Ruthie's Inspirations

Revelation 12-18 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.   Revelation 14:13 Often death is either feared, or just simply thought of as a bad thing that no one wants to happen to them. But you belong to the Lord and not only do you have nothing to fear, death, when it comes, is a blessing. You are released from your responsibilities to your Lord and get to be with Him face to face! But until that day, are you doing the work that God has given you to do? The work you do for the Lord is the only thing that you will take with you and will manifest into rewards in heaven. Are you walking with the Lord and doing all He has asked you to do? If you are, then death will be nothing more than the last obstacle to cross before seeing your Savior and receiving the rewards for the labor you have done for Him.

Revelation 6-11 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.     And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.   Revelation 10:9-10 There are some things in the Bible that are sweet to read but leave a bitter feeling in your belly. Things that God convicts you on that need to be changed in your life. The fellowship with the Lord is sweet but sometimes the lessons learned aren't so much. When God brings to light things in your life that need changed, do you obey? Will you swallow all of God's word knowing that conviction will come? Are you willing to change whatever it is that God wants you to change so that you may be more like Him?

Revelation 1-5 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.   Revelation 2:4 Have you left your first love? The One to whom you expressed endless amounts of gratitude and would do anything for because He loved you first? When at first salvation comes, it's hard to imagine loving anyone or anything more than Jesus. But if you are not careful to tend that relationship and to walk closely with the Lord each and every day, you will find yourself drifting. Drifting to the things you once knew. To the comforts you once held dear. Drifting to the world and little by little giving into the flesh. God is a jealous God and He wants your full attention and affection. He is against idolatry and anything that you put above Him is an idol. Will you make it a priority to stay close with your first love and to not let anything between you?

2 John 1, 3 John 1 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.     And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.   2 John 1:5-6 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.     I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.   3 John 1:3-4 To love one another is nothing new. It's been a command from the beginning. Do you obey this command and love others? It is not optional. When you obey God's commandments, it brings joy to those around you. Especially to those who have invested in your life. Do you bring joy to others because of your obedience? Or do you choose your own way and bring disappointment and grief to those who ...

1 John 1-5 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.     Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.   1 John 3:20-21 There is a difference between heart condemnation and Holy Spirit conviction but it is often difficult to tell the difference between the two. Whenever you feel bad about something, do you bring it to God and ask Him what to do about it? He can tell us whether it's something He's convicting us about or something that our heart is guilting us about that isn't something to feel guilty about. Do you bring all your concerns to God? And if you don't feel any condemnation about anything, you can have confidence in God that you’re doing what's right and if you weren't, He would tell you. Who will you listen to? Your heart, or God?

2 Peter 1-3, Jude 1 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;     And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;     And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.     For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.     But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.   2 Peter 1:5-9 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.   Jude 1:3 These are things you need to work on to build your faith. It starts, as Jude puts it, with ...