HOLDING FORTH THE LIGHT - LILACLADY JUNEBUG2

           

HOLDING FORTH THE LIGHT

                                                           LILACLADY JUNEBUG2   

                                           

                                                 WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING

                               AS I LOOK

                     I SEE BEYOND

                      WHERE I AM

                      KNOWING 

                     THAT THERE IS 

                       SO MUCH MORE 

                        THAN I CAN SEE 

LIGHT 

IN THIS LIGHTHOUSE

SHINES BRIGHT

IN THE DARKNESS

WITHOUT 

LIGHT

THE SHIPS 

AT SEA

MAY JUST FLOUNDER 

AND SINK

WITH 

LIGHT

A SHIP 

CAN FIND ITS WAY

AND 

AIM FOR DEEPER WATERS 

OR 

AVOID 

THE ROCKS 

AT 88 YEARS OF AGE
I INTEND TO KEEP LETTING 
MY LIGHT SHINE FOR JESUS CHRIST 
MY LORD 
AND SAVIOUR
WHO 
IS 
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

JESUS IS COMING SOON!

                                                 Walking in the darkness

                                 Or Traveling on the wide Seas

                                  I live in the light of that 

                                  Blessed Hope - The Glorious 

                                   Appearing of our  Great 

                                   God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

                                            Titus 2.11 -  14

                                 11.  For the grace of God that 

                                 bringeth salvation hath appeared

                                 to all men.

                                  12. Teaching us that, denying 

                                   ungodliness and worldly lusts, 

                                   we should live soberly, righteously,

                                   and godly in this present world:

                                  13. Looking for that blessed hope

                                    and the glorious appearing of 

                                     the great God and our Saviour 

                                     Jesus Christ;

                                  14. Who gave himself for us, 

                                   that he might redeem us from

                                    all iniquity, and purify unto 

                                    himself a peculiar (unique - 

                                     different)  people, zealous

                                      of good works.

                                     

                                  

As a flower blooms and displays 

its beauty

We are to flourish

shining our light 

My husband Henry was one 

man that let his light shine.

He was to me 

a LIGHTBEARER   

Psalm 25.4,5 

4. Show me thy ways, O LORD; 

teach me thy paths.

5. Lead me in thy truth,

and teach me: for thou

art the God of my 

salvation; on thee do I 

wait all the day. 

You might think of it this way.

A church building is just 

that. 

no more.

no less. 

a building is not

what God is about.

The people make a church. 

God wants people 

to know 

WHO HE IS 

and 

that 

HE HAS SENT JESUS

Jesus said of himself 

I am the way, the truth, 

and the life,

No man cometh 

to the Father but by me.

John  14.6  

A local church is a 

gathering of those people 

who have admitted they 

are sinners, and have 

come to God through the blood of 

Jesus Christ who died once 

for all

that we might

have 

everlasting life

that we might 

become 

the Sons of God

with all the 

legal rights

of the Son Jesus Christ

now their inheritance.

A Local Church 

is not the Building it meets in.

It is a Living Organization

in which Christ is the head 

the the members are the body.

For you see, Jesus is 

the Head of the Church

and He Alone

is the Author 

and 

the Finisher 

of our 

Faith.   

Jesus said 

I am the Light of the world: 

he that followeth me

shall not walk 

in darkness,

but shall have 

the light of Life.

John 8.12  

Psalm 18.28  

Thou wilt light my candle:

The LORD my God will 

enlighten 

my darkness.

Isaiah 50.10 

Who is among you that feareth

the LORD, that 

obeyeth the voice

of his servant,

that walketh in darkness,

and hath no light?

Let him trust in 

the name of the LORD, 

and stay upon his God.

GET PLUGGED IN TO THE SOURCE

AND THEN SHINE ! 

Matthew 5.16

Let your light so shine before men

that they may see your 

good works

and glorify your Father

which is in heaven.

 When Jesus was about to heal a

 blind man,

he said " As long as I am in 

the world, I am the light of the world." 

John 9,5 

He spat on the ground,

and made clay,

and anointed the man's eyes

with the clay.

He said, Go, wash in 

the pool of Siloam.

He had quite a walk.

It took a little time 

to get there. 

and he did waht Jesus said to do.

He came seeing.  

And asked who made him to see, 

He said, A man that is called Jesus 

made clay, and anointed mine eyes,

and said unto me,

Go wash in the Pool of Siloam.

And I went and washed, 

and I received sight.

They said unto him,

Where is he? 

He said,  I know not.

(John ch. 9 is where you 

can read for your self.)

After this man was cast out 

of the Temple, Jesus came 

and found him.

He asked him, "Dost thou 

believe on the Son of God? "

    The man said, 

Who is he, Lord? 

And Jesus said unto him, 

Thou hast seen him, 

and it is he that 

speaketh with the."

