God has Spoken

In the first verse the writter states a very blessed phrase, "God has spoken..." It truely is a blessing that the Almighty God of the universe has chosen to make Himself known through special revelation. We know from other parts of the Word that God reveals Himself to all mankind through His creation. Every part of this universe yells out that there is a God and that we are under His authority. In Romans chapter one it says that all know that there is a God but that they supress the truth in unrighteousness.
The most blessed thing is that our Creator God has in His pure Mercy chosen to reveal Himself to those that seek Him. He has done this through 'special' revelations. He has been doing it from the very begining of time, since Adam fell into sin and was separated from God, God has been making Himself known to the sinful fallen race of mankind.
Do you see what a blessing that truth is? That a Holy, Perfect God would choose to reveal Himself to us. But it is only to those who have a desire to look for Him. Where does that desire come from? Not from within us, if we were left to ourselves we would never seek after God, He has to give us the desire. He has to reveal to each one of His Elect Children that they are lost sinners in need of a Savior. It is all the Mercy and Grace of God.  Have you experienced that Mercy and Grace?

Last night of Revival

Brother Stanly closed out our revival tonight with another anointed message. He looked at Deu.30:11-20 with the main point on verse 20 where he looked at 3 necessary steps to God's blessing. 1. Love the Lord your God, 2. Obey His voice , and 3. Cling to Him. It seems so basic yet how often do we loose site of this very clear truth. I know that the Lord spoke to my heart tonight. To often I allow the things of this world to push the Lord out of the first place and my love for Him wains. To often I am side tracked and I don't listen to His word and obey it. There are so many noices in my life that I'm not listening to the most important sound, which is His Holy Word directed to my heart. I do need to make sure that I have that altar set up in order to have a good QUIET time with my Lord. Loving and listening and obeying my Lord is the most important thing His children can be doing.
Did you notice how often Brother Stanly quoted from the Book of Hebrews? The one I heard the loudest was from chapter 11 which I was reading this morning; verse 6, "without faith it is impossible to please God"....  The only way we can have a relationship with God is by faith. Going back to verse 1 of that same chapter we see the definition of Faith. Believing in what we can't see. Believing in the promises of God without seeing them physically.
My prayer for each one of us is that our faith would grow and guide us to a closer walk with the Lord. May we all be the people of God that we have been called to be.

First Meeting

We began our first study in Hebrews on Tuesday March 8th. We met at our house because Trish Jones went to Cleveland to visit her brother and Bobby had to take her to the airport. We will resume our weekly study on March 29th at the Jones' home. My prayer is that this study will encourage and strengthen many of the brethern.