Selfless Faith

In Matthew 18:28, Jesus continues with the parable saying, “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’”

Do we show the same grace and mercy that has been shown to us for all that we’ve done against the will of God? Often, when we get into desperate situations, we try to find anyone who owes us a debt and we attempt to collect from them. We can be very harsh, demeaning and in many cases, worse than non-believers. The worse part is, that person owes us or wronged us is much less than what we have done to someone else. We can be so mean and vengeful to people when it is something pertaining to us while we always expect mercy and grace to be granted to us. Jesus commanded us to “do to others whatever you would like them to do to you.” (Matthew 7:12 NLT) We should not be so harsh and disrespectful with others. Remember, God forgave us of our evil desires, wicked hearts and disrespectful nature towards Him. It is only right that we extended the same grace, mercy and peace of God to everyone whether they have wronged us or not; especially those who are yet to know Jesus Christ personally.

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In Matthew 16:7, after Jesus warns the disciples about the Pharisees, they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have taken no bread.”

Although this statement amongst the disciples may be a bit humorous, it is also sad and describes our lives. Our minds are always preoccupied by the current state of our conditions that we may completely miss what God has to say to us. How many miracles and wonderful works has God worked in our lives? How many times has He kept us safe? He has delivered us out out of trouble over and over. Yet, it always seems to go right out the window when we are faced with uncertainty or adversity. It may be the loss of a job, a death in the family, or a mortgage that needs to be paid. There are so many different situations that occur in our lives. I know it happens to me many times. Then while I’m frantic and worrying, God tells me not to worry; He’s got it covered. Just recently, we were trying to figure out how we would solve a transportation issue for our vacation. Imagine that! Worrying about vacation. As usual, God gave the perfect solution at the perfect time because He is perfect. That is such a small example but it shows how God cares about the smallest details of our lives and wants to take care of those issues as well. Praise the Lord for His mercy. Thank God for His compassion. He is so patient with us. As He slowly refines our lives, being the great master potter that He is, He takes our worry, our thoughts, and other works of the flesh away from us and adds love, mercy, and compassion in our lives. The more we allow God to work in us, the more He transforms us into the image of His son Jesus Christ.

Fighting and going against God is so tiring and is a fight that we will never win. He wants to love us and take care of us. If anyone is yet to turn their life over to the Lord Jesus Christ, let today be the day! Ask Him into your heart and let Him do the mighty work He so desperately wants to do! Receive His precious salvation!

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Have we left our first love? Many times we get so busy being involved in serving the Lord that we forget all about loving the Lord. Then whatever it is that we do becomes a burden for us and we feel the weight of the world upon us. This is how the enemy traps us. We end up Being Under Satan’s Yoke. Have we left our first love? Join us in this special message directly from the heart of Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Deliver on how much He loves us and desires us to return back to Him, our first love. Continue reading

The question always arises “what do I need to do to be a perfect Christian?” I am sure many people have a plethora of answers on what it takes to be a perfect Christian. All these answers are the cause of denominational outbursts. Every time we disagree with what one another says or believes (in how to live the Christian life), we create our own brand new, hot off the press denomination to do what we want to do. Not only this is dangerous but it is also selfish. Religion is the biggest separation between man and God. Look at how separated the Pharisees were from God, yet they were very religious.  The separation happens because man moves away, but God always remains in the same spot. The wall that Christ destroyed between Jew and Gentile, circumcised and uncircumcised, and all the other methods of separation, man is trying to build back in Christianity. Once we allow religion to separate us from men, we then become separated from God. God wants us to have fellowship with one another. Also, the danger of this separation allows the enemy to make his way in and devour our souls. Continue reading

In Matthew 10:40, Jesus is near the end of His instructions to the disciples before sending them out and He says to them, “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

Now, my beloved, let us not be selfish, but be filled with loving hearts, compassion, forgiveness, and receiving everyone. Remember Jesus said what we do to the least, we also do it onto Him. We must not gossip and have hate filled hearts towards one another. We cannot say we love Jesus but hate everyone else. If we love Jesus, we must love and care for everyone else and if we hate everyone who displeases us, we also hate Jesus. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we were filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit, which never departs from us. The love that was shown to us and for us on the cross must be reflected through each second of our lives receiving our brothers and sisters, sitting them down at our tables, loving one another as Christ first loved us.

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