The Fruit Of The Spirit

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Heavenly Father; thank you for this day, Father; we bless your holy name; we worship you; we thank you for this program. I ask you to bless this program, and that you would grant grace and mercy to every person reading this to be truly edified and to be ministered to by your Spirit the truth of your Word. Thank you Lord.

Today’s program is called, The Fruit Of The Spirit. Let’s turn to Gal 5:16,  I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Gal 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Amen. 

Jesus loved me and gave Himself for me. He was crucified for my sins and raised again for my justification. He did that because He loved me. Because He loved me, when I was dead in my sins, and gave Himself for me upon the Cross to save me from them, and to give me His righteousness, I love Him. I love Him, and I want to yield to the Holy Spirit every day to keep His commandments. He baptized me in the Holy Spirit so that I could be led by the Spirit; so that I could walk in the Spirit every day, and fulfill the righteousness of the law; so that I could become a son of God. Rom 7:4, Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. Now we serve God in the newness of the Spirit, not in the letter. In Christ we receive the Holy Spirit, and He will lead us every day to do the Father’s will; to keep the Sermon on the Mount in every situation. We can do this because we love Him; we love Him because He first loved us.

Jesus is our great High Priest at the right hand of the Father, He has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Heb 4:14, Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Whenever we are being tempted to not keep the Lord’s Word, we can come to Him boldly and ask for grace, and He will grant us grace. He grants grace to the humble, so we must humble ourselves and come boldly, Amen. 

Rom 8:1, There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. Verse 13, For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.  That’s how you do it!, through the Holy Spirit, as you learn to yield to Him and be led by Him every day to follow Jesus and keep His Words. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. As you yield to Him, more and more, His fruit will manifest in your life, more and more. And you will be putting to death the deeds of the flesh: confessing your sins and forsaking them; being forgiven and cleansed by the Blood of Jesus.

It is love that makes the difference. Jesus said, If you love Me, keep My commandments. When you understand how much He loved you, and suffered for you, to save you from your sins, and how much He has given you, you will love Him, and you will want to receive all that He has given you, and you will give Him your life, to follow Him and do His will every day. If you love the world; the things of the world, the love of the Father is not in you, and you will want to do your own will rather than yield to the Holy Spirit every day, denying yourself and taking up your cross and following Jesus. Yes, if you go with Jesus, you will suffer, according to the Father’s will for your life, but it is only for your perfection. The scripture says, He that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin. Jesus said, They hated Me, and they will hate you also. People will reject you and despise you, but God has a family!: a wonderful family of people that truly love Him, and they will truly love you. You will not be alone, not forever. 

This is what we’ve got to do if we want to be a real Christian; if we want to inherit eternal life with God. We must deny the flesh and receive the Holy Spirit and walk in the Holy Spirit. In Christ we are dead and our life is hid with God in Him. When we are baptized in water, we are baptized into His death; we are crucified with Him, and we are raised with Him to walk in newness of life in the Spirit. We must then be baptized in the Holy Spirit, and learn to walk in the Spirit, to fulfill the righteousness of the law. The fruit of the Spirit will then be manifesting in us, and against such there is no law.

Every day around here we start by praying in tongues and in English, that we might enter into the Spirit and into the will of God for us that day; reaching forward to that which is before; forgetting what lays behind, and pressing toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, building ourselves up on our most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keeping ourselves in the love of God, and looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Php 3:13 & 14, Jude 1:20 & 21) Most of the time it is a struggle: to overcome distractions and powers of darkness resisting us. We just have to keep on until the Holy  Spirit is finished. Jude 1:24, Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen. 

Prophecy:

I am God Almighty. My people, I want you to consider these Words very seriously; this is the truth of My Word. My servant Rob is speaking My Word to you. You must bear fruit; you must be led by the Spirit of God in your life for your works to be acceptable to Me. Turn to Me with all your heart; be filled with My Holy Spirit and learn to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh, and you will live, says the Lord.

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.

 The Lamb’s Book Of Life

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Father in Jesus’ name; we thank you for this program; we thank you for this day, Father. Lord we ask your blessing on every one of us to have ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying this day.

