I COME PEACEABLY...TO SELECT A NEW KING.

Now in the 15th chapter of the 1st book of Samuel.
And the Lord said how long will thou mourn for Saul,seeing i have rejected Him from reigning over Israel? It pops out at me that Samuel,took his duties serious,and must have loved Saul very much.In this chapter,the Lord told Samuel to go get Jessie and bring him to a sacrifice to the Lord. Jessie being from Bethlehem.Samuel believed that SAUL would kill him if he knew. Yet Samuel did as the lord commanded,and the elders in the town were afraid. Samuel made it clear that he came in peace. Samuel called Jesse and all his sons to the sacrifice.All Jessie's sons paraded in front of Samuel and the Lord accepted none.One of the sons was a big man and the Lord told Samuel this was not the new king,and not to look upon the mans stature because the Lord does not judge by the outward appearance,but upon the heart.So enter .....David the shepherd! What does this have to do with the lesson? David was a musician and a warrior.The spirit of the Lord was upon David,after being anointed by Samuel.Yet an evil Spirit came upon Saul...but David played his music,Saul was refreshed and the evil Spirit departed Saul.Much more to be studied about this,but for the time constraint i must stop here.MY PRAYER: Heaven Father help us see that worshiping you is the most important thing we can do in our lives.Its number one.We must remember the scripture in Psalm 33...concerning how to worship. By continually praising you.Amen.

PEACEABLY I COME. I CRIED ALL NIGHT.

As i study and prepare to be taught my Sunday School lesson,and then share it with the awesome class that sits before me,The Lords hand (HOLY SPIRIT) leads me immediately to the book of 1st Samuel. In chapter 15 i learn how the Lord picks a man to be King over Israel. The Lord sends the prophet Samuel to anoint SAUL king and He is told to hearken unto the voice of the words of the Lord.The Lord sends Saul to a city of Amelak to destroy everyone,and all that they have.Saul did not do as he was instructed. Only partly.
He saved the King,he spared some friendly people(the KENITES)sent them away before he did battle.Saul's army numbered 210,000 thousand men.Saul spared the best of the sheep,and oxen,and lambs....all that was good.This caused the Lord to actually to say,it repenteth me that i have set up Saul to be King.Samuel went to Saul,and Saul told him that he had done as the Lord had commanded.Samuel told Saul to wait,and he(Samuel) would listen for what the Lord had to say.Samuel returned and said "When thou wast little in thine own sight,wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel,and the Lord anointed thee King of Israel? Saul still insisted that he had obeyed the Lord,and as scripture tells us,Saul admitted he had sinned by fearing the people,and obeyed their voice.Then Saul worshiped the Lord,and yet the Lord did not change His mind about replacing Saul as King.Samuel actually hewed(cut) the enemy King in pieces.Then Samuel left and never came back to see Saul.Samuel had finished the job that Saul was ordered to do.'Peaceably i come' begins here.
2 things i must say.What a friend Samuel was! He cried all night upon learning that God had repented for setting up Saul to be king.

And now just before going to find the new King,the Lord said,"How long Samuel are you going to mourn for Saul? seeing that i have rejected him from reigning over Israel?
In my next blog i will continue to write the rest of the story,and how it fits into the Sunday School lesson.{All this writing was taken from the 1st book of Samuel chapter 15.A must read,as The Almighty...worthy to be praised Holy God,speaks to my heart.My prayer:Father who art in Heaven,hallowed be thy name.AMEN.

WHAT CHILD IS THIS.

