Loving The Woman In The Meerah

“Christ never did any wrong thing, but God punished him as if he had. He died as punishment for our sins. As a result, we become right with God when we belong to Christ. We become right, because he is right.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭EASY‬‬ We are made  righteous in Christ Jesus. Are sins are forgiven, and we are in a closer relationship with God. Don’t think about your past or present mistakes. You are blameless and innocent in God’s eyes.  

“So start thinking properly! Stop doing wrong things! Some of you do not really know God. I am saying this to make you feel ashamed.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭34‬ ‭EASY‬‬ God is calling us to wake up to our righteousness. We are in Christ Jesus. We have to take our positions as righteousness of God. Wake up! 

“Yes, everything is made clear by the light. This is why we say, “Wake up, you who are sleeping! Rise from death, and Christ will shine on you.” So be very careful how you live. Live wisely, not like fools. I mean that you should use every opportunity you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So don’t be foolish with your lives, but learn what the Lord wants you to do.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬-‭17‬ ‭ERV‬‬ When you feel stuck and distracted by life, just wake up. Don’t feel ashamed for getting off track. God will lead you down the right path. Get back to walking in your purpose. Wake up, time is running out! 

“I say this because you know that we live in an important time. Yes, it is now time for you to wake up from your sleep. Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost finished. The day is almost here. So we should stop doing whatever belongs to darkness. We should prepare ourselves to fight evil with the weapons that belong to the light.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭ERV‬‬ It’s time for us to wake up! Distractions are coming to throw you off your path and forgetting your purpose. Get a closer relationship with Jesus. Wake up and focus on what God created you to do. 

“Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. [Ps. 110:1.]” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭AMPC‬‬ We have to keep our eyes on Jesus. Don’t allow Satan to get you easily distracted by your job, house, friends and etc.. All these things can take you off your path that God has called you to. Ignore the distractions. Stay focused on Jesus. 

“So the enemies began to discourage them and tried to frighten them in order to stop them from building the Temple. These enemies hired government officials to work against the people of Judah. The officials constantly did things to stop the Jews’ plans to build the Temple. This continued the whole time that Cyrus was the king until Darius became the king of Persia.” ‭‭Ezra‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭ERV‬‬ Distractions come to frustrate your purpose. They come to throw you off your path and focus on the wrong things. Keep moving forward when distraction try to come every time you try to accomplish something. Keep walking on The path God created you for. 

  Amen.

“So I tell you this. When you pray to ask God for anything, believe in him. Believe that you have received that thing. Then you will have whatever you have asked for. But when you stand up to pray, first you must forgive other people. If anyone has done something bad against you, forgive that person. If you do forgive them, your Father in heaven will forgive you. God will forgive you for the bad things that you have done.’” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭EASY‬‬ God says if you have anything against anyone, let it go and forgive them. Don’t hold on to any hurt and grudges against anyone. Don’t let it consume your life. God doesn’t hold our sins against us. Let it go and forgive them.  Jesus 

“Yes, my Lord, you are very kind, and you are ready to forgive people. When anyone calls to you for help, you love them with your faithful love.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭86‬:‭5‬ ‭EASY‬‬ We have to always be ready to forgive. God is always ready to forgive us daily. No matter what we say or do, God immediately forgives us. In any situation that cause hurt or has offended, be ready to forgive them. Don’t allow that hurt overcome your life. Let the hurt go. 

“Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Some bad things in this world will make other people do wrong things. You can be sure about that. But God will punish anyone who makes these bad things happen. These other people may not seem to be important. But you must not make them do wrong things. Do not do that! It would be better if someone tied a big stone round your neck, and then he threw you into the sea. Be careful how you live. If your Christian brother does something wrong, speak to him. Tell him that he has done a bad thing. He may say, “I am sorry for what I did. I will not do it again.” If he says that, you must forgive him. Your brother may do a bad thing to you seven times in one day. He may turn to you each time and say, “I am sorry for what I did. I will not do it again.” If he does that, you must forgive him every time.’” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭17‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭EASY‬‬ The opportunity for hurt comes to everyone. As long as we are on the earth, there will always be room for us to be offended. If we let ...

“Oh, how wonderful, how pleasing it is when God’s people all come together as one! It is like the sweet-smelling oil that is poured over the high priest’s head, that runs down his beard flowing over his robes. It is like a gentle rain from Mount Hermon falling on Mount Zion. It is there that the Lord has promised his blessing of eternal life.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭133‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭ERV‬‬ Let God lead you to the right church home. There is a commanded blessing on the church you’re called to. Goes from the leader to the congregation. No matter the situation continue to grow spiritually. Stay in the blessing. 

“And that same Christ gave these gifts to people: He made some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to go and tell the Good News, and some to care for and teach God’s people. Christ gave these gifts to prepare God’s holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger. This work must continue until we are all joined together in what we believe and in what we know about the Son of God. Our goal is to become like a full-grown man—to look just like Christ and have all his perfection. Then we will no longer be like babies. We will not be people who are always changing like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to deceive us—those who make clever plans and use every kind of trick to fool others into following the wrong way. No, we will speak the truth with love. We will grow to be like Christ in every way. He is the head,” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭15‬ ‭ERV‬‬ We need to g...

““It will be very bad for the shepherds of the people of Judah. They are destroying the sheep. They are making the sheep run from my pasture in all directions.” This message is from the Lord. They are responsible for my people. And this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to them: “You shepherds have made my sheep run away in all directions. You have forced them to go away, and you have not taken care of them. But I will take care of you—I will punish you for the evil things you did.” This message is from the Lord: “I sent my sheep to other countries. But I will gather together my sheep that are left, and I will bring them back to their pasture. When my sheep are back in their pasture, they will have many children and grow in number. I will place new shepherds over my sheep. They will take care of my sheep, and my sheep will never again feel afraid. None of my sheep will be lost.” This message is from the Lord.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭ERV‬‬ We need to find our church home. The...

“We must hold on to the hope we have, never hesitating to tell people about it. We can trust God to do what he promised. We should think about each other to see how we can encourage each other to show love and do good works. We must not quit meeting together, as some are doing. No, we need to keep on encouraging each other. This becomes more and more important as you see the Day getting closer.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭23‬-‭25‬ ‭ERV‬‬ Why should we go to church? Having a good church home can give you strength, growth, and encouraged. Jesus will soon return. During this time before Jesus comes back, we should be guiding and helping each other as a church family. Ask and let God lead you to the right church home.