Hal’s Blog

“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26

The Holy Spirit told me this morning that Jesus is translucent. He is a powerful light and makes blurry things perfectly clear. He brings transparency and clarity to a mere mortal enabling him to see Jesus is the real deal.

Easter is about a new life. Without Easter there is no reason to reach out to Jesus. He would just be a dead figure in history.

The defining nature of Jesus is He died and was resurrected to live with God forever. 

Easter is an invitation to get to know the Living Christ and live with Him forever.

Jesus is alive. He is not a myth. Jesus is very accessible. 

Jesus promises the gift of salvation to all humanity. This gift is free and can never be earned. 

Salvation is not about time. It is living in a personal relationship with the reality of the Living Christ. He becomes very present and powerful in your life.

Jesus is Holy and without sin. He wants nothing to do with your natural life at birth which desires to live for self and defy God.

Salvation is becoming a new creature in Christ. Jesus forgives all your sins with His blood and transforms a believer into the character and purity of Jesus. 

Easter is submitting to the authority of the Holy Spirit who is the life of Jesus and sealed in a believer. 

Jesus speaks consistently to a believer and provides omniscient wisdom to guide his footsteps.

Jesus shares His powerful attributes which come from Heaven. He fills believers with strength, wisdom, joy and protection. 

Jesus brings His order and simplicity into life and takes away the frantic pace of the world.

The value of Easter is the promise of an abundant and eternal life with Jesus and His sworn commitment to deliver a believer from troubles and adversity.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth and commands a powerful army of angels to protect a believer.

Jesus is personally invested in all your goals and wants to see you achieve success. 

Jesus can give you a life you can never achieve on your own.

He is your only hope for the future!

“And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:39-40

The disciples were praising Jesus on His entry into Jerusalem but Jesus was warned by the religious leaders to rebuke His disciples. 

Jesus responded that if His disciples keep quiet the stones would cry out praising Him.

Jesus was preparing to give up His life for all humanity. This is a time for rejoicing for the gift of salvation.

All the creation work of God at the beginning of the universe worships Jesus. He is in all things.

Jesus cannot be controlled or limited by any force in the universe. His Word will never return void. 

Jesus died so you and I can live with him forever. He defeated the power of Satan and shattered the doctrines of religion.

Jesus deserves our praise. Jesus is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Palm Sunday is the beginning of a victory for Jesus. 

If you have any questions or need prayer please reach out to me and I will respond quickly. 

“He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24

The calling of Jesus on a person’s life is an irrevocable promise to live with Him forever. The believer accepts the gift of salvation and becomes a new creature in Christ.

Why does Jesus become aloof at times and leaves a believer alone wondering why He has abandoned him?

This happens to all believers at times. Jesus has not departed from a believer. He is simply working in the future to complete His transformation and goals for a believer.

The silence of Jesus is a time to walk by faith and not by what you see with your eyes. It is a time to have unshakable faith and wait upon Him. Pray for the order and simplicity of Jesus to define each day.

Waiting on Jesus is trusting Him to deliver you from your troubles in His perfect timing. It is a sign of believing in the power and greatness of Jesus.

When Jesus seems to be distant it is a time to pray, read the Bible and listen for His voice. Be thankful for the good things in your life and seek His perfect will.

The will of Jesus becomes difficult to understand for a mature believer. He does not clearly disclose the future or provide specific direction.  He seems vague and distant. 

Jesus desires for a believer to live in the present and let Him orchestrate the future. 

The Christ follower is sealed with the Holy Spirit who is the life of Christ. He will keep you in contact with the reality of Jesus and bring His presence into the times of feeling alone and without help.

Jesus is faithful and He is a promise keeper!

If you have questions or would like to share your experiences with Jesus please reach out to me. I am also available to pray for you.

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“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” 1 Corinthians 1:24

This is the time to wake up and seek Jesus. He will give you a new life and purpose. Do not waste anymore time chasing the foolishness of the world. It will eventually destroy and kill you.

