Praise to my God

I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus.
 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort.
 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you.
 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
 Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.

Believe

My spirit is glad in God my Saviour
 For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.
 For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.
 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
 With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.
 He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.
 Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands.
 His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever.
 As he gave his word to our fathers.

Creator

Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul       

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

Salvation

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation.

 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name .

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

blessed

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Fear

Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support

God is not a man

God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed

Christ is God power

The message about the cross doesn’t make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God’s power at work. As God says in the scriptures, “I will destroy the wisdom of all, who claim to be wise, I will confuse those who think they know so much”.

What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the scriptures? What happened to the ones who think the have all the answer?  Did not God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish? God was wise and decided not to let the people of this world use their wisdom to learn about Him

Why stories

When Jesus was alone with the twelve apostles and some others, they asked Him about these stories. He answered “I have explained the secret about God’s kingdom to you, but for others I can use only stories, the reason is, these people will look and look, but never see. They will listen and listen, but never understand. If they did, they would turn to God, and He would forgive them

The Lord invitation

If you are tirsty, come and drink water, if you do not have any money, come, eat what you want. Drink wine and milk without paying a cent. Why waste your money on what really is not food? Why work hard for something that does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me and you will enjoy the very best foods

Give

Each of you must make up your own mind about how much to give, but do not feel sorry that you must give, and do not feel that you are forced to give. God loves people who love to give. God can bless you with everything you need, and you will always have more than enough to do all kinds of good things for others.

Living

Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. Take care of God’s needy people and welcome strangers in to your home. Ask God to bless averyone who mistreats you. Ask Him to bless them and not to curse them.

Come

Jesus said to them, “come with Me, I will teach you how to bring in people instead of fish

Your servant

Do not forget your promise to me, your servant. I depent on it. When I am hurting, I find comfort in your promise that leads to life. Conceited people sneer at me, but I obey your law.

I will not affraid

I may walk through valleys as dark as death, but won’t be affraid, You are with me, and your shepherd’s rod makes me feel save. You treat me to a feast, while my enemies watch. You honour me as your guest. And You fill my cup until it overflows. Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my life, and I will live for ever in your house, Lord.

Prayer

You have answer my prayer and my plea for mercy. My enemies will be ashamed and terrified, as they quickly run away in complete disgrace

Hard Headed

The Lord said, “Ezekiel son of man, I want you to stand up and listen.” After He said this, his spirit took control of me and lifted me to my feet, then the Lord said “Ezekiel, I am sending you to the people of Israel, they are just like their ancestors who rebelled against Me & refused to stop, they are stubborn & hard headed, but I lord God, have chosen you to tell them what I say, those rebbels may not even listen, but at least the will know that a prophet has come to them, do not be afraid of them or anything they say, you may think you are in the middle of a patch of thorns or a bunch of scorpions, but be brave & preach my message to them, wheather they choose to listen or not.

 

Do not Affraid

What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us? God did not keep back his own Son, but He gave Him for us. If God did this, won’t He freely give us everything else? If God says His chosen ones are acceptable to Him, can anyone bring charges against them? Or can anyone condemn them? No indeed, Christ died and  was raised to life, and now He is at God’s right side, speaking to Him for us, can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering and hard times, or hunger & nakedness, or danger & death? It is exactly as the scriptures say : “For you we face death all day long, we are like sheep on their way to be butchered.”  In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves us, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God’s love, not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, and not powers above or powers below, nothing in all creation can separate us from God’s love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Lord is powerful

The Lord God demands loyalty. In his anger, He takes revenge on his enemies. The Lord is powerful, yet patient, He makes sure that the guilty are always punished. He can be seen in storms and in whirlwinds, clouds are the dust from His feet.

Abraham son

One hot summer afternoon Abraham was sitting by the entrance to his tent near the sacred trees of mamre, when the lord appeared to him. Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. While they were eating, he stood near them under the trees, and they asked, “Where is your wife Sarah?”. “she is right there in the tent,” Abraham answered. One of the guest was the Lord, and He said, “I will come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son.” Sarah was behind Abraham, listening at the entrance to the tent. Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was well pass the age for having children. So she laughed and said to her self, “Now that I am worn out and my husband is old, will I really know such happiness?”. The Lord asked Abraham, “why did Sarah laugh? Does she doubt that she can have a child in her old age? I am the Lord! There is nothing too difficult for me. I will come back next year at the time I promised, and Sarah will already have a son.” Sarah was so frightened that she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” “ yes you did” He answered.

A Man with an evil spirit

Suddenly a man with an evil spirit in him entered the meeting place and yelled, “Jesus from Nazareth, what do you want with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are ! you are God’s Holy One.”

Jesus told the evil spirit,”Be quiet and come outof the man.” The spirit shook him. Then  it gave a loud shout and left.       

