Metamorphosis

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV) This message is not for unbelievers, but for believers.  For once our eyes are opened by the Lord, the veil lifted, we make a conscious decision to always look to Jesus.  Each day we must choose our direction and our attitude to be like Him, and be transformed in each decision we make.  Everything He did for us in our lives, we need to do for each other, from forgiveness to deliverance, to healing and listening.  In this way Jesus becomes the center of our lives.  We look to Him to make not only our lives better, we validate who we are in Him, and we are transformed into His likeness.

My Beloved

Jesus Christ is the Beloved!  I am here to serve Him because my love for Him is that kind of love that I would do anything he asked.  His every desire is my quest. 

I believe that because God chose me, and saved me from myself, I can walk that walk.  My relationship with God gives me that courage. 

We are all individual and unique; we all have talents or abilities that God has given us to fulfill our purpose.  We will not all serve God in the same way, but if we choose to serve God, it must be for His purpose.  We should serve him without doubt or fear. 

Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. 

Matthew 22:37-40

These were the commandments Jesus gave us.  The first commandment is easy for me, because Jesus has delivered me from the world and disease, and given me the wealth that He desires that I have.  I am not rich; I am richly blessed. 

‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ This is where I have to dig in. There are so many confused people in our world.  I have to realize that I am not strong enough to save them all, nor is it Christ’s purpose that I do.  I cannot change them only God Himself can change them.  God has asked that I pray for them.  Those that God chooses will be saved, but that I should pray for all men, that none should parish.

God chose to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, but only those who chose God were allowed to go into the Promised Land.

I choose my Beloved.

Israel

I have had a burden for the people of Israel since 2003.  I found Jesus Christ that year, okay,  he chose me first.  I have an awesome testimony, that gave me renewed life, while facing my own death.

A lot of things happened in my rebirth, a wonderful new Church that I love, and a beautiful Christian wife, that I couldn't function without.  The truth is I don't want to function without her.

I went through Minister training school, Counselors Training, and a several other classes, to learn how to function in a way to facilitate others in the church.

But the desire to go to Israel is strong in my heart.  My wife is Prophetic, and she knows that God is sending me.  She told me to tell them, "He sent me".   It is time for them, a remnant to accept the Messiah, Jesus Christ, as some have already done.  Isaiah put it in writing 2700 years ago.

Open your eyes, your hearts, and your minds. and believe what God has done.  He gave His only Son, That we might have life, grace, righteousness, love and peace.

I am going to visit Israel in March of 2012.  Here I am send me!

An hour a day?

Recently our Pastor asked if we could each pray for an hour per day, for twenty four days.  He also asked if we would try to cover every hour of the day, or all twenty four hours.  We did this before, about three years ago.

I was just wondering how many people really ever pray for an hour per day?  Does this seem like an incredibly long time to talk to God?  In Daniel 6:10 it says that Daniel got down on his knees and prayed three times every day, even in captivity in Babylon, and was thrown into the lions den for doing so.  Of course we know that God sent angels to close the mouths of the lions and Daniel survived.

We who live in America have nothing to fear.  As of yet it is still okay to pray, at least at home and in church.

I must admit, I don't always pray an hour each day normally.  I have prayed for an hour, and I have prayed for two hours, but it is not my daily routine.  I have a tendency to communicate with God as if he is sitting next to me listening, or reading my thoughts.  I tend to pray as things come into my mind.

I have given it much thought though, and an hour a day does not seem like very much time when we put  it into perspective.  If you watch television for two or three hours a day, it is likely that you spent twenty to forty minutes watching commercials for things you have no interest in.  I could have been praying instead.

James 5:16 says; Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Just think how powerful the Body of Christ would be if every Christian in the world prayed for an hour each day. 

Praying for healing and deliverance, and peace and the love of brothers and sisters in every nation, praying for God's will in us, and in the Earth.  I think God would would be very pleased, and I think He would bless us even more than we are already blessed.

