God Spoke, Created, Formed and Breathed

 

God spoke in Genesis!                                                                                                       

Genesis 1:3-4 and God said, “Let there be light;” and there was light , 4 And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant), and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:10  God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) and He approved it.

Genesis 2: 7 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life and man became a living being.

Genesis 2:15-17 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.

 

God created man, He formed him & breathed life into his body.He , God  then gave them  instructions .They had the breath that spirit of life that was of God…& then He gave them authority.  Laws and rules apply to using the roadways and cells phones…for some reason people try to do both things…how about doing drugs and driving fast on I-5 in Washington!

With the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we look toward Jesus. Authority had been given over to the devil……And for Jesus’ physical body to come, it took 4, 000 years to accomplish

1.. Why? In giving the earth into the devil’s hand, people had to be found who would truly speak forth with belief by faith in God be speaking from their hearts for the Consolation Who is Jesus!

2. God had to find people who would operate by faith, looking for men or women who would prophesy Jesus’ coming….someone with divine life in their hearts to speak forth Jesus’ body into existence.   (Jesus spoke if faith would be found on the earth at His return..)Luke 18:8

            3. It was necessary for God to become man, name Him Jesus, the Word made flesh, the physical presence of God on Earth…….to take the Authority back

4. God anointed men and women to speak forth and prophesy of HIM Who come…

                                                                                                                                      

 Isaiah Is One who Called Him by this Prophecy: Isaiah 25:9  Amp Bible 9 It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited & hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad & rejoice in His salvation.

Isaiah 40:11-13 He will feed His flock like a shepherd: He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom & will gently lead those that have their young. 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, marked off the heavens with a [nine-inch] span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure & weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him? [Romans 11:34]

 As born-again believers: the spiritually man or woman will speak!   Our spirit man has the power of heaven. It is through the death, burial, & resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We respond to these things in faith.  Embracing His truths of this subject, we embrace & receive His provision for them.   WE are to command Light to come:

 Ephesians 1:18-20  Amp Bible 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know & understand ] the hope to which He has called you, & how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set apart ones) 19 & [so that you can know & understand] what is the immeasurable & unlimited & surpassing greatness of His power in & for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, 20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead & seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places].  This was God showing off HIS Son Jesus WHO conquered the devil…We have AUTHORITY through Jesus..

1.      Knowing and understanding God, the Omnipotent One is vital

2.      BY Faith, we demonstrate the working of His mighty strength as the born-again believer

3.      There is no sickness in heaven, no hunger in heaven, no disease in heaven, no tears and no death in heaven…1 Peter 2:24-25 Amplified Bible 24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as an altar & offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin & live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. 25 for you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd & Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls.  (Isaiah 53:5-6

We are to teach others! To observe all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded us….from Matthew 10:8 heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give.

1.      According to Philippians 2:10, every knee is to bow…have we bowed our knee to His leadership or do we still rule by our emotions?

2.      We have generated power of God now deposited on the inside of us: we are born-again, the Spirit-filled and tongue talking believer, we release God’s healing flow into others and see them restored. 

3.      In boldness: God moves through His people on earth: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His ]power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely] beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams]----

4.       God moves through us as we obey His commands and promptings of the Holy Spirit

 

Influence our nation by ministering the word of God: for it is power of the church to proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel  : Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just & upright shall live & shall live by faith. [Habakkuk 2:4]

AS Commanded by Christ : to go into all the world Mark 16:15

1. TO BE witnesses of Him: Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost will come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria and to the uttermost parts of the earth.

2. WITHOUT Him: we can do nothing :John 15:5

3. FREELY GIVE:  Matthew 10:8 Cure the sick, raise the dead,  cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without) pay you have received , freely (without charge) give.

4. BE WORD MINDED: John 6:63 The word that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.

Be Word FULL: Our minds should be kept on God. Stop thinking on that past relationships, that past job that was lost, the last conversation with a friend who left years ago & abandoned the friendship, …….& stop thinking about how if you had just said this or did that, things would be different …PULL scripture that will heal your soul, raise you up and help you see from the new perspective of flying like the eagle!

a. Do not give into temptation as the place to reside in you… If we think on the past “anything” we will return there and the opportunity to sin will come.

b. We do not need to be ‘”informed on foolishness” and anything perverted will not take you to God’s purpose for you. We should reject wrong thinking!

