This truly struck me because we can become wise or intelligent in our own eyes yet, we can still be foolish or naked before God. 

The other night at church they were talking about discerning whose voice we are listening to. There are several voices that we hear; God's voice (speaking to our spirit), satan's voice, and the soulish voice from the flesh (mind, will, emotions, intellect).

You may not think it matters whose voice you listen to but, it does. 

Sometimes, we form our own intellectual opinion of a situation when it is truly a foolish opinion because it was formed from our limited understanding.

All true wisdom and understanding comes from God and what may look "bad" may not truly be "bad" and what looks "good" may not truly be "good". 

You can have the knowledge of good and evil and yet still not have "WISDOM"

2 Timothy 3:7 KJV
Ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth 

Do you want truth? Do you want wisdom? Where does it come from? 

It comes from God and God alone.  

Proverbs 9:10 KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Solomon was the wisest man in the Old Testament and he got wisdom from GOD. 

I think sometimes we get so use to depending on our own intellect that we fail to ask God. We use God as a last resort. King Saul did that. He would always come to God as a last resort and because of this his crown was taken and the lives of many endangered.

You know the snake,he was intelligent just as we are intelligent. God's creation is beautiful but, because of sin we became corrupt. 

We can become so wise in our own eyes that we are naked or foolish before God. 

We can look and see a situation but alot of times we only look at the appearance of a situation. 

Adam and Eve did the very same thing. They disobeyed God and chose their own will over God's. 

They chose to be wise in their own eyes and became naked before God and each other 

Genesis 3:7 CEB
Then they both saw clearly and knew that they were naked. So, they sewed fig leaves together and made garments for themselves.

What they saw was only the surface. They saw the faults and mistakes. They didn't see the truth. Just because they ate the fruit and now had the knowledge of good and evil did not mean that had the wisdom to discern the situation and when they heard true wisdom "God" walking through the garden they hid themselves from Him.

With the loss of innocence comes shame. 

With the knowledge of good and evil comes a whole lot of responsibility that they weren't prepared for.

The snake knew what would happen. He knew because he knew that he was naked before God. God saw how foolish and defeated the snake was but, to the un-discerning the snake looked marvelous and intelligent. To the un-discerning he looked sensible and wise. 

Only when we have true wisdom from God can we discern the snake. 

I want to share with you a few scriptures on what the Word says about wisdom. 

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 CEB
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are being destroyed. But it is the power of God for those of us who are being saved. It is written in scripture: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the intelligence of the intelligent. Where are the wise? Where are the legal experts? Where are today's debaters? Hasn't God made the wisdom of the world foolish? In God's wisdom, he determined that the world wouldn't come to know him through its wisdom. Instead, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of preaching. Jews ask for signs, and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, which is a scandal to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. But to those who are called- both Jews and Greeks- Christ is God's power and God's wisdom. This is because the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. Look at your situation when you were called, brothers and sisters! By ordinary human standards not many were wise, not many were powerful, not many were from the upper class. But God chose what the world considers foolish to shame the wise. God chose what the world considers weak to shame the strong. And God chose what the world considers low-class and low-life- what is considered to be nothing- to reduce what is considered to be something to nothing. So no human being  can brag in God's presence. It is because of God that you are in Christ Jesus. He became wisdom from God for us. This means that he made us righteous and holy, and he delivered us. This is consistent with what was written: The one who brags should brag in the Lord!

The only wisdom we receive is through Christ Jesus. 

The cross and the blood is sufficient for our sins. 

(Let me clarify something about repentance) 

To truly repent means not only to "turn from" but, to make it right with who you wronged. The person doesn't have to "know" that you wronged them.

 "You" do know and only "you" can make it right. Your salvation depends on solely you and your repentance. The same goes for me and anyone else!

Let's say if you lied to someone you need to go and tell the truth and ask forgiveness from the person you lied to. (Matthew 5:23-24)

If you committed adultery (Jesus says it doesn't have to be an act that if you have lust in your heart towards a man or a woman then you have already committed adultery in your heart). (Matthew 5:28)

You need to not only repent before God but tell the truth to the person that you wronged (your spouse) and ask forgiveness. 

We fail to remember that. 

We fail to understand that. 