FOR HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER,HALLELUJAH...WHAT A FITTING SONG TO LISTEN TO AS I TYPE THESE NEXT FEW WORDS."AND LO THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CAME UPON THEM,AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND ABOUT THEM:AND THEY WERE SORE AFRAID." The book of Luke chapter 2:verse 9. also look at the awesome verses 13,and 14.angels suddenly appearing in multitude praising God.Saying glory in the highest,and on earth peace good will toward men. WOW!
Oh my goodness....words like glory,praise,peace,good will toward men.Hang on,Jesus has come once,now He is coming again.Be ready,He is at your hearts door knocking. Answer the door and let Him in.Mothers,Dads.....provide for your children,yet teach them about Jesus.His life is the greatest story ever told.As i write the Holy Spirit enters my heart,as i listen to Christmas songs about Mary's babe. King of kings,let loving hearts enthrone Him.Oh my. The babe the son of Mary. What child is this.Please excuse my wandering around in my writing as i have my own worship time.I do worship Him.I hope many went to worship tonight,and the rest tomorrow. I just know that when i leave church Sunday morning,i will begin to miss my Lord. Its His birthday and i want Him to know,i celebrate Him.St Luke chapter 2:verses 30,31,32,33." mine eyes have seen thy salvation" Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people.Amen. Thanks for being so gracious as to read this blog.Merry Christmas.Do not be afraid.Fear not.for i bring thee good tidings of great joy,which shall be to all people.(LUKE 2:9)
My Prayer: Father i love you and your son.Happy birthday.

DO NOT LET THEM REST.

Christmas Sunday is truly a celebration.The joyous knowledge deep in my soul that Gabriel went to Mary and told her GOD ALMIGHTY had found favor with her.Enough, that he had chosen her, to be the Mother of Jesus.I am proud Gabriel also had gone earlier to Zachariah and Elizabeth to declare that John the Baptist would be born of them.I am praising God that the Angel went to the shepherds in the field and told them of the news. And that they immediately went with haste to find Christ the new born baby.Sunday morning,for me, will be the most important Christmas morning for me in my life.For you see...i have told the Lord that for the first time in my life,i actually proudly can say i love Him more than anyone,or anything i know,or have ever known.From taking my life in my own hands for over the past 50 years,yet never losing my Faith in him,but going on a long journey of  losing faith in other men,and eventually in myself,in the past couple of years,the Lord has taken me on a rededicated journey. re-teaching me as i have shared this with others.Fully trusting He knows who needs to hear. I still have adversity,yet through it all God is touching my life. I feel it,i see it, i see and feel the satanic attacks,then when i obey Christ work,then i see the attacks ease.I am experiencing the power,and the grace at work,side by side.My topic in this letter....both the joy of the Lords birth,and the right work of the Lord.Being very interested in the the small verse in ACTS CHAPTER 12:VERSE 24.But the Word of the Lord grew and multiplied.Read the entire 12th and 13th chapter of the book of Acts.Read the 1st and 2nd chapters of the book of Luke. My desire is that all will see the full scope of both joy in the Lord,and trust that standing against Him,and hindering His work is dangerous. Yet He will be victorious.This is just a sample of what the Holy Spirit has shown me today. Everyone...please get up go to church. Find one that is open for Sunday morning services. It can be the most important decision you will make in your life.Church must be a place where souls can find redemption,yet also a place where those that are saved must have joy to take with them,to share with those that are looking.Those that are searching with all there hearts for the Lord.I will be praying for all of you and myself. Remember Satan is still at work,but greater is He who is in me,than He that is in the world. Safe journeys,happy meals,love your family,forgive often,and Put your life in the Hands of Jesus.Merry Christmas,to all of you. I love you all,but Jesus loves you so much more.My Prayer: Heavenly Father,Draw all men to you,do not let them rest.Have them convicted of sin,as they look in your face,in the manger as a child,then may they fall in love with you as i have.I love you with all my heart,and soul.A moment without you is misery.AMEN.⇑

THAT IS TO SAY.

As with anything,there is opposition. It is never easy. Having Christ in your heart,wanting to please him,never has been easy. Just because you accept Him and follow him as a disciple does not guarantee an easy smooth life. As a matter of fact we must expect push back. We must remember the words of a famous football coach who once said"the price of success is high,but so are the rewards".Comprehending we are sinners and knowing we must accept Christ as our vehicle back into acceptance to The Heavenly Father we then begin to notice everyone is not in agreement with us. Some push back,and are actually very rude to us at times.Should we lay hold on such people with our hands? We know the Bible teaches against that.But are we to be cowards,weaklings in the face of adversity? Lets see. How about the master himself? Matthew chapter 21:verse 11 thru 14. Jesus went into the temple(church)saw the activities going on,and became upset enough the He over turned tables,and began to tell those inside what His temple was and that it was not a den of thieves.WOW.Notice what transpired in the church as soon as it was cleared out.MIRACLES i say.