Romans 16:19 For while your loyalty & obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you well versed & wise as to what is good & innocent & guileless as to what is evil

Be not deceived: evil communication corrupts good manners. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Recognize death & life: Be committed to God’s peace. Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 2 Peter 1:2

Be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

God was and is in our moments of life. He was in Mary's life to speak of Jesus. He was there in His birth and death! He is available always to us in our bright moments and those dark and dangerous ones!

Jesus was brought forth from the dead. He lived again to give instructions. If you have a grief, a moment you felt God left you in your anxiety, let you an orphan to face tomorrow without Him you are so wrong. Your child passed and you grieved, but that grief must go to the altar to worship God. Your spouse betrayed you and left you. YOU grieve but that grief must go to the altar to worship God. Your job came to an end but God is there. YOU may grieve that job but place it on the altar and see God move in His love for you. Be word full of Him. allow your reading to move to overdrive and hear the words of Him that jump off the page to reach your brokenness. He is alive, and He speaks, He created and provided, He formed and has breathed His life into us. We continue. We seek His plan in the pain we experience. He did! He felt Jesus crucified. He felt the abandonment of sin but as He grieved He found peace in the soul. God is God who knows, understand and reveals the man of dust, But He is God Who Sees> Genesis 16:13 The God Who Sees Me.

God spoke, created, formed and breathed for a special plan. Like Hagar who came into the midst of a man and woman who desired children, she found heartache and no place to live in peace. But God showed her he heard of the cry of the boy's heart for water. He heard her plea for help!

Struggle can come, but we are children of God. We are not without hope. We are noticed by Him and that is what counts in this moment of time! Amen and Amen.

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About That Being Grateful

About that being grateful: Ephesians 3:12-16 NKJV Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

It is evident who lives by their past ways. But in Christ, we are born again to live anew and that also includes relationships. In that born again man, we put off the ungodly indeed. And we put on the new that is the image of Christ Jesus. From the above passage, we find it lists love but also includes that being patient, there is that being humble, merciful and the forgiving. And it will be that peace of Christ that will control our thoughts and our emotions. In Him and by that description, you and I are to be thankful.

A beginning with a grateful heart to God: Psalm 100 Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful and bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.

Have we gone before the LORD to worship Him? Have we gone before HIM and say “Thank you for loving me?” Have we thought on His goodness to us in the past week? We are told that we are the sheep of His pasture. Do you know how smelly sheep are? Do you know what they can lie down in? And yet, He is our Shepherd. He is to lead us. And in His court, we give praise, we bless His name for we understand that His truth endures to all generations.

There are today many spinning their false narratives, they wave their magic wands of fairy dust, and expect you to believe their false tales. They are known as false prophets, and they continue in their ways that is certainly to a place many should want to avoid. We are to remember that we are dust, but we also remember we have been saved for His glory and to His praise. Without Him, we were doomed forever! But with Him we walk into glory. Thank you Jesus for Your willing heart to step in for us even before we knew about what You had decided to do for us in this great thing!

 

Honoring God, Honoring Others.  They profess their God before men, give instruction in the way of Life that is in God. Luke 2: 13-14 & suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God & saying:14 “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.” Luke 2:17-18 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning the Child. 18 and all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

We cannot give goodwill to another if we have no goodwill towards God. That is, we each must have peace with God. Many proclaim Christianity but are far from Him, know nothing about Him and yet speak of a place with Him. But their mouths speak of decay, death , lack, they speak despair, and of loneliness.

Goodwill for others is cooperating with God in other people’s welfare. It is having the same kind of benevolence God has toward us as believer’s.  We are here to encourage others in His Word and by prayer. When meeting with someone either from the workplace, from church or maybe a neighbor, we are to remember that “iron sharpens iron.” And it is for that which is purposed for their life. In giving someone the word of God is for that purpose for which God has placed in them and to help them grow!

IN being grateful, we speak: for what God has done: He gave us life, He gave us parents ( a father and a mother), He gave us good health, a home, He has given us teachers to teach the word of God, he has given us opportunities to work in earning a paycheck and become responsible citizens.

We had opportunity to rise this day: not only out of bed, but to rise off the floor when kneeling to pick a hairpin off the floor! We have opportunity to rise and give voice for Him when others appear downcast and lost! We give thanks for mentors who have mentored us to be responsible adults, but also responsible to give voice to the life in God. To give voice of His majesty when others speak of sickness and death.

