All of us should submit ourselves, our whole lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. Because He is our Owner and He knows what is best for us.

Jesus wants to direct our paths, but that will only hapen if we let Him. After all, He is perfectly able to lead us forward when we are willing to be led. The only thing that the Lord wants from us is an open heart to do his will. If the heart is willing, the decisions of life will take care of themselves because Jesus will direct your steps exactly where He wants you to be.

Always remember that it’s not about your decisions, and it’s not about what you want, and it’s not even about you. It’s all about Jesus. When we start from that perspective, we can make the right decisions, and we can sleep well at night knowing that our God will put all the pieces together in exactly the right way.

Not everything happens as expected. Nothing is certain in this world. Fast runners don’t always win races. Intelligence or skill doesn’t always make you healthy or rich. Having lots of money doesn’t mean that you can buy everything. We don’t know what kind of situation we may fall into. But the good news is, we are not alone. Jesus is always with us. He is willing and He is able to guide us if we let Him. We need to be ready to face disappointments, problems, temptations, trials, and even death. But one thing is for sure, that God causes all things to work together for the good of them that love God and are called according to His purpose.

Our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ is on-going, it grows day by day. We have many
opportunities to grow closer to Him. But it is our choice if we really want to be close to Him. As the day goes by, all of us face different kinds of situations. How will you act in every circumstance, where will you direct your thoughts, whom will you please, and what will you choose to worship? These choices, along with many others like them, are yours and yours alone. How you choose determines how your relationship with Jesus will unfold.

Let’s ask ourselves, are we continuing to grow in our love and knowledge of the Lord, or are we “satisfied” with the current state of our relationship with Him? Remember that the Lord wants us to make ourselves a growing Christian. So everyday, let’s thank the Lord Jesus for the opporunity to grow more close to Him. And may we always choose to deepen our relationship with Him.

Jesus has the power to transform our lives. But, for this to happen, we must first accept His grace with a humble heart. John 15:5 tells us that apart from Jesus, we can do nothing.

Romans 3:10 tells us that all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. That’s why the moment that we accept Jesus in our lives, a transformation must take place. We must not continue sinning for Jesus commands us to livea holy life that is pleasing in His sight. It is written in Colossians 3:3 “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” It means that our old sinful self has died, and our new life is kept in Jesus Christ.

Let us all accept God’s transforming power with a humble heart. If we really desire to improve some aspects of our lives, and if we want God’s power to transform our lives, we must always remember that transformation starts only with the Lord Jesus Christ. 

The blessings of Jesus in our lives are too many to count. It includes this life that we have, our family, friends, abilities, and our possesions. And one of the greatest blessing that Jesus has given us is Himself. As sinners, we are destined to be punished eternally. But because of God’s grace, the Father gave His only begotten Son to die for our sins. It is written in Hebrews 9:22 that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ shed His blood that our sins may be forgiven. He sacrificed Himself, He saved us by dying on the cross that we might live through Him.

That’s why as true Christians, we must know that we have all been blessed beyond measure. Let’s make it a habit to always thank the Lord for all the blessings that He has given us. And never forget that our greatest blessing, is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, for He is our salvation and He is our eternal life.

An ambassador, according to a dictionary, is “a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative.” A second definition makes an ambassador “a diplomatic official of the highest rank representing his government on a temporary mission, as for negotiating a treaty.” Both definitions are applicable to Christians. All of us are ambassadors for the Lord with all honors that come with it from God.

In order to be Christ’s ambassadors, we need to realize that we have specific purposes to fulfill during our time on this earth which includes spreading the Gospel, serving others, spiritual growth, and growth in fellowship.  All that we are, say, and do is to be connected toward our overall purpose to love and glorify Jesus.

An ambassador does not appoint himself. A Christian is appointed by the Lord. An ambassador does not support himself. Jesus is the one who  will provide all of our needs according in Phil. 4:19.

To become good ambassadors we must spend time with our Lord, and get to know Him well. Our mission is only temporary. As ambassadors, we can be recalled to the Lord’s presence at any moment. And when His longsuffering with those who still reject Him is over, He Himself will come back. Then the message, “Be reconciled to God,” will no longer be proclaimed. It will be too late. So we should avail ourselves today of the high privilege we have to serve Him as His ambassadors to this lost world.

This sinful world teaches us to be nice only to our friends but the Bible tells us the opposite.

Jesus doesn’t want us to be mean and selfish. Hebrews 12:14 says, “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Many people today are driven by anger. They do not know how to forgive. They didn’t understand that Jesus wants us to have peace with all men, He wants us to practice holiness, to love others the same way that we love ourselves.

The best thing we can do for our enemies aside from not hating them, is to pray for them. Begin to pray and intercede for your enemies. Ask Jesus to help them. Ask Jesus to heal the hurts in their lives that are some of the motivators of their evil actions. Ask Jesus to bless them and show mercy to them. And if we start doing these things, we’ll discover that Jesus will begin to put love in our hearts toward our enemies.

The Bible warns us in Romans 12:2 that “we must not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our minds.” Conforming or adapting the patters of this world will lead us to destruction because this is a very sinful world. We must be conformed to the image of Jesus which is pure and holy.

Isaiah 64:8 says, “But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” This work of conforming us to the image of Jesus is an ongoing work from glory to glory.  We cannot accomplish this by ourselves. We need strength and guidance from God.

2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “But we Christians have no veil over our faces; we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him.” As a Christian strives to be a doer of the Word, a transformation will begin to take place in his life. This transformation is impossible without the help of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Loss of peace and joy are some results of Backsliding. Some of the CAUSES of Backsliding are failure to pray, to read the Bible and to attend church. Be sure to attend church once a week because fellowship with other believers is important. We also need to always pray to communicate with the Lord, reading His Word on the other hand, is how we listen to Him.

Revelation 2:10 says, “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” We must keep our faith and never fail to focus on Jesus.

We can learn in Psalm 101:3 that we must set no wicked thing before our eyes. We must be very careful to what is set before our eyes. We must always look unto Jesus.

However, God will still accept us if we turn back on Him. If a person calls on Him and truly repents, he is faithful to forgive him. It is written in Jeremiah 3:22, “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.”

Romans 6:16 says that “when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness. Remember that we used to be slaves to sin, but we have been set free by the blood of Jesus Christ and we have become slaves to righteousness.”  So we must fight and resist the devil every day. We must not let Him use our lives.

So the choice now is to whom will you surrender yourself? Surrender yourself to the Lord Jesus. Begin living a victorious life. You can do all things for it is Him who gives you strength. We must confess our inability to gain victory by ourselves. John 15:5 says that apart from Jesus we can do nothing. So we must yield to the power of Jesus for He is our VICTORY.

Continue to resist the devil and deny yourself. Like Paul, we should say, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.”