God's children are all those people from every tribe and nation that worship God in spirit and in truth. Our praise and worship must be for Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. He alone was worthy to take the scroll and open its seals. Jesus was slain on the Cross for all mankind. Those who accepted His sacrifice had their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life. The blood shed on the Cross has completely redeemed God's children and enabled them to become one with their Father in Heaven.

In the time of King David and Israel, shepherds were important pastoral leaders. They looked after docile sheep in the Judean hills. The Spring season was an important part of the year when new lambs were born and the older sheep were shorn of their fleeces. Unfortunately, a hired shepherd, did not care for the flock in the same way as the true shepherd. Shepherds were meant to guard their flocks at night from predators. When evening came the flocks were counted and during the hot summer days the shepherds led their flocks to cool pools or drew their water from wells. During the cool winter days the sheep were often herded in caves for protection from the elements.

If you have given your life to the Lord and you know that you are forgiven then you can be assured by the Word of God that you are cleansed by the Blood shed by Jesus on the Cross of Calvary. Each day as you read God's Word, confess and meditate on God's Word and apply God's Word to your circumstances, your understanding of being forgiven and a greater knowledge of being purified and cleansed becomes your earthly portion.

It is so important to discipline your children in love. To discipline them in God's love means you discipline them in real love. So many children today, even in so called Christian countries, are brought up in a society that has lost the understanding of disciplining children according to 'God's will and purposes. No wonder that so many young people are disrespectful to their parents and to all those in authority. They have few if any biblical guidelines to their behaviour and consequently many are hooked on drugs and become violent against society's expectations.

To be diligent and purpose bent is such an important attitude for any aspect of our life on earth. How much more important is it that we have our focus on the Lord and His Word so that we can pursue God's will and purposes for our life. We read that the psalmist in psalm 77 verse 6 called to remembrance the things that he heard in the night while at rest. These things from the Lord were recalled and meditated upon. Our spirit needs to make a constant diligent search for the things of God contained in His Word and listen to what is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.

It is so important not to lose your confidence. You must be confident in Christ and in His forgiveness of your sins and His reward of eternal life. This confidence is for all who believe and who keep on keeping on in their spiritual walk with Jesus. Confidence is our trust in the immeasurable overcoming power that comes to us through the knowledge that we are resurrected by Jesus power and His goodness being available to us each and every day while on earth and throughout eternity.

Nehemiah had the massive task of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem when the people had returned after their captivity in Babylon. It was no easy task! They were confronted by their enemies who did not want to see the walls rebuilt after being in ruins for seventy years. In one hand they carried the materials for repairing the wall and in the other they held their weapons ready for any armed attack. They built but they were constantly on guard against the enemy. Christians must do likewise for they too are constantly in a battle against the enemy.

Our provider is called Jehovah Jireh. He is our Father God. He always is able and will supply all our needs if we are willing to ask Him and to trust Him to do so. He knows what we need; what we really need; before we ask Him. What He supplies will always be sufficient and correct for our purposes at the time. He won't supply all our wants because many of our wants can come from corrupt desires influenced by the world and the flesh. However, He will supply all our real needs if we allow Him to do so rather than just relying on the world's system of doing things.

Everyone desires to live in and enjoy freedom. No one wants to live in bondage. The only true freedom anyone can know is to have freedom in Christ.Those that accept God's free gift of salvation, through the Lord's blood shed on their behalf on the Cross are the only people who know true freedom. They are forever free from the ravages and bondage of sin.Their acceptance of God's free gift gives them freedom and forgiveness from sin and enables them to inherit eternal life.

So many Christians, particularly in Pentecostal circles, are looking towards revival. We know from scripture and historical evidence over the many intervening centuries, that since the baptism of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, there have been a number of major revival occasions. All those who experience revival have been willing to prepare their hearts before the Lord and be obedient to the Holy Spirit's directions. These revivals were all based on revelation knowledge of an absolute need to do God's will and purposes instead of their own desires.