RECREATED

Confess yours sins in repentance to God and God will forgive you. Then you can come out of hiding and live unashamed of your shameful past.

Genesis 2:24-25 ~ Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:8-11 ~ And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

When you feel so unclean and unworthy of the touch of God, Jesus will reach out his hand and touch you and declare you clean. Just come to Him!

Matthew 8:1-4 ~ When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”

Allow God to know you. Give him all that you are because he has given you all of himself.

Matthew 7:21-23 ~ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

Psalm 118:24 ~ This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, But Today is a Gift.

That is why it is called the Present :)

Just a word from my heart to encourage you. 

                            IN Jesus                                   

                  Not Just Close... but IN

1 John 5:11 ~ And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Proverbs 18:10 ~ The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

2 Corinthians 1:20 ~ For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

Hear the Word of God and Do It!

4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.

16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

19 Then his mother and his brothers[a] came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” 21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

Return to Him who is Faithful to you!

Jeremiah 2:2 ~ "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: "This is what the LORD says: "'I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown.

Jeremiah 2:5 ~ This is what the LORD says: "What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me?

Jeremiah 2:7 ~ I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable.

Jeremiah 2:13 ~ "My people have committed two sins: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:19-20 ~ Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the LORD GOD of hosts. For long ago I broke your yoke and burst your bonds; but you said, 'I will not serve.' Yes on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down like a whore.

Jeremiah 2:33-35 ~ How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways. On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this you say, 'I am innocent; he is not angry with me.' But I will pass judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'

Jeremiah 3:1 ~ "If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not the land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me?" declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:12-15 ~ Go, proclaim this message toward the north: "'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD, 'I will not look on you in anger for I am merciful,' declares the LORD, 'I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice,'" declares the LORD. "Return, O faithless children," declares the LORD, "for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.