Welcome! Today’s program is called The Lamb’s Book Of Life. Is your name written in the Lamb’s Book Of Life? Only those whose names are written there are going to be with Him in His glorious Kingdom. Let’s go to John chapter 3. When Jesus was talking to Nicodemus, He said, in verse 5, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Verse 14, And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Whoever believes in Jesus: that He is the only begotten Son of God, who gave Himself for us; who died for our sins upon the Cross, and rose again from the dead on the third day, has eternal life; your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. John 1:12, But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. If you are born of God, your name is written in the Lamb’s Book Of Life. But, you must follow on to know the Lord!, to learn His ways and continue with Him, for it to remain there.

Let’s turn to Rev 3:1,   And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. We must overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil by continuing in Jesus’ Words with the Holy Spirit teaching us and leading us in doing them every day, denying ourselves; our own desires, taking up our cross, and following Jesus. We must continue to follow Jesus in the Father’s will for our name to remain in the Book Of Life. Don’t believe the prophets of false grace, promising you liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of corruption. 

Let’s turn to Ex 32:30, this is in the wilderness, when Moses brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt, Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin. Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written. And the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. Moses boldly interceded for Aaron and the Children of Israel at this time, and he found grace in God’s sight, and God had mercy and grace upon them, but, He told Moses, Those that sin against Me I will blot out of My Book. You may say, “That was the Old Covenant. Now we are under grace in Jesus.”  Remember, Jesus plainly said that He could blot out a person’s name from the Book of Life. 

Heb 10:26, For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge His people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. If we continue in sin and will not repent, God will blot out our name from His Book of Life. 

Let’s go to Rev 20:11, Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the Earth and the Heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. At the final judgment, we will all stand before the Lord Jesus Christ, and God’s Books will be opened. Everyone will be judged according to his works, and the Book of Life will be opened, and whoever is not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire. Rev 20:4, And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the Word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. The Apostle Paul said in Php 3:7, But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. We must continue to exercise ourselves daily, like the Apostle Paul, to have a conscience void of offense toward God and man. Do you have offense in your conscience toward God or man; toward anyone? You must deal with it now! 

1 John 1:1, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life—the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  Come out into the light!, the truth of His Word; confess your sin to God and man; be cleansed and return to fellowship with the Father and with His Son and with your brother and sister. If we say that we have fellowship with God or with one another and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. If you have anything against anyone, forgive them now, that you may be forgiven yourself. 

Rev 21:1, Now I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth, for the first Heaven and the first Earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Verse 22, But I saw no temple in it, (in the New Jerusalem) for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.

 The Lord Is My Shepherd

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Thank you Lord! We thank you for this program Father; we thank you for this day; we worship you; we praise your Holy Name! Father, I pray that you would bless your people, every one of us; open our ears; open our hearts to receive the things that you are saying by your Holy Spirit. Thank you Father. Today’s program is called The Lord Is My Shepherd. So let’s turn there, to Psalm 23, verse 1, The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 

He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. If the Lord is your Shepherd, you shall not want. In John 6:35 Jesus said,... I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

Let’s turn to John chapter 10, verse 1, Jesus said, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. Then Jesus said to them again, Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. Let’s go down to verse 25, Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. 

But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one.  The hireling does not care for the sheep. He is only in it for the money. When Satan comes to destroy you, the hireling will not stand with you, but he will flee, because he is a hireling. Not so with Jesus! He is the good Shepherd. He knows His sheep, and His sheep know Him, and He laid down His life for His sheep. He said, I will be with you always, even unto the end.  Is He your Shepherd? Really? Be honest with yourself: are you really following Jesus, or are you following a hireling, a businessman, who cares nothing for you. If Jesus is your Shepherd, you belong to Him, and He will care for you! He bought you with His own Blood, and no one can take you away from Him! Glory to God! Praise God!  

