You + The Holy Spirit...

There's something I wish everyone on earth would have, the holy spirit. Knowing the benefits of the holy spirit, especially in today's world of gain, the holy spirit alone should entice everyone to salvation. In acts we see a man, a magician, who after seeing the excellent transformative works of the holy spirit wished he'd also get this power, but of cause he wanted it for the wrong reasons. 

Many people today are not afraid of the eternal destiny of each their soul, but mostly afraid of the terrible experience they might encounter if conditions change and success is no more in there favor, that's, for those that are already successful by world standards, and for those struggling to "make it" in life, never "making it" is there greatest fear. 

But why not tap into the great power of the holy spirit to summaries our search for greatness in life? Here are a few of the benefits of the holy spirit in anyone's life, I mean what he'd do to anyone at all if accepted and allowed to take control; he'd bring excellency in every field of your life, I mean physical, mental and spiritual. 

Daniel 6:3 (NKJV)
[3]Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.

Yeah, that's the summary benefit of the Holy Spirit, because with all the spiritual gifts that he brings into anyone's life that gladly welcomes him into his life and gives him full control, as an act of obedience, excelling in life is inevitable.

Now, this lack of complete permission to control life that we're supposed to give the holy spirit is the exact reason why we are always failing in life, even when we claim (which might be true) to have the Holy Spirit! Because of our disobedience, we disgrace the Holy Spirit with incompetence and failure, which cause the anger/judgement of God to come upon us or make us vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy, the devil. 

Many Christians today want to live an on (when it's convenient) and off (when it's convenient) Christian life, thinking this way they can easily win in life by harnessing the advantages of a double standard, that is, a mix of a Christian and secular life, but they're so wrong and that's why they live a life loss and profit, happiness and misery, success and failure, health and sickness, etc. Their choice of a lifestyle of spiritual double standard comes with double standard results. 

David knew the excellent work the holy spirit did in his life and he didn't want him taken away as he prayed in Psalms 51:11(NKJV) saying, 

"[11]Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me." 

Paul asks us give it bodies "as a living sacrifice" not as a burden, no, but for the advantages we'll have if given to total submission under total influence of the holy spirit.

We read in Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) 
"[1]I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
[2]And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Serve God with Spiritual Gifts"

Remember, spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit as Paul says in 1 Christians 12:1 (NKJV) that "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:"

He is a gentle spirit, and he'll bring gentleness into our character, which will make us more desirable and useable to both our God, and fellow men. 

May God be kind to you as you find your way back to acceptable Christian living, Amen!

A Prayer for Young People…

Our Lord, our God and father!

Have mercy upon us; have mercy upon this age of mankind!

Have mercy upon us in the days when we are most stubborn and most ignorant; in the times when we have high energy and weak minds, and are ruled by our desires.

Have mercy upon us in our young days; in the days when foolishness is our master and our bodies are its faithful and loyal servant. In such days when we have disobeyed you; we have ignored your warnings, teachings and guidance: in those days we our acts are too filthy and they stir you anger, and you still hold back your strong hand from destroying us.

Forgive us our God, because we don’t even know the value of pleasing you; the rewards of doing what is right before you.

Forgive us in the days when we think that life is a gamble; when we doubt your ordained plan for mankind; in the days when we think we are too wise and too strong to make our own way; even in the days when we think we are too wise to reason you out – forgive us I pray.

The Lord our God is not happy with young people that don’t worship him in spirit and truth; he will let them saw seeds of stubbornness, pride, falsehood, disobedience and immorality, and let them reap their fruits in their adult day, yes, they will became useless men and women, shameful and shameless; they will leave not legacy when they are gone.

How I wish young people knew how rewarding it is to love the Lord our God, and do as he commands; how I wish you knew the reward of patience and obedience before the Lord!

Young people, seek to know the lord your God, accept him with all your youthful strength and worship and praise him in spirit and truth; he will reward you with honor, peace, wealth, wisdom and a long healthy life in your old days; you’ll be strong.

The Great Creator…

The Lord our God, our creator is great! Our God is a great creator. He made the fruits of the valleys, mountains, hills, deserts and thick forests very sweet.

