Basics of the Bible

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Basic knowledge and foundations of the Christian faith … what does the Bible say, God’s Word, God’s manual for man to know and implement his will and standards?

The Bible consists of 66 books by 40 authors and is written over a period of over 1500 years. The authors were shepherds, fishermen, kings, a doctor, a scribe, a cup bearer, and prophets. It is a collection of literature of truth.

According to 2 Timothy 3: 10-17, the Bible is God’s infallible Word. Thus, the book of all books should be our # 1 priority. What has the highest authority in a human life is its God. God’s Word is not opinion-oriented and thus subject to the changing circumstances and moods of a person. God’s Word is the truth and Jesus is the truth. Thus, by understanding the Word and knowing who Jesus is, we will be able to distinguish truth from falsehood as we grapple with the contents of the Bible. Only in this way can we recognize how God is and thinks. According to John 1 verse 1, God and His Word are one.

God does not change, so we may build our house of life, firm as a rock it will stand even when the storms of life come you are strong and look at the truth, which has the power to change you and your circumstances for the better. The word acts like spiritual food and makes you grow in faith through love. The Word sets you free, makes you whole when we live in it and follow it.

Read God’s Word, the Bible … spend time in it … there you will find everything you need ..

Prayer:

Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit I wholeheartedly thank you that I may get to know you better … from today I would like to spend more time with the words you speak to me through the Bible … please forgive me where I have been in the past neglected. I realize I need more truth.

where is the spoon…

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and where are you?…

The Pastor stole our spoon !

A Pastor had dinner at the house of a couple in his church. After he left, the wife said to the husband: ” I think he stole our spoon “. This bothered her for a whole year. A year later the couple had the pastor for dinner again. Unable to resist, the wife asked: ” Did you steal our spoon last year? ”

The Pastor replied: ” No, I put it inside your bible “.

Out of the world into the living word… spent time with Yeshua… read your bible… pray… meditate on the word…show HIM respect and honor HIM by not wasting time. 

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.

There is a great reward waiting for you when you seek HIM first… start  your day right… with worship and prayer…

love for you and your family sends Sabine

 

 

comfort for you…

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a word against rejection and inner pain…

Matthew 5:11-13 New International Version (NIV)

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

My child… the people who reject you are not worth your presence or knowing your name. I love you dearly, I stand patiently in line until you come to me with all your pain, your sorrows and unanswered questions… I am always here for you… Men will leave you, people will betray you, they will treat you like dirt even you have loved them and gave your time and strength… even family members will disappoint you so you are not able to trust flesh any longer… TRUST ME !

BUT I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU… just let them go… release them out of your heart through forgiving them… do not let a root of bitterness grow, this is what the enemy of your soul desires but my desire for you is – draw close to me, and all is well… your beloved Jesus

 

Hungry?

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a heavenly download…

HUNGRY ??? … but for what ???

Psalm 42: 1-2

For the director of music. A maskil[ of the Sons of Korah.

1 As the deer pants for streams of water  so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.     When can I go and meet with God?

Through the comparisons of the thirst and panting the Psalmist shows his fervent desire to serve God in his temple.

Matthew 5 : 6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Hunger and thirst is a basic natural desire. Without food and water your natural body cannot survive. But we as Christians… followers of Christ… not just a knowing that HE exists, we should develop another basic desire – the DESIRE to SERVE HIM.

And live for Jesus Christ. Son of the living GOD. Our Savior – our Redeemer – our light – our love – our all !!!!

I believe we all have needs and deep desires in our life’s – but to whom are we running for our fulfillment? – the bible says in

Psalm 37 : 4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

I sing you into my loving arms…

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Song for Guitar …

I am your God,
I am the Word,
Come to me, I forgive you!

take time my friend… and read God’s Word, the Bible … see

Matthew 11: 28 to 30 and Luke 15 : 12-32

a call for repentance,

daily!

Are you landed on your life where the “biblical pigs”are? Do you just function in oppression, lack? Do you suffer misery and feel dirty? Are you ashamed for the many mistakes that you’ve already done?

Then come to your senses! Remember, there is a God, a Heavenly Father who is waiting with open arms for you. Where he is, is love, acceptance, no guilt, he will never accuse you because forgiveness comes. The bitterness and sadness turns into joy and you have again power … power to serve your God, to love your neighbour and yourself, to forgive and love your spouse.