Psalm 23, verse 2,  He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He is leading you there; you are following Him, and you shall never hunger; you shall never thirst. Verse 3,  He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. You are following Him, and He is leading you in righteous paths to deal with you and to restore your soul. Verse 4, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You are not afraid of deadly situations and places; you are not afraid of death because you are following Him, trusting in Him, and He promised you that He will never leave you. You fear no evil! His rod and His staff: His authority and power in every situation, comfort you! Glory to God! He has not given you a spirit of fear, but of love and of power and of a sound mind! Verse 5, You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; If you will truly follow Jesus, He will bless you, right in front of your enemies! You anoint my head with oil… that is the anointing: Jesus will baptize you in the Holy Spirit if you truly follow Him. If you don’t want to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, you’re not following Him! Shall not the Father, Jesus said, give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? And He will fill you to overflowing with His joy and His presence. Jesus said, If any man will be My disciple, let him deny himself, every day, take up his cross and follow Me. The Holy Spirit will lead you to follow Jesus to do the will of His Father, and He will lead you into all truth. And if you will love Him and keep His Words, you will abide in Him and He will abide in you, and you will bring forth fruit in your life, and His goodness and His mercy shall follow you all the days of your life, and you will dwell in the House of the Lord forever! You will inherit eternal life! Glory to God! That’s what that verse is talking about: dwelling in the house of the Lord forever: you are with Him in His glory; you shall never perish; you have eternal life!  All of this is if He is truly your Shepherd; if you continue in His Word and in His Holy Spirit to deny yourself and follow Him to do the will of your Father in Heaven every day. 

It is deceit to take Psalm 23 unto yourself and say, “The Lord is my Shepherd”, if you are not hearing His voice and following Him. The Apostle Paul said, I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. His servant you are to whom you obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness. Are you obeying Jesus? Are you really following Him? Are you in His fold, or are you hanging out with the goats? Remember, Jesus said, Not every one who says, Lord, Lord, is going into the Kingdom of Heaven, but they that do the will of My Father, He said. Are you yielding to the Holy Spirit every day, denying yourself, your own desires and plans, taking up your cross: the fellowship of Jesus’ sufferings, and yielding to the Spirit to follow Jesus? He leads us by His Spirit to do the Father’s will. Jesus only does the Father’s will.  

God created you, and you fell into the traditions and sins of your fathers; you were defiled in all your transgressions, and He, in His great love, sent His Son to die for you a brutal death upon the Cross to save you from your sins, and He raised Him from the dead to justify you and to give you eternal life in Him, and He brought you to Him. No one can come to Me, Jesus said, unless My Father draws him. And what are you doing now? Are you following Him? Do you think you can stay with the goats and everything will be ok? The goats are going to the Lake of Fire! Jesus said, in Mat 25, that when He comes in His glory, He’s going to sit on His throne, and He’s going to set the sheep on His right hand, and the goats on His left. And He’s going to say to the goats, Depart from Me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels… The goats are going into everlasting punishment: they would not show mercy; they would not have compassion. Are you a goat, or are you a sheep? If you are a sheep, then you need to be with Jesus’ sheep, following Him. Stop chumming up with the goats! Evil communications corrupt good manners! Bad company corrupts good morals. Remember: Lot was vexed with the things he saw and heard every day while he was living in Sodom, with their evil deeds and their evil conversation. But Abraham, his brother, interceded before the Living God for him, and God remembered Abraham and brought Lot out of Sodom before He destroyed it.  Make no mistake! Just as Sodom was destroyed, so this evil world is going to be consumed by fire. 

I want to intercede for you right now. If you are a sheep who is hanging out with the goats, and you know you need to return to Jesus’ fold: those who are truly following the Good Shepherd, I want you to do all you can do to receive this prayer and agree with me now. So let’s pray. Pray with me,  Father, in Jesus’ name, I pray for everyone reading this message. I know you have given this program by your Holy Spirit, and there are some who are reading this, you know who you are: you’re hanging out with the goats; you’re delighting in things you ought not to be doing, and they are having an effect on you, and you need to return to Jesus, and the Lord is pleading with you right now. Father, in Jesus’ name, have mercy on them; have mercy on them. We pray: you said you would have mercy on whom you would have mercy, and whom you will you will harden.  So we pray right now, for whoever it is, that you would help them; that you would soften their hearts; that they would humble themselves and come back to you with weeping and mourning, confessing their sins, and turn to you and be washed in the Blood of the Lamb, and return into your fold, Jesus! We pray this, Father, in the name of your Son Jesus. Glory be to God! 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. 

