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During times of stress we are prone to worry. And worry is considered a sin. So we heap guilt onto ourselves for worrying. Multiplying our self-loathing and beating ourselves even harder. There is a very thin line between worry and concern. Let's uncover just one of many examples how Christ lived his life when thrown into worrisome situations. You might remember: feeding the multitude. This feeding of 5,000 is reported by all four gospels Mathew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:12-17 and John 6:1-14 In Matthew we find Jesus stepping out of the boat into the multitude. He heard them and having compassion he healed the sick. Then the disciples asked Him to send the crowds away because it was getting late and they needed to buy food for themselves and eat. But Jesus challenges them. "...you feed them." The disciples spoke back with their lack of ability to do this. They only had five loaves of bread and two fish. And what did Jesus say? "Bring them here." Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. He did what? Wait a minute. You mean even Jesus looked up into heaven and asked for the Father's help? When we are put into a tougher than normal situation we have two choices. Worry or concern. Worry means we dwell on it allowing anxiety and unease to be the major importance; Concern means we have a specific connection with or responsibility for. The question lies in the responsibility and in the connection. Jesus recognized God the Father was responsible for the multitudes. He went directly to the Father for a blessing. The Bible makes it clear that Jesus is to be our example of how to live life. When we want to emulate someone, we should make it the best person to emulate. And well, we all know Jesus was perfect. Being a Christian is to be Christ like. To be a Christ follower. What did Jesus do? He went to the Father. And therein lies the difference between worry and concern. Where am I/you taking the anxiety? If we are taking on a problem that is bigger than ourselves, we must take it to the Father in prayer. He is the one that can handle the bigger than big problems. If we hold it and coddle it, it will drown us. One of the wonders of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is His tri-fold desire to be in relationship with us. He is pursuing us to get to know Him. Worry is sin. However, concern leads hopefully to dropping our hearts to our knees in prayer and request help from the Almighty God. The next time that you find yourself worrying over something you have neither the ability to help, nor the responsibility for, throw yourselves into prayer. Simply lift it up to God through Jesus and the Holy Spirit who is there to go into His presence and make those requests known to the throne of the Almighty God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies. Please LORD, 'pour out a spirit of grace and prayer' (Zech 12:10) upon us as we go through these days of trial.  Because He is the I AM, i am robyn rochelle cox Robyn & Biff Cox pray that He becomes your ALL. RR&BC,LLC © all writings are protected by copyright laws Please contact the author for any reference. Thank you to the God Who Sees - El Roi.
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Resurrection is not the End Ascension:
It is Easter Monday. In the early hours of the morning the children and believers in Germany traditionally are walking in a parade with candles to represent the visits Jesus had after His Resurrection. I learned about this celebration my first year living in Germany as a missionary. I had never heard of it before. It is documented, Jesus appeared to over 500 people. This uncovered an entire new celebration for me. I have since contemplated it often. I had a tendency to throw myself into Easter, my favorite Christian holiday, and then let out this great sigh afterwards. Like… It is Finished. And I felt it was a good thing to do. And it was finished — for Sin and Satan. However, as Jesus walks around outside the tomb, He visits with people, He enters into their worlds, He touches and laughs, and eats, and sleeps. We don’t know exactly what He did or where He went. There are 10 visits recorded in our Bible with either the women Jesus knew or the disciples. Then, He leads His disciples up on the mount for the Ascension forty days after His Resurrection. There are three different theological steps that Jesus went through. Jesus’ Ascension begins with 1.) the final departure of Him from earth, 2) the going up into the clouds, 3) and then His taking his place in the final sitting at the right hand of the Father. Each of these has wonderful and powerful theological implications. But what I would like to focus on today is His taking His seat at the right hand of the Father. Dear Brothers and Sisters, You, the Family of the Most High God, Jesus sits at the right hand of Jehovah. The Son of God takes His rightfully earned place in redemption. He has redeemed us. We, by accepting Him as our Savior have the availability to come BOLDLY to the throne of Almighty