Until you come to the place where you see that your deepest need is Jesus Christ, you’re not going to have your deepest hunger fed and your deepest needs met.

Where have you been seeking to treat a symptom in your life instead of the source of your problem?
What would change in your life if you directed your ambition toward Jesus?

Practice This

Ask another Christian to share how he or she has sought satisfaction in Jesus as the source of life.

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Also, spend some more extra time in God’s WORD today and consider how

it applies to your life and PLEASE start with regularly reading the last

6 Chapters of Psalms: 145-150 so that you will learn how to Praise God like David did!

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JESUS IS:

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

THE LEADER,

THE ORIGINATOR,

THE LORD & MASTER,

THE SUPREME LEADER,

OUR HOPE,

1ST BORN FROM THE DEAD WITH AN IMMORTAL BODY TO NEVER DIE AGAIN,

THE 1ST FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION,

HE IS OUR FESTIVAL OF HOPE,

OUR PARDON,

GIVEN 1ST PLACE IN EVERYTHING,

HAS BEEN EXALTED AS SUPREME OVER EVERYTHING,

IS ENOUGH,

THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLS IN US THROUGH JESUS,

JESUS HAS BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH GOD,

HE HAS BROKERED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN GOD & MAN,

YOU WERE BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT BY ACCEPTING JESUS

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NOW,

YOU ARE BEYOND REPROACH,

JESUS WAS THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU HAD A SIN PROBLEM,

NEVER GET OVER WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU!

NOW:

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH:

TO TEACH US TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST!

AMEN!

(You might want to copy those down and memorize them!)

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AND, ALSO, PLEASE READ PSALMS 145-150 regularly to learn how to PRAISE

our God, Here they all are, just click on each Chapter and I will read them to you:

PSALMS 145 PSALMS 146 PSALMS 147 PSALMS148 PSALMS 149 PSALMS 150

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DAILY BIBLE READING:

>1. Chapter for the DAY in Proverbs;

>2. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the Old Testament AND

>3. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the New Testament Daily:

Chapter 16 in Proverbs for today: (MAY 16) (ESV)

16 The plans of the heart belong to man,
    but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
²All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the spirit.^[a]
³Commit your work to the Lord,
    and your plans will be established.
⁴The Lord has made everything for its purpose,
    even the wicked for the day of trouble.
⁵Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, he will not go unpunished.
⁶By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.
⁷When a man’s ways please the Lord,
    he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
⁸Better is a little with righteousness
    than great revenues with injustice.
⁹The heart of man plans his way,
    but the Lord establishes his steps.
¹⁰An oracle is on the lips of a king;
    his mouth does not sin in judgment.
¹¹A just balance and scales are the Lord‘s;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.
¹²It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
    for the throne is established by righteousness.
¹³Righteous lips are the delight of a king,
    and he loves him who speaks what is right.
¹⁴A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
    and a wise man will appease it.
¹⁵In the light of a king’s face there is life,
    and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.
¹⁶How much better to get wisdom than gold!
    To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
¹⁷The highway of the upright turns aside from evil;
    whoever guards his way preserves his life.
¹⁸Pride goes before destruction,
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.
¹⁹It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.
²⁰Whoever gives thought to the word^[b] will discover good,
    and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.
²¹The wise of heart is called discerning,
    and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
²²Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it,
    but the instruction of fools is folly.
²³The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
    and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
²⁴Gracious words are like a honeycomb,
    sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
²⁵There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.^[c]
²⁶A worker’s appetite works for him;
    his mouth urges him on.
²⁷A worthless man plots evil,
    and his speech^[d] is like a scorching fire.
²⁸A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.
²⁹A man of violence entices his neighbor
    and leads him in a way that is not good.
³⁰Whoever winks his eyes plans^[e] dishonest things;
    he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.
³¹Gray hair is a crown of glory;
    it is gained in a righteous life.
³²Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
    and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
³³The lot is cast into the lap,
    but its every decision is from the Lord.

Footnotes

Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits
Proverbs 16:20 Or to a matter
Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
Proverbs 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips
Proverbs 16:30 Hebrew to plan

Chapter 14 in Hosea for today: (MAY 16)(TR) ESV

14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
    for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
²Take with you words
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all iniquity;
accept what is good,
    and we will pay with bulls
    the vows^[a] of our lips.
³Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride on horses;
and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”

⁴I will heal their apostasy;
    I will love them freely,
    for my anger has turned from them.
⁵I will be like the dew to Israel;
    he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
⁶his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
⁷They shall return and dwell beneath my^[b] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.^[c]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
from me comes your fruit.

⁹Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
    whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
    and the upright walk in them,
    but transgressors stumble in them.

Footnotes

Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

1 Corinthians Chapter 14 for today: (MAY 16)(TJ) ESV

14 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. ²For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. ³On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. ⁴The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. ⁵Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

⁶Now, brothers,^[a] if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? ⁷If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? ⁸And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle? ⁹So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. ¹⁰There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, ¹¹but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. ¹²So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.

¹³Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. ¹⁴For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. ¹⁶Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider^[b] say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? ¹⁷For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up. ¹⁸I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

²⁰Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. ²¹In the Law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.” ²²Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign^[c] not for unbelievers but for believers. ²³If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? ²⁴But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, ²⁵the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.

Orderly Worship

²⁶What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. ²⁷If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. ²⁸But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. ²⁹Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. ³⁰If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent. ³¹For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, ³²and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. ³³For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints, ³⁴the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. ³⁵If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

³⁶Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached? ³⁷If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord. ³⁸If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. ³⁹So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ⁴⁰But all things should be done decently and in order.

Footnotes

1 Corinthians 14:6 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 20, 26, 39
1 Corinthians 14:16 Or of him that is without gifts
1 Corinthians 14:22 Greek lacks a sign

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Please Remember:

“CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS

AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD!”

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HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN WHEN I DIE

John 3:16 makes it pretty clear: You have to Believe on Jesus Christ and you will be saved! No matter who you are! No matter what you have done wrong in your life, KNOW THAT GOD, JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES YOU!

To “Believe” upon Jesus means that

1.) You Believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died on the Cross at Calvary as payment for ALL of your sins, was buried in a borrowed tomb and Arose from the dead on the 3rd Day we call Easter and accept Him as your Personal Savior by Faith;

2. You Repent of your sinful ways (Breaking God’s Laws in the 10 Commandments: a.) Worship only God, b.) Have no other gods before Him, c.) Don’t use His Name in vain, d.) Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy, e.) Honor your Parents, f.) Don’t kill anyone, g.) Don’t commit adultery, h.) Don’t Steal, i.) Don’t lie about other people or yourself & j.) Don’t Covet anything that is your neighbors) and try to stop sinning;

3.) You give complete control of your life to Jesus Christ!

Doing these 3 things, the Holy Spirit will enter your Soul, you will be “Born Again” Spiritually and the Holy Spirit will enter your Soul, SEAL your position PERMANENTLY in Heaven and WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE “LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE!” Again: See Revelation Chapter 20 Verse 15 to see why that is CRITICALLY important:

“Revelation 20:15 – And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire”

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The Steps to Salvation:

> Repent: Repentance means that you are turning away from sin to turn to Christ. It does NOT mean that you will be perfect.

> Believe/Receive: Salvation is through Faith in Jesus and by the Grace of God. Believing means putting your Faith in Jesus and receiving forgiveness of sin.

>Walk in the Newness of Life: Jesus died so that we might live. We walk in the Newness of Life being Born Again by His Blood.

Additionally, if you feel you need someone to Pray for you,

please call the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,

24 Hours/Day, at: 1+855 255 PRAY (This is the same as: 1+855 255 7729).

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GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOVEREIGN KING
AND CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

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