Look At Acts CHAPTER 13:verses 1 thru 12. Hear we see the story of the apostle Paul,and a group of men.As these men were fasting and ministering to the Lord,the Holy Ghost said separate me Barnabas and Saul(PAUL) for a work He had for them to do.The work was to preach,but there was more.They were apposed by a false prophet.A false prophet that was with a man who wanted to hear the Word of God.The false prophet wanted to hinder the man from faith in Christ.Oh then look what Paul did ,as he was filled with The Holy Spirit.Paul used words such as full of all mischief,child of the devil,thou enemy of all righteousness,accused him of perverting Gods right ways. Then He placed upon this man blindness,immediately,for a season he could not see the sun.This man went about searching for someone to lead Him by the Hand.It was after this that the man wanting to hear the word of God became a believer. He was saved.Many lesson from this.God can remove hindrances in a mighty way,in order that people wanting to hear the word of God can do so.Two things i notice here. I notice that in church discipline we must be led by the Holy Spirit.Then i notice that God will intervene and His house ,his word will be respected and not return void.When church discipline is enacted,we must be sure the intent is to redeem the member.That is to say...i hearts love the disciplined one/s and we wish them to stop fighting and join us in brotherly love.This scripture,nor my writing excludes me.My prayer: Heavenly Father,show us continually,thru your word....How to conduct our church business.AMEN.

CONFOUNDED EDUCATION??? PLEASE DO!

For Christ sent me not to baptise,but to preach the gospel:not with wisdom of words,lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.Ffor the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishnesss;but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.For it is written,I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.This scripture is from the first espistle to the Corinthians by the apostle Paul.Chapter 1:verses 17,18,and 19.A message to the church,that explains exactly the way the preaching of the cross effects the atheist,the non believer,who thinks we are to remain silent.Read the remainder of this chapter.Read verse 25.Awesome.God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise Amen.My prayer:Draw all men to you,even if you have confound them.Please do.AMEN.

Oh servants ,servants, SERVANTS. What to do???

Blessed are those servants,when the Lord comes, He shall find them watching.Oh my,my blessed savior said He will serve me!!!All i have to do is be found watching. Are you truly watching? Are you to busy??? Read this wonderful message straight from the mouth of Jesus.We do not know when He is coming...but betcha, He is looking for watchful servants.Be ready,for the son of man comes at an hour ye think not.Merry ...christ mas. My prayer: Heavenly Father ,i love Jesus Christ your son,and i have more things to praise you for,than i have space to write. I want to be found watching.MY Prayer: Draw all mankind to you thru your spirit! AMEN. SCRIPTURE IS THE BOOK OF LUKE CHAPTER 12:VERSES 37,38,39,AND 40.

Whats in a name? From Gods Holy Spirit.

WHATS IN A NAME? Check out Zacharias and Elizabeth in the book of Luke.In this case it was about how a normally obedient godly man having a bout with unbelief and it cost him about nine months of not being able to speak.In my case that would be tough. lol. When Gabriel spoke with Zacharias He told him what was going to happen to Elizabeth his wife,and that their prayers had been heard.The prayers were about to be answered. Zacharias doubted the angels words so he was made where he could no longer speak,until the promise of God was completed.But also notice what happened after the baby was born and they had come to circumcise the child.The men called him Zacharias,after his father(dad).Elizabeth immediately said no. His name will be John.The Hebrew name meaning,God has been gracious,has shown favor.All of a sudden,Zacharias (not being able to speak),ask for a tablet to write on.He wrote the childs name would be John,just as the Angel had told him in the beginning.Guess what? The Bible then says His mouth was opened{immediately},and he began to praise God.All that dwelt around them began to fear.Then they spread the news all around the hill country of Judea.Notice...this is the kind of gossip we need from our church.Praises of God,all over the church,the neighborhood,our jobs etc.Then ZACHARIAS WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.And began to prophecy about all that was to come from his son John.As i study this scripture The Holy Ghost teaches me that we should watch our unbelief.There are consequences!It then teaches me what is the correct thing to talk about with fellow Christians in my local church.(wow)......to stay in the place where God has put me,take Him at His word.Wherever i find myself in His service to trust Him,for God is faithful to accomplish his promise.Psalm 86:15,Gods steadfast love and faithfulness.Deuteronomy chapter 7:9.keeps his promises to thousands of generations.Lamentations chapter 3:verses 22-23.Check out Romans 3:3. Wow. It simply ask the question.Do you dare think that just because i am unfaithful,that He (GOD)is? 2ND THESSALONIANS 3:3 BUT THE lORD ALSO IS FAITHFUL.As i go on i find more and more scriptures of the faithfulness of the Lord.I almost get raptured.As i pray and study more,the Holy Spirit fills this ole boy with a heavenly adoration of God my Father.And His son Christ,my redeemer.I think that we should praise him more.Then the Holy Spirit will be more welcomed in our homes and our churches.MY PRAYER: Heavenly Father,all Holy heavenly Father....draw all men to you.Because you are fAITHFUL.!!! AMEN. The story of the birth of John the baptist...... taken from the book of Luke chapter 1:verses 57 thru 80.

