May 13th, 2010 
John P As I look back over the past decades, I noticed a dangerous trend that has swept the United States and other countries by storm. So, what is this trend? The de-sensitizing of our moral values. If you have lived long enough, you should be able to see the trend that has taken place over time. (more…)
May 13th, 2010 John P Why is there a rebellion against God? Man seems to be so blind as to the obvious. The signs are right before our eyes and yet generation after generation fails to see them and/or yield to them.
Man wants to live in peace and harmony, yet wants to be able to keep his pride as well, strange isn’t it? After all it is man’s pride that is causing all all of this. (more…)
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Feel deep sorrow about one’s actions, etc., etc. wish one had not done; resolve not to continue (a wrong doing etc.) Repentance is much more than just saying, “I’m sorry”. One needs to see how one has lived and is living their life.
We have become so accustomed to living a worldly life for ourselves, that we are totally blind to what is acceptable living in the eyes of God. Carnally, it’s our nature to live a worldly life, mostly for ourselves, for the life we want, and not the life that the Lord wants us to live, the life that will prepare us for the kingdom of God. (more…)
Posted in Spiritual Disciplines Tags: confess sins, contrite heart, God, iniquities, iniquity, kingdom, life, repent, repentance, sorrow 3 Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P 
This is a quote from the article “The Free Will Of Man”, where it says, “Man can choose to do right or wrong, such as, what to eat, how to dress, what to say, where to go, how to live and what or who to worship”.
When one chooses to seek truth and accept Jesus Christ with their heart, they’re looking to change their life. They new something was missing and now they have found it. Their life suddenly has meaning and they want to follow Jesus and do what it takes to walk with Him. (more…)
Posted in Christian Living Tags: believe God, God's world, Jesus Christ, narrow road, Satan, Self destruction, truth, worship No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P 1John 1:8,9 – If we say we have no sin in us, we are deceiving ourselves and refusing to admit the truth; but if we acknowledge our sins, then God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and purify us from everything that is wrong.
How come many churches don’t teach confession? Could it be because they don’t know how? Could it be because they are afraid of losing people in their congregation? Could it be because they are afraid to lay themselves open to another human being? If you want to walk with Jesus along that long and narrow path with your cross, then you are going to have to do it His way.
(more…) Posted in Spiritual Disciplines Tags: churches, confessing, confession, congregation, forgive, judgement day, sins 1 Comment » May 13th, 2010 John P 1 Peter 4:1,2 ‘ Think of what Christ suffered in this life, and then arm yourselves with the same resolution that He had: anyone who in this life suffers in a bodily way has broken with sin, because for the rest of his life on earth he is not ruled by human passions but only by the will of God.’ (more…)
May 13th, 2010 John P There is just way to much to learn that man cannot teach you. People have lots of questions like, “Who is God”, What is “spiritual healing”, “What is communicating with God”, “Why was Jesus crucified”, “Who is the Holy Spirit”, or “What does God look like”? Have you answered questions like these yourself by seeking truth, or does someone answer them for you? (more…)
Posted in Christian Living Tags: audio, communicating God, does God look like, Holy Spirit, Jesus crucified, preachers, spiritual healing, Teachers, truth No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P Be very careful these days. There are a lot of nonspiritual preachers out there and ones that speak half truth. You have to remember that many, many preachers were taught by man and not by God, not by Jesus and not by the Holy Spirit.
Preachers need to be tested to see if he/she is worthy to seek spiritual advice from. It’s not enough to have credentials hanging on the wall. They need to be guided by the Holy Spirit and also Faith. One thing you might want to look at is, “What works of faith can they produce?” (more…)
Posted in Our Savior Jesus Christ Tags: advice, church, confessions, God, holy, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lord, preachers, spiritual No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P It’s a shame to see people seeking the truth in man when they should be seeking it in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, bless His heart and soul. The great thing about receiving the truth from the Blessed Trinity is that you experience it and see it. (more…)
Posted in Our Savior Jesus Christ Tags: discernment, find truth, nothing but truth, sword truth, truth, truth consequences, truth seeker No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P When we accepted Jesus as our personal Savior, did we not do this to save ourselves from damnation? Some of us chose Jesus because our life was a mess from trying to live it our way. But, for whatever your reason was for accepting Jesus, we all hope to meet together in Heaven.
But for some reason, a lot of us tend to have a problem, and that is giving up our independence. We say to ourselves, “I call the shots” or “Nobody’s going to tell me how to live my life”. Yup, that’s how we are. (more…)
Posted in Our Savior Jesus Christ Tags: bible studies, damnation, eternal light, found life, Jesus, kingdom, Savior, world No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P After following Jesus and working on yourself, you should have gained a lot of knowledge about yourself. Such things as the way you think and act, how you treat people and the way you treat them. You should have learned a great deal about sin, like pride, greed, envy, sloth, impatience, jealousy, anger and gluttony. One should have gained a lot of humility as one looked deep within their self and saw what a wretch they really are. We’re not perfect, but we sure can work towards spiritual perfection. (more…)
May 13th, 2010 John P Now that we have made amends, it’s time to keep from doing the same things that we had to make amends for over again. We can do this by overcoming our pride which affects our mind, behavior and emotions. It begins by the way we think and how we bring into ourselves the actions of others.
I suppose you could say that if we were alone, we wouldn’t be affected by other people and we, ourselves, wouldn’t be able to affect others by our actions. You could do this if you choose to be a hermit, but many of us don’t have that choice. And even if we did, how could we ever overcome our flesh and learn to love our brothers and sisters in the way God wants us to? (more…)
Posted in Spiritual Disciplines Tags: amends, darkness, emotions, evaluate, faith in God, pride, spiritual No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P Now that you have made your lists, it’s time to make amends. First, you have to understand that sometimes it’s not good to open up old wounds. We don’t want to harm others again, but this doesn’t mean that we’re off the hook from making amends. There are ways of making amends for all situations. It’s a matter of how you approach it.
You could just go to the person(s) and apologize for the things you did wrong to them without going into detail for fear it might get the person riled up. The main thing is that it has to come from the heart in a sincere and remorseful way. It doesn’t matter if the person doesn’t want to forgive you. Pray for them, one day they may have to do what you are doing now. (more…)
Posted in Spiritual Disciplines Tags: amends, apologize, forgave, forgive, forgiveness, persecute No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P When we did something wrong to someone did we do it intentionally or did we do it out of ignorance? Sometimes we aim to harm people and some of the reasons we do this is for personal gain, that we don’t like the individual, or because we like to stir things up between others.
Gossip is a sure way to hurt others and sometimes it backfires on us. I’m sure if you think about it you could come up with more reasons. Well, guess what? We need to think about it and think deeply about it. Just when you think it couldn’t get any harder, this walk with the Lord is about to. (more…)
Posted in Spiritual Disciplines Tags: conscience, gossip, grateful, gratitude, ignorance, iniquities, resentment, thankful, wrong No Comments » May 13th, 2010 John P Now that we have taken a look at ourselves by making a list of things we did wrong and told them to another individual, it’s time to work on removing these defects for good. Remember to always talk to Jesus about these things we need removed and let Him help us to overcome these defects.
The defects we have can be a little tricky to see. Reason being is because we’ve been accustomed to our way of thinking for so long, that the things we do don’t seem to be so bad, and it’s likely because we, as carnal minded people, are blind to our own defects. Some of our defects are usually seen be others. This is how other people judge our character. (more…)
Posted in Spiritual Disciplines Tags: character defects, characteristics, desires flesh, Galatians, righteous, self indulgence, senses 1 Comment »
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