The Love Jesus has.
The love Jesus has for us is something that can never be fully described or recorded, for it is simply far greater than anything that we are ever able to comprehend or understand. Jesus loved you from the day you were born and continues to love you after the day that you cease to exist on this earth. When you are at your worst moments in life, filled with sin and with hate, the love Jesus has for you does not diminish.
Does Jesus Love Me?
One of the most frequently asked and pondered questions asked is "Does Jesus love me?" Jesus is the same yesteray, today and tomorrow and He loved you the day that you were born. The love Jesus has for you is far greater than any sin that you can commit and the light of His love shines into the darkness of any sin in your life and destroys that sin within you, making you perfect. Jesus hates sin, but at the same time is true to forgive you of every sin in your life, if you just ask Him to.
What does Jesus expect in return for His Love?
What price does Jesus ask in return for the great love that He has for us? The only thing ever expected of you is that you love Jesus with all your heart, that you love God and live in constant relationship and fellowship with Him through prayer and quiet time. Jesus says that the greatest commandment is to love the lord your God with all your heart.
The second greatest commandment of Jesus is that you love your neighbour as you love yourself. If you love Jesus, you will automatically be filled with the love of Jesus, and this love will radiate out from within you and you will start to love all the people around you and be filled with compassion for those around you, for you have become bonded to Jesus in love and become like Jesus in this bonding, hence the name of christian - Christ like. The qualities of Jesus will begin to grow within you as the fruits of the Spirit.
I do not yet Love Jesus.
I know of Jesus and have heard a lot about Him, but I have never come into a realtionship with Him and so I do not yet love Jesus. If you have never yet had the opportunity to get to know Jesus and to love Jesus, do not fear for Jesus still loves you and has always loved you and will continue to love you. However, Jesus is waiting for the day that you will come to Him and invite him into your life, that he may be able to say to you, "My child, I love You."
If you have never invited Jesus into your heart, why not do it today, while you still have the opportunity. Merely say a little prayer to accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, and your life will be changed forever. You will experience fully the love of Jesus and your hardened heart will be turned to jelly as He fills you with His love and removes all sin away from you.
Do not forget to go out into the world today and to tell someone about the love Jesus has for them.
Jesus Love Daily Articles
Hi To all my regular visitors.
Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, Love Jesus will no longer be a daily teaching, but will instead become a once a week to twice a week teaching.
I have dedicated up to 4 hours per day for the last 8 months, into this site, in order to reach out to the lost and lift the spirits of the saved, but financial constraints require that I return to full time employment, and so I am unfortunately no longer able to dedicate the full time needed to maintain this site on a daily basis.
I thank all my daily visitors for their dedication to the site and ask that you will continue to pop in on a regular basis to see what is new.
May God continue to bless you mightily and may you continue to walk constantly in the love of Jesus.
Sacrifice of Praise
I will continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, for He dwells in the praises of His people. God lives in the praises offered up to Him by us. We are created to praise God. We have been made to walk in the love of Jesus. We walk in the shadow of His grace when we are doing what we have been created to do - Praise and Love.
Hebrews 13:15, " Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
The Sacrifice of Praise of our lips.
The scripture above is very interesting in a few ways. First is that it refers to the praise of our lips, which is a sacrifice. Now a sacrifice is something that costs you, which you then give to God. How does the sacrifice of praise cost you? We are created to praise God, but yet, through the sinful nature that is within us and pride, we prefer to spend our time praising ourselves and giving glory to ourselves rather than to God. It takes sacrifice to stop giving glory and credit to yourself, and to recognise that without the power of God inside of you, that you are indeed capable of nothing and so therefore, you have to give the glory and credit to God for all things.
The Sacrifice of praise of our time.
The sacrifice of praise is not something that is a once off thing, but is performed on a regular basis, and ideally you should spend the first part of your day praising God and entering into relationship with Him. This is the great sacrifice for many, for they would far rather spend the extra time to sleep a little longer, than to get up a little earlier and spend time praising God and seeking His direction for the day.
Walk in the Love of Jesus.
