Book of Joel

Jesus IS Lord!
Have been spending a lot of time alone lately, reading the Bible, meditating on what He says to me through it. The more I read it, the more I see how short I fall from the true place He has called me to walk in. We are all called to "die to self", and take up our cross daily and walk with it. We are also to "reckon yourself dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ". I reckon that is the truth! You know that Jesus was the "Firstborn of MANY brethren". He also says that we were with Him in the beginning, before the foundation of the world! I guess that makes us a lot older than we look. We were created in Christ Jesus for good works. Another, "As He is, so are we in this world". The Book of Joel is being manifested right before our eyes. This is truly the season of the outpouring of the early and latter rains together. Don't know if you have ever bothered to open your Bible and actually read the Book of Joel. I have and is points out some things about the sun and the moon. Once is that the moon is covered in blood, and the sun is darkened. I believe the moon represents the Church which reflects the Light of the Son. Being covered in blood suggests that the Church is suffering to the point of martyrdom. "He who seeks to save his life shall lose it, but he who loses his life for My name's sake shall find it and receive everlasting life". That means dying to self, and loving God more than your own life. The new man is put on once the old man is dead. That can only be done through faith in Christ.
I just learned my little brother Jim is having surgery today. Will go see him in hospital. Your prayers for him are appreciciated. "As you do unto the least of My brithren, so do ye unto Me".
Bless you
Patrick

End of the World, Last Days, and Eternal Life

Now there's a title you don't see every day. Every one of us mortals will expereience a Last Days, (tribulation), The End of the World. That is the end of the domination of the flesh over our lives. That is accomplished by the power of the Holy Spirit in the heart of one who has Yielded his life to Christ. You surely remember that "Eternal Life" is only found in Christ. Christ can only be found in your heart if you have humbled yourself at His feet and made Him Lord over your life. He then owns you and you, personally, are God's affair. He determines what comes into and out of your life. When the Light shines in your heart, then darkness is chased out. He is Love. He is Life. He alone is the Healer. He has set you and me aside for such a time as this. Our lives are not our own, and we have been bought with a price, even the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, so that we might live in Him. He is the Vine, we are His branches, bone of His bone, and washed in His Blood. His Words alone have given us Life, for they are Spirit and Life. May each of us yield our hearts to the unfailing Love of the Father and of Christ, receive wholeness by His Spirit, and yeild our hearts and minds, that Christ may be All, in all.