The Time Has Come, the Time Is Now

 

Happy New Year! The time has come! Roll with it! Life is good, when we let it be.

Here are some verses to help you focus better for the coming year. Well, they help me, and I hope they can help you:

 

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."
(James 1:17)

"A blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you."
(Deuteronomy 23:5)

"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done."
(1 Chronicles 16:8)

"Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
(Lamentations 3:22-24)

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."
(Isaiah 43:18-19)

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
(Jeremiah 29:11)

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps."
(Proverbs 16:9)

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
(Proverbs 3:5-6)

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
(1 Peter 5:7)

"So we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?'”
(Hebrews 13:6)

 

Your time is here. Your time is now.

 

The Spirit Of Truth

 

Jesus told us this:

“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.”
(John 15:26)

 

The "Advocate," the Spirit (of Truth) that Jesus talked about there is the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, etc. Lots of names - but one Spirit.

In other parts of the Bible, it says that the Spirit is now within believers, followers of the Christ, thanks to Jesus' coming, dying, and then ascending back into heaven.

The Holy Spirit, now in them rather than around them as in the Old Testament, is why some Christians feel 'led' to do some things.

That's why many Christians are thought to be nuts, thought to be a bit off their rocker, when compared to the rest of the world.

Those that don't (yet) have the Spirit in them, think Christians nuts, or stupid, or weak, etc.,

But I ask you, and quite possibly irk you by asking, who is the weaker one? One who must touch a thing to trust or believe in it, or one who is able to put their life on the line for something they believe in?

The things that make you go, 'Hmmm...' ;-)

 

Prayer for Today

Father, please, open the hearts and the minds of all who read this and are searching. Even those that don’t recognize that they’re searching. Please, Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, your son, I ask this. Please give the Holy Spirit to each of those who read this. Give them everlasting life through your Spirit in them, before it is too late, so that they may be with us in heaven for eternity. Please, as you say in your word, hand them over to Jesus. Amen.

 

Straight Outta the Bible: 12 Bits of Scripture to Contemplate

 

(Together, they tell the story... if you're willing to listen.) ;-)

 

"Then Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.'"
(John 8:58)

 

"Jesus said to him, 'I Am the way, the truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.'"
(John 14:6-7)

 

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12)

 

"God purchased us with His own blood"
(Acts 20:28)

 

"Jesus' blood purchased us"
(Revelation 1:5-6; Revelation 5:8-9)

 

"For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily"
(Colossians 2:9)

 

"looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ"
(Titus 2:13)

 

"Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted."
(Hebrews 2:17-18)

 

“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
(Hebrews 4:15-16)

 

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
(Romans 5:8)

 

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, [and] Received up in glory."
(1 Timothy 3:16)

 

"For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."
(2 John 1:7)