THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER!

BARBARA E. PERKINS

THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER!

The word of God in Proverbs 18:10 (NKJV) declares, “The NAME of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”  In time of trouble, small or great, I need a STRONG TOWER where I can run and find help.  Don’t you???  Where do you run when the storms of life are too great for you?  When the storms of life are too great for me, I run to the ROCK.  God’s word describes HIMSELF, my ROCK, in Psalm 18:1-3 declares, “I will love You, O LORD, my strength.  2 The LORD is my ROCK and my Fortress and my Deliverer; my God, my Strength, in Whom I will trust; my Shield and the Horn of my Salvation, my Stronghold.  3 I will call upon the LORD, WHO is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.”  “The Name of the LORD is a strong tower…”  I am so glad that that I can run to the LORD and be safe.  I am equally grateful that I can count on the LORD and trust Him to be my STRONG TOWER, my STRENGTH, my ROCK, my FORTRESS, my DELIVERER, my GOD, my SHIELD, the HORN of my SALVATION, and my STRONGHOLD.  Hallelujah to the LORD!!!  Thank YOU, LORD!!!  Where do you go when each day is overwhelming?  I run to the ROCK!!!  Where do you run when your doctors offer an unfavorable outcome to your aches, your pains and/or no hope???  I run to the ROCK!  His NAME is ALMIGHTY GOD, EL SHADDAI!!! He is my HEALER, JEHOVAH RAPHAH!!!  He is my PROVIDER, JEHOVAH JIREH!!!  He is my Deliverance and Mighty Salvation in victory. The LORD is my BANNER, JEHOVAH NISSI!!!  Yes, HE is ALMIGHTY GOD and His Son, also, has a VERY POWERFUL NAME.  That NAME is JESUS CHRIST, a NAME that is ABOVE EVERY NAME.  God’s word emphatically states it this way, in Philippians 2:9-11, “Therefore God also has HIGHLY EXALTED HIM and GIVEN HIM THE NAME which is ABOVE EVERY NAME, 10 THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, of those IN HEAVEN, and of THOSE ON EARTH, and of THOSE UNDER THE EARTH, 11 and THAT EVERY TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.”  I thank my God, my Rock, that I can always run to Him in time of need and to His Son, Jesus Christ, my Savior and Lord. Praise the LORD for His love, compassion and faithfulness!  Yes, “The NAME of the LORD IS A STRONG TOWER; the righteous run to it and are safe.”  Hallelujah!!! 

Would you like to be saved and develop a relationship with God as your Heavenly Father?  If you would really like to know God, invite His Son, Jesus Christ, into your heart.  Please pray this prayer:  Dear God, please forgive me of my sins.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son.  I believe that He died on the cross, shed His blood, and rose from the grave for my salvation.  I confess Jesus right now as my Savior and Lord.  God fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, based on Roman 10:9-10, you are saved.  Welcome into God’s Family!

GET WISDOM!!!

BARBARA E. PERKINS

GET WISDOM!!!

We are living at a time when life can be so difficult for us, if we do not have God’s wisdom guiding us in every area of our lives.  The LORD informs us in the Book of Proverbs just how important it is for us to get godly wisdom and to understand how to use it.  The word of God in Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV) says it this way, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom.  And in all your getting, get understanding.”  How do we get wisdom?  Proverbs 2:6-8 answers that question, 6 “For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; 8 He guards the paths of justice, and preserves the way of His saints.”  God’s protection for us!  The LORD gives us wisdom which He stores up for the righteous.  From His mouth (His word) we get knowledge and understanding.  That’s why it is imperative that we study God’s word.  James 1:5-8 shares additional insight on getting wisdom.  “5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the LORD; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”  God is merciful and He doesn’t want us operating in this Earth realm without having the tools necessary to be successful, as He defines success.  Yes, the LORD gives us knowledge and understanding, but He commands us to GET THE PRINCIPLE THING—WISDOM. 

Would you like to be saved and develop a relationship with God as your Heavenly Father?  If you would really like to know God, invite His Son, Jesus Christ, into your heart.  Please pray this prayer:  Dear God, please forgive me of my sins.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son.  I believe that He died on the cross, shed His blood, and rose from the grave for my salvation.  I confess Jesus right now as my Savior and Lord.  God fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, based on Roman 10:9-10, you are saved.  Welcome into God’s Family!

JESUS CHRIST LIVES TO INTERCEDE FOR US

BARBARA E. PERKINS

JESUS CHRIST LIVES TO INTERCEDE FOR US

God’s powerful word in Hebrews 7:25 (NKJV) declares, “Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”  Jesus Christ lives to pray for us because His heart’s desire is to saved us.  Jesus said (John 8:29), “…The Father has not left Me alone, for I ALWAYS DO THOSE THINGS THAT PLEASE HIM.”   Jesus Christ wants to be our Savior and Lord so that He can bring us back into right relationship with God, His Father.  SALVATION is a MAJOR PRIORITY in the Kingdom of God.  Since SALVATION is a MAJOR PRIORITY with Jesus Christ and God the Father, shouldn’t it be a major priority with us, if we are God’s people? Jesus Christ is at the right hand of the Father and He lives to make intercession for us to bring souls into the Kingdom of God while there is still time. He is able to save to the uttermost, those who want to be saved, IF WE COME TO GOD THROUGH HIM.  Can you imagine that someone is living to pray for us so that we will be saved?  YES, and His Name is JESUS CHRIST!  Not only does He pray for our Salvation, but He lives to pray for us always and in every situation as confirmed in Romans 8:34-35.  “…It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, WHO ALSO MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”  Nothing will separate us from the love of God and the love of Christ Jesus, no matter what is happening in our lives.  Praise be to our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ for having an awesome, compassionate heart to always intercede for us.

