Tag: Reaching the lost

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Psalm 124, if it wasn’t for the LORD!

Psa 124:2-3, “IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE, When men rose up against us, Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

If it wasn’t for the LORD where would we be today? We were slaves to sin without even knowing it! It seemed normal to us, but HE set us free by opening our eyes to the truth!

Rom 6:17-18, BUT GOD BE THANKED THAT THOUGH YOU WERE SLAVES OF SIN, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. AND HAVING BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN, YOU BECAME SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

The LORD was with Israel and fought for them; now HE is with all those that believe in HIM name! HE fights for us even today!

Exo 14:14, THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU, AND YOU SHALL HOLD YOUR PEACE.

Psa 124:4-5, THEN THE WATERS WOULD HAVE OVERWHELMED US, THE STREAM WOULD HAVE GONE OVER OUR SOUL; THEN THE SWOLLEN WATERS WOULD HAVE GONE OVER OUR SOUL.”

If it wasn’t for the LORD the storms in life would have overwhelmed us, they would have covered us with grief!

Psa 69:15, Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the DEEP SWALLOW ME UP; And let not the PIT shut its mouth on me. 

Remember Peter when he took his eyes off the LORD, and focused on the storm itself! He started to sink and HE cried out for help!

Mat 14:30-31, But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “LORD, SAVE ME!” And immediately JESUS STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, “O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH, WHY DID YOU DOUBT?”

Psa 124:8, OUR HELP IS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH. 

The LORD is always listening for our cries for help! HE is always there and HE desires that none perish but all have eternal life with HIM!

Rom 10:13, For “WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.” 

When you need help who will you call? HE IS THE GOD OF ALL FLESH, NOTHING IS TO HARD FOR HIM!

Jer 32:17, ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. THERE IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR YOU. 

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Psalm 107, What is your story!

Psa 107:4-5, THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS IN A DESOLATE WAY; They found no city to dwell in. HUNGRY AND THIRSTY, THEIR SOUL FAINTED IN THEM.

THE WANDERER was completely lost in sin and no where to go! Hungry and thirsty and nowhere to turn!

Psa 107:6-7, THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses. AND HE LED THEM FORTH BY THE RIGHT WAY, THAT THEY MIGHT GO TO A CITY FOR A DWELLING PLACE.

Psa 107:10-11, Those who SAT IN DARKNESS and in the shadow of death, BOUND IN AFFLICTION and IRONS— Because they rebelled against the words of God, And despised the counsel of the Most High,

THE PRISONER, bound in the chains of sin and desperation, dwelling in darkness

Psa 107:13-14, THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE, And He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, AND BROKE THEIR CHAINS IN PIECES.

HE can break the strongest, gates, bars and chains and bring you out in HIS light!

Psa 107:17-18, Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, WERE AFFLICTED. THEIR SOUL ABHORRED ALL MANNER OF FOOD, AND THEY DREW NEAR TO THE GATES OF DEATH.

THE SICK rejected the milk and meat of the word of GOD which gives strength to the weary! They were dying without it, near death!

Psa 107:19-20, THEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE, And He saved them out of their distresses. HE SENT HIS WORD AND HEALED THEM, AND DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR DESTRUCTIONS.

HIS word has the power to heal!

Psa 107:25-27, For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea. … Their soul melts because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits’ end.

TRIALS! In the middle of a severe trial which seems to have no end!

Psa 107:28-29, THEN THEY CRY OUT TO THE LORD IN THEIR TROUBLE, AND HE BRINGS THEM OUT OF THEIR DISTRESSES. HE CALMS THE STORM, SO THAT ITS WAVES ARE STILL.

WHAT IS YOUR STORY? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU CALLED OUT TO HIM? WITHOUT HIM, WE ARE LOST, IN CHAINS, SICK, AND IN TROUBLE; BUT, HE HAS THE POWER TO SAVE!

Psalm 107: 8, 15, 21, 31, OH, THAT MEN WOULD GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN! 

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Psalm 96, The Good news!

Psa 96:1-2, Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless His name; PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF HIS SALVATION FROM DAY TO DAY.

We as Christians are able to sing to the LORD for HE has paid our debt and cleansed us through HIS Blood! JESUS said “go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, Mar 16:15”.

