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God’s Word will heal your: Life – Hurts – Needs
September 29, 2008, 11:27 am
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I am happy to bring you  some “words of wisdom” from this week’s presentation from the Bible by Pastor Jim Dejonghe. Pastor Jim always has a presentation that makes God’s Love for us so easy to see. The Lord is leading me to put this on my blogs as it is a leading topic of discussion in many quarters right now. God bless.

 

 

His Word heals, ‘cause it is truth!

“Thy word is truth.” St. John 17:17

 

“He sends forth His word, and heals them, and recues them from their destruction.” Psalm 107:20

 

This word was spoken to a rebellious people; They were “near to death”, their hurts were many, yet, He “saved them out of their distress”. Psalm 107:13

 

Your burdens are curable, BUT…

 

-         Only God can heal completely.

-         Only you can choose to accept.

 Jeremiah’s people listened to everyone EXCEPT GOD!

 

Jeremiah 8:4  Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

 

Jeremiah 8:5  Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding (constant turning away from the Lord.)? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return (to God).

 

Jeremiah 8:6  I listened and heard, but they didn’t speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his (his own or individual) course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.

 

Jeremiah 8:7  Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law. [which the lower animals instinctively recognizes as it applies to them.]

 

Jeremiah 8:8  How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us[ and we are learned in its language and teachings]? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely (a mere code of ceremonial observances).

 

Jeremiah 8:9  The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken[captive]: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

 

Do you remember what…

Jesus was doing in Galilee?

 

-teaching

-preaching

- and healing

 

Matthew 4:23  Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

 

We should know that His teaching shows His concern for understanding; His preaching  shows His concern for our commitment; His healing shows His concern for our complete wholeness. His healing was proof that He truly was from God, providing the truth of all He did!

 

If – you are ever going to be healed, IF you are ever going to be “whole”

YOU ~ must have the word of God!

WE ~ are deceived if we believe anything that is contrary to the Word of God, or something that contradicts the Bible! (Why would I believe man over God?)

 

HEALING BEGINS :::::::::

:By doing what God says to do

: No matter how you feel

:No matter what you think

        = this is “faith”!

 

Hebrews 11:6  Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

 

One of God’s names = Jehovah-rapha = THE GOD WHO HEALS!

 

Jeremiah 17:14  Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.

 

Jeremiah asked of there was a “balm in Gilead” ( small evergreen or incense tree used for healing purposes), and  if there was a physician there…WHY?

 

>>>he wanted his people to know that God, only god, could satisfy all their needs, heal all of their wounds, and provide all they needed for life and

>>>Godliness<<<

 

Ø      Jeremiah lesson = ‘his’ people had committed two great evils:

1.      They had forsaken God, the fountain of living water

2.      They had “broken cisterns” which could not hold water

(Jeremiah 2)

Ø      In other words, they had turned from God and His ways, to ways of the flesh and did not draw “living water” = essential for life!

 

PICTURE THIS:

 

“And all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for healing power was all the while going forth from Him and healing them, saving them from severe illnesses and calamity.” Luke 6:19

 

THIS IS WHAT WAS GOING ON…

 

…As Jesus’ healing power became know, crowds gathered, often just to touch Him. For many people, Jesus had become almost like a lucky charm, of like a magician; that group was NOT seeking Jesus for mercy, for direction, for love – they only wanted physical healing, or to see something dramatic. Some of us may still see God in ways like that, EVEN SOMETIMES IN OUR PRAYERS! Are you praying to be under the ‘control’ of the Master, or are you hoping to control?

 

NOT LISTENING?

 

The source of many of our problems? NOT listening to God, not listening so as to obey & believe!

 

~ read Jeremiah 6, 7, and 8. See the phrase “yet they did not listen to me…”?

IF – you do not listen to the word, love the word, apply the word, know the word with your heart & your mind, you will retain hurts, hurting others, who will hurt others, and healing will be impossible!

 

BUT – if you will do what His Word says, you CAN be healed!

                                                                                                       Pain will not just disappear, and the past might rear it’s ugly head, but you will be equipped to deal with this in such a way that you will “live more than a conqueror”! YOU WILL HAVE GOD’S ANSWER ON HOW TO DEAL WITH ANY HURTS SO THAT YOU ARE NOT HARMED ANY FURTHER, AND THESE THINGS WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD!!!

 

God ~ can save you from yourself.

·        His Word is truth.

·        His Word is truly alive.

·        His Word has practical answers.

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Love Your Neighbor
September 16, 2008, 1:16 pm
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Leviticus 19:18  You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

 

Zechariah 8:17  and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,” says Yahweh.

 

Luke 10:27  He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

 

In Ohio right now there are about ¾ million people without power. Still in the Dayton, Ohio area there are about 180,000 without power. This means that mothers are not being able to feed children without going outside the budget or having others helping. Without refrigeration, food is spoiling and desperate children and adults can be eating food unfit for eating and getting sick.

 

So you say, I do not live in Ohio, what can I do? This is the greatness of being Christian. If you truly believe and trust the Lord and obey Him, you can always pray. I know, a lot of people do not think prayer means much without taking independent action. But, prayer has changed so much. Pastor Scott had Galveston laid on his heart two years ago. When Ike was first described as it entered the gulf, it was prophesied that the storm would be category 3+ up toward 4. It was to hit west of Galveston between there and Corpus Christi. At the last minute it changed dead center to Galveston and did not hit higher than a category 2. But no one knew how far its devastation would spread and in the Midwest winds, rain, floods did their damage. But what damage would have been suffered with a 3+ to 4 category?