In the word it says that anything done in the dark will be brought to light. (Luke 8:17) 

So, if you have repented and yet you are trying to keep things hidden from the person you wronged....

Can I ask you something?

 Are you truly repentant or are you trying to justify what you have done by focusing on others? Are you keeping it in the hidden places...In the dark.

Have you sown a false covering of fig leaves together with your own lies and deceit.

That is what Adam and Eve did. 

I have always thought this joke was so funny so I thought I would share it.

"Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the snake and the snake didn't have a leg to stand on."

If we blame our actions on others or on the snake (who is defeated) then we remain foolish before God. 

HE SEES EVERYTHING! Our sins will remain as scarlet unless we put them under the blood. Then they will be white as snow.

Come out from under pride, shame, and deceit. 

Come out from whatever it is that holds you and grab hold of true wisdom.

 Let God cloth you with righteousness. Let God wash you and make you whole. God doesn't do just a half-way job. He can and will heal us physically but what is most important is that we get our souls "whole". 

Let Him make you whole spiritually because let me just say there is TRUE freedom when we allow Him to do that!

I just know God truly has a love for you and a desire to see you complete. He desires to see this burden of sin lifted from your life!

Let's not waste time today in worldly sorry and lets have godly sorrow and repent. Let's let the blood wash away this blemish from our garments because without the blood we will never enter into the Kingdom and we will never receive true wisdom.

1 John 1:9King James Version (KJV)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God bless you and may God's peace remain with you always.

Love In Christ,
Sister Sarah




Tuesday, January 6, 2015

LOOK UP! Your redemption draws nigh!

I had a wonderful dream last night! 

The Wedding Canopy is prepared! 

Get ready! Make sure your garments are covered by the blood and spotless! 

The bridegroom is SOON coming to get His bride! 

God's judgement will come to the earth! Look UP! 

God loves you and sent his only son to die for your sins!

 There is a way and the way is JESUS! Repent and be ye saved! 

I love everyone of you! Hold onto the promise of our salvation! 

He is coming! 

Praise God!

2 Timothy 4:7-8English Standard Version (ESV)

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord,the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:7-8King James Version (KJV)

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Luke 12:41-48King James Version (KJV)

41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 12:41-48English Standard Version (ESV)

41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?43 Blessed is that servant[a] whom his master will find so doing when he comes.44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating.Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

2 Corinthians 2:1-17 ESV ~Wonderful read this morning~ May you be blessed!





1 For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. 2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

Forgive the Sinner

5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure--not to put it too severely--to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and knowwhether you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, 11so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

Triumph in Christ

12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord, 13 my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. 14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Can this be Our New Years Resolution?

Can I come to you as a friend tonight? Or even as a fellow sister in Christ?

I have taken note of several things that trouble me in my spirit.  I don’t come to you in a seat of judgment but in a seat of concern because My Father in heaven has been showing me (for months now) what His sheep look like and it is truly disturbing.

He showed me a picture of His flock, which are supposed to be in peace and unity but, instead are biting each other.

You know, I have to examine myself quiet regularly because I am not perfect by any means but, I do try to stay humble before the Lord regardless of what is going on around me.

You know, when we come out of sin or bondage. We go through steps of cleansing and through a reprogramming of our mind with the Word and through spending time with God.

 It doesn't happen overnight because I believe truly, that if we were to be broken all at once that our bodies wouldn't take it.

Just like when Moses was leading the Israelites out of bondage. I found it interesting in this one passage

Exodus 13:17 AMP
When Pharaoh let the people go, God led them not by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God said, Lest the people change their purpose when they see war and return to Egypt

Here is that same verse in another translation

Exodus 13:17 ESV
17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.

Now, why would God do that????

I believe these were an example of baby Christian’s that had just been freed from slavery and they didn’t know how to LIVE free yet.

I don’t believe that these people knew how to fight because they had been under the bondage of Pharaoh for so long.

They had GOTTEN USE TO BEING SLAVES.

Our God is a merciful God.

He is a deliverer and redeemer but, He is also full of grace and mercy.

He didn't want to deliver these people just so that they would go back into bondage.

So, He guided them to a place that would increase their trust in Him and not hurt the trust that He had gained. He knew they weren't prepared for war just yet.

