Morning Christian Words of Encouragement – “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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The Third Eye Perspective:
By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “Lord, My Storage Is Empty…And I Am Available To You.”
Good Morning Saints! How are you doing this morning, good I hope? Did you have a great work week this week, I sure hope so? It is finally Friday and the weekend, and I hope that you have some fun and exciting or relaxing plans in place? My message today came from an old Spiritual hymn that I heard yesterday, and it just kept popping up in my mind, over and over. “I Am Available To You.” And the part of the song that kept ringing true in my mind over and over, is “ Lord, My Storage Is Empty, And I Am Available To You.” Now that we have a subject for today out of the way, let me dive head first into the message the Lord wanted me to bring to you. Most of my messages here lately have been dealing with the notion of an “Honor Recognition System,” or in other words, recognizing those things and especially those people whom God anoints to deliver timely messages to people He is trying to reach. This will tie into that same premise as well, but from a different angle. You see, in order for you to fully allow God to come into your heart and reveal Himself to you in ways that you never dreamed of, you have to first “empty” yourself of you! Now I know I just lost about 75% of you guys and gals on that statement didn’t I? Think about it, what is the one thing that gets in the way pretty much everytime we start experience something good? Come on now, keep it real, don’t be shy? NO, it is not other things and especially not other people, but it is our own selves! As the old saying goes, “I am my own worst enemy!”
Why is it in the Bible that when people would run up to Jesus Christ and ask Him “Lord, Lord, what must I do to join You?” And when Jesus would reply with “sell, give away all your possessions (money, home, transportation, etc…) they would look at Him a little cross-eyed! You see, Jesus was basically testing their level of sincerity on taking up the Cross for a cause. He wanted soldiers who would “ride or die” with Him, not people who would just be by His side when the going was good, but also when the going got rough and tough. Pause….you want to find out how serious someone is about joining you, ask them to give up ALL the things they hold near and dear to them. They’ll let you know real quick how much they like you and or that idea LOL! (Read Matthew 19:21) This is the parable where Jesus tells the man “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all of your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me.” Now this seems like a very good place to ask a question, “how many of my readers reading this right now in this day and age of “trying to live like the Jones’” would sell everything they had and give the money to the poor to follow Jesus Christ?” Not very many of us (notice I said “us”) would do that, because the level of our Faith in God’s Holy word of what would happen if we did is not very strong/high is it? And that is the main reason we miss out on so many of God’s Blessings, because our Faith level in His word is lacking so much that are still too concerned with the “what if’s.” Too many of us are only focused on storing up treasures on earth, why I don’t know because when we die, we can’t take it with us! However, the treasures we build up in Heaven, by doing good deeds for others in the name of our Lord and Savior, will be waiting on us when we make it to Heaven! And AMEN definitely goes right here!
Look all around at what is going on in the world today, all of the hatred being spewed by every race of people at any given time? God is watching all of it, and He is NOT pleased with what He is seeing at all! Don’t be one of those contributing to it! I can guarantee you that “I” won’t be taking part in any of it! It only takes one person to start a movement of change for a positive reaction and response. And then, you’ve started a domino effect that who knows where it could end in a good way! Stop being a follower and be a leader! Take the first step to change YOURSELF FIRST before you try to change someone else! “Lord, My Storage Is Empty….And I Am Available To You.” That should be a statement we make to the Lord often, and actually mean it. We should strive every single day to empty ourselves of us to make room for Jesus Christ in our hearts! You can’t truly serve Jesus Christ if you are a selfish, self-centered, egotistical, narcissist. If you truly are going to make yourself available to God in Heaven, then you need to remove anything and everything from your heart that would overshadow the space Jesus Christ would occupy. One of the best ways to do that, is ask Jesus to search your heart, and WHEN not if, but WHEN He finds anything that is offensive, or not pleasing to Him, to remove it in His mighty name! Also, ask for Forgiveness for any sin, trespass, or Commandment you’ve been guilty of and never asked for Forgiveness. That one act will put you back in good graces and or good Fellowship with God right then and there. Then, you are on the road to recovery so to speak. Because then, you’ve emptied your heart of anything and everything that would prevent Jesus from coming into your heart and taking up residence to start the process of CHANGING you for the better according to His will. Can I leave you with a question to ponder today if I may?
“If The Lord Our God Was To Search Your Heart Right Now, How Much Storage Space Would He Have For Him To Dwell In Your Heart?
Can I Get An AMEN????
“Today, Choose To “Ride or Die” With Jesus Christ! Afterall, He Did For Us?”
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