This is a no brainer if you can understand the analogy used in the scripture above concerning wisdom and foolishness.

If God was foolish He would still be wiser than man. And, if God was weak He would be still be stronger than man. This is to illustrate the fallacy of living by the standards of the world. The world is built on foolish principles and is void of the wisdom of God.

It is impossible to know God through the wisdom of the world. The message of the world is foolishness and lacks the truths of God. The human mind cannot find Jesus. 

The natural man cannot receive the things of the Holy Spirit. They are foolishness to him because he is not spiritually discerned.

God has chosen the simple, weak and unworthy to receive the gift of salvation.

The wisdom of God is omniscient. He knows every detail of your life from the past through the future. Jesus knows you better than you know yourself. He sees all your weaknesses and desires to help you make good decisions with pure motives.

The wisdom of God comes from heaven and can be discovered by prayer, reading the Bible and listening for the voice of God.

Jesus seals all believers with the Holy Spirit who is the life of Jesus. He is a fountain of wisdom and protection. 

The safety net is to submit to the authority of the Holy Spirit and commit your works each day to Him. This will bring the thoughts and presence of Jesus into all your decision making. He will create order and simplicity into your life.

The wisdom of Jesus is priceless and perfect. Walk by faith with Jesus and trust Him implicitly. He will be a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your pathway!

Please reach out to me if you have questions or comments. I am also here to pray for you. The wisdom of God will give you an abundant life filled with His goodness.

The wisdom of Jesus is more valuable than gold!

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29

The rest of Jesus brings the order and simplicity of His life into all my plans for today. I cannot function smoothly without His omniscient wisdom. Jesus knows me better than I know myself. He keeps me from stumbling or making bad decisions. 

Jesus is calling all those who are burdened and cannot find peace or joy to come to Him. 

Jesus offers a new way to live free of burdens. Jesus died so you can live in His rest.

Jesus is worthy to be your God. He offers a believer His strength and protection and to learn from His values.

We need to examine the person of Jesus in making a decision for Him.

Jesus is alive and very accessible. He has a personality and range of emotions just like you. He can identify with the challenges of the world because He suffered and died here.

Jesus is gentle and compassionate. He is a humble and meek God. He is a God of unconditional love without any partiality to offering the gift of salvation to a human being.

Jesus has no ego. He desires to draw all unbelievers to Him. He will never force a person to come to Him. The unbeliever must reach out to Jesus.

The significance of Jesus is His sacrifice on the Cross. He died so a human being can have eternal life and receive forgiveness for all his sins by the blood of Christ. The slate is wiped clean and a believer can face Jesus blameless and without any condemnation.

The deeper work of the Cross is offering a believer a new life filled with the character of Jesus. This is happens by making a decision to live for Jesus and to die to self. The gift of salvation is developing a personal and endearing relationship with Jesus. The goal of a believer is to seek the perfect will of Jesus for his life.

The believer hears the voice of Jesus and lives in His presence. This is accomplished by the Holy Spirit who is sealed in all believers. He is the life of Jesus and the portal to His powerful attributes. Jesus fills a believer with strength, wisdom, joy and protection. He does for you what you can never do for yourself.

Please reach out to me with any questions or to share your contributions about resting in Jesus. I am also available to pray for you. Commit your works each day to Jesus and yield to the Holy Spirit and you will discover His limitless rest.

“For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.” Psalm 100:5

I met the Living Christ many years ago and there was never a doubt again about His goodness. I have stumbled many times but He always has compassion and restores me. He is the only source of goodness and truth in my life. 

We all want goodness in our life. Jesus defines goodness as the outcome of His death on the Cross.

The world defines goodness as prosperity and fulfilling the desires of the heart.

Jesus makes promises about His goodness which are pure and without any evil. And, Jesus keeps His promises.

