Jonah - Lisa Patterson

Today we are discussing Jonah and his disobedience and how it cost him almost everything. It is not worth it to be in disobedience to the Lord!
Jonah 1:1 He was sent to Ninevah to let them know of acts of violence and hatred to other people.The city had gone haywire! So instead of going to Ninevah, Jonah wanted to do his own thing. He thought he could get by with it.
So the Lord got a whale to swallow up Jonah for 3 days so he would see the Lord meant what he was saying. So for 3 days Jonah was in the belly of the whale with no way out. He could have been eaten alive! But the Lord has mercy. We know He loves us and we think all He does is want us to read our Bible and sit around and do good stuff all day long. but God wants us just to obey him. So if we don't, there's a price to pay!. Jonah could have lost his life. But God saved him from destruction because he decided to go the way of the Lord. So the whale had to spit him out. God extends his forgiveness to anyone who will repent and follow him. God's plans will not be thwarted by the schemes disobedient people devise to get around them. And although this may seem to be extreme, God still doesn't like us being disobedient. All you have to do is to repent, and say, "Father, I am sorry for not believing you and your plan for me and although it seems hard, I know it's yours and I have to stay on track like you said and you will carry me through it."So since Jonah wanted to go to his own land Tarshish, and the Lord told him to go preach repentence to Ninevah and he didn't, as a Prophet of God, he almost lost his life.
Are you in a bad place in your life? Do you need a job? Have you been trying and trying and no results? Maybe you are not listening to the still small voice that is guiding you and telling you what to do. And you want to do your own thing? You cannot play around with God. He will give you time to get right, but it's dangerous to play around with his nudging you.
But we take things for granted and think God will just let it go. But he has great love and compassion for us.And  he is God and there is no other. So don't play around with what he tells you to do. Let this lesson about Jonah talk to you today. For the Lord loves you with an everlasting love and will protect you from the wiles of the enemy if you will let him love you and keep you and do as he says. We don't know how many people we are helping that may not have a chance, just by being obedient. It does not matter how small it may seem to us. And you may lose some things you thought were important. God will give you back what the devil stole if you will keep your spirit sweet and be obedient! So take this word today and let it refresh you.
This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News the Jesus Loves you and wants you to come to him today!

He Loves Us - Lisa Patterson

Isaiah 53:5 He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Our verse today tells us how much we are loved by him. If he took it upon himself to be on that cross for our sins, and he knew no sin, we are loved.
Today we must understand what Christ did for us and how much he cares for us.
The Lord said," I'm planting a new garden and you are all different flowers with an aroma that surrounds you in every way. I'm so pleased you would gather together. I'm doing a new work in this, so step out and let me take you through the garden I planted with the flowers in it that are all so special to me with the aroma from heaven."
 The Lord loves us so much he would share his secrets with us. If you will be still and wait for him. Wait for the dew to form in the cool of the Lord. Let him moisturize you. He wants to co-labor with us. He said he's testing us with our children and he's keeping them. And he'll continue to keep them. We must stay in him to get the benefits he has already reserved for us.
I do hope everyone had a good Easter, as we realize it, it  isn't about us anymore. It's always been about him. And when we realize that, we will have more peace, joy, liberty and all things pertaining to him.
Rom. 6:1 What shall we say then?  Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?
For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. For sin shall have no more dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. Being made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life. Jesus wants you to come unto him today. He loves us with an everlasting love we cannot fathom. There is a penalty to pay for not following him. And that is hell which was made for the devil and his angles, not us. It was never intended for people to go there. But yet they are dying everyday. So the message here is to come to the Lord and let him shine his face upon you today."There's a new wind blowing and I want you to follow me in it, says the Lord. It's a new season for you. Be there to catch it and be there for me. Take me, all of me, and let me do a new thing in you. Let me take you there.You will enjoy the fruit of the spirit in it."
This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus loves you and wants you today. Tomorrow may be too late  so don't take that chance.

Going To The Future - Lisa Patterson

Today we will discuss how to leave the past and go on to the future. The Lord was telling me the other day about leaving your past and stepping forth into your future, which would be new. Not a new world future, but a new annointed future in him. He said all things from the past are over and all things going forward are new. If you hold on to the past you cannot get to your future he has for you.

