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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 11/17/2008 8:58:39 PM
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CherishedbyGod
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He Died for the Broken and Outcasts
~Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in~
Matthew 27: 3-7
Most, upon reading the stories of Jesus of Nazareth, agree that He walked and lived in a most extraordinary manner. One cannot help but be awed at the way He lived His life in reaching out to the sinners, the blind, the lepers and the dregs of society. Here was One Who was so kind to the hurting, the suffering and those that others looked down upon; those that were discarded or ignored by society. However was He this way only in His life? Not only in His life but in His death, also.
In our story above, we note that Judas, who betrayed Jesus, brought the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. This was the money that Judas was paid to lead the soldiers to Jesus who brutally tortured and murdered Him on that cruel cross. Oh, blessed Jesus, that You would allow Yourself to be betrayed into the hands of your enemies for such a pittance!
However, we see that though Jesus was so little valued by others, yet He, in His death, valued the outcasts, the strangers and the broken so much that, He did not forget them. He loved them so much He purchased them with the price of His blood.
For they bought, for the price of His blood, the potter’s field to bury strangers in. The strangers were those who traveled to Jerusalem on Jewish Holy Days to worship. While they were there, they died and no one knew who they were. They died alone and then were buried in a field where there was broken pottery. They were discarded into that field, alone and forgotten.
Oh, precious soul, if you died would you die alone and forgotten? Would you be discarded as one that no one placed a value on? Jesus did not forget you! For the price of His blood He purchased that field so that all the strangers and those alone would become His! He loved you so much that He could not live without you!
But what of all the broken pottery that was thrown into that field? The broken pottery represents those of us that have been broken by others or by the evils of life. He bought us, also. For when we bought that field, He bought everything that was in that field, including the broken pieces of our lives, the broken pottery, so to speak. Even though others may have discarded us and thrown us away, He loved us so much He bought us back with His life. And when He buys us back, He puts the broken pieces of our lives back together and the greatest light of His love shines through the cracks in our vessels.
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 11/20/2008 6:00:47 PM
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Harvesting of God’s Goodness
~For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward~
Isaiah 52: 12
What precious treasure we can glean from some of the strangest words, if our hearts are alert to the gentle whisperings of the Holy Spirit. Certainly the word rereward, as found in the King James Version of the Bible, is foreign to our modern ears. The English Standard version defines it rearguard.
No matter what version we read, however, the word reveals another of the glorious characteristics of our dear God. For, in this instance, the word means to gather or take away. As noted above, our God goes before us. Most, if Christians for a significant amount of time, know the Lord as the Shepherd God. ~I am the good Shepherd~ and all that entails is finer than the most glittering of diamonds to the soul who has come to know the Shepherd’s heart. For the good Shepherd leads us and guides us, protects and defends us. He goes after the one lost sheep until found and He carries the little lambs close to His great heart of love
However, have we experienced the God of Israel being our rereward? We have experienced Him in this fashion but perhaps we are not aware of Him as such. For what does the rereward or rearguard of His people do? Why is it significant to know how He helps us in such a way?
During the days of the Exodus, the rearguard represented the angel of God who led the people of God away from the pursuing Egyptians, as it is written ~ Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night without one coming near the other all night~ He was the protection of God’s people from the harmful Egyptians.
Our glorious God does not stop revealing Himself, however, there. For the rearguard serves the people of God in another fashion. He goes before us but He also goes behind us gathering up and taking away all of the messes we make of our lives. He follows behind us and gathers up and takes away all of our guilt and shame, all of our suffering, all of our brokenness and turns it all for our good. He gathers up and takes away our daily messes, also.
Gracious God! None but You are so good to us! None but You are so patient and kind! None but You are so tender and merciful. You gather up and take away with Your nail-pierced hands all of the brokenness of our lives and turn our lives into a beautiful poema, a beautiful poem, lovely to you and useful to those in need!
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~ Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever ~
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 11/25/2008 4:08:55 PM
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dwain
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Amen. He is good. He is full of life and light and joy and love. His touch brought healing and his gaze brought joy. His tears showed him ready to raise the dead.
He had time for the poor, food for the hungry, a cure for any disease. He was not ashamed to let a young woman pour him a drink of water, in spite of racial hate.
He was tough love for Peter, an exorcist for the Magdelene, and Father for all the children. He didn't run from the final fight. He took our shame,
our beating and our ridicule. His love for us held Him to our cross. His blood gave us new life.
I deserted Him and He forgave me.
