CONTINUATION OF "COME TO MY TABLE"........

 

NOTE:  BEFORE I BEGIN THIS POST, I NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT NOT LONG AFTER PATRICIA AND I  FINALLY OPENED THE  DOOR TO THE KNOCKING OF THE LORD ON OUR HEARTS, (REV. 3:20), THE LORD  BLESSED  EACH OF US WITH THE SAME MISSION STATEMENT FOR SERVING HIM WHILE ON THIS
EARTH -  INITIALLY IT WAS "TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE", THEN LATER HE ADDED: AND "TO EQUIP THE SAINTS."  HOPEFULLY THESE POSTS WILL FULFILL HIS MISSION FOR US AND FOR YOU!

   
THE PREVIOUS POST DEALT WITH THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY INVITING HIS CHILDREN: "COME TO MY TABLE." WHERE EVERY THING WE NEED FOR TODAY
IS AVAILABLE FOR US, BUT WE MUST COME!  STANDING BACK AND JUST WISHING FOR WHATEVER OUR NEED IS,  WILL NOT MAKE IT BECOME A REALITY! AMEN?

 IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT I REVISIT THE PREVIOUS POST BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THE LORD ALSO HAS PLACED ON HIS TABLE:

         *  PURITY - 2 COR. 6:6

         *  THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD  -  EPHESIANS 6:10-17
   
         *  "RIGHTOUSNESS" - HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS....NOT OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

         *   "STRENGTH" - ".BE STRONG IN THE LORD" - EPHESIANS 6:10

         *   "THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT" -  EPHESIANS 6:10
       
         *   "THE HOLY SPIRIT" - ACTS 1, 2
  
         *   " THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS IN GALATIONS 5:22,23: "LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF CONTROL..."

         *   " THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - 1 CORINTHIANS 12-14

         *   " COURAGE" - DEUT. 31:6

.MANY TIMES, PATRICIA AND I COME TO HIS TABLE AND FED ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR US INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER....AND EACH TIME WE DID INDEED "EAT" FROM HIS TABLE, WE WERE FED THAT WHICH WE NEEDED! WE FIND IT A VERY BLESSED VISUAL UPON WHICH TO FOCUS. 

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE WITH OTHER READERS HOW YOU HAVE COME TO FEED ON "HIS TABLE" AND WERE INDEED FED!

BE ABUNDANTLY BLESSED AS YOU PARTAKE OF GOD'S PROVISION FOR YOU...(JEHOVAH JIREH...OUR PROVIDER).


                                                              

COME TO MY TABLE

 

 

MOST OF US HAVE WALKED ALONG THE BUFFET LINE, TRYING TO DECIDE JUST WHAT TO PUT ON OUR PLATES, ALSO REALIZING THAT WE CAN "GO BACK" LATER.

DO I ALWAYS FIND MY FAVORITE FOOD (LOBSTER) ON THE BUFFET...NO!  BECAUSE THAT IS MAN'S PROVISION WHICH IS LIMITED.

 

AS PATRICIA AND I WERE IN PRAYER THIS MORNING, I ASKED MY USUAL QUESTION: "LORD, WHAT IS IT YOU WOULD SHARE WITH US AS WE BEGIN OUR DAY?" AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID: "COME TO MY TABLE, WHERE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR THE DAY IS THERE!" HE CONTINUED:

 

    *  DO YOU NEED COMFORT -  COME TO MY TABLE

 

     *   DO YOU NEED HEALING -  COME TO MY TABLE

 

     *   DO YOU NEED JOY - COME TO MY TABLE

 

     *   DO YOU NEED PEACE  - COME TO MY TABLE

 

     *   DO YOU NEED WISDOM  - COME TO MY TABLE".

 

YOU GET THE MESSAGE!  YOU CAN SEE ON MAN'S BUFFET THERE ARE MANY MANY ITEMS FROM WHICH TO CHOSE...AND THANKFULLY, THEY KEEP THE BUFFET WELL SUPPLIED...THEY DON'T RUN OUT OF FOOD, BUT IT CLOSES AT A CERTAIN HOUR!  OUR HEAVENLY FATHER NEVER EVER RUNS OUT OF ITEMS HE KNOWS HIS CHILDREN NEED, AND IS OPEN 24 HOURS PER DAY, 7 DAYS EACH WEEK, THANKFULLY!  AND THE ADDITIONAL BLESSING IS...IT IS FREE FOR THE ASKING.

