Miracles

The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. Ezekial 10:5 (NIV)
Does God speak to you,? Or do His words fall upon deaf ears? Can you hear Him? Or is He wasting His time and breath trying to relay unto you His glory? I have to wonder do the majority out there realize God speaks to us frequently. Do you know just how outspoken God really is? He speaks to us. Do we choose to listen?
I have been asked by some wishing to dispute my faith, if God loves us and is really the God He claims to be, why then does he not give us miracles today that we might believe?
Then Jesus said to him,"unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe." John 4:48 (NKJV)
I ask you, how many signs and wonders must you see? Do you walk, talk, function in a manner which allows you to get through your day? That my friend is a miracle of itself. That someone so blind might traverse this world so completely.
The voice of God comes to us every day,in everything we venture. If by chance you can't hear, maybe you need a faith check. It is not your hearing, it's your beliefs,your reason, your self centered characteristics, which allow you not to hear the word of God.
Country singer Charlie Daniels many years ago had a song that said let the blind man play. My prayer is that the Lord open your heart and let the blind man see. Still need signs and wonders?
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Romans 3:23 (NAS)
Theerefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.Romans 5:12 (NAS)
Jesus resurected from the dead, Jesus was resurected from the dead that you may believe and be saved. The price of sin is death, the Gift of God is life.
For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, So that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT)
Let God awaken you from the death of sin and be made new through faith in Jesus Christ. That my friend is a true resurection from death and through it you may have eternal life. How many signs and wonders must you see?
Ross

I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself up for me. Gal. 2:20 (NAS)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God. Eph 2:8 (NKJV)
I have been asked why i belive the Bible to be true, what proof is there?
I answer with faith. If by chance the Bible is not true it is the most elaboratly constructed and persued lie put together and continued by evil men that have nothing in common with one another. This itself would be the most evil thing man had ever attempted to do and I would find that scenario much harder to swallow than the truth of the Bible.
in th O.T. we can read that the world is round and the universe is growing. This from a time when the world was still flat and the center of the universe. (where does it say this? Well my friend do yourself a favor and seek for yourself if you still can't find it after a true search ask and I will tell you)
How can we believe the N.T. the faith of those that walked with the Lord. If that is untrue than this group of men also were part of that conspiracy to mislead others that dates back to the beginning of time. They however were willing to go one step further to mislead you. They were willing to die that you may know the truth of the Lord, that you too may be saved through faith in Jesus Christ and be reconciled to the Creator of all we have all we know and all we shall ever be.
In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it John 1:1-5 (ESV)
Peter- crucified upside down
Andrew- crucified
Matthew-died by sword
James,son of Alpheus- crucified
Simon- crucified
Thaddaeus-killed by arrows
James, Jesus' brother- stoned
Thomas- died by spear
barthalomew- crucified
James, son of Zebedee- died by sword
Stephen- stoned
These men all died because they believed that God came, lived, died and was resurected, that we may be found righteous in the site of God. If those that were among Him were willing to go that far to let you know the truth of Jesus Christ, let me ask you a question. What proof do you have to say these men died trying to convince you of a lie?
May the Lord bless you with the truth of His presense and shine on your life the light of life, that you might find the way
God bless
Ross
I would challenge anyone who hasn't done so to pick up and read the Bible and know the truth yourself

Hearts desire

Fri, Sep 16th - 2:39PM
I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit,Who leads you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your well being would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Isaiah 48:17b,18 (NASB)
Oh that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all my commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! Deut. 5:29 (NKJV)
And behold, one came to him and said , Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life? And He said to him, Why are you asking Me about what is good/ There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments. He said to Him, Which ones? And Jesus said, You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adutery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witnes; Honor your Father,and Mother; And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. The young man said to Him these things I have kept, what am I still lacking? Jesus said to him, If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possesions and give to the poor, and you shall have treasures in heaven; and come, follow Me. Matt. 19;16-21 (NASB)
What am I still lacking? The young mans question answered itself I believe. He had kept the commandments, he had lived a good life. Perhaps to good ,because that is where his heart was.He coveted the gain he had gotten from life. He loved what this world had to offer, More than he desired to be a part of God's kingdom.
Maybe though you are not rich, I know I'm not. Christ isn't however speaking only of money and possesions. That was the stone that tripped up that particular young man. Where lies your heart? What is keeping you from truly knowing the grace of our Lord? Pride? Lust? What does your heart desire?
I have said on several occasions, Know the law, live the law. Will that make you a good person? Will that gain you entrance to heaven? No and no. Why then should we strive to live by such a rigid standard?Because if we are alive in Christ, we must. When saved He creates a new us, the old us dies away and we are reborn in Him. That should be the desire of our heart, that should be the one thing we strive for. Salvation is a glorious gift. Desire not worldly demise,desire grace, live for the promise of salvation.
Live for Jesus and be blessed

The Law

You shall have no other Gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol.You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.Observe the sabbath and keep it holy.Honor your Father and your Mother.You shall not murder.You shall not commit adultry.You shall not steal.You shall not give false testimony.You shall not covet.
Look these over carefully,because this is the standard we should strive to live by.Some might tell you the ten commandments no longer mean anything, Jesus did away with them. Jesus himself said he did not come to do away with one bit of the law however. True you shall be judged by your faith,not the law. How than shall we live? Shall we cleave to our worldly desires,hold true to the temptations of the flesh,or shall we live to glorify God?
Without the law none would be sinners,none would need a savior.
God is loving and understanding true,but he is also just and righteous He can't just ignore sin,it's against His nature
I've heard arguements that God doesn't exist ,because God can do anything and if God can do anything then he can create a mountain so big,even he is unable to move it. Therefore if He can do that then he can't do everything so therefore God can't be. I know,logic without the use of logic. Doesn't make sense to me either. What we have to do is realize God can't do everything. God can't go against his own nature,God can't lie,so to say God can do everything is abstract unreality. God also can't just look at our sin and say oh well,he did pretty good otherwise,I'll just ignore the fact he's a lying,adultrous theif who has no respect for me. Would you serve a God like that? Pesonally I could'nt
Let's take a look at Matt. 5:28. Jesus says if you look upon a woman with lust,you have already commited adultery in your heat. Cmon guys,how many can say they've never done that?
Jesus saved an adulterous woman from being stoned. He told her accusers let him who has no sin throw the first stone,then he told her to sin no more. What is sin? Transgression of the law. What is the law? See the top of this page.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law,so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Romans 3:19(NIV)
Therefore the law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith. Gal. 3:24 (NASB)
We must make ourselves aware of the law and live by it. Ultimatly that is what being alive in Christ is about. That is why he came to save us, that we may be like him and glorify our Father
Obey the law that Christ didn't die for no reason,even if that reason is only you
Ross

TO SHOUT!

Worldly desires, put me in a daze
God's true glory, locked in my minds maze
I stumble in the darkness of this life all alone
Some times wonder, why I'm so far from home
If I lived true to what I hold deep inside
I'd give God the glory, on this long labored ride
I'd be living for telling the world my story
I'd be living for giving Jesus the glory
tell about the day, Christ made me new
but I've shared my story with so few
And now I long to reach out
And I desire to shout- TO SHOUT!
Touch just my small part of this world
Let my faith like a flag be unfurled
And to Jesus sing praise
And to Jesus sing praise

undignified

Like a flower reaching, toward the sun's life giving rays
So shall I, raise my hands to heaven, lifting God's praise
I shall sing
I shall dance
Give glory to life's King
I shall sing
I shall dance
Give glory to life's King
At the risk of loosing pride
I shall persist
Not turn and hide
I shall become even more undignified than this

Grace

My walk alone through this life, is now all but gone
Christ opened my eyes,showed where I'd gone wrong
I've seen trials and torment, now I'm way out on a limb
and I find my desire placed well within him
I've heard the truth, a glorious sound
Now I walk with him, that his grace does abound
He's opened my eyes to the life that is light
Now his grace I shall carry, my God given right
Humbly, O Lord, I submit to your will

Memory Lane

I took a stroll down memory lane
I saw a past, stricken with pain
Come back to today, my view in the present
God's blessed me so much, life so much more pleasant
When I arrived at where, it was not worth the fight
I gave it over to Jesus,brought it into the light
There ain't no use in looking back
Yesterday has faded to black
Look to my future, my hope in his love
I walk through this journey, my guidance above
Stepped out of the darkness,into the light
Now I'm focused on Jesus, keeping him in my sight
Look toward heaven, Lord I do pray
Provide me your guidance, through this God given day