If we belong to Jesus, we belong to the Truth, for He IS the Truth. So you ask, "What IS truth?" The Truth is a Person. Our lives will reflect to whom we truly belong to. There is a lost world out there that needs to see HIM, not just me.

Is it really true love when it is just spoken? Is it not true love when it is given in action? Does Scripture say, "God so loved the world that He SAID" or "God so loved the world that He GAVE"? Love others until they ask you why.

At times, when TRUE love is being made manifest as we pour out our lives for others, we FEEL nothing. That's ok. True love is being poured forth, despite the feeling. Many pass up opportunities to truly love, by waiting for a feeling.

Love doesn't just motivate the giving. Love IS the giving. Love is not a rise in emotion to wait for so that one can give or do something. Love IS the doing something or giving something. Love doesn't just feel, love is a verb. Love does.

Hatred is self-focued and seeks revenge and wishes the worst upon those who may have hurt them. Eternal Life is God-focused and prays for those who may have hurt them. Hatred and Eternal Life cannot coexist.

If we want our hearts to be free from hatred, let us keep our hearts clean from unforgiveness, offense, anger, and bitterness. For such things, if not checked, evolve into hatred. Per Scripture, hatred is equated to murder. Be wise.

If we claim that we have passed from death to new life, yet do not love others, our claim is false. For the new life is the Eternal Life of God Himself. God IS love. The evidence of New Life in us is the love that pours forth through us.

God has imprinted His image upon the hearts of all of mankind. When mankind chooses his own way, there is a gnawing dissatisfaction within the heart. This can cause hatred for those who have chosen to live by the original imprint.

God's love is lavished upon us, not earned by us. Now, love others just as He loves you. For love covers a multitude of sins. Remember, the love that He commands us to love with is a love that only He can give. Ask and it shall be given to you.

If God is in us, He will love through us. Then we will love others with HIS love, not our own temporal love. If we hold on to unforgiveness, bitterness, anger, and offense, we stifle His love and misrepresent His love to others.

Self-centeredness is the greatest tool of the devil; for it blinds us to the eternal as we focus on the temporary, it blinds us to the needs of others as we focus on ourselves, it blinds to a Heavenly focus by keeping an earthly focus.

When we are born again, our lives will reflect the Eternal Life that we have been born into. If it relects otherwise, we are no longer living that Life. The key? Not striving to do more, but a deeper surrender to the One who IS Eternal Life.

We were all created in the image of God. The primary work of the devil is to destroy that image by keeping us deceived into thinking that we have no need of God. The devil is no friend of yours. Jesus came to destroy the work of the devil.

True success isn't about what you accomplish - it's about who you become in the process of showing up.

We do not have a choice regarding the sinful state we have been born into. But we DO have a choice whether or not to give our lives to Jesus who has overcome sin and offers us eternal life. Let this be the year that you make that choice.

A deliberate life of sin reflects a partnership with him who has been sinning since the beginning. A life of righteousness is a reflection of a partnership with Him who has overcome sin and has given us HIS righteousness.

There are times that we fall short. Yet, if we confess our sin, He is faithful to forgive us because of His sacrifice for us. If we deliberately live in sin, no sacrifice for sin is left. God knows the heart and the sees motive of the heart.

Jesus took ALL of our sins and bore them in His own Body. Yet, they are no longer in Him because His Blood has washed away ALL sin. That same Blood has washed away ALL our sins, here and now, when we give our lives to Him.

Jesus didn't just "say" that He forgave us of our sins and took them away as if at a distance. No. He actually "appeared" to do so. He "appeared" to become like us, physically bare our sins and pay our price with His own Blood.

The Law of the Lord is perfect and changes not. It is written upon our hearts; for the Giver of the Law is also the Creator of the hearts upon which it is written. Thus, explains the unrest and strife for those who walk and live in opposition to it.

Someday, we shall see Him as He is. On that day, those who are like Him will behold Him as He is. Those who are not like Him will turn away in shame, as they see what they could have been. Today is STILL the day of salvation.

When we ask the Lord to be patient with us, let us not ask Him to just tolerate who we currently are, but to change us into who He desires us to be. He loves you the way you currently are, but He loves you too much to keep you that way.

The closer we walk with Him, the more we become like Him; for we begin to see Him as He really is. We were originally created in His image. Through Jesus, we can be restored back to our original identity; His image in us.

If we claim that Jesus is our King, do we live in submission to His Kingdom, or are we still living in allegiance to the kingdoms of this world? The kingdom that we live for each day will reflect who the king of our lives is every day.

As Christians, our mission is not to just survive in this world while waiting to get to Heaven. Our mission is to thrive in this world while bringing Heaven to earth. The Kingdom of God does not mesh with this world, it impacts it.

If you are born again, you are not just "a sinner saved by grace", you are a CHILD of God. There IS truth in the former statement, but you're still identifying yourself as "a sinner". The old has GONE, the new has come. You are His CHILD.

In the beginning, we were created in His love as His creations. In the fall, we walked away from His love. But His love for us never changed. For in His love for us He gave His only Son so that, through Him, we can now become His children.

True righteousness stems from God and is based solely upon His Word. False righteousness appears to be virtuous, yet is based upon humanistic agenda. The former is God-centered, the latter is man-centered.

For some, the second coming of the Lord will be a glorious union with Someone they have known and loved deeply. For others it will be a shock, like a thief in the night, with Someone they have never cared to know and love.

The Anointing, which is the Holy Spirit, gives us insight into what is real truth and what is counterfeit. Human reasoning and worldly logic comes up drastically short of achieving such a discernment. The Holy Spirit is not an option.