God Father. The Holy, Sinless, Pure, GOD. The God who cannot be touched by any evil because even a tiny spot of evil cannot be in contact with Him, consequently we as sinners were never going to get near Him. We were never going to have relationship with Him. We could only have judgment from His Righteous Holiness. And Yet, He loved us so much He planned a Way. That Way? Through His spotless Lamb, His Son, His Beloved, His Only child we are given the opportunity to receive relationship with the God Most High. Through Jesus’ pure blood, which was shed for us, we have possibility of Father to adopted child relationship. Why is it important? We live in a fallen world. Evil is all around us. In the midst of every trial we are called to make choices to be faithful and courageous against the evil. Yes, Jesus conquered Sin and Satan. And in His conquering of those, He says rejoice in the relationship and it will bring the Fruits of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. So in the midst of this Pandemic, what Satan has meant for evil, God will use for good. How? I’m waiting to see. But while I wait, I will spend time with my Father coming Boldly to His throne and asking Him to heal me, our nation, our world. We don’t need revival as much as we need repentance; a renewed walk in deep relationship with the one and only God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Through Jesus Christ’ conquering on the cross, and rising to life, and taking His seat beside the right hand of God Father we have this available. Let’s watch as He fills us with the fruits and as He shows us His Goodness. Robyn  He Has Overcome the World Because He is the I AM,
i am robyn rochelle cox Robyn & Biff Cox pray that He becomes your ALL. RR&BC,LLC © all writings are protected by copyright laws Please contact the author for any reference. Thank you to the God Who Sees - El Roi. Did you know singing is healthy for you? Did you know there is a little talked about nerve that connects your brain, to all your major organs. In fact, it controls your heart,, lungs, and digestive tract. It is the longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system in the human body. The ending part of this nerve is known as the nucleus ambiguus. It is called the Vagus nerve. It runs from you brain down your neck (jugular, carotid sheath, etc.), lungs, heart, abdomen. It conveys sensory information about the state of your body's organs to the central nervous system. It takes a little hook around the trachea and esophagus exiting then entering the diaphragm through the esophageal hiatus. Then down into your colon. It also controls a few skeletal muscles. And muscles of the Larynx (speech). This nerve has been determined to be what Ecclesiates 12:6 is referring to when the Bible reads: 6."Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; 7 then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the [b]spirit will return to God who gave it." Some say the golden bowl is the head (head injury), the pitcher is the lungs (lung disease) and the wheel is the heart and circulatory system (heart failure. But the most interesting one is the Silver Cord. This is the only place int he Bible this term is used. When you sing or hum this Vagus nerve reverberates throughout your entire body. It stimulates our organs and creates a healing response, as if you were exercising your heart, lungs, etc. If you stop right now and hum and throw the air up into your sinuses you can honestly feel the movement. This activity has been used to help epileptic sufferers to calm them, it has been used to calm heart rate. This is not to replace your doctor care, of course. But as a person who no longer has a voice due to a brain dysfunction, it is one of the exercises I use to continue slow healing of my esophagus muscles. Why do I bring this up in a devotional? This humming/singing exercise can be done anywhere at anytime and is proven to calm our bodies. Now, think about this. Pastor Bill has been leading us on a journey with the Israelites through Song of Ascents Psalms, 120-134. Psalm means Song. God is guiding the Israelites to sing during their journey. He is giving them songs to sing and this exercise inadvertently physically calms them. That is the way God is. He knows the science behind his instructions. i.e. washing of the hands, cleansing of animals before eating, etc... and He knows we don't know how intricately we are made. As we begin to walk through this journey of COVID 19. Remember, God is available to help you through these days. Praise Him in Song. Trust Him. He knows what He is doing. Please be encouraged by this information. Recognize that God even gave us singing and praise to calm our hearts and our minds. Take a moment to lift up a song to the Great Almighty Creator — Jehovah. Because He is the I AM, i am robyn rochelle cox Robyn & Biff Cox pray that He becomes your ALL. RR&BC,LLC © all writings are protected by copyright laws Please contact the author for any reference. Thank you to the God Who Sees - El Roi. |
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