I 
want everyone to thank Arthur Blessitt for popping Religious Freak’s cherry this week. Originally, I had planned on featuring another freak for this special occasion, but when I ran across Blessitt I knew he was the one. This man has spent the last 35 years pimping Jesus in 303 nations (I didn’t know we had 303 either) and walking over 35K miles! While this is indeed an impressive feat by any standards, this wasn’t enough for this Jesus superstar. What elevates Blessitt to the super freak evangelist category is that he did it while carrying a 12 foot wooden cross. Yep, and Christians think Jesus carried it far. But Jesus gets mad props though for doing it while being whipped I guess. Who knows, maybe Blessitt will have a couple crazies dressed as Roman soldiers with whips on his next walk. That would make it more authentic in my opinion, but I digress.
But it doesn’t stop here folks. You can thank Blessitt for helping George W Bush find Jesus as his savior in 1984 as noted in Blessit’s website and this
article on MSNBC. Then one thing led to another and we get this colossal waste of money/lives and more lives. Once again I digress. In case you’re wondering about the pic, yes that is Bush and no it’s not Alfred E. Newman. Ok, I’ll stop ripping on Bush after all I did vote for him once….YIKES! Anywho, I digress again.
But wait, there’s yet another stop on this crazy Jesus parade and that my friends is space! Yep, you heard me correct. 
Having already spread the word of the lord to every nation, Blessitt is aiming his Jesus cannon toward the heavens. In the Fall of 2005, he will launch a cross into space so other planets and aliens can see just how stupid we are. The cross will be a scant two inches and made of wood from his 12 foot cross.
Arthur Blessitt, we here at Religious Freaks salute you my crazy friend!!
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October 28th, 2005 at 8:56 am
Great.
Thus we have begun to fling trash into space, though I wouldn’t oppose having some sort of secular humanist logo.
Perhaps these symbols will provide the impetus for Aliens to finally ensue their plans for world domination. The technology they’d bring would alone be eons above the crazy myths Christians spew forth.
October 28th, 2005 at 1:13 pm
All aliens would have to do to take over this place is dressup like Jesus and make like it’s the second coming. All the Christians would slave over them since none tend to think for themselves.
But seriously, Blessitt is doing this because he either nuts or for the publicity and money. That’s it.
November 10th, 2005 at 6:47 am
Oh I don’t know. I think he is just stupid enough to think this is a good idea. I fail to see what it will achieve however. Maybe, it’ll convince aliens we’re not worth visiting.
November 10th, 2005 at 6:51 am
“The cross will be over You personally! The Cross will be over every Nation on earth! Over Afghanistan! Saudi Arabia! Jerusalem! America! The cross in Space Satellite will be in a Polar orbit from pole to pole. As the earth turns it will pass over every inch of the earth like peeling an apple. The cross will circle the earth every one and a half hours. After launch we can tell you on our site when it will be over you and your nation. We have carried the cross in Every nation. Now we will, God willing have it flying above Every nation! We wave the cross in the face of Satan and proclaim that Jesus is Lord over All the Earth. All glory to God.”
What happened to our right to not be saved? Sigh… it’s pathetic, isn’t it? We have the resources to do so much good for the world and what are we doing? We’re launching little 2 inch crosses into space.
November 10th, 2005 at 9:49 am
We could at least launch a 10-12 inch cross up there…or better yet, launch some of these religious freaks up there. I bet that we will see the day when a religious freak raises enough money to go into space and visit the space station or something else.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
I dunno. Methinks some of you are just whiners. Let’s just see YOU do what he has done! Arthur, at least, has lived an extraordinary life- kind of makes yours seem pretty pathetic…. nuff said
February 6th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Coatsy, you forget one thing, no man can point a finger at you and decree you have been saved for Salvation is a personal journey, so your right to not be saved is still intact to matter what Blessitt does. I’m also not sure what Blessitt is trying to accomplish for he has also forgotten that its not nations that are saved but individuals and that the experience is between themselves and whatever god they worship. This public display, to me, is nothing but a proproganda photo-op.
July 8th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
GET A LIFE, DUDE!
July 12th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
No matter what everyone says. Maybe there is a true meaning coming forth no matter what man decides to do. The message is still being proclaimed!
January 21st, 2007 at 5:48 am
I stumbled upon your website. I have met many “religious” freaks personally, including Arthur Blessitt. I prefer to call them “Jesus Freaks”, a name which began in the late ’60s, because they are freaks in the eyes of the world, and even to the religious system often: you see, I are one. We are those who are not satisfied with status quo Churchianity, but must thrive on a vital relationship with the living Lord, Jesus. Talking heads in buildings and on media don’t cut it, nor does following religious liturgy: the real thing is living your life hooked up personally with Jesus, and letting His love overflow out of your life to those around you… thats where you’ll find Him working through His Church (believers) bringing salvation, healing miracles, restoration of lives and relationships, etc. By the way, Arthur Blessitt is way cool! Its God’s love in him that is attractive… even folks like Yassir Arafat liked hanging out with him. If any of you out there is missing out on the Real Thing, get a clue… its Jesus.
January 21st, 2007 at 2:51 pm
thanks paul, i totally see the light now. Praise zombie jesus!!
March 13th, 2007 at 8:42 am
“In the Fall of 2005, he will launch a cross into space so other planets and aliens can see just how stupid we are.”
Wow, what the crap happened to interfaith discussion?
You are just basically calling Christianity stupid now.
Anyways, scroll up a bit and take a look a Paul’s comment.
Well said.
Unfortunately, it would seem most here don’t care that this man is trying to reach to world. They ridicule him for being strange or different.
If this site is to expose religous idiocy, it may wish to consider exposing the some of the idiocy from people who are not religous as well.
May 31st, 2007 at 11:15 pm
You’re a fucking Idiot!
June 7th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
For those of you making fun of this man for what he is doing, that is horrible. I hope you do end up saved before you die and go to hell. God Bless You. :]
June 14th, 2007 at 9:15 am
FYI - NO, Arthur Blessitt is NOT “doing it for the money and publicity.” A famous minister, in one of his books, relates that Arthur Blessitt is an indefatigable, zealous and sincere person whose motive is to bring people to Jesus Christ.
He will approach any “lost soul” and tell them about Jesus, tirelessly working to save souls.
Please do not ridicule this man!
June 14th, 2007 at 9:55 am
ergo…
June 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
“He will approach any “lost soul†and tell them about Jesus, tirelessly working to save souls.”