The second part of the scripture says that we must not forget to do good and to share, for that is pleasing to God. This is to walk in the love of Jesus, for only by having the love of Jesus shining through you, are you able to go out and do good for others and to share with others.
When you are in constant relationship with God the Father, through Christ Jesus, constantly praying to Him and praising Him, then you start to walk in the shadow of His grace, and His hand is on your life, protecting you and leading you into the path that He has chosen for you.
Constantly sacrifice your praise to Him, that all may be smooth in your walk in the love of Jesus.
Faith in the Name of Jesus
Faith in the name of Jesus is the key to opening the windows of heaven and for the glory of God to come pouring out on you. Without faith in the name of Jesus you are not even able to be saved. Without faith in the name of Jesus, you can not be healed and you will not see the glory of God the Father.
Acts 4:12, "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." If you wish to accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, you can never be saved unless you have the faith to believe that Jesus has the power to forgive your sins and set you free. When you call upon the name of Jesus, you are calling upon Him because you realise, and therefore have faith, that He is able to set you free. Therefore everyone who has already accepted Jesus into their lives already has a measure of faith.
Once you have accepted Jesus into your life, you begin to increase in faith and to walk in faith. Different people walk in differing amounts of faith according to what they believe and accept. Some believe in their hearts that Jesus only performed miracles when He was walking on the earth and that the miracle power of Jesus does not exist anymore. Others have huge faith in the power that lies in the name of Jesus and so are able to walk in faith and see massive and incredible miracles on a regular basis. Others only have faith in the name of Jesus for small things.
Faith is believing in things, the evidence of which have not been seen. In other words it is when you believe that something is going to happen when there is no other evidence that it will in fact happen. In Mathew 9:21, the lady with the flow of blood, followed Jesus and had faith that if she were only to touch the hem of His garment, that the blood flow would stop and she would be healed. She had no physical evidence that if she managed to touch his garment that she would be healed. ther was no previous medical research to prove the fact that she could be healed by merely touching His garment. All she had to go on was her faith that Jesus was indeed so powerful, that merely by touching His garment, even without His knowing, that she would be healed. She had faith for it to happen and so it happened.
Matthew 21:22, "if you have faith and do not doubt." Faith and doubt do not go together. In many of the healings performed by Jesus, there are clear cut words that are repeated by Jesus, "Your faith has made you well."
When Jesus ascended to heaven He left behind something for us to use. We have the power in the name of Jesus. Jesus gave us His name, that not only can we be saved by His name, but we are also able to receive and witness the same miracles through the name of Jesus, that were performed by Jesus while He was on the earth, if we only have Faith.
Acts 3:16, "And his name, through Faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the prescence of you all." Jesus is the same Yesterday, today and tomorrow, and His word carries true. Jesus has already said in John 14:12, "Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do and greater works than these he will do, because I go to my Father." Jesus states clearly in this scripture that the works that He did on earth such as healings, will be carried on and will even become greater, by those who believe and have the faith to walk in the authority of the name of Jesus.
Jesus is right here, right now, and if you merely have the faith to believe in the power in His name, then you can expect a miracle from Him. If you wish to be saved by Him, then merely ask Him to come into your life and accept Him as Lord and Saviour. If you are sick and in need of healing, then have faith in His name and you will be healed.
Above all walk in His name, trusting that He is watching over you and is guiding and leading you into everlasting life.
First Love
Is your first love for Jesus still burning bright, or has the fire cooled down and the ambers lost their glow. Jesus is your first love, He is the Alpha and Omega, and therefore should be first and last. He is to be the first love in your life that shines bright and continues to burn fiercely all your life through.
Revelations 2:2 to 4. "I know your works, your labour, your patience, and that you can not bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them to be liars. And you have perservered and have patience, and have laboured for My name's sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love."
This is the message to the church of Ephesus. They are well commended for all their works and characteristics, and yet they are charged with having lost the burning first love that Jesus commands should be foremost in our lives.