The world cannot make any promises. The world is short lived and filled with darkness. People like the world because there are no barriers and they can do as they please.

God protects His people; Satan lives in the world and destroys people with wicked schemes and evil intentions.

There is no darkness in Jesus. He is a perfect God.

The world has many false gods who spread lies about their divinity and works.

Jesus is life changing; the world is stagnant.

Jesus has power and dominion over the heavens and earth. He desires to have a personal and compelling relationship with a believer. Jesus offers a new life which is eternal and filled with His character and values.

The world provides a brief life like a vapor stream. It is here today and gone tomorrow. 

Jesus shares His life with His people. They are filled with His powerful attributes of strength, wisdom, joy and protection. The attributes come from Heaven and are limitless.

In the world you must live with your human emotions and strengths. They come and go. There is no sustaining power in the world.

The advantage of Jesus is He seals a believer with the Holy Spirit who is the life of Jesus. This entitles a believer to omniscient wisdom, protection and the powerful presence of Jesus. 

The Christ follower submits to the authority of the Holy Spirit and hears the voice of Jesus. He is protected from evil and enveloped with the order and simplicity of Jesus.

The world gives no wisdom or direction. The human being wanders through life trying to make decisions without the mind of Christ. The destiny of the world is instability and death.

The significant advantage of Jesus is the Cross. He died so you can have a quality life and be clean from your sins through His blood. The Cross transforms a believer into a new creature who inherits all the promises of Jesus.

The Christ follower has a brilliant future and lives forever!

If you have questions or contributions to this subject please contact me. I am also available to pray for you!

“Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase.” Proverbs 13:11

I have discovered that Jesus wants to help me earn money and have a quality lifestyle. He desires to give me more than I ask or think.

The starting point is to zealously seek the will of God for my life. This will keep me balanced and grounded in Jesus.

Jesus said seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the other things of life will be added. This relates strongly to the priorities of making money.

The secret to making money is to operate with integrity and pure motives. 

Many believers will cut corners and make decisions about money with dishonest or misleading intentions. 

The problem is allowing the desires of the flesh and worldly values to govern how you deal with money.

The lust for money brings death and what you have will be taken away. Think about the man planning to build a larger barn to store his crops. His destiny did not work out as he planned.

The discipline of earning money must be submitted to the authority of the Holy Spirit. He is the life of Jesus and alive in all believers. He will keep your motives pure and convict you of attitudes or actions that are not consistent with the precepts of Jesus.

The spiritual principles about earning money can be learned through prayer, reading the Bible and listening to the voice of Jesus.

Do not associate with unbelievers who live by worldly standards or shark type characters seeking money at any cost.  They will bring you down.

Jesus is a rewarder of the man who diligently seeks His will! 

Please reach out to me with any questions about this subject or if you need prayer. I will respond quickly. God wants to give you an abundant and rich life!

“Holy be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.” Luke 11:2-5

Prayer is my lifeline to God. I would never start a day without seeking the counsel of Jesus. Prayer keeps me grounded in God and helps me make good decisions with pure motives. I would sink into a deep chasm without the divine presence of Jesus.

Prayer is a dialogue with Jesus which has no beginning or ending. 

Prayer is speaking and listening to Jesus. We approach Jesus with praise, respect and honor. We are transparent with Jesus and hide nothing.

Prayer should be anchored in scripture confirming the words of God.

Prayer should praise Jesus in our words and songs.

Prayer should ask Jesus to deliver a believer citing His promises and prophesies.

Prayer is a time to confess our sins, repent with a genuine heart, and ask Jesus to cover us with His blood.

Prayer is asking Jesus to convict us of anything we are thinking or doing that grieves the Holy Spirit.

Prayer is expressing thankfulness to Jesus for all the good things happening in our life.

Prayer is reaching out to Jesus and seeking His good, acceptable and perfect will for our life.

Prayer is committing our works each day to Jesus and asking for His omniscient wisdom.

