Eternal Life. Kingdom Living.

July 27, 2015
Minister Sharon W. Jones
Integrity of Heart Ministries

To fall in love with God is the greatest of all romances.
To seek Him is the greatest of all adventures.
To find Him is the greatest human achievement. 
– Author Unknown

What you believe about our Heavenly Father God is the most important thing about you. I can only begin to tell you what it means to have a reconciled relationship with Him through Jesus Christ and to be aware of His Presence on a daily basis.

In Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) Jesus says, “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you will recover your life. I will show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you will learn to live freely and lightly.”

While on earth Jesus declared that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man can come to the Father in Heaven except through Him. Christianity is all about Jesus. Christianity is not a religion. No amount of empty religious activity can reunite us with the love of the Father. Only a personal relationship with Jesus, the Christ, can reconcile humanity back to our Father in Heaven. The only thing that religion can give us is a form of godliness that dresses up on the outside but on the inside is full of death. Religion can give you a Sunday morning ritual but the rest of the week you live in defeat.

Our adversary, the devil, has a mission of recreating himself in the souls of mankind. Humanity’s sin (disobedience to God’s ways in thoughts, words, and actions) separated us from God and united us with the devil. The worship language of hell is selfishness, hatred, anger, unforgiveness, bitterness, depression, fear, and every evil desire. The worship language of Heaven is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. When we believe, think, and act like the devil, we give off the stench of death in the atmosphere and we draw all types of evil and death in our direction. The worship language of hell is poisonous to the soul (mind, will, emotions). These toxic thoughts and emotions produce sickness, disease, suicidal thoughts, and everything that resembles the devil’s nature.

When we choose to give our life to Jesus who paid the penalty for humanity’s sin with His death on the Cross, we are forgiven of all sin, and reunited with our Heavenly Father God. He plants Himself inside of us by His Holy Spirit and we begin to change from the inside out. He gives us the seed of faith, hope, and love. As we study and meditate on the Word of God and allow it to go into our souls, Jesus, by His Spirit in us, changes us from the inside out. We are then able to walk in love because we are finally free from ourselves. To be selfish is to be like the devil. To walk in love is to be like our Heavenly Father God who is Love. Jesus gave us the way to die to selfishness and become just like our Father in Heaven. When we allow Jesus to live in us and flow through us we become a sweet smelling fragrance of life that draws life to us and blesses other people.

Through a relationship with Jesus we are able to hear our Heavenly Father’s voice. When we obey the Father’s voice, we receive the grace of the Father that comes through our relationship with Jesus. Grace is the supernatural power of God to walk out His Truth. Grace is the divine influence of God on our hearts that is reflected in our lives and interactions with people. It is by the grace of God that we live, that we move, and that we have our being. Grace is God's ability in Himself alone to bring to our lives everything we need when we need it. With God's grace we do not have to figure things out. With God’s grace, we do not have to make things happen and we do not have to preserve ourselves. In Christ we have been recreated for good works that God prepared beforehand for us to walk in them. Once we come into a relationship with Jesus we are rediscovering who we were created to be step by step and day by day as we release the desire to control our own lives.

A real encounter with Jesus is like discovering a new radio station. You realize you've been tuned in to the wrong station all your life. You discover this new radio frequency and your eyes are opened. The burdens of your heart are lifted because you have been given new life and you are aware of it. The love of God floods your heart and you realize how much you are loved by your Heavenly Father, your Creator. It no longer matters what anybody thinks of you, says about you, or has done to you because you are so grateful that your Heavenly Father approves of you. When you know how much you're loved by your Heavenly Father all fear leaves. You no longer have to try to “take care of number one” and lie, steal, and cheat to do it. Your Heavenly Father has already taken care of you and will continue to take care of you if you listen and obey His voice. His voice will always cause you to walk in love, not strife; love, not confusion; love, not anger; love, not bitterness; love, not jealousy. You can finally live a life truly FREE from YOU.

This is Eternal Life. This is Kingdom Living. This is my prayer, that each of you will encounter Jesus Christ on a level that you've never encountered Him before so that you can be free from yourselves and become carriers of His Presence to bless not only your families but everyone that God puts in your realm of influence, so that God gets all the Glory.

Because HE Lives,
Sharon Wright Jones