?10Jesus said to Peter, "He that is washed needs only but to wash his feet, but is clean every where and ye are clean, but not all. 11For he knew who should betray Him; therefore said He, "You are not all clean." John 13:10-11

Here Jesus says that "he that is washed, needs only but to wash his feet." How does one normally become cleansed? You take a bath....How does one become cleansed in Christ? You believe in Christ Jesus, you bathe in His truth.....you believe in the power of His Word, in His teachings, this is what cleanses us so that we can walk in agreement with Christ. Do you believe in Jesus, then we should be following in His example and doing what Jesus says with a servants heart. Everything starts with obedience.

If Peter didn't let Jesus wash his feet, then Peter would have shown that he had nothing in common with Christ's mission. As we read later on, Peter denies he ever knew Jesus, so it was evident that Peter's faith was somewhat on the fence. But nevertheless, Jesus knew that Peter's spirit was stronger than his flesh and that Peter was going to repent, and come back and be strong for Christ mission.

So Jesus says, you are clean, you just need one more example to show you Peter, you can't be proud and filled with the old nature, you must humble yourself and become selfless and to truly love."

That's the hope of salvation, not to keep walking in our old nature, by complaining all the time, and saying bad things about people just because we don't get what we want.....and thinking of only ourselves.

To be clean is to walk in our new nature with Christ, to have nothing to do with the thinking of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds that's in Christ Jesus. That's the hope....

What if we don't hear Christ message, and don't do what Jesus says, what would it be like? Jesus says, "not all are clean", for Jesus knew who should betray Him. He knew that Judas didn't have a change heart, or the right spirit, or have the same common goals of God's will. It was evident to Christ Jesus. But yet while He knew this about Judas, He still allowed Judas to spend his last meal with Him. You see the great love of Christ, giving Judas all the time, even to the last minute a chance to repent....Judas didn't believe in Jesus, and Jesus says, those who don't believe in me will die in their sins....this is heavy duty....

Friends, everytime we fall from grace, and behave contrary to Christ character....can you see what happens in our hearts? This stuff comes up, this hatred, this monster, something that is not of God's Spirit..... It's a little dirty spot, and God gives us a chance to see where our heart is at during these challenges or tests. Yikes, we thought we were holy and so good....

Judas didn't see the condition of his heart, Peter when he denied Christ he saw the condition of his heart, and he weeped so badly, he prayed, confessed his sin, repented for denying Jesus, his fear of what others think, and for his own life. But Jesus washed Peter's feet, He knew that Christ truly loved him and would forgive him. Judas didn't understand this love......If we confess our sins, God will heal us. The hope for all of us is to be fully healed, to recognize that we need Christ so badly, and keep on keeping on in Christ faith and love, and not to be friends with the world's character, but to be filled with God's character, His Holy Spirit, Jesus is our example.... Praise and glory be to God.

reflecting, reflecting, Thank you God for the forgiveness sin, Shalom, Lory

?7Jesus answered and said to Peter, What I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter. John 13:7

Friends, sometimes in life certain things happen to us, we don't always know why at first, but no matter what the circumstances are, Jesus is by our side, helping us to grow and to mature into Holiness. Jesus is saying to us. "what I do you know not now, but you shall know hereafter" Sometimes circumstances are going to be not what we woulld like it to be, but Jesus wants us to have faith and keep believing that there is something waiting for us, for it is God who is the finisher of our faith. We must keep trusting in Him......

One day, today, tomorow when you are going through some crisis or some opportunity comes your way, you will know that God's grace came upon you, whether He gave you peace or solutions, God intervened so that we can be saved......I didn't know that the pain I had endured through the years, was going to be used one day to speak and give hope about the life of Christ.... I didn't know then, but soon I shall know thereafter........the precious love of our dear Father in heaven, the forgiveness of sin, and my hope of Christ.

Just like when Jesus needed to wash Peter's feet, at first Peter didn't understand, what does this have to do with God? Jesus received all His instructions from His Father and was obedient unto death on the cross.

Do we really know why Jesus went to the cross? Do we really know why He came to show us the way? Christ is the doorway to God, and it is through sanctification, this sanctification sets us apart from the world for God....this sanctification is through Christ's very body so we too may have life in the Father. If you want to have life in the body we must keep our eyes and hearts fixed on the Son. He points to the Father, Christ shall be lifted up and everyone who believes shall have life with God, this is salvation. "What I do you know not now, but you shall know hereafter."

Praise and glory be to God.....reflecting, reflecting, embracing our beautiful saviour! In Jesus name, Amen. Shalom, Lory

Check this verse out, ?46Jesus says, "I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on Me should not abide in darkness." 47And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world." John 12:46-47
Here Jesus claims to be the Light that has come into the world. What does the Light do? It illuminates God's truth around us, the Light exposes our dark deeds, thoughts and motives...this Light of Christ exposes are sin nature, especially if we were to compare our lives next to Jesus......many people say that "it's impossible to be like Jesus,so why even try?" Friends, Jesus says that " nothing is impossible with God"....it's all about faith, just like producing music, it's all about faith, without faith we wouldn't even try to sing or produce a music Cd.

