HOLY COMMUNION

As humans, we have a spirit and a soul and we live in a physical body.

The food we eat benefits our physical body by nourishing it. The Holy Spirit gives us spiritual life and the word of GOD nourishes our soul.

At the LORD’S table as we call it, or the Eucharist or the Holy Communion, we eat a tiny piece of bread and a tiny cup of wine. This feeds our body a little, but more importantly, it is food to our soul, because we do it in remembrance of the new covenant in the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

1 Corinthians 10:14-17

The Jews ate the passover meal as families. The LORD shared the meal with His disciples, His spiritual family. So today we acknowledge that we are one family in CHRIST under the new covenant. If we are taking part in this meal, we should be willing to obey the LORD’S command to “Love one another as I have loved you.” Therefore let us make sure we have put right our relationships before we partake of this, because, together we represent CHRIST in this world. As He is, so are we in this world. So it is very important to release and receive forgiveness and have clean hearts towards each other if we are to participate in this meal. Then, it will be a blessing to our soul. He poured out His soul unto death in grief and sorrow so that our souls may be saved and healed. The well being of our soul is a reflection of healthy relationships. Let us be blessed with good mental health - healthy emotions and a sound mind.

We must also understand that there is a spiritual aspect to this institution and that is our connection with the Almighty GOD through our LORD JESUS CHRIST. We are made alive spiritually through the death and resurrection of Him. He took the punishment of our sin on His body.

 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 10:38-39

Therefore those who partake of this should be those who have decided to follow JESUS, willing to die to self and to live for Him.

Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:53-54

This speaks of our life in CHRIST. This further shows us the seriousness of this commitment. It is a life and death matter. When we do this with such a heart, it is a blessing and brings healing and wholeness to us. On the other hand when we do this carelessly, it will bring GOD’S judgment upon us.

 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

1 Corinthians 11:27-31

I had this impression of a father working with an electric saw. When his disobedient rebellious son wanted to use it, he hastened to put the switch off and unplug the saw. On this Fathers’ day, it is even more pertinent to remember our Heavenly Father Who deals so wisely with us. No obedience, no power so that there is no judgment , but sadly, there is no blessing as well!

So let us examine our own hearts. Let parents take the responsibility to decide whether their children understand and have the fear of the LORD to partake in this.

 

Pour Out Your Heart To GOD!

My soul, wait silently for God alone, 

For my expectation is from Him. 

He only is my rock and my salvation; 

He is my defense; 

I shall not be moved. 

In God is my salvation and my glory; 

The rock of my strength, 

And my refuge, is in God. 

Trust in Him at all times, you people; 

Pour out your heart before Him; 

God is a refuge for us. Selah

Psalm 62:5-8

GOD is love. 

His love for your is pure and unconditional.

He has no selfish motives.

He is compassionate and 

His understanding is infinite!

He is the GOD of all wisdom.

He is all powerful.

He has the best solution to every problem of yours.

So pour out your heart to GOD,

to GOD alone.

It is better to pour out your heart to GOD 

than to people.

Don't pour your heart into the media - 

Whatsapp, Messenger, Zoom, texts,

calls, You tube and so on.

Doing this will only scatter and 

multiply your problems!

You will not find a solution.

Pour out your heart to GOD alone,

and find peace today.

Coloring of the Big Picture

 Coloring The Big Picture

I am a yellow painting stick, you are blue and she is pink!

to fill-in my God-given role, I have sufficient ink.

A small area here and a big area there

circle, oval, triangle and square.

Well done when you fill in your spaces

stepping out of the lines will be trespasses.

Fulfilment is in playing my role:

Everything else is heavy yoke.

If we use our strength and times:

To be painting outside our lines,

Our special paint we will lack,

and leave our spaces painted black! 

GOD in His grace fills in where I miss out:

All my transgressions His blood wipes out!

JESUS CHRIST, my Savior, His ink is red;

that turns my blacks into pure white instead.

He has graciously given me life today,

let me joyously fulfil my role, I pray.

I yield myself into Your hand:

To brightly paint the lives, You've planned.

Then when I stand before you one day,

"My faithful servant, well done," You'll say!

.. For we are His workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus for good works, 

which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:9-10

And say to Archippus, 

"Take heed to the ministry 

which you have received in the Lord, 

that you may fulfill it."

Colossians 4:17

"Come now, and let us reason together," 

Says the Lord, 

"Though your sins are like scarlet, 

They shall be as white as snow; 

Though they are red like crimson, 

They shall be as wool.

Isaiah 1:18

 You are our epistle written in our hearts, 

known and read by all men; 

clearly you are an epistle of Christ, 

ministered by us, 

written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, 

not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, 

that is, of the heart.

2 Corinthians 3:2-3

 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; 

and may your whole spirit, soul, and body 

be preserved blameless 

at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

He who calls you is faithful, 

who also will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

 GOD is Faithful

 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:8-9

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 
Hebrews 10:23

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9

Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!"
Lamentations 3:22-24

 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:6

Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin." Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised. For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans 4:4-13

Hebrews 11 is a reflection of the Faithfulness of GOD displayed in and through the faith in man!

Faith is believing in the GOD Who is faithful.

Now we can understand the seeming discrepancies in the Scriptures.

 Then he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!" When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
Exodus 2:14-15

By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:24-27

In Hebrews, Moses is portrayed as one who was bold and did not fear the wrath of the king of Egypt. In exodus we read that when he realized that his murder of the Egyptian was known, Moses feared and fled from Phroah. The faithful GOD graciously covered Moses' weakness!

 "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
John 17:6

The 12 disciples of our LORD were far from perfect, but He who is Faithful, speaks to His Father about them so graciously!

No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13

 "And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, 'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:
Revelation 3:14

Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
Revelation 19:11

Fear - Allaying, Interceding, Trustworthy, Holy, Forever -  Unchanging, LORD of lords!