                                               

Would you like to be saved and develop a relationship with God as your Heavenly Father?  If you would really like to know God, invite His Son, Jesus Christ, into your heart.  Please pray this prayer:  Dear God, please forgive me of my sins.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son.  I believe that He died on the cross, shed His blood, and rose from the grave for my salvation.  I confess Jesus right now as my Savior and Lord.  God fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, based on Roman 10:9-10, you are saved.  Welcome into God’s Family!

IT SEEMS RIGHT, BUT IS IT REALLY?

BARBARA E. PERKINS

IT SEEMS RIGHT, BUT IS IT REALLY?

The word of God in Proverbs 14:12 (NKJV) states decisively, “THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN (or woman), BUT ITS END IS THE WAY OF DEATH.”  The fact that Almighty God found it necessary to reiterate this Scripture in Proverbs 16:25 serves to emphasize its importance.  This Scripture brings to mind another profound Scripture in Romans 6:23, “FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.”  Sin offers temporary fun and the wages it pays is death.  But God, in His infinite mercy and grace, offers us the Gift of Eternal Life (living forever) in Christ Jesus (if we invited Jesus Christ into our hearts to be our Lord and Savior).  God’s word alerts us so many times that we don’t have to choose death. That’s God’s compassion!  Many of us are aware of what a powerful man of God Moses developed into and it can be very fruitful for us to get his prospective on sin.  The following wisdom comes from God’s word, as spoken by Moses and recorded in Hebrews 11:25-26 (KJV), 25 “(He) choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, THAN TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt...”  Moses had been living the life of royalty doing what was right in his own eyes as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, the King of Egypt.  When God called Moses to lead His people out of Egyptian bondage, Moses renounced his previous life with all that was associated with it, choosing to suffer with God’s people (who were by birthright his people also), rather “than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.” Today, we still have to be reminded of that fact because unless there is some kind of tragedy or catastrophic event in society, few people want to hear about Jesus Christ and the things of God.  Moses stated there is a season of sin.  You could be in your season of sin.  Keep in mind that you never know if you are going to make it out of your SEASON OF SIN ALIVE.  However, the word of God should always be our plumb line, our guide to what is RIGHT.  There is a way that seems right—that seems wonderful in our own eyes, but is it really?

  Would you like to be saved and develop a relationship with God as your Heavenly Father?  If you would really like to know God, invite His Son, Jesus Christ, into your heart.  Please pray this prayer:  Dear God, please forgive me of my sins.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son.  I believe that He died on the cross, shed His blood, and rose from the grave for my salvation.  I confess Jesus right now as my Savior and Lord.  God fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, based on Roman 10:9-10, you are saved.  Welcome into God’s Family!

ARE YOU DOING YOUR OWN THING? Part 3

BARBARA E. PERKINS

ARE YOU DOING YOUR OWN THING?

Part 3

Are you still doing your own thing?  God’s word in Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) proclaims, “For we are (God’s) workmanship (His artistry), created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” This is still God’s plan for us!  He created us for good works so that we are pleasing to Him.  There is an account in the Old Testament of the Bible that deals with the life of Noah.  The word of God in Genesis Chapter 6 (NKJV) shares information that very much resembles what is happening in our world today.  Also, in Genesis Chapter 6:5-12, this picture is quite disturbing, 5 “THEN THE LORD SAW THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN (mankind) WAS GREAT IN THE EARTH, AND THAT EVERY INTENT OF THE THOUGHTS OF HIS HEART WAS ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY.  6 AND THE LORD WAS SORRY THAT HE HAD MADE MAN (mankind) ON THE EARTH, AND HE WAS GRIEVED IN HIS HEART.  7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 BUT NOAH FOUND GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD.  9 This is the genealogy of Noah. NOAH WAS A JUST MAN, perfect in his generations. NOAH WALKED WITH GOD. 10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.”  The Creator of the Universe, Who made mankind in His own image and likeness, regretted that He had created man because of man’s wickedness.  But, Noah and his family found favor with Almighty God.  Mankind chose to do their own thing, instead of what pleases God.  Galatians 6:7, says it this way, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”  God looking down on all the wickedness on Earth gave Noah, a preacher of righteous, instructions on how to prepare for the flood that was coming (2 Peter 2:5-6).  Noah, as instructed by God, built an ark to save himself, his family and whoever would be obedient to God’s word.  When the ark was completed those who would be saved, went into it and the LORD shut the door (Genesis 7:16).  Noah, his wife, their three sons, plus their wives—eight persons that were saved from the flood.  We always have two choices, either to do our own thing or to obey the word of God.  Proverbs 14:12 emphatically states, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”  Which do you choose? 

Would you like to be saved and develop a relationship with God as your Heavenly Father?  If you would really like to know God, invite His Son, Jesus Christ, into your heart.  Please pray this prayer:  Dear God, please forgive me of my sins.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son.  I believe that He died on the cross, shed His blood, and rose from the grave for my salvation.  I confess Jesus right now as my Savior and Lord.  God fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I can live a life that pleases You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, based on Roman 10:9-10, you are saved.  Welcome into God’s Family!