PRAYER:
Lord – Give us the grace of repentance.
Let us recognize and do your will,
give us a willingness to discipline,
we ask you to give us the power to defeat and overcome addictions and compulsions;
so that we can walk in your ways. Teach us to counter evil with good!
Thank you for your goodness and mercy! Thank you, thank you and thank you again … in Jesus’ name – AMEN

Heavenly healing

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Do you believe that Jesus died for you so you can have eternal life, that he took away your sins, the punishment of it, that he paid the price so you can enter into a divine relationship with the father, abba… do you believe that when you confess him as Lord you are saved?… do you believe that he loves you and …. and what is very important…

do you believe that HE took your sickness away?… that he wants to heal you perfectly, not only your body, but also your mind and the condition of your heart?… well most of us say a spontaneous yes… I do, because we have heard it many times in sermons, we have seen miracle services, we read about it in the bible, we want to believe, but it seems we cannot receive personally… we wish, we think, we feel… may be we go through years of disappointments and finally we are hopeless… run from one doctor to the other, one more pill, one more side effect etc.

let me tell you my friend in Jesus… medicine and doctors are good ways to receive healing, but sometimes this does not really help. Often we just kill the symptoms. Pain relieve !!! for our body, but what when your soul and heart and mind is wounded, broken etc. – than we run to psychologists or when we are very devotional we go to  ministers and pastors.  Sometimes this can help, but what if this is not the way for your relieve, healing and lack of love either…

These few words are meant to encourage you again… JESUS your healer and your great physician, JESUS the lover of your soul, JESUS the answer for your troubles and despair.

I believe that the channel to receive a personal healing, a miracle etc. is FAITH, well most of us think we have no faith, but this is a lie We just need to activate it again. But how?  FAITH has nothing to do with our thoughts, our emotions and bad experiences, it has a lot to do what we speak, the words we say are powerful, life and death is in the power of the tongue. When we start to discipline our mouth with good words about the promises of a good GOD and healing scriptures and stop the negative we will see results. For most of us this is not easy… but the only way to receive. It is a decision.

J E S U S

yes he loves you, yes he wants to heal you, yes he draws you into his loving arms… RUN to HIM… seek HIM, pray to HIM, spent time in the word again!… he will lead you out of your misery…

Here a link to a song on YouTube which I like:

heal me – Jason Upton

Prayer: Father in Jesus name, I want to thank you for encouraging me to believe in your goodness and love for me and my family again. Thank you, that your son Jesus died for my sicknesses and sins. Thank you for forgiving my sins, addiction, negative words, wrong eating habits etc. I want to adjust my life style under your leadership again. I want to start my faith journey today. Help me through the presence of your Holy Spirit in my life. Grant me grace to do my part. Thank you so much for strength to do your will. Yes father, one more time I want to say, your will be done in me and around me… your will is good for me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Devotion 2016-05-31

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Shalom I wish you a blessed and God guided day.

Hear what the Lord is saying to you and follow him!

Colossians 1: 13-14 (New Geneva translation 2011)

For he has delivered us from the power of darkness and has put us in the realm where rules his beloved Son. Through him, Jesus Christ, we are saved; through him our sins are forgiven. What an unspeakable, liberating gift!

Whether they know the most famous scientists in the world, a means of liberation from guilt, they have no answer!

Question the great artists, whether they music off guilt from the conscience or paint away or can wegdichten; they have no answer!

Question the rich and powerful of the earth, whether it deviates the burden of guilt before gold treasures or tank armies – you ask in vain. they have no answer!

There is only one answer and that is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life (John 14,6).

In Jesus you will find what your heart is thirsty, and you’ll find it not only as a possibility, as vague consolation, but as a whole, blissful reality here and now: “where we ..haben the ……” He quenches all rehydrate , you will never thirst again, he has that water of eternal life (John 4:14).

Is not that reason to praise and thanks, even in the most difficult situation, even the darkest day?

And does not impose it again “all patience”, “all long-suffering”, the other can take as Christ has accepted us? Have patience with all men, and deal them the long-suffering Jesus Christ.

Had Jesus been impatient with you, you would not now be saved. Jesus says nothing have received, freely you shall pass (Mt 10,8). Anything happen to you through Jesus Christ grant it to all people.

Pray to God will never stop the your forbearance and your patience. Be you Certainly this prayer will God hear and your patience and forbearance put to the test.

God’s protection and peace

Pastor Lionheart (Thorsten Wurm)

Prayer 2016-06-01

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Shalom I wish you a blessed and loving day. Love thy neighbor as thyself (Lk 10, 27), this day let be a day of love.

Jeremiah 7, 3 (Luther translation 1912)

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will dwell with you in this place.

Amend your ways and your doings. This verse goes for you, better your life and being. God gives people another opportunity to repent, to change his mind and attitude towards God, to turn from their wicked ways and return to God’s way of life. God always gives you another chance to leave your wrong ways to return paths to God.

However, people had the temple by completed their temple services, thus they considered their spiritual condition for sufficient and saw no need to repent. Make not kid yourself, there is no recreational Christian, either you are a Christian or you’re not. Christ you’re always, no matter when and where, to 100%

Jeremiah speaks in 7, 4 further: not Rely on the lies when they say: Here the Lord’s temple, here the Lord’s temple, here the Lord’s temple!