I am going to start praying right now, I need some quality time, alone with my Father.

Philippians 1:4
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy

God bless us all!

Jesus Saves

When I was first saved, I tried to go out and save everyone else.  I failed miserably because I couldn't give them what they needed, I only knew what God had done for me.

What I failed to realize, was that I couldn't save them at all.  I was only human, I was a sinner, a failure for most of my life, and the person who saved me wasn't a person at all, at least not in my lifetime.  Jesus Christ saved me.  He chose the time and the place.  He knew my heart and my heart condition.  He knew how hard and how far I had to fall.

Jesus has given me great compassion for those who are going through troubled times, and those who have broken hearts, and sometimes I want to try to fix it all by myself.

Today I was awakened again to the true Savior who is Jesus Christ.  I tried to fix something/someone, but made some errors in my own judgement, and not only did not fix the problem, but lost someones trust.

It was because I placed my trust in myself and not in Jesus.  I trusted my intuition, instead of trusting God.

No matter what we do, God's will always prevails

Our part is to pray and to try to intercede with him that His plan will bring us to righteousness, and the marriage supper of the Lamb.

God bless me and forgive me.

A Vision Lost-No, Just Misplaced!

Five years ago when I was getting ready to retire, I applied for a passport that I have yet to use.  I wanted to go to Israel in the worst way.  I wanted to bring the Jewish people to Christ.  I wanted to show them verse by verse how the Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus.  I wanted to bring revelation to there inward parts, their minds, their souls, their spirits.

I always thought how happy God would be to have His children come home again, the return of the prodigal son.  I thought about how cool it would be not to be an adopted son of the Most High God, but to be a true son of Abraham, God's chosen people.  I imagined a smile on God's face as He placed each one on His lap, and said welcome home!  But I also knew that in His mind He would love His adopted children  just as much, after all, He is God, He is Love.

I also thought about the Body of Christ as a complete body, a Holy Church without spot or wrinkle.  God's plan complete, a Bride worthy of God.

A new Jerusalem coming down from the clouds, a new Heaven, and a new Earth.  No more fighting, no more pride, no more jealousy, no more hurt, fear, or frustration.  Just love, peace, praise and worship, to fill our hearts with eternal joy.  No more darkness, Just the light of Jesus Christ.

I still want to go, I still want to bring about that change, and I suppose it's time to put a plan together soon.  God is calling His remnant to come forth, it's time to stop talking and start doing the things that God asks us to do.

I hear your voice Lord, loud and clear.  I know that together You and I will find a way to make this happen.  I have been sidetracked by the world and its ways, but like the prodigal son, I know that Jesus Christ is my Father, my source, and my supply.

Thank you for bringing me Home!

Are we there yet? 10/17/2009

I began having a revelation about a week ago that started off with a word about the parable of the wheat and tares.  In the harvest, everything will be harvested but the tares will be burnt, and the wheat will go into the barns.  I believe  this is a time for harvest, and I pray that I am wheat.  Let's just say, that I have been "saved".


What does that mean, that if I am wheat my journey is through?  That means that I have just made the first step toward being what God has called me to be.  The next step is to be separated from the chaff, which is also burnt with the tares.  Then I will be ground into flower.  Purified, we will call this "baptism".


Yahoo!! I'm done!


I'm not? 


God asks "Do you love me?"


I've been uprooted, I have been beaten, and ground up.  Of course I love you!


"I need you to become bread, you have to go through the fire."
"Do you love me?" God asks again.


Jesus, you have always been here for me, you delivered me from myself, you delivered me from the world.  More than anything, I want to be like you!  I love you Jesus and I want to be there with you.  Put me through the fire.


I go through the fire.  A little burnt around the edges.  Whew!


Now I am bread!  I am the Body of Christ!  I will heal the sick, and give life to those who are dead.


"Do you love me?"  Jesus asks.


You know that I love you Lord!


"Feed my sheep!"


"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another."


God Bless,
Steve M