BEING REBORN IN CHRIST GIVES US A WHOLE NEW PATH

1/2/2022

I always find myself excited to begin a New Year. It is a fresh start to pursue new things, and perhaps let some of the old things go. The past year certainly had its ups and downs. My family had some struggles with health, and several bouts with Covid 19. America struggled with continued division and a stronger move toward polarization of viewpoints. Amazing for me at 65 to look upon all the foolish choices and missed opportunities to come together and try to improve everyone’s lives. I keep having to remind myself why I believe that God wanted me to write A Kingdom Principled Life Blog. The answer is really and truly very simple. IT IS TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD IN EVERY COUNTRY POSSIBLE. IT IS TO BRING TRUTH, HOPE, AND PEACE WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO ALL WHO ARE SEEKING IT. TO BE A MESSENGER AND DISCIPLE MAKER FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I have to remind myself that there is so much more than just starting a New Year. When you accept Jesus as your Savior and Lord, you are in every sense being REBORN. You are dying to self, and putting all you are in the hands of Jesus. All you were in your past has been nailed to the cross of Jesus, died with Him, and as He is resurrected, SO ARE YOU. A new creation. A new Person. As such, you and I are citizens of God’s Kingdom. Jesus is our King, with all power and authority. Jesus lives in us, and we in Him. If you have given your life to Jesus, you are not bound by fear or by culture. Not bound by the world and its’ foolishness. You are a royal son or daughter of the Most High God. Your Purpose and Destiny are found in His Will for your life. Your task is to discover all you can about God, and SEEK HIM. Once you make that connection, the NEW YOU will constantly be in a place of MOTION. Striving to serve Him and prosper His Kingdom in everything you do.

THEREFORE IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION. THE OLD HAS PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD THE NEW HAS COME. 2 Corinthians 5:17

JESUS ANSWERED HIM, “ TRULY, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD. John 3:3

BUT TO ALL WHO DID RECEIVE HIM, WHO BELIEVED IN HIS NAME, HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD. John 1:12

As you ponder your life this day, where do you see yourself headed in the year ahead ? What have you left behind, and what have you started ? Where is your Focus ? Are you excited and determined, or are you lost and despondent ? Will you seek growth and change, or remain stuck or spiraling downward ? Is Hope ruling your life, or Defeat and desperation ? Each and every one of us finds ourselves in circumstances and challenges that are uniquely our own right ? THE TRUTH IS THAT MANY OF US FACE A LOT OF THE SAME CHALLENGES….they simply have a slightly different perspective because they are OURS ! God Sees Every Single One. Mine, Yours, Our Families, Our Friends, and also Strangers. God sees everyone and everything, but it takes OUR CHOICE AND EFFORT TO ALLOW HIM TO ENTER OUR LIVES AND BEGIN TO HELP US. It is our choice to seek His Will and realize all the blessings that await us In Him.

THE LORD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON THE CHILDREN OF MAN, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK AFTER GOD. Psalm 14:2

BUT MAY ALL WHO SEEK YOU BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN YOU; MAY THOSE WHO LOVE YOUR SALVATION SAY CONTINUALLY, “ GREAT IS THE LORD. “ Psalm 40:16

AND HE MADE FROM ONE MAN EVERY NATION OF MANKIND TO LIVE ON ALL THE FACE OF THE EARTH, HAVING DETERMINED ALLOTTED PERIODS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR DWELLING PLACE, THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK GOD, IN HOPE THAT THEY MIGHT FEEL THEIR WAY TOWARD HIM AND FIND HIM. YET HE IS ACTUALLY NOT FAR FROM EACH ONE OF US. Acts 17: 26-27

THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST. Luke 19:10

We need to understand just how Loving and Great is the God who created us. In the entire expanse of the Created Places, Christ is always near you. In this massive expanse and all that is happening, Christ sees you. Jesus came to save You, and Me. Without relationship with God The Father, WE ARE LOST. JESUS CAME TO FIND US AND RESTORE US TO RELATIONSHIP ! Jesus came to find us, His lost sheep. I am so Thankful that I heard His Voice and ran to Him. Ran to Him out of my life and circumstances at 17 and became His. He gave me the Holy Spirit as a guide, and I have run, and stumbled, fallen, picked myself up, been focused and unfocused, wrestled with my flesh, sought new purpose, embraced pleasure and experienced pain….and through it all, Jesus remains in me, and I in Him. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, CHRIST JESUS IS WITH YOU. HE IS SEEKING YOUR HEART AND RELATIONSHIP. HE IS LOVING AND PATIENT, AND HE IS REAL ! BE REBORN IN EVERYTHING YOU ARE, AND WHEN YOU ARE, PUT YOUR SHOULDER TO THE PLOW AND GET BUSY TELLING EVERYONE YOU ENCOUNTER ABOUT HIM ! THAT, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IS OUR PURPOSE :) SHARE THE GOOD NEWS/JAA

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. John 3:16

AMEN