Just a small question, who judges that these souls are “lost”. I sincerly hope it is not Blessitt. (Or any other religous person)
June 17th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I felt really sad when I read some of the comments here about Arthur Blessitt. There are so many cynical people around who think it’s cool to put others down. Arthur Blessit’s message is one of hope and love. Why would anyone want to knock that? To disagree with someone is one thing - but to call a man stupid, nuts, an idiot, pathetic and only in it for the money and publicity - I just don’t understand where that comes from.
June 17th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Rosalind, I agree that the name calling in some of that above posts is uncalled for. While I may disagree with the benifit of what Mr Blessit is trying to achieve, I hold no animosity toward the man himself. However there is also a bit of name calling going on by the otherside of the debate here, so I don’t think either side can claim the moral high ground on this one. As for the Mr Blessit’s message being one of hope and love, you have to realise that to those of us that do not believe in God the message comes accross very differently.
I think alot of the mud slinging is born of frustration. As soon as some voices criticism about the merit of what some “Jesus superstar” is setting out to achieve, the Christians are up in arms about how we should not attack someone who has done so much good. Quite often they seem to be compelled to mention that they believe we are all going to hell for our sins ect. I have lost count of the number of times a Christian has called be an idiot because I support eveloution theory. When athiests try to send our message out there much as the Christians do, well here is an example of the response. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDB3rHOHu4E
Now I am sure that there are some Christians that are upset by the message that this group is trying to send. Some mayby even outraged. Well turn it around and try to see it from a non believer perspective. Alot of the time the message that you guys are preaching comes accross exactly the same way to us. To those of us that excercise our (God) given right not to believe in Jesus, the bible and the almighty God. Now before everyone damns me to hell and eternal damnation let me just say that I am not advocating the name calling. Nor am I trying to find excuses for some of the bad behaviour by either side in this discussion. I am merely pointing out that there appears to be quiet alot of hypocrisy on the side of those who support the actions of those like Mr Blessit. Iknow that is a very general statement and I do realise that there is a large number of decent God fearing folks out there who are not so callous in the judgement of others. It is this faction of Christianity however that brings out so much animosity in disuccions like this.
So while the more Judgemental christians out there are chalking me up as another soul dmmed to hell for all eternity I will continue to judge each person on their own idividual merits. I won’t write someone off just because they hold different beliefs to me. I will continue to advocate the person right to choose what they believe in. I will excersise my right to the opinion that there is very little merit in what people like Mr Blessit are trying to achieve. I will continue to feel sad for those who I believe are investing in a fallacy when they are convinced that Christianity holds the only true path to salvation through the actions of people like Mr Blessit. What you have to realise however is that when called upon I will defend the rights of these people to engage in these actions to promote their beliefs.
Cheers
Simon Bond
September 8th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
I have met Arthur Blessitt. I have been to his home.
He is walking Bible, and he demonstrates that it works, just by his mere existence.
I find it amazing that people think he is in this for the money. He very rarely takes up “collections” when he speaks. He lives totally on faith.
Besides, walking 38,000 miles with a 12 foot cross, from 1969-2007 hasnt gained him much fame. He doesnt not seek that. His only goal is loving people.
When a war breaks out, he heads there. He talks to the drunk passed out in the alleys. He talks to all, whether in low or high places in life.
He is the most common of man, but when God is moving in him…there is a presence around him that nearly knocks you out. He doesnt have to judge whether a person is lost or saved- He gives them what they need through his inner love.
Its all very very natural when youre walking in the spirit. When you try to force “YOUR” agenda, then it becomes YOU and not God doing it.
He is one of the Top 3 most incredible people Ive met in my life. It’s a pure honor to have had him cross my path
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:32 pm
This is really funny. I found this about Blessitt on a web site devoted to strange record albums.
http://blackgemrecords.com/gallery/v/forsale-bydate/07february13/blessitt.jpg.html
December 10th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
You have to admit Blessit looks cool in his earlier days. You could insert him in a hippie band like The Steve Miller band and he would look right at home. I was researching this guy. At first I thought that he was just a loner type guy that walked around with a cross but he has a whole history that goes way back to the hippy days. There is a big divide it seems between “people of faith” and those who use the scientific method of dealing with reality. If you research a lot of the Christian leaders they say they have heard voices, seen Christ walking on water (Blessit said that). It is almost like they are tripping on some powerful drugs although they dont use drugs. I think that is why they tend to end up around druggies, rehabilitating or witnessing to them; they are almost on the same level of consciousness as those using powerful mind altering drugs. I do think a lot of people see “Jesus Freaks” or other religious types as mentally ill, but you dont see anyone committing someone who drives a nice car, lives in a nice home, and just happens to say that God is constantly telling them what to do. The commitment comes to someone who is ranting or urinating on the sidewalk. The rational approach to reality has its place but if I was honest (and if you examine your whole life) I would have to admit I have seen some paranormal things.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Hello Steve,
The rational approach to reality has its place but if I was honest (and if you examine your whole life) I would have to admit I have seen some paranormal things.
I have not seen anything paranormal in my entire life. My guess is that you actually have not either. I am sure that you have seen inexplicable things. But to assume a paranormal explanation when no natural one is available is to depart from reliable logical inference.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Ey yall stop talking bout this dude for I knock yall teeth out yall gone end up in hell!
December 15th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Aaaahhh. Just like Jesus would do. Because, you know, he spent a lot of time knocking people’s teeth out.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Howdy all,
I always wonder exactly how people that make these king of threats…
“Ey yall stop talking bout this dude for I knock yall teeth out yall gone end up in hell!”
Actually intend on carrying them out.
Cheers
Simon Bond
January 21st, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Question:How did Arthur Blessitt get into foriegn countries across their borders (was it money or passports or a visa?) and caring a 12 foot cross as well. answer the question please.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Howdy all,
“Question:How did Arthur Blessitt get into foriegn countries across their borders (was it money or passports or a visa?) and caring a 12 foot cross as well. answer the question please.”
I have no idea of the exact specifics. I think it would be likely it was a bit of all that you have mentioned and more.
Cheers
Simon Bond
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 am
Here is a very small part of Arthurs Blessitts mission trip through the jungle.( I can only carry a few tracts, a few Bibles. It is just me, the cross and the power of God. Surely, it must look like a prophet out of the Old Testament coming through.
I ran out of water today and ate the last can of food for breakfast. Must live by grace, where I sleep, where I drink, what I eat; I must depend on Jesus for strength to climb the next hill; for His safety not to slide down the ravines and stick a spike in my body. I must trust Him to give me balance as I walk a log with the cross over a 20 foot ravine; I must trust Him to restrain the snakes, the Bushmaster and the Fur-de-lance.. .both deadly…. as I walk through tall grass and climb over logs.
