Hello All-

Do you feel like,,, no matter what you do or what you have,,, you are still missing something in your life !!!!! Well here is a great article by David Jeremiah from his Morning and Evening Devotions book !!!! It hits the nail directly on the head from my experiences !!!! Enjoy !!!

The Missing Piece Is Christ

In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him.

Colossians 2:9–10

Insight into who you are and why you are here is available only from the Creator, because you were created for Him. The missing piece in your life is not more education or better therapy. The missing piece in your life, if you don’t know Christ, is to put Him at the center where He belongs. God created you uniquely for Himself. He put a vacuum within you that cannot be filled with anything else but Him. When you stuff in all the pleasure and all the madness of this age trying to find meaning in life, you will never discover it. But something happens when you say a simple prayer, giving in to God and receiving Him into your life.

Then Jesus comes to live within you. God loves you, He knows you, He has a plan for your life. He wants you to know who you are and why you are here, and if you will put your trust in Him, He will give you that perspective in your life. You were created in God’s image, so you are really only yourself in relationship to God. When you let God take control of your life through His Son, life begins to have some meaning.

May God Bless Your Day !!!!!!

There is a lot of talk and discussion about some things, beliefs or organizations today being too Exclusive and not Inclusive enough !!! People apply this faulty logic to find fault with anything or everything that they don’t agree with, just because they feel it is not Inclusive of everyone !!!

Hidden fact is, most of these, all-inclusive people, don’t really want everyone included, unless they agree with their logic of what inclusiveness is !!!

I can think of only one thing in this world that is completely and totally inclusive,,, no matter who you are,,, where you are,,, or,,, what you are !! More on this below !!!

Okay I have ran into this All-Inclusive logic used against Jesus,,, usually referring to the verse John 14:6 from the Bible !!

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

So what is he saying ???? Basically he is saying no one can be saved from their sin and ascend to heaven to be with Father God,,, unless they believe and accept in their heart who and what Jesus is,,, the only begotten Son of God !!!

Hummmmmm ,,,, I would say that is a pretty exclusive view,,, don’t you agree ???

Well,,, No,,, I don’t agree !!! It is actually Exclusively Inclusive if you look deeper into it !!! Below is a commentary from LIfe Bible App on this verse !!

John 14:6  Jesus says that he is the only way to God the Father. Some people resent Christianity because they think it is too exclusive and too narrow. In reality, the way is wide enough for the whole world if everyone would accept Jesus. But some people want to go their own way. Instead of worrying about how limited it sounds to have only one way to eternal life, we should be saying, Thank you, God, for providing a sure way to get to you!

If you think about it a bit,,,, all organizations, groups or businesses are Exclusive and restricted even to join !!! Be it military, schools, religions, clubs or countries !!!

Look around and you can easily see that any group that is all-inclusive without some restrictions for membership/entry ,,,, never even get started and if they did get started,,, they aren’t around for long !!!

So what is the entry requirement to get into Heaven after this life and be with Jesus for eternity ???

Well,,, in your heart,,, you have to believe and accept that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God,,, in your heart,,, you have to believe and accept that Jesus was God in human form on earth that came to save us from our sins,,, in your heart,,, you have to believe and accept that he was crucified and took on himself all of our sins and the all sins of the world,,, in your heart,,, you have to admit to him that you are a sinner and ask him for forgiveness of you sins ,,, at this point he will fill you with his Holy Spirit and Peace and take you to Heaven when you pass from this world !!!! You Are Saved Now and Forever at this point !!!

Roman 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Here is the All-Inclusive part of this Exclusive Heaven,,,,,,,, anyone can join by just inviting Jesus into your heart and life,,, rich, poor, ugly, beautul, man, woman, black, white, pink, red, purple, yellow, brown, young, old, good or bad,,, anyone can join,,, just believe in Jesus and ask him into you life !!! He will change your life,,, guaranteed !!! I pray you will do it now,,, if you haven’t already !!!