The bottom line is, we would really have to love with our whole hearts and souls God and His truth to be like Jesus.....and it's all about surrendering our will to God....Jesus goes on to say "that whosover believes on Him." These are people who believe in what He is teaching, hearing and belieiving in His truth, abiding in His truth, etc. If we truly believe in Him, His light would be working in our lives.and shining through our hearts. So much as we "should not abide in darkness."..This darkness can be anything from having disbelief, to holding on to unforgiviness, etc. You see the hope we have in Christ, we should not abide in darkness, once we believe in the Light, we should be abiding in Him, in God, in the Light of His truth........

Now here is where people get confused with the truth....Then Jesus goes on to say, "and if any man hear His words and believe not in His Words, He won't judge him." Most people who don't want to change, use this verse for their promise and hope of eternal life......No where in the bible will you hear Jesus say that it's good to keep on hurting others ,etc, that is basically what sin is trespassing against our neighbors and doing unnatural things with our bodies,never does He say it's good to do bad things.

Sometimes, even the best of Christians who are falling short of the glory of God, likes to use this verse for justification, when Jesus says, "I judge him not."We think we are off the hook, and say, "hey, Jesus doesn't judge." You know what, He doesn't judge us, and He is right about that, but do you know what is going to judge us? The truth will judge us...the Truth is a Light.....how have we heard the truth, how have we responded through His Son, God's words and life? How have we truly lived among our neighbors and fellow humans?Did we ever learn to love and receive God's love?

The heart of Christ Jesus is not to condemn, or cast out, or kick out, but the plan is to redeem, restore, rebuild, return us to the truth in God..... and then Jesus goes on to say that "I came not to judge the world, but to save the world." Sometimes you see some christians going out there in the world, and they stand as a judge over you, looking down on you, making you feel like you are a dirty, unworthy soul, etc. The problem with that is, they are not perfect either and they need Jesus like we all do, Jesus didn't comdenm, but He told us the truth in and through His light and love. It is through Christ that we can begin to know how to love. Even though we are not perfect now, if we follow Jesus, we will be growing in the truth, and be changing into His Light, eventually the Truth will be living in us, and the truth is what sets us free.

You know what, even the best of the best of Christians, no matter how much he or she tries to be perfect, their rightousness is still like filthy rags...that's why we need Christ to show us the way, it's by Christ's righteousness that we are saved, it's by His works we are redeemed and it's by His power we overcome our sins, so that we no lo

HI Friends, hope all is going super for everyone! I'm doing well and going forward....thanks be to God!!!

I've decided to add 2 more songs to my Hymn cd, making this cd has been a long process and journey, never did I ever expect it to take me 7 years! But I am really glad I waited, something else is coming forward, and blooming that I never would have expected, faith. Sometimes we want things to happen immediately, you can do things fast, but for me I'm finding it's waiting on the Lord. It's all about the process....this goes with everything in my life. I'm not really a procrastinator, there's something special about waiting on the Lord and HE will guide you, as He is molding you to be what He wants you to be.....

I've had sweet success in the past, and so I know all about the process of waiting, one moment your a nobody and then after years of sweat and rejection, as if it's over night it could be the next day and then your somebody that now has a name....But you think, "hey I'm still the same person." It's a trip, like going through a time machine, one minute you are poor and the next minute you have money that you don't know what to do with.....lol..... it's so unreal......anyway.......so I would like to encourage you today to know that we are in a time machine, things are not as they seem, always remember one thing you are all Somebody...no one is a nobody When God created you, He created a precious, wonderful, lovely creation, brilliant, and exceptionally gifted. Some of you might not think you are gifted, but believe me, you do have amazing gifts, perhaps some of them are hidden from your view, well, maybe someobody told you that you weren't or.......but know without a doubt, you are a somebody in God's eyes.....When God is on your side, who can be against you. Keep the faith my friends and know that you are really something special. God loves you, cares about your feelings, and what's going on in your lives. God wants to give you His strength, to be all you were created to be.......amazing, wonderful, brilliant, the cream of the crops, never forget it.

Listen for God's voice, He will direct your path, and be light unto your feet......