I must trust Him that the water is not diseased, that I get a guide, that I don’t have an accident, that the cross doesn’t break or the wheel. Back to the simple-it must be God, for my Spanish isn’t good enough to save anyone and most of the Indians don’t speak it anyway. It is all through Jesus. No great story appeal or the right moment for the altar call… no great sermons.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Good point, I can imagine quite a few countries that wouldn’t be very happy to have someone lug a 12-ft wooden cross through their country. And for my work I’ve noticed it can be difficult enough getting a visa for some of those countrie without huge signs of your ignor… I mean your relgion.
March 8th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
If sidfaiwu ever checks this posting site here is a reply of sorts. You can get a good laugh from this or point out my superstition but here is one example I can refer to. I was working on my computer and writing a letter to I believe Alan Dershowitz saying I agree with something he said in reference to religion and atheism. All of the sudden tremendous winds came up and almost knocked my air conditioner out of the window, the banging sound was tremendous and had not happened before and hasnt happened since. I stopped writing the letter and the winds stopped. Ok, you can say I am a superstitious fool, but all I ask is that you pay a little bit of attention to extreme things that happen like major and tremendous weather events etc. Otherwise it seems to me that you would be like the Steve Martin character in one of his movies and he asks the portrait of his dead wife on the wall if he should get married again and the painting spins around crazily. Steve then asks , just one little sign thats all I ask, as if he hadnt seen a thing. Believe me, I like rationality but Im just saying some things cant be explained.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Hello Steve Brohan,
Thanks for the reply. I hope I didn’t give you reason to believe that I’d laugh at you based on what you wrote. I try my best to keep insults out of my comments. I will, however, point out where you may be reaching unjustified (rationally speaking) conclusions.
I have no reason to doubt the facts of your story. 1. You began writing a letter. 2. Then the wind blew strong causing other various effects. 3. You stopped writing. 4. Then the wind stopped blowing. I do have reason to doubt your interpretation of those events (this is were skeptics and believers usually disagree). You made the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. The wind picked up after you started typing and they stopped immediately after you stopped. Because the changes in weather happened after changes in your typing status, you presumed those changes were because of your changes. The problem is that temporal successions does not guarantee causation.
An alternative explanation is coincidence. The weather events and your letter are not related at all. A simple way to test this is simply to sit down and begin rewriting the letter. Does the wind pick up to unexpected levels again? If so, it’s time to do some controlled experiments since it may lead to new advances in climatology. If not, your letter-causes-wind hypothesis would seem in doubt.
Oh, I agree. But I’d like to say that not every odd event even has an explanation. I have no problem with not being able to explain some (many) things. What I do have an issue with is, when faced with an event with no apparent explanation, supernature is invoked. When “I don’t know” is substituted with “It must have been God/Satan/Angels/Demons/Krishna/Ghosts/Aliens/etc”, all possibilities open up. My guess is that you saw the wind as some kind of divine warning or reprimand for writing or supporting certain ideas. Another supernatural explanation of equal validity is that the Greek god Pan was playing a practical joke on you. Yet another would be that the spirits of your ancestors were keenly interested in and strongly support what you were writing. Thus, as you typed, they all rushed into your room through the AC unit to read over your shoulder. Yet another is that you were the subject of a psychological experiment performed by trans dimensional aliens. Once the supernatural is invoked, we lose the ability to objectively evaluate which supernatural explanation is correct.
I prefer to stick with “I don’t know”.
March 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Wow. I think I have found the perfect candidate for our next anti-satllite missile technology test . . . We could even make a game from it and call it “Faith Invaders.” ;)
March 13th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I like how the “Lord, Liar, or Lunatic” formula got simplified in this comments thread to “Liar or Lunatic?”. Very neat and tidy. :)
May 19th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I’ve read Arthur’s bio. This guy has lead an extremely exciting and fulfilling life. You can’t believe the things he’s done. I get a sense that he’s for real–he loves God and he spreads the love of Jesus to people. I have a picture of him in a bar in Ireland talking to them about Jesus that is so cool. Think the picture was taken in the early 70’s. Billy Grahm is standing beside him. He looks so alive and full of God. I personally like him–wish you could see what I see in him, which is Jesus. But if you don’t i don’t condemn you. Hope your life is fulfilling too!!
June 13th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
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June 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Arthur also left his wife with whom he had seven children, one with mental challenges. He met an english woman on his walks for god when he was 49 and she was 29 and had an affair, and the next thing good old god was telling him to divorce Sherry and marry Denise so they could travel the world over carrying the cross and sharing jesus(and a few other things, wink wink). Does anyone else feel like puking? As long as stoooopid people keep supporting these lying cons, they deserve what they get. BTW sheep are among the stupidest animals on the planet so why do you think the ‘believers’ are called sheep? They certainly go forth to the fleecing each week following a ’shepherd’ who is a liar and thief.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
“Anonymous Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 9:15 am
FYI - NO, Arthur Blessitt is NOT “doing it for the money and publicity.†A famous minister, in one of his books, relates that Arthur Blessitt is an indefatigable, zealous and sincere person whose motive is to bring people to Jesus Christ.
He will approach any “lost soul†and tell them about Jesus, tirelessly working to save souls.
Please do not ridicule this man!”
LOL, if you believe what you wrote, I have a good wooden cross for sale it was only used once and at the bottom the previous owner wrote “Jesus was here”! You need to get into reality. Jesus is a myth and so are the bible stories. Most people know that now, but your preacher makes a living by keeping the lie alive and people like you blind! Get a clue!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
“Anonymous Says:
June 14th, 2007 at 9:15 am
FYI - NO, Arthur Blessitt is NOT “doing it for the money and publicity.†A famous minister, in one of his books, relates that Arthur Blessitt is an indefatigable, zealous and sincere person whose motive is to bring people to Jesus Christ.
He will approach any “lost soul†and tell them about Jesus, tirelessly working to save souls.
Please do not ridicule this man!â€
A famous minister! Who the hell cares what some dipshit paid preacher wrote? You are a fucking idiot. ALL preachers and evangelists are liars and you are full of pious stupidity.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I think what this man is doing is incredible. I really do hope that those of you that have posted that don’t believe in the Lord will one day receive His salvation and His love into your life. One day our life will be over, and we will spend eternity in heaven or hell. I know that it’s easy to go the way of the world, but I wish you could experience the love God has for you. The world is so full of His beautiful creations. Each day when you look in the mirror you see one of His most precious creations. The Bible says that before you were in your mother’s womb, He knew you. That amazes me because knowing how awful we can be to one another; He died on the cross for our sin. God bless you….
October 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
It’s a compliment for a Christian to be deemed a Jesus freak. It’s odd that some think they are slinging an insult by calling Christians Jesus freaks when they are in fact bringing us great joy that our zeal and faith and joy and knowledge is evident to people who don’t know Jesus. At a rally a few years back, many people wore t-shirts with “Jesus Freak” written on it. If you’re hoping to insult Arthur Blessitt by calling him a Jesus freak, I’m sorry, but you’ve handed him a wonderful compliment which is similar to shaking his hand and telling him he’s doing a wonderful job as a representative of Jesus Christ.
October 29th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
I don’t care if he takes it a badge of honor to be called a “chicken-fucker.” Sane people still get the implied message of the title being derogatory in nature. Now, do me a favor and make “the noise,” (pop). That would be your head coming out of your “aft opening.”
November 1st, 2008 at 3:22 pm
First-Class post.Follow up the avid work,You must definitely have to keep updating your site
November 27th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I don’t understand why everyone hates Christians so much–you don’t see some movement to put down Budhist or something. I mean if some Budhist decided to carry a statue around the world everyone would be like Yeah! and Cool! No one would be talking about how stupid we are as a human race…want to talk about stupid look at what we preoccupy our time with Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton and what is on T.V.–we pay our rock stars more than our politicians and our teachers–look where our priorities are as a nation? so who cares if a guy carries a cross around the world what bothers folks is not what he is doing it is what he is carrying…b/c you have to admire him for his passion.
Really if y’all are so much for acceptance of others…from a secular standpoint you need to a.) realize this guy really believes in Christ (you can feel the love in his heart for what he believes in-so what if you think he is crazy that should not be the point the point is doing what you love even if you are crazy–you find this theme in art and literature –but we don’t really believe that do we?Perhaps he is just a post modern Don Quixote or something?) b.) he is not hurting anyone at all–maybe some folks from other religions could follow along with their representation of what we as a nation really believe in that is so important ie. someone could follow along with some sports icons, maybe the latest american idol or America’s top model–that would be important right? c.) you have to admire his devotion in our fast paced society he is actually committed to and doing something (that alone should speak volumes) even if you don’t agree with Christianity.
I am a Christian—not b/c of religion which is very messed up…but b/c i had a personal encounter with Jesus that changed my life..how could i (finite) comprehend the infinite if i could would i really want to believe in it? all i know is when you fall in love you can’t always explain it…that is how it feels when you meet Christ it is not logic or reason just as love is not logic or reason —it is a life changing thing…the cross was never a message of “burn in hell” hell was created for the devil and his angels we were not meant for hell or pain or anything THE CROSS IS A MESSAGE OF LOVE –EVERY REAL BELIEVER KNOWS THAT—WHY WOULD TAKING A SYMBOL OF LOVE AROUND THE WORLD AND EVEN “TO THE HEAVENS” BE A BAD THING? what i feel is a reasonable question with respect to all y’all is what really bothers you about it? B/c want to throw the “hypocrisy”thing out there (which i am not going to lie there are many a labeled christian who does not reflect what they say they believe in the ole b i b l e) but to be fair while y’all are watching south park and jack ?ss and all those other shows (and you don’t think an alien race could see what you are doing just a symbol of a wooden cross but with their higher technology they could not see the lives we live every day half awake and half asleep but always in hypocrisy?) let us be fair here that is all i am saying—-unless you personally believe in an alien race that has the higher technology to see the cross but not the lives we live from day to day…if there are aliens out there they are probably watching right now…and all our religions might be worthless to them if you believe that sort of thing–don’t you think that they would at least admire this guy for what he believes in?
November 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
i just wanted to add he is as Sysophys - just a repeat of existentialism
look at it that way –if you say you are a logical people
and you have no passion no faith no love for anything –just see it as a push against the mundane struggle of existence and the mediocrity that is life w/o faith life w/o passion
what is the point?
November 28th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Jesus came out and departed from the temple. His disciples came to him to show Him the building of the temple how it was adorned with beautiful stones and decorations. One of His two disciples said
“Teacher see what manner of stones!” “What buildings are here!”
Jesus said “Do you not see all these things, these great buildings. I say to you not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately.
“Tell us when will these things be? And what will be the signs of your coming and the end of the world?”
“Take heed that you be not deceived. For many will come in My name saying ‘I am He, I am the Christ’ and will deceive many.”
“The time has drawn near. Therefore do not follow after them.
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars and commotion’s do not be terrified; all things must come to pass but the end is not yet.
Nation will rise against nation,
Kingdom against kingdom,
There will be pestilence’s,
Earthquakes,
Troubles,
Fearful sights.
Great signs from heaven.
These are the beginnings of sorrows (birth pangs)
Before all these things,
Watch out for yourselves! They will lay hands on you,
They will deliver you up to tribulation,
Persecute you
Kill you.
They will deliver you up to synagogues, councils and prisons.
You will be beaten in synagogues.
You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake for a testimony against them.
When arrested do not worry what you will speak. Do not plan your defense. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which your adversaries cannot withstand. It is not you but the Holy Spirit who will speak.
You will be betrayed by parents, relatives and friends!
Brother will betray brother to death.
Father will betray child to death.
Children will rise up against parents causing them to be put to death.
They will send some of you to your death.
You will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
Then many will be offended, betray one another and will hate one another.
But not a hair of your head shall be lost!
He who endures to the end shall be saved. In your patience possess your souls.
Then many false prophets will rise up to deceive many. Lawlessness will abound. The love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
This gospel of the kingdom will be preached to all the world as a witness to all nations, then the end will come.
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies the desolation is near, therefore when you see the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, those on the housetop take nothing out of the house.
Let those in the field not go back to the house for clothes.
Woe to those who are pregnant, those who are nursing babies, pray that your flight may not be in winter, or on the Sabbath.
Those in Jerusalem depart.
Those outside do not enter.
These are the days of vengeance that all things which are written may be fulfilled. For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be led away captive into all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by gentiles until the time of the gentiles are fulfilled.
For in those days there will be tribulation such as has not been from the beginning of creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
Then should anyone say to you
‘Look, here is the Christ! Look, He is there!’
Do not believe it.
For false Christ’s and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible even the elect. (chosen ones)
Take heed, see I have told you all things beforehand.
Therefore if they say to you
‘Look, he is in the desert!’
Do not go out. Or
‘Look, he is in the inter rooms!’