I am certain many of us have remember last Thanksgiving Day or what ever holiday you may have in the month of November, and much has changed dramatically in the last twelve months. But I can also say for certain that I am not where I was 20+ years ago, BY SEEKING GOD AND IN PRAYER I HAVE CHANGED….AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHANGED FOR HIS GLORY.  YOU will find that in being grateful to God that we have hope!

GRATEFULNESS looks back. We look back at the Cross. And we move through life now as the born-again believer, being grateful to God for all He has given to us through His Son. In that we have hope as we look forward with a desire, we look forward with a confidence that God is on the scene and the expectation that God is not done with us yet. We are to be ever encouraging ourselves in HIM with the thankful heart  looking toward the future. But if we fail to give that to another person or persons, then we would tend toward or be bent toward being without grateful hearts and without hope. In Iron ….sharpening….. Iron,…… our words spoken is of creative ability from God where rage & wrath do not exist. We are not to be the green-eyed monster.  The words we speak are of comfort, joy and much happiness. They are bold words representing a powerful God who is able.   

When the shepherds heard the angels of heaven speak, they made haste to go…Luke 2:8-20 NKJV  8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.

10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you; You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths lying in a manger.” 13 And there was suddenly with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.” 15 So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, “ Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.

17 Now when they had seen Him they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

 

Grateful were these shepherds who kept their watch over their flock by night. They were diligent doing the work they did as the responsible adult. They kept watch and were the first to know God’s plan for redemption. The “smelly lot” received the word given them. They moved quickly to see this which was made known to them. “And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.” And when they spoke what was given them concerning this Child, all marveled. And Mary kept these things of an announcement made to those who kept the flocks of sheep far from the city of pomp and circumstance, of castles and kings. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

Oh we give thanks of all that was spoken in 2020, but God’s word rings truth. It is not over to those of faith. For the faithful look toward to 2021. Our heads are raised, and our body’s submit to the strength of God…to rise at His command. To go into all the world with not the suggested command, but the Great Command and give the Gospel to those who require a Savior Who is Christ the Lord!

 

WE Trust in the LORD with all our heart, And lean not on our own understanding; In all our ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct our paths. ….concerning my life, our spouse, our children, work and home in 2021.

We are not the wise in our own eyes………………WE …Fear the LORD and depart from evil. It will be health to  our flesh, And strength to our bones. We Honor the LORD with our possessions, And with the first-fruits of all your increase; So our barns will be filled with plenty, And our vats will overflow with new wine.

We are…..the Happy man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;  For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, And all the things we may desire cannot compare with her. Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.  She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.

WE seek Her ways of pleasantness and her paths of peace……….we take hold of her today and will not let go! When we lie down, we will not be afraid; Yes, we will lie down and our sleep will be sweet. WE are not afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; For the LORD will be our confidence, And will keep our foot from being caught.

We are that force on earth. We are His beloved and we please Him by our obedience. WE embrace His beauty through His word of truth.  We rest in the night and He gives us dreams to know more about Him. We live by faith and not by sight. His presence goes with us and the earth shakes. We give His truth and it thunders. We speak as the shepherds spoke and give a grateful heart of thanks and much praise! For He let us know His plan and it is a good plan for good and not evil to give us hope in the final outcome. We run with joy each day, we rise out of complacency and foolishness to give voice that the morning STAR has risen. He has risen and we rise as well….to let others know we have heard and seen this marvelous thing and to go tell others! 

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Things ARE About to Change

Ezekiel 33:30-33 NKJV  30 "As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, "Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD." 31  So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. 33  And when this comes to pass "surely it will come" then they will know that a prophet has been among them."

The prophet here gives warning. Ezekiel is compared to that of the "watchman". If he is warning them faithfully as God speaks, but they do not hear, then they will be responsible for their own destruction. But if he fails to warn them, and they perish, God will require their blood at the watchman's hand.

 

 Here the prophet is seen as one who has the pleasant voice....... They think on the lovely song, hear the words and do not do them.......  He is the popular guy, they come and sit and then they leave with agenda on their minds.

In our recent county newspaper, I noticed a picture of three ladies in their early twenties who were raising a glass to cheer or toast one another, and not one had on a mask beneath their chin, nor social distancing was seen among them within that picture. Also they were far from another state they lived, where others within that state are still shuttered and these three seemed to be set on a good time.

Yes, this world is in chaos. Yes, there are still some who are still in "that lock down mode" within their state at home, while others, are in the streets with full masks on and other things as being armed, and still others, well they are going after the good time taking that road trip to who knows where! 