Jesus Begins His Work

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Gallilee and spread the good news that comes from God. He said , “the time has come! God’s kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news

Jesus thold them

Jesus came to them and said :

I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth!. Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples, baptise them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to do everything I have told you, I will be with you always, even until the end of the world

More Powerful

John also told the people “someone more powerfulis going to come, and I am not good enough even to stoop down and untie his sandals. I baptise you with water, but He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit!”  

New Life

This is the good news about Jesus Christ,the Son of the God, It began just as God had said in the book written by Isaiah the prophet,

I’m sending my messenger to get the way ready for you.

In the desert someone is shouting, get the road ready for the Lord ! make a straight path for Him.

So John the baptist showed up in the desert and told everyone, “Turn back to God and be baptised! Then your sins will be forgiven.”

Messiah tells His disciples

The Scriptures say that the Messiah must suffer, then three days later He will rise from death, They also say that all people of every nation must be told in my name to turn to God, in order to be forgiven. So beginning in Jerusalem, you must tell everyone everything that has happened. 

Woman

Jesus left and went to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Suddenly a canaanite woman from there came out shouting. “Lord and Son of David, have pity on me! My dougther is full of demons.” Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so His disciples came up and asked him to send her away. Jesus said,”I was sent only to the people of Israel, they are like a flock of lost sheep.”

The woman came closer. Then she knelt down and begged, ”please help me Lord.”

Jesus replied, “it is not right to take food away from children and feed it to dogs.”

Lord, that is true, “the woman said, “but even dogs get the crumbs that fall from their owner’s table.”

Jesus answered, “dear woman you reallydo have a lot of faith, and you willbe given what you want.” At that moment her daughter was healed.

GOD

This God made the world and everything in it. He is the Lord of heaven and earth and He does not live in temples built by human hands. He does not need help from anyone. He give life, breath, and everything else to all people. From one person God made all nations who lives on earth, and He decided when and where every nation would be.  

Faith in the Lord

We never give up. Our bodies are gradually dying, but we ourselves are being made stronger each day.  These little troubles are getting us ready for an eternal glory that will make all our troubles seem like nothing. Thing that are seen do not last for ever, but things that are not  seen are eternal. That is why we keep our minds on  the things that can be seen. Our bodies are like tents that we live  in here on earth. But when these tents are destroyed, we know that God will give each of us a place to live. These homes wont’t be buildings that someone has made, but they are in heaven and will last for ever.  

Treasure

God has been kind enough to trust us with this work. That’s why we never give up. We do not do shameful things  that must be kept secret. And we do not try to fool anyone or twist God message around. God is our witness that we speak only the truth, so others will be sure that we can be trusted. If there is anything hidden about our message, it is hidden only to someone who is lost.

Jesus say about rich man

Jesus said to his disciples, “it is terribly hard for rich people to get in to the kingdom of heaven!. In fact, it is easier for camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to get in to God’s kingdom.”

Jesus told them

Jesus  came to them and said : “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth, go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptise them in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, and teach them  to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world.      

Jesus is buried

That evening a rich disciple named Joseph from the town of Arimathea went and asked for Jesus body. Pilate gave orders for it to be given to Joseph, who took the body and wrapped it in clean linen cloth. Then Joseph put the body in his own tomb that had been cut in to solid rock and never been in used. He rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomband went away. All this time Mary Magdalene and the other mary were sitting across from the tomb.

On the next day, which was  a sabbath, the chief priest and the pharisees went together to Pilate. They said, “sir we remember what that liar said while he was still alive. He claimed that in 3 days He would come back from death. So please order the tomb to be carefully guarded for 3 days. If you don’t, his disciples may come and steal his body. They will tell the people that He is been raised to life, and thislast lie will be worse than the first one.”

Pilate said to them, “all right, take some of your soldiers and guard the tomb as well as you know how.” So they sealed it tight and placed soldiers there to guard it.

The sabbath was over, and it was almost daybreak on. Sunday when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. Suddenly a strong earthquake struck and the Lord’s angel came down from heaven. He rolled away the stone and sat on it. The angel looked as bright as lightning and His clothes were white as snow. The guards shook from fear and fell down, as though they were dead. The angel said to the women, “don’t be affraid ! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was nailed to a cross, He is not here ! God has raised Him to life, just as Jesus said, He would, come see the place where his body was lying, now hurry ! tell his disciples that  He has been  raised to life and is on his way to Galilee, go there and you will see Him, that is what I came to tell you.”

While the women were on their way, some soldiers who had been guarding the tomb went into the city.  They told the chief priest everything that had happened. So the chief priest met with the leaders and decided to bribe the soldiers with a lot of money. They said to the soldiers, “tell everyone that Jesus disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were a sleep, if the governor hears about this, we will talk to him, you won’t have anything to worry about.” The soldiers took the money and did what they were told, the jewish people still tell each other this story.

The earth shook

At once the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, and rock split apart. Graves opened, and many of God’s people were raised to life. Then after  Jesus had risen to life, they came out of their graves and went in to the holy city, where they were seen by many people. The officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus felt the earthquake and saw everything else that happened. They were frightened and said, “ This man really was God’s Son!”.      