Do not believe it.
For as the lighting comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
For wherever the carcass is there the eagles will be gathered together.
Immediately after the tribulation
the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not give its light,
stars will fall from heaven for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, in the stars and on earth distress of nations, with perplexity the seas and waves roaring;
Peoples hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn.
Then they will see the Son of Man coming on (in) the clouds of heaven with great power and great glory.
He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will gather together His elect (chosen ones) from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
Now when these things began to happen,
Look up! Lift up your heads! Because your salvation draws near!
Look at the fig tree and all the trees when they are budding and putting forth leaves.
You know for yourselves that summer is now near.
So you likewise, when you see these things happening, know that He, the kingdom of God is near, at the very door.
Assuredly I say to you this generation will by no means pass away till all things are fulfilled, till all these things take place.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only My Father.
Take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighted down with carousing, drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watch therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man.
Take heed, watch and pray for you do not know when the time is.
It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming;
In the evening? At midnight? At the crowing of the rooster? Or in the morning?
Lest, suddenly, he find you sleeping!
What I say to you, I say to all:
Watch!
As the days of Noah were, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man.
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the art, and did not know until the flood came and took the all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming’, and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
And at midnight a cry was heard: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him! Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out’. But the wise answered, saying ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves’.
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’
But he answered and said ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled the accounts with them.
So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them’. His lord said to him, ‘Well, done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord’.
He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look , I have gained two more talents besides them.’
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord’.
Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not won, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours’.
But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
Therefore you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
All the nations will be gathered before Him, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.
Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?
When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?
And the King will answer and say to them ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me’.
Then He will also say to those of the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.
Then they also will answer Him saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
Then He will answer them, saying ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Matthew 24:3 to 25:46
Mark 13:1-37
Luke 21:7-36
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, ‘which’ He said, ‘you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, ‘Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’
And He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven”.
Acts 1:6-11
How to Pray
Prayer
My mother taught me to pray as a child. I have been praying all my life but this is only the second time I have ever brought a message about prayer. I have been praying prayers of blessings for people as I have carried the cross around the world and in every nation. Praying for crowds of people but mostly with individuals as we pray beside the cross. Also in the homes where we eat or spend the night I pray prayers of blessings. See Luke 10.
*Jesus prayer: ‘Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner’.
*I read the words of Jesus (written in Red in my Bible) before I go to sleep.
*Jesus, Jesus, Jesus as I walk to the rhythm of my steps.
*God said to me: “Lay face down and pray and I will tell you what to do. You become nothing and I will be everything.”
*Not just a good idea, but do exactly what God says to do.
*Jesus speaks to me then I go live it!
*I love walking and talking with Jesus.
*Luke 18:1 Almost all the time I write this scripture under my name.
*Want to get my desire lined up with the will of God and ask the Holy Spirit what I should pray for.
Prayers of Blessings
*Old Testament Blessings:
*King David blessed his household 1 Kings 8:55
*King Solomon blessed the people
*Heb 11:20-21 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
*Heb 7:1 “For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him”
*Numbers 6:22-27
“And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
The Lore make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them”.
*Even Jesus was blessed as a Baby: Luke 2:28-34 “Took Jesus in his arms” “Blessed Them”
*Jesus: Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that despitefully use you. Luke 6:28
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Romans 12:14
*Jesus blessed the children:
Matt 19:13-15 “Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.”
Mark 10:13-16 “Then they brought young children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” 16 And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.
*Jesus blessed the food:
Matt 26:26-27 “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples…. Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them….”
Mark 8:6-8 “He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. So they ate and were filled.
Mark 8:7-8 “They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. So they ate and were filled.”
NKJV
*Jesus blessed others in so many cases I will not go into it but just remind you that He did!
*Authority:
Matt 18:18-20
I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father, which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
*Anointing and Laying on of Hands:
Acts 6:6-7 “whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.” 2 Tim 1:6 “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.”
*Prayer for sick: James 5:14-16 “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
Do you know the last thing Jesus did before He ascended up into heaven?
Luke 24:50-53
He led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
*Let me now Pray some Prayers for you!
Prayer for Healing
Prayer for Anointing and empowering
Prayer of Blessings
Prayer of Salvation
In the New Testament from Romans through Revelation, There are 22 books. All but 2, James and 1 John, begin and end with blessings! Hebrews only ends with blessings. That is 20 of 22 books that pronounce blessings!
Romans 1:7 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans 16:24 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
1 Corinthians 1:3 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 16:23-24 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”
My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 Corinthians 1:2-3 “Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 13:11-14 “The God of love and peace shall be with you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”
Galatians 1:3 “Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Galatians 6:16-18 “As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.”
Ephesians 1:2-3 “Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:23-24 “Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.”
Philippians 1:2 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Philippians 4:23 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
Colossians 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 4:18 Grace be with you. Amen.
1Thessalonians 1:1 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Thessalonians 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.”
II Thessalonians 1:2 “Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
II Thessalonians 3:18 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
1 Timothy 1:2 “Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.”
1 Timothy 6:21 “Grace be with thee. Amen.”
2 Timothy 1:2 “Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”
2 Timothy 4:22 “The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.”
Titus 1:4 “Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
Titus 3:15 “Grace be with you all. Amen.”
Philemon 1:3 “Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Philemon 1:25 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.”
Hebrews 13:20-21 “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen”
Hebrews 13:25 “Grace be with you all. Amen.”
1 Peter 1:2-3 “Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”
1 Peter 5:10-11 “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.”
1 Peter 5:14 “Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.”
2 Peter 1:2 “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.”
2 Peter 3:18 “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
2 John 1:3 “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
3 John 1:2 “Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
3 John 1:14 “Peace be to thee.”
Jude 1:2 “Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.”
Jude 1:24-25 “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
Revelation 1:3 “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written.”
Revelation 22:21 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
You now can pray prayers for your:
Children
Wife
Husband
Extended family
Friends
For the sick
For others to be blessed and prosper
God Has YOU! No one else is where You are. Start now!
“The Prayer of Blessing”
“The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His Face to Shine upon you and give you His Peace. May His Goodness and Mercy follow you all the Days of your life and may you dwell in the House of the Lord Forever. May He guide your going out and your coming in, from this time forth and for evermore. May He keep You safe in the Palm of His Hand. May He prosper you in all your ways, physically, financially, relationally both with God and with others. Now May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. May the Lord make you a blessing to others and a reflection of Jesus in every way as You serve Him. May He purify your heart and mind and lead you in His way everlasting.”