These were most likely warned and probably by not only the President of this nation, but by the governor of the state they live in and most likely by their mayor of their city or town of which they live. Still we know if we are in the care of God, He directs our steps. The concern is more about the word of God than any virus thing. And as that believer, to whom shall we witness? Will a neighbor, a fellow worker, a relative or even a friend be on our list to witness to, knowing people should be warned of what lies ahead beyond this moment and this hour?

There are many people who love to hear their 'pastor' speak, for he makes them laugh and entertains them each week. Still how more important is God's word that it be given when a warning is in it? The intent should be to obey it when it has been given to us. Have we obeyed when God gave us a command? What about the last teaching we heard?

W We should be about checking our hearts. And in doing that, are we receptive to God's voice and obeying that word promptly! In the community we live, there is a sign at the entrance into this place that speaks of the wanderer. It mentions about whoever has wandered here is expected to wander back here at some point in time, and that we will be here to welcome them 'back'. When I see that sign I always think of the lost sheep and how the Shepherd is gathering those sheep to Himself.

    This year has been certainly different from the previous years. And it continues to change, from a high to a complete low only to rise to another high. Some people lost hope when they lost their businesses due to a virus gone wild. Others, well they chose to enslave themselves to being unemployed to earn that check to just stay at home and for others, well they are out there living. They are working at overcoming depression and despair. They are gathering up their lives to live again, to see another sunrise, to see their child or children return to school, to see what the Lord will do in this day and hour in them and through them for His glory!

U   Yes, the streets are not silent, but neither are we who choose to remain within God and His guidance. Our Hope is in Jesus Christ. We pray for those who walk the streets to know Jesus as we do. We pray they hear and see with new eyes and a new heart to receive life in Jesus and come to understand the almighty God of creation is not harsh nor is He the unloving God but a beautiful, loving Shepherd who loves and guides those who come to Him in their brokenness and despair. Repentance is a great step forward for the man or woman to make in coming to Him, drawing near to His love where each can reside in His grace.

    For you and I, well we know Jesus, we call God our Abba Father and as those sons our heart's desire is what He desires: that people will turn from rebellion and be turned to know God willingly. Many people seem to voice they have the answer, but I only know of ONE who does have the answer and it is God Himself. It is only when we drink from His living water will we never thirst again. May we call the streets of our community peace. May we call the highway that leads here be called 'journey' and that people will journey through life knowing God the Father, and Jesus as Lord. We call our state united with God! We call our nation one under God where God has the rule and He reigns as He has always intended.

  ....Wherever you live, whatever country....name your streets. Make sure you state one street or highway 'harmony' where all live in harmony to live together as a nation that God surely set in place to have you alive for this day. You have a voice to witness life to others. Start by calling your home peace. Call your children blessed and taught of the Lord. Call your schools those which give truth and not fallacies nor fairy tales. Call your land the land of the living, established for the glory to give God all the praise for it is in Him that we live, move and have our being. 

    We have gained Jesus and in Him we lose nothing. We expect the country we live in, to live for God and for Him to be praised from the highest mountains, where people see and hear and obey His given command from that word of truth that is taught. It is a place where God has set up His kingdom, first in you and me and then as that witness to others, to give warning....something is about to happen....."are you ready ....when the ground shakes, are you ready when the sky grows dark....are you ready when the lights go out?"

    For many live to pamper themselves, they are the selfish, they loll in idleness not considering that things are constantly changing, and what was 'normal' no longer exists, but what does still exist is God's love! For He meant business when He sent His Son....and now He expects us to mean business that His normal is that we warn them..."things are about to change".....!!!

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The Ability to Say NO

There are times we must say "NO"!

Proverbs 13: 16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

Proverbs 13:16 Message Bible: A commonsense person lives good sense; fools litter the country with silliness.

He who follows after the Lord considers the path set before him. We are to act in each step of life in the knowledge of God. We are not to act on what the local news is giving if it operates in false news. Our God is spirit and truth and He will lead us on level paths in His peace and truth!

Proverbs 2:11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, 12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, 13 from those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perversity of the wicked; 

Understanding that   discretion will facilitate a way of escape from those who are evil, who speaks perverse things, it will also preserve us from those who choose to walk away from upright behavior into the ways of darkness! Those who compromise will be either male or female.   

