THE KING'S DAUGHTERS

Purity: Start Today

At one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

- Ephesians 5:8

When I think of purity, the craziest thing comes to my mind. I think of maple syrup. As teenagers, my brothers and I helped my grandfather collect sap from maple trees. We'd gather all the pails, take them to the sugar shack, and boil the sap down to make hundreds of gallons of pure maple syrup.

Now, you may think you've tasted pure maple syrup before, but just read the label. If it says, "Contains pure maple syrup," it's not the real thing. You can tell I'm a bit fussy about my syrup even today.

Here's the connection. Whether it's maple syrup or the life of a follower of Jesus Christ, if something else is mixed in, it's not pure.

The apostle Paul laid it out clearly in Romans 12:1-2: "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world [don't mix in anything worldly], but be transformed by the renewal of your mind."

Our personal habits settle down very quickly into how we live. And believe it, God knows. If your life pleases Him, then you're like a fragrant offering rising up to His nose. He breathes in your sacrifice. He receives your life as pure worship.

So where do you stand on the issue of purity? "Well, I'm kind of new in the Lord, and I have some habits." Well, great! Now you know, and you can break them and continue to get free in Christ. You say, "Well, I used to be there, but I've kind of lowered my guard a little bit." Okay - raise it again! Let's be done with anything not fitting God's called-out ones. Holiness means no more games.

Nothing tastes as sweet or smells as fragrant to God as a pure life. If you are willing for God to change you, then get ready to taste and see His goodness as He directs your life to pure living. Life mixed with any of the world's ingredients will never satisfy again. No matter where you are, start today

The Weather Maker

The Weather Maker reigns above, creating all weather we speak of,

The One and Only True Creator, from both the poles to the equator,

Over this planet that we call earth, He’s the Only One who can birth,

All the weather that men shall see, upon all the lands and every sea.

God alone hides the day’s light, with ominous clouds dark as night,

And whether it is snow, hail or rain, it is The Lord, Who does ordain,

All earth’s precipitation, as it falls, while, God’s mighty thunder rolls,

With piercing lights from the sky, as His lightning catches every eye.

All the winds blow where they may, whether it is the night or the day,

Winds blowing, as The Maker wills, as His purpose, The Lord fulfills,

God stirring up many angry waves, in an ocean that rants and raves,

Or moving wind on desert sands, creating dust storms on the lands.

Hurricane winds, by Him, are spawn, as their path, by God, is drawn,

With tornados, also cutting their path, from God’s destructive Wrath,

This as the very Finger of God, scores the very ground that we trod,

As The Lord God shows His Power, both day and night, at any hour.

This is The Creator, known by some, showing to all, what is to come,

Upon this earth, created by Him, that has been tainted, by man’s sin,

For soon, He’ll purge from this world, all of the evil, sin has unfurled,

Filling it with eternal joy and mirth, when our God makes a New Earth.

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the

government will be on his shoulders.  And he will be

called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting

Father, Prince of Peace.  Of the increase of his

government and peace there will be no end.  He will

reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom,

establishing and upholding it with justice and

righteousness from that time on and forever. 

The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this." 

(Isaiah 9:6-7)

"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared

To all men.  It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and

Worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and

Godly lives in this present age, while we wait for The

Blessed Hope--the glorious appearing of our great God

And Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to

Redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself

A people that are his very own, eager to do what is good." 

(Titus 2:11-14)

Here is a heartwarming photo

A Nativity Scene was erected in a church yard.

During the night the folks came across this scene.

An abandoned dog was looking for a comfortable, protected place to sleep.
He chose baby Jesus as his comfort.
No one had the heart to send him away so he was there all night.

We should all have the good sense of this dog and curl up in Jesus' lap from time to time.

Please Pray URGENTLY for Chaplain Dolf Nagel. He had a hernia operation, and things went wrong. Lying in ICU with collapsed lungs. Pray for complete healing, faith and strength, and God’s Blessing of excellent health over him and his family, as well as strength for his family.

Thank you in Jesus Name.

It is hard at times to eat the right foods for our bodies when the wrong foods can taste so delicious. I am just glad then that when it comes to food for the soul the choices are a little easier to make. Imagine, for instance, that you had two types of food before you. The first one is great for you. It makes your heart healthier, your mind clearer, and your body more energetic. It makes you feel fantastic both inside and out. It also tastes delicious. You could eat it for a million years and never get tired of it. It just takes a bit of effort and a few minutes to cook each day. The second food is terrible for you. It is hard on your heart and destroys your health. It depresses your mind and steals your body’s vitality. It makes you feel miserable both inside and out. It also tastes terrible. You can eat it right away, though. It is instant and takes no effort to make. Which one would you choose?

