Fully God and fully man. For over 30 years Jesus lived as a man. Yet, in the few years leading up to his death on a cross, it became clear that he was no ordinary man. What man could do these type of things? End a storm with his words Multiply food Heal those who couldn’t walk, see, or talk Walk on water Raise the dead His miracles were always clues that this Jesus was more than a man. Sinless Another astonishing clue to his divinity was that he was sinless. Tempted? Yes. But he had never given into that temptation. Sinless?! That fact alone seems to be impossible when we consider the world around us. From the beginning of time, until that moment on the cross, no one successfully lived a sinless life. And like some sort of science fiction movie, when Jesus breathed his last breath as man, something unseen shattered. The power of the unseen was so great that the physical world manifested it by sudden darkness and trembling. At that moment, the sacrifice made by a sinless man would forever change destiny. The proof of this change? Our celebration says it all. Jesus followers initially had no idea what we know and celebrate today. Jesus had actually won! Three days later they would find this out when the man they thought dead would appear. And, in so doing, he confirmed that he was no ordinary man. He is God who came near (Immanuel) to change the course of history. And it’s His Story that we celebrate today. So when we say “He is Risen” it’s not just a statement of a past event. It is a declaration of a current reality. “He is Risen” Means: We are forgiven Belonging to Jesus we are not bound by sin Our today is part of our eternity with the creator God Our identity is secure as his sons and daughters Then, after the cross and resurrection, Jesus says to his followers: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”—Matthew 19-20 He is Risen!

Listening to myself, I think I did an awesome job. It is not easy recording episodes when you are recording by yourself, because there’s no one to see in front of you. When recording alone, we have to keep ourselves motivated while we are speaking even though our voice may crack because of a dry throat. I never think about having something to drink while I am recording because I feel like I may have to stop and go to the restroom, because when I am talking, I have to finish whatever it is I am talking about so I will not lose my train of thought. My message brought tears to my eyes; I was not expecting for that to happen. All I can say is WOW! The Spirit was really moving, and God was working and speaking through me. My spirit is very high right now. Three times I thought I was going to hit the floor because it is so powerful. I think I am going to rest for a while, I have been writing all day long, except when I stopped to record. I just thank God for giving me the opportunity to be able to do what I do to win souls for the kingdom of God. Everything came out just the way I wanted it to, and I am so glad it did. i cannot take the credit for it though, because if it were not for God, it would have not turned out right with the sound quality. So, with that being said, I am going to rest until I feel like writing again. It has been a privilege to share this with you all. As always, thank you all for joining me on my journey with Food for the Soul. God bless.

Today I recorded my message on healing, and it should be posted to Spotify as soon as it is reviewed because it contains music. If you would like to go there and listen to it, it is a link on the original post at the top to click on that will take you straight to it. I am just waiting on the conformation from them to let me know it has been posted. It could take a while because there are so many others. I know I have not posted lately and it is due to the very bad storm we had a few days ago that knocked out all of the electricity, and the WIFI signals in the area where I live. Today everything was restored back to normal. We are alright though, thank God for that because it was terrible. Well, I just checked my messages, and it has not been posted as of yet, but I know it will probably be posted before today comes to an end. It has been a while since I have recorded something for the show on that platform under that email address, so I believe it is going to be a while before I see something and receive a message from them, but they always let me know when my recordings have been posted.

Things have changed though since I recorded through my computer, this is the first time I have recorded anything on this computer in a long while. I don’t normally do it because it makes me sound like I am far away when I record, but this time I hope it recorded the way I wanted it to. I am not going to publish this as of yet, because I want to let you all know when it is posted so I can add it here when it is all said and done. I hope you all have had a great week. It is cloudy here though, but I hope it is just rain and not a storm. I did not enjoy not being able to write and publish my work, but for some odd reason or another, I could write, but I could not publish and save my work as a draft, so I just had to leave my screen on so it would not delete. I guess I ab kind of longwinded at this point, it is because I have a lot to say that I have not been able to say. My son told me what a wonderful mother I have been to them all of their life. That made me feel good. I can truly say that I am loved by my children. Believe me, life has not been easy, and it never is, but with the help of God all things are possible. I just do not know what I would do if He were not in my life to help me through the tough times, and even now. I could not ask for a better Father.

