The day with dianne Louise

Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:18‭-‬20 HCSB Jesus came to reconcile us back to the Father. We are estranged from Him when we live for ourselves or another god. However, when we accept His offer of reconciliation and repent of our old way of doing things we are brought into His divine family. We have just celebrated Christmas when many who are estranged from those who once loved them, suffer alone. Reconciliation is needed. However, without the right mediator this will never happen. This is how we are outside of Christ. We are one side of a gulf and the Father is on the other. JESUS cam...

And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:15‭,17 We have a reason to not live for ourselves, His supreme sacrifice of His own life. He gave it all for us so that those of us who choose to follow Him will live for Him and through Him. His sacrifice provides us with all the power to live successfully for Him. Flesh and Spirit war with one another. I saw this so plainly in the series The Crown. Royalty required the Royal family to not live for themselves but for the crown, and ultimately for the Lord. We saw played out the battle to give into the flesh, which they called individualism. When a person says 'Lord I want You in my life' they are brought into royalty and start royal training school. Prince Phillip was determined that Prince Charles went to a sc...

Sustain me as You promised, and I will live; do not let me be ashamed of my hope. Sustain me so that I can be safe and always be concerned about Your statutes. Psalms 119:‬116‭-‬117 HCSB God has promised to sustain me, and He does. Whilst things get awfully scary at times, He is still there. He will not let me be ashamed of my hope, which is in Him. As He keeps me safe I can concentrate on Him and His word. Man without God is dead in their trespasses and sin. Again, today I watched the last part of The Crown series. I was horrified to see the type of man the Princess Margaret married. She was wayway and determined to do things her way and so took a man given to loose morals. When I am determined to do things my way, things go horribly wrong. If I am not living with Him as Lord I am destined for a mess. Conversely, when I do things His way, it all works out for good. He is faithful and as I am faithful, we work in harmony together. He is to be trusted! Amen!

I hate those who are double-minded, but I love Your instruction. You are my shelter and my shield; I put my hope in Your word. Psalms 119:113‭-‬114 HCSB Only God's word is true. However many have been crushed by picking a random scripture to justify a wayward heart. If I am lazy and expect God to provide, I may be disappointed as the whole counsel of scritpure must be taken. The above scripture may be taken to believe I will not experience bad things, I do. However they don't destroy me, unless I let them. My attitude is very important. I cannot behave as a spoilt child and expect things to work out. Mankind, on the other hand are inclined to be double minded, especially if they give their 'yes' before considering all the facts and then having to say 'no'. As a young leader, Queen Elizabeth had this problem. She did not know that there was not only protocol, that the government had a say, the church had a say and ancient law also had a say. At one time sh...

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19‭-‬20 HCSB How are we taught? By information received, by example and how we are treated. How can we teach others? By example, by information, by being kind and treating others with respect.People respond to the kindness of others. Today I spent some time watching the new season episodes of The Crown. In one episode the Queen was criticised in the papers, quite severely. The Queen invited the writer to the palace. One of the criticisms was that she was too remote. Although the criticism offended her she took it to heart and became more approachable. If people do not experience kindness then they think we are hard. Why not pray for opportunities to be kind. Amen!

Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18‭-‬20 HCSB I am captivated by the correlation between 'all authority has been given to Me' and 'go therefore.' The disciples had been with Jesus over three years and had already been sent out under authority to minister. Jesus is extending the first training to all nations here. Yet, they had to wait for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit some 7-10 days later. When the Holy Spirit came they owned the authority themselves. We have come to believe in Jesus but not the authority to pick up the mandate to go, well not many have. Perhaps what is required is a Holy Spirit encounter. After the Holy Spirit came...

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens — Jesus the Son of God — let us hold fast to the confession. Hebrews 4:14‭ David said: let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, oh Lord. There are times when my confession sucks! I might get caught up in negative piteous dialogue. Then I am ashamed and go to the Lord in repentance. The reason this happens is the company I find myself in at times. In such times I go for a walk and listen to a podcast and clear out the rubbish. Today I took down the Christmas decorations. As I like as little clutter as possible, I was starting to feel overwhelmed. Just the same we need to keep our hearts free from clutter. Vermin love clutter. Today I caught a mouse. It's the same in our hearts and minds. I need to hold fast to sound doctrine, good language and confession and a tender heart. I must manage myself and not allow others to dump. Amen!