From the Heart by B.Demaere

“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save, or his ear dull, that It cannot hear; But your iniquities have made a   separation. Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you So that he does not hear.” (Isaiah 59:1-2) I find this hard to speak about…Are we fooling ourselves thinking that all is good in our walk with God and it is not really going well with him or with people.   I feel weak and uninspired to write but I do it anyway hoping that some fruits will be harvested in people’s lives.   Is there a wall between us and the Lord?   Have we really missed the mark?   Sin means ‘missing the mark’ but it does not stop there!   “If we confess our sins, he is faithful to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 john 1:9)   By Jesus we can be forgiven.   The wall of separation has been broken the moment we accept him as Lord and Savior.   If you are a Christian fear not there is no condemnation for you (Romans 8:1)

Do you ever feel you are running out of options as to where you must go or do? I felt like that this last week and then the Lord showed me what I was supposed to do.   Obey him! He is so loving.   His way in my life was to simply put a wall at the front of me and I would get frustrated until I knew what he wanted. I have that feeling also that the world is running out of options when God says this: “Consult together, argue your case. Get together and decide what to say. Who made these things known so long ago? What idol ever told you they would happen? Was it not I, the Lord? For there is no other God but me, A righteous God and Savior. There is none but me. Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, And I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, And every tongue will declare allegiance to me. The people will declare, The Lord is the source 0

  Have you felt weary in your faith lately?   Not wanting to pray much?   Having a hard time going strong? I have and I was wondering if others felt the same.   We are certainly in the last days, and it would make perfect sense if Satan, the enemy of our soul would work weariness in the believer’s spirit.   Judging by the following scriptures it would seem accurate. In the Parable of the judge and the widow intended as a lesson of perseverance in prayer by Jesus we see that the unjust judge rendered a just decision in the end.   So, don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night?   Will he keep putting them off?   I tell you; he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith? (Luke 18:7-8) We must persevere in our faith by removing the distraction and weights that make us weary of well-doing.   The things that may make us weary are the constant attacks of th

  In Psalm 89:26-37 And he will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ I will make him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on the earth.   I will love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.   I will preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven. But if his descendants forsake my instructions and fail to obey my regulations, If they do not obey my decrees and fail to keep my commands, then I will their sin with the rod and their disobedience with beating. But I will never stop loving him nor fail to keep my promise to him.   No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said. I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness, I cannot lie: his dynasty will go forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun. It will be as eternal as the moon, my faithful witness in the sky!”   God is faithful to his covenant with David and Jesus to all their descendant and that

            He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. He guards the paths of the just. And protects those who are faithful to Him. (Proverbs 2:7-8) I hear it a lot these days.   People giving way too much credit to ‘luck’.   Verses like these ones remind me that there are no such things as luck.   Soon or later if you are not protected by the Lord evil might come knocking on your door.   I don’t wish it to anyone.   It seems to be clear to me though that unless you show some integrity in your life, and you are following the righteous paths you will be protected.   You cannot bet on ‘luck’ to protect you because she might not be around for long or around when you really need her.   As for the Lord God he will be faithful if you show yourself faithful.   He will be your Reward.   Often Christians look like the losers but wait and see.   There is an invisible hand at work for any obedient Christian who follows the Lo

It must be that as a Christian my hope was not yet solid .  I suffered depression and suicidal thoughts .   It was like a downward spiral pulling me under like the time I almost drowned in the Italian waters of a lake when I was 10 years of age.   During my depression, I realized hope was not my anchor like it says in Hebrews 6:19-20 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls.   It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary.   Jesus has already gone in there for us.   He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. Purpose of this post It is to show you how wonderful the Bible is, and its words are so accurate in meaning.   Hope is alive.   Our hope is alive and wonderful, it is precisely an anchor and not just a wishful thinking that per chance it is going to take place.   Our hope is solid like an anchor, and it is unmoveable.   Believe me you need it amid the storm of despair tossed back and forth by suicidal thoughts and wha

As I was preparing this post , I shared with my spouse that we were only here in this temporary place for another year and a half.  Which offers the perfect platform for what I write in this post.  What will you do next? Someone may ask and as crazy as this may seem we can confidently answer.  We don’t know but the One who holds the world in his hands knows. You see, even though this may sound like a shaky deal it is not… it is as firm as a block of concrete in the ground.   On the contrary, what the world has to offer is fleeting like a house build in the sandy foundation. I base my assurance on the faith in the God who can move mountains.   My faith rests in Him.   That is where my rest comes from.   In trusting the unmoveable and unshakable God who is All Powerful.   The Israelites could have tapped in him, but they chose to worry and not believe. Because the Holy Spirit dwells in you can do better and believe.   Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. The fourth chapte