God’s Truth Defeats the Devil’s Lie

Yesterday, Pastor Jr. gave us an encouraging and thought-provoking message. In his message he asked us to write on a piece of paper, a lie that the enemy tells us about ourselves…I thought about it and I wrote one down…but my mind kept searching for something else, and the thought came to me… “You’re getting older, and time is running out. There isn’t much time left for you to accomplish what God has for you to do. Time is running out!”

When I thought the words, “Time is running out…” The Holy Spirit spoke right back to me and said, “I am time…time, does not, run out, it is eternal…”

WOW!!

I may not be here physically in this life one day, but I will continue forever….Time doesn’t stop because we die. When we are children of the living God, if we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the Only begotten Son of God…we live on…this life gives us, at the most maybe 100 years…but compared to eternity…we have more life ahead of us than behind us…what we do here on this earth with the time we are allotted determines our eternity and how we will live forever…

We are living in eternity right now…life doesn’t end, it continues…

The lie the enemy has spread since the beginning, is that time is running out… (It is running out for him, but not for those who are the children of God)

Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life, though you die, you will live, if you believe in me, you will never die…”(para)

Live one day at a time. Be kind to people and to animals. Pray every day. Let go of things you can do nothing about. Never stop changing for the better. Be a great example of His love and peace. Laugh and lend a helping hand. When sickness, trouble and trials come…take them to the Lord and let Him sort them all out. We are weak, but He is strong…Yes, Jesus loves me…Yes, Jesus loves me…Yes, Jesus loves me, for the Bible tells me so! There is much wisdom in that little song…find a scripture that speaks to you and memorize it…post it where you can see it often and say it out loud…because Faith comes by hearing the word of God…Let truth, conqueror the lie…and remember…time is not running out…because God is time…He is forever…and so are you!

Our bodies grow weak and feeble but when we exercise our spirit by being plugged into the Holy Spirit, we are more than conquerors… we are mighty warriors…living, thinking, breathing, expressing, overcoming, strong children of the living God…we are His and we can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives us strength…AMEN!!

Don’t be afraid…Don’t give up…for when you are weak…that’s when He is the strongest in you…we can’t do anything in our own strength…but With God All Things Are Possible!!! Only Believe!

John 11:17-44 New King James Version (NKJV) I Am the Resurrection and the Life

So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy

And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”

Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, “Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”