I was just thinking about a posting that is going around Facebook. It says something like this, "God has seen you struggle with something in your life. "Like" and re-post this and in 5 minutes you will have your miracle"

How sad is it that Satan has deceived people into believing that God is like a Genie in a bottle. That is exactly what is going on. Christian people re-post these and I'm not sure that they know what they are doing.  God is not there to give you everything you ask for. No He is there for His true children. 

Did you know that if you are not saved and living your life for God, He is not under any obligation to answer any prayer you pray except the prayer of salvation. The definition of Obligation is....something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc. So if you don't belong to Him, He don't have to even listen to you. 

God was and still is under an obligation to Israel. He has NEVER said that they were not His chosen people. He still loves them and He has sent people to them to tell them of the saving grace only found through Jesus Christ. They are STILL God's children.

The great thing about grace is that when you come to Jesus and confess your sins to him, you have become God's child. Now you are to turn from your sinful ways, and follow Christ. When you do that God WILL hear you when you pray. He WILL move on your behalf. He WILL give you the desires of your heart......unless that desire is not what He wants for you. If your desires of your heart line up with the Word of God, you will hear the word Yes from Him. Just remember God's timing is not our own.

So don't "share" the above mentioned thing on Facebook. God don't work like that.

How do you live your life?

I had lunch yesterday with my best friend. Her brother was dying of cancer. My best friend has lost a lot of very close people to cancer in the past 5 1/2 years. First her sister was diagnosed with cancer and Tammie took care of her when she couldn't take care of herself, then she died. Then when things were just starting to return to normal, her best friend was diagnosed, again Tammie helped as much as she could with her and then she died within a couple of months. Things returned to normal, I started going to her church. meeting Tammie for the first time...really meeting her, was just really getting to know her when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Tammie took care of her mother until the end which was 2 years ago now. Then about 18 months ago her brother was diagnosed with cancer. He gave up the ghost late yesterday afternoon.

When Tammie and I came out after eating, we hugged, because I know she had to get back since the end felt near for her brother, while we were hugging she started crying and said to me, "I have been begging God not to let anything happen to you, because I wouldn't be able to handle it at all" I told her that God heard her prayer.

Paul said, "I have fought a good fight ,I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7 As long as you keep your eyes on the prize, which is Jesus, you will make heaven. Tammie's brother is now rejoicing in Glory. He is singing the Redemption song. The only song that the angels in heaven cannot sing. Jack was bought with a price. His soul was saved. He is now in the very presence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. He is looking on the very FACE of our Lord! What a sight it is sure to be! He heard "Well done, thy good and faithful servant, enter into they rest." I don't see Jack resting. I see him dancing in the spirit, knowing he is home and with the Lord, evermore to be.

I am a little homesick now. It is so strange to long to see, I mean really long to see heaven. It seems like this journey we are traveling on is long but in reality it is very short. Praise God for His loving mercies.

Life is full of questions.

What are you doing? This is a question I get asked a lot. What AM I doing? Am I about my Father's business? What am I doing while I wait for the trumpet to sound? These are valid questions I must ask myself.

I try to make sure I spend time with the Lord each day. Like I read the other day on face book....prayer is when you talk to God..... meditation is when you are listening for the voice of God. Spending time with God is both. Talking AND listening.

Another question that comes to my mind is....Do I praise the Lord during my prayer time, or do I use that time to complain about my situations and the troubles of other people on my list? Ummmm. Makes me stop and think. I should look inside of myself and make sure that I am really where I need to be with the Lord.  Am I stepping out from under the Blood of Jesus and doing what I want to do? Am I living in the flesh?

Our salvation is the most important thing that we have to lose. We lose our salvation because we CHOOSE to step out from under the Blood and walk away from God, doing what pleases us and not what is pleasing to God. While it is true that the Word says that "no man can pluck you out of the Fathers hand" you CAN walk away on your own.

I challenge each one of you that reads this blog....ask yourself each one of these questions. How do you answer them? Just think about it.