Wednesday, October 20, 2010

God doesn't punish you

Today I heard someone say please God don't punish me. I told her that God doesn't punish people and she said I know. So which is it? He does or doesn't.

I believe with all my heart that God doesn't punish anybody. John 3;16 For God so loved the world that He gave and He is still giving. I know that God gets the blame for alot of things most of which are self inflicted by us.

The home we live in now right after we moved in my husband fell from the ladder. I heard it and went to his aid. I didn't for one moment say or think God how could this happen. I know how it happened. He was on to small of a ladder and he was on the top step, you know the step they say not to stand on. Anyway we went to the emergency room because he broke his arm.
That wasn't a good thing that happened but their is always good to come of something that was meant for evil.

My husband still works the same job that he has worked since high school. He has been there a long time. He drives the truck and nobody else knows how. He is very respected there but he never got any time off because they needed him. In the three months that he was home his work found out that they could get along without him. They had to make sacrifices but they made it work. He had short term disability so we had income for that time. It wasn't as much as he makes but we had income. We continued to tithe and I was working and we had all our needs met. In fact we even bought a new dinning room set at the time. Nothing changed in our needs.

The devil meant it for evil and I know that because the second part of the story is that he was on the ladder trying to put this big thick piece of plywood in the garage attic. When he fell and I went to him I looked for that piece of plywood. It was caught on the molding at the top of the ceiling. I am sure that the devil wanted it to fall on top of him. If that would of happen the accident might have been a whole lot more serious.

God is with us 24/7 you just have to know that. We need to always look for the good when bad things happen and they will. God is not the author but He is the finisher. Always trust Him you will never be disappointed.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Jesus all we need

Jesus is the Son of God. He is the Word made flesh, the fulfillment of prophecy, your teacher, your preacher, your healer, your strength, your gift from God.

God sent His only Son to this earth to live and then die for all of us. He didn't have to come but He did. He walked this earth doing miracles over and over again. Some didn't believe it then and some don't believe it now but God is still the same yesterday, today and forever.

Then He died a brutal death on a cross. The amazing thing about it is that all we needed was salvation but instead of stopping at salvation He died and gave us the whole package Salvation, Healing & Prosperity. The bible says He went into the pit of hell and took the keys of the kingdom away from the devil. Then God rose Him from the dead and sent part of Him His Holy Spirt to live in us to guide us, teach us, protect us, counsel us, whatever we need.

I don't know about you but I am glad and thankful in these last days for what Jesus did for us. If you don't know Him as your Saviour now is a good time to ask Him to live in your heart, forgive your sins and be YOUR Saviour.

Take everything God wants to offer you because of the blood of Jesus. He wants to give it to you. His barrel is full.

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