You Are Blameless!

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Hi, friend! Thanks for joining our meditation. Did you know that you’re blameless in Jesus? This is worth pondering.



Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved. (Prov. 28:18a NKJV) You DO walk blamelessly because Jesus has redeemed you and you’re covered by His blood. Praise God!


There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1 KJV) You DO walk in the Spirit because you are born-again and Jesus lives in you. Therefore, you’re not under condemnation.


And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:11 NKJV) You’ve been sanctified and justified by the Holy Spirit.


For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. (Romans 6:14 NKJV) You live under GRACE! It has been said that “grace” makes what used to be hard to do, easy! God enables you to do all that He has called you to do and to fulfill His calling upon your life.


For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.  (Romans 8:14 NKJV)  You are a child of the Most High God.

Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. (2 Cor. 1:21, 22 NKJV) You are established, anointed, and sealed by God. And you were given the gift of the Holy Spirit as a guarantee.  Hallelujah!


Walk in your divine identity today!

Related to Jesus

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Greetings! Spring is in the air (at least in North America), and people are looking forward to pleasant outdoor activities. Good times are ahead with friends and relatives. Speaking of relatives, here’s what Jesus said about His relatives:


For whosoever shall DO the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Matthew 12:50 KJV – emphasis added – see also, Mk. 3:35)

Jesus enlarges the circle of His family to include spiritual relationships. Those spiritual relationships become evident to all by the characteristic of DOING THE WILL OF GOD.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (1 John 2:17 KJV) The person who carries out and obeys the will of God has eternal life! Praise God!

Obedience to His will may mean many different things throughout the course of a lifetime. It means obeying what we read in the Bible and also obeying what the Holy Spirit prompts us to do in our hearts.

It means that we align our lifestyle with the Word of God. For example, Mark 16:17, 18 says: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Are we allowing this Word to dwell in us richly and produce the fruit of which it speaks?

Obedience can mean forgiving someone who has hurt and abused us; it may mean submitting to the authority that God has placed above us in our jobs, our churches, or our families. Obedience to God is lived out in every area of our lives, and it’s a day-to-day and moment-by-moment choice that we each must make.

As we choose to obey and DO the will of God, we are giving evidence that we are related to Jesus. He is our brother!

A Heavenly Conversation

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Greetings in Jesus! Do you realize that God likes to have conversations with us?


Take WORDS with you, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.” (Hosea 14:2 NKJV, emphasis added)

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord . . . (Isa. 1:18 NKJV)

Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted. (Isa. 43:26 NKJV) To “contend” means to make a case. The Lord wants us to make a case TOGETHER, so that WE can be “set free”! The Lord has provided a perfect salvation through Jesus Christ for that purpose! Even now, Jesus acts as our Intercessor and our Advocate in the court of heaven! (Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1)

Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. (Isa. 55:6 NKJV)  The Lord is always near; He dwells within us.

If you seek Him, He will be found by you . . . (2 Chron. 15:2 NKJV)  Pursue time with the Lord; pursue a relationship with Him.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? (James 4:5 NKJV)  The Lord is watchful and desirous of His bride!

These passages from the Bible demonstrate that the Lord enjoys fellowship with us—the kind that comes from an intimate relationship with Him. He invites us to have a conversation with Him and to “reason together.” His voice is often a “still, small voice” within your spirit, so quiet your heart so you’ll be able to hear Him. (1 Kings 19:12)

Why not make time for a heavenly conversation and connection today?

Your Faith

Hi, friend! I enjoy singing songs about the Lord and what He has done in us or for us—songs of faith! Our topic today is faith.


But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, ‘Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.’ (Matt. 9:22 NKJV) This woman’s faith reached out and connected with the power that was in Jesus, and she received her healing.

Then He touched their eyes saying, ‘According to your faith let it be to you.’ (Matt. 9:29 NKJV) “According to your faith,” you will receive whatever you need or desire if you will connect to a promise of God found in His Word, and simply and sincerely believe it.

Then Jesus answered and said to her, ‘O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. (Matt. 15:28 NKJV) Jesus says it quite plainly in this verse: “Let it be to you as you desire.” He said that to her because He was also able to say, “Great is your faith!” Your faith is the hand that connects with God’s power and obtains His blessings.

Then Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your faith has made you well.’ And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. (Mk. 10:52 NKJV) This Scripture maintains the Truth revealed in the verse above—that faith obtains the promises.

So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’ and it would obey you.” (Luke 17:6 NKJV) Jesus is teaching us that it’s not the amount of faith that’s important or the size of our faith, but rather the purity and sincerity of it. God sees the heart and reads its desires perfectly.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom. 10:8-9 NKJV) Faith must reside in our hearts before we can speak it, but speak it we must! When we have faith, we receive boldness to decree it and declare it with our lips.