My recording on Healing has just been posted to Spotify. You are more than welcome to go and listen to it, and share it if you like with your friends. Now I am going to listen to it for the first time, there may be an oversight on the years when I spoke about COVID-19. I was just so excited to be able to finally get it recorded and approved. I hope you enjoy it. As always, thank you for joining me on my journey with Food for the Soul. God bless.

I want to share this information with you all who love the LORD, and His people who are going through hard times, who really need our help. America has so much, and they have so little, barely making it from one day to the next. We are to help God’s children. I am going to leave this information at the end of this post, and if you feel like you want to help, call the number, or visit the website I will also leave to visit.

ISAIAH 58:10-and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. (NIV)

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews: 1(800)538-4477

Crisis Ukraine

Website: ForgottenJews.org

$25.00 Provides 1 survival food box

$50.00 Provides 3 hot meals a month plus the food box.

We are all God’s children no matter who we are. He created all of us. I thought I would share this information because the LORD laid it on my heart to share. They desperately need our help. May God bless us all. In Jesus name Amen.

Well, I was looking through all of my comments from the past, and I came across some that I did not know were there, so I tried to reply to them all. I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to visit my blog site to leave comments, and your views. I try very hard to write content that is inspirational and uplifting. I know that what I write may be straight forward and hard to take in, but it all comes from my heart and a place of love. I appreciate all of you who have been with me since the beginning, and those of you who have joined me over the years, and even now. I want you all to know that you all are very talented writers, and I enjoy reading your posts as well. It is not easy to always come up with topics to write about and share. It takes time and energy, and a lot of brainstorming just to write the perfect message to share. I know that everyone works very hard to share and write content, but there’s times when I have writers block and I cannot write anything for a long time. But I just wanted to thank everyone and tell you all how much I appreciate you visiting my site. There are so many blog sites out there to choose from, and I am thankful that you all choose to visit here at Food for the Soul. I never want to forget where I came from, and how hard it was when I first started and had no visitors at all, or followers. It is a blessing that God has blessed me the way that He has since I have been writing. I had no idea that I would still be writing, because I did not know how it was going to turn out. I just started writing about what I knew about, and that is the Word of God. I really had to have faith through it all, because at one time I became discouraged. My daughter told me that I was doing a good job and that she was proud of me, and that I was going to be successful, and that God was proud of me, and that He had me. This is why I always try to encourage everyone when I leave comments. Writing is not easy, it is very time consuming, and you have to think as you are writing to keep the flow, well I do anyways. Well, you all have a wonderful day. Stay safe, and God bless. Thank you all for joining me on my journey with food for the Soul.

May the Lord, bless you, keep you, and give you peace, in Jesus’ name Amen. Stay safe.

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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8-6

HEBREWS 1:3-Who being the brightness of His Glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

ROMANS 5:10-For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

GALATIANS 2:20- I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

JOHN 15: 13- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

PSALM 23:1-The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

JOHN 17:23- I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, AS THOU HAST LOVED ME.

ROMANS 8:1- There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

1 PETER 2:24- Who his own self bares our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 JOHN 3:16- Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay own our lives for the brethren.

PSALM 100:1- Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

Today I just felt like sharing some Scripture verses with everyone. I thought I would do something different. I hope you enjoy reading them.

PRAYER:

Father, My heart strings sings to You this day. You are my creator. You gave me life and You gave me purpose. As the earth shouts joyful praise unto You, so do I. You are worthy of all my praise and I will shout Your name for all to hear. Thank You for who You are. In Jesus name, Amen.

