Everyone has issues. It’s sorting through them to make sense of your life. An issue is an important topic or problem for debate or discussion. So, what is important to you? What topic do you want to discuss? Issues that generate hate or anger are worth nothing. Do you know that the only person that is affected by anger is you. It will eat you alive and destroy your life. The issues of life are more important than you think. Like, who you are or what you want to be, needs thought. If you judge your life by what you see, you will never accomplish anything. The real issues come out of your heart. You can’t trust your eyes. This world is only temporary. You need to think eternally. Because you need to keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

Crain Blanchard

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No one knows what is in their heart until until pressure is applied to their heart. Jesus and the disciples were in the garden of gethsemane. Jesus was waiting for the Jews to come and arrest Him. They came in force. Jesus asked them who they were looking for. They said Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said, I am He. They all fell down by the Holy Ghost. They got up and Jesus told them again. They arrested Him. Peter pulled out a sword and cut off the ear of one of them. Jesus stopped Peter and healed the man. They took Jesus to the high priest. All the disciples scattered except Peter and John. They followed to the high priest house. John was known to the high priest and they let him in. Peter was standing outside. John vouched for Peter and he entered in. The person at the door recognized Peter as Jesus’s disciples and asked him if he was. Peter denied he ever knew Him. Until you are in the situation, you never know what you are going to do. So, what’s in your heart?

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The bible says that godly sorrow leads to repentance. Jesus had told the disciples that He was leaving. He plainly told them that He would die on the cross. The sorrow grew in their hearts. Jesus saw this and told them that He would send a Comforter, the Holy Ghost. Holy Ghost would be with and in them. Jesus also said that because He was going to the Father, He would take their prayers and pray to the Father for them. Sorrow isn’t all bad. It brought us to Jesus in the first place. It also motivates us in the kingdom of God. What do think compassion is? In this world we will have sorrow. There is no getting out of it. So thank God for Our Sorrow. It’s what leads us home.

Crain Blanchard.

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God teaches us a little at a time. He doesn’t want us to be overwhelmed by sorrow. Why sorrow? When God shines His light on our heart and we actually see what is in there, we are sorrowful. It’s a sorrow unto repentance. The pain we have because of sin, ours and the world’s, motivates us the action. When we are motivated to share the gospel, the world will react. They will fight back. We will be persecuted. Some of us will die. Jesus explained it in John 16. But Jesus said because I go to my Father, I will send the Comforter, the Spirit of God. He will lead us an guide us into all truth. Then we will see as God sees. This is the sorrow that the world will rejoice in.

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The bible says that the Spirt is subject to the prophet. This means that the Holy Ghost doesn’t force His will on us. God has always given us a choice. We have a free will. We can choose to serve God or not. Even a believer has a choice to make. Wanting to serve doesn’t come naturally. We choose the path we walk on. When Jesus’s sayings got tuff, many of His disciples turned back. Jesus asked the 12 if they were going to leave also. Peter said, where can we go. You are the Christ. You have the words of everlasting life. So, what do you believe? Where can you go, just because things are getting tuff in you life? The saints of the first century believed and went to their deaths in the Roman colosseums. There has always been martyrs throughout the ages. It is always something to contemplate your mortality.

Crain Blanchard.

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It was the last few days before Jesus was crucified. He giving the disciples last minute instructions. After three years of teaching, Jesus was explaining who He was to the disciples. He wanted them to remember all that He said. Jesus explained that in heaven were many mansions. He said if I go away, I will come again and receive you to Myself. That’s when Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by Me. Jesus wanted them to understand. It is unfortunate that we learn by tribulation. What the disciples went through in following days, shook everything they knew. It was done so God could set them in order. Peter had to betray Jesus. The disciples had to run in fear. What Jesus did, He had to do alone. It is the same with us, even though your church is behind you. You have to make the decision to step out in faith and follow God. This decision is for you alone.

Crain Blanchard

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I’ve talked about salvation, healing, deliverance and the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I’ve talked about what is required to walk in all these gifts of God. I’ve had many people help me walk in righteousness. They have taught, exhorted, encouraged and prayed for me. They believed the best for me. But whole time I had to make the decisions by myself. As much as they wanted, it only happens when I decide to follow Jesus and die to myself. The life that God calls us to is simple. When we begin God is there and goes before us to make the paths straight. When we walk into a situation, We allow God to move through us and He does the work. Then God gives us the reward. Although, other people are walking on this path, the journey is ours alone. We as an individual must make this journey by ourselves. It’s a journey of one.

Crain Blanchard.

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