It is a choice you must make but he will help you let go. To let go of the past is letting God take your future and bring it to a higher level in him.He will do those things he said he would do if you will stay in his word and keep his commandments. His love for us is so deep we cannot fathom. We are to only do that which he has said and nothing more. If he did not tell you to do a certain thing, even though it seemed good and you liked it and thought it would work, then don't! It won't work. You cannot be what you were not made to be.
I've heard people say, "you can be anything you want to be." That's not in God's Word or his plan. So it won't work. Stop letting the enemy tell you lies about yourself. You are good enough, but you cannot do anything you want to do. if that was so you could have solved all the major life problems and get our world
out of debt. God didn't call you to be God Jr!!
The Lord said," 'Do not do anything I did not tell you to do or go anywhere I didn't tell you to go. For I am drawing you up nearer to me.It's fear that causes obstruction. Guard your heart.I will speak in that still small voice, not always a loud sound. But you will know it's me because it will be peaceful and you will be refreshed and have joy.There's a sound coming from the birds in the trees to let you know it's me, nature, not something man thought up.Let me have your whole heart today. Only part will not do. It must be that way to carry you through. Times are hard and tough and you know not when the end will come. But if you'll stay in me I'll guard your back from the wiles of the enemy."
II Tim. 3: 1 says we are not our own anymore and cannot do as we used to. we were bought with a high price.
That means we belong to him and do not have our own life anymore.
Sometimes we think we can skip around and do as we please. but then we find out we made a mistake and have to turn ourselves back around. That means to repent. And only the holy Spirit can help you repent. we can't do anything in ourselves. Oh, we thought we could.But you quickly find out you can't.
God's children are his treasure. but we're just what he said, children! You start out as a babe when your born again and then grown into his child. It takes lots of leaps and bounds to grow up in the Lord but he will take you step by step. this is one of the steps, to let the past go and the future will come.
This is lLisa Patterson with the Good news that God loves you and wants you to come to him today.

Living in Him - Lisa Patterson

Today we are studying how to Live in Him. IITim. 3:1 says we are not our own anymore and cannot do as we use to. Those people in these 4 verses are Christians who are not living it in their hearts. The work was finished but you must partake of it.God is trying to get us immune to this world. Like getting shots are building up an immunity.If you communicate with Jesus you'll know what he said. you can discern.
He won't play tricks with you but you can hear that still small voice. Deny yourself and you'll see the resurrection. We will be light as a feather and not with a chain around us. Take heed to what you're hearing.
Take the fresh dew of Heaven. As often as you eat the bread and drink the cup you shall see. He's coming for those who are crucified, not alive. II Tim. 2 says your grace is in the Lord. we are not to be intertwined with this world. The enemy is aggressing, so be awake and not asleep.
I Peter 1 says we are strangers in this world. Having all to stand, stand through it. Don't look at the things seen. You need people who pray with you by the Spirit.
Romans 8:28 those that love God to them that are called ( to his purpose), which is Jesus Christ and found in Him. Prov. 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance and Iwill fill their treasures. Waiting on the Lord is loving Him. Psalm 37-7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him and do not fret the kosmos (world).
Lamentations 3:25 Need of waiting. The Lord is good unto those who wait on Him. Shut out voices of this world. And to the soul that seeks him.
Isaiah 30:18 God waits for men to wait on him. Blessed are all that wait on him. we must trust God for everything! The Lord said if he got us out of our situations, he'd have to put us into another situation to where we'd love him and wait on him again.So, you cannot run from him and get anywhere.
Prov. 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting  at the posts of my doors.
The Lord would say he loves you with all his heart. And he needs you to come into him today and sit by him, and be his friend. there are many voices in this world and none without significance, but if it lines up with the Word of God, then it is him. Take this time and listen to your heart and do as he says, Time is short and he wants you today. This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus Loves you and wants you today.