APPRECIATING LIFE by Shaunelius L. Sterns

When we are born, we do not know that we are even in the world. We are created brand new. We are to depend upon our parents to take care of us because we cannot take care of ourselves. We can do nothing because we know nothing. As we grow from month to month, and year to year, we start to realize we are in the world. As we grow, we learn different things about life after we are at that age and old enough to know what’s going on around us. After our education years, we start to live our lives and explore the world around us. After that is all said and done, we settle down somewhere in a place we want to live for the rest of our life.

During all of that time, do we learn to appreciate the life that we have? Do we think about what we should have done, and should not have done? Do we look back over our life and have regrets? Do we thank God for every day given to us? Do we appreciate Him for the things He does for us? We only get one life, so we must appreciate our life that we have. We must cherish every moment we have every day. Tomorrow isn’t promised to any of us. Life is a gift just as the breath that we breathe, and when it is gone, it is gone, and we are no more.

Jesus came that we may have life, and life more abundantly. In order to have an abundant life, we must do the things we know we should do according to the Word of God, because had He not sent His Son, Jesus into this world, we would not have life at all. We would not be able to have that abundant life in Jesus Christ. The abundant life is not about having riches here on earth, but it is about having an eternal life in heaven with Jesus for all eternity. Riches fade away, just as material things, nothing lasts forever except your soul. It is alright to have material things, but we should not let material things have us. Where our treasure is, there will our heart be also, and our treasure is in heaven with Jesus Christ, so that is where our heart should be. We should be thinking about heavenly things, and not worrying about earthly things. It is not about us and what we want, it is about Jesus and the kingdom of God and winning souls for God so they will not have to perish in the end.

If you have not talked to Jesus today, or if you have never talked to Him, He is there waiting for you to come to Him so He can change your life for the better. When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, it will be the best decision you will ever make in your life for your eternal life. God bless you, stay safe, and thank you for following me on my journey with Food for the Soul.

Today we remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Depending on your tradition, it is usually called Palm or Passion Sunday. All four gospels record this significant and prophetic event, and I highly recommend you read them for yourself. You can find them in Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19. As I reread each account myself here are four things that stick out about this historic event that we still commemorate today. Jesus Fulfilled Prophecy Not only was Jesus the long awaited King, which the Jews had been longing for, but his very entry into Jerusalem was just how it had been prophesied over 500 years earlier. Zechariah 9:9 says: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” What’s With the Palms? The imagery of palms was a part of the Jewish culture and often reflected honor and nobility. 1 Kings 6 and 7 record how Solomon had them as part of the sacred carvings of the temple. In Mark’s account of Jesus entry, people are spreading palm branches out on the ground along with their cloaks. To me, it sounds like a sort of ancient red carpet that probably helped keep the dust down. The significance of this honor paid to Jesus also foreshadows what is to come. In Revelation 7:9 there’s an incredible description of worship that – you guessed it – includes palm branches. So we see that Jesus is fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah and also pointing forward to an even greater scene of worship that is to come. Hosanna The chances are pretty good that at some point you’ve sung a song at church with the word “Hosanna” in it. As Jesus made his entry there was definitely worship going on but what does Hosanna actually mean? Hosanna was a desperate cry from an oppressed people living under Roman rule that means “Oh save” or “Save us now”. Jesus would certainly save them but not quite how they imagined. Where’s the Victory? The Jews had been waiting and their King was finally here! Sure he was riding on a baby donkey and didn’t have a sword, armor, or an army but he was there nonetheless. As the shouts of Hosanna went out, everyone anticipated what this long awaited Kings next move would be. How would he save them? Would he be like David and his mighty men? Would he be like Solomon with wisdom and riches? “Save us now,” they cried! One week later, many of these same people who had shouted “Hosanna” would be shouting “Barabbas.” They would trade their long awaited King for a thief and a murderer. He hadn’t fulfilled their image of a King or brought about their idea of salvation and so they turned on him. But God, in his sovereign grace, had a plan that included a vastly different idea of what salvation was to look like. This is what we will be celebrating. I’ll leave you with these words from Revelation 7:9-10: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” That’s my King!

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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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The Creator of the universe.

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