His Yoke Is Easy

“Lord, teach us how to pray,” Luke 11:1

This is what one of Jesus disciples ask of Him after He had finished praying; Jesus was always praying, in all things and this had to be a great impact on His disciples to see Him always in communion with God.

There is power in prayer and if we ever want to move God and have power through Jesus Christ, then we have to pray in all things, pray because this is how we gets God attention, this is how God talks to us through His written word and our prayer life.

So Jesus gave the disciples a prayer to model after, not one to pray word for word, but to show us how to and what to pray for; to pray for others, by saying “Our Father” and giving Him reverence without using all kind of title, if we are His children then we should recognized Him as any faithful child would.

Paul, also say that we should always pray and never cease, he knew the important of prayer; even when they were stoning Steven, he prayed to God and found peace and saw heaven opened up to him. The fervent prayer of a righteousness man availeth much, pray without ceasing, pray with all prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving and make your request know unto God.

Jesus prayed all through His Ministry, even on the cross for those that cried, crucify Him; there is power, deliverance, hope, peace, joy and much, much more, when we pray. If we want to imitate something then we should be imitating the life of Jesus Christ, and other that prayed to God daily. Pray, and when all else fail, pray, with all honesty drawing our strength from the Holy Spirit that will give us utterance.

41And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: Luke 1:41

As children of God, there should be signs and wonders that follow us, there should be a spiritual connection when we meet and greet one another. Our joy in the Lord should be overflowing that others can see the Love of God in us and want to get to know Him. We that are in Christ Jesus should be filled with the joy of the Lord, and have peace for all mankind. Be ready to pray one for another, help in time of need, and always have words of encouragement, slow to anger and ready to forgive; always letting our light shinning among men so they can give God the glory.

As the babe leaping in the womb, so shall we be leaping in joy when we as children of God greet one another, full of love and joy for one another; not being separated by Church walls, denomination and race. Understanding that the color of God is Love, and no building can contain Him and He has no respect of person, but we all are precious in His sight. One God, One Baptism and one united together in Christ Jesus; it’s time for all of God children to come together in Spirit, truth and in Prayer, it’s time to look beyond the world way and to God way.

We are saved by the grace of God and by the blood that Jesus shed on the cross at Calvary; not by what we do or don’t do, where we go or don’t go. But listening to some of the Sermons that are being preached today, one would think that our salvation comes from stopping this and not doing that. Whether I stop going here or stop doing that, or even act this way or that way, it still does not make me save. If that all it took, then Jesus did not have to die on the cross. But salvation come through Jesus Christ and His blood that he shed for the remission of our sins, so we are saved by grace and it’s the grace of God through His only begotten Son. I’m saved is the reason I don’t do this or that, go here or there, because now being save I just want to please the Lord.

We are being condemned in our sins, we cannot stop on our own, and it has to be preached that Jesus is the answer, the only one that can save us. We are not being taught salvation through Jesus Christ that He’s the only one that can wash away our sins, the only one that can make us whole again. We must preach salvation through Jesus Christ, just come as you are because God and only God can change our life of sin and shame, and save us from a world of sin. Let God cleanse us and make us whole and give us the desire and the will power to stand strong in Him and in the power of His might. Then and only then can we stop living a life that goes against His will and live a life that is pleasing in His sight. Then and only then can we strive for a new life in Christ Jesus, knowing that His blood was shed for us and we can be changed, we can be renewed, be new creation in Christ Jesus. What can wash away my sins, nothing but the blood of Jesus?

1Chron. 22:5, And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it.  So David prepared abundantly before his death.

God has a plan for each and every one of our lives; and before we can step into that plan, God has to prepare us for what lies ahead.  Everything that we go through in life is in preparation toward God plans, it?s a process that we go through and God even uses people, situation, and circumstance to help prepare and get us ready for what lies ahead.   We have Preachers, Ministers, Teachers and others that help shape and mold us into position for great changes and many times we miss out because we fail to listen to sound doctrines; we fail to receive the message because of the messenger.

