We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 None of us are exempt from suffering, loneliness, discouragement, or unjust criticism. Why?…
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Author: J. Palmer
Living under the wings of God and the angels around me keeping me going and safe. Sharing the love of Christ.
Life In The Spirit
Romans 8:1-2 Good News Translation (GNT)
Life in the Spirit
8 There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)
Life in the Spirit
8 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.
Romans 8:1-2 The Message (MSG)
The Solution Is Life on God’s Terms
8 1-2 With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ’s being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud. A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
For we as Christians get condemned and face persecution as believers but still have faith in Christ Jesus whom we belong
Living in the law of the spirit and not that of the world bring us into life and Union with Christ Jesus
For if we hadn’t been one United in Christ we would face torture as like what Christ himself suffered
With brutality and pain, suffering and a horrible death
Yet the spirit has set us free from all that
It has set us free from sin and the acts of the world
We now have been accepted in the spirit and live in the spirit saving us from sin and death giving us eternal life
Not life as we know it of the flesh and world but a life of love and spiritual life in heaven with him for evermore to come
When we suffer death we shall still live in the spirit
Pray And Love Your Neighbor Instead
“Don’t seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. “Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God.
Do not take revenge on others or continue to hate them, but love your neighbors as you love yourself. I am the Lord.
In a world so filled with hate and evil
With so much hostility it’s hard not to be pulled down as low as all that in itself
Then to add the current trials and tribulations
only tightens the grip of it all more
With being pulled so low we tend to sometimes forget not everyone is like what is of the world and we begin to fall within the hate and evil itself as well not seeing the bigger picture that there is still good in the world also
Not just good people but also good being done that we miss to see because we’re filled with the negativity around we see
Though God speaks to all saying
“Don’t seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. “Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God.
By saying this is saying do not let the events of the world around you or negativity of people bring you down and be like them rather treat them with nurturing acts of kindness and love do not hold the things they do against them but love them as you would yourself even if done in misunderstanding or done wrong
The only judge is God himself until then we are just supposed to be kind to one another and accept each other as God would us
We may not always see and agree with who they are or what is done but we can love them like ourselves as a decent human
Until we see acceptance and love for ourselves and the true story of God’s love for us we can not truly love as we should and we fall into the pit where they are stuck as well in the same broken world that they see
For those who love God, love themselves, and can also love others have already gotten out of the broken lost souls and found love in the proper way both for themselves as well as in others they see. This is how we come to loving your neighbor as yourself by acceptance of everything about them even if we don’t agree
For our place is only to show love but not always agree for God only knows each of us inside and out and all of our story he sees much more than we see he knew the sin they struggle with that we may not see and he’s known the things which would happen before any of us will or believe
So remember next time you don’t agree just say ok God use me, shake it off and pray instead and be the positivity in the need instead
Do not hold a grudge or attack out with negativity
This is where you learn to love your neighbor as yourself and stay positive and strong in love and praying
“Don’t seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. “Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God.
God The Shepherd, Our Guide
Psalm 23:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
1
The Lord is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.
Psalm 23:1 Good News Translation (GNT)
The Lord Our Shepherd[a]
23
The Lord is my shepherd;
I have everything I need.
Psalm 23:1-3 The Message (MSG)
A David Psalm
23
1-3 God, my shepherd!
I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
you let me catch my breath
and send me in the right direction.
We are all like sheep grazing in a field
Just wondering aimlessly in the meadows
God is our shepherd
He leads us out of the lost paths
With him We don’t need anything more
He teaches us true to his word, his glory and his love
He is overwhelming in navigating us in the right directions
He’s faithful in all he does with us and for us
You need to just quietly, humbly listen for his lead
He just patiently awaits for us to take his lead seriously and surrender your journey to his direction and be faithful to him letting him guide the way he has for us
God is my shepherd
I shall have no other wants
In Honor
Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the Lord.
Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the Lord. That is question at one time or another. The answer is no.
Nothing is hidden or unknown to Christ
It’s within his sight always
The story of your life
Psalm 139 New Living Translation (NLT)
Psalm 139
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1
O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
2
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
4
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
5
You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!
7
I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
8
If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave,[a] you are there.
9
If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10
even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
11
I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
12
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
13
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
17
How precious are your thoughts about me,[b] O God.
They cannot be numbered!
18
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
19
O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
20
They blaspheme you;
your enemies misuse your name.
21
O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
22
Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24
Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
No one fully knows you but God our Lord
For he knows everything
He loves us unconditionally
Like no one could
He stays by us till the end
Jesus answers- No one can hide where I cannot see them. Do you not know that I am everywhere in heaven and on earth?
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
“Am I not a God near at hand”—God’s Decree— “and not a God far off? Can anyone hide out in a corner where I can’t see him?” God’s Decree. “Am I not present everywhere, whether seen or unseen?” God’s Decree.