Okay,,, so above I mentioned that there is one All-Inclusive group that will take anyone without exception and without restriction !!!! That would be the Devil and Hell,,, anyone,,, in fact everyone,,, that refuses Jesus will go there when you pass from this life !!! You don’t have to do anything special to qualify for Hell,,, just reject or put off, until to late, accepting Jesus in you life and heart !!! Then just continue to live your good, bad or indifferent life just as you always have and spend eternity separated from God in Hell !!! I pray you will take action now so that won’t be the case !!!

Thanks and May God Bless your Day !!!!

Today I want to talk about “What” ,,,, What killed Jesus ???

It is pretty much historical fact,,, Who killed him ,,,, Sadducees and Pharisees condemned him and the Romans executed him on the Cross !!

But what actually caused his death,,,, The Son of God ???

I believe there was two major things that happen while he hung on that Cross !! First,, he was completely separated from God the Father and second,, he had all the Sins of the world laid against him, as he was the one final sacrifice, through his blood, to the Father to rectify mankind back to the God !!!

We have to clarify one thing from the start,,, Jesus was Sin free,,, he just took on himself, all the Sin of the world, past, present and future so that mankind could be rectified back to the Father though this one final sacrifice !!!

John 3:17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

So what had to happen while he was nailed to that Cross in order to rectify with the Father God ???

Well first,,, Jesus had to be completely isolated/abandoned from/by the Father,,, as God will not allow sin around him in his Holiness !!!

Second,,, at that point of utter abandonment and left completely alone by the Father,,, all the Sins of the world,,, past, present and future were laid on him !!! It is unimaginable to any living person the magnitude of this pouring out of Sin and Evil that he endured for us !!!

John 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Then,,, on the 3rd day God raised him from the Dead and placed him at his right hand in heaven,,, having conquered the last power the Devil had over us (Death) !!!

So applying this to us ,,,, We are still living under the threat of Death from Sin and Separation from God !!

The only path to saving ourselves from this eternal Death is by accepting Jesus as our personal Savior and admitting that we are sinners and ask forgiveness !! Instantly Jesus will forgive us our sins and set us free to experience his peace and protection against the evils that surround us each day !!! We are now rectified back to God for eternity !!!

Do not let yourself be deceived by any other teaching in this world,,, Jesus is the only way back to the Father !!!

John 14:6  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

May God Bless All Your Days !!!

So what is “I,,,ism” ???

That is what I call self-centered, self promoting, self praising selfishness !!!

We all have seen it in people,, maybe, even in ourselves,, I know I have went through periods of “I,ism” in my life,,, I can do this, I can do that, I don’t need anyone, I am the best,,, look at me ????

I had a person explain it perfectly years ago !!!

Envision a circle in your mind and in the center of that circle is,,, you ,,,, everything surrounding you in that circle is the world and you are the center of attention !!!

For the most part,,, I,ism is running rampant today in the world !! Everyone is focused on what is important to them without any regard for others out of their circle !!

I ran across a prime example this week of a well known person that thinks his (I,ism) opinion is worth listening too and should be valued !!!

Bill Maher !!! “I scold the Left when they say [pro-lifers] hate women… they don’t hate women… they think [abortion] is murder, and it kind of is. I’m just okay with that. I am. I mean, there’s 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you… Is that not your position if you’re pro-choice?”

Is this a perfect example of I,ism or what ??? I,I,I,I and I ??? However, he did sum up the pro-choice position in a nutshell !!

Now let’s look at the alternative to I,ism,,,,,,, its You,ism !!

Jesus Christ is the perfect example of You,ism,,, i.e. ,,, You are in the center of his circle !!! Everything he taught, lived and endured while on earth in human form,,, was for you !!!

His sacrifice on the cross to take on all sin,,,,, was for “You”. It gave you a second, third or hundredth chance to admit your sin and ask him for forgiveness and have him wipe your sin slate clean and take you to heaven to spend eternity with him !!!

Don’t be an I,ism,,,, turn to Jesus, believe in him and ask forgiveness of your sins and recieve his salvation and become,,, empowered by him,,, to have everyone else as the center of your circle !!!!

May God Bless Your Day !!!