Author: Bill

Rom 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. — To experience the Love of Christ & to believe in His Kingdom overshadows it all! This world & life here is truly a blink of the eye! To hold to Him will get us thru the difficulties of this world & opens the door to eternity! BELIEVE! Love Mel

Isaiah 41:13 (NIV) For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand & says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven & earth. John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me & I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing. — Thru it all we are to depend on God, not self. He takes hold of our hand. He is our Help! We must learn to abide in Him. This is key to understanding what it means to bear fruit! We must remember— apart from Him we can do nothing. Love Mel

2 Tim 2:15 (ESV) Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth  2 Peter 1:5-8 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, & virtue with knowledge, & knowledge with self-control, & self-control with steadfastness, & steadfastness with godliness, & godliness with brotherly affection, & brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours & are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. — This faith, this courage, & this knowledge must be within each of us. It is truly His faith that worketh this virtue within us! This is where the fruit comes from! Do your best, it pleases Him! Love Mel

The 23rd Psalm reference, When the Lord is our Shepherd, He makes us to lie down in green pastures! In todays age this is so hard for us! We are going in so many directions & doing so much in each day! Are we really willing to allow Him to direct our path? Have you ever chosen a path that you just knew it was Gods will only to end in a big mess! Or results were opposite of what you thought would be Gods will? This world is so noisy it is almost impossible to hear from God! We must learn to draw near to Him & the Bible tells us that He will draw near to us! We must learn to listen for that still small voice! It is here that we will hear from God! Love Mel

James 3:13-18 (ESV)Who is wise & understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitterness, jealousy & selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast & be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where bitterness, jealousy & selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder & every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy & good fruits, impartial & sincere.  & a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. — Did you know that bitterness & jealousy are wisdom from satan? These things open the door for the enemy to operate! When they come it is time to get on your knees! Repent immediately! Get rid of it quickly because it will destroy you! Love Mel