Eph 2:17-19, And HE came and preached PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE AFAR OFF AND TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR. For through HIM we both have access by one Spirit to the FATHER. Now, therefore, YOU ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS, BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD,

Psa 96:3, DECLARE HIS GLORY AMONG THE NATIONS, His wonders among ALL peoples. 

If you have received the good news of HIS salvation, don’t keep it to yourself, make it known throughout the world!

Mat 28:19-20, Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Psa 96:10, SAY AMONG THE NATIONS, “The LORD reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.” 

The nations worry about global warming, but this is a GLOBAL WARNING, the LORD is coming back to judge the living and the dead!

Gen 8:22, While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night SHALL NOT CEASE

Psa 96:12-13, Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the LORD. FOR HE IS COMING, FOR HE IS COMING TO JUDGE THE EARTH. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.

The fields, the trees, in fact the whole world will rejoice at HIS coming

Rom 8:21, because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  BE PREPARED FOR HE IS NEAR, BE READY FOR HE IS COMING SOON! PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS THAT THERE IS SALVATION IN HIM!

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Psalm 58, keeping silent!

Psa 58:1-2, …DO YOU INDEED SPEAK RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU SILENT ONES? DO YOU JUDGE UPRIGHTLY, YOU SONS OF MEN? NO, IN HEART YOU WORK WICKEDNESS; YOU WEIGH OUT THE VIOLENCE OF YOUR HANDS IN THE EARTH.

Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness?

David is saying “He who refrains from defending the right is himself an accomplice in the wrong”! Keeping Silent because of fear is just wrong; HE didn’t give us a spirit of fear!

2Ti 1:7, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Judges or leaders should be defending the poor and fatherless (Psalm 82:3), yet so many people keep silent especially when it comes to the word of GOD! It is up to the believer to share HIS WORD to the non-believer!

Eze 3:18, When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 

Psa 37:30, The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice. 

1Th 2:4, But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts. 

Psa 58:10, The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; HE SHALL WASH HIS FEET IN THE BLOOD OF THE WICKED, 

The day of the LORD is coming and HE shall tread the winepress in HIS wrath! HIS robes shall be dipped in blood (Rev 19:13)

Isa 63:6, I have trodden down the peoples in My anger, Made them drunk in My fury, And brought down their strength to the earth.”

Keeping silent in this wicked generation condemns so many people! Don’t be afraid to speak HIS word for the Harvest is great, and HIS wrath is coming!

Mat 9:37-38, Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

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Job 33, God speaks to those perishing!

Job 33:14-15, FOR GOD MAY SPEAK IN ONE WAY, OR IN ANOTHER, YET MAN DOES NOT PERCEIVE IT. IN A DREAM, IN A VISION OF THE NIGHT, WHEN DEEP SLEEP FALLS UPON MEN, WHILE SLUMBERING ON THEIR BEDS,

God is always speaking to everyone, yet the majority do not listen or do not perceive!

Mat 13:14, … ‘HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE; 

Job 33:16-18, THEN HE OPENS THE EARS OF MEN, AND SEALS THEIR INSTRUCTION. IN ORDER TO TURN MAN FROM HIS DEED, AND CONCEAL PRIDE FROM MAN, HE KEEPS BACK HIS SOUL FROM THE PIT, AND HIS LIFE FROM PERISHING BY THE SWORD.

This is the reason GOD speaks to us! In order to keep our souls from the PIT of hell, from the pit of death away from HIM! This is HIS main purpose, that is why HE sent HIS SON, JESUS!

Luk 9:35, And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” 

Job 33:21-22, His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen. YES, HIS SOUL DRAWS NEAR THE PIT, AND HIS LIFE TO THE EXECUTIONERS.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE PERISHING THEIR SOULS ARE DYING AND FADING AWAY.

Job 33:23-24, “If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man HIS UPRIGHTNESS, Then HE is gracious to him, and says, DELIVER HIM FROM GOING DOWN TO THE PIT; I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM!

Pastor’s, teachers, evangelist, and servants of the MOST HIGH need to teach HIS way to those who are perishing! THOSE THAT WHO OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO HIM AND LISTEN TO HIS WORDS, HE WILL DELIVER FROM THE PIT OF DEATH WHERE THERE IS NO HOPE!

Zec 9:11, “As for you also, BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF YOUR COVENANT, I WILL SET YOUR PRISONERS FREE FROM THE WATERLESS PIT.

