“If we just open our eyes and our hearts, we will see the truth…”
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins (that cause us such heartache) to rescue us (Like He’s done, and is still doing, for Ann and me) from the present evil age…
Galatians 1:3-4
Jesus saith unto him (and to each of us who have ever lived), I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
Seriously, Mark (Or anyone else)? You can’t make it being double-minded? You can’t play around with not believing the Bible, or with believing parts of it and not others? You can’t take the chance of believing the devil’s lies and living with the destroying consequences of doing so? You must not fool around in this life playing with the devil’s fire only to go to hell apart from Me, forever…
Some people think Ann and I are naive, silly, gullible, and pretty stupid to believe God the way we do. Ann and I know how bad off we were when we didn’t believe God’s Word and when we weren’t trying to live it out on a daily basis. Over the years, we’ve observed the lives of many who did not take God at His Word, those who did not apply it to their daily lives. Believe us when we say that believing His Word and applying it to our lives is the smartest decision we ever made.
Ann and I battle to keep the faith just like anyone else does. We learned a long time ago that we were going to have to take God at His Word or live totally messed up lives. We came to the place where we had to begin believing God’s Word or be miserable and possibly divorced. In fact, if I had kept going in the direction of not believing God, I would probably be dead by now. No kidding.
PTSD, and all of my other challenges, have been the greatest blessing in my life – Ann agrees. Why? Because these things forced me/us to turn to Jesus and to live all out for Him. He knew it was the only way I would choose Him with my whole heart. And, He knew He wanted to use me/us to communicate His hope, His truth, love, joy, peace and rest to others so they could come to know Him as well. What incredible joy.
Following Him I know I’m right, He watches o’er me day and night…
We know we must apply Bible verses to our lives every day. That is how “Choosing Jesus Every Day” began. We wanted to remind our daughters to choose Jesus every day once they got married and left our home. Now, others receive the same encouragement to choose Jesus each day.
God has done all He can to help us. He’s put His Word out there for us to believe so we can be delivered from our destructions, from our weak flesh, the world, and the devil’s lies. It’s up to us to believe it. No one can do that for us. It’s up to each one of us to make the decision to believe God’s Word, to follow Christ, to choose LIFE.
Ann and I read the Word daily. We talk about it all the time. We watch programs and listen to music that build our faith. We encourage others with what we’ve learned. It’s how we keep The Truth at the forefront of our minds, emotions and spirits.
You see, Jesus really is all the world to us, our life, our joy, our all. We want to live in victory because we’ve lived in defeat and we know what that was like. We have to live free. It’s the only life to live and it’s the very thing Christ died on the cross to make available to each of us.
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Psalm 34:8-10
Ann and I know we belong to Jesus. We’ve tasted of His truth, mercy and grace and found that He’s delicious to our lives. We know He really is our strength from day to day, and when we’re sad, He makes us glad. Truly, we need no better Friend than Jesus.
Please, make the smart choice. Believe. Take a stand for the Word, and apply it to every moment of your life. God, your true Father, will back you up and your life will change for the best, forever.
I don’t want to waste this life You’ve given me, Lord. Open my eyes, Lord. I want to see Jesus.
“Jesus, I need and want to know You more. I want You to be all the world to me, my Life, my Joy, my All. Whatever it takes, Jesus, please bring me to the point that I choose You every moment of my life.”
Jesus Is All The World To Me
Christian hymn by Will L. Thompson
Jesus is all the world to me,
My life, my joy, my all;
He is my strength from day to day,
Without Him I would fall.
When I am sad, to Him I go,
No other one can cheer me so;
When I am sad, He makes me glad,
He’s my Friend.
Jesus is all the world to me,
My Friend in trials sore;
I go to Him for blessings, and
He gives them o’er and o’er.
He sends the sunshine and the rain,
He sends the harvest’s golden grain;
Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain,
He’s my Friend.
Jesus is all the world to me,
And true to Him I’ll be;
Oh, how could I this Friend deny,
When He’s so true to me?
Following Him I know I’m right,
He watches o’er me day and night;
Following Him by day and night,
He’s my Friend.
Jesus is all the world to me,
I want no better Friend;
I trust Him now, I’ll trust Him when
Life’s fleeting days shall end.
Beautiful life with such a Friend,
Beautiful life that has no end;
Eternal life, eternal joy,
He’s my Friend.
God bless,
Mark