Hands in Action
Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near. The waters of life are now flowing for thee; No price is demanded, the Savior is here; Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.
Delay not, delay not, the Spirit of grace, Long grieved and resisted, may take His sad flight, and leave thee in darkness to finish thy race, to sink in the groom of eternity’s night.
Thomas Hasting (1784-1872)
Exodus 16:4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day……
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating:
What worked Yesterday does not mean it will work today!
Go get fresh manna!
Let God supply you according to each new day’s needs.
Our Lord, give us that Perfect Love of Thee that casts out all fear.
Never let yourselves fear anybody or anything. No fear of My failing you. No fear that your faith will fail you. No fear of poverty or loneliness. No fear of not knowing the way. No fear of others. No fear of their misunderstanding.
But, My children, this absolute casting out of fear is the result of a Perfect Love, a perfect Love of Me and My Father. Speak to Me about everything. Listen to Me at all times. Feel My tender nearness, substituting at once some thought of Me for the fear.
The powers of evil watch you as a besieging force would watch a guarded city — the object being always to find some weak spot, attack that, and so gain an entrance. So evil lurks around you, and seeks to surprise you in some fear.
The fear may have been but a small one, but it affords evil a weak spot of attack and entrance, and then in some rushing despondency, doubt of Me, and so many other sins. Pray, My beloved children, for that Perfect Love of Me that indeed casts out all fear.- Jesus
Taken from the upcoming book Jonah by Dennis Stauffer
Dennis Stauffer
John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
When we refuse to condemn a person or a group of people, is not the same as accepting their lifestyle or even condoning their sin.
It is choosing to walk and talk as Jesus did. Jesus never spoke a condemning word to anyone in sin, (except to the religious bigots of His time). Not to the women caught in a sexual sin, not to Zacchaeus or even the women at the well or even to the Roman Soldiers that occupied their land and defiled the temple.
Jesus never condemned and He saved the world. He never even used the modern religious cliche; “well you know I just hate the sin but not the sinner.”(right)
The Pharisees and Sadducees, on the other hand, condemned everyone but never lead a person into the kingdom of God.
Now who do you choose to be?
Hudson Taylor (1890 Missionary to China)
John 10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
If you cannot trust Jesus for healing, provisions and protection in this life:
Do you think you can really believe you can trust Him for eternity in the next?
Your eternal life has already began, do not wait to die to enjoy it!
Something to meditate on!
