The day with dianne Louise

Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust. 2 Peter 1:3‭-‬4 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/2pe.1.3-4.MSG The promises of God are terrific! When we trust Him completely amd push Him to answer our requests, in faith, He does and is delighted to do so. Our God loves it when we trust Him and call Him out, in faith. He reminds me of a human father who delights in his children. I see His smile and love it! He is so good and worthy to be trusted. Amen!

By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 2 Peter 1:3 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/2pe.1.3.NLT If you have ever bought flat pack furniture, you know the fun of finding all the parts and following the minimal instructions, and this is only for furniture that will last a few years. Our lives usually last for 70 plus years and we desperately need instructions in how to deal with all that is flung at us: sickness, accidents, family devastations, financil strains and now a global pandemic.  The scripture above tells us we have been given instructions and they are found within scripture. We are very fortunate that scripture is readily available. For centuries it was not written for the ordinary men and women to access and only the learned few had access to it. They would then have had to find a way to meet that per...

The earlier revelation was intended simply to get us ready for the Messiah, who then puts everything right for those who trust him to do it. Moses wrote that anyone who insists on using the law code to live right before God soon discovers it’s not so easy—every detail of life regulated by fine print! But trusting God to shape the right living in us is a different story—no precarious climb up to heaven to recruit the Messiah, no dangerous descent into hell to rescue the Messiah. So what exactly was Moses saying? The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as close as the heart in your chest. It’s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching. Say the welcoming word to God—“Jesus is my Master”—embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That’s it. You’re not “doing” anything; you’re simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. Tha...

Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 AMPC https://bible.com/bible/8/rom.10.9.AMPC I chose this version because I wanted to highlight what believing really means. In some versions it seems to imply saying Jesus is Lord and 'yes, basically, I agree God must have raised Him from the dead', is enough. It isn't enough. When I was 18 and looking at the difference between my shining face friends and me,  it was not whether we believed the same thing, or even said the same thing about Jesus. I had grown up a devout catholic but the spark was missing. I needed a revelation of Jesus I didn't currently have, it had to go to the core of my being, that Jesus was all I needed, I could not bring anything at all, apart from my faith in Him. I did find the revelation, but first I had to see my sin, not my own goodnes...

You took away Your people’s guilt; You covered all their sin. Selah Psalms 85:2 HCSB https://bible.com/bible/72/psa.85.2.HCSB Today I had a traumatic experience that brought back memories I wanted to forget. In 2013 I had a close encounter with death as my car failed at a speed pf 100kms per hour. It was found to be a gearbox problem and took 6 weeks to repair. It again failed a few years later, fortunately not at high speed. Last week my car was recalled for an airbag refit. When I arrived the service depatment told me they were going to check my gearbox. I was surprised as it was working fine. After the service the car failed acceleration and showed me something was wrong. The next time I drove it warning lights flashed on the dashboard. Today, at my insistence the car was examined. I was told the fault was not the mechanics problem and was going to be charged several hundred dollars. I called my own mechanic and he went to war for me. An hour later he called to say: no cost and you ...

You forgave the guilt of your people— yes, you covered all their sins. Interlude Psalms 85:2 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.85.2.NLT There are times in life when we have done what we consider the unpardonable and expect rejection because of it. Others may reject us but God doesn't. What sort of love is that? Paul tells us in Romans 3:23, all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and goes on: Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins (Romans 3:24). If all have sinned, who are we to say who is not acceptable and begin a grading process, when God says: all sin is sin. Forgiveness is waiting for us, all we have to do is ask for God to forgive and cleanse us and deliver us from our sin. He is always there, waiting. You are not God and therefore unable to counsel Him on the unforgivability of your sin. Why not turn to Him and ask! He is waiting!

But now that you’ve found you don’t have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life , eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master. Romans 6:22‭-‬23 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/rom.6.22-23.MSG I like the way this version says: work hard for sin your whole life, and your pension is death. Imagine attaining pension age only to find, no joy, no hope, no future but penury. This is how those who have  come to the life's end experience the reality of eternity. We can scoff and ignore warnings, but the day comes when we must face reality. Eternity without God will be hell. Thr enemy who deceived you into to following your own lusts and desires, and living for you, will have his gloves off. We see brutality depictes in movies and at times i...