God's blessings and love be with you in all you do. Love, Lory

Shalom everyone! Jesus teaches that the "message of the Kingdom" is the Word of God, who is all Truth, and this Truth comes through Christ, there is no other way to the Father, but through Christ. Jesus came to sow the Truth back into the heart of Man, and this Truth is liken to a seed, which has the possibilty to grow beyond what we could ever imagine. Christ sows the Word,but it's God who makes His Truth grow and come alive in us, for the Kingdom of God is within. Every person will be shown and taught the Truth, but it's up to the listener to respond and hear the Truth and then receive it and if they apply Christ teachings they will become very fruitful in their walk with God. Jesus says, "he who has ears, let him hear."
Many people from all over the country came to hear Jesus speak, and not all came to hear Him for the same reasons. Some listened with joyful hearts, some listened with unreceptive hearts, some listened with insincere hearts and some listened who would later compromise His Truth for the things of the world. Jesus also identified to us is that there's a real satan,who is opposed to us grasping God's Truth and will snatch God's very word from our hearts if we are not prepared, alert and focused in Christ.
Christ does not force His Truth upon people, the people must decide for themselves. . How people respond is dependent upon their freewill and the Holy Spirit. Everyone has a choice, there's no pressure, it's by their own choices they respond, and it's by their own hearts that will condemn them in the last day. Our job is to be available for God to use us, be open with what He has given us, our gifts, talents, resources, faith and power, etc. in and out of season and leave the end results up to God. Keep up the good fight of faith everyone, God's Word is effective, even when you don't see something, God is doing His work, keep being faithful to God. May God receive all the glory. In Jesus name,amen.
God bless you all..... Lory

‎Hi Friends, hope you are having a great week.
17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are wh...at make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean."
Matt.15:17-20Jesus clearly explains, "out of the heart come evil thoughts," and these evil thoughts intice us to hurt others, which eventually hurts us. IF you look at the list of some of the sins, every one of those sins goes against our fellow neighbo...rs or God's plans. In Heaven, these sins don't exist and it is God's plan for His Kingdom to come, God's will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Jesus points the way, God's way. If we love God, we would love others, even those who don't like us or vise versa. As we start to listen to the Truth about sin, we start to obey what the Truth says, one step of faith at a time, that's why there's no perfect Christians yet. Obedience is calling us to follow Jesus and doing what He says. We start to say, "not my will be done, but God's Will be done, help me Jesus!"
Not everyone is going to hear the Truth, because they don't want the Truth messing up their plans. There are people litterally changing the bible as we speak, taking out the heavy meat of God's word, they feel uncomfortable when they hear the message of what sin is, they feel attacked or judged, so they want it out of the bible, so that they can feel comfortable in their sin. Remember Jesus says, "the truth will set you free."
Friends, if they start taking the Truth out of the Bible and replacing it with grace only, then we are never going to change, or be any kind of light to the world and that's the point of change. Jesus says, "deny thyself." Jesus was the Light of the world, unblemished without sin. He is the living Truth sent by God, to show us the Truth so that we may have life with God, as it was in the beginning, before the fall, we had a choice back then, we chose to live without God and now look at us, diseased, sickness, greed, pollution, hatred, death all over the place. Being spiritually dead, is living without the Truth.
People don't realize how obedience is important to Christ message, it's not only for when we die, it's now, the Kingdom of God is at hand. Jesus came to speak of Truth and Grace. God bless you and thank you

"Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men,him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God"Luke 12:8 (KJV)
To believe and follow Jesus is by faith. I have witnessed with my own eyes and ears many people taking the name of Jesus out of their teachings, conversations, etc. pooh poohing His message and calling it religion. The sad thing is that, some of these people are christians. They do that so that they can reach more people to their cause, and where does their cause lead the people, to the false teachers, who deny the Spirit and truth of Christ. Without Jesus, you have no leader, king, saviour. He is the only way, the truth and the life. Keep your eyes on Jesus, the annointed one sent by God and you will be saved.

The words of Christ are the very words and instructions of God. Words that are to be taught and lived so that whoever hears the truth will be set free. That is the hope. We are a people in bondage to sin, and Jesus is here to free us from sin, He has the keys to the souls prison. KNowing Jesus is not just about being a do gooder, it's about transformation and so much more!!!

God gives us the power to become His sons and daughters, it's a gift that is being offered to humanity and one day the door will be closed.
Jesus is the way to the Father, He is like a bridge, a door to the other side of life, the true life.

Because we have been taught about Santa Claus,(the pagen Christanity,) the tooth fairy, the easter bunny (the goddess of fertility), people assume it's the same about God and Jesus. Friends it's not the same, God is very real and very powerful and He sent His son Jesus who was filled with God himself into the world to demonstrate the power of God that is available to each and everyone of us, through faith. This power is not for ourselves, but is to be used for God's purposes.

Be not ashamed of the name Jesus, He's your best friend, there's nobody that could ever love you more than Jesus. When the world is down on you, you can repent and go to Jesus. His arms are always open to you and me and God's says so...... Praise be to God!

Hi my friends, hope all is going well for you all. I've been hanging out on my facebook site these days, sorry that I have not been around, but I will start writing again.
Wishing you all a wonderful and glorious day, with lots of good wishes, happiness, joy, God's amazing love surrounding you and filling you. Talk to you soon. Love ya, Lory

Hi Friends, hope all is going fantastic for you. As you know I've been blogging on Facebook a lot, sorry for not keeping up with you on Soundclick, but always know you are in my prayers.
Friends isn't it amazing that we have a awesome God, a God so powerful, so amazing it's beyond anything we can fully comprehend! Through Jesus Christ we can now know the Father, without Him it would be like the blind leading the blind, every man living only for himself, according the his or her own standards. Thanks be to God that there is a way to live, a life to explore that is holy and beautiful. Glory and praise be to God, may God's name be blessed forever and ever!!!