HE WILL NOT LET ME!

The Father has sent him! He has sent him in Jesus name,he shall teach you all things,who? The Holy Spirit.St John chapter 14:verse 26.At the young age of 12,i ask Christ to come into my heart and save me.He did! Not long after this,me living in a drama filled home,an Uncle late one evening had me read the 14th chapter of John.I never shall forget.He will not let me.

A PRIEST,HIS WIFE,AND A YOUNG VIRGIN GIRL.

I definately am becoming more positive That God must draw us all to Him.He tells us what to say,convicts our hearts about how we should act.Its His Holy Spirit.Events leading up to the birth of Christ,shows us that the 3 most important earthly figures had a visit from Gabriel the Angel,telling all three what was about to happen.A prie

st,his wife,and a young virgin girl.The Bible teaches they all were people of faith in God.They all were obedient.The man was faithful to his service in his church, (so to speak). We must believe,first of all.Hebrews chapter 11:verse 6.Just as always,God rewards faithfulness.Examine what you do in service to the Lord.Is it your calling? Does the Holy Spirit guide you,or not? Do you give place to the devil.Do you recognize Satan.I did not say accuse another person of being Satan! But remember...resist him and He will flee. God already knows.Just as with Zacharias Elizabeth and Mary,guard your faith,Read Your Bible,study it,And Pray always.God will bless you,when you regard him.Be faithful to what He leads you to do.But make sure you know what it is. Zacharias Elizabeth and Mary we're all told the events that were to occur in their lives. They got there because of their faith. And they knew what God's plan for their life was.My Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father please continue to teach me your ways. Make clear your plans for my life. In Jesus name I pray amen.

NOT A PLAYGROUND.

There are men called of God to preach on the issues of the hour and we need their ministry.But for permanent strengthening of the church,we also need preachers who will dig again the old wells and lead us intelligently down the old paths and who,renouncing cheap pulpit rhetoric,will focus the white light of revelation on the human heart and examine us in that light.In short ,today we need preaching that appeals to the conscience,penetrating preaching,clinical preaching,preaching that moves men to cry,"MEN AND BRETHREN,WHAT SHALL WE DO? This was a taken from the short bio of John Henry Newman.From the book 50 people every Christian should know.I find this an odd story,because it crosses most evangelical thinkers opinions of what a godly man should be. The fact that brother Henry departed his evangelical beginnings and started drifting toward the church of Rome.(This requires much more study of his life.)This man preached over one thousand sermons.Wrote volumes of books.This man preached more of how to reach into a mans conscience than he did the gospel.Interesting.It seemS he was not interested in the zeal and doctrine.Seems today we may have lost our zeal for the full council of God.(just a thought)Words without reality was something he hated with a Holy Zeal.Just religious words.Newman wanted to elevate WORSHIP in the church. Something the late brother Ravenhill i personally heard preach.Anyway something to dig more into,because it seems to be needed in church today more than ever.A man named R.W CHURCH ONCE SAID "The evangelical churches were respectable and popular with men but "they were on very easy terms with the world" Examine our churches today. Are we on easy terms with the world? Lacking true Spiritual power,and Christian character? Maybe church discipline is in order. Remove all hindrances from our studies,and services? Hmmm...The word of God preached and more serious worship of the one Holy Father.Our Heavenly Father.Through His Son Jesus Christ.My Prayer: Father help us be more respectful of all our church gatherings.The church service is to worship you and not ourselves.Its a battleground not a playground.Amen!

