JESUS LIVES!!!!

Do you know that HE LIVES???  Do you know that MY SAVIOR lives???



Do you know that JESUS died and rose again???


1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (CEV)

³ I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. That part is:

Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say.

⁴ He was buried, and three days later He was raised to life, as the Scriptures say.

⁵ Christ appeared to Peter, then to the twelve.

⁶ After this, he appeared to more than five hundred other followers.
Most of them are still alive, but some have died.

⁷ He also appeared to James, and then to all of the apostles.

⁸ Finally, he appeared to me, even though I am like someone who was born at the wrong time.

You know, today is Easter Sunday!!!  And most folks are celebrating Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. 



But we shouldn’t just celebrate one day a year!!!  We should be celebrating the fact that JESUS LIVES every day!!!



I thank God for Jesus!!!  I thank GOD for sending HIS SON to die for me!!  He paid a debt I could NOT pay!!!  HE died so that I could be forgiven!!! 


God sent HIS SON to die for ALL of us, so that we could have eternal life!!


John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

God sent HIS ONE AND ONLY SON to pay for our sins-my sins and yours.



But Jesus also died to pay for the sins of the world. 



God loved this old world so much that HE GAVE UP HIS ONE AND ONLY SON TO BE SACRIFICED ON THE CROSS TO SAVE EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!



John 3:16 (NCV) God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

 

This scripture says, “that whoever believes in HIM may not be lost, but have eternal life.”



That means that we have a choice!!!  Each and every one of us has the right to choose where we will spend eternity!!! 



Knowing that Jesus died for us and rose again makes the choice very simple!!!  We can choose GOD or the devil!!!  We can choose life or death!!! 



God wants ALL of us to live forever with HIM in Heaven!!!  And we can do that!!!



The choice is ours because Jesus conquered the grave.  HE conquered DEATH, and HE ROSE AGAIN!!!



1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.



Hebrews 2:9 (NCV) But we see Jesus, who for a short time was made lower than the angels. And now he is wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. And by God’s grace, he died for everyone.

Hebrews 2:14 (CEV) We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death.

Hebrews 2:15 (CEB) He set free those who were held in slavery their entire lives by their fear of death.

 

And because JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, we can say…



O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  1 Cor. 15:55 (KJV)

 

Have You Ever Been Blessed By A Trash Truck???

Have you ever felt so blessed over something that might seem tiny and insignificant to anyone else???


Well, I was so blessed today!!!  God saw my need and HE blessed me!!!


I was sitting here trying to write a post for my blog and I had pretty much given up-to be truthful!!! I had said to THE Lord, I am sorry, but there just isn’t any anointing!!!


I had been trying to look up a scripture and these words came to me!!! 


“God meets my needs.” 


But that wasn’t the scripture I was looking for, so I closed my laptop and got up to go get cleaned up.  It was then that I heard the trash truck!!!!


I ran to get my trash thinking maybe I can catch them.  You see, I had missed them this morning!!!


I got to the curb with my trash just as they came sailing down the street.  The driver stopped and the guy jumped out.  I thanked them for stopping!!!  He grabbed my trash and proclaimed, “You are lucky today lady, because we are through for the day!!!”  I thanked him again as he threw my sack of trash in the back of the truck!!!  And off they went!!!  


I smiled because I know that I am not lucky.  I AM BLESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I turned to go back in the house, it hit me!!!  God didn’t have to do that for me, but HE LOVES ME!!!  I AM SO BLESSED because my Father in Heaven is looking out after me!!!  And I began to cry because God had thought so much of me that he had those trash guys stop!!! 


I am so blessed to be HIS CHILD!!!   I realized that God had given me a scripture to write about a few minutes earlier and because it didn’t fit with my plans and what I was thinking, I had ignored HIM!!!


Phil. 4:19 (KJV) But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.


I needed a trash truck!!!  And God provided it!!!


Once again, I lean on the knowledge that my God is ever present, all seeing and all knowing!!!  AND HE ALWAYS MEETS MY NEEDS!!!


Do I need to tell you how stinky that trash would have been by Monday???  Do you really want to know that I had cleaned out the frig last night??? 


Maybe someone will read this who has never depended on God for anything!!!   Well, I am here to tell you that this isn’t the first time nor will it be the last time that God has met my need.  I depend on HIM!!!

And yes sometimes, I have different ideas in my head about what I am going to do today or what I need to get done, but HE is always there for me!!!


He is watches over me and guides me and leads me when I am NOT too hardheaded to listen to HIM!!!  And when I am hardheaded, HE FORGIVES ME and HE lets me know how much HE LOVES ME!!!


And if you will give HIM a chance, HE WILL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU AND HOW MUCH HE WANTS YOU TO DEPEND ON HIM!!!

My Psalm unto GOD!!!

Many times I read the Psalms and I see how David cried out to GOD.  In other Psalms, I see how even David's mighty men cried out to GOD and knew that ONLY God could deliver them.


I know that God hears me when I cry out to HIM!!!!


I may NOT be as poetic as David or Asaph, but I too cry out to MY GOD!!!


I too cry out to THE LORD!!!
And I know that HE hears my cry!!!
I know that NOT one tear is wasted!!!

Here is my psalm unto THE LORD!!!

My Psalm

Lord, I need YOU!!!
Lord, I want YOU!!!
Lord, I must have YOU!!!
Lord, without YOU I cannot survive!!!

This world-this life-Oh God is too hard for me to endure without YOU!!!

I know, Oh Lord, MY GOD, that YOU hear my cry!!! 
I have FAITH in YOU and in YOU alone!!! 

For only YOU can help me!!! 
ONLY YOU can save me!!! 
ONLY YOU can deliver me!!!
ONLY YOU can ease my pain!!! 
ONLY YOU can help me!!!

YOU and YOU alone are my rock!!!!
YOU and YOU alone are my answer!!!
YOU and YOU alone are my HELP!!!!

On YOU, I lean.
On YOU, I depend.

In YOU, I trust.
In YOU, I have faith.

YOU are my peace.

YOU are my calm in the midst of the storm.

YOU are my righteousness.

YOU are my deliverer.

YOU are my strength.

YOU are my EVERYTHING!!!