Posts Tagged ‘Jesus Christ’

Well, just like yesterday (in Manners), I’m going to have a moan…

In many areas of our lives we can find ourselves “mentoring” others in what they should be saying and doing and how they should be saying or doing it, both at work, in our family lives as well as with our friends.

During our lifetimes, it’s been proven that we can be influenced the most when we are children. So here’s my question for you today…are you mentoring your children, and those you come into contact with, in your bad habits, or are you mentoring them in God‘s way?

politenessWhy am I asking this? Well (here’s my moan), my main reason is, just like yesterday, my concerns over the way our society has changed over the last years. It feels to me, that even during my lifetime, and I’m not that old, that the basic standards of decency and politeness have all but disappeared from our society.

Where is our respect for others?

Why are we no longer willing to help a stranger in need?

These are just a couple of questions to highlight my concerns, but the bottom line is, if we want our society to change for the better, it’s down to us to be the example of decency that others need to see. Jesus wants us to be Christ-like in all we do, so take up that challenge today by acting how Jesus would have acted, by being polite, honest, decent and caring in all you do.

Would you know why I love Jesus, why He is so dear to me?

This is why I love my Jesus, this is why I love Him so:
He has pardoned my transgressions,
He has washed me white as snow.


Yes, I love Jesus.

Yes, He loves me.

Yes, He gave His life for me, so my sins could be forgiven.

Jesus loves you, and will forgive your sins…you just need to ask Him to forgive you!

Lord, make Calvary real to me;
Lord, make Calvary real to me.
Open mine eyes to see victory in Christ for me;
Lord, make Calvary real to me.

Today is Good Friday. A day when Christians around the world remember the day when Christ was crucified on a cross, at Calvary.

Now doesn’t that sound a bit odd, people remembering, and celebrating the death of another? It would if it wasn’t for the significance of the person who was crucified. Jesus Christ, the Son of God who came to earth to live amongst us and teach us how to love one another, was that person. Because Christ died on a cross we have been forgiven of our sins. In other words,

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:15-17)

So today is all about the cross, the blood, forgiveness and The Christ!

One of my favourite Easter songs is Written in Red. Please listen to the following audio of Olwyn Mathie singing this beautiful song which has such power and emotional words:


In Jesus Christ every one of God‘s promises is a “Yes” (2 Corinthians 1:19)

During life, there are many times when we questions God, and ask Him why He hasn’t done this or that, or why He hasn’t answered a specific prayer. It’s funny how we’re always quick to question God when we don’t get our own way isn’t it!

Surely we should be concentrating on what God has promised he will do for us.

As the above song The Promise by The Martins says, God always keeps His promises:

‘Cause you know I made a promise that I intend to keep
My grace will be sufficient in your time of need
My love will be the anchor that you can hold on to
This is the promise, this is the promise I’ve made to you

I’m thinking more specifically about who is always there…and the answer is of course…Jesus!

No matter what we are facing in life, or what we’ve said or done, God still loves us and wants us to give our life to Him so He can help us.

Jesus Will Still Be There by Point of Grace

who are youOf the billions and billions of people who have ever lives, there is one who stands head and shoulders above the rest in terms of influence…

More schools, colleges, hospitals and orphanages have been started because of him, than because of anyone else.

More art has been created, more music written, and more humanitarian acts performed due to him and his influence than anyone else.

Great international encyclopaedias devote twenty thousand words to describing him and his influence on the world.

Even our calendar is based on his birth.

And all this he accomplished in a public ministry that lasted just three and a half years!

So who am I?

I am Jesus Christ!

What better way to start my Christmas blog post of than by saying…Hallelujah, the Light Has Come!

Hallelujah We’ve been found
A Child is born to save us now, Jesus! Hallelujah Light has come!
A Savior who will set us free
A Promise for those who believe

I hope you enjoyed that wonderful reminder from Barlowgirl of what Christmas is really all about.

 

Yes, I hope you have had, and are continuing to have, an excellent Christmas Day. I hope you have received some wonderful presents and gifts and enjoyed spending time with your family and friends. But I also hope you have taken some time to remember that today we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

I hope and pray that in the coming days and months we might each be able to spread God‘s message that the light of the world is amongst us.

Merry-Christmas

Baby Jesus, do you know you’ll die for all our sins?
Don’t be afraid, for in 3 days, you will rise again. Cause you will rise again.

Yes it’s Christmas time and yes at this time of the year we are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ the Son of God. However let’s not forget exactly what this child, Jesus Christ did for us…He died for us all so that we could be forgiven!

Imagine you were told your one and only son had to die a horrible death just so everyone in the world present and future would be forgiven of their sins. I’m sure you wouldn’t want your son to die, and you’d try all you could to stop him having to die just because others were sinners.

And that’s what makes God so immense and worthy of our praise – Despite His love for His one and only son, He was willing to sacrifice His son just for you and me. What a sacrifice! What a God!

Each day is a brand new opportunity to be Jesus to the world ~ R. Falcon

I love this quote as it’s a great reminder that we have a responsibility each day to God, to let others see Christ in us.

Stop for a minute and think about today…have you been Jesus to the world?

I pray every day that God will help me to live my life the way He wants me to live. I pray that you too, will make that your prayer each day.

You say, “I can’t forgive what they’ve done to me.”

I ask you, “What has anyone done to you that is worse than what they did to Jesus Christ?”

Christ was crucified on a cross. He died a slow and agonising death.

We thankfully will never have to endure the pain, agony and persecution that Christ suffered while He was here on earth. But let me remind you that because Christ died on the cross, our sins were forgiven, and every sin we ever commit will be forgiven.

Therefore to try and repay Christ for dying for us, let’s make sure we forgive all those who hurt us in any way, because only then can be truly find peace again. There is nothing anyone can do to us here on earth that we should not we willing to forgive, so let’s keep our hearts open and true to God so that we can find forgiveness even when it feels that forgiveness is the last thing you want to do.