Update

I would like to update you on some changes that are taking place with our minsitry. We soon will be establishing a ministry called Living Life From The Heart.
We will be dealing with teaching on the heart. How it works, how to relate to God and how to make changes in our heart about what we believe.
Then at some point we will be offering heart classes that will be hands on training.
We are currently available to be guest speakers.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

Thanks

Poll Results

I would like to address some of the comments made in regards to the poll question.
These were some of the answers to that question, does God love us unconditionally?

1- No, because God took a loved one.

God does not take our loved ones. This implies that God killed them. The Bible says that God is good all the time. It also says that as people we really love our children and God loves us perfectly. So with that in mind how much more does God love our children than we do? God also says that He will never harm us. So if God did take a loved one that makes Him a murderer, a liar and a physco path.

2- No, because I have to earn His love.

This too is false. Jesus bore every sin on the cross. God forgave us of those sins and remembers them no more. The contract He made with Jesus at the cross is based on what Jesus has done, not what we do. If it were based on what we did, we would never be good enough. Jesus said that if we broke one of the 812 laws of Moses, then we would be guilty of them all. We can't even obey the top ten commandments. Under the Old Testament people had to earn righteousness through the law. But today we are righteous because of what Jesus did, not by our own efforts.

3- No, because of something I did.

The answer to number two applies here.

My hope is that those of you who answered the pole now have a better understanding of God.

Heart Basics

I have begun a series on creation. For those in the Lake county Florida area we meet every Monday night @ 7 pm located at Family Bible church in Eustis .

Dealing with Possible Loss of Loved One!

I want to discuss this because many people deal  with this issue daily. We are dealing with it now. I'm actually at the hospital to find out if a loved one will survive the day. But I know one thing for sure that God is not causing this, testing us or envolved in this situation in any negative way.
At this point there are only two things that can decide whether our family member survives. One is the amount of damage to the body from the heart attack. The second is if he wants to stay or go to be with the Father.
We are not sitting here praying for him to survive. We are praying for healing as if it has already  occurred. Listen, it's ok if our family member decides that he no longer wants to stay with us. He has suffered with this issue and more for 25 years.
I now men and when they are hooked up to tubes, bells and whistles they don't like and if they had to stay that way, they would rather go home to be with Jesus. But I know that they worry about  what the wife would do  if they weren't there and have seen them hang on and fight. If that is the case sometimes you  have to tell them that it's ok to go. We don't know what level our family member is at other than I know he does not want to be hooked up to all the equipment, becuase he has said so. We don't know if he is hanging on because of his family or not. This is because is under an induced coma and can't communicate with us. They will bring him out of  the coma today.
So if you are struggling with a similar issue I pray that God's peace enters into you heart and that His grace with give you strengthen to get through whatever comes.

Be Careful to What You Are Hearing.

Mark 3:24

Jesus said, be careful what you are hearing. The measure of thought and study you give to the truth you hear will be the measure of virtue and knowledge that comes back to you and more besides will be given to you who hear.

Notice that this scripture did not say only the good things or only the bad things that you hear. It applies to both. When we see and hear things that are contrary to God's Word we begin the process of writing on our hearts. Once something is in your heart, it then becomes your reality. If we begin to ponder, meditate and focus our thoughts on those things, we get more of those things good or bad.

We all have areas in our lives where we don't always meditate on the good things. We easily meditate on good things in many areas, but then there are those areas that we just can't seem to break free off. I have this same issues. But in those areas of weakness we must first come before God and let His grace work in us. Grace is God's ability to work changes in us that we can not do ourselves. Then find scriptures that are related to whatever issue and think, ponder and meditate on them. The first place to start is to write them down. No computer, just hand write them out. Why? Because it has been proven that if you write something down you remember it. It makes it personal and begins the process of writing on our hearts.

Let's make an example of healing. 2 Peter 2:24 is a great place to start. It states that by the stripes of Jesus we are healed. Begin by writing this down, along with other healing scriptures and then speak them throughout the day. Meditate one them, begin seeing yourself healed. Then feel yourself healed. This is the process of healing and what you hear and meditate on you get more of it. This can work for any area of life. So try, you won't be disappointed. But remember that you are not trying to get God to do something or that it is a formula, then it will not work. You also can not make it about your own effort.

What? God has tatoos?

Isaiah 49:15-16
Even if a mother forgets her child, my Father will not forget me. See, He has tattooed my name on the palm of His hand.

This is one of the coolest scriptures. It also contradicts those who would not allow people with tatoos in their church. God puts your name on the palm of His hand so that He can look at your name. He also speaks blessing over us continually. So I can see Him looking at the names on His hands and speaking blessing over us at the same time.

So the next time a Christian wants to tell you how bad it is to have tatoos, just repeat this scripture and walk away. Most of these Christians forget that Jesus went into the sinners home, that He was not to good for them. He never talked down to them or insulted them. There are a lot of Christians who could learn from Jesus' example, but are to caught up in their own misbeliefs and religion to see how we are really suppost to treat people.

Jesus only showed love and acceptance and that is the example we are to follow.

Don't Be Afraid!

Isaiah 41:10
I will not be afraid, for my Father is with me. I will not be dismayed for He is my God. He will strengthen me, He will help me. He will uphold me with His victorious right hand (Jesus).

This is talking about God's grace. When we are afraid, dismayed and in our weakness, God's grace comes and rescues us. The Bible mentions Jesus as the right hand of God. So because of what Jesus has done for us at the cross we receive the full benefit of what He did through God's grace.

There are days I'm discouraged, stressed, have fear and just need help. I have to meditate on what my Father has done for me. I enter into His rest and gain peace over the situation. Once we have peace with whatever problem we are going through, God's grace can come in and work in us what we can not do for ourselves.

Find some of the promises of God, which I have listed under one of my messages, and meditate on them daily.