What stronger love is there than when one gives up their life for another?
Why did Jesus give His life up for us? Out of His unending love for us, and because there was absolutely nothing we could do to save ourselves from the end result of our sin, death. God reached out to us through Jesus, so that our fellowship with Him could be restored.
As a father cares for his children, and a shepherd cares his flock of sheep, he provides for them, up to the point of laying down his life for them. Jesus is the Good Shepherd as He says He is in John 10. God loves us so much that He gave us His Holy Spirit so that we could continually live in His power since we can't do it on our own accord.
Recently I've been learning more about this, and who the Holy Spirit is within me, and the power that I possess, that we've been commanded to use to do God's will. It's almost as if churches today barely mention the Holy Spirit that we are given when we have Christ in our lives. We need to inform our brothers and sisters in Christ the power that they posses, so that they can live an even more Christ filled life! It's not that some are uninformed, it's just that they might not fully comprehend what they have been given.
How else are we to live a Christ filled life and do His will without the His Holy Spirit?
Recently I've been learning more about this, and who the Holy Spirit is within me, and the power that I possess, that we've been commanded to use to do God's will. It's almost as if churches today barely mention the Holy Spirit that we are given when we have Christ in our lives. We need to inform our brothers and sisters in Christ the power that they posses, so that they can live an even more Christ filled life! It's not that some are uninformed, it's just that they might not fully comprehend what they have been given.
How else are we to live a Christ filled life and do His will without the His Holy Spirit?
If you are a precious son or daughter of God, YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU! God gave us the authority to do what Jesus did when He gave us the Holy Spirit. How amazing is that!?
Healing is one thing we can do, and it's been on my heart and mind a lot more lately. I remember when I first started to question why we aren't healing more when I read Acts 3:1-9 two years ago. I feel like it's because we don't realize what power we truly have inside of us. I've been having lots of great conversation with brothers and sisters about this lately.
Healing is one thing we can do, and it's been on my heart and mind a lot more lately. I remember when I first started to question why we aren't healing more when I read Acts 3:1-9 two years ago. I feel like it's because we don't realize what power we truly have inside of us. I've been having lots of great conversation with brothers and sisters about this lately.
My name, Jason, is Greek and means, healer. Perhaps that's even a prophesy of what I'm geared toward more so than other things. Regardless, I have the power to do all that Jesus did and more, and if you have the Holy Spirit, so do you.
My middle name, David, is Hebrew and means beloved. For a while I thought my first name had some what more of a cooler meaning, or at least I didn't think my middle name had some kind of power with it like Jason did, meaning healer. But since my heart for God is growing, I want to believe that my faith and love for the Lord will be comparable if not greater than the love King David had for the Lord, a man after His own heart says Acts 13:22. I've never been accused of lacking ambition, and I've been told I'm fearless when it comes to certain things. Which I will be fearless in all things. I am fearless in all things. The man that I'm learning I am in God is unbreakable, unstoppable, and utterly loved by Him! I'm not wanting to mirror David, but to mirror Christ and be like Him. I want to have such a love for the Lord, and more so as it said David did. A love for God, for His glory, not mine.
The more I'm trying to live my life for God and run after Him, the more I am feeling opposition for it. I'm on the right track, this tells me so. The other night several friends and I prayed for my cousins and their soon to be child. I wanted to let them know this, that we had prayed, and that God was going to move in this situation. It is crazy to what lies and fears entered my mind to keep me from telling my cousin any of this, that satan wanted me to not speak anything of this, for God's glory to be lost. If you only knew. Regardless it was no match for the power and love of God inside of me. It was well received! Praise God for seeing me through this, and especially my cousins!
As I was spending time with God the other day while trying to beat my body into shape walking and jogging, it came to mind of this being spiritual warfare that we are in, and how I wanted to be a weapon for His glory in this war. *Facebook drama warning* I made my status as such, and it got a few likes, and a few people decided to troll me, and one still is in ways, so it seems. Either way, God is great! No one can steal my joy for Him, the author of creation, the Giver of salvation! Forever may His Kingdom reign!
Lord, I know I have poured out random bits of what's going on with me and inside of me lately in this post, but let it impact anyone who reads it for the better and for your glory, God! Just like the previous sentence, you are the beginning and the end! The Alpha, and Omega! I thank you for your love, and those you have placed around me so that I may be poured into, and can pour into others. I ask this in your name, Jesus! Thanks Father! Amen!
As I was spending time with God the other day while trying to beat my body into shape walking and jogging, it came to mind of this being spiritual warfare that we are in, and how I wanted to be a weapon for His glory in this war. *Facebook drama warning* I made my status as such, and it got a few likes, and a few people decided to troll me, and one still is in ways, so it seems. Either way, God is great! No one can steal my joy for Him, the author of creation, the Giver of salvation! Forever may His Kingdom reign!
Lord, I know I have poured out random bits of what's going on with me and inside of me lately in this post, but let it impact anyone who reads it for the better and for your glory, God! Just like the previous sentence, you are the beginning and the end! The Alpha, and Omega! I thank you for your love, and those you have placed around me so that I may be poured into, and can pour into others. I ask this in your name, Jesus! Thanks Father! Amen!
-Jason
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