And he said, Lord, I believe.

And he worshipped him.

John 9.v 38 

And Jesus said, For judgment 

I am come into this world, 

that they which are blind 

might see, and that they which see 

might be made blind.

My husband and I together

served our Lord 

letting our light shine for Jesus 

many years.

In this blog, I hope to share

sermons and thoughts

from our life and ministry

which all point 

TO THE LIGHT

COME JOURNEY WITH ME

Romans 3.23 

All have sinned and come short of

the glory of God.

Romans 6.23 

For the wages of sin is death;

but the gift of God is eternal 

life through Jesus Christ his son.  

John 3.3 

And Jesus answered and said, 

Verily, Verily

(Amen, Amen)

I say unto you,

except a man be born again, he

cannot see the kingdom of God

It was Jesus speaking to

Nicodemus 

that said:   

(John 3.16)

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD

THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

THE WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM

SHOULD NOT PERISH,

BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 

Jesus was either a liar 

or he was crazy 

or he was telling the truth.

In Matthew 4.13 - 16 

13. And leaving Nazareth, he came 

and dwelt in Capernaum, which is 

upon the sea coast, in the borders

of Zebulun and Nepthalim:

14. that it might be fulfilled 

which was spoken

 by Esaias the prophet, 

saying, 

15. The land of Zabulon, 

and the land of Nephthalim,

 by the way of the sea, 

beyond Jordan,

 Galilee of the Gentiles;

16. The people which sat in 

darkness saw great light,

and to them

which sat in the region 

and shadow of death light is 

spring up. 

ARE YOU WALKING

TOWARD THE LIGHT?

OR, 

ARE YOU 

HEADED 

TOWARD THE DARKNESS?  

Only God knows your heart.

Only God sees and knows. 

Only God has provided 

a provision 

for you 

to walk 

in the light.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO 

IS START BY 

FIRST 

1. agreeing you are 

a sinner, with a sin nature 

and a practice of sinning.

2. agree with God 

that you need to be have 

your sin nature 

and your sin past 

present 

and 

future 

washed and cleansed

and forgiven.

JESUS BLOOD IS 

ALL THAT IS NECESSARY.

John 1.19  Behold the Lamb of God 

which taketh away the sins of the world. 

What can wash away my sin?

nothing but the blood of Jesus. 

What can make me whole again? 

Nothing but the blood of Jesus! 

Oh! precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow ! 

No other fount I know!

Nothing ! but the blood of Jesus!  

Psalm 119.105

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet;

and a light 

unto my path."   

. 

                            

                                             

                 

                                 

                                                          

 

CLIMBING HIGHER - WALKING BY FAITH, I KEEP CLIMBING

CLIMBING HIGHER

             Walking by faith - I keep climbing

                       IF I COULD, I WOULD

                                 God helping me.

                        IF I CAN, I SHALL

                                By God's grace. 

                        IF I MIGHT, I KNOW I WILL

                                As God leads.

      FLY HIGH 
        SEE THE SKY 
        IN AN OCEAN OF 
         CLOUDS ABOVE 
        WHERE THE BIRDS CAN 
        FEEL THE WIND DRAFTS 
         PULLING THEM INTO 
         THE CURRENTS OF 
          UPDRAFTS 
           THAT WILL
            TAKE THEM
            HOME 
            TO NEST.  
                    June Estelle Cash, author.

         MATTHEW 7.7,8  
        Ask, and it shall be given you, Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 

               

WITH EVERY WAVE 
         THE RHYTHM OF LIFE 
                 SETS TO MOTION.

Jesus said "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,
No man cometh unto the Father, but by me." 
John 14. 6.    

There is a current of joy to take us along passing through the most difficult oceans simply by going with the flow.
   
    

               

                       THESE ROSES ARE GROWING NICELY ON A TRELLIS HERE.
                       IT DOES NOT JUST "HAPPEN"  BUT IT TAKES TRAINING AND WORK
                      WITH MUCH PATIENCE ON THE PART OF THE PERSON WHO MAKES
                      A ROSE LIKE THIS BLOOM SO HAPPILY.

                       THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO LIVE
                            AS JESUS WOULD HAVE US TO LIVE 
                              EXCEPT BY HIS DEAR SPIRIT.    

                                                AS A BRANCH GROWS FROM A TREE, WE
                                                ARE TO ABIDE IN OUR LORD JESUS.

                                               JOHN 15. 7  IF YE ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS
                                                ABIDE IN YOU, YE SHALL ASK WHAT YE WILL, 
                                                  AND IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU.

                               AGAIN -   JOHN 15.15  TELLS US  "IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.     

                                          What is Jesus telling us to do?

                                          In this going away message Jesus gave the Disciples, He had just told them in (John 13.34,35)  A  NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YE ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.  BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER.  

