I love to talk about Jesus, Community and Walking with Christ. Welcome to the Perceptions of A Child of YHWH, learning and sharing His ways.
No burden is too small nor too great for Him to bear, try Jesus.
Thy Kingdom come,Thy will be done,On earth as it is in Heaven.- Matthew 6:10
In the parable of the sower, Jesus teaches about 2 evils that are able to make a man unfruitful.Let's talk about them.
He paid a debt He didn't owe,I owed a debt I couldn't pay,I needed someone to wash my sins away,Now I sing a brand new song,Amazing grace,My Jesus paid a debt that I could NEVER pay
What a privilege it is to be counted worthy to feature in the plan of this God.
Remember the Lord,Remember His goodness,Remember who He is,Remember all He has done.
Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.-Proverbs 17:28
Blessed be our God, the reliable God.He does not lie,He cannot lie,Always true,Now and forever.
1 Thessalonians 523 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.24 Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it.
Lazy people always find fault with their tools, and those who do not intend to work always find some excuse.- Charles Spurgeon The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. - Proverbs 13:4
For we know that with God, nothing is wasted.
If we keep our gaze on Him, just like Peter, we can walk on water too. Matthew 14:22-32
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.- Psalms 147:3
Proverbs 6-16-1916 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
The privilege to witness a new day/month/year is a gift from the merciful God. Steward it well. Recognize what a miracle it is.
Isaiah 53:4-54 Surely He has borne our griefs,And carried our sorrows;Yet we esteemed Him stricken,Smitten by God, and afflicted.5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,He was bruised for our iniquities;The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,And by His stripes we are healed.
Envy no man. “A sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.” Proverbs 14:30.“Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21.
Blessed be our God who makes us brave.SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Psalm 27:1-3 ( David's song of an exuberant declaration of faith) Nehemiah 6: 9 (Nehemiah's prayer during the conspiracy against him and his vision) 1 Samuel 14:6 (Jonathan to his armor bearer)
Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS. - Revelations 5:8
James 1:2-52 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.- Joshua 1:8
Matthew 7 vs 13 and 14“ Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”- Matthew 9:37-38
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14New King James Version13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:Fear God and keep His commandments,For this is man's all.14 For God will bring every work into judgment,Including every secret thing,Whether good or evil.
Nothing much to say, just a reminder that life is fickle and it flies past.
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?—- Matthew 6:26-27
Let's learn how to serve as unto the Lord, not for the fickle applause of men, but unto God who is a rewarder of the secret sacrifices of all men. Ephesians 6:7, Matthew 20:26
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands. - Isaiah 49:15-16
It is an evil under the sun that the God we profess with our lips is not reflected in our characters. Let 2024 be the year we change!
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.- 2nd Timothy 3:16-17
1st Samuel 30:6 ——- And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
… nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few. - 1 Samuel 14:6
May we be good stewards who collaborate with our master to establish kingdom come.
Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.'- Jeremiah 6:16
May we be people who truly and deeply love the Lord. Amen.
Selah: It is an invitation to rest in His refuge and strength. Sabbath: to rest