He is a HOLY & RIGHTEOUS God and He alone is the one that knows the spiritual state anyone is in and unless “we” get past ourselves, the backbiting, gossip, and preconceived notion of things “we” will NEVER see through the eyes of our Savior because HE looks on the inside and not on the APPEARANCE of things.

That doesn't just mean the appearance of a person but, the appearance of a situation as well.

A very wise man brought to my attention a scripture the other day that truly touched my heart because it really made a whole lot of sense to me.

When we come out of that old life that we use to live. Our mind has to be renewed daily through the washing with water of the Word. It takes time and it is a daily thing.

 I believe until we get to the point where God has broken things off our mind from our past that our mind remains contaminated with our old thought life.
At least until we learn how to overcome it.

How long does this take?

Well, since the Word says that we grow from Glory to Glory. I believe that this is a lifelong process.

 I believe that we can either be an on fire Christian or a content Christian.

I desire to always be growing from Glory to Glory and how I do that is by not putting God in a box because ALL THINGS are possible with Christ.

NOTHING has to remain un-changed or un-overcome in us. The only way it does that way is when we give up on what Christ can do and let the devil wear us out.

The Word says that the devil desires to sift us like wheat but that doesn't mean that he can because what lives in you saints is SO MUCH bigger than the devil.

You just have to stand and endure through all the trials and tribulations. Don’t give up just because you read those words about the adversary.

Someone once told me that the devil walks around waving a gun but it doesn't have any bullets!

Before we become renewed or purified in our hearts and mind in The Word it says in;

Titus 1:15 AMP
To the pure [in heart and conscience] all things are pure, but to the defiled and corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very mind and consciences are defiled and polluted.

Another Version Says;

Titus 1:15 ESV
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

I know what you’re thinking but, “Now, Sarah I’m a new creation in Christ I’m not defiled.” 

You know what? YOU’RE RIGHT! You are a new creation in Christ but, your conscience and mind were defiled in your bondage and because of this you have to die daily as Paul would say and you have to LEARN to operate as this new creation.

I have had days where I “felt” so condemned that I thought I was lost all over again but, those were accusations from the enemy and I believe they were also from my old man.

The old man was trying to rise up and until I got enough of the Word in me the battle was pretty rough some days but, through God’s WORD I have been set free indeed but this has been a CONTINUAL setting free.

 He sets me free daily through every word of wisdom I receive in His Word. He sets me free daily because I walk with Him daily and LEARN something NEW daily.

He gives me a FRESH breath daily because His mercies are NEW every morning.

I’ve been on that side of the fence that looked down my nose at others and thought that this one or that one should be doing things a lot differently but, something I came to realize through God’s Word and His Spirit is I was GRIEVING HIM by playing judge when there is only one Judge.

No matter what we try to call it, whether fruit inspecting, listening through the grape vine, calling it for what it is, or “speaking truth”…

You know what Holy Spirit showed me???

That it is STILL JUDGING because we are supposed to show mercy as we have been FREELY shown mercy.

In Romans 3:3-4 

Paul says, “What does it matter, then, if some weren’t faithful? Their lack of faith won’t cancel God’s faithfulness, will it? Absolutely not! God must be true, even if every human being is a liar, as it is written: So that it can show that you are right in your words; and you will triumph when you are judged”

That means that no stone will be left un-turned or un-judged on that day but, we put ourselves in greater judgment by becoming the one doing the judging.

WITHOUT EXCUSE! WE ARE ALL without excuse so let ever man or woman work out his own salvation in fear and trembling and let us be full of mercy and love for others because the blood of JESUS CHRIST is the only reason we are justified at all!

The two “laws” or commandments that the Lord requires of us is that we love God above anything else and the next one is LOVE OTHERS as you love yourself and in doing so we will fulfill the whole law. There is no greater commandment then these.

We will never fulfill the law through WORKS through a heart of stone and through a perspective of judgment.

WE WILL full-fill it if we will allow God to turn our hearts of stone into flesh, let the LOVE of JESUS overflow to God, and to those around us.

We won’t go wrong with that!

When we do this we will understand His grace. We will understand how much He loves us and we will seek after Him as we would treasure and will be rewarded with so much peace, love, and joy and you won’t be able to contain it.

So, what is my point?

