God's Words of Wisdom

Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 27 January 2014, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: Hebrew 4:15-16 "For we  do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.  Let us therefore come boldly to the throne room of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in time of need."

Our High Priest, Jesus Christ sympathizes with our weakness.  The word "sympathize" means "to suffer with" and would express the feelings of one who has entered into suffering.  Jesus experienced every degree of temptation as we do, yet He was without sin.  We as humans who give into temptation so easily, cannot even being imagine how strong temptation can be.  Jesus who never gave in, KNOWS.

We as Christians should boldly and courageously approach God in Prayer, because His is a Throne of GRACE, and our High Priest Jesus Christ sits at His Right Hand interceding before our Abba Father for us.

MERCY in verse 16, is a compassion for a sufferer so great that it MOVES one to help.  In this verse, MERCY implies FAILURE: we come to God because our SINS have led us away from Him, and from the rest that He wants to bestow upon us.  The GREATNESS and WONDER of this passage is that Jesus, UNDERSTANDS our EVERY weakness, and we CAN COME before God and FIND Him not accusing us, but FINDING His MERCY and GRACE.

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

Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day.  Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God in 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, Love, and Grace be with you all.  May we as Christians reach to heaven with one hand and with the other reach out to the lost and dying of this world.  May we as John at the close of the Book of revelation say, "Come, Lord Jesus, Come."

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 5 January 2014, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: 2nd Corinthians 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."

The Holy Spirit has touched my heart by this verse that deals with times of trouble.  Many of you my friends, my family, and my Bothers and Sisters in Christ are going through the lost of  loved ones, financial woes, family issues and those in other countries who are being persecuted for their FAITH and TRUST in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, this verse is for ALL of you.

The point of these verses, is that, our own sufferings allow us to identify with those who suffer, and enable them to identify with us.  They will sense the reality of the comfort that we have received from God, and find their own comfort in Him.

Our human frailties, which makes us susceptible to SUFFERING, at the same time ENABLE us to display God's COMFORTING LOVE.  Only when we show our WEAKNESS, can we REVEAL the STRENGTH of the Lord within us.

Where there once was only hurt, He gave His HEALING HAND
Where there once was only pain, He BROUGHT COMFORT like a FRIEND
And I FEEL the SWEETNESS of His LOVE, piercing my darkness
And I see the BRIGHT and MORNING SUN, as it ushers in His JOYFUL GLADNESS
He has turned my MOURNING into DANCING again, He has LIFTED my SORROWS
I CAN'T stay SILENT, I MUST SING, Your JOY has COME

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing from Nahum 3, which is Titled: "The Woe of Nineveh."

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 Love, Peace, Strength and Grace be with you all.  Reach to Heaven with one hand and with the other reach out to the lost and dying of this world.  May we as John say, "Come, Lord Jesus, Come."

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi

God's Words of Wisdom

"Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 4 January 2014, from Cindi, a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords."

Today's Bible Verse: Psalm 17:5-8 "Uphold my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps may not slip.  I have called upon You, for You will hear me O God; Incline Your ear to me and hear my speech.  Show Your marvelous loving kinkiness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust You, from those to rise up against them.  Keep me the apple of your eye: Hide me under the shadow of Your wings."

In verse 5, the request is that the LORD hold us up, that we might not slip.  "Incline Your ear" is a pictorial view of God's MERCY.  God WILL incline His ear to HEAR our plea's.  "Loving Kindness," is a term for God's ROYAL LOVE and the word "marvelous," is used in the Bible ONLY with reference to God.

"The apple of Your eye," is a reference to the pupil and to sight.  It is an appeal for the Lord's PERSONAL ATTENTION.  It would be just as we have an instinctive response to protect our eyes, so our Heavenly Father cares INSTINCTIVELY for us to PROTECT us.

With the words, "shadow of Your wings," God is described as a "mother hen" in a positive way. Chicks who run for protection to the wings of their mother, find not only safety, but warmth and love as well.  In this same way, God PROTECTS us, gives us WARMTH, and His NEVER ENDING LOVE.

I will CAST my CARES upon You and I will lay ALL my BURDENS down at Your Feet
And ANYTIME that I don't know what to do, I will CAST my CARES upon You 
I will Cast my CARES upon You 

Click on this link at www.cindidavis.blogspot.com for a Blog Writing from Nahum which is Titled: "The Destruction of Nineveh."

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 Love, Peace, Strength, and Grace be with all of you.  Reach out to Heaven with one hand and with the other reach out to the lost and dying of this world. May we as John say, "Come, Lord Jesus, Come."

Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi 

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