Jesus commanded us that the greatest commandment of all time is to love the Lord God with all of our hearts. The second greatest is that we love our neighbour as we love ourselves. If you do not have the love of Jesus burning bright within your hearts, then anything else that you may do is of no real value. You can perform great and wonderful miracles, work 24/7 to spread the gospel, have extreme patience and endure all the trials, but if you do not have the light of love shining through you, it is of no avail.
Timothy says that we are to stir up the gift of God which is in you (2Timothy 1:6). We are to stir up the fire that is within us so that the love of Jesus shines bright from within and so that all who see us will be witness to the fact that we are as madly in love with Jesus as we were the first day that we accepted Jesus into our lives.
Prosper in Jesus Love.
I pray that you would prosper through the love of Jesus that flows from within you, and that you may be blessed always through God our Father. I pray that you would abide in Him and He in you, so that you could walk in the blessings that He has already provided for you.
3 John verse 2, "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."
It is God's will for you that you prosper financially, in health, and in all walks of life. It is not God's will for you to walk in lack. God wants His people to stand out head and shoulders above the rest. God says that you are the head and not the tail. Why then are so many christians battling and why are so many clearly the tail? Why are you unable to walk in the full blessings that are promised by God the Father?
Isaiah 48:17,
Thus says the Lord your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel.
"I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you by the way to go."
God is clearly the Lord who teaches us to profit and who teaches us the path to follow in order to profit. However the key to why some prosper, but most fail to prosper lies in the first sentence of verse 18.
"Oh that you had heeded my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river.
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea."
Disobedience to the word of God will prevent you from reaching the blessings that God has placed before you. God has placed many commandments before you, and unless you obey His commandments, you can not receive His full blessing.
The commandments that God places before us are nothing new, but are mostly contained in the bible. There are many commandments that we are to obey in order to obtain the blessings of God.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart.
Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
Obey the Ten Commandments.
Do not commit yourself into the deadly sins.
Obey the Financial Laws of God.
And many Others.
Deuteronomy 28 is a listing of the blessings and curses of God. Verse 1 opens the blessings and says, "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all his commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth." It is very clear from this that unless you obey the commandments that God has given to you, you will not walk in the blessings that he promises.
Deauteronomy 28:15, "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you." Disobedience to God's word comes with a high price.
In order to fully benefit from the blessings that God has already laid out for you, it is clear that you have to walk in obedience to God and in the love of Jesus. If God is first and foremost in your heart, then you will have no problem in obeying His commandments and keeping His statutes and the blessings of God will abound in your life.
Walk in obedience and love, so that you may be full of the blessings of God and that all may see that you prosper.
Faith isn’t Faith
If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move. Matthew17:20
What is faith? Faith is the most difficult part of our Christain walk. It is learning to believe in Christ with all your heart and all your mind.
When you have other options open and other plans to fall back on - it is not faith.
When last did you see someone walking around a city like Jericho - 7 times, just believing in absolute and blind faith that the walls will fall down. Nowadays, the TV camera's and press will all be there to show the rest of the world just how crazy you have become. Of course the medics will also be there and you will be sent for physciatric evaluation.
Yet this is the type of faith that Jesus requires of us. Often the crazier it sounds, the more likely it is that Jesus is behind it.
I pray that your faith would rise and become greater than the size of a mustard seed. Remember that all things are possible to him who believes.
Seefood Diet
The seefood diet is the only diet that christians are commanded to be on according to the bible. Many christians become concerned with their weight and diets and others are concerned about biblical commands about certain foods that we are not supposed to eat.
Lately I came across a website that is using an old testament scripture that says that we should not eat any of the creatures of the sea that do not have a scale. They are using this scripture to get people to stop eating prawns and crayfish. Do they not know about the seefood diet that we are commanded to be on according to the new testament.
1 Timothy 4 verses 3 to 5 clearly command that all food that we see is good for us, and that we should eat it with thanksgiving. We are therefore commanded to be on a seefood diet. If we see food that we like we are to eat it and give thanks to God for the food.
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Enjoy your eating and walk today in the abundance of good food and love that has been provided for us by our Lord.
Love is Greatest.
