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Pattison’s
Perspective
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Ivan
Pattison, Australia
"Great is Thy
Faithfulness" - Lamentations 3:23
Lamentations 3:22 It is because of the Lord’s mercy and
loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail
not. [Mal. 3:6.]
Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning; great and
abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. [Isa. 33:2.]
Lamentations 3:24 The Lord is my portion or share, says
my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait
expectantly for Him. [Num. 18:20.]
God our Father is so faithful, and we are so blessed in
having a Heavenly Father who has so much love for us each one.
The sad part is, that I believe we, that is you and I,
don't show Him the gratitude that He deserves, and the gratitude that we should
give to Him should be much more than we do give Him. Many of us don’t give Him
the honour, the praise, and the glory that we should give to Him, and if this
is so, then we have failed Him so much, and yet He does not fail us, no not at
all. When are we going to be grateful
for all that Jesus has done for us?
In Malachi chapter 3, it says our words have been against
Him, and I think most of us at one time or another our words have been stout against Him. If our words have never been stout against
God our Father at any time, then we are truly blessed.
Stout meaning brave, BOLD, FIRM, DETERMINED, OBSTINATE,
UNCOMPROMISING, VIGOROUS, FORCEFUL, AND VIOLENT.
To speak against God and His Kingdom we will be one or
more of these things, and of course we pay the price if we do not repent from
them.
Now if we are these things for the KINGDOM, then we will
be VICTORIOUS!!!! Being victorious, is a
great achievement, and we need to be achievers, if we are going to enter God
the Father’s Kingdom, whether that be while we are here on earth and, or in
heaven.
We need to have Jesus on and at our side, so we need to
bless Him, in every way we can, with our words, with our actions, and
especially with our attitude.
Malachi 3:13 Your
words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we
spoken so much against thee?
How many of us have had our words stout against Father
God just because we thought He should have done something to help us when
things went wrong.
Of course if we knew His Word, and how to use it as a
Sword, things most likely would have been different.
Let us be so careful in how we treat our Heavenly Father,
and let our respect be perfect to Him, and before Him!!
Matthew 5:48 Be ye
therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Whatever sin we have been in, or whatever kind of life we
have lived, God the Father has been so faithful to us, and great is His
faithfulness towards us in saving us from it, and we do have much to bless Him
for!!
Let us also be careful how we treat each other, as this
is also important, and many do waver in how we treat our sisters and brothers.
Maybe we should practice treating each other with Kid
Gloves, and in this way not so many would get hurt, and damaged as they do.
We must love each other very much, with that everlasting
Love and if we don’t, then how can we love The Father, or even love Jesus.
It is so sad that so many in the Churches over the years,
have not had the Jesus kind of Love that they have needed, so, no wonder the
world does not want what we have. I have
voiced for many years now, that if we have the Love in the Church, that we
should have, then we would not have to go outside the walls of our Church for
the Lost, they would come inside the Church in droves, as so many have been
looking, and are looking for a true genuine Christian Love, and have not been
able to find it.
Can we take our thoughts off ourselves, and start
thinking about others.
Let us have compassion towards each other, that real
genuine compassion.
A Love and Compassion that will take hold of each one of
us, and have that deep feeling for each other.
This is the Jesus kind of Love!!!
If we have not received this Love flowing through us from
Jesus, then can we, that is you and I, can we get down on our knees and stay
there until we have it!!!
If God the Father is so Faithful to us, then can we have
that same faithfulness to Him by showing Love to each other, His Love. Can
we cry when someone is hurting, can we
show the Jesus Love feelings for others
Can we spend time in prayer for others when they are going through tough
times, and can we get our hands dirty for others when needed?
Romans 13:8 Owe no
man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law.
When I write for Strombolis, or write my Internet News
Letters, and when I write spiritual emails to my friends, the Holy Spirit talks
to me, first of all, He shows me what to write, then He talks to me about what
He has given me to write, and He lets me know that I need to apply these things
to my life, if I haven’t already done so.
Love and Blessings
Ivan
