In Christ we are offered life. A wonderful life. A life of peace, a life of assurance, a life of hope, joy and satisfaction. A life of love. The holy, almighty, creator God loves me. He loves me more than words could describe. God himself loves me and cares for me. He has ransomed me and pardoned me. He has washed me whiter than snow and put a song in my heart. We never need to worry and never need to fear so long as our eyes and feet are towards Jesus. HE IS LIFE!!! JESUS IS LIFE!! Continue reading “Life.”
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God’s Word!
I can now say that I’ve read the whole bible!
I have not found joy, excitement or life in anything else!! It is the most terrifying and uplifting book. All of life’s answers are in there. What a gift! Thank you Jesus for the words that create, the words that condemn, the words that convict, the words that restore, the words of life and the words that save to the uttermost! Thank you Jesus! :)
13/01/10 – Life Just Now.
Happy New Year Folks!! :)
I’m just back from spending the start of the Year visiting my younger sister, Leah, and the fellowship at New Testament Church in Ballynahinch, NI. It was a great way to start the year! Whilst we were over there my mum, Ruth, turned 50! A milestone in life and so the NTC fellowship held a lovely party. She was very happy! Leah is doing well too and her car has just passed its M.O.T. which we are very grateful for. Praise Jesus for His every provision. You can find out a little more about Leah at her own blog which you can get to from my ‘links’ page.
NOW! I’m living at home with my parents for now, which is nice, but I do hope to get my own place soon. At the moment I am self employed and working as a landscape gardener. I thoroughly enjoy it and I am learning a lot! I love working outdoors and it’s great to have so much variety.
FUTURE? My flesh is saying, I wish there was something more to my life. I feel like I am slowly trudging up a hill and looking for an easy way out of a problem or two. But the flesh always wants more and God has been constantly and consistently showing me through His word that He is all that I need. Jesus satisfies every need! He is all my hope and strength. He is life, He is truth and He is the way! I can trust the creator God to deliver me and protect me from every problem. (Matthew 6:25-34)
I live knowing that Jesus may come before I finish writing this. I know that I don’t need to worry about a single thing. I have been given life and life more abundantly! A life that is stress free! Free from worry, free from doubt, free from pain! Just as Peter walked on the stormy sea, if I keep my eyes on Jesus and learn to love Him, this life cannot touch me! What a gift!! What a promise!! What a Saviour!! One day at a time… and may Christ come soon!
Much, much love in Jesus and only by His grace and mercy,
Matthew
Seeking Above All Else
Jeremiah 29
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with your whole heart.
14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord.
Nothing complicated. Never as been. All of scripture echoes the same pattern. The creator God, the one true Living God will live with those who seek Him wholly. What else would you want?
So what is seeking? We will only find God when we seek Him with our whole heart. There is no room for seeking anything else. Some seek to achieve, some seek to please, some seek to serve, some seek to satisfy, some seek to gain, some seek good and some seek to learn… There is no room!!
Jesus is the answer! He is all our hope, our strength, our learning! He is all that satisfies. Without Christ we can not…. anything! It is repeated so often in the scriptures. We will only find Him when He is all that we are seeking.
What does that look like? Well firstly consider what you don’t mind doing instead of seeking Christ then… stop doing it! It’s only then that we find Christ and He becomes all our good, all our learning, all our satisfaction, all our power….
Seek Jesus, Jesus only!
Christmas
What an army of trials this season brings! Trials and testings on many fronts! My head and heart are consumed by fleshly desires. I wish I could say that I, at the least, felt guilty!! Instead I find myself wanting more of what this world is offering! An end result of the slacking of physical discipline, less time in the word, less time in prayer, less time with my precious Saviour!
I consider my Saviour, Jesus, His blood… I read Revelations and wonder at the awe and praise that the elders and beasts constantly pour out to our God and to my admitted shame, I am shocked and amazed that I can be even slightly distracted from such awesome truth! Jesus alone satisfies!! He satisfies for eternity. He alone is all satisfying joy and peace. Why then do I give in so easily to this flesh? Why do I find place for all of these other desires?
Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
2 Peter 1
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
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5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Here is the answer! Here in God’s word is the simple solution. We have not because we ask not. We will not find what we do not seek! May Christ strengthen and wash and reveal Himself to us as we seek Him. May He have our hearts, our whole heart, may we be His and He be ours! May He know us! For His glory only.
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