Love is a Choice

Love is a choice. It’s not something you have or you don’t have. It’s not something you can fall out of.  It’s something you choose to do. Love is something the Lord has commanded us to do.  In Deuteronomy 6:5 we are told 

“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”  And in Matthew 22:39 

“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Jesus tells us that the 2 greatest commandments love thy God and love the neighbor.

If you follow the first 2 commandments you will obey them all because if you love thy God with all your heart, soul and mind you would not put any other God before him. You would not take his name in vain. You would not worship idols and you would obey the Sabbath and keep it holy and you would honor thy mother and father. If you would love thy neighbor you would not steal from them. You would not covet his wife or commit adultery with her. Bear false witness against or commit murder.

In Ephesians 5:25 the Lord commands husbands to love their wives.

“Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” 

 According to the U.S. census the divorce rate for 1st marriages is 50%. If wives would submit themselves unto their husbands as unto to lord as it states in Ephesians 5:22 and husbands would love their wives as the lord loves the church as is states in Ephesians 5:25 then the divorce rate would be drastically reduced.

We are told to love thy brother and I can think of no other way to state that than in 1st John 4:7-21.  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.  In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us.  If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?  And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Our ultimate goal is to be as Christ like as possible. It is not well enough to just love thy neighbor, we are told in Matthew 5:43-44 

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.'

It is not easy to love somebody who has done wrong to you. Whether it is a father abuses a child, an abusive spouse, or a stranger on the street robbing you. In 1st John 4:18

 “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.'

 I know sometimes it can be difficult to love thine enemy. Instead of forgiveness you want revenge. Even sinners can love their own child. . Perfected love comes when the person knows God and believes the love that God has for him/her.    One of the greatest acts of love is to sacrifice yourself for another. The next time you are having trouble forgiving someone and loving them just remember the sacrifice our Lord gave to you when you were yet still a sinner.

If I am having trouble loving anyone then I need to meditate on knowing God and understanding the love He has for me.

Father, reveal yourself to me. I want to know You. Teach me who You are and help me understand the love you have for me.

We Can Be Just Like Jesus

Just like Jesus

The Bible tells us that we can be just like Jesus. 

1 John 4:17  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 

One of my favorite verses is

Gen 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

I was made to be like Jesus so I could function the same way He did.  What Jesus did is what I should be doing. 

John 17:4  I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 

John 17:6  I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 

John 17:20-23  “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

If we are supposed to glorify God we must be like Jesus.  Jesus glorified His Father by openly showing the world His Father.  

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Love and Light

Who Is Lord?
Jesus is Lord!

The Love of God

The Love of God

‘For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoseoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ John 3:16.  

Let us take a deep look into this verse.  Can you imagine someone taking a punch in the face so that you can live a life free of sickness?  Can you imagine someone being kicked in the back of the head so that no weapon formed against you shall prosper?  What about someone having a nail, most likely the size of railroad ties, driven through their wrist so that you may have peace both on the Earth and throughout eternity?

I want you to imagine yourself being this person.  Think about how much you would have to love a person to take this sort of torture for them.  Oh, do not forget that you know for several years leading up to the day of torture what is going to happened.  In addition, you have every opportunity to back out.

Obviously, I am referring to the life of Jesus and his purpose here on Earth.  In Matthew 26:39, Jesus prayed, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:”  He is asking that he not endure what is coming because he knows how horrible it is going to be.  But then the second part of the prayer is “nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”  Despite the knowledge that he has, he will go through with his calling because it is the will of God.  This not only speaks to the love that Jesus has for the world, but it also speaks to the love and trust that he has for God.

In Matthew 4 Jesus was tempted by Satan to not go through with the calling that God had put on his life.  In verse 9, Satan offered Jesus all of the kingdoms of the world.  So, at that very point in history, Jesus made a choice to resist the wiles of the devil and to accept the calling of Jesus.  The world should be thankful that He chose the unselfish path.

Now that you have attempted to relate to Jesus, take it one step further.  Try to imagine the position of God.  Send your only son into a place that will not accept him.  Into a place where he will be ridiculed, persecuted, and eventually tortured and murdered.  Then, he is going to be sent to hell for three days so that the very people that murdered him can have a way to avoid hell.  In addition, throughout time, people attempt to deny that this incredible sacrifice even happened.  Despite knowing all of this, God sent Jesus to the Earth knowing the he would be tempted by Satan, knowing that he would request an alternative, and knowing that there would still be those that rejected Him.

Think about how much God loved us to put His Son through that.  Think about the words of John 3:16 and how true the love of God really is.  Think of how much love God must have for each and every one of us that he will accept us into His Kingdom just for accepting Jesus into our hearts.  He is not asking for us to endure anything close to the sacrifices of His Son.  Instead, He is offering us everlasting life, health, security, and peace.  All of these things were taken from His Son so that we may have them.  The love that God must have for us to do what he did is a love that I want and need a revelation of.  If God will offer up his own son as a sacrifice for my sins so that I may live without lack, without sickness, and without the curse, what would God not do for me?  

Once we get a revelation of the depth of God’s love, we will understand that he has already provided everything we need.  Once we understand this, nothing else will matter except God’s will being done on Earth, and once we are focused on His will, we will stop asking Him for worldly things and start asking what He would have us do for His Kingdom.

