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Oh friends our world is in a sad state, and the only way we can handle it, or whatever comes against us, is by having Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, for Satan, our other choice as leader, doesn't have a single good thing to offer; nothing but hell, death and the grave. Meanwhile, when Jesus died on Good Friday then rose again on Easter Sunday, he throttled Satan and all his kingdom. Thus He became the winner of the battle between good and evil. Now, if we are wise, and use the free will that God gave us, we will indeed choose Christ over Beelzebub; life over death! That's wisdom for the ages! Much LOVE!

Good Friday determined that our sins were paid for, while Easter Sunday and Christ's resurrection ensured that all those who believe in Him will also rise again from the dead and have eternal life, spend eternity with Him. And if that isn't the greatest thing since sliced bread, I don't know what is! And also, if each and every one of us don't rise to the situation and receive Christ as Lord and Saviour, then wisdom has certainly passed us by, because the only other option is spending eternity in hellfire with Satan. And that certainly is no treat to look forward to. So please, let us attain unto wisdom and seek to unite with Christ, for the long term! Much LOVE!

Ah friends, Easter is one of the most important times in our Christian calendar, but do we really understand what happened two thousand years ago, and truly appreciate it? Not all of us. Two basic things happened: Christ died on Good Friday to pay for our sins, then He was rose from the dead on Easter Sunday! Those two things gave us forgiveness of sins, and eternal life. But we have things to do to make them happen. And that's what we all need to know. Salvation and Eternal Life don't happen automatically. We have to seek them out. So let's wake up and do that nuh! It's wisdom of the ages! Much LOVE!

In this world, we can either do too much or too little of anything. The important thing though is to find a comfortable balance in most of what we do. That includes our diet, our work and play, our fitness, as well as our time with God. The latter being possibly the most important of them all. But it's ever so much better for us when our ying and yang aline and keep us free to enjoy our lives without too much anxiety, tension and stress. The problem here is that only the individual can regulate their lives to find the right balance, no one else can do it for us. We set our schedules, so we are the ones to prioritize our actions. Let's make it a habit to bring balance to our lives! Much LOVE!

Oh friends, we all know that someday we'll die and our bodies will be buried and return to the dust from which they were made, but our spirits will still be alive and either go to heaven or hell, depending on whom we believe in, Jesus or Satan. And the only reason why heaven is even an option for us is because Jesus died on Good Friday to pay for our sins, then rose from the grave, three days later, on Easter Sunday. That satisfied the demands of the Father for reconciliation with Him. Before Jesus died, He promised that whoever believes in Him will never die, that's spiritually, but have eternal life with Him. So, since Jesus rose from the dead, it means that all who believe in Him will do the same. That's how important Christ's resurrection is to our well being. So please let's take advantage of it, because it's the best option we have! Much LOVE!

A lot of the Old Testament speaks to Christ's coming in the New Testament. None more so than Isaiah's prophetic words of the Servant of the Lord found in chapter 53. It might be spoken in old fashioned Old Testament language, but there's no misunderstanding that it refers to Christ's coming and all the wonderful work He will do on our behalf, as well as all the 'sufferation' He would undergo to pay for our abominable sins. But the deed has already been done, that means, if we are wise, we can now access salvation and eternal life on the work of Jesus! Please, let's be wise on this Holy Saturday and accept Jesus with open arms! Much LOVE!

We all talk about atonement and payment for sins, but do we know how that was really accomplished? Only by Christ suffering and dying on the cross at Calvary on Good Friday for us! That's how we can talk about forgiveness of sin. The Father required Christ's sinless life to pay for our abominable transgressions. And if we had any decency and /or common sense, we'd be paying much more attention to Christ's desires and commands, because it's only through His death that our sins can be forgiven as a whole. And only when we personally believe in Him and behave in a totally appropriate manner that our individual sins can be forgiven. Thus it behooves us to wake up and start living sincerely for Christ, if we desire to see good days and long life! Much LOVE!

Maundy Thursday gave us several things in our faith. First, Jesus inspired our ceremony of holy communion when He broke bread and offered it, along with wine to the disciples in recognition of His broken body and shed blood that would happen the next day, Good Friday. Then He washed the disciples' feet setting an example that we ought to follow, meaning being proud to be sometimes servants and not simply always desirous of being lords. Then the example of His poignant prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, where His spirit was in agony of the forthcoming crucifixion, There Jesus showed His human side, but also His godly side when He accepted that the Father's will must be done. And lastly, where Judas shows up with a band of soldiers and betrays Jesus with a prearranged sign, a kiss, that led to Him being arrested and taken to the chief priest's house. Maundy Thursday is thus a very important day in our faith! Much LOVE!

Too many of us supposed Christians say one thing then do something else. That's not right! That's why Jesus called the Pharisees 'hypocrites.' They desired the people to do things that they did not do themselves, teaching man's traditions more than God's law. And it's exactly what's happening in our world today. Hypocrisy is rife and rampant as Satan and his evil doers rule the roost, while we supposed Christians, cower in fear and shame and comfort, instead of fighting the good fight of Christ. But one day friends, if we don't soon improve our behaviour, our chickens will all come home to roost, and like the Israelites of old, we'll hold our heads and bawl, why me! Be warned, Let him who has ears to hear...hear! Much LOVE!

Friends, God created us out of a desire to have strong and faithful communion with us, and consequently showered His great, unconditional LOVE upon us. He wanted creatures to communicate with, so He decided to create a being in His own image, with His breath of life flowing through it. Now, if the Lord in His omniscience, who knows everything, decided to go through with this creation business, fully knowing that we would eventually rebel, and yet He still did it, that could only mean one thing; that He values us very highly; LOVES us with a LOVE so faithful and true that with our puny and lesser minds, we cannot understand it. But like everything else in His kingdom, we must first believe it before we see it. That's called faith. Much LOVE!