Prayer is giving the Holy Spirit authority over our life and walking in oneness with Him.

Prayer is responding in obedience to the instructions of Jesus regardless of the personal cost or lack of logic.

Prayer is having a big picture of the world and praying for world leaders, the wars taking place, evil regimes and the calamities taking place around the world.

Prayer is asking God to supply our every need and trusting in His promises and not what we see with our eyes.

Prayer is asking for inner healing and forgiveness for those who have hurt us.

Prayer is asking Jesus for protection from the attacks of Satan and distancing from all forms of darkness. 

Prayer is asking Jesus to remove our worries and replace with the peace that surpasses all understanding. 

Prayer is asking for revival and the salvation of lost souls. 

Prayer is making intercession for those living in bondage to sin and asking for the Most High to set them free.

Prayer is asking God to anoint you with the Holy Spirit and equip you to be a powerful witness for Him.

You are welcome to share your experiences with me concerning prayer or ask for prayer. Thank you for your trust in my teaching.

“The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry.” Psalm 34:15

I have found out you get the attention of Jesus by loving and submitting to Him. He knows I am far from perfect but I will do anything He asks of me!

The subject today is what causes Jesus to favor a believer with His presence and power?

This starts with examining your decision for Jesus. If you have a mediocre relationship you will have a superficial faith and lack the presence and power of Jesus.

The decision for Jesus has to be an all consuming desire to live for Him. 

Jesus gave it all for you and He wants you to give it all to Him.

This requires a believer to create a personal and embracing relationship with Jesus built on faith and obedience.

You can please Jesus by praying every day for His perfect will in your life.

We live in the righteous nature of Jesus by repentance and asking for His blood to cover our sins. The righteous man has an open heart to the conviction of the Holy Spirit and a willing heart to change.

The believer develops an endearing relationship with Jesus by prayer, reading the Bible and listening for the voice of God. He takes Jesus seriously.

The believer gets the attention of Jesus by his obedience to the instructions of the Most High. Like Abraham, the believer obeys God regardless of the personal cost or lack of logic. This stirs God’s heart.

Enter through the narrow gate and experience the reality of Jesus and the work of the Cross. This pathway is difficult as a believer must die to self and live for Jesus.

You won’t find Jesus in religion. He lives in the heart of a devoted and loyal Christ follower!

If you have questions or would like to contribute your thoughts please contact me. I am always here to pray for you.

“The joy of the Lord is my strength.” Nehemiah 8:10

How am I going to get through today? I have felt this emotion many times in my life. I am finally learning how to find joy even in tumultuous situations.

The important truth about the joy of the Lord is it does not relate or is dependent upon your circumstances. The joy comes from Jesus and can be attained by any believer. 

The Israelites who returned to Jerusalem from captivity were grieving over their circumstances. The city was destroyed and enemies were all around them. They felt helpless. 

Nehemiah was given a mission by God to restore Israel. He told the Israelites today is Holy and the joy of the Lord is your strength and protection. He asked Ezra, the scribe, to read from the Book of the Law of Moses.  The people listened and were uplifted with hope in God.

The spiritual truth is to wake up each day believing it is a Holy day ordained by God and the joy of the Lord is your strength.

This joy will come through prayer, reading the Word, and listening for the voice of God. Praise Jesus and thank Him for what He has given you.

The joy of the world is short lived and dependent on your circumstances. The joy of Jesus comes from Heaven and is without limits. 

It is possible to be filled with joy every day of your life regardless of the challenges facing you.

Jesus knows from His personal experience in the world how difficult life can be. This is why He said My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Jesus takes away the fear and worry and replaces with His joy. 

Jesus gives a believer strength and protection and removes the onerous burdens of the world.

Joy is an expression of the unconditional love of Jesus and His promises for believers.

The joy comes because no weapon formed against me shall prosper. I belong to Jesus!