God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 29 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: Various Scripture Reading
 
"SEVEN REASONS WHY PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED" Part 2

(5) FAILURE TO FORGIVE OTHERS
Mark 11:25 "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses."
FAITH, PRAYER, and FORGIVENESS are ALL linked, for only a FIRM conviction that God can remove ALL obstacles, that moves us to pray, while a spirit of FORGIVENESS, ACCEPTED, and EXTENDED to others, assures us of our welcome before God's Throne Room of Grace.  FAITH works miracles, not because it gives us confidence in ourselves, but because it moves us as Christians to TRUST ALL to God.

(6) IT IS NOT GOD'S WILL
Mark 22:42 ".....saying, Father, if is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours be done."
Jesus agonized over His approaching death and the effect of God's wrath.  In verse 43, God's answer to His Son's prayer did not allow Him to avoid suffering.  However, God did provide angelic help for Jesus to face what was coming.  Sometime God answers Prayers by eliminating trials; sometimes He answers by strengthening us in the midst of them.

(7) SELF-EXALTATION
Luke 18:9-14 "And He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that were righteous, and despised others: 'Two men went up to the temple to pray, one was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus to himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even tax collectors.  I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I posses.'  And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not as much lift his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me a sinner!'  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
The tone of the prayer reveals the Pharisee's problem.  He used the pronoun, "I" fives times in two verses.  The Pharisee's attitude seems to be that God would be grateful to him for his commitment.  He obviously looked down on other people and was proud of his fasting and tithing.  In verse 13, is a humble spirit that Jesus wants us to have.  The tax collector knew that he could not say or bring anything to enhance his standing with God.  He know that only God's MERCY and GRACE, and NOT his own works could deliver him.  Jesus in this parable showed us the contrast between  the Pharisee and the tax collector as one between PRIDE and HUMILITY, between those who EXALT and those who HUMBLE themselves.   God will bring down the PROUD, and will exalt the HUMBLE.

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing from Nahum 1 which is Titled: "God's Wrath on His Enemies."

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness.  Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember, that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi


 

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 28 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verses: Various Scripture Readings

Today is Part 1 of "Seven Biblical Reasons Why Prayer May Not Be Answered."

(1) UNBELIEF OR DOUBTING GOD
James 1:6 "But let him ask in faith, with no doubting. for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind."
"Doubting" means "to be divided in ones mind" or "to debate."  The term does not 
describe momentary doubt, but a divided allegiance or willingness.  Doubt here in this verse is "diakrino," which when used in the sense of "doubt" is uncertainty about something set forward as an object of faith.  In James 1, we ask God what to do, and He shows us.  But when we hold back, we then are uncertain whether or not we want to obey.  James tells us that if we are going to hold back, "don't bother asking." (Wow)  When God show you His WAY, He EXPECTS you to take it.
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God, must believe that He is, a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."
The word "come" is used repeatedly in the Book of Hebrews and refers to the privilege of drawing near to God.  In this verse, we are told that Faith is mandatory for those who approach Him, and that God rewards those who not only seek Him, but those who do good works through the power of the Holy Spirit.  Stripped down to it's basics, FAITH is confidence that God exists, and the CONVICTION that He "rewards those who diligently seek Him."  Only those who KNOW God, not only as a POWER, but also as a PERSON who LOVES, will DARE TRULY to SEEK Him.

(2) ASKING FOR THE WRONG REASONS
James 4:3 "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you might spend it on your pleasure."
James in this verse says, "because you ask amiss" is telling us that our prayers are not answered because we are praying for the wrong things and for the wrong reasons.  We as Christians should ALWAYS be "praying in accordance to God's Will."  Often the reason that god does not supply our desires is simply that He know they will not benefit us.  God is NEVER obliged to answer our prayers with a "yes."  He will NOT act in ways that are CONTRARY to His Will, even if we should besiege Him by fervent prayers.  Anytime we seek to further our personal pleasures through prayer we are asking "amiss."  Remember in prayer, God does not bow to our will, instead we submit to His good Will for our lives.

