Archive for June, 2019
INSTRUCTION FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, PART 1
Friday, June 14th, 2019
When God told the first man ever on the earth – Adam – to go forth and multiply, Adam had no role model but God. It could get absolutely NO better than this, because our Creator and Heavenly Father is the most perfect Father ever.Look at the Goodness of God the Father to Adam:
– God created Adam.
– God gave Adam life.
– God provided everything Adam needed to survive
– God gave Adam a perfect home to live in, where everything was in harmony in the Garden of Eden.
– God gave Adam a mission to accomplish, and a work to do
– God gave Adam a beautiful wife for companionship, love and to help him oversee the Garden of Eden.
This was enough for any man to do. Yet Adam allowed his wife to negotiate with a snake, sin and then willingly went along with it. Later on, after they were expelled from perfection, Adam paid the price when one of this first sons, killed the other one. Cain murdered Abel over jealousy.
The Lord, our Good, Good Father, had to punish this original sin, which brought death, degradation and destruction into the world. These continue until this day. God still provided for His now wayward people, in spite of the massive Flood from Noah times, which changed the atmospheric and living conditions so much, that humans could no longer physically survive more than 100 years, down from 800-900 years pre-flood.
HOW TO CONTROL YOUR THOUGHT LIFE
Friday, June 14th, 2019
Every sin against God and our fellow man and woman, began as a thought in our mind. Initially we have no control over what passes before our eyes, thereby triggering certain forgiven sins, past lusts, repressed memories or things from our childhood, which are normally left there in the past, not follow the normal course of life. Without fail, a song on the radio, or some flirtatious comment, which then unleashes a torrent of terrible thoughts can often reboot thoughts in our minds, which were long disposed of. How many times have you and I, said to ourselves “where did that thought come from?” The old argument of left brain/right brain has nothing to do with it. Being alive does.
When Jesus saved us from an eternity of death away from Heaven, His precious Blood washed away our sin. His perfect Grace granted us divine forgiveness and His offer granted us the privilege of committing our lives to Him, as Lord and Savior.
HOWEVER, we still live in the same body, the same house, drive the same car and go to the same job with the same (mostly) unsaved co-workers. We have the same beautiful family, eat the same food (maybe more Chick Fil A); and go to the same grocery stores. Our destination changed. Our outlook changed. Our language and conduct are supposed to be more edifying and uplifting but sometimes, well, our thought life gets in the way.