Being Compassionate to the Poor - Lisa Patterson

Today we will discuss ways to be compassionate to the poor and needy. Psalms 41:1 says ",Blessed is he who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on earth: you will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness. And you will sustain him on his sickbed."
If a brother or sister is without clothes and food and you say, Go I wish you well: keep warm and fed, but does nothing, what good is it? Action without faith is dead. we are commanded and not asked to help the poor. People are not always poor because they make themselves that way or because they always lazy. There are some like that, but the Bible here is referred to as the poor. It may be poor in health or poor in heart, or poor in belongings. But they may not can help the conditions they are in.
It isn't always easy to just go get a job. And a Mother with 3-4 kids cannot always get the help they need. You say there are helps out there. But a daycare cost lots of money and if the Father isn't around, which is so much of the case, then she's at the hands of the mercy of society.
Matthew 25:40 says "Whatever you've done for one of the least of these, you did it for me." Do good whether it feels good to you because it's not about you anyway. And give your best, as God in heaven sees what you do, and it's pleasing to the Lord to do it anyway. It is between you and the Lord and no one else what you do.
There are others who cannot help being poor. And it is sad to see older people who have worked all their lives to get older and nothing but Social Security is available for them. They may have had devastating circumstances with their children. Or someone may have been sick in the family and it took resources they didn't forsee to help in trying times.I see these things on a daily basis. And the one that touches my heart the most is, of course, the special needs individual. Most people don't know how hard it is to take care of these people all alone. They only receive a government
 check if they are single. That doesn't hardly pay for anything. They have to rely on the government to help. Then there's no help for the child/adult so the parent can work and make more money.That's why we are here to try to help.
 So, I say this to say I see all kinds of impoverished people who need the love of Jesus and kind words. They need to know someone is there to talk to and help when needed, Not to be taken advantage of, but to show them that Christ Loves them and does not want them poor in any way.
Let's reach out and help those who need it most by way of food, kindness, mercy, and giving them the Love of Jesus.
This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus Loves You and wants you today.

Create your Crown Of Glory - Lisa Patterson

Happy New Year for the year 2013. Hope all is well with thee. Now is the time to create your Crown Of Glory and let the Lord shine his light on you!
May the New Yr. be bright and your prayers be answered this year. May the Lord
shine His light on you to forever glow for Him.
He says,"It's going to be a wonderful New Year for my children who have obeyed me at all costs. There are gifts waiting and surprises inside. The enemy wants you to think that everything is coming down on you and nothing is happening that you have been told. So be of good cheer. My love for you is so deep you cannot fathom what is in store for you. The places you thought were barren are now filled with joy and hope, goodness and mercy everlasting. There's more in store for you than you know.My Children are protected from the enemy as long as they stay up under the umbrella I have for them. So do not come out from the annointing, or the enemy has a door to open to your soul. And I would not want you to be harmed or sick. I love my Children and everyone so much that my son died for you all!
And I have it all planned out for you. So, take my hand and let me guide you into
that well of water that never goes dry. Do not let the enemy make you think it is never going to work. I planned it from the begining of time for you. I want my people well and whole to help me with those who need it most.
Take this new year at it's finest and go with the flow. But be sure you are led by the Holy Spirit, or it won't work as planned. It must be from me."
I do hope this year brings joy and peace to everyone and all your dreams from the Lord come true. Be patient and kind as Christ was. He was never in a hurry. And if
we get ahead of him we will not prosper. So, come to him today and let this be your best year ever. This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus loves you today.

Merry Christmas - Lisa Patterson

         This is wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas Holiday and a bright new year.
Jesus died for us to have life and have it more abundantly. So we should see the season as a brand new beginning for us all who are in Christ and those who are not, to give them an example to live by. So the world would see who God's children really are. For us to be like the world is not a difference that we need to make in people's lives. We are to live holy before the lord and show the world that we are different.
It is time for the Church of Jesus Christ to let all the world know who He is and what He has done for us and will do for anyone who wants him. He is no respector of persons. He loves us all the same no matter if we have accepted him or not.
Our job is to be a shinning star to let everyone know there's a Savior who wants anyone and everyone to come to him this hour. For we know not what tomorrow would bring. So we know if we accept him we will be under his covering.
The world is not going to be your friend like Christ. There are too many things going on that we do not know about. So don't get caught up in the world system.
We should be willing to take that step and acknowledge that we need a Savior, who is Jesus Christ, our Lord. No one can love you like he does.
The Lord would say to you, " Be not afraid, I am come to give you life that you cannot receive anywhere else. There is no other and will be no other who shed his blood for your sins so you may be saved and have life more abundantly.
Unless you are washed by the blood, you are not saved. But you will know it when you are because you will feel clean and whole again and cannot keep on sinning as usual. So, let this year end with a change of heart. And come in to me. I will make the crocked places clean and pave the way for you to go. Do not go into the dismal path which will take you to into outer darkness with no way out. Time is short and the year is almost over. Hear my plea and come into me no matter what you have done. And I will make the new path clean, says the Lord." There's a new path for God's people for the New Year. It will be well with thee even though the world system is dark, don't let it take you in and fool you. God wants you to be with him today.
This is Lisa Patterson wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a Very Happy new Year. Let the Lord come in to you today.