(3) SIN IN YOUR LIFE
Isaiah 59:2 "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you."
The Scriptures tell us what sin is.  Sin SEPARATES us fro God.  Sin corrupts human nature; it turns our thoughts to evil acts, arouses wrong desires, and so weakens our wills, that we choose the wrong, even when we know what is good.This reality underlines the grim picture of life in a sinful society.  Sin brings man under the divine wrath of God.  But how wonderful that we as Christians have a REDEEMER whose blood has washed away ALL our sins.  We as Christians need to tell this lost and sinful world of the FREE GIFT of SALVATION that comes through a BELIEF and TRUST in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  Those that are not saved are ALWAYS looking at you and in how you walk and talk, to see what the difference is between them and you. ALWAYS pray that you will walk in the Footprints of Jesus with the guidance of the Holy Spirit so that your life WILL NOT be a STUMBLING BLOCK to others.

(4) NEGLECTING THE NEEDS OF OTHERS
Proverbs 21:13: "Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, Will also cry and not be heard."
"Poor" would indicate the weak and needy individual.  A person who is indifferent to people in need, will find NO ONE helping them, when they call out for help.

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing Titled: "Jesus."

Jesus Reigns,and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ
Cindi

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 15 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the Kings of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: Romans 8:22-25 "For we know that whole creation groans and labors with birth pang together until now.  Not only that, but we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.  For we are saved in this hope, but hop that is seen is not hope; for why does one hope for what he see?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await for it with perseverance."

The Spirit's work with us is presence tense salvation:  We are being SAVED from the POWER of sin and becoming RIGHTEOUS.  When Jesus returns, we will be saved completely, liberated from the last vestiges of sin, which clings so persistently to us.  One day creation itself will be RENEWED, even as we are being RENEWED.  When we are delivered from the bondage of corruption, there will be NO more DEATH.

Verse 22, refers to Adam's fall which has caused misery from then until present.  The present suffering of creation are the "birth pangs" of the new age to be born, the "Millennium."  From the fall until now, creation has been groaning over the pointlessness of have been made subject to the a new curse.  Creation looks forward to the time when the curse will be lifted.

The first fruits of the Spirit refers to the first working of the Holy Spirit, which is a pledge of more work to come, like the redemption of our bodies.  The Spirit and His work is God's assurance of the GREATER BLESSING to come.  The Spirit is a GUARANTEE of our inheritance.  

Hope is constant exception of unseen reality.  We are SAVED by FAITH, but our HOPE is in the RETURN of Jesus Christ, in ALL His Glory, and our complete deliverance from our sinful natures.  If we are expecting something unseen, we as Christians need to wait with PERSEVERANCE; that is, we are willing to ENDURE the present.

We as Christians and our longing for heaven is good, because it is and EXTENSION of our YEARNING for God.  The HOPE of heaven is meant to STRENGTHEN  and ENCOURAGE us, filling us with WONDROUS JOY.  Many Christians have misunderstood this word "hope," believing that it denotes wishful thinking.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

As soon as Jesus comes into our lives, and He becomes our Savior, heaven then became our ULTIMATE DESTINATION. The phrase, "hope of heaven," highlights the benefits we as Christians can enjoy even while living here on this our temporary home. This HOPE keeps us spiritually alive during dark times of adversity,  brightens our path, and heightens our AWARENESS of the Presence of God.  God's DESIRE is that He "Fills our cups to overflowing," with the HOPE and POWER of the Holy Spirit.

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing Titled: 
"Introduction to the Book of Nahum."

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go In Peace and Love the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 14 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: Psalm 8:3-5 "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?  For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor."

When we look at the splendor of God's Creation, and the WONDERS of NATURE, we as God's ultimate creation, need to ALWAYS PRAISE the Creator.  The universe with its infinite distances, was the doing of our Lord's finger.

What is man, in the vastness of Creation, and the surprising GLORY of God the Creator, and who are we, as men and women to presume upon Him? 

The answer to that is stunning:  We as Men and Women stand at the summit of God's Creation.  God made man in His own Image, and just a little lower than the angels.  The words "crowned him with glory," in verse 6, means that God created us as humans, as MAJESTIC CREATURES, ho were to RULE over His Creation.  But because we are in a fallen state, we are DISFIGURED of the majesty God had intended.

However, because of Jesus, we recover MAJESTY, and in Him, we become as God had Created us to be and through Him we can BOLDLY come into the THRONE ROOM of GRACE and we are re-connected to God.

Whenever you feel WORTHLESS, may the words of this Psalm ENCOURAGE you, for we as humans as God's GREATEST Creation, are valuable, because God Created us in His own GLORIOUS IMAGE.

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing on Micah 7 which is Titled: "Sorrow for Israel's Sins." 

 Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness.  Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T, Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 9 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: 1st Peter 5:6-11 "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.  Be sober, be vigilant; your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking who He may devour.  Resist Him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Jesus Christ, after you have suffered awhile, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.  To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever.  Amen"

Wow!!! Peter in these verses hits the nail right n the head.  In verse 7, we are told that as Christians, we need to present all our WORRIES, ANXIETIES and ALL our PROBLEMS to God in order for Him to settle them.

In verse 8, we are to be self disciplined, to think wisely not foolishly.  We are to be aware of the spiritual pitfalls of life, and take the steps necessary o make sure that we do not stumble.  Satan is loose on this earth as a ROARING LION, and he is CUNNING and CRUEL.  He is our AVOWED enemy.  He NEVER ceases from ATTACKING us, and he is also CONSTANTLY ACCUSING us before God, but PRAISE GOD we have Jesus our High Priest who stands before the Father on our behalf and since Jesus is the BEST DEFENSE attorney in the entire UNIVERSE we are judged NOT GUILTY for we have been washed in the Blood of the Lamb.

In Verse 9, we a Christians are NOT to RUN, but to RESIST and to FIGHT, rather than FLEE.  We are to RESIST in the STRENGTH and POWER of Jesus and NOT our own. Our VICTORY comes when we remain committed to God, because He is GREATER than OUR ENEMY and Satan and his demons TREMBLED at the Name of Jesus Christ.

In verse 10, we as Christians are told that God WILL make our way STABLE, despite the instability we feel, living in a world that inflicts suffering upon us. God WILL give us the ABILITY to SUCCEED in ALL that we do for Him.  God helps us face the attacks of our enemy, by building in in a FIRM FOUNDATION that will make us STEADFAST and IMMOVABLE.

In verse 11, we are reminded by Peter that God is in CONTROL of ALL thing both in this world and throughout eternity.  "Amen" at the end of verse 11, echoes a Jewish practice of declaring that EVERYTHING that had been said is TRUE and that the hearers were committed to putting into practice that Truth. 

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for Scripture Reading from Micah 6 which is Titled: "God Pleads With Israel."

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember, that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all.

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi


  

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 7 December 2013, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: Hebrews 12:28-29 "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.  For our God is a consuming fire."

The earth shook at Mount Sinai and the earth will shake at the end of time, Matthew 24:29.  But the kingdom of God will not be shaken, for it will endure throughout ALL ETERNITY, Luke 18:29.  The writer of the Book of Hebrews says in verse 29, "Our God is a consuming fire" as he concludes his lengthy warning to those who are tempted to abandon the FAITH, Hebrews 2:1-12;29, with a vivid description of God''s Judgment, Deuteronomy 4:24.  The Lord WILL judge His people, Hebrews 10:27,30.

We as Christians need to let THANKFULNESS. temper ALL our thoughts.  When we have a THANKFUL mindset, it will then KEEP us in TOUCH with God.  God DISLIKES it when we as His children GRUMBLE, casually despising His sovereignty.  THANKFULNESS is a SAFEGUARD against GRUMBLING, and furthermore, a GRATEFUL ATTITUDE becomes a grid, through which we can PERCEIVE LIFE.

Our GRATITUDE as Christians, enables us to see the LIGHT of His PRESENCE shining on ALL our CIRCUMSTANCES, no matter how DARK or STORMY they may become.  We need to cultivate a THANKFUL HEART, for our GLORIES God who FILLS us with His JOY.  The kingdom alone WILL remain when the universe itself is shaken and the CREATION disappears. 

May we today, CHOOSE to be THANKFUL.  May we CHOOSE NOT to GRUMBLE.  May we CHOOSE to come before God with a HUMBLE and GRATEFUL heart, in ALL that we SAY and DO.  How good it is to be a CITIZEN of the Kingdom of God.

Click on this link www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing from Micah 5 which is Titled: "The Coming Messiah" 

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness.  Love God More Today.  ALWAYS remember that when you have a spiritual, emotional, relational, physical, or financial dilemma in your life, and you yell out, "I CAN'T," Listen to the Sweet, Soft, and Tender Voice of God as He WHISPERS to you, "BUT I CAN."

Jesus Reigns, and He Is, Has Been, and ALWAYS Will Be In Complete and Total Control!!! May God's Peace, Strength, and Grace be with you all. 

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi