March 24                                                Decreasing for His Purpose

            “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).

If you become a necessity to someone else’s life, you are out of God’s will. As a servant, your primary responsibility is to be a “friend of the bridegroom” (3:29). When you see a person who is close to grasping the claims of Jesus Christ, you know that your influence has been used in the right direction. And when you begin to see that person in the middle of a difficult and painful struggle, don’t try to prevent it, but pray that his difficulty will grow even ten times stronger, until no power on earth or in hell could hold him away from Jesus Christ. Over and over again, we try to be amateur providences in someone’s life. We are indeed amateurs, coming in and actually preventing God’s will and saying, “This person should not have to experience this difficulty.” Instead of being friends of the Bridegroom, our sympathy gets in the way. One day that person will say to us, “You are a thief; you stole my desire to follow Jesus, and because of you I lost sight of Him.                        ”https://fromtimetoeternity.com/daily-devotion-70/

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                You Are Blessed Part 4

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled—or, shall be satisfied (Matt 5:6).

Greeting Brothers and Sister and friends grace and peace to you in the name of the Father and The Son and The Holy spirit. I thank God for giving me this opportunity to share His word with you concerning our blessedness. Lord please help me as I divide your word, Help me do it right and open the hearts and minds of those who read it that they understand and be blessed by the message. Thank you Lord it is in Jesus name I pray Amen.

Do you remember times in your life that you were hungry, this is how your body respond when it needs nourishment. You have burned up all your energy and now you need more. God made us from the earth and our bodies must get its nourishment from the earth. Sort of like a car, it must have gas in order to run. when you run out of gas the car stops. The car needs water in order to keep the parts cool, so that they won’t over heat. We need water to protect our internal organs and circulatory system. God made us superior to anything we can make. When we run out of nourishment we don’t died immediately, our bodies start feed on itself giving us time to get the nourishment we need to survive.

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                 March 23

Am I Carnally Minded?

“Where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal …?” (1 Corinthians 3:3).

The natural man, or unbeliever, knows nothing about carnality. The desires of the flesh warring against the Spirit, and the Spirit warring against the flesh, which began at rebirth, are what produce carnality and the awareness of it. But Paul said, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). In other words, carnality will disappear.

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     March 21, 2017

    You are Blessed Part 3

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth (Matt 5:5)

Greetings Friends and brothers grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father , The son, and The Holy Spirit. I thank God for this opportunity to share with you concerning the Blessings God has given us, and those who He also want to bless. Lord I ask that you open the hearts and minds of those who read this message so that they will have a better understanding of the blessings that you have given us, in Jesus name I pray Amen.

As Christians our attitude mean everything. We are no longer citizens of this world. We live in this world but we are no longer bound by the dictates there of. We have come face to face with the truth and we have submitted our selves to the truth by believing in the Son of God. We did this while we were enemies with God. God forgave us and changed our status from enemy to sons and daughters, giving us peace with God. God is so pleased with the sacrifice of His Son He granted us forgiveness, reconciliation, and peace, and citizenship in the Kingdom of God (Rom 5:1). We no longer have to carry ourselves like one with no hope. We have Jesus, we have the good news, our life and our attitude should reflect our standing before God.

Psalms 37:11 says” that the meek shall inherit the earth and delight themselves in the abundance of peace”. When a person that does not know Christ come into your presences and you are a friendly , and meek person they take ease sort of speak, they take down their guard . They notice something good and pleasant about you. They fill good being in your presence and is more than willing to hear what ever you have to say. If you have this type of  attitude God says that you will inherit the earth.

Are you tired of constantly being worn out and fed up with the type of life you are living. Do you feel as though you are at war with God and men ? Do you feel like the world is just closing in on you? Do you feel like you can do better? Finally do you no where you will be going when you die? This I can tell you , It is not over when you die. Don’t be fooled if you have not established a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, God consider you as a enemy. You can do better and God will help you. God love you and He want to help you. God love you so much that He gave His son as payment for the sins of the world, The only way you can take advantage of this sacrifice is that you believe that Jesus died on the cross for you. There is no other way. The instant that you believe you become a citizen of the kingdom of God and you shall inherit the earth. You will have peace with God, and man. God bless you

If this message concerning God’s blessings has helped you better understand what you need to put your life on the right track and you have made the decision to choose Christ Jesus, that is wonderful contact me let me know, Blog me tell me what you think.

Rev Reginald Stevens

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March 22

The Burning Heart

“Did not our heart burn within us …?” (Luke 24:32).

We need to learn this secret of the burning heart. Suddenly Jesus appears to us, fires are set ablaze, and we are given wonderful visions; but then we must learn to maintain the secret of the burning heart—a heart that can go through anything. It is the simple, dreary day, with its commonplace duties and people, that smothers the burning heart—unless we have learned the secret of abiding in Jesus.

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             March 21

Identified or Simply Interested?

“I have been crucified with Christ …” (Galatians 2:20).

The inescapable spiritual need each of us has is the need to sign the death certificate of our sin nature. I must take my emotional opinions and intellectual beliefs and be willing to turn them into a moral verdict against the nature of sin; that is, against any claim I have to my right to myself. Paul said, “I have been crucified with Christ … .” He did not say, “I have made a determination to imitate Jesus Christ,” or, “I will really make an effort to follow Him”—but—“I have been identified with Him in His death.” Once I reach this moral decision and act on it, all that Christ accomplished for me on the Cross is accomplished in me. My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ.https://fromtimetoeternity.com/daily-devotion-68/

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March 20, 2017

You Are Blessed

Brothers and friends grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with all spiritual blessing in heavenly places. God did this by allowing us to benefit from Christ redemption and resurrection.  If you know Christ as far as it concern the forgiveness of your sin, you are already heirs of every possible spiritual blessing now and through eternity Amen. Lord God bless the readers of this message open their hearts and minds so that they may understand more about your blessings to your people, In Jesus name Amen!

4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted (Matt 5:4)

Mourning could be for the loss of a love one causing you to experience  feeling of great spiritual sorrow. This type of mourning needs the comforting that only God can give. Those who are broken from the ills of life can contribute to this type of mourning, along with sorrow for sin one has committed, together can cause a person to be poor in spirit and mourn for themselves and their hopeless condition. those that are poor in spirit has come to a intellectual acknowledgement of their condition and mourning is the emotional response to that condition. The second blessed attitude is the compliment of the first blessing Jesus stated in Matt 5:3 referring to the poor in Spirit.

Some people think that our spiritual life in only based on  intellectual convictions, however it is a combination emotional and intellectual.  The intellectual causes the emotional, and that causes the mourning in which God blesses us with comfort that only He can give. The comfort that we receive in this life is temporal but, the day is coming when God will wipe the tears away from our eyes and there will be no more death (Rev 21-4).

Are you concerned about your life? Are you disappointed in your accomplishments or lack there of?  Do you feel sorry for your sins? Are you worried about what is going to happen to you ? Do you feel like if you had the opportunity and if it were possible you would undo all you have done? God want to help you. He has made provisions for you. God has provided His Son to pay your penalty, and not yours only, but for the whole world. All you have to do is believe that God sent his Son to die in your place, and you will be saved. You may not understand why God would do this for you and me. The answer is simple, However it is not a requirement for you to understand, only that you believe. However I would like to offer up this answer, God love you.

If this message concerning this wonderful blessing, helped you make a decision to believe in Jesus, and receive the gift of eternal life and membership in God’s Family please Contact me, Let me know. Blog my post. God bless you

Rev. Reginald Stevens

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      March 20

                                        Friendship with God

“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing …?” (Genesis 18:17).

The Delights of His Friendship. Genesis 18 brings out the delight of true friendship with God, as compared with simply feeling His presence occasionally in prayer. This friendship means being so intimately in touch with God that you never even need to ask Him to show you His will. It is evidence of a level of intimacy which confirms that you are nearing the final stage of your discipline in the life of faith. When you have a right-standing relationship with God, you have a life of freedom, liberty, and delight; you are God’s will. And all of your commonsense decisions are actually His will for you, unless you sense a feeling of restraint brought on by a check in your spirit. You are free to make decisions in the light of a perfect and delightful friendship with God, knowing that if your decisions are wrong He will lovingly produce that sense of restraint. Once he does, you must stop immediately.https://fromtimetoeternity.com/daily-devotion-67/

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                                                       March 19, 2017

                 You Are Blessed And Don’t  Know It

Hello my brothers and my friends, grace and peace to you In the name of God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph1:3). I thank God for the opportunity to share His word with you today concerning blessings. Lord open the hearts and minds of those reading this message and open their eyes of understanding, in Jesus name I pray Amen!   

 The word blessed mean happy. All Blessings ultimately come from God and are from outside or within, ourselves for  example the sun shine on the saved and the unsaved. It is the same with the air we breathe and the water we drink. These are things we take for granted, and certainly don't consider them to be blessings. These blessings are very necessary for our physical survival and comes from God. These blessings originate outside of ourselves. We should be rejoicing because God continues to supply these needs for every living creature  on earth. Consider what would happen if God decided to stop. These blessings are common to the world and is for everything that lives.

 Also from outside ourselves are those blessing that we     give to one another, such as gifts we give to each expressing our love. Out of compassion we bless those who we don't even know by helping them in their time of need. Blessing each other is wonderful because God want us to love one another, help one another, and care for one another. There is a  so called blessing that is counterfeit, it does not come from God. Its happiness is an illusion and has devastating consequences, these are curses in disguise of a blessing (Ps73:12).
 https://fromtimetoeternity.com/you-are-blessed-...ont-even-know-it/ Let us not forget the Blessing of a wonderful marriage relationship.There is also those blessings that comes from within, for example  3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matt 5:3). There comes a time when we take inventory of our life. If we are honest with our selves we won't like what we see. When we come face to face with the truth, we see how utterly unworthy ,undeserving, and totally depraved we are. We find ourselves trapped in a position that we are unable to get out of. We are sorrowful and realize that we are in need of a savior. We are poor in spirit and yet we are not complaining and blaming our condition on anyone other then ourselves. We know  we are deserving of the consequences.  We are perfectly willing to be content in this position if it be God's will for us. We seek to cast ourselves on the undeserved mercy of God. We see and acknowledge that we are weak and God is strong, God is great and we are mean, God is Holy and we are sinners, God is all and we are nothing, we are cruel and God is merciful. To be poor in spirit is to have a broken and contrite spirit seeking God's forgiveness as the publican (Luke 18:9-14).

   Even though we are poor in spirit and without hope and  without God in the world (Eph2:13). Our Great God has compassion on us and sent his Son as our savior, to pay the penalty we owe by dying on the cross for our sins. This is a blessing that has no equal in comparison. God also blessed us by opening  our eyes so that we can see our true condition, causing our hearts to break. In our sorrow, God hears our cry and give us Hope In Christ, and He placed  the kingdom of Heaven in our reach, to the praise of the glory of His  grace(Eph1:6a). 
 
All we have to do is Believe, that's it. Nothing else is acceptable.  16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God(John 3:16,18). My friends God love you and want you to receive this blessing, which is the most valuable blessing of all and it don't cost you anything, it's a gift. Without this blessing all other blessings might as well be counterfeit and worthless.

 Thank you my friends for reading this delineation of 
the most valuable blessing of all, everlasting life in Heaven with our Lord Jesus Christ. If this article helped you to understand so that you can believe Contact me, let me Know, If you need more help to understand, Contact Me. Lets   reason with one another. 
Thank You
God Bless you
Rev. Reginald Stevens 
The Kingdom of Heaven is yours if you believe.
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            March 19

Abraham’s Life of Faith

“He went out, not knowing where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8).

In the Old Testament, a person’s relationship with God was seen by the degree of separation in that person’s life. This separation is exhibited in the life of Abraham by his separation from his country and his family. When we think of separation today, we do not mean to be literally separated from those family members who do not have a personal relationship with God, but to be separated mentally and morally from their viewpoints. This is what Jesus Christ was referring to in Luke 14:26.

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