Thank you Lord Jesus
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 11/25/2008 7:39:23 PM
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Thank You, Jesus
Thank You, my dearest Jesus, for being my Creator. You created me for Your glory, and You tell me ~I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee~ I have always been the object of Divine love. There has never been a time when I have not been written upon Your heart.
Thank You, dear Jesus that I am always with Thee. Nothing can ever separate me from You. For ~ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Thank You that You know me through and through yet You still adore me and call me Your bride. Why even the hairs of my head are numbered. ~Thou hast searched me and known me~. You know the worst about me and yet You still think precious thoughts about me.
Dear Lord, You are my refuge during times of fear, pain or sorrow. You remind me that ~ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty~ Because I have set my love upon You, therefore you will deliver me: You will set me on high, because I hath known Your name. You tell me that when I call upon You, you will answer me, be with me in trouble, You will deliver me and honor me.
You tell me that I am one of the people of Your pasture and the sheep of Your hand. You are the good Shepherd. ~The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul~ Because You are my Shepherd, ~ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. To think that You identify with and call Yourself, Shepherd. Shepherd’s were despised and looked down upon when You walked this earth. You identify Yourself with the despised, rejected, outcasts. I love You for that, my God!
I thank You most of all, my blessed Jesus for dying on the cross for me. The love of Christ…the love of Christ for me. How can I fathom it? You endured such physical torture and agony for me. Your great heart literally broke over the agony of being separated from Your Father. You did that for Father. You did that for me. When they took the spear and thrust it into your side, there came forth blood and water indicating a broken heart, You died from.
Finally, I thank You for Your resurrection! You are alive and you are King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Every knee shall bow to You someday. You are the Sovereign of the universe. You have absolute authority. I safely place my life, my future, my all-in-all into your loving, nail-pierced hand, I bend my knee to my King, and I say thank you, Jesus, thank you, my Lord.
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 11/29/2008 5:06:47 PM
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Our Glorious Hope
~We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast~
During turbulent times is there something we can hold on to help us not sink in despair? Whether it is in our personal lives or the dangerous world we live in, how do we withstand and not succumb to the temptation of fainting in fear or seeking refuge in something that will destroy us?
Treasured reader, do we have something or Someone that we can have hope in which can serve to keep us anchored while the winds of uncertainty, fear or grief threaten to overwhelm us?
From a Biblical standpoint, what is a definition of hope? It is a much more powerful word than what we usually think. For it is “2a) in the Christian sense joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation and the author of hope or he who is its foundation.” God is the author of hope and His trustworthiness is its foundation.
~ We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Which hope owe have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast~ What comfort this can bring a tormented soul! We can have a strong consolation or comfort when we flee for refuge during days when we are hurting or fearful!
But where or who do we flee to for our refuge, shelter, protection? It is to Jesus we must flee to receive the desired rest we long for. It is to Him, His promises, His word we must bathe ourselves in. Once we begin to know and believe His loving-kindness, mercy, compassion, and faithfulness we know we can flee to Him for refuge and comfort. We can open our whole being and pour out our hearts to Him. He longs for us to be truthful with Him and share even the worse of ourselves.
And what will we receive from Him when we flee to Him for refuge from life’s storms? A deep, abiding peace, joy and certainty that we are so very precious to Him. He will never condemn or judge the one who makes “The Most High God” their refuge. He welcomes and longs for us to come under the shelter of His wings and….rest.
Hope. A strong confidence and joyful expectation that something wonderful is going to be given to us. The Hope of Heaven. The hope of abiding forever with a kind, loving, merciful and gracious God.
Faith sees the haven, hope desires and anticipates the rest; faith works, and hope holds fast; and, shortly, the soul enters into the haven of eternal repose. ~Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ~
I Will Lift My Eyes to You
Bebo Noman
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/4/2008 8:42:32 PM
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My Heart Can See Thee
My heart can see Thee,
Oh, beautiful One.
My heart can see Thee,
God’s precious Son.
The nails pierced Your hands,
The nail pierced Your feet.
The crown of thorns,
All Heaven did mourn.
Death defeated,
Final answer unfolds.
Risen from the grave!
The end not yet told.
Ascended on high!
Apostles assured.
Your story told quickly,
To a skeptic world.
Passed into the Heavens,
My Jesus, Son of God.
The Father adores,
King of Kings, Lord of Lords!
Entered within the veil,
The Lamb sits on His throne.
Hope I now have,
Sure anchor for my soul.
Perfect sacrifice,
Bringing rest to my heart,
My heart can see Thee,
My Saviour Thou art.
~Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest forever ~
Hebrews 6: 19,20
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/11/2008 9:07:37 PM
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Blessed Hope!