What is the purpose of me coming to you tonight? Because I believe “we” have “all” fallen short of the glory of God and have sinned with our pride and arrogance…

I’m asking you to repent with me because the scriptures that the Lord laid on my heart broke me to pieces and I know that His word is truth.

We can’t go wrong in His word. Let these words tonight bring a sweetness and victory to you. Don’t allow it to create bitterness but let it bring a renewal and change.

Here are a few scriptures for you to meditate on tonight with me.

Let me just tell you I love you all from the depths of my heart and God loves you so much and He wants to see you overcome and break away from all of this.

The first few verses are going to tell us what pride and arrogance looks like to the Father.

 Obadiah 1:3 ESV
The pride of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
    in your lofty dwelling,
who say in your heart,
    “Who will bring me down to the ground?”

Psalms 5:5 AMP
Boasters can have no standing in Your sight; You Abhor all evildoers

Psalms 10:4
In the pride of his face[a] the wicked does not seek him;[b]
    all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
-Note: I believe we can deny God in our actions (Not just with words) by not showing others the same mercy we have been shown by our Heavenly Father

Proverb 29:23 CEB
Pride lays people low but those of humble spirit gain honor.

Proverbs 18:12 NKJV
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

Proverbs 16:19 NKJV
Better to be of humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Job 35:12 CEB
Then they cry out; but he doesn’t answer, because of the pride of the wicked.

Isaiah 2:11-12 CEB
People’s proud gazing will be stopped and humanity’s arrogance brought down; the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.
The LORD of heavenly forces has planned a day; against all that is prideful and haughty; against all that is lofty, and it will be laid low;

Isaiah 13:11b CEB
I will end the pride of the insolent, and the conceit of tyrants I will lay low.


Psalms 138:6 NKJV
Though the LORD is on high, Yet He regards the lowly; But the proud He knows from afar.

** I just want us all to realize what pride and arrogance looks like before God. He wants to reveal to you tonight what He desires. He wants to show you how to approach Him because if we will approach Him according to His will He will show up. His blessing is in His presence. His favor is in His presence. His love is in His presence. His restoration is IN HIS PRESENCE.
Now, let’s take a look at what He desires.

One thing I want you to note about Paul. He didn't come at his fellow servants in hate. He always preached with love. He wanted others to grow into maturity and he knew that they would grow more easily through love and grace then through hatred and judgment.

Philippians 2:3-10 CEB
Don’t do anything for selfish purposes, but with humility think of others as better than yourselves. Instead of each person watching out for their good, watch out for what is better for others. Adopt the attitude (mind) that was in Christ Jesus:

Though he was in the form of God, he did not consider being equal with God something to exploit. But he emptied himself by taking the form of a slave and by becoming like human beings. When he found himself in the form of a human he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God highly honored him and gave him a name above all names, so that at the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth, and under the earth might bow and ever tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
***Jesus emptied himself of all but LOVE.

Romans 2:10-11 CEB
But there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, for the Jew first and and also for the Greek; God does not have favorites.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 CEB
Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, it isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints, it isn’t happy with injustice, but is happy with the truth. Love puts up with all things, trust in all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things.
Love NEVER FAILS.

Galatians 6:1-4 CEB
Brothers and sisters, if a person is caught doing something wrong, you who are spiritual should restore someone like this with a spirit of gentleness. Watch out for yourselves so you won’t be tempted too. Carry each other’s burdens and so you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are important when they aren’t, they’re fooling themselves. Each person should test their own work and be happy with doing a good job and not compare themselves with others. Each person will have to carry their own load.

Psalms 34:18 CEB
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Matthew 5:2-12English Standard Version (ESV)
The Beatitudes
And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons[a] of God.10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

I encourage you tonight to humble yourself with me before the Lord tonight and let’s start off this New Year without pride and without arrogance and let’s (with God’s help) radically change our perspective and open our arms and show mercy at ALL times. God is the one we will stand before on judgment day. It doesn’t matter what other’s think about our actions. It matters that we LOVE GOD above all else and extend that love to others and show the agape kind of love that Jesus showed us. That while we were yet sinners He chose to die for us….Let’s do that together in this New Year.

Love In Christ from your fellow bondservant ~Be Blessed, sarah