05/31/2025
Hi brothers & sisters!
Unfortunately, suffering is a part of this life, the Lord Jesus/God allows us to suffer as part of our refinement process... For example, when you heat up & melt precious metals all of the impurities come to the surface, and they’re removed… The Lord Jesus God’s wants us to be like Him, pure and holy! 😊
- I know it’s not easy and I’ve had my fair share of suffering over the years… We must truly turn from our willful/habitual sins and change the way we live, talk, think, act…. The Lord Jesus/God will restore us and give us His Joy and peace and bless us abundantly when we remain faithful and obedient to His word and ways by living righteously! 😊
- When you’re tempted to willfully sin, think to yourself, what would Jesus Do?? 😊 I can tell you this, He’s not gonna yell/cuss and flip that person off in traffic. He’s not gonna be rude and snap back at people. He’s not gonna lie & be manipulative, He’s not gonna watch p**n or be unfaithful, He’s not gonna do drugs and drink to get drunk, He’s not gonna abuse people in any way, shape or form, He's not gamble, etc etc etc.
- We’re not gonna be perfect like Jesus, but please understand, as a true/genuine child of God must truly be changed! 😊 We must be doers of the word, that proves our devotion & love and respect to the Lord Jesus/God!
God Bless you all!! Stay strong, keep reading God’s word and pray/talk to the Lord daily (Throughout the day) And He will strengthen you and guide you, Jesus loves you!! 😊 Truly live for Him and you’ll be so happy you did!! 😊 The best is yet to come!!
(1 Peter 1:15-20) NLT
15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
17 And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.” 18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.
- (1 Peter 5:5-10) NLT
5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”
6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.
10 In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
- (Zechariah 13:9) NLT
9 I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
- (Isaiah 48:10-13) NLT
10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
11 I will rescue you for my sake—
yes, for my own sake!
I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
and I will not share my glory with idols!
Freedom from Babylon
12 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
Israel my chosen one!
I alone am God,
the First and the Last.
13 It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth,
my right hand that spread out the heavens above.
When I call out the stars,
they all appear in order.”