Faith, Hope and Love

Faith, Hope, and Love

What mountain must faith move to find where we stand?

Where must hope go to gain entrance to our hearts?

What must love do that it may come close?

For the only mountain faith must move is our own desires to allow it to work in us.

Hope must go nowhere; for, it lies in the Scriptures waiting for us to receive it.

Love must only draw near once we submit and likewise have drawn close.

For these things are the individualities of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

by: Nick Mosier

AMP Youth Bible Study

AMP Bible Study

Pastor Benjamin Mosier

Every Monday starting at 6:30pm

5895 E. Thompson Road

Suite D

Indianapolis, IN 46237

317-786-5460

AMP is designed for high-school and college aged young adults to learn and grow in the knowledge of Christ.

Our vision is to teach them to reach their families, workplaces, communities and the world with the love, power and good news of Jesus Christ. (Mat. 28:19)

If you have questions, please email us at lifechurchandtraining@yahoo.com or call our office at 317-786-5460

Hope to see you at our next study!

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No One In The World Is Good

No one in the world is good.

Making such a statement does not imply that one is bitter or jaded. It simply means that the only good thing that exists does not dwell in this physical world but rather in the spirit world.

He is a spirit, and his name is God.

He is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent being that can be challenged by none other. He is a loving God that has no limitations. In fact, God's goodness is more than t

he mind can understand and is only limited by one's capacity to receive.

God is not a Greek mythical creature that is out-dated and out-of-touch. He loves everyone very much and calls everyone his friend and heir.

God wants to bless everyone in all aspects of a life, just as He has so powerfully blessed my family.

My father has always been a very healthy individual who never had a need for a doctor. However, when he began to experience symptoms of immense bleeding, he took one of his first trips to the emergency room. The doctors diagnosed him with an incurable, fatal disease. Its name was terminal colon cancer. My family went to war not with the vicious illness that has taken an innumerable number of lives; but rather, we fought Satan.

Ephesians 6:12 states, "For we wrestle not against flesh an

d blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

We did precisely this. However, we did not fight alone. We had the most powerful spiritual warfare weapon that a Christian has at his disposal-God's goodness. God was good throughout the entire experience. When my father was diagnosed, God was good. We all had more peace in our lives than ever before. When my father underwent chemotherapy treatment, he did not experience one negative side-affect that so often plagues this form of treatment. When my father was healed, God was good. He healed my father of that wicked illness, leaving the medical staff at the hospital befuddled. We grew spiritually to a point that we h

ad not previously been.

What Satan meant for bad, God made good.

God provides mental growth and restoration for everyone that receives it.

In 2 Timothy 1:7, the Bible informs, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

So many people live miserable lives filled with fear and depression. When this verse uses the word "us", it is referring simply to those that are believers in God.

Bipolar disease, schizophrenia, and depression are not in the vocabulary of Christians unless it involves a testimony. We are freed from such entrapments by the goodness of God. People are also gifted with supreme cognitive abilities if they simply believe in God's promise.

This verse also entirely extinguishes fear of anything, anything at all. This includes but is never limited to the fear of heights, dark, rejection, failure, or anything that is not in God's kingdom.

Most of all, God loves you.

This is the single best thing that could ever be done for humanity. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for everyone's sins.

Now, if one accepts Jesus into his heart, that person may enjoy all the benefits of God's kingdom.

Trade your carnal life for eternal life and the citizenship of the kingdom of pain and darkness for the Kingdom of life and love.

This is a simple decision that Romans 10:9-10 explains very clearly by stating, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

God loves you and wants you to be part of His kingdom.

Nick Mosier

Names of Jesus

We at LIFE Church and Training Center, have been going over the Names of Jesus. Here are

a few of the Scriptures.

Meditate on them, really get to know who Jesus is and rejoice in the love He has for you!

1. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the SON of the living God. (Matt 16:16).

The Son
I Jn 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

The Son of God
John 1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

The Son of the Living God
Matt 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

His Only Begotten Son
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The Only Begotten Son of God
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

The Son of the Father
II Jn 1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

The Only Begotten of the Father
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

The Only Begotten Son, Which Is in the Bosom of the Father
John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The Firstborn of Every Creature
Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

His Own Son
Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

A Son Given
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

One Son (His well beloved)
Mark 12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

My Son
Ps 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

His Dear Son (or the Son of His Love)
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

The Son of the Highest
Luke 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

The Son of the Blessed
Mark 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

Testimony borne to the SON by the Father, by Jesus Himself, by the Spirit, by Angels, Saints, Men, and Devils.

My Beloved Son
Matt 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (God the Father)

I Am the Son of God
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? (Jesus Himself)

The Son of God
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; (the Spirit in the Word)

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. (Gabriel)

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Gabriel)

This is the Son of God
John 1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. (John the Baptist)

The Christ, the Son of God
John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. (Apostle John)

Women's Bible Study - Blood Covenant

Ladies Bible Study this Thursday, October 1, 2009
at 7 pm

Life Church and Training Center
5895 E. Thompson Rd., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN 46237

Phone: 317-727-5443

Come study the blood covenant with us. We do not have to live defeated lives, this is not God's purpose for us.

Nick Teaching on Love