JESUS TALK

A re you Overcoming Fear? Everyone experiences fear in their life. Some may have a fear of failure or even a fear of death, or some may fear not having enough to get by, but the truth is they do exist. I know this is a big topic to cover, but I believe we have to understand what our fears are before we can truly learn to conquer them. 2 Tim. 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Satan’s scheme Fear is a tool Satan uses against us to keep our focus off God and ultimately destroy our lives. He studies our thought patterns and stirs up emotions within us that can control us. Sometimes, it is so strong, we can even make wrong decisions or wrong choices. I admit, I have made many foolish decisions in my life as a way to camouflage my fears, only to create more problems for myself. I put more focus on my setbacks, rather than believe God’s word and what he says about me. I finally realized and accepted that only God is in con

What is the important of knowing God? Your life depends on it. Jesus says in (John 17:3 NKJV) "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. Our life is hidden in Christ and is revealed to us through knowing Him. (Colossians 3:1-4 NKJV) If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. {2} Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. {3} For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. {4} When Christ who is our life appears, and then you also will appear with Him in glory. God desires that we know Him and love Him   (Mark 12:30 NKJV) 'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. The more we come to know God, the more we come to know love, because God is Love. The more realization and awareness we have

  W hat is the purpose and importance of a prayer life?   Our spiritual lives began as the result of prayer “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13) and must be maintained and nourished by prayer. Someone once said, “A Christian is only as strong as his prayer life.” There is a great deal of truth in that statement because prayer is our direct access to God. As we learned in lesson number five, “Quiet Time,” prayer is an essential part of our relationship with the Lord. Therefore, one of the primary purposes of prayer is to sustain and strengthen our fellowship with our Heavenly Father through intimate communication, without which the relationship will be greatly hindered.  Prayer establishes an attitude of dependency; it teaches us to draw close to God so that He can prove His sufficiency for our every need. “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”  (Jeremiah 33:3). Strength:  (Psalm 46

T he New Testament makes it abundantly clear that as believers, we are no longer under any law; rather, we are under God’s grace. However, many believers take advantage of this freedom because they believe it gives them the liberty to sin however they like. Can we do what we want? We have free will and are at liberty to make our own choices - John 8:36, Romans 14:22, Joshua 24:15 We are eternally secure in Christ. We cannot lose our salvation by our actions since salvation is the gift of God. It is given because of faith in Jesus Christ, not because of any good that we have done, nor can we lose it because of any wrong we may do - Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 2:16 We are not bound by rules and regulations “Legalism” - Romans 8:1-3, Galatians 3:24-25 What is the purpose of freedom in Christ? Our liberty is not given to satisfy our sinful flesh - Galatians 5:13 But rather provides the opportunity to reach people for Christ - 1 Corinthians 9:19-22 Freedom in Christ allows us to act morally

N o one likes being confined. You feel smothered, squeezed in, and as if there's no way out when you're stuck. Many Christians live with the impression that they are enslaved by sin. While we rejoice in the joy of Christ changing us through the power of the Spirit, there appear to be certain sins from which we all struggle to break free. No matter how hard we try, no matter how much we resolve, that sin returns to us like grass springing through holes in the pavement. Even when we have a long period of victory, sin seems to lurk just beneath the surface, ready to attack the moment we let our guard down. God’s word has a sweet, refreshing, liberating, hope-infusing word for those who feel trapped in stubborn sins. In Colossians 2:11-12 Paul proclaims to us that, if we are in Christ, we are never trapped in sin. No matter how defeated or wrapped in a sin we may feel, its hold on us is never, ever stronger than the power that surges in us through our union with Christ.  In Colossi

  Genesis 2:1-3 – Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the hosts of them.  2  And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.  3  So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it, God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.     In Genesis we see that God created heaven and earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th day. He didn’t take a nap, he didn’t go to sleep, He wasn’t even tired; he spoke things into existence, “let there be.” God looked back at what he had done, he looked back into the enjoyment of his accomplishment and therefore, established a day of rest. He rested and created a day of rest. God established a sabbath day for Israel and even instituted a sabbatical year, then every 49 years, there was a jubilee sabbath, so what God did was he built the sabbath into life. Since the Jews were not allowed to work on the sabbath, the day before the sabbath,

  I n the new Testament, Jesus referred to the Spirit in three ways. He spoke of Him as the Comforter, he spoke of him as the Spirit of truth, and as the Holy Spirit. Instead of "Comforter" The Greek word for Holy Spirit is Paraclete. Paraclete simply means "One called to the side of." It is a word quite common in all Greek literature in the sense of an advocate, in other words, one who takes up the cause of another and defends it. Paraclete is also used as the word Comforter, this implies that the great sense of value in our Lord's use of the word was not only that the Holy Spirit was to come as an Advocate, but also to console, and in this sense, to comfort the souls of the disciples.   Noticed when Jesus used the word he said, I will pray the Father, and He shall give you Another Comforter. The word  another  here refers to another of particular nature and character, but yet, of a similar quality and distinction of Person. The purpose of the use of the word a