Sadly, more people than you would think make the second choice. The second choice is acting from fear. It is choosing to feed the soul hatred, violence, negativeness, misery, pain, meanness, and loneliness. It is easy to do even though it hurts you every time you do it. It slowly poisons your life and the lives of those around you if they let it. The first choice, however, is choosing love. It is feeding the soul joy, peace, positiveness, happiness, delight, goodness, and oneness with God. It takes a bit of effort, but it brings a lot of Heaven to Earth. It enriches your life and the lives of everyone you share it with.

What you eat is up to you. Choose your foods wisely then. God wants you to eat well not just with your stomach but also with your heart, soul, mind, and life. Lay out a table full of all the love, joy, light, goodness, and oneness with God that you possibly can. Then pull up a chair and invite everyone to the feast.

Pure religion and undefiled before YAHUAH and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

This day we remember not two buildings, but those children without Fathers or Mother, those Wives without Husbands, those Husbands without Wives. We remember the stillness that this kind of grief  and devastation places in the very atmosphere.

I was on my way to work, was in a hurry and as always listening to my favorite radio preacher on the way. The minute I climbed from my car, something could be felt, something uncomfortable and uneasy, I prayed and asked the Father to hold me, comforted I took the key and opened the door, setting about the task of preparing the store for customers. A young Jewish man I worked with named Michael came in first and the look on his face is one of the things I cannot forget, the fear, and suprise and unbelief were apparent. He said,,turn the tv's on Miss Donna, theres something happening in New York. With the screen before us we stood there and watched what our minds just did not want to comprehend. One by one the employees and the customers came in, no one spoke, faces all lifted up to those screens that held the pictures of a smoking building I was very familiar with, a building that my family members and myself went to at various times in my life, a building where some were even employed. " Father whats happening? "

The customers kept coming but not one cash register was ringing up purchases, not one was looking for what they had originally came to purchase, we all stood silently, until the first building went down, O Father!!! There was gasps and tears, a husband held his wife as she buried her head in his shoulders, heads turned and eyes closed. Was there 20 of us or maybe 30?? Please Father let know one be in the building, cover your people and protect them!! Clouds of smoke and faces of horror. Just when we thought it was done,,,,,, the second building started to crumble. All the people, all the new widows, all the orphans, mothers weeping for their sons and daughters, father wanting to get to the sides of their sons to protect them that are no more. Was a new young Minister at that time, so there was no question what should take place next, we gathered hands, some people with familiar faces , some I didn't recognize, every race, creed, color and religious belief, for once it didn't matter we all reached for what we had in common an Almighty Elohiym, our Father which art in Heaven, as we lifted voices and tears in prayer for what we saw and couldn't quite believe. Something that only a Supreme and merciful Elohiym could handle.

Thought today we could share as we did at home this morning, it wasn't planned it kind of just happened, as we discussed where we all were when our hearts were all sent into mourning no matter where we were? We remembered the oneness that day, all the arguments and debates squashed, prayers services happened everywhere, we invited people to our church that we never thought about before, and went to places we had never been invited before, prayers went up in the highways and byways, in the public places and even in the streets,,,,, Is this what it would take??? No religion, no politics, no rich or poor, male or female, Jew or Gentile. Just a nation of people that must touch a heart, comfort a soul and share A HUG. Giving of ourselves, to the only religion that mattered at the moment, PURE AND UNDEFILED visiting all the afflicted the only way some of us could, through the Spirit of our FATHER.

Where were you when in one moment of our little lifetime the whole nation became ONE RELIGION, ONE BODY AND ONE CHURCH/buttEMBLY WITH ONE ELOHIYM, ONE SPIRIT AND ONE FATHER???

Don’t Be Left Not Knowing

You’ll never know until you do, ask The Lord to rescue you,

From a life of sin and shame, when you call upon His name;

You’ll never know God’s Love, until He reaches from above,

To lift you from the angry waves, as another soul He saves.

It’s Jesus Christ and only Him, who can rescue us from sin,

To alter your present destiny, through the Cross of Calvary;

A destiny that ends not here, but, in Heaven’s Atmosphere,

The place that only you can go, if The Lord, you truly know.

If Truth, you’ve never heard, just open up God’s Holy Word,

You’ll see with your own eyes, as Truth from the pages rise,

When you open up your heart, Truth God’s Spirit will impart,

To guide you in Truth you read, as you let God’s Spirit lead.

Truth alone will set you free, open your eyes and you’ll see,

What Truth, you may not know, The Scriptures clearly show,

God’s Truth is a sure foundation, of New Life and Salvation,

New Life provided by Grace, when Christ you truly embrace.

From God’s Truth you will know, as God helps you to grow,

That everything, in this life, is held together by Jesus Christ;

Don’t be left not knowing friend, about a life you can spend,

With The Lord Jesus Christ, in an eternity, know as Paradise.

(Copyright ©04/2010 Bob Gotti)