God uses whom so ever He will to fulfill His will, therefore when we fail to receive His word or to be obedient to His will then we rejects.  As with the children of Israel, they thought they were rejecting Moses but in reality they were rejecting God because it was God that was leading and guiding them out of Egypt and through the wilderness.  It was God that was providing for them and making sure that their clothes never got old, feed them manna from heaven, kept them from becoming sick and dying, kept their children safe.  We have to be ready and in position and when God calls us we will know exactly what to do when He calls, as with Joshua, after Moses died God told them that they had been on that mountain long enough, Joshua had been in preparation for this and now was prepared to finish God job that Moses started.

Are you willing to get in position for what God has in store for your life, are you willing to sat back and take orders, listen to someone tell you that you are not in line with God will, or that you need to change your way to be used by God and become humble just as Jesus was humble even to the cross. 

I thank God for a humble heart and the ability to know Him and the power of His resurrection, to love Him and receive Him into my heart as He has received me into His.   To trust Him at His word and to know His word and know that He?s not a man that He should lie, or that He is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, so shall that man reap.

I say yes Lord, to your will and to your way, I say yes Lord, I will hear and be obedient to your word, Lord I am ready to get in position, I am ready for the preparation to do Your will, I?m yours Lord and I thank you forever more.

1Chron. 22:5, And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it.  So David prepared abundantly before his death.

God has a plan for each and every one of our lives; and before we can step into that plan, God has to prepare us for what lies ahead.  Everything that we go through in life is in preparation toward God plans, it?s a process that we go through and God even uses people, situation, and circumstance to help prepare and get us ready for what lies ahead.   We have Preachers, Ministers, Teachers and others that help shape and mold us into position for great changes and many times we miss out because we fail to listen to sound doctrines; we fail to receive the message because of the messenger.

God uses whom so ever He will to fulfill His will, therefore when we fail to receive His word or to be obedient to His will then we rejects.  As with the children of Israel, they thought they were rejecting Moses but in reality they were rejecting God because it was God that was leading and guiding them out of Egypt and through the wilderness.  It was God that was providing for them and making sure that their clothes never got old, feed them manna from heaven, kept them from becoming sick and dying, kept their children safe.  We have to be ready and in position and when God calls us we will know exactly what to do when He calls, as with Joshua, after Moses died God told them that they had been on that mountain long enough, Joshua had been in preparation for this and now was prepared to finish God job that Moses started.

Are you willing to get in position for what God has in store for your life, are you willing to sat back and take orders, listen to someone tell you that you are not in line with God will, or that you need to change your way to be used by God and become humble just as Jesus was humble even to the cross. 

I thank God for a humble heart and the ability to know Him and the power of His resurrection, to love Him and receive Him into my heart as He has received me into His.   To trust Him at His word and to know His word and know that He?s not a man that He should lie, or that He is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, so shall that man reap.

I say yes Lord, to your will and to your way, I say yes Lord, I will hear and be obedient to your word, Lord I am ready to get in position, I am ready for the preparation to do Your will, I?m yours Lord and I thank you forever more.

We often hear, let go and let God, which is exactly what we should do but sometimes we say that and there are people that do not understand or know how to let go or what it means. Letting go means just that, we go through so many trails and tribulation and we get all caught up in this one thing and that one thing; and we get so down that we cannot give God His just praise. God wants us to turn all our problems over to Him, He wants us to come to the altar and tell it all to Him in prayer. We have to learn to trust Him at His words, we have to ask God to abide in us and we have to abide in Him.

Let go of all that is hindering us from praising God, we have to have a forgiving heart to ourselves and to others; we have to let go of the hurt and the pain, the disappointment and the guilt. We have a talk with Jesus and we ask Him to help us, to show us how to leave it to Him, how to give Him all our pain our life and show us how to love Him, ourselves and others.

Letting go and letting God have His way is simple as turning your life over to Jesus, giving Him free will in our lives; praying to God for guidance and direction. John 15:4 tells us that, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.” We are in Christ Jesus and in Him we can bear fruit if we be obedient to His will and to His way. So we have to let go and let God take control, in Him that we move and have our being, trust in God and believe in Him and His Son Jesus Christ.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let everything that had breathe praise the Lord; from the rising of the sun, until the going down of the same, let everything that has breathe, praise the Lord.