Speak forth your sincere faith today and receive the blessings of God in your life and circumstances.

An Open Book

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Welcome! Thanks for joining our meditation today.


As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you. (1 Sam. 24:13 NKJV) This verse demonstrates that a person knows what to expect from another based upon their past deeds. The history of known, past deeds will even cause a person to earn a label such as “evildoer.”

Even a child is known by his deeds, whether what he does is pure and right. (Proverbs 20:11 NKJV) This Scripture supports the one above by reminding us that we become known by our deeds. Is it likely that what we do will be judged as pure and right?

But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand. (Isa. 32:8 NKJV) This verse shows us that the habit of performing noble (gallant, polite, gracious, or decent) acts will earn us the label of “noble.”  This sustains our premise!

See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion. (Isa. 41:29 NKJV) A “false” deed could be something insincere; done from deceitful motives; or something dishonest or even evil. But notice that the people are called false, because their actions are not sincere or honest.

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. (Hosea 5:4 NKJV) A person’s deeds can even become an insurmountable barrier to returning to a right relationship with the Lord.

Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. (John 3:20 NKJV) We must live an open and “above-board” style of life that will survive any sort of inspection or examination. We, as believers, can only accomplish this through the empowerment of God known as "grace."

. . . I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. (Acts 26:20 NKJV) Repentance can also be recognized and judged accurately by studying one’s actions.

In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever. (1 Tim. 5:25 NKJV) We are back to our original idea that people become known by their deeds. We’re all judged by our deeds: our endeavors; accomplishments; conflicts; and heroic acts!

Let’s determine to live an overcoming life for the Lord and for His Christ, because our lives are an open book, read by all men!

Jesus is the Christ

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Happy good day to you! Today we’re studying a passage from the New Testament that demonstrates a faith-building example for us.


And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.” And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. (Acts 5:38-42 NKJV, emphasis added)

The phrase “day after day” tells us that they didn’t get weary! They steadfastly, persistently pursued this course of action literally every day!

1. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (Gal. 6:9 KJV)

2. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. (2 Thess. 3:13 KJV)

When this speaks of “in the temple courts and from house to house,” it gives us a picture of the apostles speaking in public and in private settings. So, wherever they found themselves, they spoke of Jesus. And they never stopped!

• Teaching – To teach means to educate, instruct, or train. They were following Jesus’ example on the road to Emmaus.

And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded (explained, enlightened) to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. (Luke 24:27 NKJV)

• Proclaiming – To proclaim means to state publicly, announce, declare, decree, or make known.

o They were making the Truth known to everyone who would listen.

o They did this because they considered what they were sharing to be vitally important and of great magnitude!

• They were sharing the Good News that brought joy to all people. (see Luke 2:10) The gospel is genuine Good News! It brings us the fulfillment of every great and precious promise in the Bible so that we may be partakers of the divine nature. (2 Peter 2:4)

A partaker is a participant, accomplice, accessory, assistant, or contributor! We are God’s accomplices and collaborators!

Signs and wonders are to follow us!

 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues. (Mark 16:17 NKJV)

 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. (Mark 16:20 NKJV)

Jesus is the Christ—the Anointed One. He is the Savior of the world; He is the promised One that was long awaited by the Israelites. He is the fulfillment of the law (Lk. 24:44) and the door through which we enter His sheepfold (John 10:1-3; 7; 9). He is God in the flesh.

So, here's a short recap of what happened. The apostles, in spite of persecution and suffering, rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the Name of Jesus! May we develop a heart’s desire to teach and preach continuously—with JOY—that Jesus is the Savior of the world!

Self-Image

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Welcome to my blog and thanks for stopping by! What is your self-image? Is it good and positive, or is it pessimistic and negative? Do you think, believe, and talk negatively?


For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. (Proverbs 23:7 NKJV) Whatever you think of yourself is what you will become.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim. 2:3, 4 NKJV) The Lord wants all men to come to a knowledge of the Truth—that Jesus has redeemed mankind from sin and that God loves mankind. He also wants us to see ourselves as HE sees us!

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. (James 1:22-25 NKJV)

When we look into the Word of God, we can see ourselves accurately. But we can forget what God says about us, so we must remain in the Word faithfully. We must renew our minds. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2)

God says that:

• We are His children (1 John 3:2);

• We have mighty spiritual weapons at our disposal (2 Cor. 10:4-6);

• We must cast down imaginations that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God (2 Cor. 10:4-6);

• All things are new in the realm of the spirit. (2 Cor. 5:17);

• We’ve been made the righteousness of God in Christ;

• We have the Greater One living in us! (1 John 4:4)

• We are accepted in the Beloved—Jesus. (Ephes. 1:6)

Agree with God, and think these things about yourself based on who you are in Christ. It will turn your life around!