Walking in faith and not by sight...

   Hello my family in Christ. I hope that all of you are in strong and good health. I want to thank you for taking the time to read my post and tell you that I pray for you and love you because you chose to love me first. This is straight out of the bible where it states that we love God because he loves us first.....

   I had a good day at church on sunday. I have been attending this new church and it has been very uplifting. My kids actually like it and they have daycare services for the little ones. My grandaughter loves it by the way.... It has been hard to take her home because she does not want to leave. I guess she is playing with kids her age and they have a sorts of things for them to do.
  The segment that I have been attending this month at this church was called Masquerade. It had a different message that was given by this pastor every week.
                 Part 1 was Hiding from God. It shows how we all try to hide from God but do not realize he sees all. In the bible in the book of Genesis, it was known that Adam and Eve hid from God after they ate from the apple. When God called Adam he was hiding behind the bushes because he was ashamed. I believe he was regretful of what he had done and not so much the fact that now he has realized that he was naked.
                Part. 2 Self Deception:  I am number one for this. In life when someone asks us how are we doing we tend to pretend everything is ok. Even to ourselves.I have a bad habit of not admitting to anyone when things are going wrong.  There was a saying and it reads " Th longer we view ourselves through a distorted lens, the more likely we are to believe a distorted truth"....
 Easy way out of self deception read Psalm 139 :23-24... It reads per the KJV bible "Search me o' God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Second Listen to others and listen to God as he speaks to you through the Holy spirit. And three change your way. Confess to yourself that everything really is not alright. Ask others to pray for you. You do not have to tell anyone your personal business but you can ask someone to just pray for you for strength.
              Part 3: Hiding your sins..... This was one of my favorite part of the 5 part series. We all believe that just because we did not get caught doing something , we can hide that sin. When we sin we only have to choices. One is to conceal our sin and the second is to confess our sin. Remember in Proverbs 28:13 it reads that He that coverth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.  We also read in Psalm 51 where King David was discover for commiting adultery with Bathsheba and had her husband killed so that they can hide that sin that they had committed. He wrote this Psalm to God asking for mercy and forgiveness, and it reads " Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. " It does not matter when you sin as long as you confess to God and ask for strengthening.

 I will continue with the rest on my next blog. But it is meaningful to me and I just wanted to share this with you. Hope to write to you soon. God bless everyone.. Have a great day ...