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid:
For the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
The LORD shall reign forever and ever.
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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.
~So~
Take heart, all who are struggling with battles that have already been won; awake, all who have fallen asleep from loads too heavy to bear; see, all who have been blinded by the flames of disappointment; hear all who have been deafened by the roar of defeat; arise, all who have become lame from wounds unjustly earned; get up, yes, get up all who have been felled by the broken sword of satan's lies; for joy, joy unspeakable is in our midst.
~ Look up, for your redemption draweth nigh!
A Song of Hope at youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWQJ4heXS8&feature=related
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/13/2008 5:53:43 PM
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But Thou
My heart overwhelmed with sorrow would be,
But Thou, oh Lord, art such comfort to me.
Fear comes once more to grip my heart,
But Thou, oh Lord, my Peace Thou art.
The journey seems bitter, the journey seems long
But thou, oh Lord, replace all with sweet song.
Hopelessness threatens, despair would abound,
But Thou, oh Lord, my beauty and my crown.
Of Your loving-kindness, of tender mercies so kind,
Now I see You, when once I was blind.
Once glimpse again, of Your sweet Face
All pain forgotten, all fear erased.
Oh, Lord, My name in Your wounds I see,
Mercy still free, while I cry, why me?
Lifted once more to glorious realm
And Thou, Oh Lord, still my joy and my crown!
10.23.08
God's love song to me...and you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIBSb_3lvQk&feature=related
< Message edited by CherishedbyGod -- 12/13/2008 7:01:35 PM >
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/14/2008 1:01:57 AM
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dwain
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How will they know?
I was hungry and you gave me the bread of life.
I was sick and in prison and your grace and truth healed and set me free.
I was naked and in heaviness from my sin and you gave me a garment of praise for your forgiveness and love.
I had no one that cared for my soul, and You became my best friend, and
lover of my soul.
Death came to call, and you gave me new life, beyond the grave.
The devil, the world and my flesh offered nothing,
compared to the blessed assurance of your presence, Holy Spirit and life eternal.
They will know by your Spirit,
They will know by your Word,
They will know by your Love.
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Deut. 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/15/2008 7:40:50 PM
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ORIGINAL: dwain
How will they know?
I was hungry and you gave me the bread of life.
I was sick and in prison and your grace and truth healed and set me free.
I was naked and in heaviness from my sin and you gave me a garment of praise for your forgiveness and love.
I had no one that cared for my soul, and You became my best friend, and
lover of my soul.
Death came to call, and you gave me new life, beyond the grave.
The devil, the world and my flesh offered nothing,
compared to the blessed assurance of your presence, Holy Spirit and life eternal.
They will know by your Spirit,
They will know by your Word,
They will know by your Love.
Written from a heart that has truly experienced God and understands His heart. 
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/15/2008 7:54:06 PM
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Jesus, Friend of Sinners
Jesus, what a Friend of sinners You are.
So compassionate, kind, my bright Morning Star.
How patient You have been with me, dear Lord.
My tears you wipe, my heart you restore.
No condemnation from You I felt,
While You gently lead me, my heart You do melt.
With tenderness, pity, understanding You heal,
My deep wounds, upon the cross You did feel.
My Jesus, I love you more than before,
How precious You are, while You knock at the door,
Of my broken heart, from eternity You knew,
Knowing all about me, yet You never withdrew.
Oh, Jesus, how can I say thank you my Friend?
There for me while my heart You gently do mend.
My Jesus, You are the One I adore,
Placed inside Your bleeding wounds,
Jesus, while all else fails, I need nothing more.
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RE: Jesus Christ - Let's Share about Him! - 12/18/2008 3:30:24 PM
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ORIGINAL: CherishedbyGod
Jesus, Friend of Sinners
Jesus, what a Friend of sinners You are.
So compassionate, kind, my bright Morning Star.
How patient You have been with me, dear Lord.
My tears you wipe, my heart you restore.
No condemnation from You I felt,
While You gently lead me, my heart You do melt.
With tenderness, pity, understanding You heal,
My deep wounds, upon the cross You did feel.
My Jesus, I love you more than before,
How precious You are, while You knock at the door,
Of my broken heart, from eternity You knew,
Knowing all about me, yet You never withdrew.
Oh, Jesus, how can I say thank you my Friend?
There for me while my heart You gently do mend.
My Jesus, You are the One I adore,
Placed inside Your bleeding wounds,
Jesus, while all else fails, I need nothing more.
i denied You
i betrayed You
i disregarded You
i misrepresented You
yet You never withdrew
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Yeshua said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6
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