Friends, God is not a concept or an idea, God is a living reality, through Jesus Christ. God sent His one and only Son into the world so that we may have life, the life of Christ living in and through us, all to God's glory. Praise be to God!
The world we are living in today does not recognize Christ, for the world the cross is like foolishness. They recognize humanity but not there need for a Savior. No matter what you have been through in your past, the truth
is, we were born with a sinful nature and we all desperately need a Savior, for God is showing a way to Holy living, a life that is set apart for Him. He is the only one who has the power to help us overcome this world. What is in the world? hate, greed, selfishness, to name a few. Our savior Jesus Christ who was crucified, died, buried, risen from the dead and ascended into Heaven saves us from our sins, we must keep our faith in Him and never lose sight of God's mighty power that is among us. Call on the name of Jesus and you shall be saved..

1 John 3:1-3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And this is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.Amen

Father God, thank you for the gift of Your life, thank you that we have been redeemed, we ask by Your power and might to purify our hearts, to make us ready and able to do Your good works. May Your love and beauty increase in our hearts and pour out to our fellow neighbors. Bless and increase our faith in You Father God, in Jesus Name, Amen!

May God's blessings overflow upon each and everyone of you, in Christ Jesus I pray,Shalom, Lory

Everyday I'm learning what it means to be raised with Christ. We were raised to abound in good works by God's Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord.
For God's promises and provision of strength is always equal to what He demands. For God's grace is sufficient, always available for all the good works to which we were called. It is God, "the power that worketh in us" and the fullness of the life that can flow out as "rivers of living water." May God place His hand upon each of you to bless you beyond your imaginations, and them may you take His blessings and bless others.

God has revealed to us what good works are through His Son Jesus: humility, meekness, gentleness, self-sacrifice, and charity, who didicated His life in thinking and caring for all of God's creations. Friends,, everyday we have a choice to be God's love to all people. May we forever be mindful to be imitators of God, always walking and working in love, even as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us.

I thank you God for all His mighty and wonderful works and I thank Him for all of you! God is doing a mighty work among us, that His awesome glory be manifested. Praise and glory be to God!!!!

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Much love to you all!!! Shalom, Lory

Hello my friends, hope all is going great for you. I've missed you, I'm happy to be back.
Friends, I just can't thank Christ Jesus enough for saving my soul. I am nothing without Christ. Any good in me, comes from God and Christ Jesus, as each day God gives us all the opportunity to learn of His Son, the life,truth and resurrection. God's power enables me to learn about His perfect truth and His mighty divine Love. Ask and you shall receive. God's is from above, above all things, there is no darkness in Him. Christ Jesus was sent down to earth from Heaven to show us the Father, what the Father is like and how much He loves you and me. Throug Christ blood, enables us to be in a living relationship with God the Father creator of the Universe. God wants you and me to know Him. WoW!!!! The time is now!!
As you know, I have been a student of Christ Jesus and I want to learn everything there is to learn about Christ, I want to go all the way with Him, where ever that takes me, I just want to keep going up. Don't know exactly what's to become of me as I continue on this journey, but I know that it is good. I have come a long way from where I was before and believe me I wasn't in a good place many years ago, I was steeped in darkness and He pulled me out of the pit.. God doesn't force His way upon us, He gives us the opportunity to ask Him for more of Him. He is changing my heart one revelation at a time and creating in me a new spirit, and therefore I say, God is so good. More of Him living, and less of me. Praise be to God!

"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God." Do you seek the things of God? Is God's way more important than you getting your way? Do you seek His peace? Have you ever been called a peacemaker? Has there ever been a time when you sought the peace in a situation, instead of a fight?
God is a God of peace, wherever God dwells there is His peace. The bible says to seek peace at all cost. If Christ is living in your heart, there also lives God's peace in you. Jesus the Christ, is called the Son of God. He is God's greatest Son, for He pleases His Father by doing His Father's will. God has given everything to His Son, all authority on earth and in heaven. Through Jesus the Christ, we can know the Father, and in this knowing there is the power of God. It is God's power that enables us to be sons and daughters of God. All we have to do is believe in Him, ask and you shall recieve. As we continue to learn of Christ Jesus, your own heart will be changed, you will start loving people more, even loving your enemies. You will be desiring more of God's peace in your life. In Heaven there is no hatred, no malice, no evil, only the things of God, a place where no darkness can enter in. As you keep learning and receiving God's truth into your heart, you too will be partaking in Christ mission and will be blessed and be called the sons and daughters of the most High God. The proof is in the fruit, is God's peace living in you today? May God's Kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven. God gives us a choice to receive and learn of Him through His Son everyday. Today we can choose to be followers of Christ, to be a light in this dark world. Guiding someone towards a brighter way that will bring them up above to taste a the sweet fruits of heaven. For God is from above, above the duality of the ways of the world. He's waiting for us to perceive His truth, fo rmany have eyes to see, but they do not perceive.
The ways and the things of God are considered foolishness to those who don't believe. May all come to know the truth and be set free.
God is calling us today, come up, come up above and be set free, free to taste and drink from the eternal springs of life.

