Selfless Faith

John 14:18 reads “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

When we are finally able to break free from the devil’s grasp on our once miserable lives, our lives are no longer miserable, but our souls become empty, thirsty, and hungry. We are left lost and confused not knowing which way to go. Thank God He will not leave our spirits naked and abandoned. Once we cry out for Him, He will come to us, cloth our spirits with His knowledge and truth. Our once miserable lives which were lost and confused become great, amazing, abundant lives. This is true because Christ Himself said so! He said He is the Bread of Life, He is the Living Water, and He came to give us life more abundantly! What else do we need? My friends, that is what it truly means to live!

May the Spirit of the Lord be with you and give you life, life more abundantly.

John 1:46 reads “And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

At times, we question the ability of common people to do great things. Jesus, being no where near common, was questioned His entire life. From this verse, we see the stereotypical comments by Nathanael because Jesus was physically from Nazareth. However, as Jesus did, He has always done. He takes the most unexpected people and circumstances to glorify His name. Some of the greatest preachers, I can attest are those who lived sinful lives prior to walking with the Lord. They deliver the true message of repentance and salvation because they experienced it, and fully allowed Christ into their lives to take over. Take notice, Jesus used the common men who were once lost sinners to follow Him and proclaim His glory to do mighty works and He does the same with us through His Holy Spirit.

In John 21:15 it reads:

15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”

We all know that Jesus asked Simon Peter three times if He loved Him to restore Peter after His denial of Christ when He was arrested the night of His betrayal. Let us focus on the first time the Lord asked Peter if he loved Him. He asked “do you love me more than these?” In our lives, Jesus asks us the same thing. Look around at all the things and people that we have here on earth, and ask ourselves how much do we value them. Do we value our cars, houses, jewelry, jobs, money, wives, husbands, children, parents and anything else imaginable more than Christ, the risen Lord, King, and Savior who died for and with our sins, took them far away, and resurrected back to Heaven to be with the Father? We must be careful not to let the fruits of this world blind us from what is important. It is nice to have “stuff,” but it is LIFE to have Christ who redeems us and makes us righteous before of the Father.

May the Lord bless you now and forever more and give you life, life more abundantly.

John 21:20 from the Amplified Bible reads “Jesus said to him, If I want him to stay (survive, live) until I come, what is that to you? [What concern is it of yours?] You follow Me!”

We must always be in the state of mind of letting Jesus lead our lives without questioning His will. We worry desperately about how our brothers and sisters chose to serve God and that can easily put a road block in our path. Jesus has commanded that we follow Him and follow the path He has set for us. We must not concern or question God on the ways He uses His other servants to satisfy His will. We all have been blessed with gifts through the Holy Spirit, and no gift is better than the other, and all are equally important. As long as our brothers and sisters are possessed by the Holy Spirit, we shall worship, pray, study, and rejoice in the presence of the Lord together. Let Him lead us as we follow Him.

Sadly enough, looking in from the outside of the Kingdom of Heaven, often times people get discouraged because they believe the path to Heaven is extremely narrow. They believe Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who died on the cross and bore all of our sins, being the Way, the Truth, and the Life and that no one comes to the father except through Him is very narrow minded.

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

Or that Jesus is the bread of Life

John 6:35 reads “³⁵And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.”

Or that Jesus is the Light of the world and whoever follows Him shall never walk in darkness.

John 8:12 reads “¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

People who don’t have a relationship with Jesus the Christ, our Lord and Savior believe these to be very narrow and there are other methods and paths to the Kingdom. Continue reading