The King

When the Son of Man  come in His glory with all of His angels, He will sit on his royal throne. The people of all nations will be brougt before Him, and He will separate them, as shepherds separate  their sheep from their goats. He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. Then the King will say to those on His right, “My Father has blessed you! Come and receive the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world was created. When I was hungry, you gave Me something to eat, and when I was thirsty, you gave Me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcome Me, and when I was naked,you gave me clothes to wear. When I was sick, you took care of Me, and when I was in jail, you visited Me”.

Then the ones who pleased the Lord will ask, “when did  we welcome you as a stranger or give you clothes to wear or visit you while you were sick or in jail?”.

The King will answer, “whenewer you did it for any of My people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for Me”.

Father

Don’t call anyone on earth your Father. All of you have the same Father in heaven. None of you should be called the leader. The Messiah is your only leader. Whoever is the greatest should be the servant of the others. If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honoured.      

The Burden

Christ did not sin or ever tell a lie. Although He was abused, He never try to get even. And when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He had faith in God, who judges fairly. Christ carried the burden of our sins. He was nailed to the cross, so that we would stop sinning and start living right. By His cuts and bruises you are healed. You had wandered away like sheep. Now you have returned to the one who is  your shepherd and protector.        

God Spirit

Don’t make God’s Spirit sad. The Spirit makes you sure that someday you will be free from your sins. Stop being bitter and angry and mad at others. Don’t yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude. Instead, be kind and meciful, and forgive others, just as God forgive you because of Christ.     

The Prophet

When Jesus found out what was happening, He left there and large crowds followed Him. He healed all of their sick people, but warned them not to tell anyone about Him. So God’s promise came true, just as Isaiah the prophet had said :

“Here is my chosen servant, I love Him, and he please Me.

I will give Him my spirit, and He will bring justice to the nations.

He won’t shout or yell or call out in the streets.

He won’t break off  a bent reed or put out a dying flame, but He will make sure that justice is done. All nation will place their hope in Him

Who will enter the Gate

The earth and everything on it belong to the Lord. The world and its people belong to Him. The Lord placed it all on the oceans and rivers. Who may climb the Lord’s hill or stand in his holy temple?

Only those who do right for the right reason, and don’t worship idols or tell lies under oath. The Lord God who saves them, will bless and reward them, because they worship and serve the God of Jacob. Open the ancient gates, so that the glorious king may come in. Who is this glorious king? He is our Lord, a strong and mighty warrior.      

The good shepherd

You Lord are my shepherd. I will never be in need. You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water, and you refresh my life.

You are true to your name and you lead me along the right paths.

I may walk through valleys as dark as death, but I won’t be afraid.

You are with me, and your shepherd’s rod make me feel safe.

You treat me to a feast, while my enemies watch.You honour me as your guest, and you fill my cup until it overflows.

Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my live, and I will live for ever in your house Lord.

Ask & knock

Ask you will receive. Search and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you everyone  who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knock. Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for  some bread. Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish. As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.          

Light

Your eyes  are like window  for your body when they are good, you have all the light you need.  But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. If the light inside you is dark, you really are in the dark

Prayer

When you pray, don’t be like those  show off who love to stand up and pray in the meeting places and on the street corners. They do this just to look good. I can assure you that they already have their reward. When you pray, go in to the room alone and close the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private and He will reward you.               

God blesses those people

God blesses those people who depend only on Him.

        They belong to the kingdom of heaven.

God blesses those people who grieve.

        They will find comfort.

God blesses those people who are humble.

        The earth will belong to them.

God blesses those people who want to obey Him more than to eat or drink.

        They will be given what they want.

God blesses those people who are meciful.

        They will be treat with mercy.

God blesses those people whose hearts are pure.

        They will see Him.

God blesses those people who make peace.

        They will be called his children.

God blesses those people who are treated badly for doing right.

        They belong to the kingdom of heaven.

God will blesses you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of Me. Be happy and excited you will have a great reward in heaven. People did the same thing to the prophet who lived long ago.  

Bright light

Although your people live in darkness,  they will see a bright light.

Although they live in the shadow of death, a light will shine on them.

Then Jesus started preaching, “turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”

No one can live only on food

The Holy Spirit led Jesus in to the desert, so that the devil could test Him. After Jesus had gone without eating for 40 days and night, He was very hungry. Then the devil came to Him and said “if you are God’s Son, tell these stones to turn in to bread”. Jesus answered,”The Scriptures say No one can live only on food, people need every word that God has spoken”.     

For the people

1 Timothy 6 : 17

Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud  or t to trust in wealth that’s easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life. Instruct them to do as many good  deeds as they can and to help everyone.  Remind the rich to be generous and share what they have. This will lay  a solid  for the future, so that they  will know  what true life  is like.