The day with dianne Louise

Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval. John 6:27 Although I wrote about this yesterday I cannot move on. There is so much more. We all work for food that spoils, in fact for more than food that spoils. We need the money to come in or we are useless. Yet there is more. I am constantly reminded by the Lord, "Look at Me!" The gospel of Matthew tells it like this: 'Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things (stuff) will be given to you as well.' Matthew 6:33 What is God doing today? Where is He? What is He saying? What is His focus? Perhaps it is: "Play with me!" I have a little grandson Archie who is constantly asking 'Nan pay (he cannot pronounce 'l') me?' Perhaps He wants relationship and friendship not 'work'. Perhaps, today, God is not working as I imagine working, perhaps ...

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw the miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." Then they asked Him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered them, The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent."John 6:26-29 Our reasons for seeking the Lord varies. I am currently reading Steve Jobs book written by Walter Isaacson. He noted that Steve had been taken to church by his adoptive family but there came a point when Steve rejected Christ because of Church dogma and the fact that he could not come to terms with a God who allowed suffering. He wanted a God that would level the playing field and make all things good. Most often we want a God who does stuff for us, because we are self-centred. We l...

Gather the pieces that are left over, let nothing be wasted.So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. John 6:12,13 In the gathering of the remains the evidence of the miracle appeared. The fact that everybody in a great crowd, in some gospels we are told thousands, ate and were satisfied by the sharing of 5 small barley loaves and two fish was miracle enough but when 12 baskets full of left over bread were collected the miracle hit home. Perhaps you have had a miracle, one of provision, is there anything left? Perhaps you should count it and realise fully the greatness of your God. In Jeremiah 30:18,19 God says to His people: 'I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place. From them will come  songs of thanksgiving and sounds of rejoicing.' A miracle causes rejoicing, t...

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming he asked Phillip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him because He already knew what He was going to do. Phillip answered him, "eight months wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite to eat. Another of the disciples Andrew, Simon Peter's brother spoke up, "here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?" Jesus answered, "have the people sit down." John 6:5-10 Here was a need. Jesus knew the answer but asked the disciples what to do. The first missed the answer by a mile, the second came close. He presented Jesus with the seed of the solution. How many times have we looked at limited circumstances and wondered how to stretch them to cover a great need? Many, many times. What eyes do we use when we look at the provision? Do we see the seed of the answer? A seed is all we need. A ...

"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" John 5:45-47 Down through time we have managed to misinterpret what has been said, created our own doctrine and miss the mark. In the above scripture Jesus is speaking to the Jews. Our faith may be locked into the mother of Jesus, Mary, or perhaps one of the apostles, or perhaps a good person who lived and died for Christ. If who we focus on takes us away from the truth of the gospel then we have chosen a path of deception and will miss the mark. The person we focus on may be a good person and not intentionally leading us astray but if we are misfocused then we sin and miss the mark. If I take my eyes off of Christ, then I end up in a ditch of my own making. No-one, no matter how good a teacher or how good a person i...

If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. John 5:31,32 In this day of resumes and giving evidence of what we believe about ourselves we still need references. Jesus was saying that His Father was the reference giver. In the book of Acts Saul the persecutor needed a divine reference because the Christians needed to know that him who persecuted could now be trusted. Today the Lord's reference still speaks greater than mans. If He was asked about you what would He say? We need to remember this life is not about our opinion about our worth or lack thereof but about what He would say. Are you blood bought? Do you live as though He is your lifeline? Depending on how you answer these questions will depend on His reply. Jesus said He is the Way. If I have my ticket from Him and am in His vessel then that is all that matters. The cost of the ticket is repenta...

For the Father loves the Son  and shows him all that He Himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show Him, so that you may marvel. For the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He will. John 5:20,21 I wonder, does the Father love me? Yes! Does He have works that He would like to show me? Yes! Why do I not see them? Perhaps my eyes are not opened. What prevents me from seeing? Do I have a heart for the Father to the point that I would seek His works? If I see His works then I will rejoice and never be despondent because although I am not achieving the results I desire, if I see what He is doing then I would know that this is more important than anything else. Last night I met with 250 relatives and friends. If I judge by what I saw then I would say, "Where is God?"It looked like a regular worldly party, however He looks deep inside at the heart and that is exactly where He is working. Every one of us is in His eye, eve...