be the person deep down, that you really want to be. More like Jesus every day, if you stop and think about it, it’s the only way.!!!! Have a good Tuesday
“STAY CLOSE TO THE WORD,GOD HAD IT WRITTEN FOR US TO FOLLOW”
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My Commandments. It is true that a Christian is free from the law,and that you are saved by grace, but it also means you are not to live in lawlessness!! We shouldn’t do what pleases us,but what is pleasing to Christ. The Commandments help us try to reach and be, the person we can be by living for God. It is for our own safety, The Scriptures teach, that by staying close to The Word your morals and living a Christ Like life will definitely have a much better chance. The Commandments were not given to condemn, but they were givin to help you
be the person deep down, that you really want to be. More like Jesus every day, if you stop and think about it, it’s the only way.!!!! Have a good Tuesday “STAY CLOSE TO THE WORD,GOD HAD IT WRITTEN FOR US TO FOLLOW”
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One of my favorite little church jingles was,” this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine” :-) You need to have your light shine brightest at home, before you can think of lightning anybody else’s path !! You have to be your own personal gospel light, making sure your family knows Christ too!! I remember when my mom use to say “I don’t care with the rest of the class got on their report card, it’s yours I’m interested in!! Same goes for your personal gospel light, you need to be to your family’s becon, from there or you can light up the rest of the world!!!
LET THE LORD ,WHO IS BOTH THE LAMB AND THE SHEPHERD, BE YOUR LIGHT !!!! Have a good Monday!! Ephesians 2:4, “God....is rich in mercy!!!! Grace,is where God gives me more blessings than I deserve. Mercy, is where He does not give me the punishment, Ken Hatch deserves !!!’ It’s a good thing that God is rich in mercy, because I know I’ve broken the piggy bank more times then I should’ve !!!! His Mercy is never even close to empty!!! “We’re not sinless, but we should strive for sin less”. HAVE A GOOD “SONDAY”
Isaiah reminds us in his book, that when we turn to God‘s Word, we will not feel void after we read it. Over in the Holy Land,after a rainstorm, new growth developes overnight, it’s like when we read God‘s Word new growth in our lives will do the same. Jesus is the water to our thirsty soul, there’s no doubt He refreshes our soul and spirits in all we do!! I wish I could get watered down each and every time that I feel I’m not doing what I should, and in return sprout new growth for my Saviour!!! In order to grow as God wants you to. Make sure you get watered down daily with THE WORD!!!
I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIGHT Have a good Saturday, and today, take a nice cool drink from Gods’ Well, His Word :-) If I was to ask you today,which sin do you feel is the worst, being just plain disobedient, or the premeditated ones, were you actually have to make a plan,or to think ahead to do it!!
Which of those two would be your least favorite!! Both are wrong for sure, but when you actually plan ahead, and here’s the worst part, to follow through with it, it can all start from a simple little lie, and snowball into premeditated BIGNESS!!!! SATAN GET BEHIND ME Sure there is forgiveness, but have you ran out of 70×7 times!!! Mark 8:34, “Whosoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” After studying this passage years ago,this is what I wrote in one of my journals, WOW, is that ever a good devotion. All Jesus wants us to do is follow Him,not ourselves! Man think of the trouble you would stay out of it and save yourself Ken!!!!!’ Then I put this down as a personal application towards my life ,”I know I’m not the Christian that I could be or should be, for a crucified Savior that deserves ALL OF ME!!! Like I’ve told you before when I do these daily thoughts, I preach to myself as well :-)
“ ITS A WIN WIN WHEN YOU BELIEVE,AND LIVE LIKE YOU WANT TO PLEASE JESUS” Enjoy your Thursday!!!! Thought I’d throw in a little homework assignment today for our Daily Thought, let’s all memorize Psalms 119:105, “Thy Word is a lamp until my feet,and a light unto my path” Short and sweet :-) Now that you have that verse in your heart, see how many times you actually refer to it the rest of the week :-). Have a great Wednesday !!!
“Open Bibles Get Read” I wrote this 18 years ago when I was having “ Beach Devoes” up in Elk Rapids, Michigan!! I simply wrote “Our real wealth is what we invest in for eternity, and in our families,it’s not what you have, but Who’s You Are” :-)
I KNOW THE TRUTH, HIS NAME IS JESUS I couldn’t sleep much last night, after the absolutely beautiful, Blessed Easter I had with my kids and grandkids. Perfect weather, great food, but what was most important of all, by the end of the day, I was reassured of our salvation!! Let’s just say the events of the day certainly was based around Romans 10:9. “If thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved!!!
Our salvation, is first, by receiving Christ as our savior, and His resurrection, 33 years later, is our guarantee of hope!!! Yesterday, right in my backyard, on a beautiful Easter Sunday,there was confession of our faith, and belief in a resurrected Savior, that will return someday. Have a good Monday!!! I hope Romans 10:9 is personal to you. “ALL BECAUSE JESUS WAS RISEN FOR ME” It is now Sunday,our day of HOPE,the day of HIS RESURRECTION,angels have come and rolled back the stone, and who are the first people there to see if Easter would be fulfilled!!! Yupp, his mother and Mary Magdalene. As they looked into the tomb, two Angels were sitting were Jesus had lied and told them” He is not here,for HE IS RISEN!! Scriptures say that the ladies departed quickly and went and told the disciples, only two of them bothered to get up and take a look, they were Peter and John. On the return trip Jesus appeared to Mary Magdelene, I’m sure Jesus remembers that He had cast seven demons out of that lady, and here she is,so excited to see Him,Risen as promised!!! Any particular reason the disciples weren’t the first ones there,that bothers me, would you have been there!!! Other resurrections also took place that day, and those people went back into the city and appeared onto many of their family members !!!!! At this point Jesus went to those of the disciples that were in the room , where he had told them about His resurrection,they were terrified!! Jesus then showed them His hands, and His feet. This is the part I love, the disciples then fed Jesus, Yep, we will be eating in heaven, for eternity :-) This is also where Jesus said to Thomas “put your finger through my hands, and your hand in my side, you believe because you have seen, blessed are they who believe but have not seen.” You and I are called “Blessed” By Christ,because we believe in Him without seeing Him!!! I hope that this whole week I presented this story starting with Palm Sunday, right up to Easter Sunday, as simple and as point blank as the story can be told!!! He has risen, He is sitting at the right hand of God, and all of heaven rejoices when a name goes into THE BOOK OF LIFE, which is why Jesus came here to earth in the first place. Hope you know Him, if not, I can’t think of a better day to receive Christ,then Easter Sunday!!
FROM HOSANNA,TO CRUCIFY HIM,TO HE IS RISEN!!!!!! Happy Easter Indeed !!! |
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