                                                                             TOO OFTEN 

                                                                                 WE TRY TO WALK

                                                                                           ON OUR OWN STRENGTH.

                                                 

Ephesians 4.32 "and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."   Ephesians 5. 1,2 goes on to say "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children, and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." 

                     

Living in Jesus is a J O Y F U L    W A L K.

Only as I trust Him, will I discover the joys He has in store for me.  

John 15.11  These things I have spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

 Remember Jesus is giving His disciples the instructions that He most wanted them to remember.    In these He told them "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love."   (John 15. 9)

     Matthew 11.28, 29  

       Come unto me, all ye that labour and are

heavy laden, and I will give you rest.   Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

           A yoke.    Think of it.

              Built for two animals - like oxen 

                    to pull together.

                Now here is the interesting thing: 

              IF JESUS SAYS HE WANTS US TO 

                 TAKE UP HIS YOKE ?  WHO WILL

                  CARRY THE BURDEN OF THE 

                 LOAD?    

                   WHY !   OF course !   Jesus will

                    make it seem so worth while !  

  

                    Such a paradox !  In taking 

                    up the  YOKE  Jesus offers, 

                     I find that true rest and an easy

                     yoke carrying the burden

                     because Jesus will shoulder 

                     up under it, and it will be not

                      hard at all.  

                     What we often are most afraid

                     of "taking on"  might be the 

                      best answer to difficult things.

                      Psalm  37.62  

                      Trust in Him at all times, 

        ye people, pour out your heart before Him. 

                  Selah. (Think about it, rest on it.) 

                  

A Lighthouse made it possible in years past for sailors to find help to avoid rocky shores.   Today you and I need to abide in Christ - to love Him and to love each other - that we might serve Him and follow Him.    Only by taking up the YOKE that He gives us, can we find true J O Y  and peace.    

        John 14.27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you; let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.   

            

                     Years ago, I remember seeing 

                      a picture of Jesus with the children.

                      Here is my rendition of that 

                      picture.   We do not know what 

                    Jesus looked like.   The important 

                    thing to remember is that he did 

                     "tabernacle" among us, He did

                   come from the Father, just so we

                     might know Him.

                      Are you walking with Jesus?

                      In the Words Jesus spoke, you

                      can find true Joy and Peace.

                      You too can know His Presence.

                 

Like a beautiful 

Douglas Fir tree,

You can display

the growth 

and 

fruit

by 

ABIDING IN THE VINE

Doug Fir seeds are so small.

Yet, when planted,

they grow tall and beautiful.

One cone can produce many seeds.

Here is a small tree being planted.

How small.

How fragile.

Yet 

with the right soil

the right altitude

the right place

it will grow.

How about you?  

Are you growing?

Climbing Higher - I walk by faith.

I will keep climbing.

Before you begin your climb

You must first know

that 

1. the only reason Jesus came was to save sinners.

2. that those who choose to reject Him are turning out the Light.  He is the Only One who can save.

3.  the only reason Jesus died on the Cross was to save anyone who would call on Him to save them.

4. He paid the full penalty of separation from the Father for my sake - taking my sins - when He was the Holy Righteous One 

and took my sins on Himself

that I might become

a child of God.

II Corinthians 5.21 

For he hath made him

to be sin for us 

who knew no sin,

that we 

might 

be made 

the righteousness of God 

in him.

When I give my life

to Jesus Christ,

He lives his life in me.

Others will see the Light reflected 

and will in turn come 

to Jesus.

ANY DAY CAN BE CHRISTMAS - WHEN WE RECEIVE GOD'S GIFT

ANY DAY CAN BE CHRISTMAS -

 WHEN WE RECEIVE GOD'S GIFT 

 GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS  

Sermon by Wm. H. Cash, Jr. 1927 - 2012

Transcribed by June Estelle Cash  April 19,2018

 TEXT :   ROMANS 5: 1 – 11
1.    Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2.    By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3.    And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience,
4.    And patience, experience, and experience, hope:
5.    And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.
6.    For, when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7.    For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8.    But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9.    Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10.  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11.  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement.

 IN CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WE EXCHANGE GIFTS IN GIVING AND RECEIVING.  IN THIS MESSAGE, WE SHALL CONSIDER FIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT GOD WANTS US TO HAVE:
            PROPOSITION:  THAT THE GREATEST GIFT IS JESUS.THESE FIVE WONDERFUL GIFTS ARE FOUND IN ROMANS CHAPTER 5: 1 – 11. 

                                          1.    THE GIFT OF PEACE. 

      ROMANS 5.1  Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our  Lord Jesus Christ.       LUKE 2.13,14  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

2.    THE GIFT OF HOPE. 

           ROMANS 5.2 – 5.  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience, experience, and experience, hope. And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
       TITUS 2.13 “Looking for the BLESSED HOPE , and the glorious APPEARING  of the great God and our Savior JESUS CHRIST.