Live the golden rules
Live by his command
Do not follow the laws of the world
But do follow the Laws of the Lord always
Honor is the key
Knowledge Starts With God
Proverbs 1:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
7
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 English Standard Version (ESV)
7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 Good News Translation (GNT)
Advice to the Young
7 To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord. Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn.
Proverbs 1:7 The Message (MSG)
Start with God
7
Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God;
only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord. Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God; but fools despise wisdom and discipline, they despise wisdom and instruction. Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn. Those are lost wanderers. They want to live of themselves and not hear the instruction of anyone that it interferes with them. These kind of people have no respect for knowledge, wisdom or learning of instruction. These are the type of people like those rioting right now in our life. These are people who have grew up close minded and ignorant. We need to pray for these people to release their ignorance and become open to a new knowledge. only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. These type of people think they are higher in power than others usually. They need to learn to bow to only God. This is where true love and knowledge is learned.
Are You Ready To Meet The Savior
Are You Ready To Meet The Savior
https://hevnswtangels.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/are-you-ready-to-meet-the-savior/
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Live In Passion Of Christ
Live In Passion Of Christ
https://hevnswtangels.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/live-in-passion-of-christ/
— Read on hevnswtangels.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/live-in-passion-of-christ/
God’s Masterpiece
Ephesians 2:10 New Living Translation (NLT)
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
God has and always will be our creator we are his masterpiece. He has created us in the likeness of Christ Jesus our lord that we can do good things and live out the plans that he has for us. The plans that he’s had for each and everyone of us before we were ever created and brought into our mothers womb. The plans he’s had for you. We don’t know and can never measure up to his thoughts and thinking pattern, but we know his love, we know his light. Come to know your master. Your creator. He knows everything about us he is ready and willing to guide you. He know where we sit, when we rise, he knows our inner thoughts he knows all that is about us. He knows the plan he has for you.
Ephesians 2:10 The Message (MSG)
7-10 Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.
Yet God Is Still Faithful
Paul tells the Thessalonians to pray
– One more thing, friends: Pray for us. Pray that the Master’s Word will simply take off and race through the country to a groundswell of response, just as it did among you. And pray that we’ll be rescued from these scoundrels who are trying to do us in. I’m finding that not all “believers” are believers. But the Master never lets us down. He’ll stick by you and protect you from evil.
This verse and our current events speaks both in believers and the same goes for our events going on today in society. Both police and society are the problem but not all police are bad my fiancé’s family has very respectful and good cops in his family. The problem is that not all cops are good or even respect all people cops as the brotherhood are not a whole it’s those that just wanted to be a cop just to say they are high authority (I’m a cop woohoo) they aren’t all good brothers. They act like they respect the brotherhood to look good to the rest they work with at the force but then when responding to people they don’t respect them and just be who they are as if they were in society because theirs no one to see and watch, and it’s how they are. Not all cops are bad or disrespectful and disgusting like the ones who can be on the force and the ones that have been in the recent events. As for society as a whole and it’s people they are a much larger unit full of a lot of disrespectful, racist, prejudice and rude people who many of them do not respect themselves or the society or community so a reflection they don’t respect others and some have been taught the racism and prejudice so if they are already hateful and disrespectful to themselves causing the hate and disrespect and discriminations they the history they’ve been taught is only deeper it’s the things they see as true and believe. In conclusion not all people or cops are bad. Are you and I bad? No. I would hope people wouldn’t see me as bad. Yes I have made many mistakes in life I’m sure accidentally through those mistakes I have hurt a person or two, however I am not a bad person, and knowing you all these years I have not seen you as a bad person even when you’ve gotten upset at times. Being human each of us learns to be who we are and act and treat others as we see. We’ve been taught to love one another as the Bible says but not everyone has been exposed to that type of teaching or has reason within themselves that they believe otherwise from an event or something that traumatized them or affected them to where they now act against what they maybe have been taught. However some never even have known love or church or a good family to even get credit for the hate and disrespect they know. Some people have raised themselves or been brought up in the system through adoption and orphans that I’m sure even not all them have been properly taught as they spend most of their lives moving around and sometimes totally relearning which sometimes conflicts their already sketched belief or interests. Yet all humans are the same in one way no mater the color of their skin or the tone of their voice wether they have disabilities or not all people are human created from one creator. Looking at cops and people as a whole you WIll hate because it’s what you see from one experience or one false teaching. It’s very sad but true. However with all out of wack in the world as God said would be the end result is what paul writes out not all are faithful and true but through it all God is faithful and will strengthen is and keep us safe and protected from the evil one and all his wicked plots. He will keep us guarded when evil lurks and rebuke all evil coming at us.
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and keep you safe from the Evil One.
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