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Lord of all creation - I come to You now in the name of this Jesus I have heard about.  I was born into a sinful world and have lived in ignorance and rebellion to Your truth.  Jesus, I accept You as God manifested in the flesh, born as an offering for my sins.  Born to pay the price I am unable to pay - the price required for restored fellowship with my Creator.

I am sorry for all my sins and turn away from them. Please forgive me and make me a vessel fit for Your use.  I release any bitterness or unforgiveness in my heart and ask You to deal with those situations.  I believe You were born of a virgin, died on the cross, rose from the dead on the third day, ascended into heaven and are now sitting at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for me.

You are now Lord of my life.

JESUS IS COMING SOON! HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?

Confess Jesus before men and He will confess you before the Father.
Take me home now please.

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mar 27

He found me in the highway and hedges


"then the Master said to the servant, ‘go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." luke 14:23

i hope you all know the story.  those who were invited to the Great Supper all made excuses and wouldn't attend.  as a result the servants went out into the streets and lanes with a secondary invitation to all who WERE willing.  then when His house still wasn't full, He had His servants COMPEL those who were living in the highways and hedges; tramps and squatters who had no home but found whatever hedge or fence the could find for shelter.

that's where my Lord found me.  you would think those living in such conditions would not need to be compelled, and would instead look upon it as a treat.  but you see, the standards still aren't lowered.  matthew 22 tells such a one presenting themselves in filthy rags still will be bound, hands and feet and thrown into the outer darkness.

it's not enough just to want to partake of the great supper.  one must be dressed for the occasion.  Jesus is our dressing, our covering, our make-up (so to speak) until our appearance is fully presentable.  one does not enter the king's presence uninvited or without making themselves presentable.  the maidens would bathe themselves in expensive oils and spices just to stay ready for the kings command for an audience.

oh, i'm not saying that my upbringing and family was worse than any other.  i'm saying that we are all born into a sinful and evil world.  even david said, "behold, i was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me." psa 51:5  he did not mean his mother was a harlot.  i think isaiah says it best: "but we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags." isa 64:6

my Jesus found me stumbling around in the dark, finding respite only among the hedges or whatever.  He found me there, shivering in the cold and dark, alone and afraid, wounded and disparaged.  "and when I passed by you and saw you struggling in your own blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’  yes, I said to you in your blood, ‘live!’" eze 16:6  that's where we all reside without Jesus whether we acknowledge it or not.

He brought me out of that great darkness that envelopes us all and brought me into His marvelous light.  He gave me hope - a blessed hope; a hope of redemption, rescue and reward of eternity in His presence. 

"for since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse." rom 1:20  we are without excuse.  the gift is freely give and the offer to one and all.

"and the Spirit and the bride say, “come!”  and let him who hears say, “come!”  and let him who thirsts come.  whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely." rev 22:20  so COME!  what are you waiting for?  the day is far spent and tomorrow may never come.  today is the day of salvation.


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who's holding who


"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.  and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand." john 10:27-28

so i ask again - who's holding who?  i think of a toddler learning walk.  if they just hold onto the father's finger, they might take a step or two, let go, and fall to the ground.  no, we need the Father holding our hand, so when we stumble, He can then keep us from falling.

it's the same way with salvation.  our salvation is not dependent of our strength or cognitive abilities as we grow in grace and truth.  God holds us up with His strong hand.  and when we stumble (which we will), He will keep us from falling.  it's our love of, desire for, and belief in the Father that makes the child in us think we need to hold onto Him with all our might, when in reality our security lies in holding Him in our hearts, not the strength of our feeble hands (or our deeds).

it's one thing to stumble, and quite another thing to fall; to fall away from salvation.  i know many believe in OSAS - once saved, always saved, but i cannot.  i believe it is a precarious way to live, thinking it doesn't really matter how good or bad i live, salvation is always secured.  the word tells me, "do not be deceived.  neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." 1 cor 6:9-10

"and such were some of you.  but you were washed, but you were sanctified." 1 cor 6:11  these were all the sins we were washed clean from in our repentance.  why would we want to wallow in them still?  but scripture warns, "'a dog returns to his own vomit,' and, 'a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.'" 2 pet 2:22

heaven forbid!  the Father "predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." rom 8:29  that conformation is to begin now and will be completed in the day of our transformation, be it by death or rapture.  we are only conceived and not yet fully born.  we are in utero or gestation, so to speak.  fully born means we shall be like Him.  now we are all only in the process of "being saved."  "he who endures to the end will be saved." mark 13:13

"it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." 1 john 3:2  he goes on to say, "and everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." 1 john 3:3  so no more wallowing in sin.  push down on sin as we pull up by grace.  i think of a stanza from a poem i love:  "be docile to thine unseen Guide, love Him as He loves thee; time and obedience are enough, and thou a saint shall be."

i remember a scene i once saw in a superman movie.  lois had somehow ended up falling in mid-air.  fearful, superman suddenly showed up, catching her in her fall.  he said, "don't worry, i've got you."  she looked around at only air surrounding them both and said, "who's got you?"

Jesus is kinda like our superman; our supernatural man, and He doesn't need anything to hold Him.  He holds everything else.  "being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power" heb 1:3  believe when He tells us, "I and My Father are one." john 10:30

Jesus wants to be your Superman too.  He wants to hold you in His loving arms and eventually receive you among His radiant, adoring bride.  if anyone reading this does not know the "peace and security" that knowing gives, i beseech you in the name of Jesus, ask Him now to hold you as He does all else.  i promise you, it is a peace and security one cannot find in the world.  so, who's holding who - and who's holding you?

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"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know."
Jeremiah 33:3

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