WE MUST DESPISE OURSELVES???

When the Prophet,came into the presence of God, (ISAIAH)...He said woe is me.For i am lost,for i am a man of unclean lips,and i dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips ,for my eyes have seen the King,the Lord of host. Isaiah chapter 6:verse 5.Job also had said That he had heard with his ears,but now my eyes see you.He then despises himself and repented in dust and ashes.Job 42:5-6.The point to all this is,the more sanctified we become,the closer to the Lord we get,the more we see as Christ sees.Even as i write,i see where some may think i believe i am self righteous.No,exactly the opposite.I pray God will continue to draw me towards him,and his righteousness.My prayer: Heavenly Father,i am a sad state of affairs,and without you....i could never be sanctified.AMEN.

I NEED HIS HELP.

Hebrews 12....many want to be religious,but not go thru the process of sanctification.Dieing to ourselves,learning to forgive,learning to love each other,and not using salvation as an excuse to sin.Because you will anyway.We are to look to Jesus our example.Romans 8:13....put to death the deeds of the body and we shall live.You see,some take the half truth of just letting God do it all,excusing themselves to be taken by their old nature, and refuse to do 8:13 of Romans.Gods Holiness is the Standard we are to follow.My Prayer: Lord,give me much grace as i am being sanctified.Amen.

Anger,rage,bad feeling toward others,curses and slander,and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips!Thats chapter 3 of Colossians,verse 8.Verse 9...Do not lie to one another! Verse 10...reminds us that we are being regenerated into His image who created us.Genesis chapter 1:verse26.Verse 11 makes it clear there is no room for racism of any kind,from any party.Verse 13,14,15,16,17,explains once again how we are to conduct ourselves with one another.Life ain't easy,but this can be done with the Holy Spirits help.None of us are excluded.My prayer...Heavenly Father, intervene in our affairs.Make Your way CLEAR.

HAVE YOU?

The KJV broken down thru Greek study...Romans chapter8:verse 13.For if you live according to the dictates of the flesh,you will surely die.But if through the power of the Holy Spirit,you are habitually putting to death (making extinct,deadening)the evil deeds prompted by the body,you shall (really and genuinely) live forever.The most difficult thing for any of us to do,is put to death our own desires,habits,our sinful nature.But...we must daily seek The Holy Spirits help doing this.Colossians chapter 3:verse 2.Set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things),not on the things that are on the earth.vs 3,for as far as the world is concerned,you have died,and your (new real)life is hidden with Christ in God.vs 4,When Christ,who is our life,appears,then you al so will appear with Him in (the splender of His) glory.These are just a few of the examples we are to focus on daily.These are a few things we Christians MUST daily practice.It will guide us in how to conduct ourselves in fellowship with each other.We cannot acheive this outside of serious prayer for the help of The Holy Spirit. My prayer:Heavenly Father,respond to our call to you for spiritual guidance. Amen.

BUT WE CAN.

It is the Holy Spirit that gives Christians the insight they need to understand what God is saying to them in the Bible(the Holy Scriptures).Before studying the Word,we must first pray and get God to reveal things to us we are reading.The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit,he thinks they are foolish.When we are born again we receive ...as the Bible says,the mind of Christ.People often these days like to say we cannot not judge them.We can not. That is correct.But...we can judge all things through discernment.Situations call for us to judge them,which is discernment.Please read 1st Corinthians chapter 2:verses 14,15,and 16. Please as you walk day by day,regard what God thinks about things. It is written in His word.Talk to Him.He is waiting to hear from you.My prayer for those who cannot understand,is that you first be drawn to Christ,through the repentance of your sins.Ask God to forgive you,then repent of your sinful ways.God will show you those ways if you honestly want to know them.Then He will begin to reveal the words written in this book(the bible).Its an awesome life...here....and for all eternity!!! Let me leave you with these words. "FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD,THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST"AMEN. Lord...draw all those that do not believe....to you,that they will be saved.AMEN>