 

Prayer changed the elements. How? God knew from the prayers coming to Him that there were those who were concerned. There were His children who need His protection. Let us look at me. I am writing you on a computer that is on cable, which brown outed a lot  on Sunday during 66 to 70 mile an hour winds. The only wires exposed in downtown Dayton were trolley and cable. The rest are under streets and sidewalks. So electricity does not go out from above ground problems.

 

God listened and turned back the worst of the storm so that the destruction was not worse. Those with trees down on their houses may question that, but it could have been much worse.

 

Now is the time for all of us to reach out to each other. We need to help each other in whatever way we can. And, if we can, it is now time to pray especially for those who are cleaning up. For those who are working twenty-four, seven putting utilities back. Prayer for those who have spent their food budget, only to have it spoil. We have several places here people can get meals. Problem is that if it is outside the city limits, there is no electricity to cook it. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated!

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Blinded by Self
September 15, 2008, 3:15 pm
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As I look around the Internet, I am totally impressed as how technology has grown. Today, anyone can reach out to the world, if they so desire. For so long, I have wondered how I could fit in to the information age. It seemed to me that everything had been either done or said.

 

I realized that satan, like an octopus, has His tentacles  everywhere and there would be no room for someone, such as I, to express those things I dearly love and wish I could express to someone who needed encouragement even as I. While praying about what to say, the Holy Spirit lead me back to Nineveh.

 

The story of Jonah and the fish is a familiar one. It is about a servant of God named Jonah. When God told him to go to Nineveh and tell the people of the city that because they had not repented of their sins that He was going to destroy them. Jonah ran from the Lord, he thought, and tried to get away. But, a huge storm came up while he was on a boat and the mariners threw him overboard were he was swallowed by a huge fish.

 

Now, most us would think that that was the end of that. Right? I mean, no way was Jonah going to live in all of that acid and digestive stuff! But, God is God. And if God wants to make a point without killing someone, He can let them be put in fiery furnaces, or in acid stomachs and keep them alive. So He did Jonah until Jonah came to his senses and told God he would obey Him.

 

So, he goes to the town, tells the people, they repent. Yeah! Everything is ok. Right? Well, there is that human tendency. You know the one. You suffer, you repent, you go do what you were told then you wait for the destruction of the bad guy. Satan has really drawn us away from the Will of God by deceiving us into believing there are good guys here on earth and then there are bad guys. We are always on the side of good and we just love it when the bad guy loses. Especially if we feel that God has lead us to be either the instrument of destruction or the messenger before the Lord does the destruction.

 

Yeah, you even climb to great heights so that you will have a front seat to the action. After all you went through you believe that they deserve it. More than that, you deserve to watch it happen!

 

Been waiting for a while? What’s the matter? Nothing’s happening? How many times have you prayed that God would rain destruction down on those who have wronged you? Not happening? Wonder why?

 

Well, if Jonah had stuck around town, he would have noted that the people DID repent. And, God forgave them. He told them that they would be His people and He would be their God.

 

Don’t you just hate when that happens. Look at all Jonah went through and he ended up SAVING the people of this town by warning them and allowing them to turn back to God. And did that make him happy? No. Because Jonah only saw Jonah. He only understood his part in the story. He did not understand that he was an instrument through which God spoke, but not the power that actually saved those people.

 

How much do we go forth in this world thinking that we are the ones that matter and that without us God could not reach those He wishes to save?

 

It’s like the missionary to China that thought that democracy and capitalism was Christianity and that when he looked in the mirror he saw God. Not only was he deceiving himself but look at the many people he confused.

 

One of satan’s greatest tricks is to get us to believe that we are more important than God. That the world we live in now is more important than The Kingdom of God. That being busy with spreading goodwill without God is being too busy to worry about God.

 

Wonder what would have happened if in the beginning God had just decided that He was more important than His Creation? After all, wasn’t that what split He and satan in the first place? Satan began to think that he and what he wanted was more important than being what he was in God’s Kingdom.

 

When we decide that what we want is more important than God’s Kingdom, then we no longer are concerned about doing anything except for selfish reasons. This is when we convince ourselves that we are the answer to everything. Then we decided that we can do everything. Then we can do everything ourselves so we do not need anyone. Then we can do everything better than everyone so there is no need for anyone else because….we are the gods!

 

Not one god that man has dreamed up has not only created, but has sacrificed himself for his creation. No other god has loved that which he created so much that he became a part of it to share himself with it. Mankind has written, acted, dramatized, and sung about so much he has aspired. But, never has he loved as his own creator.

 

If we would just stand aside, we would be surprised at how glorious the Lord shines before us. How wondrous His mantle. How humble His countenance. Oh, how much we miss when we allow ourselves to blind us!

 

Dear Heavenly Father,

Please help us to realize that we are Your instruments on earth. And we do not have any power within ourselves, save what You give us through the Holy Spirit. Please guide us and direct us and teach us Your will, Lord as it is You Will that we are employed to accomplish. In the name of My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

7/11/07 Revised 9/15/08

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