“Prayer for Healing”
Dear God, you made this person and you know all their needs. You have the Power to make them whole in every way. Please touch their body, take out everything that should not be there and put in them everything that makes them healthy and whole. In Jesus Name I ask you to heal them. As your Word says “By your stripes I am healed”. May they rest in that promise. May your will be done in their life as it is in heaven. Take your Holy eraser and cleanse their heart and mind from past hurts and pains. Set them free! Loose them from greed, anger, vengeance, bitterness and every bondage. Lord as your Word says; “Give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. You are their strength and deliverer. In Jesus Name I pray.”
“Prayer of Anointing and empowering”
Dear God, I pray for this person. May You anoint them in the power and fire of the Holy Spirit. May they see the world through Your eyes and be moved to minister to others in the power of the Holy Spirit. You Lord, commanded us to go into all the world and preach the gospel. Put Your words in their mouth, put Your love in their heart. Guide them in all things, grant your safety as they go. Station your angels around them and cover them with the blood of Jesus. Fill them with the fruits of your Spirit and may their heart be full of love and compassion. Take out everything that does not look like Jesus and put in everything that looks like Jesus. May Jesus anoint you as He said “As My Father has sent Me, so send I you!” And now in the name of Jesus. Go! Go! Go!
You can pray! God, the maker of heaven and earth wants to talk with YOU. The God who made you wants to communicate with you. But there is a problem! Sin! The Bible, the Word of God says “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” No one is as perfect as Jesus. I have sinned, you have sinned and our sins, the Bible says separates us from God. We have broken the laws of God. But God sent Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary, He lived without sin to die on the cross for our sins. He paid what we deserve. At the cross the worst of man met the best of God. There is hope and good news. Jesus died on the cross and was buried. On the third day Jesus rose again, then ascended into Heaven and is ready to hear your prayer. Through His Blood shed on the cross your sins can be forgiven and washed away and you can have peace with God. Jesus is calling. Anyone can pray, anywhere, anytime. YOU can start right now!
“The Prayer of Salvation”!
The greatest prayer blessing is to Know God…personally. Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except by me.” Invite Jesus into your life now as you pray this prayer, repeat it after me.
“Dear God, as best as I know how I give you my life. I know I have sinned. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner and save me. I believe in and want to be a follower of Jesus. I repent of my sins and welcome Jesus into my heart and life. I believe you lived without sin and died on the cross for my sins and arose from the dead and ascended unto the Father. Write my name in your Book and make my home in Heaven. Help me to love everyone and I forgive everyone. I welcome the Holy Spirit into my life. I am not ashamed of Jesus. Thank you Lord for hearing my prayer and saving my soul. In Jesus Name I pray.”
Jesus heard your prayer and is with you now and forever. Thank Him now in your own words. Read the Bible and pray daily. Get in fellowship with other followers of Jesus and tell them about Him.
Now keep praying. God delights in You!
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Share Jesus Everywhere
How to Witness at Home and Anywhere!
It is life’s most blessed experience “Knowing Jesus” as Savior and Lord, and following Him for the Glory of God.
A natural part of following Jesus is to live in His life and way. We seek to obey His commands and express His desire. Jesus came “to seek and to save those who are lost”. Luke 19:10
Sharing Jesus with others, or witnessing is to be an overflow of love and expression from a life now in Christ. It is to be a natural, joyful and powerful part of each believer’s life.
May these tips help you to be a consistent, effective and fruitful witness of Jesus. Pray and start now! The harvest is ripe! Fear not be creative and Spirit Led.
Jesus said, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest”. Matthew 9:37-38. “I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!” John 4:35
God’s power to change lives
“Therefore if any person be in Christ, they are a new creation, old things are passed away, behold all things have become new”. 2 Corinthians 5:17
• God can save anyone
• God can save through anyone (you and me)
• Be bold, loving, humble and enthusiastic
• Witnessing is worth the sacrifice
• God’s power to save is worldwide, anyone, anytime, anyplace
• Look for God’s potential in every person
Home Witness!
1. Telephone:
• Put a Jesus witness message on your answer phone.
• Phone every one in your phone book for a witness (you might get others to help you on this taking a page or two each.
• Witness to every phone solicitor that calls you.
• Share your testimony with your friends and family and have prayer for them then lead them in a prayer having them repeat after you.
• Answer your phone with a witness like “God bless you, this is __________.” Or something like it. This will start every conversation with a witness.
2. Gospel tracts and Jesus stickers: (Gospel tracts are small papers with scriptures and information on how to know Jesus as Savior. Jesus stickers are small round stick on labels that say ‘Smile God loves you’ etc.)
• Put Gospel tracts in all your bills!
• Insert tracts on all ‘postage will be paid by’ junk mail envelopes that come to your home.
• Stick Jesus stickers on all junk mail postcards.
• You could mail gospel tracts to every one in your neighborhood or city using the phone book for addresses.
• Have a ‘tract rack’ at the door to give materials to every sales person that arrives at your door.
• Put a tract or sticker in all your letters.
3. Invite friends and family to your home for dinner and fellowship and share a witness and prayer.
4. Witness to ever repair and service person that comes to your home.
5. Use your computer and Internet connection as a worldwide witness station. You can share Jesus with people around the world.
Car!
• Put gospel tracts in the cigarette ashtray to give out at tollbooths.
• When you stop at drive in food places give a tract with your money and a Jesus greeting.
• Hand a tract to gas station attendant when you pay.
• Lay a tract in the rest room when you use it.
• Sometimes I get so excited I unroll some of the toilet tissue and stick a Jesus sticker about every foot as I roll it back up!
• Use your car to pick up needy, sick or aged people and take them shopping or touring or to church.
• Volunteer your car at church to pick up people needing a ride.
Neighborhood!
• Put Gospel material in:
o Convenience stories
o Gas stations
o Laundromats
o Newsstands
o Phone Boxes
o Restaurants
o Fast Food restaurants
o Bowling alleys
o Ball Games
o Music Festivals
o Flea Markets
o Garage sales
o Medical office
• Have your own Garage sale and give gospel material to everyone.
• Set up your own booth at a flea market and give out the gospel.
• Had out a tract or sticker when you buy something at a shop anywhere.
• Tack a tract on the bulletin board at the supermarket or superstore (almost all have a community bulletin board.
• Put gospel material in small tract racks and put them in hospital waiting rooms and even hotel lobbies or other public places.
• Organize church outreach to the streets of your city.
• Witness in your school, college and job.
• Door to door in your neighborhood.
• Take a group and go witness in large sports and music gatherings.
• Share Jesus in bars and nightclubs.