IT IS BECAUSE OF JESUS’S BLOOD THAT WAS SPILLED ON CALVARY THAT WE ARE DELIVERED FROM WHAT WE DESERVE!

Job 33:28, HE will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light. 

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Ezra 5, who do you work for?

Ezr 5:1-2, At that time THE PROPHETS HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH SON OF IDDO PROPHESIED TO THE JEWS IN JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. … Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak RESPONDED BY STARTING AGAIN TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE OF GOD IN JERUSALEM.

The foundation was laid, yet they were forced to stop! The people had grown comfortable leaving the work of GOD to the side!

Hag 1:4-5, “Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins? … LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING TO YOU!

The Jews were working for themselves, BUT NOT FOR GOD! THEY BUILT HOMES, PLANTED GRAIN, YET DIDN’T PROSPER AT ALL!

Hag 1:6-8, You have planted much BUT HARVEST LITTLE. You eat BUT ARE NOT SATISFIED. You drink BUT ARE STILL THIRSTY. You put on clothes BUT CANNOT KEEP WARM. YOUR WAGES DISAPPEAR AS THOUGH YOU WERE PUTTING THEM IN POCKETS FILLED WITH HOLES! “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! NOW GO UP INTO THE HILLS, BRING DOWN TIMBER, AND REBUILD MY HOUSE. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, SAYS THE LORD.

Zec 1:3, Therefore, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: RETURN TO ME, AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU, SAYS THE LORD OF HEAVEN’S ARMIES.’ 

The work on the temple re-started and both Haggai and Zechariah helped!

Ezr 5:3,5, But Tattenai, governor of the province …, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO REBUILD THIS TEMPLE AND RESTORE THIS STRUCTURE?” …BUT BECAUSE THEIR GOD WAS WATCHING OVER THEM, the leaders of the JEWS WERE NOT PREVENTED FROM BUILDING until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.

INSTANTLY HOSTILITY TO THE WORK CAME BACK, YET THEY DIDN’T STOP! WE KNOW THAT GOD WATCHES OVER US; WE DON’T WORK FOR THE GOVERNOR, BUT FOR GOD! IT’S TIME WE GET TO WORK AGAIN FOR THE TIME IS SHORT AND MANY SOULS ARE IN NEED OF HIM!

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2Chronicles 30, Reaching the lost!

2Ch 30:1, 5, And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah… THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM, TO KEEP THE PASSOVER TO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL… SO THEY RESOLVED TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL… SINCE THEY HAD NOT DONE IT FOR A LONG TIME IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER

The Temple was opened and it’s time to invite the people to gather before the LORD! Hezekiah even reached out to their long lost brothers, the northern kingdom of Israel!

2Ch 30:10-11, So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; BUT THEY LAUGHED AT THEM AND MOCKED THEM. NEVERTHELESS SOME FROM ASHER, MANASSEH, AND ZEBULUN HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND CAME TO JERUSALEM.

SOME LAUGHED, AND MOCKED AT THE THOUGHT, WHILE OTHERS CAME!  JESUS CAME FOR THE LOST, YET EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE TO MAKE; ACCEPT OR REJECT!

Luk 10:16, He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.

2Ch 30:18-20, For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, HAD NOT CLEANSED THEMSELVES, YET THEY ATE THE PASSOVER CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS WRITTEN. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “MAY THE GOOD LORD PROVIDE ATONEMENT FOR EVERYONE WHO PREPARES HIS HEART TO SEEK GOD, THE LORD GOD OF HIS FATHERS, THOUGH HE IS NOT CLEANSED ACCORDING TO THE PURIFICATION OF THE SANCTUARY.” AND THE LORD LISTENED TO HEZEKIAH AND HEALED THE PEOPLE.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT COME TO CHURCH BEING COMPLETELY IGNORANT OF THE WORD, THE MESSAGE AND MANNERS; YET HEZEKIAH DIDN’T LAUGH OR REBUKE THEM, BUT PRAYED FOR THEM! GOD DIDN’T LAUGH AT US WENT WE CAME IN IGNORANCE! WE REPRESENT HIM!

2Co 5:20, … WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD WERE PLEADING THROUGH US: WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST’S BEHALF, BE RECONCILED TO GOD.