The Truth in Love

Have you ever ran into religious people who are really going through it?  You know those people who are always having a hard time with life, how they used to act is hanging around them like a bad odor, and they can't seem to get forgiven of it.  They are doing the best they can, which is never good enough.  They don't know which way to go, they are sick, broke, bound and surrounded by the cares of this life.  They have a form of Godliness, but deny God's power to do anything about it.  They are trying to establish their own righteousness, aka (the best they can).  They really love their darkness more than the light, and if they would get honest, He would set them free.  I know, I used to be one of them.  I pray for mercy for them and that the Lord would find them, like He found me, and set them free.
If they could only meet the Jesus I serve.  You see, I serve Jesus Christ the Messiah, the son of the living God, the one who forgives all my sins, and heals every sickness.  The one who lived on this earth without sin (Mr. Perfect Jesus) and can show me how to do it too.  He redeems my life from destruction (curse of poverty, debt, lack, depression, anxiety), and crowns me with loving kindness and tender mercies.  He satisfies my mouth with good things, so my youth is renewed like the eagles.  He set me apart.  He made me a Holy Nation, a peculiar people, He delivered me from the control and dominion of Satan, and transferred me into the kingdom of the son of his love.  He took down the middle wall of partition, and made my nigh by His blood.  He gave me every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, and strengthened me with might by His spirit in my inner man, this same spirit raised Jesus from the dead.  Who can be against me?  Who can be my foe?  He disarmed principalities and powers, and made a show of them openly.  He triumphed over them in it and set a liberty them that are bruised.  He healed the broken hearted, and delivered the captives.  He said, "Go and sin no more."  Jesus died and suffered our punishment, to give us His life.  He descended to the deepest place and ascended to the highest of highs, so no matter where you are, He can find you, there is no place that He has not been and He can reach you.  His hand is always outstretched before you, just grab it.  Let him take the heavy burdens of this life and give you his easy yoke and light burdens. "Come to me," Jesus said, "All who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." 

The Rock

In 2010, I was at the Global Leadership Summit in Chicago at Willow Creek Communtity Church, and something happened there that shook me.  I was staying in a hotel with my Pastor from a church that I used to attend, and as usual, back then I was trying to go to sleep, but, the enemy kept attacking my mind with crazy thoughts.  Finally I got tired of the thoughts and told the devil, "Look, you may have knocked me down, but I am built of a good foundation, and I will get back up."  As soon as I finished saying that, I heard something say to me, "I never said that in My word."  Startled, I said, "What?"  I heard again, "I never said that in my word."  Again, I said, "What?"  then, I heard this, "Turn your bible to Matthew, Chapter 7 and read."  So I began to read and came to verses 24-27 which read, "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and DOETH THEM, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon the house and it FELL NOT: for it was founded upon a rock.  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and DOETH THEM NOT, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house on sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and IT FELL: and great was the fall of it."  After I read this I said, "What are you saying Lord?" and He said to me, "You have always been built on sand."  I thought man that is tough Lord, but it was the TRUTH, you see Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life, and no one can come to the Father but by Him.  I had never continually came to him to hear Him say something, and then do it.  If you look at the beginning of verse 24 in Matthew 7, what he is saying is the rock.  Whosoever heareth His words and DO THEM.  This is the rock that Jesus spoke of in these verses, Luke also records this in Luke 6:46-49.

Cross Kind of Love

     Jesus teaching me how to love my wife is one of the greatest things that has happened to me.  Paul mentioned by the holy ghost that if a man did not know how to keep his own family, what good would he be in the church.  The family is one of the first places that Jesus starts ministering His love, because if you can live His love at home, you should be able to live His love anywhere.  Praise the Lord.
     My dad in the faith, Pastor Robert Scales, has some of the greatest revelation on love than anyone I have ever heard.  He told us that "God is Love and Love is Jesus on the cross".  Think about that for a moment, let it sink deep into your spirit as you read about some of the most astounding words that Jesus said to me about His love.  One day the Lord asked me, "Do you think I FELT like loving people when I was on the cross?"  I said, "You couldn't have, Lord."  He said, "I didn't FEEL like loving anybody, I was in pain, but what did I give the people?"  I said, "You forgave them."  He said, " I gave them the Father's love."  Then He said, "Next time you feel like your wife, or someone is putting you on the cross (in how they treat you), I want you to only give them my love and forgiveness."  This absolutely blew my mind.  Everybody is always seeking the Lord on how to love people, well just look at the cross.  When they treat you wrong and it feels terrible, just don't let your feelings get in the way, just give them His love and kick how you feel out the window, because how you feel doesn't matter to Jesus one bit, He only want's you to live His love out.
     The new commandment (John 15:12) is the most important part of my life, and I choose to walk in His love no matter what anyone else does.  I pray that whoever reads this blog will come into a deeper and more meaningful relationship with Jesus and His love for us and others.  Be blessed in Jesus name.     

Jesus is Greater!

 I remember one night before I was set free from fear and worry, I had heart trouble and had been in the ER many times, was cardioverted twice (shocked back in rhythm), thought I was going to die everyday for years, and was on all kinds of medication. This night, I was laying down, being tormented when something came in my room, I could not see it, but the presence in the room was sickening. All of a sudden, I felt something wrap around my bones and then my heart felt as if it would stop. I could not move, I tried to get my wife's attention, but had no strength to do it. I pushed up a little, but it took every ounce of energy inside to do it. I finally just said, "Well Lord, I guess it is just my time to go."
The next thing I knew, something else flew in my room, but this time their was a presence of power and love with it. Something grabbed the thing that wrapped around my body and pulled him off and carried him out of the room. I know now it was an angel, but at that time, I was in too much darkness to even understand why the Lord would save me from this situation. I laid there and cried and said, "Lord, why did you save me?"
You see, I had been decieved by the enemy that I had blasphemed the Holy Ghost. It's funny, my pastor said to me one day when I had mentioned to him that I thought I had blasphemed the Holy Ghost, He said, "Well, do you ever get convicted?" I said, "Well no" He said, "Do you ever feel bad about anything, when you do something wrong?" I said, "All the time." I still didn't get it, I was so deceived, you see if a person does not have the Holy Spirit, they would not feel bad about anything,  But, on March 13, 2011 I was sitting in a church service, and the Holy Ghost and power decended upon me and I have been free from those things ever since, Glory to God. I will never go back to doubt and unbelief that Jesus loves me, I am convinced that nothing will ever seperate me from His love. My pastor always says, "You can never mess up Jesus love, but His love, if you let it, can mess you up." This is so true, I had the hardest time forgiving myself when I messed up, but Jesus, once I confessed it, He couldn't remember it.  Since March 13th, I haven't remembered anything that I have done either, am I greater than God, if He doesn't remember it, I definately am not going to remember it.  Jesus is Greater!

Letting Love Rule

God's rule in Jesus on the cross runs my life.  I believe how He loved me and then I live that love to others.  Have you ever just walked up to someone and started talking with them and before you really knew it, you had played a part in setting them free from some type of bondage, sickness, opression or anything that can hinder the love of Christ from ruling their heart?  Then again, has Jesus ever led you to set people free in this way and He told you exactly what to say to them?  This is how He works in my life.  The other day he had me say to a lady at a drive up window, "Do you know why I am happy every day?"  She said, "Tell me." He told me to say, "Everyday I say, I receive forgiveness for all that I have done and I forgive everyone that has done me wrong."  Then He told me to have her say it with me and she did, and you could see the joy fall on her, and all the unforgivness lifted off her.  It was a beautiful sight.  I asked the Lord why He has me do these things and He said to me, "Did I just show up in your life one day and say the right words that set you free from your situation?  I said, "Yes sir" and He said, "Love one another as I have loved you, I loved you the same way and you are loving others how I loved you."  Then he reminded me about the woman at the well, how He listened to what the Father told him to say to her and by the end of the conversation she was set free, and then she went and gave her testimony, and many were set free through her testimony.  Jesus is wonderful.

Jesus Love

Jesus said in John 15:12, "This is MY COMMANDMENT, that you love one another as I have loved you."   Jesus commanded us to love just like him.  Most people, I believe, do not understand how Jesus loved them on the cross.  If they knew, it would not be hard for them to forgive people.

1 John 3:5-6, says, "And ye know that he was manifested to TAKE AWAY our sins, and in Him is no sin.  Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not:  whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him."  Have you ever had something taken away from you?  If you have, then you know that if you don't have it, you cannot do anything with it.  Seeing here that He took my sins away, I do not have them to commit.  In other words, Jesus took my sins away, where I do not live in them.  This love allows me to take other peoples sins away, by forgiving and forgetting what they do. 

The Lord spoke to me one day when I read these scriptures and said, "If you continue in any sin, then you do not know me.  If you ever get to me with your problems, I will take them away forever."  Notice the woman that was caught in the act of adultery, Jesus told her to go and sin no more.  He said to me, "If you get to me, I will tell you to go and sin no more."  WOW, you mean that Jesus has the power to do this, YES, He does.

Jesus took ALL of my sins away and I am no longer bound by sin to serve it.  I am bound by a precious love that was shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost to serve and live to all creatures.  Jesus said in John 15:9, "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:  Continue ye in my love."  Jesus did not command me to love with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, he told me to continue in His love, and His love is "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."  John 15:13.  I have laid down the way I feel about anything to live in His love and have a great joy in my heart to do it.

Come on and walk in this love.  If you have never surrendered your life to this love that takes away you sins, pray this prayer with me,  "Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the true son of God.  I believe that you died on the cross and on the third day, God's mighty power, raised you from the dead.  I confess you as my Lord and savior, you are my Master now.  I renounce Satan and darkness and turn to your love, to walk in it.  I surrender every area of my life to serve you and do what you say.  I repent of my sin, the sin of unbelief, I receive forgiveness and I believe in how you love me and I choose to go live that love to others.  Come into my heart, change me and rule me, in Jesus name, Amen."  

"I always keep my word"

"I always keep my word." I say to my children.  The Lord has me say this to hold me accountable when thoughts come to not keep my word. (Matthew 12:37)  The Lord told me that if I don't keep my word, it will hinder my faith from working.  Psalm 15:4 says, "Who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;"  So, I always keep my word.

Being the head of my house I sometimes make declaration's of things that I expect my family to obey.  A while back I made the declaration that anyone who uses the restroom, must close the door and turn the fan on.  Well, the other day, I was speaking to my wife and suddenly I got the urge to go to the restroom.  I go in, sit down, and continue to speak to my wife.  My eldest son, Jacob, comes into the room, flips the fan switch on and then start's to leave, closing the door behind him.  I tell him, "Leave the door open, I am talking."  He just continues to close the door, and because he is not obeying his father, I get heated and sternly say, "Leave the door open, I am talking."  He just peeps his head around the door, smiles, and says to me, "Daddy, you've got to keep your word." and then shuts the door.  There was no fight left in me, I was deflated, dumbfounded and sat there with my mouth open, thinking wow, he's right. 

I am sitting there in that state when the word of the Lord came to me and said, "When you pray, bring me my word, and that is what happens to me."  I said, "Lord, from now on, I am only going to bring you the word when I pray."  John 15:7