Of the female: Proverbs 11:22 As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks discretion. (taste) Yes, that discretion is like taste. It is what taste we have for fine furniture, fine dining or what is considered that which wealth can buy for the most elegant tastes in luxury living with penthouses, jets, and big yachts! Still God is to lead us in that which is discrete. He directs us by leading us to hear Him. That will appear as the Shepherd leads us by still waters, to lie down in green grass where our needs are met without the extra hassle of adding extra expense to taking care of all the luxury when the greatest gift is God's Son to us. Things are good but they should not have us, but we should have them and limit the amount of them in our lives when it proves to appear as an important priority in our lives that includes the extreme in luxury and prestige. For in this man can fall into the pride thing indeed!

 Of the male: Proverbs 19:11 the discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression. Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. Discretion of a man is to make him slow to anger and it mentions that his glory is to overlook a transgression!

In the New Birth (John 3:3) those of the New testament …and us who have received Jesus as Lord, have repented sin, and have the Holy Spirit. And by the Holy Spirit of Grace we walk in the Spirit and we shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. As we read of in Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

It is the Holy Spirit Who will subdue the lust of the flesh when we continually submit ourselves to His power and to His control!

Reading again Proverbs 16:32, it does not say “He who never gets angry is better than the mighty”. It says that “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty!

Jesus got Angry: Mark 11:15-16 NKJV So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 16 And he would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple. Luke 19:45 Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it.   In this Jesus was cleansing the temple: the priests had benefited financially by vendors and dishonest practices to put money in their pockets. It was using business in the temple area! Jesus took an authority to say NO to that which interrupted the House of Prayer. Business is to be done outside. The relationship with God is our prayer life and anything that intrudes on that is out of order and out of bounds!

          

Commanded to Be Angry without Sinning: Ephesians 4:26 “ Be angry, and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath.” As  Christians, we are to avoid intense wrath.  That raging wrath is a desire for revenge. It is of an intense passion that can “kill”.

Wisdom Keeps Anger under Control: Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. Solomon made an observance of anger: Ecclesiastes 7:9 do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.  James 1:19-20 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

We are to listen before we speak. We keep anger under the control of the Holy Spirit. In that respect we appear as the wise! Let's understand that any help from God is a plus for you and me. When we stay connected, we can ask Him to show us things we need to know and ask about those things that conflict with His word. We know that human beings can be unreliable. One writer wrote they blow hot and cold! And that is true if you have been alive as long as I have been. They are those who have their self-interests and sometimes they can align with what God is doing but other times it is the heart issue if they are deciding to go for self-satisfaction.

Psalm 146:3   NKJV   3 Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

Those who might have titles or listed as the leader may not always have the best interests in mind for those involved in goal setting, financial aspects of spending too much and lack of counsel. They will most likely have their personal agenda and possible political goals to chase after. They will desire to spend too much and put a cap on that counsel!

But God, however, is the greatest Leader in this world and all the other world's He created! The "I AM" in our midst is always about what is best for us. It is the level path where the light grows brighter to the full light of day. Moreover, He is always faithful to what He has promised (I Corinthians 1:9), so if we go to Him and ask Him for help that He has pledged to us, He will give it.

In the New Birth, we regained sanity! And we certainly know from scripture that it is the fool who rejects God and not the wise man or wise men. Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "there is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.
And in keeping with sanity, we replace or put in what is of God! We put in spirit and truth. We also know of "right mind" listed in Mark 5:15 Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Can you imagine that when people are in their right minds, those who have Jesus as Lord can scare those who do not have Jesus?
This man who had been taken over by demons was now in his right mind, dressed and seated and he scares folks! So being or having self-control is that where our thoughts and actions align with the Lord's thoughts and ways. For that which was not controllable is now under control.

When evil is revealed it is seen in those who cannot control their desires. We have heard of this "madness" that is seen today in the streets of every large city in this country. It is seen in those where crime of the criminal is listed as their profile. Yet we have a living way of God that is revealed in the life of Christ Jesus, where the captives are set free. Within that it is almighty God Who provides the right mind to produce the fruit of Spirit.

I do not want to be the fool who litters the country with silliness. I desire to make a difference that speaks God is in my life, I have on the full armor of God and I set my mind and heart on things that are above and not scattered around my feet. I will know that which God reveals as the path in which to walk and I will have the ability to speak "NO" to the enemy and rise like an edifice in my faith walk, knowing God is with me because He has called me to this day and to this walk by faith in Him. Amen.

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