God Tells Us How and All We Need Is To Do It

     When God wants us to do something, he will tells us how to do it. In the six chapter of Genesis, God told Noah that everything that is on the earth shall die. However he also told Noah how he could save himself from the destruction by building an ark. God even told him how to build it. In Exodus the third chapter, God told Moses to talk with Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. He told Moses exactly how to do this, all Moses needed was to follow his instructions. Moses did what God instructed him to do and the children of Israel was set free. In Joshua chapter six, God told Joshua how to conquer the city of Jericho. Joshua did as God instructed and the walls of Jericho fell. When God wants us to do something, he will tell us how and all we need to do is follow his instructions in order to succeed.
     Even in todays world, God is still telling us what he wants us to do and how he wants us to do it within his word the Bible. All we have to do is read and follow his instructions within it. John 6:28-29,40 "Then they said to him, 'What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" Jesus answered them, this is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." God's words within the Bible told us how we could have eternal life and all we have to do is to follow them.
     Jesus commanded us to love one another. How do I do this? All I have to do is to look in the Bible to find out what love is and how it acts. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful, it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." 1 John 3:18 "Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth." There are many Bible verses that tells us how to love and all we need is to apply them within our lives. God is clearly showing us what he wants and how we need to do it.
     God has given us many instructions within the Bible and all we have to do is to follow them. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." If we want to know what God wants from us and how to do it, just read the Bible and find out for yourself. God has shown us many times in the Old and the New Testament that if he wants us to do something, he will tell us how and all we need is to do it. 

Our Desperate Cry

      In our desperate cry, Father hear our prayers. See the desperate situation that we are in. Deliver us Father so that we may continue to live without a feeling of hopelessness. Let not the devil entrap us. Let not the devil to win. Let your son be our guide and our way. Holy Father, creator of Heaven and Earth hear our prayers and rescue us from this hardship that we are facing. We cry out for your help. We cry out to be seen and to be heard so to have our prayers answered. Oh Father come quickly so that our hope does not fade.
     In our desperation we cry out and say, "Lord, please hear me and see the darkness that surrounds me. Keep me safe from the devil's work." Protect our heart's from this darkness for is trying to take away our love. It is trying to take away our peace and to set our world ablaze with hate and violence. Protect our souls and protect our families from the evil that is within our world. Lord if we are surrounded, help us to find a way out. Let not the righteous die by the wicked. Let the righteous live a full life. Show us the way Lord Jesus so that we may follow you and be saved.
     In our desperation, we are near the edge and trying our best not to fall off. Lord hear our cries and come quickly to our help. Lord Jesus clear all the fog away so that we may see what is in front of us and what is in back of us. Give us the strength to carry on and the wisdom to do what is right. Please, find us if we do get lost and hold our hand to support us when we stumble and fall. The world does not care for us but you do. Let us feel the warmth of your love so to chase away the cold. Lord, please watch over our lives.
     In a loud cry of desperation, I say, "Lord come soon so that your Kingdom will take away all of our desperation!" In your Kingdom, no more cries for help will be needed. No more tears will be shed because of our pain. Our Lord Jesus will be here to comfort us and to fill all the world with his love. Loving God from Heaven, I will be here eagerly awaiting for this new world that is to come. Glory be to God for his time is getting closer and our deliverance from evil is getting near. Our time of desperation will be ending and our time for rejoicing will soon begin.

In Psalm 91:14-16 the LORD says, "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."

Psalm 40:1-2 "I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure."
 

My Late Night Viewing of Christian Music Videos

     I ran across a video on YouTube that I use to watch on cable television late at night. It is a part of a series of videos called Reflections. The Reflections videos are scenes of nature with music and Bible scriptures. When I was younger and working the second shift at a job. I would come home around midnight. Before I would come home, I would stop at a convenience store and by me some snacks. I would go home sit on the couch and turn on the cable channel that had the Reflections videos on it. Luckily for me they were always playing at the same time when I got home. I would just sit on the couch relaxing eating my snacks and watching the Reflections videos before I went to bed. This was my routine for a few years while working the second shift job. I thought I would include a Reflections video so you can see for yourself what I was watching.      

     Now in the present I watch Christian music videos on YouTube late at night. I have seen many different videos of Christian music artists singing their songs about the Lord. One of my favorite singers is Brooke Ligertwood. I like many of her songs. I like her cover of the song "Breathe". I watched it many times. I would like to show this video to you maybe you will like it as well. In addition on this video the singer David Funk will be singing after Brooke the song "What a Friend I've Found".

Make No Room for the Devil

      Make no room for the Devil within your mind, body and soul. Keep him out of your life. Close all the doors to the ways that he may be able to tempt you. Purify your mind so it is clean so the Devil may not torment you in anyway. Even though the devil may control our world, we can make sure that he cannot control us. We can surrender to our God in heaven our mind, body and soul. We can give God control over our lives. We can make our body a temple to his Holy Spirit. We can pray to God to help us in our fight against the Devil so that our lives may be free from him.
     Ephesians 4:27 "and give no opportunity to the devil." The devil will take advantage of any weakness that is within you. He is someone who will make your situation in life worst. If you do not want him to influence you, you need the help of the one who defeated him and rose into heaven. Matthew 28:18 "And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Romans 16:20 "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." We need Jesus in our lives and the power of his Holy Spirit to keep Satan away from us.
     James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded." If you want to draw near to God first clean your hands from any sin that you are doing. Purify your heart by the blood of the Lamb. Quit being double-minded by sharing your love for the world and trying to love God at the same time. 1 John 2:15 "Do not love the world or the things in the world, If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." If we want to keep the devil out of our mind and heart, we must not divide our love between God and this world.
     Remember what happened to Lot's wife in Sodom? Genesis 19:17 "And as they brought them out, one said, Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley, Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away." Genesis 19:26 "But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." Lot's wife did not obey the warning from the angel from God. She look back at the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that were being destroyed by God and she was turned into a pillar of salt as her punishment. In a like manner, God will be bring destruction upon this wicked world of ours and then provide us a new place to live. We must love God and not this world that is ruled by Satan. We must never look back and long for the world that we left behind because if we do, we to could be punished and be destroyed along with it.
     Love that which gives you life and not what gives you death. Purge all that is within you that is coming between you and God. Do not hold tight to anything that will bring down the wrath of God upon you. Worship God with all your heart and soul. The word of God brings you near to him and your resistance to his word is what separates you from him. The Bible said in 2 Corinthians 7:1 "....beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bring holiness to completion in the fear of God." Make no room for the devil but make room for God and his Holy Spirit.