• Be a witness in your civic club or sports team.
How to share Jesus
Seek to be led by the Holy Spirit. The message is more important than the method. There is nothing that is essential for bringing someone to Christ except the conveying of the knowledge of Christ to them in whatever manner you can. Convicting and saving them is the work of the Holy Spirit. That’s why we call witnessing “sharing Jesus Christ”. You don’t have to have a gospel tract in order to lead a person to Jesus. You don’t have to have a Jesus sticker to be a witness. You don’t even have to have the Bible in your hand. All you really need is Jesus in your heart. You must keep reminding yourself that it’s not the technique or the material that leads a person to Christ.
Leading a person to Christ is leading a person to Christ. It is not teaching him about the latest Christian fad. It is not telling him all the ways in which you think his life needs to change. You need to discipline yourself to focus on your one purpose - you want to lead them to Christ.
The Big Question
When I give one of these tracts to a person, I smile and say, “I’d like to give you this”. “Do you know what the big question is?” Then, tell him. “If you had died the minute you started to read this, do you have the assurance that you would be in heaven?”
Most people respond to the big question by admitting that they don’t know. Some people will say, “I hope so,” or “Well, I want to”. Very few will say, “Yes, I know if I died I’d go to heaven.” If the person says, “Yes, I do have the assurance that I’d go to heaven,” then I prod them in a kindly way. “How do you know that you would spend eternity with God - If you died right now? What do you base that on?” I encourage the person to look at the tract as you read from it or your Bible. I like to use the Bible so the person sees it comes directly from the Word of God.
1. “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”. Romans 3:23
Then tell the person that you are a sinner, they are a sinner and that we have all come short of the life of Jesus. Then share this in love and not judgment. Each of us has an impure heart. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”
Matthew 5:8. How do we have this pure heart?
2. “The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. Romans 6:23. There is a consequence to sin, separation from God. Our sins separate us from God. God’s gift to us; Jesus who died on the cross for our sins, was buried, arose and ascended into heaven is able to cleanse our heart and give us eternal life.
3. “God gave His love to us while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”. Romans 5:8.
God did something about our condition, He gave Jesus. Then I share about the life and person of Jesus. Be sure to tell of His life and works and mission. Let them fall in love with Jesus.
4. “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. Romans 10:13. I tell the person that they can now call upon the name of Jesus and be saved. The time is now. God desires them in His family. You can explain more of His call and desire to hear and welcome that person to have eternal life and to be a true follower of Jesus.
Most of the time I now ask the person to let me pray for them. Many people cannot remember anyone personally praying for them. Pray for them, not your problems or the world’s. When you finish your prayer simply say to them “I would like to lead you in a prayer to God that you may know Him and be a follower of Jesus and have eternal life”. Then ask the person to say the prayer out loud and repeat it after you.
“Dear God as best as I know how I give my life to you. I believe Jesus died on the cross for me, arose again and ascended to the Father. I repent of my sins and trust Jesus to cleanse me, come into my life and save me. I want to believe in and be a follower of Jesus. Please fill me with the Holy Spirit and your love. Make me a home in heaven and write my name in Your book. I am not ashamed of Jesus! Thank you Lord, in Jesus name I pray.”
I now encourage the person in what God has done for them. It would be good now to read to them the booklet “The New Life”. Help then now to know what has happened, and who they are in Christ. Follow then up in person, by e-mail, phone or mail.
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These are only a few tips and of course not complete. The best way of witness is to study the life of Jesus and the book of Acts then go out and live it. May all glory be to God! Follow Jesus!
Be filled with the Holy Spirit!
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Now Go In Jesus Name!
The Harvest is Ripe.
Pilgrim followers of Jesus,
Arthur and Denise Blessitt
Luke 18:1
The nations of the world are open I know I’ve been there in every one carrying a 12 foot cross and sharing Jesus.
1. Jesus has come to live within your heart
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me”. Revelation 3:20.
When you open the door (your will) Jesus comes into your heart to stay. This is a personal relationship with God. You can come to Him with every need and receive certain victory. The One who has made us now comes to live within us.
2. Your sins are forgiven
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:7-9.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
The Bible teaches when we repent of our sins the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin. To repent means that we turn our backs upon the old way, to put our trust in Jesus and desire to live for Him from now on. When we repent and ask forgiveness our sins are gone. God forgives us — this is good news. Other people may remember but God erases your past.
3. You are saved
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame”. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. Romans 10:9- 13
To be saved means that we have been delivered form spiritual death through faith in Jesus Christ. Sin separates us from God, but Jesus bore our sins on the cross and paid the eternal penalty for our sins. When we receive Jesus we are saved from the penalty of sin which is eternal separation from God, we are being saved daily from the power of Satan and one day in heaven we will be completely saved from the presence of Satan and sin.
4. You have received eternal life
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Before you receive Christ the Bible declares you to be spiritually dead, but now in Christ you are spiritually alive. Not a temporary life in Jesus, but an eternal relationship with Him. He will be with you every moment from now on. He has promised never to leave or forsake us.
5. You are now the Child of God
But as many as received Him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name. John 1:12
Now therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19
Through faith in Jesus Christ you are now in the family of God, you are the object of God’s love and can be sure that your relationship with Him is close, personal and intimate. As a father would love his children and care for them so even God our Father now loves and cares for us.
6. The Holy Spirit abides within you.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy spirit who is in you, who you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them, and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people”. 2 Corinthians 6:16
God has revealed Himself to us as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He comes to live within us at the moment of conversion and makes our body His dwelling place. Through the Holy Spirit the fruits of the Spirit-filled life (But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self- control. Against such there is no law. Galations 5:22-23) can become a living reality.
7. You have become a new person.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
Many times people call their new birth in Jesus their ‘new birthday’. Inwardly we have become a new person. Things are changed. Jesus Christ changes the heart. The outward actions of our life then become different. God’s Spirit lives and abides within us.
8. Your relationship with other people has changed.
We forgive others as we expect God to forgive us.
Walk in a forgiving relationship to others.
Forgiveness is a mark of a true follower of Jesus
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:12
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses”. Matthew 11:25- 26
We now love other people as we know God loves us. We should be willing to share the material things that God has blessed us with. We should be concerned about the whole of a person - body, mind and soul - and should seek in every way to meet the needs of others.
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love on another, not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:11- 24.
We seek to lead others to Jesus as we share what God has done for us. This is a witness to every person we meet to seek for them the life of Christ.
