JANUARY 01 THE JESUS QUESTIONS Introduction-01: Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus: JQ#1-JQ#33 (Matthew 1:1 thru 3:17)

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

JANUARY  01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   Introduction-01: Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus: JQ#1-JQ#33  (Matthew 1:1 thru 3:17) 

001 of 365 - Prayers to JESUS    

Jesus, we begin this new year with HOPE, not because of anything we have done but because of WHO YOU ARE! Lord Jesus, I have year after year made resolutions and tried to make changes in my lifestyle, but on my own I have to admit that very little positive progress had been made — until — until I learned of the HOPE that is given as a Free Gift called Grace included in a single verse of scripture that is so familiar that  in many social circles the verse is considered cliche — but to those who read the verse and know why the verse was inspired and the original intent, the verse itself can be read a thousand times a day and with each reading HOPE springs eternal: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) Therefore looking expectantly towards 2017 to be a year that HOPE reigns sovereign in my day-to-day life, I start this day January 1, 2017 with this prayer to You Lord Jesus and Trust that  You will “never leave nor forsake” me and everyday I will look forward to You leading me in “paths of righteousness”!!!    AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

JANUARY  01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS   Introduction-01: Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus: JQ#1-JQ#33  (Matthew 1:1 thru 3:17) {Note from the writer of this blog: This blog is not mean to “argue” or “prove” the existence of God. The writer of this blog sits down with the Bible to begin my day and then I write what the Bible reading inspires me to write! I do not claim that I am “right” but I truthfully document what the WORD OF GOD speaks to me, fully admitting to all, my intellect is limited but I can proclaim loudly, my spirit is free!} This blog is a “Daily Devotional” — for me — and you are invited to make it part of yours as I encourage you to spend 2017 in the Word of God and let it speak to you, we are all different and each of us has a unique perspective. This blog is me sharing my “perspective” of what the Word of God has meant in my life since I started my “Spiritual Journey to Truth” in 2001. On my Journey I have lost my way, hit many detours, found several “rest” areas, yet one Truth has surfaced as a constant, the main problem in my life is me! Each of us has to look at the same person in the mirror day in and day out and though we try to change our outward appearances, who we are on the inside is our personal TRUTH, and the presentation we make to the world is a facade. Of all the self help articles and processes that I have engaged in, none have been able to produce “real change to my inner self” other than when I started my search for “TRUTH” and committed myself to accepting the TRUTH when I found it and vowed to avoid trying to “amend” the TRUTH for personal gain but to “accept and apply” the TRUTH to my life and let TRUTH change my lifestyle instead of me letting my lifestyle change TRUTH to fit my personal desires! It was in 2001 that I received a book from my sister for a birthday present and it pointed me to a TRUTH that I had been blinded to my whole life — TRUTH can only be found where TRUTH exists, not where we want it to exist — and that is when I made the decision to search for TRUTH and to let TRUTH reveal itself, therefore areas that I had previously thought “No way can TRUTH be found in here” I began to investigate those areas that for closed-minded reasons I had avoided. I started my search determinedly with a new perspective and somewhat glibly I chanted my old mantra “Give me your best shot!” I was indeed surprised to find TRUTH in the Holy Bible and accepting TRUTH wherever I found it proved itself day-in-and-day-out that each time I “honestly tried” on TRUTH I found out that “Accepting TRUTH” made my life better! So now after 15 years on my Spiritual Journey to Truth I invite you to start your own Journey and give TRUTH a chance to make that mirror reflect an inner self full of TRUTH and you will find that no one can argue with success. The Holy Bible contains all the TRUTH each unique individual needs to live an abundant life and this blog is simply a window into my soul which has found peace with God. The cliche then is to desire “World Peace” yet deny the TRUTH that can achieve “Inner Peace”. The writer of this blog was given an “inspiration” in April of 2016 and is the basis of this daily blog which you are invited to take the same challenge posed by the Holy Spirit who presented the challenge to me in this way: “Read through the complete Gospel of Jesus Christ written by St. Matthew (the first book in the New Testament) starting with Matthew 1:1 and every time you come to a ‘question’ that Jesus asks, your challenge is to give Jesus a ‘Truthful answer’.” Think about that challenge and your “mission” <<< should you choose to accept it >>> is to read the Gospel according to Matthew and “give Jesus a TRUTHFUL answer” and I personally will give you a double-your-money back lifetime guarantee that it will change you from the inside out and that you will see that person in the mirror in a different “Light” — remember that TRUTH is FREE so what have you got to lose??? The Holy Spirit left me with these words of wisdom: “No one but God owns the TRUTH and He gives it FREELY to all who search for it, so if someone tries to charge you for TRUTH, don’t buy it no matter how pretty a package they present it with!”