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Category Archives: Christ Our Advocate
THANKS AND GOD MASTER OF TIME
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David Wilkerson – Fianl Warning!
Tears of Joy! Father I love you!!
Home Free – How Great Thou Art
Psalm 119:20
My soul is crushed with longing After Your ordinances at all times.
Isaiah 26:9
At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Psalm 63:1
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Amos 8:11
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord GOD, “When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD.
John 4:13-14
Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
Isaiah 55:1
“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.
John 6:27
“Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
John 7:37
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Revelation 21:6
Then He said to me, “It is done I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come ” And let the one who hears say, “Come ” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.
Worthy is the Lamb
Morning
“I will praise thee, O Lord.”
Psalm 9:1
Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earth’s gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and inclined his ear to the voice of thy supplication? Then praise him as long as thou livest. Let the ripe fruit drop upon the fertile soil from which it drew its life. Deny not a song to him who hath answered thy prayer and given thee the desire of thy heart. To be silent over God’s mercies is to incur the guilt of ingratitude; it is to act as basely as the nine lepers, who after they had been cured of their leprosy, returned not to give thanks unto the healing Lord. To forget to praise God is to refuse to benefit ourselves; for praise, like prayer, is one great means of promoting the growth of the spiritual life. It helps to remove our burdens, to excite our hope, to increase our faith. It is a healthful and invigorating exercise which quickens the pulse of the believer, and nerves him for fresh enterprises in his Master’s service. To bless God for mercies received is also the way to benefit our fellow-men; “the humble shall hear thereof and be glad.” Others who have been in like circumstances shall take comfort if we can say, “Oh! magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together; this poor man cried, and the Lord heard him.” Weak hearts will be strengthened, and drooping saints will be revived as they listen to our “songs of deliverance.” Their doubts and fears will be rebuked, as we teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. They too shall “sing in the ways of the Lord,” when they hear us magnify his holy name. Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels pray not, but they cease not to praise both day and night; and the redeemed, clothed in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands, are never weary of singing the new song, “Worthy is the Lamb.”
Evening
“Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.”
Song of Solomon 8:13
My sweet Lord Jesus remembers well the garden of Gethsemane, and although he has left that garden, he now dwells in the garden of his church: there he unbosoms himself to those who keep his blessed company. That voice of love with which he speaks to his beloved is more musical than the harps of heaven. There is a depth of melodious love within it which leaves all human music far behind. Ten of thousands on earth, and millions above, are indulged with its harmonious accents. Some whom I well know, and whom I greatly envy, are at this moment hearkening to the beloved voice. O that I were a partaker of their joys! It is true some of these are poor, others bedridden, and some near the gates of death, but O my Lord, I would cheerfully starve with them, pine with them, or die with them, if I might but hear thy voice. Once I did hear it often, but I have grieved thy Spirit. Return unto me in compassion, and once again say unto me, “I am thy salvation.” No other voice can content me; I know thy voice, and cannot be deceived by another, let me hear it, I pray thee. I know not what thou wilt say, neither do I make any condition, O my Beloved, do but let me hear thee speak, and if it be a rebuke I will bless thee for it. Perhaps to cleanse my dull ear may need an operation very grievous to the flesh, but let it cost what it may I turn not from the one consuming desire, cause me to hear thy voice. Bore my ear afresh; pierce my ear with thy harshest notes, only do not permit me to continue deaf to thy calls. Tonight, Lord, grant thine unworthy one his desire, for I am thine, and thou hast bought me with thy blood. Thou hast opened mine eye to see thee, and the sight has saved me. Lord, open thou mine ear. I have read thy heart, now let me hear thy lips.
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Is your candle lit & do we labour eventide? A convicting message from the Lord!
Morning
EPHESIANS 6
“The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.”
Judges 7:20
Gideon ordered his men to do two things: covering up a torch in an earthen pitcher, he bade them, at an appointed signal, break the pitcher and let the light shine, and then sound with the trumpet, crying, “The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon! the sword of the Lord, and of Gideon!” This is precisely what all Christians must do. First, you must shine; break the pitcher which conceals your light; throw aside the bushel which has been hiding your candle, and shine. Let your light shine before men; let your good works be such, that when men look upon you, they shall know that you have been with Jesus. Then there must be the sound, the blowing of the trumpet. There must be active exertions for the ingathering of sinners by proclaiming Christ crucified. Take the gospel to them; carry it to their door; put it in their way; do not suffer them to escape it; blow the trumpet right against their ears. Remember that the true war-cry of the Church is Gideon’s watchword, “The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon!” God must do it, it is his own work. But we are not to be idle; instrumentality is to be used–“The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon!” If we only cry, “The sword of the Lord!” we shall be guilty of an idle presumption; and if we shout, “The sword of Gideon!” alone, we shall manifest idolatrous reliance on an arm of flesh: we must blend the two in practical harmony, “The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon!” We can do nothing of ourselves, but we can do everything by the help of our God; let us, therefore, in his name determine to go out personally and serve with our flaming torch of holy example, and with our trumpet tones of earnest declaration and testimony, and God shall be with us, and Midian shall be put to confusion, and the Lord of hosts shall reign forever and ever.
Evening
“In the evening withhold not thy hand.”