3.     THE GIFT OF LOVE.

        ROMANS 5.5, 8. And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us…..But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.    
   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.        

4.    THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

        ROMANS 5.5b. And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
        John 14.16 – 18. Jesus, speaking told the disciples : “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knowing him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.  I will not leave you comfortless: I will be with you.” 
5.    THE GIFT OF JOY
           ROMANS 5.11  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now received the atonement.
            John 15.11    These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.           
 CONCLUSION:God has given us these five gifts.  As we look at the Birth of Jesus as a babe in the manger, let us remember that God loves us, and loves us unconditionally. 
I John 4.19   We love him, because He first loved us.           Thank God for His Gifts to us of Peace, Hope, Love, the Holy Spirit (the Holy Ghost) and Joy. 

            Christmas begins in the heart.  It is not dependent upon “December 25” but it begins when I believe that God sent his Son for me, and that His Son came in love to show the Father’s love to me.

             John 1.12 As many as received him,

to them gave he power to become the sons of God,

 even to them that believe on his name: 

John 1.13. which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,

 nor of the will of man, but of God. 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.

             I John 5.11  He that hath the Son hath life; 

and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

             John 5.24.   Jesus declared “Verily, verily, I say unto you,

 he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath

 everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;

but is passed from death unto life.

 

             I John 5.11  He that hath the Son hath life; 

and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

             John 5.24.   Jesus declared “Verily, verily, I say unto you,

 he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, 

hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;

but is passed from death unto life.

 

GOD GAVE A PROMISE - TO ADAM AND EVE

GOD GAVE A PROMISE

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GENESIS 3.14,15 

 AND THE LORD GOD SAID UNTO THE SERPENT,  BECAUSE THOU HAS DONE THIS, THOU ART CURSED ABOVE ALL CATTLE, AND ABOVE EVERY BEAST OF THE FIELD; UPON THY BELLY SHALT THOU GO, AND DUST  SHALT THOU EAT ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE.   AND I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE WOMAN, AND BETWEEN THY SEED AND HER SEED, IT SHALL BRUISE THY HEAD, AND THOU SHALT BRUISE HIS HEEL.  

Before Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden,

God gave them an important lesson -  He 

made them garments  

The Bible tells us:   Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them."  Genesis 3.21.

This was the first animal that died to provide

clothing - blood was required to make this happen.

When Jesus came as a little Babe in the manger of Bethlehem, the Angel told Joseph that "thou shalt call His Name Jesus for He shall save His people from their sins.

Matthew 1.21 

In Joseph's mind, he had been tormented what to do ?  He was a devout Godly man who was a Son of David.   He wanted to do the right thing.  In Jewish eyes, a BETROTHAL was a sacred marriage contract that could only be broken by divorce.   It was a "legal"  marriage - and they were man and wife, except they had done according to the custom, and were not together yet.   It was not what he had ever thought - that Mary would be pregnant.   Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins."   Matthew 1.20,21.  

Matthew 1.24,25 

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife.  And knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.  

Did you know that JESUS in the Hebrew means the same as Joshua, and that in the Hebrew it means " JEHOVAH MY SALVATION"  OR "JHVH - SALVATION OF ME....

King David wrote in Psalm  62.1

"truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him 

cometh my salvation"

In the Hebrew, it would be read like this: 

Amen my soul waiteth upon God: 

from Him  comes Salvation of me

Again, 

Psalm   62.5,6,7  

My soul, wait thou only upon God; 

for my expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation: 

he is my defense; I shall not be moved.

In God is my Salvation and my glory,

the rock of my strength, and my refuge,

is in God.

To say it as King David was saying it in the Hebrew 

I give you my personal thought about the rendering: 

My soul, wait thou only upon Elohim,

for He is my expectation.

He alone is the rock of me, and the salvation of me,

He is the defense of me; I shall not be moved.

In God the Salvation of me, 

and the glory of me,

the rock of strength of me,

and Elohim the refuge of me.   

Salvation in Hebrew is 

Y'SHUA   or   Y'HOSHUAY 

John 1.29 

John declared:  Behold ! the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.  

Do consider Him today.

Why ? did He come ? 

He either was a liar.

or 

He was deluded  

  or 

He was telling the truth

JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, I AM THE WAY, 

THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE, NO MAN COMETH TO THE FATHER

BUT BY ME.

John chapter 1.1 - 5

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by Him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

John chapter 1.v.14

John's testimony of Jesus was this: 

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.

John chapter 1.17,18

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.  No man hath seeen God at any time: the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Jesus told Nicodemus 

John chapter 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. 

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