THE BREAD OF LIFE

 SCRIPTURE John 6:33-35, 47-48 I AM The BREAD of LIFE-For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.” And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. . . . Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life.

OBSERVATION Jesus, the bread of God, the Bread of Life came from heaven to be broken, to give His life for me that I could have everlasting life.

APPLICATION I would share this bread, this everlasting life-giving bread.

PRAYER Thank You, Jesus for coming to give Your life for me that I may have the gift of everlasting life.

My Creator and my Helper

 

 Scripture Psalms 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:2 My help comes from the Lord,  the Maker of heaven and earth.

Observation The same God Who spoke all things into existence is my Helper, friend, Lord, creator, Father.

Application I would draw each day from Your infinite power source.

Prayer Thank You Father for being my constant consistent infinite source of help and strength.

In Part . . . In Full

 

 Scripture I Corinthians 13:12-13 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1st John 3:2 2 Corinthians 5:7

I Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace . . .

Observation A glimpse of the glory, strength, power, presence, peace, love, etc. . . . of God is what we experience now but one forever day we will see Him in full, in all His glory and majesty.

Application I would live seeking to draw nearer, know better my God and Father and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and look forward to that eternal day when I will know, see, experience Him in ALL His glory and majesty.

Prayer Thank You Jesus for opening the doors of heaven that I might know and experience Your presence both now, in part, and forever, in full.

Forever Home

 Scripture Revelation 21:4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. 

Observation/ Application  One forever day there will be no more death, sorrow, crying or pain.   

Prayer Father God thank You for a forever heavenly home free from sorrow, tears, pain where I will live forever with You. Thank You, Jesus for Your sacrifice to make this all possible.

Victory in Jesus

 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 15:55-57

I heard about a mansion he has built for me in glory,

And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea;

About the angels singing and the old redemption story,

And some sweet day I’ll sing up there the song of victory.

O victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever!

He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood;

He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him.

He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood.-E.M. Bartlett

Eternal Redeemer

 Scripture Lamentations 3:22-25 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Verse 41 Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven.

Verse  58 O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

 Verse 5:19 You, O Lord, remain forever. Your throne from generation to generation.

Observation The Lord is a merciful, compassionate, faithful, eternal redeemer.

Application My faith and trust is in a merciful, compassionate, faithful, eternal Redeemer God. 

Prayer Father God my faith and trust is in You alone.

God Sent His Son Jesus

 Scripture  John 7: 28-29 Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

Observation Jesus came down, was sent down from heaven by God.

Application God the Father sent down Jesus from heaven for me.

Prayer Thank You Father for sending Jesus down from heaven for me. 

Heaven came down for me . . . God sent His Son, Jesus.

BREAD of LIFE

 

Scripture John 6:33-35 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always. And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

Observation Jesus is The Bread of God, The Bread of Life, come down from heaven that we would never hunger and have the gift of eternal life.

Application I have received Jesus, The Bread of God, The Bread of Life, and His gift of eternal life.

Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for coming down from heaven to bring the gift of eternal life.

An Eternal Inheritance

 

  Scripture   I Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Day Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,   to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,  who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Observation God, my gracious and merciful Father has purchased for me the gift of salvation and eternal life through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, a gift that is imperishable, undefiled reserved in heaven and protected by His power through my faith in Him.

Application My faith and trust are in Christ alone for the gift of salvation and eternal life.

Prayer Father God, thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to do what only He could do in purchasing for me and all who would believe, the imperishable gift of salvation and eternal life. Thank You for making heaven my home.

GOD ALMIGHTY With Me

 

  Scripture 2 Kings 19:15-16  Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “Lord, God of Israel,  enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.   Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God.

 2 Chronicles 32:7-8 “Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the One with us is greater than the one with him.  With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

James 5:11  Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

Observation  The LORD GOD Who spoke all things into being hears/listens to and sees me, He shows mercy and compassion, He gives strength and courage, He helps me fight my battles, He gives me endurance and perseverance, He is greater than any foe or trial that may come my way.

Application GREATER is HE WHO is in me than he who is in this world.

Prayer Thank YOU JESUS for opening the doors/treasuries of heaven and pouring out to me mercy, compassion, strength, courage, endurance, perseverance beyond measure and far greater than any trial/battle/foe that may come my way.

Fly Away Home

 Scripture 2 Kings 2:11   Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Observation  Miraculous event, one of those, if I could have picked one to witness in person, this would be one of my top choices.

Application  There will be a day/time when some will be taken up into heaven while others are left behind.

Prayer  Thank You, Jesus, for the gift of eternal life that You purchased for me that someday I too will be taken up into heaven. 

God of Mercy and Truth

 

Scripture Psalms 57:10 For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, and Your truth unto the clouds.

Observation The mercy and truth of God is infinite.

Application/Prayer Father, today, every day throughout eternity I would be thankful for Your infinite mercy and trusting in You, Who are The Way, The TRUTH, and The Life.

A Heavenly Body

 

Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Observation One day our physical body will die/be destroyed but we have an eternal dwelling in heaven which can never be taken away.

Application Though my physical body is wasting away, I will set my eyes/focus on an eternal dwelling in heaven.

Prayer Father, You alone know the weakness/frailty of my physical body, I want to thank You for a glorified/eternal/heavenly body that will one forever day be mine.

Glorious Forever Day

 

Scripture Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”- Acts 7:55-56

Observation These words, this event recorded in The Book of Acts causes me to think back on Jesus’ Words in The Gospel of Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. ”

Application Someday, one forever timeless day, I too will get to see God in all His glory and my Savior, Jesus Christ because He has given me the gift of eternal life.

What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see and I look upon His face the one who saved me by His grace, when He takes me by the hand and leads me through the Promised Land. What a day, glorious day that will be.-Jim Hill

Prayer Thank You, Jesus, for making heaven and the gift of eternal life possible. I look forward to that forever day when I will see You in all Your glory forevermore.

Status Week Thirty-One 2010

Let’s always be reminding fellow believers of all that Jesus has done and of how truly wonderful He is.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my Strength and my Redeemer. ~Psalm 19:14

 I will love You, O LORD, my strength. ~Psalm 18:1

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." ~Matthew 5:16

LORD, help me remember, recognize, and rejoice that You are always trustworthy and present.

LOVE YOU POP

Three years have passed, oh how time flies, since you flew away to your eternal home. I see this picture and imagine this look, this smile on your face as you entered that heavenly home and met your Savior. Such joy you brought us here...joy beyond our imaginations you are experiencing now. I LOVE YOU POP...I miss you...I'll meet you some glad morning with a smile on my face too.