Limiting the Ministry of Jesus

John 4:11 (NKJV) 
¹¹ The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
Just like the woman at the well we can limit Jesus' ministry in our lives by not understanding who Jesus really is, the power He has, and not understanding His care for us. He is unlimited in His ability to do for us what we really need in any circumstance or situation we find ourselves in as the woman at the well found out. The thing that limits Jesus' working in our lives and situations is us alone. Sometimes the well of our problems, worries and doubts are so deep we don't think Jesus can draw anything good from them. The woman at the well had a life of many deep troubles and problems, but when she allowed Jesus to draw out of her bad situation, she received the most wonderful gift of eternal life which changed everything in her life for the best. When we think and say our situation or circumstance is to deep for even Jesus to draw anything good out of it, we limit His working in our lives. Suppose our hearts are deeply troubled and we read God's word where Jesus says " Let not your heart be troubled." Then we say, but Lord even You can't draw up comfort and quietness out of this trouble.  Mine is an impossible situation. Jesus does not draw up anything good out of human resources. We must remember that His supernatural abilities are unlimited. He will bring what resources we need down from above out of God's unlimited supply. We limit God by holding on to past failures and disappointments. We must open our hearts to what God is trying to do in our lives. When we doubt God's ability or desire to move in our situations, we limit what He wants to do in our lives. Then we forget that God loves us with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV) 
³ The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
Any limit to God's working good in our situations and circumstances comes from within our hearts, not from God's inability. We have to come to the place in our lives that we allow God to do in our lives what He tells us in His word that He wants to do. He loves us this verse says with an everlasting love. Everlasting means just what it says. God will never change from that promise because He can not lie. No where in the word of God does it ever indicate God will withhold His blessings and favors from those who seek Him with all their heart. In fact, God tells us as His people what His plans are for us in His word. Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NKJV) 
¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
¹² Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
¹³ And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Look at these scriptures and then believe them with all your heart because God cannot lie nor does He ever change. Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.                                                                                                                                                

God says He thinks thoughts of peace and good toward us. He will never change His mind about that. Believe it! Then He says He wants to give us a wonderful future and a hope. That hope is based on the word of God. This is God's will for all of those who belong to Him. Those that have confessed and repented of their sins and asked God's Son Jesus Christ to forgive them. Those that have invited Jesus to live within their hearts and are trying to live for Him each day. If you haven't received the salvation Jesus provides, then do it now. Read the scriptures at the bottom of this page and act on them. Those who have already received Jesus' salvation, are you limiting God's working in your life because you have slipped away from that close relationship you used to have with Him? You are not as interested in the things of God as you once were. You can change all that right now by asking Jesus to forgive you of that. Verses 12&13 of Jeremiah tell us that if we call upon God and pray to Him, He will listen to you. (verse 12) That's His promise to you! He also says if we seek Him we will find Him when we seek for Him with all our hearts. (verse 13)

Beware of your sinking back and saying-"It can't be done;" when you know it can be done if you look to Jesus. The well of our incompleteness is great, but we must make every effort and look to Jesus as we seek Him through the word of God. Remember the scriptures we have read. Let's believe God and seek Him with all our hearts and experience the blessings and favors of God as they flow into our lives and change our situations. Do not be guilty of limiting God in your life. Stop and pray right now! Invite God to invade your life with His presence. You will be glad you did. 

Supreme Speaker

Today there are many voices today telling us how to get to heaven and say they are speaking for God. They say there are many ways to God. They scoff and make fun of Christianity and our narrow mindedness. They say our bible is corrupted by man. The Holy Bible tells us in the last days there will be scoffers. 2 Peter 3:3-4 (NKJV)
³ knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
⁴ and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." How are we to know who is truly speaking for God? I believe that if we are to listen to someone who says they are speaking for God they should have the credentials for us to believe them. Having said this I present to you One who has all the credentials needed for you to be able to trust in His words. He is found in God's word in: Hebrews 1:1-2 (NKJV)
¹ God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
² has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