This verse shows an example of how easily people can be fooled by religion (that human attempts to contact in contact with God or to please him) and thereby miss the real opportunity and need for a personal relationship with God. You always have to maintain a personal relationship with God and live. It is not enough to keep this relationship on third in a church. Since it is not sufficient to minimize this to Sunday. Tell your partner / in once, that you can see immediately just not Sunday for two hours and waiting times from the reaction.

True Christianity and real successor Jesus are not a question of religion, but a personal relationship with God. God sent His Son for you sacrificed so that he can in a personal relationship with you life. If you want to live a religion, Jesus died in vain, because religion for you Never in the community God.

Stealing, killing ……. contact me before. The man broke God’s laws and committed all kinds of sins (Jer 7: 5-9); on the Sabbath, the day of worship, then they came to the temple, and thought to be pleasing to God. The same way of thinking is also found today in those who claim to follow though God and his love to understand, but a life that the commandments and scales of his word completely contradicts. These people deceive themselves. In Jeremiah words you trust “in lost words, no use” (Jer 7, 8).

God says to you, I’ll be rich your hand, I want to lead you to freedom, to which you are called. Binding you not to religion but follow Jesus Christ alone. He’s gone for you on the cross so that you can be free from death and the power of darkness. Today when the Lord says, “Come” then follow him.

God’s protection, blessings and peace

Pastor Lionheart (Thorsten Wurm)

Devotion 2016-06-02

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Shalom I wish you a blessed and special day. One day you’re doing a lot of nice experiences with the Lord!

Hebrews 13: 17  (New Geneva translation 2011)

Listen to the leaders of your community and follow their instructions! For they watch over you’like shepherds over entrusted to them Herde` and will even have to give an account of their service to God. Behave so that their job they love to and that they have no reason to sigh, because that would not be to your advantage.

Be Responsible and shepherd represents example of the believers! God has given his church spiritual laws of life that we have to observe. This implies that the Lord relies of his community people he imposed a special level of responsibility and which it can transmit the guidance of his community.

Be Responsible and shepherd means to be a model in faith and preachers of the Word of God. But it also includes the need to be, to have to pass before God for the people entrusted accountable. As pastor is your way of life a visible faith, the other to see you as a believer lives in this world. How you deal with problems and difficulties. You are in this position, always under the microscope, find your mistakes more attention in the community, as the mistakes of others. Not only God will demand of thee computing sheep, no, the church calls here on earth already an account from you. You will make the experience that your mistakes quickly visible and heavy weigh, like your good deeds.

But there is also in the municipality for the individual no increased responsibility without the people concerned an increased level of authority is granted. Therefore, the leaders can claim to obey the church members; Right fraternal order and subordination affects not only the present situation of community conducive out, but it is a blessing for everyone involved, extends into eternity.

If you want your pastors and assist the person in charge, then make thee under joyfully. not to make experiments you with him on the same level, because it carries more responsibility. Pray for him at all times and support him in public housing. Note, however, that you check again with reference to the Bible, because your Shepherd is a human and humans are all Fehlbar.

Pray for the leaders and shepherds in the belief that they always lead you right and help you to grow in faith.

God’s protection, blessings and peace

Pastor Lionheart (Thorsten Wurm)

Devotion 2016-06-09

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Shalom I wish the a blessed day. Make a day of truth, all of you run out to be true!

1 John 1: 6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth;

Pay attention to yourself!

Here are a serious question is asked, how does our “Tell” to the reality of our lives – The Bible calls this our “change” – behaves. What mortal danger is just shown us who believe in Jesus Christ here.

It must be remembered that when John the words “lie” and “lie” mean the factual, “objective” contrary to the truth. Whether we this contrast is subjectively aware so as knowingly and willingly deceive ourselves or others is only a second question.

“Lie” does not immediately a “moral” judgment. We can contradict the “truth”, without realizing it right. Only if we the contrary is shown, and as yet remain in it, is our “lies” to what we mean by this expression usually.

We “say that we have fellowship with him”. This communion with him is shown to us in verse 3 as the goal of apostolic effectiveness.

“1 John 1.3 which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ”

We want this community in him who is clean, pure light, have.

In this “communion with God” is essentially the “Christ-being.”

Make sure that you walk in the light and in the truth, examine your heart in everything. Search not sin and error in your neighbor but start with you. Even with your search, in the other, you walk even in the darkness, and certainly not, you have fellowship with God here.

Pray for the thee God reveals where you should change you leave, show you the Holy Spirit, where with you the community is afflicted with God.

God’s protection, blessings and peace

Pastor Lionheart (Thorsten Wurm)