 My Grace Is Sufficient For You

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes with Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. (Jude 1:2)

Thank you Heavenly Father. We thank you Lord; we bless your Holy Name: blessed be God Almighty! Today’s program is called, My Grace Is Sufficient For You. The other day I was coming through something very difficult in my life; I had been struggling for several days, and Jesus spoke to my heart, “My grace is sufficient for you.” At the same time He ministered to me by the power of His Holy Spirit and delivered me out of the affliction. I was overwhelmed with the goodness of My Lord. When the Apostle Paul was being afflicted because of the abundance of his revelations he had received, he sought the Lord three times to be delivered and the Lord spoke to him, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Paul wrote, Therefore I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.  Heb 4:14  Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father, and that is the Throne of Grace. 1Pe 5:5, Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Let us therefore come boldly… Humility and boldness go together, because of Heb 10:19, Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. We have boldness with humility because of the Blood of Jesus, and we will find grace to help in the time of need. His grace is sufficient for us, even in our suffering. Because His grace is sufficient, I can rejoice, even as I suffer: His grace will bring me through.

Prov 15:15, All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. When you are in faith, through His grace, you are always rejoicing, because you know you have the victory. When you take your eyes off of Jesus and look at the waves, you begin to doubt and you begin to sink and let go of your victory. Mat 14:22, Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid." And Peter answered Him and said, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." So He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, "Truly You are the Son of God." When you repent and believe, you rejoice again, and you’re on top again; you are the head and not the tail. If you continue to believe in Jesus and keep your eyes on Him, you will overcome Satan, and the world and your own stubborn flesh, and you will have a continual feast. You already have the victory; you already have the overcoming, you just need to stay there until the end: till you get back to the boat, and then, till you are standing on the shore.

The scripture says, you have been crucified with Christ, if you have been baptized, and you have been raised with Him and you are seated in Him in the heavenly places at the Father’s right hand, far above all principalities, powers, and dominions, far above all: you are on top! God put them all under your feet, that’s why they have to bow when they see you, if you are walking in faith. You are like Joseph. He was in prison, in shackles and in pain, and in one day, God made him the ruler of the whole land of Egypt, and everyone had to bow and give him honor, second only to Pharaoh, in one day! In one day God made you a ruler in His Kingdom, under Him and subject to your brethren, and in Him you are at the Father's right hand! Is there something you need? Is there something He can’t do if you believe? If it is His will for you to continue to suffer, His grace is sufficient for you; His grace will get you through to the victory. His grace is His great strong hand and arm reaching out to lift you back up on the top of the water, and get you back to the boat; His grace will uphold you until you reach the shore. 

My grace is sufficient for you.

My grace is sufficient to bring you through;

Bring you through to victory,

And bring you safely to Me.

Though waves be high,

And valleys be low,

My grace is sufficient for you.

Though you are weak, 

I am strong;

My grace is sufficient for you;

My grace is sufficient for you.

Eph 2:4, But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. The Father loved us and He gave His Son; Jesus loved us and He gave His life. His grace is the gift of God.

Tit 2:11  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. 

Heb 12:14  Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears. 

People sell their birthright to have their wicked pleasures; to continue in their fornications; they accept false grace. When you accept false grace and live accordingly, you fail of the true grace of God. Heb 12:28, Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. 

See how the grace of God is coupled with the fear of God. God is greatly to be feared; He is a consuming fire, and yet He, in His great love wherewith He loved us, has granted us grace through the gift of His beloved Son. The grace of God enables us to serve Him acceptably, which is with reverence and Godly fear.

1 Pet 1:13, Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy. And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the Word of God which lives and abides forever. 1 Pet 5:12, By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. 

My Grace is sufficient for you.

Though you are weak, 

I am strong.

My Grace is sufficient for you

On a previous message about grace, the Lord spoke at the end of the program, and He said, “My Grace is sufficient for you. I love you. If you are willing, I will help you; if you will call upon Me, you will find grace in your time of temptation. Call upon Me; I will help you to overcome. I already made the way for you through My death, burial, and resurrection. I am with you, says the Lord. Come unto Me; call upon My Name and see My salvation, says the Lord.

Thank you for listening to 15 Minutes With Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen. (2 Cor 13:14)