FAITHFUL!

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Fear and the Fear of GOD in Making Decisions

Fearing punishment for killing an Egyptian, Moses fled from Egypt.

 Then he said, 

"Who made you a prince and a judge over us? 

Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" 

So Moses feared and said, 

"Surely this thing is known!" 

When Pharaoh heard of this matter, 

he sought to kill Moses. 

But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh 

and dwelt in the land of Midian; 

and he sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:14-15

Noah believed GOD'S warning of the flood. The fear of GOD moved him to build the ark in obedience to GOD'S instruction.

By faith Noah, 

being divinely warned of things not yet seen,

 moved with godly fear, 

prepared an ark for the saving of his household, 

by which he condemned the world 

and became heir of the righteousness 

which is according to faith.

Hebrews 11:7

King Saul feared the people and listened to them, thus displeasing and disobeying GOD.

 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, 

for I have transgressed 

the commandment of the Lord and your words, 

because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel 15:24

When there is ingrained fear in us, all the decisions that involve that aspect of life will be influenced by that fear. For example, if a person is fearful of needles, all decisions that involve a prick will be tainted by that fear! The decision making processes and arguments against vaccinations, blood tests and anything that involves needle pricks would be biased, exaggerated and could even be irrational! All our visual field will be painted the color of the glasses of the spectacles we have on our eyes!

Are you looking through fear spectacles or faith spectacles?

Fright makes one take to flight. If not possible to flee, he will fight. If unable to fight, he will surrender, submit and obey - through fear.

Let us not allow fright to cause us to flee from people or a situation.

Let us not fight with people through fright of any kind.

It is necessary for us to check our hearts and deal with every fear so that we may be able to think rationally and make the right decision while at a cross road. Fear will hinder our connection with GOD and will make it difficult to hear His voice of guidance.

Let us surrender to GOD, submit to Him and obey Him because He has all authority, and all power.

 And do not fear those who kill the body 

but cannot kill the soul. 

But rather fear Him 

who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28

 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man 

for the Lord's sake, 

whether to the king as supreme, 

or to governors, 

as to those who are sent by him 

for the punishment of evildoers 

and for the praise of those who do good. 

For this is the will of God, 

that by doing good you may put to silence 

the ignorance of foolish men-

- as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, 

but as bondservants of God. 

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. 

Fear God. Honor the king. 

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, 

not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
1 Peter 2:13-18

 And who is he who will harm you 

if you become followers of what is good? 

But even if you should suffer 

for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "

And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled." 

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, 

and always be ready to give a defense to everyone

 who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, 

with meekness and fear;
1 Peter 3:13-15

In the Scriptures, we are instructed to live by faith and walk by faith.

The fear of GOD should undergird all our decisions. Then we will submit to the authority placed over us, even if we don't agree with their decisions. Even if we need to suffer for righteousness sake, we will be blessed!

Let us therefore live and walk in the fear of GOD, overcoming the fear of man.

The fear of GOD is the beginning of wisdom. This wisdom that comes from GOD will enable us to discern the will of GOD. The LORD will then give us the grace and strength to make the right decision, even if it is to choose the narrow and difficult path!

May the LORD'S blessing of peace 

rest upon you !

 I.C.U.

I See You!

Whether you know or not, GOD has been watching you and He has been watching over you with His tender love and care! He saw you even before you were born into this world because he created you! He is the One Who breathed life into you and quickened you. 

GOD is waiting for you to seek Him so that He might reveal Himself to you. When you seek Him you will find Him and you will see Him.

Unfortunately, most people don't seek GOD their Creator, until they are on a bed in the I.C.U. While your body is being cared for intensively, GOD takes the opportunity in your weak and helpless state, to reveal His intimate care of you! You are brought to a place to lay down all your earthly cares and focus on GOD!

Then, you will have time to seek GOD and you will say to GOD, "Now, I See You!"

Still all the suffering and pain is worth it, if through it all like Hagar, we come to that place to be able to 'See the One Who Sees Me'!

 I will praise You, 

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 

Marvelous are Your works,

 And that my soul knows very well. 

My frame was not hidden from You, 

When I was made in secret, 

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. 

And in Your book they all were written, 

The days fashioned for me, 

When as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:14-16

 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, 

You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, 

"Have I also here seen Him who sees me?" 

Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; 

observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 16:13-14

In the year that King Uzziah died, 

I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, 

and the train of His robe filled the temple.

Isaiah 6:1

"Oh, that my words were written! 

Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! 

  That they were engraved on a rock 

With an iron pen and lead, forever! 

  For I know that my Redeemer lives, 

And He shall stand at last on the earth; 

  And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, 

That in my flesh I shall see God, 

  Whom I shall see for myself, 

And my eyes shall behold, and not another. 

How my heart yearns within me!

Job 19:23-27

"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, 

But now my eye sees You.

Job 42:5

Let us seek GOD until we see Him.

 "Ask, and it will be given to you; 

seek, and you will find; 

knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7

Blessed are the pure in heart, 

For they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8

Your Heavenly Father permits you to be put into the ICU 

so that He can call you by name and gently and lovingly tell you,

"My precious child, "I See You!"

I pray that GOD will open your spiritual eyes

so that you can respond to Him humbly and gratefully,

"Father, now I See You!"

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Get Ready!

 Get Ready!

Stop!

Take Stock of your life!

Consider your ways!

Let Go!

Prioritize!

Realign!

Rearrange!

Because the day of reckoning is near!

 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, 

and keep those things which are written in it; 

for the time is near.
Revelation 1:3

 He who testifies to these things says, 

"Surely I am coming quickly." Amen. 

Even so, come, Lord Jesus! 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Revelation 22:20-21