May you all be richly blessed and thank you for your emails , responses and love. God's blessings be with you! Sh

We have all been given the opportunity to see good and wickedness. Everyday we make choices based upon these two decisions. I have to keep myself in check some days and ask, "who is it, that I serve ?" There are times when my lower nature stickes it head out and wants to be in charge and the moment I realize something is trying to bind my mind and heart, I have to make a choice. Will I serve God or succumb to wickedness. Through the power of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit we have the authority and power to say no to the wicked things in this world. What is a wicked thing, a wickedness could be anything from bitterness, jealousy, stubbornness, unforgivness, unmerciful, doing immoral things, the list goes on. As you can see, these are some of the things that live in our hearts that will only take us down into the gutter. Wickedness has a root and it certainly doesn't come from God. The root must be cut off if we are to live victoriously for God and in the full measure of God's presence. When we are tempted, if we choose our wickedness, the root of our wickeness will only choke the Word of God and we become unfruitful for God's Kingdom. This purity of heart is Christ living on the throne of our hearts, it's Christ that takes residence and grows inside of your heart, and the new nature begins, but it's all a process, just like a new baby. First the baby grows inside our mother's womb for 9 months, then 1year ,2, 3, etc. We have been given the Holy Spirit to live with us and to teach us all about Christ. God has a great purpose for our lives, to get out of the gutter and live in His glorious dwelling place. But there are many who reject the gift of His life. No matter what you have done in this life, God will always love you, all you have to do is ask to receive Jesus in to your heart, we have to make a choice. God will not go against anyones will. As God cleans our hearts, we begin to know what it is to be an overcomer, to rise above our sins and the world. As we keep receiving the continual washing of the Holy Spirit, you will see that you are no longer a slave to your sins. That is what sin does, sin enslaves. Many people are in need of deliverance. God's power can change our hearts, it's all in His power, but we must first be willing to turn away from our way and follow His son. We are students, disciples of Christ learning about Christ and the connection He has to the Father. We are bombarded with temptation from the evil one every second of the day. As you stay focus on Christ, he leads the way to what pleases God. We know that all good comes from something pure, clean, beautiful, perfect. For God is good, and we see God showing Himself through His Son Jesus the Christ. As a result Jesus was able to see,talk, listen, to God. Jesus walked on water, healed the sick, raised the dead and has ascended and is living forever at seated at the right hand of the Father. Jesus wants to rasie us up with Him to sit with Him on His throne. We must keep going forward, don't give up, I know Christ didn't die for nothing, He is showing us something more than we could eve imagine. We must keep believing in Him, listening to His instructions. God's Kingdom is real, and only the overcomers are going to make it. Check out Revelation what He says to the Churches. The true Chruch are the true believers. Ask Jesus to show you His heart for His Father. He loved God so much that he would die for us all in order to show us the way, the truth and the life. Much love to you all, God's blessings, Shalom, Lory

Hi Friends,
Mathew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Jesus is communicating to us that the pure in heart are blessed. Why are they blessed? When you are truly abiding in God, you have everything you will truly need. Jesus said, "first seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things will be added unto you." God know our true needs.
God created humans, in His image and likeness. God's image and likness is pure, holy, beautiful, no darkness is in Him. God made them perfect and their minds were pure like His. As God created us for Himself, He placed within us free will, for He didn't want us to be like robots, loving Him out of duty, but to freely love Him back. It's called freewill.
Then God created in us a consciousness, it records eveyrthing, good and bad. What comes out of our mouths when we speak, comes out of our hearts, which is stored up in the mind. The first humans had pure minds, and were able to commune with God and to even see God. (See Genises for fuller details.) But because the humnas disobeyed God, by their free choice, they fell from their pure state of being and now we have death. Sin leads only to death, death in the heart, You can't serve God and serve mammon, it's either you love God or the other, but you can't love them both. Who are we going to live for? To truly serve God requires obedience and surrender to follow Him. As we receive Christ into our hearts, we begin to live in devotion towards our Creator, through daily acts of obedience, prayer.. Having the willingness to serve Him and others with love. We turn from our old way of being and receive a new heart through Jesus. Jesus gives us a new mind and sends us God's Holy Spirit to help us, so that we are not left orphans. It's the Holy Spirit who teaches us all things about Christ. As we learn to know Jesus, you will know God's heart, for God lives in Jesus. Jesus communed with God everyday and was in the Father.. Jesus had said that the people could not see God, nor did they know Him, because their hearts were dark. Jesus was filled with God's Spirit, and knew everything of God, that he was sent by the Father had was told what to say to the people. Jesus was delighted to do the Fathers will. His heart was the purest, blameless, but also he came from God which is from above with the perfect mind. As we receive Jesus into our hearts/minds, we start living for God and our hearts become washed, cleansed. Jesus has restored us back to God, as we follow him, having a right relationship with our Creator. This pure heart delights in pleasing God. God is love, no wickedness can exist or enter in. If you keep asking, seeking, knocking for God's heart the door will be opened up to you. How many people really want to please God? Are they asking, purify my heart Jesus? Jesus wants his followers to be where he is, One with God. The moment you surrender your heart and receive Christ into your heart, you start to change, but you must keep communing and keeping God at the center of your life. Jesus says, unless you become like little children, you won't be able to even see the Kingdom of God. Children are innocent and pure, no false motives or greed. Jesus came to direct our feet towards the path of light, the true light. The way to God is through him, Jesus said if you see me, you have seen the Father. What do we see in Jesus, we see love, compassion, power, truth, all glorifying God. What is this truth, it is filled with God's Spirit, living and dwelling among us. God is here among us, but mankind has forgotten. Jesus paid the price for our souls to be out of bondage, so now we know we have a choice. We can live victoriously in God's love today, some believe it's in the future, when we die and go to heaven. Having faith is now. Receive Jesus into your heart and watch what happ