He has given them nice flavors; he has made each fruit special from the other by taste, flavor and some even by color. Those from the south are different from those of the north, east and west, and so are those from each of the directions.

The lord our god has blessed them with tastes that bring happiness in the hearts of men.
Men travel from all directions to all directions of the earth to find and taste the fruits our God has made.

Our God is a great creator, yes, he is a great creator.
He has blessed each land with its own blessings; its own animals; its own crops; its own climate; its own customs and language, and we all need one another.

Men travel from all directions to all directions to see what the Lord our God created their, and they come back home to tell of the greatness of the things they have seen, and they speak to their countrymen and conclude by saying, “the Lord our God, creator of heaven and earth is a great creator.”

Because we can’t know about all creature and customs of all people on earth, we can’t fully tell how great a creator our God is.

Because we can taste each fruit and seed to tell the different tastes each has from the other, by taste and land of origin, can fully describe how good our God is.
Some tastes are beyond description like the gory of our God.

The Lord God, The Creator of Man…

How I wish all men knew how wonderful the Lord our God is!
How I wish they would understand how much he loves us; even how much he cares about us!

Everything the Lord our God has done is good; they are all beautiful that he has created.
The Lord has given us hunger in our body that we will taste the sweetness of what he has created for us as food.

The Lord has given us many desires that we will continuously adore his creation, and praise him for what he has created; that we will appreciate his creation and find satisfaction and wholeness in it.

He has deepened the desires of the hearts of men that they may see and appreciate the taste and art of his creation.

Who then, is like the Lord our creator?
The Lord has given us thirst that we will taste water; whose taste we can’t fully describe; whose color we can’t tell, yet its satisfaction is so relieving!

Such things like water; the things I can see, feel and taste, yet I can’t fully describe make me get down on my knees, bow my head to the ground and worship you my Lord and creator.
You, our God are very caring; you’ve placed your blessings and provisions in every road in which we walk. You created some men among us with the hearts of angels that they will bless us with the things we need most in our desperate times.

You’ve created men who speak words that can put together a broken spirit and heal a broken heart.

Because you love us so much, you know our silent needs, and you’ll provide even before we are certain: look how we see and breathe even when we’ve forgotten that we do. You’ll teach us responsibility before we discover; you’ll prepare us for the long journeys of life before we can ever think we’ll have them. You go behind us, before us, besides us and above us every where we go, at all times and you never give up. How I wish we fully understood your love for us, or get the right words to worship and praise you with thanksgiving.

Nation of God; Israel…

Israel, O Israel!
You’re the nation the Lord God chose as his own; a nation through whom all the world would know, accept and understand him. Do not be troubled, the Lord is on your side. He will cast away your fears, rub and dry your tears and give you the peace you’ve always desired, a peace in which you’ll praise his name for ever.

The lord will return every land that belonged to your fore fathers, he will restore all the fallen cities within you, gather all the properties that were taken from you and return them to the city of David were he will multiply them with the might of his hand and divide them amongst the tribe leaders of his people.

Rejoice, O Israel!
The Lord your God loves you, he hates to see your enemies laugh, he hate to hear their hateful words, he hates to see the evil in their hearts; he will fight for you, yes, he will protect you and your children. He will bless you friends and curse your enemies. He will curse your enemies and make them dumb; they will neither speak right nor hear right, even the heart and mind will be filled with shameful madness.

Rejoice you children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for the Lord your God is still holding on to the covenants, vows and promises he made with/to you fore fathers. He won’t let any generation go without his blessings. He will love you, protect you and multiply everything you have, whether in the land he gave your father Abraham or in the nations.

The lord will travel with you to the nations and back home, blessing you all the way. He will bless all that stand with you and curse all that have hidden and silent intentions of breaking your happiness and peace. The Lord will give a good life to your little children; he will protect them and give them a complete life. They will look at their fore fathers and ancestors and see how merciful, loving and kind the Lord has been to Israel, even how mightily he has manifested himself through the ages. Continuously praise the Lord O Israel; he loves you and will always love you.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord our God, master of the nations and all that are in them. Praise the Lord O Israel, praise the Lord!