Hello again!
I wanted to say thank you for all your recent prayers and add keep them coming!
As my Pastor Jeff says “God is good all the time”!
Last week he started his series on My Best Friend and it was great! He continues this week with more eye opening reason to let Jesus be your best friend!
Many people only look at the fact God sent his son Jesus to earth to die for our sins and never think about how he was on the earth for 33 years before dying on the cross.
Do you know what Jesus’ occupation was? Many already know the answer, he was a carpenter.
There is no way to smoothly transition to this next train of thought but...
Have you ever notice how politicians are like chameleons? Let me explain, when someone is running for office they will always appear to know peoples pain. Say a politician goes to a big benefit for bankers, he will always have a way to connect or tie himself in to ‘understanding the problems’ of those there by referring to being related to someone in his immediate circle who was or is a banker? Then his next stop might be a constructing site, he will change his appearance dawn a hard hat and still share a story which relates to the workers and follows it up with “I know your pain” or “understand how you feel”.
So when you think about it, Jesus being a carpenter really showed us how he dwelled among us a hard worker way before he preformed miracles.
Jesus came as a man to teach us through example in his life before teaching us through his word.
It is written: God is a God of mercy and he is a God of wrath too! Jesus, on our behalf, took our sins to save our souls.
The Bible goes to Great lengths to show us Jesus was just like you and me.
We are all tempted in life, but being tempted is not a sin. It’s what we do after being tempted which is determined through our actions.
In the Bible it teaches us that Jesus was a great man. But before he died on the cross he lived a life like you and I. He was a child that played, went to school, had half brothers and sisters, worked, lived and died. As a man, he went through many things we go through!
What do you think of when you think of the Thrown of God? Many think of Judgment and Fear.
There are 3 things Pastor Jeff pointed out about the Thrown of God today:
1 It is a Thrown of Grace
2 It is a Thrown of Sympathy
3 It is a Thrown of Help!
In the Bible, Jesus never tells us to fear the Thrown of God but he always says come to the Thrown of God. He says to come to the Thrown boldly!
Jesus is not only concerned with the religious part of our lives but for ALL of it! That means not just on Sunday’s!
Every hour of every day of every month of every year… He is concerned about us all the time!
Are you a Sunday Friend of Jesus? Are you living every other day of the week without talking to Jesus about your problems you have?
Jesus knows what we go through because he went through it too!
Jesus understands Relationships:
He knows what it’s like to be single, in a married person’s world!
He knows what it’s like to be married because we are his bride.
He knows what it’s like to have an unfaithful bride.
He knows what it’s like to have family who doesn’t understand where you’re coming from.
He knows what it’s like to have close friends; to be loved and betrayed by them.
Jesus understands work:
Jesus was in the market place way before he was in the ministry.
Remember he was 33 years old before he died on the cross.
Jesus understands pain:
Not only did he endure physical pain he knew what it was like to feel emotional pain too.
Can you imagine the ridicule he went through when his peers heard of his virgin birth?
He knows what it is like to lose a love one in death. His earthly father Joseph died when Jesus was 13 or 14 years old.
The facts are Jesus has gone through everything we have gone through and more! He worked endured pain and love in his relationships with friends and family.
He is our Savior but he should be our Best Friend to share our everyday lives with. He is the answer to any problem big or small we feel we are having.
Are you having trouble in your relationship? Tell him about it!
Are you depressed and feel all alone? Tell him about it!
Are you having problems at work? Tell your best friend Jesus!
We all need to stop keeping Jesus at arm’s length and have a closer walk with him and it will change your life!
If, in this high tech world, you feel you don’t have time to sit down and read your bible, think again!
There is an App for that! I have several Apps on my phone which send me a daily notification of scripture. I have another one which has audio to hear scriptures while I’m driving! (Link to apps)
So when you think you don’t have time… think again! You have time for Facebook, Myspace and games on your phone you have time to get closer to Jesus, who really should be your best friend!
Again thanks to Pastor Jeff for a great sermon today!
Check out his service online sometime at http://www.arranlakebaptistchurch.org/
Thanks for letting me Share the Love of God with you today.
Have a Blessed Week!
Dee Stevens
5/01/2011
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