ALL Glory, Honor, Power and Praise is Yours Forever and Ever, Amen!

Do you think there will ever be anything you can possibly do that will ever separate you from God's love? The answer is the only thing standing in the way of your perception of God's love for you is yourself. Once you realize that God really does love you, there is absolutely NOTHING that can separate you from the love of God; "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." How amazing is that!? "Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:14-16

Understand what all this means: Jesus desires for our hearts to be filled by Him and not by the world. For scripture says that satin is the prince of this world. A good friend of mine always says "if you put trash in, trash is all that will come out" (T.V., internet, bad movies, bad music, etc.) It may be subtly because honestly all Christians, when we haven't spent time with God, can hide sin for a while, but eventually Jesus will always bring you to your knees. The great thing about being on your knees in this position already is we can "approach the throne of grace with confidence," what better way to approach a throne then on your knees? The key to this though is confidence. You have to know that Jesus is waiting for your heart to be His again and not your own. You have to know that Jesus truly LOVES you, this isn't like your husband or wife or mother or father kind of love, this is a love that surpasses all understanding, so you have to know that this love is beyond anything we have or will ever feel, until we are with Christ. Try and get to the heart of the matter when reading scripture and understand simple words that have such a deeper meaning than what they are used in every day life, such as love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, confidence, fear, Jesus, sovereignty, sanctification, praise, honor, glory, the list goes on...

Allow Jesus to work in your heart when you spend time with Him and I promise you if you pray a prayer that allows Him to do so, He will honor it and bless you for it because that is all He wants - your heart. I have been learning more and more just how the fullness of life dwells within Jesus and what the fullness of life really means. Just the depth that's there is so amazing and it's hard to comprehend just the little bits He allows me to see each day or week, let alone the whole picture. The beauty in it is that He is allowing me to see the changes being made in my life, little by little. The main thing you need to understand when reading the Bible or praying is that you yourself are a spiritual being, not a physical one. As humans we inhabit time and therefore that makes us physical, but our spirit is eternal and that is what needs to be fed in order to truly "live life to the full" in Jesus Christ our Lord. When you understand that you are a spiritual being it is easier to understand who Jesus is and why He desires to have a relationship with you. When you take your focus off of the physical (temporal), there is only one thing left, spiritual (eternal). Fix your eyes on Jesus, give Him your WHOLE heart and do it with confidence knowing, by faith, that He will take care of it (you have to remember it was God who "knit you in your mothers womb" He created your heart, He knows it better than anyone, would you you not want it in His hands anyway)? Then you will be able to say "ALL Glory, Honor, Power and Praise IS Yours Forever and Ever, Amen!