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour, and the zealous soul-winner finds time to tell abroad the love of Jesus. Have I no evening work for Jesus? If I have not, let me no longer withhold my hand from a service which requires abundant labour. Sinners are perishing for lack of knowledge; he who loiters may find his skirts crimson with the blood of souls. Jesus gave both his hands to the nails, how can I keep back one of mine from his blessed work? Night and day he toiled and prayed for me, how can I give a single hour to the pampering of my flesh with luxurious ease? Up, idle heart; stretch out thy hand to work, or uplift it to pray; heaven and hell are in earnest, let me be so, and this evening sow good seed for the Lord my God.
The evening of life has also its calls. Life is so short that a morning of manhood’s vigour, and an evening of decay, make the whole of it. To some it seems long, but a four-pence is a great sum of money to a poor man. Life is so brief that no man can afford to lose a day. It has been well said that if a great king should bring us a great heap of gold, and bid us take as much as we could count in a day, we should make a long day of it; we should begin early in the morning, and in the evening we should not withhold our hand; but to win souls is far nobler work, how is it that we so soon withdraw from it? Some are spared to a long evening of green old age; if such be my case, let me use such talents as I still retain, and to the last hour serve my blessed and faithful Lord. By his grace I will die in harness, and lay down my charge only when I lay down my body. Age may instruct the young, cheer the faint, and encourage the desponding; if eventide has less of vigorous heat, it should have more of calm wisdom, therefore in the evening I will not withhold my hand.
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WHO’S THERE? WHY IS THY LIGHT NOT SHINING MY DAUGHTER? DID I NOT LABOR AT NIGHT ALSO MY CHILD?
Night has fallen and there’s a knock at the door. I ask who’s there? A voice softly spoken replies, “It is I.” I reply back what is your name? to which the soft voice replies, “It is I.” Again, I ask what is your name; again I get the reply, “It is I.” I have grown impatient at this point and open the door to my surprise to see no one is there! Perplexed I close the door and go about my business of getting ready for work the next day. Not being able to shake the soft voice I study on it and pray for an answer about it.
Did you know that soft spoken voice was the Holy Spirit knocking at my heart’s door. Just as Samuel had to go to Eli because he “thought” Eli was calling him three different times. The scripture states in 1 Samuel verse 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. What can be said of us Christians who say and profess the name of Jesus Christ and we can’t even discern the soft whisper of the Holy Spirit? What voice (s) do we listen to on a daily basis my friends? I know I am guilty of allowing the world in general ground out the Holy Spirit’s voice. No matter what the venue that is causing the distraction we must take hold of God ‘s Word and study it like a child craving it’s mother’s milk.
If, we claim to know the Lord then should we not know His Holy Spirit in whole who is the ONE who lifts up our prayers, our pains, requests and petitions before our Advocate, Jesus Christ, who is our Savior and goes before the Throne of God Almighty on our behalf? Samuel did not yet know the Lord nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. We as believers can not make this claim if we truly know the Lord in truth and Spirit. Now can we? When we stand before the Beama seat of Christ all bets are off and there will be no excuses! Time is short and we are the called out Army of God Almighty. We must first start by bleaching our own hearts by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to each individual in Christ every vile thing there is and to bleach our hearts clean with the Word of God and by the Blood of Christ! Second, and I will end at this point: Repent and seek forgiveness of what ever the sins are! The Church is past anemic and lost a lot of the Precious Blood of Christ! I don”t know about you; but that literally scares the hell out of me! I do not claim to be perfect by any means for only one is perfect, Jesus Christ! Searching my heart I am found guilty of blocking out the Holy Spirit and seek for this to be corrected only in Jesus. I leave you friends with these words straight from the Lord and one of his ancient prophets, Isaiah. God bless
Hebrews 13:21 (KJV)
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Isaiah 1 (KJV)
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
Lord Jesus Help Us To Be Lead Of Your Holy Spirit
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Luke 11:13 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
John 15:26 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextBut when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Romans 8:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextFor ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
John 4:23 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextBut the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Psalms 51:11 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextCast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Luke 10:21 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextIn that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Ephesians 4:30 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Isaiah 63:10 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextBut they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
John 7:39 | View whole chapter | See verse in context(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Luke 4:1 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into thewilderness,
Ephesians 3:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextWhich in other ages was not made known unto thesons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holyapostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Ephesians 2:18 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextFor through him we both have access by one Spiritunto the Father.
Isaiah 63:11 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextThen he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Acts 2:4 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spiritgave them utterance.
Matthew 10:20 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextFor it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of yourFather which speaketh in you.
Isaiah 11:2 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, thespirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and ofthe fear of the LORD;
John 1:33 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with theHoly Ghost.
Ephesians 1:13 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextIn whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard theword of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with thatholy Spirit of promise,
Galatians 4:6 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd because ye are sons, God hath sent forth theSpirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,Father.
Exodus 35:21 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’S offering to the work of thetabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Psalms 68:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextA father of the fatherless, and a judge of thewidows, is God in his holy habitation.
Matthew 28:19 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextGo ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Luke 1:67 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd his father Zacharias was filled with the HolyGhost, and prophesied, saying,
Luke 23:46 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextAnd when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Ephesians 1:17 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextThat the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
1 John 5:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextFor there are three that bear record in heaven, theFather, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 Corinthians 12:3 | View whole chapter | See verse in contextWherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is theLord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Prayer: Lord Jesus I humbly ask for you to reveal to your daughter and all who read this message to understand, to have the knowledge and wisdom from understanding of your Blessed Words above. Please soak us with your Holy Spirit, your manna from Heaven, the Eternal Pure Water of Life; your Son Jesus Christ! We hunger and thirst for You, Your Holy Spirit and the Hope our salvation lies in, Your Son Jesus Christ! In Jesus name. Amen
