Who Am I, Really?

I picked up this book by Dr. Lynda Hunter for perhaps the tenth time.  I really like it.  What I wanted to share with you is the titles for each chapter.  I hope you take to heart what each one is saying.  They are true for ALL of God’s children:

I Am Making a Choice

I Am Armed

I Am Loved

I Am Free

I Am Growing

I Am Forgiven (and Forgiving)

I Am Finding Intimacy

I Am Called

I Am Passing It On

I Am Significant

* We all need to brand these words on our hearts and minds!  Why would we ever feel like we are nothing when these truths are staring us in the face?  My friend, BELIEVE!!

I Wish I Had More Of These!

I will call these Pearls of Wisdom, and I wish I had a whole necklace of them!

*Don’t do anything that you don’t want to be doing if Jesus were to come!

*To know God’s will, do the right thing.

*A heart that seeks God finds Him.

*I may not be with I can be, but I’m not what I was!

*Use your life for God’s glory, not yours.

*Be a light for future generations.

*Without Jesus, I haven’t got a prayer.

*”Truse me.  I love you.” — Jesus

*Even when you die, He will still be by your side.

*Don’t love something that can’t love you back!

*God cannot tell a lie.  Satan cannot tell the truth.

Destination Continuation

Upon request, I am continuing to record for you what I read in John Bevere’s book Extraordinary.  If you didn’t read the first post, please go back to it now and read it first!

… For this reason, God had to come up with a plan to save humankind from what they brought on themselves and their descendants.  This is why Jesus had to die for us.  Jesus was born 100% God, thus He was free from the curse of sin.  But because He was also born 100% man, He could pay the price of man’s great sin against God.  Only another human could get us out of the judgment we had brought on ourselves.  For this reason, when Jesus became sin on the cross for our sake, He cried out, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46).  He took our punishment.  He took our place in regard to judgment.

The chapter goes on to say:

So when men and women give their hearts and lives to the lordship of Jesus, the legal ownership of Satan is broken, and the judgment held against them by God is completely satisfied.  God can justly grant us entrance into His kingdom and not violate His integrity.  What an extraordinary plan prepared by our amazing God!

Not One of My Travel Destinations!

I was reading Extraordinary by John Bevere this morning and came across something interesting and worth sharing.  You might already be familiar with this, but his approach was unique:

I know that many people are troubled by the question, “Why would a loving God send men and women to hell?”  There are several facets to the answer.  First, keep in mind that hell was not created for men and women but instead for Satan and his cohorts.  Jesus made this clear when He said to those who didn’t live for Him, “Begone from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!” (Matthew 25:41).  This important fact makes it clear why God had to purchase us back.  God indeed is love, but He is also just.  He never lies or bends the rules, so to speak.  If He did, He would no longer be God, for God “cannot lie” (Titus 1:2).

Man was legally condemed to hell because he turned himself over to the lord of sin, Satan, in the Garden of Eden.  Once he did, he became a slave to sin and was doomed to its consequences — the same fate of his new master.  If God were to lighten the punishment for sin on man’s behalf, then He would not be just or fair to Satan.  Satan could then rightly accuse God of bending the rules for humankind, thus behaving in an unjust manner.  God cannot be partial in judgment because His character is the foundation of who He is.  As a result, humankind had to receive the exact same judgment as Satan and his angels.

The book goes on to explain God’s reason for sending Jesus to earth.  It is worth reading about.  If anyone wishes me to continue sharing this section of the book, just drop me a comment!