There are two parts to being chosen for anything. You choose this awesome player for your team. Yay! But they reject your invitation to play. Do you leave that spot blank? No! You choose someone else! Then, they must accept the invitation to play to continue to be chosen. Someone is invited to a party. Awesome! Let’s party. That person must show up to enjoy the party as a chosen guest. And this is exactly what Jesus explains in Matthew…
You are loved! Be Loved! God calls you “Beloved” because He wants you to be loved by Him. Unless you receive His love for you, how can you freely give it to the world through your testimony? And there came a voice from heaven, [saying], Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Mark 1:11 KJV) Mark 1:11 is God talking about Jesus. 1 John 4:17 (below) says “as [Jesus] is, so are we in this world.”…
Those who mourn shall be comforted (Matthew 5:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:18)! “For me, to live is Christ, to die is gain (Philippians 1:21)!” Paul says that this is a personal statement for him. Is this a true statement for you? The last part of our purpose here on earth as described in Revelation 12:11 is to live courageously! Why? Because to die is gain! Heaven is better! And we have a choice! Comfort One Another (1 Thessalonians 5:9-11) Death is…
This website, youwillwantto.com is named after Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” So, how do I delight myself in the Lord? Practical Steps In a nutshell, do the following three things until all of your thoughts of the Lord are delightful!!! Read, Study, and Meditate Starting with the New Testament letters to the churches, you can begin to delight yourself in the Lord by consuming His Word. Philemon 1:6…
Revelation 12:9-12 gives us a wonderful description (or revealing) of this generation. I think this describes exactly what happened at the resurrection of Jesus! First, God cast out that old serpent. Then, He restored salvation, strength, and the kingdom to mankind on earth as it is in heaven. And finally, when the devil fell (Luke 10:18), he came down unto the inhabiters of the earth with great wrath because he knows that his days are numbered. This is Our Current…
If we could just get a revelation of the unconditional love of God toward us and then allow it to flow through us into, first, our closest family members, and then into the church, and finally into the world, WOW!!! Revival! Don’t Pass Over the Love of God But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and…
This post is an expansion of my reply to a question from a fellow disciple about “binding and loosing.” Those who truly fear the Lord, speak to one another often and think upon His name (Malachi 3:16). People who don’t fear the Lord, make up excuses why they “can’t” do His will and produce good fruit (Matthew 25:14-18, 19-24, 25-30). The simple fact that you are reading this, makes me think that you have included yourself in the “fear of…
How do you encourage someone who is in prison? Or any kind of bondage? I have a prison ministry right from my laptop in my recliner in my home office! Jesus said that we would do greater works (John 14:12). You Can Start A Prison Ministry Jesus has given each and every one of us the opportunity to be filled with His Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18) and the knowledge of Him (Colossians 1:9). Through technology, we can travel through time…
This is a funny story from November 17, 2021. Jesus IS hilarious and so much fun. He promises to be with His children always and to never leave them or forsake them (Hebrews 13:5). This includes all of His promises being yes and amen (2 Corinthians 1:20) for those of us who are in Christ Jesus! If He was able to put a hedge of protection around Job (Job 1:10) who was probably not included in any covenant with God,…
We can learn to abide among the wise and abhor evil by reading and meditating on the Proverbs daily. Isn’t it convenient that there is a chapter for every day of the month! Being a wife and mother, I read the second part of Proverbs 31 pretty often. See, God gives us the desires of our hearts. That is why we all really deep down desire to be the best! When we delight ourselves in Him, He brings those desires…