This scripture says that in the days of the Old Testament God spoke to us by the prophets. Such as Isaiah, Daniel, Zachariah, Malachi, Ezekiel, and etc. But in these last days God has spoken to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. Think of how Jesus is superior to the O. T. prophets as great as they were. None of them were given the full and complete revelation of God. He gave each of them a part of the revelation of who He is and His plan for mankind. None of them could fully receive, understand or explain it all. They had incomplete revelation of God, but God has spoken to us in these last days through Jesus Christ who has and is the complete revelation of God to mankind. John chapter 1 says Jesus "is the living word of God." Look at more reasons why Jesus is superior to the prophets. In verse 2 (above) God has appointed Jesus Christ His Son as heir of all things, not some but all. Also God made the world through Jesus. Look at these verses in Hebrews 1:3 (NKJV)
³ who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Jesus is the brightness of God's glory, that is, Jesus is all the brilliance, radiance, splendor, and light of God's Being. Image means substance. Jesus Christ is the very substance, Being, Person, and embodiment of God.

Jesus upholds all things by the power of His word. Jesus, God's Son is controlling the world and moving it forward to a climatic moment of renewal and recreation. The bible calls this the "great day of redemption." He simply speaks and the laws He sets in motion hold the world together.

Jesus is superior because He, by Himself, has purged our sins. John 3:15-16 (NKJV)

¹⁵ Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 14:6 (NKJV)
⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, and has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Philippians 2:9-11 (NKJV)
⁹ Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. I believe these scriptures show us and the world why we should listen to Him and then obey His words.

INVITATION: Jesus is speaking to everyone who is reading this article right now. He is saying, "Do you know me as your personal Savior and Lord? Have you trusted Me for your salvation from Hell? If not, I offer you eternal life with Me if you will confess and repent of your sins Then ask Me to forgive you and invite me into your life to take charge of you. If you do, I will save you now from the penalty of your sins which is hell, and I will give you life eternal in heaven with Me and the Father." What is your decision?"

Spiritual Blessings Abound

I see so many Christians that are living without using their spiritual blessings that they have been given by God Himself, made possible by Jesus Christ. The bible tells us as Christians we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm by Christ Jesus. We have received those blessings through death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. We can use them to live for God and be the head and not the tail, to be blessed and not cursed. Let's look at what the bible has to say in Ephesians 1:3-6 (NKJV) 
³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
⁴ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
⁵ having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
Verse 3 says we lack nothing in the spiritual realm. God has given us all Jesus died to provide. God chose us in Jesus before He made the world. In Jesus we stand holy and without blame before God. Verse 5 says it was God's love that adopted us as His His sons by Jesus Christ. He did this according to the good pleasure of His will. In Verse 6 we should praise the glory of His grace because by God's grace Jesus made us accepted to God.

Ephesians 1:7-14 (NKJV)
⁷ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
⁸ which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
⁹ having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
¹⁰ that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
¹¹ In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
¹² that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
¹³ In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
¹⁴ who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. In verses 7-14 Jesus has redeemed us by His precious blood. He by His grace has forgiven us. He has given us all wisdom and understanding of the spiritual things He has given us. God has made known to us His children what He had kept secret since the world began. That mystery or hidden secret was that God will bring all things together under Christ and He will be Head over all. He has given us an inheritance in His Kingdom so that in the ages to come we might be to the praise of His glory. After we heard the gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ and we believed, we were sealed with God's Holy Spirit who is the guarantee that we will be given our inheritance and a brand new body when Jesus returns for His body, the church.  When you realize that you have been saved and sealed by the Holy Spirit, you can live your life on this earth without worry you will mess up and lose your salvation as some teach. You have been guaranteed an inheritance in heaven and believe me nothing can take that away from you.                                                                                                Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV) 
³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

You can now live your life in the power of the Holy Spirit God gave you when you believed in Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord. You can overcome every situation, circumstance and trial that you face in this world. These things were given to us by God when we were saved by Jesus Christ. The very power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives in you. Ephesians 1:18-23 (NKJV) 

^{18 May} the eyes of your understanding be enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
²⁰ which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
²¹ far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
²² And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
²³ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. So, since we have been given every spiritual blessing, let us begin to live in that power that is available to us. Let us grow in spiritual things as we read God's word daily, as we pray and attend church with the other saints of God. Let's rejoice and praise God's glory for what He has given us in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. May we live as what we are in this world, God's children. We have been given all we need to live successfully now and forever. If you have never asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sins against God and invited Jesus into your life, you can't live successfully and victorious in this life and your eternal destiny will be Hell and I don't believe you really want that. So ask Jesus to forgive and save you from Hell and give you a home in Heaven. Then be baptized and begin to worship God and His Son in the church of your choice. God grant us to live in fullness of all our spiritual blessings we have been blessed with in Jesus' name. Amen!

Bless the Lord

I believe it's time for the Christian's in America to begin to thank God and bless His name for all He has done for us. I see so little gratitude in America. People are beginning to take all the blessings we have for granted. This is very dangerous because if you read the Old Testament you will see where the children of Israel did that same thing and God brought enemies against them. That will happen in America if things don't change soon. We as Christians must begin to thank God and praise Him for who He is and what He has done. The following scriptures will help us do that. Psalms 103:1-5 (NKJV) A Psalm of David.
¹  Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
² Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
³ Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
⁴ Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
⁵ Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.  Verse 1 tell us to bless God with all our soul. The inner man, the real us. We are to bless His name by speaking well of Him in public. We are to open our mouths and begin to tell what God has done for us. His name is not openly blessed in America by our leaders in Washington. They seem to be ashamed of Him and His name. But this country is what it is because it was founded on the Christian principles found in the bible. Our founding fathers did not hesitate to give God praise and ask for His Divine help. Verse two of Psalm 103 reminds us to not forget all of God's benefits toward us. To really appreciate this nation that was founded on Christian principles, just look at all the other nations that have different religions other than Christianity. You will very quickly see that we are blessed above all other nations. That's why all other nationalities want to come here. They have noticed the difference too. We are not great because of ourselves or because of what we have done, but our greatness is in the God whom we serve. God through His Son Jesus Christ has forgiven us all our sins and adopted us into His family. The moment we asked Jesus to forgive our sins against God and invited Him into our lives to take charge we became God's adopted children. We are not to forget that! it was not by our great works but by His grace and mercy we were saved. Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV)
⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast.
In Verse 3 God heals all our diseases whether we go to the doctors He gave us or whether God does it supernaturally. There is no healing apart from God. In verse 4 God also saved us from the destruction of Hell. He daily crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercies. Lovingkindness means you ask for bread and He gives you bread with peanut butter and honey. He goes beyond the normal when He blesses us. He is very tender in His mercies toward us. He treats us as something very fragile. That's what we are in His sight. In verse 5 God blesses our mouths with good things. He provides all our needs each day. We have more than enough here in America while people are dying from hunger all over the world. Have you ever thought about giving some of what you have to others or do you make excuses for your selfishness. God blesses us with all the things we need in this life. Are we being thankful for what He has given us? Are we remembering to praise Him or are we taking Him and His blessings for granted? Only you and God's Spirit can honestly answer that. Verse 5 ends with God renews our strength like the eagles. Notice it is God who does all these things for us. Who else will or can do for us like GOD? Shouldn't we take time each day to read God's word, pray, and then praise God and thank Him for who He is and what He has done and is doing for us and for our nation. Let us as Christians rise up and take a stand for God and His Son Jesus Christ. Let us go to His house of worship and join in with the other brothers and sisters to worship, praise, and adore God and His Son Jesus Christ for all they are and have done for us and our wonderful nation, we are the most blessed on earth.

INVITATION: If you have never asked Jesus to forgive you of your sins against a Holy God, now is the time to do that before it is eternally to late. If you die without Jesus, you will spend eternity in Hell begging for water. God does not want that for you. That's why God gave us his Son Jesus Christ to live a perfect life and pay for our sins by dying on that cross for us. Jesus paid the price so we could go free. What a Savior! Ask Jesus to forgive you right now and invite Him into your life to take charge of you and if you are sincere, a miracle will happen that will change your life forever and seal your eternal destiny for Heaven. After you have been saved, go to a church that preaches Jesus Christ and be baptized. Begin to be thankful! Worship and praise God at church as well as at home each day and watch your life change and see how God will bless you when you put Him first in your life.