Love is the greatest gift that Jesus has given to us, for without the love of Jesus coming down to us as the perfect and greatest gift from God, it would be impossible for us to enter the kingdom of heaven or to receive forgiveness of our sins.
"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love," 1 Corinthians 13:13. Jesus came and delivered these gifts to us, to abide in us - or to live in us. We are to be filled with faith, hope and love, but the best and greatest of all of these is love. We are to grow the fruits of the Spirit into our lives, and a quick look at the fruits of the Spirit reveal that these are all characteristics of true love. We are filled with His love and we are to let His live shine out from us as a light of love to the world. The love that is within us is greater than any faith that we may walk in.
If you are filled with faith and there is nothing that you are unable to believe for, even that you cast mountains into the sea, but yet you have not the love of Jesus shining through you, then you are nothing (1 Corinthians 13:2). If you spend all your time going out to feed the poor and sending money to feed the poor, but yet you do not have love, then you are nothing (Verse 3). Should you be highly spiritual and the greatest in the speaking of tongues and have not love, then you are nothing(Verse1).
In Matthew 22: 37 to 38, Jesus says that the greatest of all the commandments is that you Love God with all your heart and that the second is that you love your neighbour as yourself. There is a scripture in Matthew 9:13 that is sadly seldom used in sermons, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice." Mercy comes from the heart and is a product of love, whereas sacrifice tends to come from the brain and not the soul. Jesus requires that as the mercy of the Father was shown to us, by sending us the perfect gift of love, so too are we to show mercy to others around us in the form of His love shining through us.
Go out and let the light of love shine from within you into all the darkness that is around you.
Love of Jesus Divides.
The love of Jesus is as a bright and piercing light that shines into the darkness and divides the darkness. Although generally love serves the purpose of uniting, the love of Jesus serves the purpose of dividing. Luke 12:51, "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division." Jesus clearly states that part of His purpose on earth was to bring forth division amongst, not only the different peoples of the earth, but also within families. Verse 53, "Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother....".
Jesus was called first to the Jewish nation, where Jesus caused an incredible amount of division. His piercing light of love shone into the darkness of the Jewish nation and split the nation. There were Pharisees on one side and sadducees on the other and those who chose to believe in Him in the middle. The nation was in turmoil with fighting between those who believed that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and those who believed that the Messiah had not yet arrived. To this very day there is still deep division amongst the Jewish nation and anyone amongst the traditional Jews, who steps out and declares that Jesus was indeed the Messiah and becomes a Jew for Christ, is likely to be ostracized by the Jewish community and indeed by His own family.
When someone who is brought up in a Good Muslim home running under the guidance of Islam, decides to accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour, that person is cast out of the family and disowned by both the family and community in many instances. The love of Christ fills their hearts and yet divides them from their families and communities.
Religion is the cause of many wars and many fights, causing serious damage to families and tremendous loss of life, but yet we say that Jesus is perfect love and that love unites. Accepting the love of Jesus into your heart unites you with God your creator and you become bonded to Jesus in love. However, love can divide and Jesus came to divide the darkness from the light, and if your families and nations choose to remain in the darkness, you will become divided from them.
When we go out into the bright sun, we have to squint our eyes to protect them and we need to use sunglasses to shield our eyes from the blinding light. As bright as the son is, so is the Love of Jesus that shines through you when you accept Him into your life. That bright light that shines out from you often offends those who are in the darkness and they will retaliate against you. They will put on sunglasses to shield themselves from your light, and will turn their face away from you. It is not so much that the love of Jesus seperates, but more that the darkness hates the light so much that it turns away from it and protects itself against it.
When a family member accepts Jesus into their lives, the rest of the family which is still in darkness tends to turn away from the one who has the light. Do not be offended for they they can not bear the light that shines within of you. Walk boldy allowing your light to shine brightly and soon the piercing light that exudes from you through the love of Jesus, will begin to light their pathway for them as well and they will start to yearn for that same light to shine through them.
If you have never had the opportunity of having the light burn bright in your soul, then take this opportunity now and turn away from the darkness that you have been walking in and accept Jesus into your life, that His light could shine brightly through you.
