My Christian Diary

Hello All, Grace and Peace be to you!

In Ephesians 6:10-20 says...

My Brethren, be strong in the LORD and in the power of HIS might. Put on the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD; praying always with all supplication in the SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

FAITH is the next armor piece. The scripture says that we should take up the shield of faith. I like this piece because with faith we can quench all the fiery darts of the devil. What is faith? Hebrews 11:1 says... Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. In other words, Faith is belief and trust. Believing you will receive something without evidence.

Faith is fundamental for Christians to obtain GRACE. It is imperative we have faith or we can not have a relationship with CHRIST. We need to have faith in the fact that JESUS is who HE says HE is, and that HE did what he said HE came to do. How is this important in that fact that it can quench the fiery darts of the wicked one? We see in Hebrews 11:28, By faith he (Moses) kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he (angel of death) who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Moses and those who had faith, believed GOD, obeyed, and the angel of death had no hold on them. Likewise, with faith in believing the shedding of the blood of JESUS sanctified us to HIMSELF. Now we do not die, but have eternal life. People who get struck with the fiery dart of evil, can fall for satan's scheme's and plan's, thus leading them away from a relationship with CHRIST and into the lake of fire. Christians can be struck also if unarmed, thus rendering one useless for the work for the kingdom, and satan is always prowling around trying to disarm the brethren. BEWARE!!

Faith is not only essential for eternal life, but it is essential for attaining favor with GOD ALMIGHTY. Hebrews 10:38 says, Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, MY soul has no pleasure in him. Hebrews 11:6 says, But without faith it is impossible to please HIM, for he who comes to GOD must believe that HE is, and that HE is a rewarder of those who diligently seek HIM. When Christians face temptations, (temptations do not come from GOD, but satan.) we should sift it through the WORD of GOD and follow through in obedience to the FATHER. We must believe in faith that what GOD says we should do, we should do. When we know what GOD expects of us and follow through in faith, those darts will not stick, they lose their power.

The Patriarchs found favor with GOD because their faith led them into obedience. Abraham found favor when he was tested with Isaac, by faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come, and by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning on the top of his staff.

Can you imagine what the outcome would have been if they would not have put on the armor piece of faith? If faith would not have been in them, GOD would not have had favor, and the blessings would not have gone to them; while satan could have led them down an unrighteous path, or to their own destruction. Unbelief stops GOD from working in our lives, leaving us open to believe the lies of the enemy. Matthew 13:58 says, And HE (JESUS) did not do many mighty works there because of unbelief. Not because of the inability to perform without faith, ( HE IS ALMIGHTY CREATOR of all and can do what HE wants) but it was in the sense that HE would not, without faith.

Faith is one of the most important armor pieces because it allows us to believe to righteousness, it allows us to live in obedience leading us to a favorable relationship with the FATHER, and it helps us to resist the devil rendering him powerless over us. Let us all fall to our knee's and ask GOD to help us to put on faith that is necessary for our lives.

GOD Bless You!

Hello All, Grace and Peace be to you!

In Ephesians 6:10-20 says...

My Brethren, be strong in the LORD and in the power of HIS might. Put on the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD; praying always with all supplication in the SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

The next armor piece is "THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE". The beginning of this verse says that we should shod (shoe) our feet with" The Preparation of the GOSPEL of PEACE." This means that after shedding our old, dirty shoes from walking the unrighteous path, we should put on our new shoes (shod our feet) to walk down the path of righteousness, and take the GOSPEL OF PEACE to who will listen. What is the Gospel of Peace? Gospel means Good News, and we are to take the "Good news" to those who will hear. Why do we need good news? Why do we need others to listen? Let me share the bad news or the good news will not make sense.

In the beginning GOD had created the world, sun, moon, stars, all water life, all winged life, land animals, and ultimately man and women. When HE had looked upon HIS creation, HE said it was very good. It was good because it was perfect. No pain, suffering, hunger or death. That was until Adam and Eve disobeyed GOD. They sinned against GOD, infecting the flesh of all mankind with sin nature separating mankind from GOD HIMSELF, bringing death into existence.

Adam and Eve walked in the garden with GOD. They spoke to HIM face to face. Can you imagine such a scene? I know those of us who love HIM would love to do that, but sin has separated us from the FATHER, physically and spiritually, leaving us to follow after our sin nature that is led by satan, and leading us to the wrath to come, in the lake of fire for all eternity.

GOD, being the merciful GOD HE is, made a way to reconcile mankind back to HIMSELF. HE came to HIS own creation as the person of JESUS CHRIST to show us the way. Then after being beaten and tortured so badly, HE was unrecognizable as a man. HE was nailed to the cross, and after nine hours of suffering, HE died, but HE rose from the dead three days later, conquering death for all who trust in what HE did. You see, what took place on the cross was a legal transaction. We sin (crimes against GOD) and JESUS paid our fine in HIS life's blood, so that the law has no more hold on us and GOD can legally set us free. That indeed is GOOD NEWS!!

We are to take the good news message to all who will hear and tell them that whoever believes and puts on JESUS as their LORD and SAVIOR will be saved from the wrath to come. I say "put on JESUS" because as we have faith in putting on a parachute to save our lives from a falling airplane, we need to have faith in putting on JESUS to save us from the lake of fire. When we put on JESUS, we ultimately will have peace. Peace in our eternal life, peace in our daily lives, and ultimately peace in our relationship with GOD because through HIS SON's death, GOD IS AT PEACE WITH US!

Do not go another day without asking GOD to help you put your armor on.

GOD Bless you!

Hello All, Grace and Peace be to you!

In Ephesians 6:10-20 says... My Brethren, be strong in the LORD and in the power of HIS might. Put on the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkenss of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD; praying always with all supplication in the SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

The next armor piece is Righteousness which is the state of being right with GOD; justification; the work of CHRIST, which is the ground of justification. Psalm 119:40 says, Behold, I long for YOUR precepts; Revive me in YOUR righteousness. Psalm 23:3 (Amplified Bible) says, HE refreshes and restores my life (my self); HE leads me in the paths of righteousness (uprightness and right standing with HIM--not for my earning it, but for HIS name's sake.) Righteousness means being just, fair, and morally upright. We all should walk in righteousness, not because we have to for being bound by law, but because we love GOD, we will want to walk morally, just and fair. Where do we find out how to walk morally? It is in HIS WORD! When the world is calling for us to act according to the flesh and sinful ways, we know that if we heed Apostle Pauls warning to put on Righteousness we will not easily be fooled by the enemie's scheme's and plan's. The third armor piece "Gospel of Peace" will be in part three of this article.

GOD Bless you!

Hello All! Grace and Peace be to you!

Smart choice man!!! I pray all will come to know JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR!

I have been in on the go the past couple of days. I hope you enjoy the cartoons.

GOD Bless You!

Hello All, Grace and Peace be to you!

I love this one! We all need love and forgiveness! Remember, when we are patient, loving and forgiving with one another, it gives us permission to be human. Boy, do I need it!! Whew!! (As I wipe the sweat from my brow) Ultimately, I am in awe of the love and forgiveness GOD gives to each and everyone, through HIS death upon the cross for our sins, giving us eternal life to all who will confess sin, and turn from sin and begin a relationship with HIM.

What happened on the cross two-thousand years ago was a legal transaction. We sinned, (broke GOD's law) and JESUS stepped into the courtroom of forever and paid our fine in HIS life's blood, now the law has no more hold on us. (For those who trust and believe) Now GOD ( the JUDGE can legally set you you free!) Now that is TRUE LOVE, and TRUE FORGIVENESS!!! Amen!!! Praise GOD!!!

GOD Bless You!