The day with dianne Louise

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that He appeared so that He might take away our sins, and in Him is no sin. No one who lives in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen Him or know Him. 1john 3:4-6 There it is folks, it is possible to not sin. How? Living in Him! How? Make Him your life source, your everything, let there be no other solution, for anything, other than Christ. We are told sin is lawlessness. Any area of my life that is not submitted to Him operates in sin. Be it finances, eating, drinking, talking, thinking, loving, driving, how we treat others, how we treat ourselves. If I continue to live lawlessly I show I do not know Him. How do I get to know Him? Spend time with Him, read His word, pray, sing, worship. Here is the rub! Where your treasure is; there is your heart! Tonight, again, capped a day spent with family. We went to a Koala park, shopped and then returned home to light a fire and s...

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 1John 3:2,3 A desire to be pure comes from really knowing the hope within us. The more I know Him the more I want to be clean. Hopelessness opens the door to sin. How do we find hope? Get to know Him. We all watch people around us change as they fall in love. Falling in love happens as a person spends time with the object of their affection. If I make Him the object of my affection and then spend time with Him, I see His holiness, and begin to desire His purity in my own life. I have this hope within me, all I have to do is unpack it. This past week I had a grandson who had in the past been aloof give me spontaneous hugs, he was saying I love you nan. My youngest granddaughter did not know me well and as a result she was d...

And now, dear children, continue in Him, so that when He appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of Him. 1john 2:28,29 Well I have had a challenging time doing what John recommends. Have you ever had someone in your world you manage to upset and it is all a big misunderstanding? Yes I thought so, we all do! Oh how my flesh just wanted to get the bat out and fight, in defense of course. I am constantly aware that Christ must rule my motives. Each time I come to the word and allow it to cleanse me I am better for it. Each time I avoid it I am the worse for it and nothing but a big mess is created. I must abide, abide means I establish my home in Him and that I live out of that home and nowhere else. He alone is righteous, He alone is holy. His ways must prevail. The only answer is grace. Amen!

I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But His anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit- just as it has taught you, remain in Him. 1John 2:26,27 When we accept Christ all of Him comes in. The challenge is to remain in Him. Offense is one of the tools of the enemy, he is a liar and a cheat and comes to rob and steal. He whispers lies into a heart that is insecure and causes a reaction, that reaction is usually against another, at times quite an innocent individual. When that person has the reaction spill all over them the injustice and wrongness of the spill causes them to react and a chain reaction takes place. As a Christian I can go to Christ and allow Him to help me process instead of sitting and rehearsing what I would like to say. Yes this in itself can be a challenge because we want to ...

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. I Do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist- he denies the Father and the Son. 1John 2:20-22 The apostle John is writing to the church at around 90 AD. There were people who had been a part of the church go out from the church with their own gospel based on works. Whenever we deny the power of the cross we take a stand against what Jesus died for. If my righteousness has anything to do with my self effort, in my own mind, I am mistaken. I miss the point and act as an Antichrist. No I am no the Antichrist but his spirit takes hold. The apostle John states that his readers know and have the truth. What is that truth? That Jesus is the Christ, He has all the power and He came from the Father. In other words He is God! ...

See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us- eternal life. I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 1 John 2:24-26 Many receive Christ, with joy. On Sunday I attended my son's church at Logan in Brisbane. I saw many go forward for salvation after hearing a message about the three little pigs, it was a children's service. My eldest grandson was up on stage in the children's choir, as was my youngest grandson. The pastor spoke about the three types of people: the fool who says in his heart there is no God; the Christian who becomes deceived; and lastly the Christian who builds his life on the rock, a good solid foundation, Christ, and goes on to maintain his Christianity. It was a simple, yet effective message, one that my 6 year old grandson listened to and could talk about at dinner that night. Yet there was ...

The world and it's desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1John 2:17 Here is the secret! Eternal life awaits the one who dares to do the will of God. You might ask, "well then, what is the will of God?" Glad you asked! The will of God is: 1) accept His Son's sacrifice as being sufficient and the only way, no dabbling in self effort 2) walk daily aware of Him, seek Him, pray, read His word 3) live in Him and walk in this world, in Him 4) look at Him and not yourself, He is the way, the provider, the answer, walk humbly knowing it is not all about you, He has a bigger plan. It is only when as are captured by thoughts about how our life would be if only we have ..... Are we caged in the love if the world, the lusts of the flesh and the pride of life kicks in when we foolishly think we did it all. Hah! Stay humble, there is real safety there! Amen!