Sanits or sinners

Are you one or the other?

Gentle Reader,

We find ourselves surrounded by what I call plausible denial.

That is when I read in the Book called Ephesians written over 2000+ years ago by a Rabbi called Paul (the apostle = messenger) His first words were "EPH 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: It seems to me that there may be two different groups being addressed one group (the larger of the two called "saints" which in the Greek is holy or in this sense [separated out or perhaps called out like an assembly] And Then we have a much smaller group called "The Faithful in Christ Jesus" Now it’s for you to decide if I’m right or not, but if I am them which group do you belong (one of the many that are called or one of the few that are chosen?)

And while we’re at it lets not forget as we wind around the internet and read the many 100's of blogs that make fun of Christians, or come right out and blame Christians for all the world’s problems, from mental illness to global warming and everything in between. What is going on Gentle Reader? Perhaps we are coming to the next Holocaust where it will be  the Christians turn to be caught, captured and exterminated. Let me remind you once again while I can.

2Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2TI 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2TI 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

2TI 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

2TI 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

And so Gentle Reader, run or turn and fight for you have a choice (flee, fight) while you can as the days are evil and Grace will not always be there for those who reject God.

I am as always just one beggar showing another where to find bread.

 Love,  Denis

A Thought

A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .
No secret causes GOD concern, He knows all. HalleluYAH!

For God hath no give us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love and of a
sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SOUND MIND Fear can infest us
early in life until eventually it cuts a deep groove of apprehension in all our
thinking. To counteract it, let faith, hope, and courage enter your thinking.
Fear is strong but faith is stronger. The Bible tells us "... And he laid his
right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not..." (Revelation 1:17) His hand
is always upon you, too.

May God give you Peace in your going out and your coming in and your laughter and your leisure until we all come into that day when there is mo dawning and no tears.

Perfect

The Perfect Prayer


I do not ask in behalf of these alone,
but for those also who believe in Me through their word;
that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me,
and I in You, that they also may be in Us;
that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:20-21

There are prerequisites for answered prayer. We know them. We incorporate them into our personal prayer life. Pastors will preach and teachers will teach that sometimes our prayers are hindered because of something we have done or have not done . . . a prerequisite that we have not met. And we don't really argue about this. We realize our imperfections and are constantly asking the Lord to search me and show me if there are things in my life that are disappointing to you and lead me in the right direction.
Well, there has been one perfect Person and we are confident that the Father heard His prayers and answered them--no prerequisites necessary. That Person is Jesus, of course. But did you know that He prayed for me? for you? for every person who would believe? I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word . . . There I am! There you are! Believers. And what did He petition the Father to do for us? To make us one with Him just as He was one with the Father.
That's Romans 8:28-29: "We know that in everything God works for good with those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son . . .." Becoming one with Jesus that we might become one with the Father.
God is busy about answering that prayer right now in my life and in your life. He isn't really asking our opinions or requesting our permission:
What is our plan on becoming one with my Son? or
Do you want to go through this time of stress now? or
Can you endure this situation at this time? or
Do you have a better idea?
No. He is directing His efforts to bring about the answer to His dear Sons prayer for you . . . and in the fullness of time we will understand and be amazed at His wisdom, His plan, and thrilled at our likeness to His Son.
Dear Father, please make this truth acceptable to us, not that we must fully understand, but that we will be willing to trust You fully to bring the prayer of Jesus to completeness in us.

Thank you!

Dear Father, thank you for my life on this earth, however challenging or not.

Thank you for giving me free will to love and be loved, to make my own decisions, to learn from my mistakes, to laugh when I am happy, to cry when I am sad.

Thank you for my family, my friends, my pets, my colleagues, and for every other living creature I meet along my journey.

Thank you for giving me strength to overcome adversity, to do what's right for the benefit of the greater good, to rise above negativity.

Thank you for giving me hope for an end to world suffering, pain, and war, for a beginning of a world filled with light and everlasting love.

From: The apostle Paul

The Nag Hammadi Library

The Prayer of the Apostle Paul


... your light, give me your mercy! My Redeemer, redeem me, for I am yours; the one who has come forth from you. You are my mind; bring me forth! You are my treasure house; open for me! You are my fullness; take me to you! You are (my) repose; give me the perfect thing that cannot be grasped!

I invoke you, the one who is and who pre-existed in the name which is exalted above every name, through Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords, the King of the ages; give me your gifts, of which you do not repent, through the Son of Man, the Spirit, the Paraclete of truth. Give me authority when I ask you; give healing for my body when I ask you through the Evangelist, and redeem my eternal light soul and my spirit. And the First-born of the Pleroma of grace -- reveal him to my mind!

Grant what no angel eye has seen and no archon ear (has) heard, and what has not entered into the human heart which came to be angelic and (modelled) after the image of the psychic God when it was formed in the beginning, since I have faith and hope. And place upon me your beloved, elect, and blessed greatness, the First-born, the First-begotten, and the wonderful mystery of your house; for yours is the power and the glory and the praise and the greatness for ever and ever. Amen.



Prayer of Paul (the) Apostle.
In Peace.
Christ is holy.

Forgive Us, Oh Lord

Forgive me my sins, O Lord; forgive me the sins of my youth and the sins of mine age, the sins of my soul and the sins of my body, my secret and my whispering sins, the sins I have done to please myself and the sins I have done to please others. Forgive those sins which I know, and the sins which I know not; forgive them, O Lord, forgive them all of Thy great goodness. Amen