Showing posts with label WATCH !. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WATCH !. Show all posts

9/09/2015

Simon, Are You SLEEPING ?

Lectionary Meditations ~ 




MARK 14: 36-38 

And HE+ said, ABBA, FATHER, all things are possible unto THEE; take away this cup from ME+: nevertheless not what I+ will, but what THOU wilt.

And HE+ cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, 

Simon, sleepest thou? 
Couldest not thou watch 
one hour?

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

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Meditation ~ ~ 

Simon Peter had two names:  Simon, son of Jonas, and Peter, the little rock, the familiar name given unto him by The LORD. 

Two names... two names indicate two operations within this beloved follower of JESUS: the human, fleshy man and the Re-generated Man. 

Notice in Scripture WHEN each name is addressed to Peter by The LORD.

Luke 22: 31-32

 And the LORD said, Simon, Simon, behold, the satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

 But I+  have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

At Watch for One Hour With The LORD .... 

How can we think to stand for CHRIST JESUS in these perilous times if we do not watch with HIM+ before the battle begins

Do not be mistaken: if we SOW to the flesh, if we are so active and involved with even GOOD temporal things, that we MAKE NO TIME TO WATCH WITH HIM+ for an hour ...   

... we will not be prepared 
to STAND with CHRIST JESUS 
when the wrath of the satan 
is stirred against those 
who follow HIM+. 

Prayer  ~ ~ ~ 

O LORD CHRIST, awake me from my slumber. Arouse the Spirit within me to draw me into wakeful prayer. Help me to be MORE ALERT to the spiritual work you have placed upon me, to fight with the NON-FLESHLY weapons of our warfare. 

Lo, O LORD CHRIST, THOU+ hast given me Thy+ Word that the weapons of our warfare do NOT deal with the carnal but with the spiritual , and thus , are MIGHTY THROUGH GOD to the pulling down of strongholds built by the wicked spiritual entities parading across this globe ... for a short hour. 

Help me to be diligent to use these weapons by staying close to THEE+, O CHRIST, and to hear Thy+ Directions, O Captain of the Divine Heavenly Armies. 

Amen, and thankfully so, through the Authority of the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST, and with all the Authority His+ Blood and His+ Name grants us, according to His+ Will,  I do pray. 

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11/29/2014

CHRIST The KING+ Ever Reigns on High !

Advent Meditations for 2014
The Star of Bethlehem 
Photo courtesy of  www.pravoslavie.ru


Hear the Words of Our LORD .... 

Matthew 24: 42-44  
Courtesy Biblegateway.com

Watch therefore: 
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

But know this,
 that if the goodman of the house had known 
in what watch the thief would come, 
he would have watched, 
and would not have suffered his house 
to be broken up.

Therefore be ye also ready: 
for in such an hour as ye think not 
the SON+ of MAN cometh.

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The opening words of Our SAVIOR to you in this Advent Season is: 
 Watch !  Be ye ready ! 

For what, exactly, are you watching ? 

Are you awaiting... simply putting in time ... treading spiritual water in one spiritual place ... until you are snatched out of here, away into Heaven ? 

NO !

Our coming LORD told us to be alert and at-the-ready for battle... a battle for souls !  And this battle is a fight for YOUR soul and mine. 

We must be watchful, lest at any time our steadfastness loosens. We must be alert lest we fall. 

The apostle Paul --- yes, even that great Apostle --- has warned us to take heed for our souls, like he did for his. 

 I Cor 9: 27 
But I keep under my body, 
and bring it into subjection: 
lest that by any means, 
when I have preached to others, 
I myself should be a castaway.

Disciplining your body and bringing it into subjection to the WORD OF GOD strengthens you in the spiritual warfare. 

Are you ready for the great testing ? JESUS told us to WATCH AND PRAY, lest we fall.  TESTING is promised. 

How is your strength tested ?  

Strength is tested when an adversary challenges you to a match. 

This match, however, is not of your own choosing and it will not be put off for a more convenient time. It is Divinely Appointed and it will test your faith to the utmost. Will you stand or fall ?  

You will not have time to return to the gymnasium and train for  this match, however. 

This training occurs daily as you pick up your Cross and die to Self. There is no cramming possible for this exam.

Yes, we do indeed watch for His+ 2nd Coming, but before that... the battle will be with the demonic thief who comes to steal our faith and our souls. 

Are you ready ? 

Let us pray:

O Christ our ROCK+, WHO+ came to ready a people for THYSELF+, help me to stand for THEE+.  

Help me to stand for THY+ glory, in the face of all opposition to Thy+ Name. 

Let Thy+ Truth live in me strongly so that I cannot yield and kiss the dirt, when demon-led people tell me to bow to their activities and proclaim them "right." 

O ROCK+ of Ages, I hide myself in THEE+. Cover me there with Thy+ Hand, O Blessed Savior.  

CHRIST The KING+ ever reigns on High; 
O Come, Let us adore HIM+ !