The work of the Holy Spirit to teach us all things is not meant to isolate us from good teaching, but to give us discernment into the teaching. His Annointing is for deep discernment, not vocalized criticism. Be wise.

There are many "gospels" out there that are disguising themselves as the truth. The Holy Spirit is key. You cannot, yourself, discern what is truth or what is not. If it were so, He would not have sent the Spirit of Truth to guide us into all Truth.

Eternal Life is in the Son. To remain in Eternal Life, we must remain in the Son. If we depart from the Son, we depart from Eternal Life. Eternal Life is not a realm to abide in. Eternal Life is a Person to embrace and remain in.

Let us never forget when we first came to Jesus and surrendered our lives to Him; when new Life first began. This event is not one to mature out of, but to build upon. Let it always be dear to your heart and remain in you.

If we think we can come to the Father without first coming to the Son, we have disregarded the high cost that the Son has paid to make us able and worthy to come before the Father. For without what the Son has done, we are..... undone.

Without knowing the Son, we cannot truly know the Father. For the Father has made Himself known ONLY through the Son. Only through the Son can we come to the Father. Without the Son, we make a god in our own image.

If we believe that Jesus is whom He says He is, that He is the whole Truth and nothing but THE Truth, those who deny Jesus, deny the Truth. And the Truth denied is an open door to a myriad of lies. There is no in-between.

If we, in our skepticism, choose to not believe anything, we have opened ourselves to believing anything. We are wired in such a way to be always in search of something to believe in. That is simply the way we were created.

Are you tired of believing lies that disguised themselves as a truth at first? Come to know the Truth; the real Truth. What is Truth? His Name is Jesus. If we are opposed to Him and think we know better, then we remain open to many lies.

How do we come to truly know the Truth? By reasoning? We come to know the Truth by coming into a deep relationship WITH the Truth. The Truth is a Person. He is Jesus. (John 14:6). The Spirit of Truth is the Spirit of Jesus. That's how.

There are those that "go out" to proclaim what they think is the truth and what they believe is their calling. And then there are those that are "sent out" to proclaim the Truth they have received and what they are called to do.

There are many philosophies and proclamations that claim to be the truth, but are they really? There is only One who leads and guides us into all Truth; the Spirit of Truth. In Him, we are made wise. If He is just an option, we are vulnerable.

If we want the sinful nature to be alive and well, let us pursue this world and its desires. If not, let us pick up the Cross and follow Jesus. You cannot do both; for the Cross will crucify the sinful nature and its desires for this world.

If we boast in ourselves, we boast in what we have and what we do. If we boast in the Lord, we boast in what HE has provided and what HE has enabled us to do. Pride verses humility. Only one will stand the test of time.

If we fix our eyes upon this world and what it offers, we will continue to become worldly. If we fix our eyes upon Jesus and what He died to give us, we will become more godly. Where we fix our eyes determines what we are becoming.

The sinful nature craves and craves, but is never satisfied. The path that leads to destruction is paved with the crave. The godly one hungers for the things of God. Even as he hungers, he is filled; yet still with a hunger for more.

The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life. These, since the fall of man in the Garden, have caused mankind to love this world instead of God. The three lurings in the Garden are the same today; only disguised as being ok.

Once we come to deeply know the Heart of God, we will find that He is good ALL the time. Then giving Him thanks in ALL things will be the most natural response to ALL things.

Love for the ways of this world and love for the Father cannot coexist, just as light and dark cannot coexist. When we are presented with both, it is not to choose both, but a point of decision to choose one or the other.

Remember, the Word of God is not only the Bread of Life, it is also the Sword of the Spirit. The Bread is our nourishment, the Sword is our empowerment. The Bread makes us wise to the enemy's lies; the Sword slays him with the Truth.

As we grow in intimacy with God, we began to see His Word as the true Bread of Life. Instead of His Word being something that we casually glance at with the eye, His Word becomes something that is deeply embedded within the heart.

Let us mature from getting to know Him, to coming to know Him deeply. Let us move on from casual interest in Him to deep intimacy with Him. He created you, not to have a religious casual interest, but a deep relationship.

We first come to Jesus as little children, our Savior, as He reveals what He has done for us. Then He matures us to being a child, our Lord, as He empowers us to do what we can do for Him. We move from being childish to child-like.

We know Jesus as Savior, for He has saved us. We know Him as Lord, for He has called us. We know Him as Conquering King, for He has empowered us. These are all mandatory declarations, not options to pick and choose from.

If we know Him just as Savior, we will only be waiting for Him to rescue us. If we know Him as Lord, He will empower us with His Spirit to rescue others. In the former, we just wait to get to Heaven. In the latter, we bring Heaven to earth.

Are you still living a life of "paying penance" in hopes that you will be completely forgiven? If you are, you are saying that what Jesus did for you was not enough. Jesus paid a high price for your complete forgiveness. Receive it today.

If we claim to live in the Light, yet we are constantly having to justify ourselves, chances are there are still areas that need to go. Give them all to Jesus. And you will find that the darkness will pass, as the true Light will begin to shine.

If we allow ourselves to remain in darkness, as we hold onto things that we think are justifiable, we stumble around within that darkness as we are led about by bitterness and offenses. Today, let His Light come flooding in.

If we desire to fully "walk in the Light as He is in the Light", we must rid ourselves of unforgiveness and our "right" to justify our offenses. For if we hold onto these, we by choice, allow darkness to displace the Light.

We can either hold on to our current way of life, with the hope of being "good enough" for Him to love us, or, we can surrender our lives to Him who was "good enough" on our behalf because of His love for us.