Thanks for your Christmas greetings, and also to you! Wishing you a terrific, super, wonderful, amazing, peaceful an amazing Christmas.
Today we come to celebrate the birth of Jesus, and by His birth we have been given the greatest gift of all. The gift of life, through God's Holy Spirit. The gifts of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, gentleness, patience,long suffering, etc.

I'm praying for you tonight that you would receive more of the the gift of the Holy Spirit! May His Spirit brighten up your future, give you success over trials and temptations, that God would open new doors of opportunity, and to prosper and bless you with all the good He has. May the perfect peace of God be yours, and that you would always know that You have a wonderful purpose in God's plans. That you were created for something amazing, something that only you can do, You were created special and one of kind, no one else like you, beautifully made, perfectly created.
May your hearts boldly overflow with God's love, always reaching, touching and bringing your fellow man to the truth of God's light.

Again Merry Christmas!!!

Our next verse for our Bible study is:
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Ponder on this for the next few days, What is a pure heart mean to you?

Hi Friends,
Sending you all lots of good wishes. Hope all is going forward and that you are being strong during these uncertain and strange times.
Our next verse is:
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
As you can see, the Sermon On The Mount deals with having a heart transplant, being conformed to the image of God's Spirit. It is all about God and His plans for HIs creations. We are not suppose to hate, hurt our neighbors, we are required to love. God is love, and whoever abides in Love, abides in God. What is love? Jesus says that there is no greater love than this, than he who lays down his life for a friend. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. How doe we do that? We need a new spirit in our hearts. Acknowledge what's in your own heart, be honest about it, you will see that there's room for improvement. I'm not 100%, as I looik upon Jesus, he helps me to understand how to live for God, God's way, not my way. Keep your eyes on Jesus, He is the love that has come down from Heaven, the living bread. As I came to understand my need for Him, I went through a mourning process, the lower nature starts to die, saying goodby to the flesh hurts, deny yourself, we also can mourn seeing the truth, standing up to the truth, because God is so beautiful and we would die for our faith just so that others may know the love of God. Repentence is turning away from the lower nature and receiving Christ into our hearts. His Spirit teaches us all things about the Father. We learn to surrender our ways and let God have His way in our hearts, our selfish desires change, we become new creations in Christ. Everything about you will start to change because you are livng through the Father's heart, His character is being built up in us, so that we are not living only for ourselves anymore, but for God through His Son Jesus Christ. As we keep growing on the path, we want so much to do what is right, learning what it means to love genuinely more and more, this is God's Holy Spirit.
Now we come to being Merciful. What does mercy mean to you? Have you ever been merciful, or has anyone ever showed you mercy when you deserved some kind of penalty?Mercy is to show kindness, be a person of charity. This kind of charity is to show others love, especially the ones who are most difficult to love. It's easy to love those who are good to us, but how difficult it is to love those who are mean, cruel, unloving. God's heart desires us to be merciful as He is merciful to us. I always thank God for His mercy, I don't deserve His mercy, but because God is great and He is love, by His grace allows me to experience His love and amazing mercy. God allows the rain to shine on the obedient ones and on the ones who are disobedient to Him. He wants us to show mercy to everyone. Those who do will show themselves to be the sons and daughters of God. As we sow, so shall we reap. Blessed are you when you are merciful, because you have the Father's heart living in you and that is truly amazing, because you are free, the things of this world start to pass away, bitterness, anger, etc. Sometimes people or satan will throw a rock in your path, and you will fall, but remember you can get back on the path. Pray to God to help you to be merciful toward others. Being merciful doesn't mean tolerating bad bahaviour or tolerating sinful stuff, it's learning to embrace and love the person and let God do the healing work in their lives. We all need healing.
We can't earn our salvation,it's a gift that we are saved, by the blood of Christ that enables God's grace to come upon us and teach us the things of Christ. We have a choice. We as christians are required to grow in our faith, become mature witnesses for Christ, not always living as babies, whinning, and hurting others, but to be overcomers. God's blessings, much love to you, Sh

Hi Friends,
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst for righteousness: For they shall be filled.

There is a true way of living that is acceptable to God and that is the righteousness of Christ. Christ does all that is pleasing and good in God's sight and is the manifestation of God's will. When we receive Christ into our hearts, we now are covered by Christ, all our sins are wiped out, gone, no more. There's no amount of work we can do to make us righteous before God, our righteousness is like filthy rags in God's sight.
These past weeks I was thirsting and hungering for Christ to work in me as He pleases,. I tell you, it was hard, I kept being brought back to the foot of the cross. How muchdo we love one another, how much do we love our enemies? It's amazing when we are being tempted by someone who angers us,how hard it is to love them. I had to go to the cross to several times to truly surrender my will over to Christ. I hold back sometimes. When we start living and thirsting for the things of God, God promises to fill us. God will fill us with whatever we need, strength, love, peace, forgivness, faith. The question is how much do we really thirst for His righteousness rather than our own righteousness? We are to be wanting more of God, more than we want to breathe. If you look at the life of Jesus, He says that He is the way, the truth and the life and that we can't get to the Father without Him. Hunger for the truth to live un us. God looks at our hearts and He knows if it's false. We have to willingly tell our old nature, to get away and choose to let Christ be on the throne of our minds and hearts. God understands our pains and weaknesses. As we thirst and pray to allow God's righteousness, He gives us the power through faith in Him. If you have jealousy, you can thirst for Christ to take away the insecurity that makes you jealous. Thirst and Hunger for what Jesus would do. The Father has a plan, and it's to give you a future, to prosper you, to give you blessings beyond anything you can imagine.
We are saved by God's grace,not by our works or righteousness, we are saved by what Christ has done, he took our sins upon Himself,. Everyday we should be aware of thirsting and hungering for the things of God. Jesus didn't hurt anyone, but loved, gave himself as a sacrifice, so that we may know the way to the truth. We are to stop sinning, stop thinking and living only for ourselves. If you are having problmes hungering for the things of God, go to the cross, see Jesus taking your place. Christ came to give us life, the life that is in Him. Our faith in Him will enable us to be overcomers, to overcome all hindrances, wickedness, doubt, etc.
As christians we must remain humble, and love must prevail in us above all else or what are we. Faith in christ comes by hearing God's word. If we hear through Jesus that we are suppose to forgive those who have trespassed against us, we are to forgive, if we want God to forgive us. If we can't do that, go back to the cross. You might have to go back to the cross several times a day. The good news, is that God will fill you with His Holy Spirit and give you the strength that you need for whatever you are facing. The more you thirst for Him, the more you will be filled.
Friends, I wish you all to be filled today, to receive the abundance of God's blessings, If you are in need of an opportunity I pray that God will open a door for you, etc. God wants to be in a relationship with us, to have a personal relationship with you. Something tangible, and very real, and this relationship is the best relationship you will ever have. Allow God to change your heart for the better. Keep on thirsting for what is good and right in God's eyes.
God's blessings in all you do. Shalom, Lory

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Hi my Friends, hope you are having a blessed day. Sorry I've been out of it a bit, but all is going forward. I was helping at our local Pregnancy and Family Resource Services Center and volunteering off and on at my church, and helping out where I can. This center saves babies and helps families and young moms to become strong. I don't believe in abortion, I believe that Choice begins before you get pregnant. There's no excuse, we are either responsible or not.

My cd is still being mixed, then off to the manufacturing plant. Then it's off to the next phase. In the meantime I keep learning, going forward. I sang live at the Silent Auction for the Pregnancy & Family resource center, I sang You Raise Me UP. People had tears in their eyes, one guy said that he likes Josh Groben, but when I sang the song it touched his heart to the point of him having tears.

Sorry for the delay on our Bible sharing study.

Our next verse is, Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Here is another promise, Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness. Those who hunger and thirst, I know we've all been hungry and thirsty before, but can you imagine what it's like to hunger and thirst after doing what is right? Can you imagine your mouth watering just so you can do what is right? Think on that for a day, doing right in everyway possible.. Do everything you can to do right to everyone you meet. Think of it as it was food for you. I know many of you do wonderful things towards others, but can you imagine having a hunger and thirst for it?

Feel free to share your experience with us, I will do it too.

Talk to you soon. God's blessings in all you do. Much love to you and your love ones. Shalom, Lory

Hi Friends, Wishing you all a wonderful and beautiful week. Always remember, everyday we have a choice to be happy or sad, even when others want to be not so nice. This is a mad world and it needs all the smiles and love we can offer it.

5;5Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

I would like you to give me your understanding of what does it mean to be meek? Then I will give you my understanding. Anyone can respond, don't worry about grammer or .... we can get the idea. Thank you in advance for your participation.

See you soon, Much love, shalom, Lory

Hi Friends, All is going super, I had a few weeks of struggles, which were eye opening lessons. I'm learing to die to myself everyday. It's not easy.

I want to again do an overview of what I have seen with my own eyes about Mourning/dying to our flesh.
What happens when there is a tidal wave or earthquake, fire, etc.? If you are alive, you thank God. One of the things lose is your stuff, your papers, your photos, etc. everything that pertains to your life, everything you have ever accomplished, etc. When you lose your material stuff, we do mourn over our stuff and things. It's the same way with our flesh, giving up certain things is painful, we mourn, it a dying to the self. Jesus says "those who try to save their lives will lose it, and those who lose their lives for my sake will find it." We need to trust in God and it is His power that comforts us during our mourning, or whatever mourning you are experiencing. We are to deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Jesus.

Interestingly, a man yelled at me again last week, because I didn't have a leash on my dog. I have been walking my dog in the back of this warehouse for 8 years, no one has ever complained or said anything. The manager of the store, the workers have seen me walk my dog and have never said anything. There's no sign that say that is prohibited, etc. No one comes walking in the back of that place, but of course that day, that hour had to be a divine appointment or from satan. My dog is huge, but so sweet and gentle. Well, anyway, the man had the right to complain. But did he have the right to yell at me, to talk down to me like I was a dog? I gracioulsy submitted, and even as I was going to put the leash on Beryl, he kept talking down to me. I had peace, a little shaken a bit, who likes to be yelled at and not fight back or to be able to retaliate. I said to him, "calm, calm, calm." I could have had a temper, I could have gone beserk if I was the younger Lory Bianco and if I didn't believe in Jesus. I had to die to myself and I had to make that decision right then and there. Who was I going to serve God or me? It still was hard and Jesus gave me strength. I prayed for the man and his wife. God showed me that the times ahead are going to upset many people, People are going to lose it over little things and of course over the big things. I'm not perfect and I need prayer too, lots of prayer.

Next we will be talking about Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

God's blessings be with all of you. Much love and peace be to you and your families. Shalom, Lory
want to send him bad thoughts.

Hi Friends,
Thanks for the birthday wishes, I had a splendid day! Thanks be to God for all of you and for His amazing grace! Sending you lots of love!
As we go through the Sermon on the Mount, consider that there are many interpretations from various denomintions, etc.
What I'm doing in the Sermon on the Mount is taking each thought as a step of faith, allowiing our faith in Christ to build. In God's kingdom, it is faith that pleases HIM.

Again, the first step is the willingness to come to Jesus, willingly lay aside everything you have ever been taught about spiritual things and be willing to sit as Jesus feet and listen. This takes humiltiy, first to listen and then to receive.

There's hope for our souls , my friends, The promises of God will be fulfilled, but there are also conditions , a lot of if's. When Jesus speaks he also talks about an obedience: a following, a surrender, a denying of self..

5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Jesus says again the word "blessed". There is something that happens when we have faith in God. Jesus says,"blessed are those who mourn." Have you ever mourned before? How did you feel when you mourned?
When I experienced mourning, it's an experience of death,loss, a deep sorrow, a pain. There was something that was, but is no longer. I look at that phrase, blessed are those who mourn, how can one be blessed and be mourning at the same time? God has a plan through our mourning.

What I have experienced in my own walk with Jesus, as we come to him and listen. It's really hard for my flesh, hard to die to my flesh, but when I do die to it, there is a moment of mourning. When you decide to follow Jesus, you will lose some friends, people will reject you, say unkind things about you, etc. Or the mourning process can also be seeing your love ones perishing away and they don't want help, etc. To deny oneself is a hard task. There is a lot of crying, surrendering, one day at a time. The path is not easy, we are in constant battle with our flesh. Our ways, our selfish desires. Mankind's way is wars, disunity, greed, selfishness, etc.

A few years ago, when I was starting on the path of learning about Christ, I was walking my dog one day at a park, and some man came out of his trailer and yelled at me and my dog. The vicious tone of his voice was sickening. I heard Jesus say, "deny yourself", my flesh wanted to yell back, retaliate, but something kept saying, NO. I said to the man, "Okay, sir". I wanted so badly to curse him, but something kept saying NO. I had to bite my tongue, deny myself. Then I found a tree and sat under it, and cried my heart out. My flesh was mourning in deep prayer, praying for my own heart not to curse him or praying for him to be lifted up. Then there was this amazing peace that came upon me and I was comforted.

God promises to comfort us through our sorrows. When we start to change, our flesh will cry, and if it is crying that is good, because you will be comforted. There will be God's peace and His arms around you, holding you, lifting you, loving you and you will experience a living experience coming from another dimension. As God's comfort comes upon you, a door opens and your heart starts to see a Kingdom not of this world. There's a reality beyond this reality. We can all be partakers in this reality, but you won't be able to experience it, with all your stuff, we have to give it up to God.
1st step is realizing your soul is bankrupt and your need for Jesus.Through knowing Jesus you will come to know God and His kingdom will be yours...
2nd step, the process of letting go is very painful, we have to deny ourselves, and if you see you are mourning that is good, because you will start to experience a peace that is
amazing. You will be comforted. Shalom, Lory