Be Filled with the Spirit
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
When we are saved the Holy Spirit comes to live within us, yet often we are not fully in the control of God’s Spirit. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is a moment by moment walk. When you realize that any attitude or action is not of God then, at that moment, repent, ask God’s cleansing and have Him refill you with the fullness of His Spirit. We are filled with His Spirit when we repent of all sin, yield our life to His control and by faith ask to be filled with His Spirit. It is vital for your life to be filled moment by moment with His Spirit. You, as a new person in Jesus Christ, have begun life’s greatest adventure.
What to do Now!
1. Pray Daily.
Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. Luke 18:1
Prayer is a moment by moment relationship with God. You can pray at any time, at any place. As we share every need of our life with God in prayer we can know that He hears us. Prayer is also being open for God to speak to our life. It is in this most personal way through prayer that we grow spiritually day by day.
2. Read the Bible Daily.
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things are so. Acts 17:11
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:2
Jesus said “Man cannot live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God”. We need to eat the spiritual food of God’s word daily, to study His word and be obedient to His commandments.
3. Witness for Christ Daily
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. Acts 5:42
Prayer and reading our Bible daily is to strengthen us and help enable us to bear witness of Jesus to others. We should seek to witness for Jesus to every person we meet wherever we are. We should not be fearful or timid, but we should be loving and open as we tell others of Jesus. We are saved to share our faith not simply to wait until Jesus comes to receive us. Our commission is to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every person.
4. Confess Christ Openly and Be Baptized.
Therefore whoever confesses Me before me, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 10:32
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen. Matthew 28: 19-20.
Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. Acts 2:41
Jesus always calls His disciples openly to follow Him. We are not to be secret disciples but open witnesses. Therefore Jesus has asked us to confess Him openly and follow Him in baptism after we have put our faith in Him as Savior. Jesus was baptized in water. He commands us to be baptized and early followers followed His commandment. Baptism does not wash away our sin but it is an open testimony that we have died to one way of life to live a new life with Jesus.
5. Attend Church where the Bible is preached and Christ is honored.
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:25
Every follower should be in fellowship with other believers praying, singing, worshipping, studying the Bible, following Christ’s commandments and seeking to preach the gospel of salvation to other people and minister to all the needs of our fellow man. It is vital that we assemble ourselves together with others to grow spiritually and help others. This fellowship can be found in many Churches and also often in small Bible Study and Prayer Groups in some friend’s home.
6. Keep Christ’s Commandments.
If you love Me, keep My commandments. John 14:15
Jesus said if we love Him we will keep his commandments. We obey the commandments of the Bible because we want to. A person that loves Jesus desires to be obedient to His will and accepts that the way the Bible has asked us to live is right and proper for us. Therefore we seek daily to walk as He has asked us to walk.
I challenge you to let Jesus fill you life and to seek to walk in His will. The coming of the Lord draws near. May we bear effective witness of Him until that moment when we shall stand in His presence in Heaven.
It is a joy to have you as a new brother or sister in Christ Jesus. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit fill you and strengthen you in Jesus’ Name.
Arthur and Denise Blessitt
Luke 18:1
That men always ought
to pray and not to faint
Further helpful Scriptures
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God. Ephesians 5:18-20
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw I me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Nevertheless you have done well that you shared in my distress. Now you Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning giving and receiving but you only. For even in Thessalonica you send aid once and again for my necessities. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account. Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. Philippians 4:4- 20
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19
Abstain from every form of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified, just as it is with you. 2 Thessalonians 3:1
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4:2
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. James 5:8
Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment. 2 Peter 2:9
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
November 28th, 2008 at 6:50 am
1. Jesus has come to live within your heart
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me”. Revelation 3:20.
When you open the door (your will) Jesus comes into your heart to stay. This is a personal relationship with God. You can come to Him with every need and receive certain victory. The One who has made us now comes to live within us.
2. Your sins are forgiven
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:7-9.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9
The Bible teaches when we repent of our sins the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin. To repent means that we turn our backs upon the old way, to put our trust in Jesus and desire to live for Him from now on. When we repent and ask forgiveness our sins are gone. God forgives us — this is good news. Other people may remember but God erases your past.
3. You are saved
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame”. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. Romans 10:9- 13
To be saved means that we have been delivered form spiritual death through faith in Jesus Christ. Sin separates us from God, but Jesus bore our sins on the cross and paid the eternal penalty for our sins. When we receive Jesus we are saved from the penalty of sin which is eternal separation from God, we are being saved daily from the power of Satan and one day in heaven we will be completely saved from the presence of Satan and sin.
4. You have received eternal life
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Before you receive Christ the Bible declares you to be spiritually dead, but now in Christ you are spiritually alive. Not a temporary life in Jesus, but an eternal relationship with Him. He will be with you every moment from now on. He has promised never to leave or forsake us.
5. You are now the Child of God
But as many as received Him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name. John 1:12
Now therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19
Through faith in Jesus Christ you are now in the family of God, you are the object of God’s love and can be sure that your relationship with Him is close, personal and intimate. As a father would love his children and care for them so even God our Father now loves and cares for us.
6. The Holy Spirit abides within you.
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy spirit who is in you, who you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them, and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people”. 2 Corinthians 6:16
God has revealed Himself to us as God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He comes to live within us at the moment of conversion and makes our body His dwelling place. Through the Holy Spirit the fruits of the Spirit-filled life (But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self- control. Against such there is no law. Galations 5:22-23) can become a living reality.
7. You have become a new person.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
Many times people call their new birth in Jesus their ‘new birthday’. Inwardly we have become a new person. Things are changed. Jesus Christ changes the heart. The outward actions of our life then become different. God’s Spirit lives and abides within us.
8. Your relationship with other people has changed.
We forgive others as we expect God to forgive us.
Walk in a forgiving relationship to others.
Forgiveness is a mark of a true follower of Jesus
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:12
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses”. Matthew 11:25- 26
We now love other people as we know God loves us. We should be willing to share the material things that God has blessed us with. We should be concerned about the whole of a person - body, mind and soul - and should seek in every way to meet the needs of others.
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love on another, not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:11- 24.
We seek to lead others to Jesus as we share what God has done for us. This is a witness to every person we meet to seek for them the life of Christ.
Be Filled with the Spirit
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
When we are saved the Holy Spirit comes to live within us, yet often we are not fully in the control of God’s Spirit. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is a moment by moment walk. When you realize that any attitude or action is not of God then, at that moment, repent, ask God’s cleansing and have Him refill you with the fullness of His Spirit. We are filled with His Spirit when we repent of all sin, yield our life to His control and by faith ask to be filled with His Spirit. It is vital for your life to be filled moment by moment