 

QUESTION:  DO YOU APPROACH HIS TABLE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU DO OFTEN, HOW DO YOU APPROACH HIS TABLE,....WITH EXCITEMENT, KNOWING THAT WHAT YOU SELECT FROM HIS TABLE IS IN FACT YOURS? OR DO YOU APPROACH HIS TABLE WITH APPREHENSION AND WEAK FAITH THAT THIS REALLY ISN'T GOING TO HELP ME? 

 

YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH DECLARES..." IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD WHO GIVES TO ALL LIBERALLY AND WITHOUT REPROACH,  AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM, BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITH NO DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY THE WIND" ( JAMES 1:5-6  SPIRIT FILLED NKJV BIBLE).

 

WHAT A BLESSING  KNOWING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN "COME TO HIS TABLE" AT ANY TIME....FOR OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY (JEHOVAH JIREH - GOD OUR PROVIDER)  SO DESIRES TO PROVIDE FOR HIS CHILDREN SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY...WHAT "FOOD" IS ON HIS TABLE OR BUFFET THAT YOU NEED THIS DAY?

 

BE ABUNDANTLY BLESSED WITH HIS PROVISION AND MAY OUR LORD EL SHADDAI (THE ALL POWERFUL AND ALL SUFFICIENT ONE) BE GLORIFIED. AMEN?

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

GETTING STARTED

Greetings....as you look at this amazing photo (found on Google), you could not help but wonder just how this relates to "Enhancing Your Christian Walk"...stay with me and let me explain...

As it is Patricia and my custom after our evening prayer time, I ask the Holy Spirit what wisdom He might have for us as we close the day.  We have been doing this for several weeks now, and He is so faithful to share a word with each of us which supports the word the other has been given.  For example, one evening He gave us the word "bottle"!  We wondered just what this had to do with anything scriptural, but as we considered the word, the scriptural implications were amazing!  But this discussion is for another time...in the meantime, give some thought as to just how a simple word like "bottle" can have any spiritual significance and be ready to share when this topic is addressed....be challenged...your homework!

Back to the incredible photo....the evening of the 11th, the Holy Spirit gave us the word "Bulwark", obviously a word not part of our every day usage.  We pondered the word and went to the dictionary for the extent of its meaning: "a wall like defensive structure, and A STRONG SUPPORT OR PROTECTION"! (Merriam-Webster's Desk Dictionary 1995).  The photo...a perfect example of an incredible "bulwark"...notice this walled structure was holding back thousands of people (enemy perhaps) from making entrance...obviously a huge "protection" for those on the inside of the wall.

The analogy of the "bulwark" regarding the scriptural significance is that the Holy Spirit is taking a worldly word and relating it to our spiritual life!  "In what way?", you ask.  Almighty God, one of His Names being El Shaddai (the ALL POWERFUL, AND ALL-SUFFICIENT ONE) has a "wall of strong support" around His children 24/7 for our protection... a foundational truth we as His children must fully believe and stand on!  "And those who know thy name will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee". Psalm 9:10.

And in conjunction with El Shaddai...consider Proverbs 18:10 - "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man -upright and in right standing with God - runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong." (Amplified Bible)

To conclude...God's people in times of need, have a "bulwark" to run into and are SAFE from attacks on our spirit, soul, and body!  By faith we accept this as security, comfort, and truth....Amen?

Welcome to my blog

Greetings....

As many of you know, I retired from "formal" pastoral ministry in September of 2014 (once a pastor/teacher always a pastor/teacher) and recently believe I have been led of the Lord to begin reaching out "to whomsoever will" through the "blog" system..not that this is the only outlet for ministry, but none- the- less a crucial one!  Interesting enough, one person declared:  "You now are a 'free lance' pastor"!  And indeed, this seems to be what the Lord has me doing...at the moment!

What will this blog look like?  The title "Enhancing Your Christian Walk" essentially denotes the content.  Last year, I taught an adult Sunday School class under this vast umbrella. I will not be entering the political arena, except where it ties into what is being stated in the scriptures.  

I welcome your comments and your questions - do I have all the answers, absolutely not! 
I will encourage you, however, to be like the Bereans as written in Acts 17:11 ".....and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so."
However, please keep in mind that this is not the place to engage in theological "battles", for the enemy would so love to contaminate the purpose of this blog!  

Pray for me as I undertake this opportunity to share with you, under the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, what He places on my heart for the moment.  

It is my desire to present all that is being said in "Spirit and in Truth".  May this blog be such a blessing to you.

I so am looking forward to "enhancing your Christian walk" and hopefully feeding/encouraging you so that you can "feed/encourage" others in their walk with the Lord.

In closing, consider what Paul stated in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ".  (The Spirit Filled Life Bible -NKJV)