It’s amazing how we can praise everything and everyone but God; we shout and support all kinds of sports event, we give one another compliments and praises, yet when it comes to God we are quiet. I know that we were taught to sit down and be quiet in church as children, but when we know better we should do better and we have learned that God inhibits our praises. We know that the Bible says in the scripture, give praises unto the Lord, Praise Him while we can, I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. We try to do so much to please God in our lives accept what He have ask us to do.

When trouble arises we are to down trodden or to engulf in our situation to give Him praises; that why we should praise Him in good time and when they get bad we still can give Him the praises. We should be as strong as Job was in his faith, as obedient as Abraham to God, and as willing as Jesus Christ to do the will of our Father. With all I’m going through I still have a yet praise, I’m still holding on to God unchanging hands; I will forever lift my eyes to Calvary to view the cross where Jesus dies for me. Today and every day I celebrate Jesus the author and finisher of my life, my more than enough, my healer and deliverer, my bridge over troubled waters, and my life, my joy, and my hope for tomorrow. Weeping may endure for a night, but believes me joy does come in the morning. Praise God from whom all blessing flows.

Isaiah chap. 40:21-31

I will sing a song of praise unto the Lord, my soul magnify the Lord, His praise shall continually be in my mouth, my heart and soul; I will sing a new song unto the Lord for a clean heart, a renewed mind, and to be made whole; Jesus is my joy, and I shall praise Him forever more.

Sing a new song unto the Lord is not based on someone singing because they have a wonderful voice, but it to give God the glory, to uplift the name of Jesus, to ministry to the soul of man.  I love to sing, not because I can, but because I want to show man that Jesus is the joy of my salvation, that it is in Him I find peace, that my soul can be lifted in the joy and glory of the Lord.

But preaching is what completes me in the will of God, because it is the word of God that will last through out eternal, and His word is what going to draw man unto Him, this is how we connect to God and receive direction for our lives.  Preach in season and out, preach salvation through Jesus Christ, good tiding unto all men, and preach Christ birth, death, burial and resurrection to all mankind.

 With preaching it doesn’t matter whether the one preaching is tone deaf or just can’t carry a tune, just preach in season and out, whether you teach, preach or just speak the word of God, just make it plain that all can understand.   Make the vision plain, you don’t have to dress it up, hit the right high note, but preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to all man and the Spirit of the Lord will abide in it to reach and touch the heart of man.  God bless all those that are serving Him in whatever capacity, all that render service unto the Lord with their whole heart, and it is to Him we give the glory and the praise, not to ourselves, but unto God we give the glory.  God Bless all that do the will of the Father                                                                                                                              

All four gospel writers are showing Jesus in every aspect, not contradicting one another but showing the deity of Jesus, showing Him as, Supreme Being, King of King and Lord of Lord, the great Messiah, a High Priest, Fruit of the earth, Immanuel and I am.

Matt. show Him as King, Mark shows Him as Servant, Luke shows Him as Man, and John shows Him as God. 

We see Him as, high Priest after the order of Melchisedec, who had no beginning or end, everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and He shall be given the throne of His Father David.

Then we see the one that came to do the will of the Father, to serve mankind, to seek and to save those that are lost, to be the one that atone us, bring us back to right standing with the Father, to cleanse us of all unrighteousness and the forgiveness of our sins.

 We also see that unto us a child was born a Son was given, and became a Man that was full of grace and truth, that gave sight to the blind, set the captive free, preach the gospel to the poor, set at liberty those that are lost, and to mend broken hearts.

  And finally we see God, the one that loved us so much that he sent His only begotten Son to give His life and shed His blood for the remission of our sins.  That in the beginning He was the word and became flesh and dwelt among us and was obedient even to the death of the cross.

Together we His deity, his perfection, and His love for mankind, we see through the eyes of the Apostle a complete picture and a complete understanding of the true and living God; we are able to share in His love, His grace and mercy, and rejoice in His peace and joy, to walk godly and to be prayerful one for another.   Jesus, King, Servant, Man and God, His complete deity and much, much more, there just not enough space to write or time to tell all that He is and can be in our lives, just accept Him and let Him change your life.  Much love, much peace, and Much Joy, Wisdom and Understanding in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ.