David Asks Why? Part 6 Believe and Receive!

 Have you ever heard of a conscience? When you in feel in your heart that you should be good or that you shouldn't do something wrong - that's God's Spirit talking to you. That is called your conscience When our hearts, or consciences, begin to help us see how bad sin is, we will learn to hate sin as a terrible thing. 

Our consciences help us see that sin has taken us far away from God and has trapped us. lf we try to stop being bad, we'll find out that we can't do it by ourselves. our hearts are unclean and full of selfishness. We want God to forgive us and to make our hearts clean. 

We want so much to be good. 

We want to be like Jesus, but how can we? You need rest for your bothered, sad heart. You need to know that Jesus forgives you. 

How can you have that rest in your heart? You can't buy it. You can't get it by thinking really hard. You can't even work to earn it!

Guess what? God wants to give you a happy, restful heart as a present.

AII you have to do is decide to take it.

Jesus says, Even though your badness is as dark as the colour of blood, it can be clean like fresh snow. Even though your sins are dirty, you can be clean like new white paper lsaiah 1.18

God promises to give you a brand-new heart. You have already told God that you are sorry for the times you've been bad.  You've already chosen to put the bad things away.  Now talk to Jesus and ask Him to wash away your sins and give you a new, clean heart. 

Then you can know He has done it, because He promised He would Jesus has taught us that when we believe that we will get a new heart, we will. ln the Bible days, He was able to help people when they decided to believe He could. He loved to heal people's sick bodies so they would know that He could fix their sick h

lf you want help to believe that Jesus will take away your sins, just spend time thinking about all the people in the Bible that He healed. 

Remember, He did this to make them healthy and holy.

Once there was a man who lived at Bethesda.  This man hurt and suffered all the time. 

He couldn't walk or even use his arms. But Jesus told him to pick up his blankets and walk. 

That sick man could have said, "Well, You see, I can't walk.  But if you will fix my legs and arms, then I will obey You." 

But he didn't. He believed Jesus, and Jesus made him strong to do what he was told Jesus Made him well! 

We are sinners-we do bad things and break God's instructions. We can't fix our own hearts and suddenly be good. 

But God promises to fix us! We believe Him. 

We say we are sorry for the bad things

We have done and that we choose to give our hearts to Jesus. We Choose to obey.  Just as soon as we do this, God will make us strong to obey. 

We can believe that God gives us a new heart, and He really will! Jesus will

Give us new hearts, just like He gave that poor man a healed body.

Don't wait until you are holy and clean. Just say, "l believe it I know it's really true be- cause God promised me a brand-new heart.’

We can let Jesus give us a fresh heart. Then, when we pray and really believe, He'll give us many wonderful things. He wants us to be clean from sin and to be very good and holy.

When we pray for these things, we can be sure that they will come true. Then we will never have to be embarrassed about who we are, because we are about whom we are because we are following Jesus

From now on, you belong to Jesus. He bought you forever by dying for you. 

You believe in Jesus, and so now you have a brand new heart

You are like a new baby Christian, and God loves you more than you know

Now that you've given your heart to Jesus, don't change your mind. 

Every day you must choose to say, "I  belong to Jesus". Because I gave my heart to Him." 

Pray that God's Holy Spirit will make you strong to be like Jesus. Just like you choose give your heart to Jesus, you can choose to keep living for Him too.

Jesus wants to bless you with a happy heart right 

You must always remember that Jesus will help you get rid of the bad things in your life. Jesus knows just how naughty you are, but He loves to have you come to Him just the way you are. Go to Jesus.

Pray to Him and be sad for how bad you've been. His goodness will wrap around you like a big hug, and He will make everything just right.

Thousands are nearly saved but actually totally lost for one mistaken reason. Many people don't believe that Jesus really wants to forgive them. They do not really believe that Jesus pardons them personally. That God sees them as if they never sinned every minute of their life ever since they were born. Exactly like His Son who never sinned when they make Him their Saviour. They fail to take God at His word. 😭But you can know that God will forgive you. Do you sometimes think that God doesn't want to forgive you? Don't even think about such a thing! 🙏🏼

No one is so bad that Jesus can't help him or her. Jesus is ready to take away from your heart everything that is ugly or dirty. He is ready to cover you with His wonderful sweetness. 

Sometimes people have a hard time forgiving each other, but

God is not like that. He is so kind to people. He says that just aso soon as you turn from sin and come back to Him, He will Forgive you.

God knows that if we love to do bad things. Someday we will die forever.  But He loves us and doesn't want for us to die! 

Satan wants us to feel sad. He wants us to think that we have to die. Don't let him win! Don't ever listen to him. 

When Satan makes you think that you'll always be bad or that you will die forever, put your fingers in your ears and say, "Jesus died for me! He loves me and wants me to live forever. I have been bad, but God has kind heart and will help me again." God will help you

God loves you so much. He loves you with a love that lasts forever, and His heart is full of kindness for you. lf you feel thatyou want to love God and be near Him, it's because His Holy Spirit is in your heart, pulling you to God.

God has given you so many good promises; you don't need to Worry at all. Don't ever think that God doesn't like to help you and Forgive you. Don't think that God is mean-that just hurts your Own heart.

Are you afraid that God doesn't like you? Look up to Jesus in Heaven He is your wonderful Helper. Be thankful, because Jesus. Died for you. 

Pray that God will help you to be good for Him. lf you. Give your heart to Jesus, He will bless you and make you happy and good.

Remember, God's promises are in the Bible to tell us just how much He loves us. Jesus thinks about us and loves us with His whole heart. He will save us and forgive us when we do bad Things.

God is our best Helper. He wants to make us good and sweet like He is. lf we go to Jesus and tell Him that we are sorry when we disobey, He will come near us and forgive us.

David Asks Why p7 Figuring out How to Know if you have a Brand new Heart?

If you belong to Jesus you will be a brand new person! Your life is no longer like it used to be. Everything is fresh and new. 2 Corinthians 5.17

You may not remember just when or where you gave you heart to Jesus. That’s OK. God’s Spirit is still working on your heart. God is strong and He knows just how to make your heart brand new and lovely. Do you want to be like Jesus? He is strong enough to make you that way.

How do you know if you have a brand-new heart? You can't do anything special yourself to get a new heart. There's nothing you can do by yourself to become God's friend. You can't trust yourself, but you can trust Jesus.

When you have a new heart, people will notice that you are different from the way you used to be. You act differently and talk differently. You want to do different things. People will be able to tell that you are not like you used to be. People will know that you are a Christian by the things you usually do and say. Jesus will help you make good habits.

Do you know that some people have an unclean heart, but still act okay on the outside? These people do lots of good things so other people with like them or so their lives will be easier.

Sometimes selfish people share. Sometimes people are very careful not to do anything mean just so they won't embarrass themselves.

So, if people who aren't really Christians can do good things. How can we know if we are Christians? Here's how. Ask yourselves, who has control of your heart? Who do you think about and talk about? Do you really love Jesus and want to obey Him? If you belong to Jesus, you will think about Him and be happy to give gifts to Him. You will want to be like Him and act like Him and be near Him. You will want to make Him happy.

When Jesus gives us new hearts, we will learn to be loving and cheerful and to have a restful heart and be patient. We will learn to be good and to believe in Jesus and not to be selfish. We will even learn to eat and play and work in just the right way- not too much and not too little I We will learn to be like Jesus. We will love the things we used to hate and hate the things we used to love. We will learn to let other people be first, and if we were Loud and naughty before, now we will be calm and polite. A true Christian will learn to not worry about fancy clothes and toys, He or she will learn that the most beautiful person is the one who is sweet and kind.

People don't have changed hearts unless they act differently from the way they did before. If you have a new heart, it's time to make things right, to say you're sorry, to love everybody. Then you can know that God has changed your heart.

When sad, disobedient people come to Jesus and get a new heart, God puts love in their hearts.  Every job they have is easier now. Whenever we give up something because Jesus asks us to, we can feel good. If life seemed sad dark before, now it's all lit up with Jesus' happiness. Jesus was so lovely and kind when He was here on earth. Those who follow Him will be that way 

Too. Jesus loved to do whatever His Father asked Him to do.   Jesus was excited about showing His love and about obeying His Father, and that's what helped Him to be strong to obey 

Everything He did was sweet and kind because He loved people. Love comes from God. A heart that   doesn't belong to Jesus can't come up with love all by itself. The   heart that belongs to Jesus is filled with true love. "We know   how to love because God taught us how" 1 John 4:19. When we   have new hearts, we will want to share God's love. God's love will change our hearts. It changes what we feel and think. This love makes our lives sweet and helps us make other people happy. There are two things that we must pay careful attention to if we want to be God's children. We already talked about one-we must never think that we can be good all by ourselves.

We can't make ourselves good; only God can do that. If we are trying to be good all by ourselves, we'll never become good, because our hearts are naturally selfish and naughty. But if we learn to trust in Jesus, He will make us good. The other thing that we need to watch   out for is this: some people think that God really doesn't care   very much whether or not they obey Him. They think that   because they believe in Jesus, they can do whatever they want. We shouldn't obey just because we think 

God makes us obey. We should obey because we love   God. When we love Him, we'll do what He asks us to. God's   rules teach us how to be like Him. And when we love Him, we will learn to keep His law or instructions. When we learn to keep His law or instructions, we   are learning to love just like He is.

If you listen closely at church, you may   hear people talking about something called "the new  covenant." A covenant is a very special promise that people make to   each other, God promises to save you and make you just   like Him. That is the new covenant. He says that He will write His rules or instructions in your heart. That means that you will want to   do what God asks you to do. 

And He will help you. It will change almost everything you do. Do you want to be God's helper? You can! 

 Be when you obey Him. The Bible says that when we really  love God, we will obey Him. If we say we love God, but don't do what He tells us to, we are liars. When we believe in God and when we love Him, it doesn't mean we can do whatever we  want. It means He will make us strong to do what He wants us to do.

Remember, God doesn't save you   because you are good. He saves you because it's His special gift to  you. But when you get that gift, you will learn to obey. The Bible   says that if you keep Jesus close to you all day long, you don't   have to sin or do bad things anymore. If you stay with Jesus, you will feel better. You will think good thoughts, and you will be  nice to other people. Don't let anyone fool you. People who are   holy and good will keep God's rules. But if they keep on breaking   God's rules, they are not holy'

If you say that you believe in God, but you decide to do what you want to do instead of obeying God, you are not really a Christian. One time, Jesus said to God, His Father, and “l love to do whatever You ask Me to do. I like to obey Your law or instructions" Psalm 40:8. Just before He went back to heaven, Jesus said, "l have His love" John 15.10. Do you know how you can tell if someone is a Christian? If they live like Jesus lived and do the kind of things He did, they are a Christian.

First John 2 verse 3 to 6

This is how we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments & instructions. Whoever says, I know Him. But keeps not His commandments & instructions  is a liar and he’s not in line with the truth. But whoever keeps His words  is God’s love made perfect. That’s how we know we are agreeing with Him. He that says he is sticking with Him, should walk like Jesus did

First Peter 2 verse 21

This is the reason you were called. Because Christ suffered for us, He left an example how to follow His steps

God's rules for living forever with Him are the same as they always have been. We must obey all of God's law or instructions' we must be like Jesus. If God let everyone, even mean, wicked people, live forever and ever, no one could be happy God just can't let bad- ness go on forever and ever.

When God made the first man, Adam, he was perfect. He was able to be good and holy all by himself. But he chose to sin. Since then, people just can't be good all by themselves.

We are sinful. We aren't good at all. God's law or instructions expects certain things from us, and we don't have anything inside of us that can make us do what we need to do. But God planned a way for us to escape. The plan was this: He would live here on earth as a man. He had some really hard times and was tempted just like we are. Yet He never sinned-not even once! Then He died for us. Now He has offered to trade places with us. He will take away our sins and give us His goodness and holiness"

Even though we have been bad before, if we give ourselves completely to Jesus, He will treat us just like we have never sinned. Jesus' goodness takes the place of our badness, and God accepts us as His children. just as though we were never bad at all.

In fact, God tells everyone that we are holy, but He does more than that. He changes our hearts by moving in and rnaking them His home. When we choose to really believe in God,

He will come and live in our hearts. But we have to keep letting Him stay there. If we choose to obey everything God asks us to do, He will stay in our hearts. As long as we choose to believe

And obey, He will make us strong to do everything He has asked us to do. Then we can say, "l live my life by believing in Jesus because He loves me and died for me" Galatians 2:20. Once

Jesus moves into our hearts, we will be like Him. We will act like Him and obey and do the kinds of things that He would do.

There's nothing about us that's worth bragging about. We shouldn't try to make other people think that we are important. But we can know that everything will be okay when Jesus says we're okay and when His Holy Spirit does wonderful things in us.

When you talk about faith, there’s something you should always remember. You may believe 

Something, but it may not really be faith at all Even Satan knows that there is a God and that He is very strong Satan and his angels  even know that  the Bible is really true . but that's not the same as having  faith in God or in the Bible. Faith is believing what God says and obeying; it’s giving your heart to Him and loving Him 

That's faith. Faith is busy too. Faith makes you love, and it makes   person loves to obey God's law or instructions! King David told God, l love Your law or instructions think about it all the time.  Psalm 119 verse 97

You'll feel the same way when you give your heart to Jesus. And when you follow God's Holy Spirit, you will be able to do what He wants you to do.

Some people really want to be God's children. God has forgiven them, and they know that He loves them. But they also know that they aren't perfect and that they have problems, they wonder if maybe they are not really Christians after all. Is that how you feel? Well, don't stop now Many times you will make mistakes. When this happens, don't be sad! Even if Satan trips you up and tricks you into being bad, Jesus  won't push you away. God the Father is in heaven, and Jesus is right beside Him, telling His Father all about how much He loves you.

Jeesusses  good friend, the disciple John, said, I'm telling you these things so that you don't sin. But if one of you does sin, don't forget that Jesus, who is perfect, is your Friend,  and He is on your side" 

First  John  verse 1

And don't forget Jesus said that His Father loves you very much John 16:27. He wants to bring you back to be close to Him. He wants you to have His own pure goodness shining out of you. He has already started doing wonderful things in your heart, and if you choose to obey Him,

He'll help you more and more until He comes. Pray and really, truly believe. When you learn that you can't trust yourself, then you'll be able to trust Jesus all the way. Then you'll sing songs of praise to the God who gives you a happy look on your Face.

The more we get to know Jesus, the more we will see how much we need Him. We will see how much better He is than we are. This is a good thing, because it means that Satan's lies aren't working so well anymore. Jesus is waking up our hearts and making we grow!

When we really learn to love Jesus, we'll be able to see that our hearts are actually naughty. But Jesus will change our hearts, and we will love Him more and more. If we don't see how much need Jesus, it's because we don't know how wonderful He When we learn that there is nothing good about ourselves, and then we can see how really great Jesus is. Then we will go to Him

To be forgiven. He will show us how strong He is. We must learn how much we need Jesus, and then we will want to pray and read the Bible. When we do this, we'll see how awesome Jesus is, and we will become more like Him.

David Asks Why? Part 8 Growing up in Jesus

 When Jesus gives us new hearts, we will learn to be loving and cheerful and to have a restful heart and be patient. We will learn to be good and to believe in Jesus and not to be selfish. We will even learn to eat and play and work in just the right way - not too much and not too little.  We will learn to be like Jesus. 

We will love the things we used to hate and hate the things we used to love. We will learn to let other people be first, and if we were Loud and naughty before, now we will be calm and polite. A true Christian will learn to not worry about fancy clothes and toys, He or she will learn hat the most beautiful person is the one who is sweet and kind.

People don't have changed hearts unless they act differently from the way they did before. If you have a new heart, it's time to make things right, to say you're sorry, to love everybody. 

Then you can know that God has changed your heart. 

There is air all around the world and Jesus' saving love is kind of like that - it's everywhere.  Everyone who wants to can breathe in this love and power, and it will make them grow up to be God's men and women.

When flowers are growing, they turn their faces toward the sun. This helps them grow and be more beautiful and perfect. The Bible calls Jesus the Sunshine of goodness; and if we look to Him, His light will shine on us' Then we'll grow and grow and become like Him.

Jesus teaches us the same thing. He said Stay close to Me and let Me stay close to you' A branch on a tree can't make any Fruit unless it's connected to the tree And you can't make any Fruit unless you stick with Me' 

You can't do anything without Me. John 15.4-5 If a branch is broke off the vine that grew it, it will die. 

And if you go away from Jesus you can't have live a holy good life either.  You can't grow, and you can’t say no to Satan if you don’t let Jesus stay in your heart don’t let 

Jesus stay in your heart As long as you keep getting life from Jesus, you will be fresh and lovely and your life will be full of good things.  

You'll be strong and lovely kind of like the beautiful green trees that grow by the water

Many people think if they trust Jesus, He will forgive them. But they also think that if they want to be a Christian, they have to work really hard to be good.  You can try and try by yourself- 

But it just won't work!  Jesus said you can't do anything without him. If you want to grow in Jesus, if you want to be happy and a Good helper, you have to count on Jesus. 

If you stick close to Him, if you  spend time with Him and talk to Him always,  every day, your trust will grow

The Bible calls this "abiding in Him” Jesus is the One who helped us believe on him and He is the One who will make us perfect and lovely. Jesus is the most important thing - first, last, and always. He promises to be with   you every moment every day King David said that he paid attention to the Lord all the time. He knew that because 

Jesus was with Him all the time, no one could ever make Him do wrong   Psalm 16.8.

Do you wonder how you're supposed to  stay with Jesus? 

The Bible says, "Walk in Jesus the same way that you let Him come into to your heart in the first place" 

Colossians 2.6 If you want to be good and holy, you must truly believe in Jesus Hebrews 10:38

You gave your heart and your life to  Jesus so that you could be air His You want to obey Him and make Him happy because you know He is the One who saves you. 

You could  never make your sins go away or get a new heart by yourself, but  you know that God did this for you to make us perfect and lovely. 

Jesus is the most important thing-first, last, and always. He promises to be with you every moment of every day. King David said that he paid attention to the Lord all the time. He knew that because Jesus was with Him all the time.

No one could ever make Him do wrong Psalm 16:8. Do you wonder how you're supposed to stay with Jesus? The Bible says, "Walk in Jesus the same way that you let Him come into to your heart in the first place" Colossians 2:6. 

If you want to be good and holy, you must truly believe in Jesus Hebrews 10:38.

You gave your heart and your life to Jesus so that you could be all His. You want to obey Him and make Him happy because you know He is the One who saves you. 

You could never make your sins go away or get a new heart by yourself, but you know that God did this for you. 

You chose to believe and give your heart to Jesus. 

You will grow in the same way. Choose to keep giving your heart to Jesus and taking the wonderful gifts He has for you. Keep giving everything to Jesus. Choose to love Him and obey Him in everything He asks. 

Then you must take everything He wants to give you. He wants to give you Himself and to be your Friend. He will give you a happy heart. He will live inside your heart and make you be strong and good He will help forever and make you strong to obey

When you first wake up in the morning, promise your heart to God Pray to Jesus, "Make me all Yours, dear Lord. want You to be the Boss of my day. Let me be a helper for You today. Stay with me and help me do what 

You want me to do." You need to do this every day. Every morning you must give your whole day to God Let Him teach you what to do that day. Let Him help you choose what to do all day long Every day you can give your life to God again, and then you will become more and more Like Jesus.

If you want to have rest in your heart and not have to worry, you can just keep giving your life to Jesus You may not feel excited, but you can trust Jesus You don't have to believe in yourself and just hope that you can do what you need to do. You can just believe in Jesus Christ.

You are really weak by yourself, but you and Jesus can be a team. He's strong and you are weak. He is smart and you don’t know very much. You don't have to worry about being a Christian all by yourself Don't even think about yourself-think about Jesus. Think about His love and beauty and goodness. Jesus put other people first and was humble. 

He was pure and holy Think about the best love that ever was, Jesus' love.

Do you want to be like Jesus? Here's how. You must love Him and copy Him. You trust depend on Him to help you, and you will

Jesus tells us, "Abide in Me." This teaches us rest and trust. We don't have to always change our minds or become confused. Jesus helps us to know what we have to do. 

He says, "If you come to Me, will give you rest" Matthew 11:28. King David says the same thing. Rest in God, and wait for Him patiently. Psalm 37.7 The prophet Isaiah tells us that we can be strong when we're quiet and sure in God Isaiah 30:15. 

Now, we're not talking about being lazy. Jesus said that we can have peaceful hearts of rest only when we work with Him. He says that if we work with Him, that He will give us quiet, peaceful hearts Matthew 11:29 

We can rest the best when we've worked the hardest for Jesus.

The person who ignores the advice of people who don't love God will be really happy. He'll be happy if he doesn't do the things that sinners do or mock people. This kind of person loves God's law & instructions - it makes him happy because he thinks about it all the time.

This kind of person is like a tree planted near a river-a tree that has plenty of water and produces a lot of fruit and has a beautiful green leaf all year long. Everything this person does will turn out well.

When you think about yourself, you can't really spend time thinking about Jesus. But He's the only way to be strong and have a real life. This is why Satan tries and tries to take your thoughts away from Jesus. He doesn't want you to be friends with Jesus.

Satan likes for you to think about how much fun you can have doing just what you want to do. He wants you to think about all the worries and sadness going on everywhere. 

He loves for you to think about how bad someone else is or maybe even how bad you are. Don't be tricked by his lies If you want to follow Jesus, Satan will try to get you to worry about how bad and weak you are.

This is how he wants to take your heart away from Jesus.

Stop thinking so much about yourself! You don't have to be scared and wonder if Jesus will save you. This just makes you forget Jesus and how strong He is. Trust God with your heart.

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alk about Jesus and think about Him. Start thinking about Jesus instead of yourself. Don't be scared. Don't do your own thing anymore, but let Jesus make your choices for you. Trust in Him because He loves you so much that He died for you Galatians 2.20.

If you let Jesus help you, He will make you a real winner because He loves you so much! When Jesus became a person like us, He tied Himself to us by love" Nothing can ever take us away from Jesus unless we choose to push Him away. Satan always brings exciting things to tempt us to push Jesus away. 

This is why we need to pay attention and pray and do our best so tlat nothing will make us choose Satan tested of Jesus. We can choose to follow Satan or Jesus. Either one.  But keep looking at Jesus and He will keep you strong.

As long as you keep looking at Jesus, you are safe Nothing can take you away from Him. As you watch Him and learn about Him, 'you will be made more and more like Him, because His Holy Spirit will help you  2 Corinthians 3 verse 18. This is how Jesus' special fefinds, the disciples, became so much like their dear Jesus When they heard 

Jesus talking, they knew that they needed Him. They looked for Him and found Him and then they followed Him

They stayed with Him all the time while they slept and ate and prayed and walked outside. Every day, they learned from Jesus, their Teacher. Every day, He taught them new lessons about God's truth. They paid attention to Jesus? because they wanted to be His servants and to learn how to obey Him 

The disciples had the same feelings we have; they had hard times, just as we do James 5:17 they were tempted to sin, and they needed Jesus so that they could live good lives. 

John called himself the disciple that Jesus loved. He was the most like Jesus of all the disciples, but he wasn't this way on his own. on his own. He was selfish and wanted people to think he was important. He was rude and became hateful when people were mean to him. But as he watched Jesus and saw how good He was.  He saw how weak he, himself, was. 

He watched how strong and patient Jesus was. Jesus was strong, but kind and gentle He was like a king, but He was also humble and not selfish every day, John watched these things in Jesus, and he learned to love Jesus and to want to be just like Him. 

Every day, he learned to love Jesus more until he didn't even think about Himself anymore. All he could think about was his love for Jesus.

Jesus' power changed John's bad temper. The Holy Spirit gave him a brand-new heart. Jesus' love was so strong that it changed John's whole life. And this is what always happens when we

Even after Jesus went back up to heaven, the people who Ioved Him still felt that He was near them in their hearts. They felt that He was really still there with them, and they could still feel His love. Jesus was the One who'd saved them. He had walked with them and talked and prayed with them. He had given them hope and had made their hearts happy As He was going back to Heaven, His words had come back to them: ' Listen,  He said, 'l will be with you always. I will be with you even to the very end of the world' Matthew 28.20

Jesus had gone back up to heaven. His friends knew that now He was beside His Father's throne, but that He was still their Friend. They knew He still loved. Jesus showed His Father the good work that He had done on earth. He showed Him the scars in His hands and feet that He got from dying for people on earth.

His friends were happy because they knew He'd gone to heaven to get things ready for them and that He'd come back and get them.

After Jesus went back to heaven, His friends were excited to get together for prayer meetings. Now they prayed to God in Jesus' name. They remembered that Jesus had said, "if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. You haven't asked anything in My name yet, but when you do, you'll get what you ask for. And you can be completely happy" John 16.23

They trusted Jesus more and more because they knew that He had died for them and that He had come to life again and was with God the Father. He knew He was their Friend Romans 8:34. Jesus had promised them that after He left, someone else would come to live inside their hearts. 

He said that for Him to go back to heaven was actually the best thing for them, because then they could have this new Friend John 16.23, 24. This new Friend, the Holy Spirit, came just fifty days after Jesus rose up from the dead. This is how Jesus was able to stay in the hearts of His friends all the time. Now they could be even closer and better friends with Him than they ever had been before.

Jesus' friends were f full of His love and power and truth. other people saw them and were surprised and paid attention to them, because the people could tell that they'd been with Jesus Acts 4:13.

Jesus wants to be your Friend and Helper just as He was to His special friends, the disciples. The last time that Jesus prayed With His friends, He said, I’m not praying just for these people here, but I'm praying for everyone who will ever believe on Me John 17:20.

Jesus was praying for us! He asked His Father to draw us so close to Him that we would be like one person with Him. This is just the way that Jesus and His Father are, and He wants to be that close to us too. What a wonderful friendship! Jesus said that He couldn't do anything by Himself. He said that His Father lived in His heart and that His Father was the one who did things for Him John 5:19; 14:10.

So, if we let Jesus live in our hearts, He will help us do good things Philippians 2.13. We will work like He worked, and we will have the same attitude He had. 

When we love Jesus and stay with Him, we will grow up to be just like Him Ephesians 4:15

David Asks Why Ch 9 You Job Your Life

 

Life and light and happiness come from God. He shares these things with everyone and everything He made. lf people have God's life in their hearts, they will share that with other people  he same way God shares good things with them. They will share love and good things to others.

 More than anything else, Jesus loved to lift up people and save them. He was even willing to die, if He could just save people That is why He died on the cross. God's angels spend all of their time working to make other people happy too. That is what angels most love to do.

Selfish people think it's embarrassing to help people who are less important than they are. But angels like to do it. Jesus isn't selfish at all. He always puts other people first. So does everyone in heaven. That's why heaven is such a happy place. People here on earth who really love Jesus will be this way too.

 They will do what needs to be done to help and care for other people When Jesus' love is in your heart, it will be so sweet that you can't hide it. That love is holy, and everyone who comes near will feel it. When Jesus is in your heart, you'll be like water to thirsty people who feel they are going to die without a drink of water. They will be thirsty to know that Jesus loves them lf you love Jesus, you will want to help people the way He did.

 His love will make you loving and gentle. lt will make you kind to every person or animal that God has made. Jesus wasn't lazy. He didn't spend His time trying to make Himself more comfortable. He worked hard to save people,

 From the time He was born until the time He died, He was never self- ish. He didn't try to get out of doing hard jobs or long, tiring trips or hard work, He said, "l didn't come so you could help Me. I came to help people and then to die for them" (Matthew 20.28)

The main thing Jesus came to do was to help people. Nothing else was quite so important to Him. The things He did were never selfish. lf you have Jesus' love and power in your life, you'll be willing to give up anything so that other people can go to heaven with you. You will do all you can to make the world better.

 That's how people are who have new hearts. As soon as you come to Jesus, you'll want to tell other people about your precious Friend. you  can't hide the fact that He's your Helper.

 lf Jesus'  righteousness is covering you like a warm, beautiful coat, if you have  God's Holy Spirit in your heart. you won't be able to keep quiet   about it! lf you have learned how good Jesus is, you will just have   to tell other people. You'll want to invite them to come meet   Jesus too. You will want to tell them about your wonderful Jesus and about heaven. You will want to follow Jesus and be just like   Him. You'll want other people to meet Jesus who can take away   their sins (John 1:29)!

And when you try to bless other people and make them happy, it will make you happy too.

 That's why God wants us to  help Him save people, because when we tell someone about   Him, it makes us really, truly happy. When we take the new   heart that Jesus wants to give us, and then it will be our turn to share what we have with other people.

 The most important job we can ever have and the thing that will make us most happy, is to  share God's good things with other people. lf you want to   become a very close friend with Jesus, work with Him because  you love Him. God could have asked angels to tell people about Him   and His love. He could have had them do all the work. But He  loved us so much that He let us work with Him and the angels.

 We get to share blessings and happiness with other people

When someone hurts us or is mean to us, we understand how Jesus felt when people were mean to Him. Every time we give up something to help someone, we learn to love giving.

This is how we learn to be part of Jesus' team-the team that helps  Him save the world. The Bible says Jesus "used to be rich, but He decided to be poor so that we could be rich" (2  Corinthians 13:9).

 lf you want to have a happy life, you give and share with  others. Be unselfish, because that's what God wants. When you work like Jesus wants you to and help people   to know and love Him, you will understand that you need  nature and more of Jesus and His goodness yourself.

Then you will  pray, and God will give you more faith so that you will believe in  Him even more. You will be filled with His goodness and power.   when had things happen or when people are mean. pray more   and read the Bible. Then you will grow in Jesus' love and power, and   you will know Him better and be happier.  ple. That is why He died on the cross.

God's angels spend all of their time working to make other people happy too. That is what angels most love to do. Selfish people think it's embarrassing to help people who are less important than they are. But angels like to do it.

Jesus isn't selfish at all. He always puts other people first. So does everyone in heaven. That's why heaven is such a happy place. People here on earth who really love Jesus will be this way too. They will do what needs to be done to help and care for other people

 When Jesus' love is in your heart, it will be so sweet that you can’t hide it. That love is holy, and everyone who comes near will feel it. When Jesus is in your heart, you'll be like water to thirsty people who feel they are going to die without a drink of water.

They will be thirsty to know that Jesus loves them

lf you love Jesus, you will want to help people the way He did. His love will make you loving and gentle. lt will make you kind to every person or animal that God has made. Jesus wasn't lazy. He didn't spend His time trying to make Himself more comfortable. He worked hard to save people, From the time He was born until the time He died, He was never selfish. He didn't try to get out of doing hard jobs or long, tiring trips or hard work, He said, "l didn't come so you could help Me. I came to help people and then to die for them" (Matthew 20.28)

 The main thing Jesus came to do was to help people. Nothing else was quite so important to Him. The things He did were never selfish. if f you have Jesus' love and power in your life, you'll be willing to give up anything so that other people can go to heaven with you. You will do all you can to make the world better. 

That's how people are who have new hearts. As soon as you come to Jesus, you’ll want to tell other people about your precious Friend. You can't hide the fact that He's your Helper. lf Jesus' righteousness is covering you like a warm, beautiful coat, if you have God’s Holy Spirit in your heart. you won't be able to keep quiet about it! lf you have learned how good Jesus is, you will just have to tell other people.

 You'll want to invite them to come meet Jesus too. You will want to tell them about your wonderful Jesus and about heaven. You will want to follow Jesus and be just like Him. You'll want other people to meet Jesus who can take away their sins (John 1:29)!

 And when you try to bless other people and make them happy, it will make you happy too. That's why God wants us to help Him save people, because when we tell someone about Him, it makes us really, truly happy. When we take the new heart that

Jesus wants to give us, then it will be our turn to share what we have with other people. The most important job we can ever have-and the thing that will make us most happy-is to share God's good things with other people. lf you want to become a very close friend with Jesus, work with Him because you love Him.

 God could have asked angels to tell people about Him and His love. He could have had them do all the work. But He loved us so much that He let us work with Him and the angels. We get to share blessings and happiness with other people

 When someone hurts us or is mean to us, we understand how Jesus felt when people were mean to Him. Every time we give up something to help someone, we learn to love giving. This is how we learn to be part of Jesus' team-the team that helps Him save the world. The Bible says Jesus "used to be rich, but him decided to be poor so that we could be rich" (2 Corinthians 13:9). lf you want to have a happy life; you give and share with others. Be unselfish, because that's what God wants.

 When you work like Jesus wants you to and help people to know and love Him, you will understand that you need nature and  more of Jesus and His goodness yourself. Then you will pray, and God will give you more faith so that you will believe in Him even more. You will be filled with His goodness and power. when had things happen or when people are mean. pray more and read the Bible. Then you will grow in Jesus' love and power, and you will know Him better and be happier.

 When you are unselfish, Like Jesus, you will be lovely like Jesus

You will be happy, and there will be no room in your life to be lazy or selfish. As you practice being this kind of a Christian, you'll grow and become a strong worker for God. You'll be able to better understand things about God, and your faith fill be stronger Your prayers will be strong and powerful too. God's Spirit will change you and make you more and more lovely. lf you spend your time learning to help others and not be selfish, you will show that Jesus has saved you.

There is only one way for God's love and power to grow in your life. Do the work Jesus wants you to do Do the best job you can to help the people who need you. lf you exercise, your body becomes stronger 

To live a healthy, active life, you have to run and jump and play. 

It's the same with your love for God. lf you just take all the gifts God gives you, and then sit back and be lazy andnever do anything for Jesus; it's like never exercising your muscles

lt doesn't work very well. lf you don't do anything except eat and eat, you'll die And if you just take all of God’s gifts and don’t share them with others, you’ll wither away spiritually you won't grow, and before long, you won't be a Christian at all

Who do you think God expects to teach people how to have their sins forgiven and be saved? It’s His church on earth-His people. The church's job is to tell people everywhere the good news about Jesus. This is what every Christian should be doing.

We need to tell people about Jesus  as best we can and teach them to love and follow Him. God gave us the wonderful things of love  and heaven so 

We need to wake up and do what we're supposed to do When we do, many people everywhere will be telling other people about Jesus, even though now there are just a few. You may not be able to go to some faraway country and tell people about Jesus and heaven.  give money to send people who can go. And you can be kind and helpful wherever you are-and pray for those who have gone far away to share Jesus' love. lf we would wake up and do what we need to do, more people everywhere would know about Jesus.

We don't have to go to places that have never heard of Jesus. We can work for Jesus in our own house if that is where He wants us to work. We can share Jesus with our family and with people in our church. We should share Jesus with our friends and with the people in our neighbourhood or at school or at the store.

When Jesus was here on earth, He spent most of His life working to build things as a carpenter. He lived and worked with poor people, and angels helped Him as He worked hard at the job He was supposed to do. For most of Jesus life on earth, people didn't even know who He was, and it seemed that no one really cared. 

He was faithful though. He was just as good aworker as a carpenter at home as He was later when He healed people and preached. Whatever your job is, Jesus will help you, and when you do your job well, you are working with Him.

The Bible says, Whatever you are supposed to do, stay close to God while you do it First Corinthians 7  verse 24

lf people are really Christians, they will be Christians in every little thing they do, no matter what their jobs are. This is one way to show Jesus to other people. Christians are always good workers. When people see this, they will learn to love Jesus too.

Sometimes people say, That person over there does a much better job than I do. I'll just let them do it all. I shouldn't waste my time. Should people who are really smart or good at what they do be the only ones who should work for God? of course not! 

The Bible tells us to give what we have and share what we can. We must all do the very best job we can. Then when Jesus comes again, He will be happy and will pay attention to everything we've done.

When we have any work to do, we should do it with a loving heart, because we're really doing it for Jesus (Colossians 3 verse 23). lf we really love God, we'll act like it. The sweet fragrance of Jesus' love will be all around us, and other people will be lifted up and made happier, just because we're around,

Don't wait until you can do something big and special before you do anything for God. Don't worry about what other people think of you. lf you are pure and sweet and if you believe in God and if other people know that you want to help them, then everything you do will be a help to someone.

Even if someone is ordinary or poor, he or she can still make other people happy. Sometimes we don't even know how much we are helping someone. We can't know all the good things that happen because we are kind and helpful-and we won't until Jesus comes again. 

We may not think our work is very special, but we don't have to worry about it. lf we just keep on quietlydoing what Jesus has asked us to do, we will be a really big help too many people. And all the time, our hearts will be growing more and more like Jesus' heart because when we work with God, it makes us ready for heaven.

David Asks Why? Chapter 10 Knowing God!

God  teaches  us  about  Himself  in  many  different  ways.  He  wants  to  be  our  special  Friend  and  spend  time  with  us.  The  things  He  made  fill  our  eyes  and  ears  and  noses  with  wonderful  things  all  the  time.  if  our  hearts  are  soft,  we  can  see  God's  love  and  just  how  wonderful  He  is  by  looking  at  the  things  in  nature  that  He  has  made.  Just  go  outside  and  see  the  green  grass  and  the  tall  trees,  the  flowers,  the  clouds  and  the  rain,  the  little  strea.rns  of  water,  the  big  beautiful  sky 

All  of  these  things  talk  to  us  in  our  hearts.

  They  can  help  us  know  the  God  who  made  them.  Jesus  told  lots  of  interesting  stories  and  lessons  about  such  things  as  trees  and  birds  and  flowers  and  hills  and  lakes  and  skies.  He  told  stories  about  all the  little  things  that  happen  around  us  during  the  day. 

 

All  these  things  have  lessons  to  teach  us  about  God.  These  lessons  are  everywhere,  so  that  even  when  we're  busy,  we  can  learn  to  think  about  the  important  things  God  wants  to  teach  us.  God  wants  us  to  really  enjoy  the  things  He's  made  the  simple,  quiet,  beautiful  things  that  are  everywhere  around  us. 

 God  loves  beautiful  things,  especially  beautiful  hearts.  He  wants  us  to  be  pure  and  sweet  and  simple  just  like  the  flowers.  if  we  will  just  listen,  the  things  God  has  made  will  teach  how  to  obey  and  how  to  trust  Him.  The  stars  obey  God  by  going  on  and  on  in  the  path  He  tells  them  to  follow.  Even  the  very  tiniest  things  that  God  made  obey  Him  God  takes  care  of  all  the  things  He  made. 

 He  holds  up  the  big  stars,  and  He  takes  care  of  the  little  brown  birds,  so  they  can  sing  and  don't  have  to  be  scared.  When  you  work  or  pray,  when  you  lie  down  to  sleep,  when  you  wake  up  in  the  morning,  whether  you  have  plenty  to  eat  or  just  a  little,  your  Father  in  heaven  watches  you  carefully.  He  notices  when  you  cry  and  when  you  smile.

 if  we  really  believed  this,  we  wouldn't  have  to  worry  about  foolish  little  things.  We  wouldn't  have  to  be  so  sad  when  things  don't  go  just  the  way  we  want,  because  God  is  taking  care  of  it  all. 

 God  isn't  bothered  by  our  little  problems,  He  doesn't  think  they're  too  heavy  to  carry.  if  we  trust  in  God,  we  can  have  rest  in  our  hearts.  As  you  spend  time  looking  at  the  beautiful  things  all  around  you,  think  about  heaven  and  the  new  earth.  in  the  new  earth,  there  won't  be  anything  bad  to  ruin  its  loveliness  and  no  one  will  ever  die. 

 Try  to  imagine  just  how  wonderful  our  new  home  will  be,  and  then  remember  that  it  will  be  even  more  wonderful  than  you  can  dream!  God  has  given  us  many  lovely  things  in  nature,  but  they  show  us  just  a  little  bit  of  what  He's  like.  The  Bible  says,  No  one  has  ever  seen  anything  like  it.  No  one  has  ever  heard  things  so  wonderful.  Knowing  God  None  can  even  imagine  the  wonderful  things  that  God  is  getting  ready  for  those  who  love  Him  1  Corinthians  2:9 

 Artists  paint  pictures  of  the  things  God  has  made,  and  scientists  know  many  facts  about  them.  These  are  nice.  But  Christians  like  best  the  beautiful  things  themselves  that  God  has  made  because  they  know  who  made  them   They  know  that  every  flower  and  bush  and  tree  is  just  a  nice  present  from  God  to  us.  

if  you  want  to  know  how  wonderful  the  hills  and  valley  and  rivers  and  seas  are,  remember  that  God  made  them  to  tell. You  that  He  loves  you  God  teaches  in  other  ways  than  through  nature.

  He  teaches  us  through  miracles  and  special  feelings  that  He  puts  int.  our  hearts.  if  we  Look  at  all  the  things  that  happen  around  us  and  pay  attention,  we  can  learn  lessons.  The  Bible  says  that  God’s  goodness  is  everywhere,  and  that  if  we  are  wise,  we  will  watch  and  learn  about  how  kind  and  loving  God  is  psalms  33 verse :5 and  107 verse 43

 God  also  teaches  us  from  the  Bible.  This  is  where  can  really  see  what  He  is  like  and  how  He  treats  people  in  the  Bible,  we  can  learn  how  God  saves  people  Here  we  find  the  stories  of  the  people  and  prophets  who  loved  God.  The  Bible  teaches  us  that  the  heroes  in  the  Bible  were  a  lot  like  us  James  5:17 

  They  became  frustrated  and  sad  just  as  we  do.  Sometimes,  like  us,  they  disobeyed  and  sinned

  But  because  Jesus  loved  them  and  promised  to  give  them  power,  they  were  able  to  be  strong  and  do  what  is  right.  if  we  spend  time  learning  about  these  people,  we  will  know  that  Jesus  will  help  us  too.  As  we  read  about  the  good  things  they  did  because  of  Jesus,  we  will  want  to  love  Jesus  and  be  friends  with  Him  just  like  the  heroes  of  the  Bible  did.  Jesus  said  that  the  Bible  tells  us  about  Him  John  5 verse 53, 63

 The  Bible  teaches  that  Jesus  made  us  and  that  He's  going  to  come  and  take  us  to  live  with  Him.  when  we  read  the  Bible,  we  are  reading  the  words  that  He  said,  and  we  are  seeing  the  things  that  He  did.  Do  you  want  to  know  Jesus,  the  One  who  saves  you?  Then  study  the  Bible.  Fill  up  your  heart  with  words  from  the  Bible.

  They  will  fill  you  up  and  make  you  happy.  They  are  like  water  when  you're  thirsty  and  food  when  you  are  hungry  John  6 verse 53,  63   

Our  bodies  are  made  of  the  food  we  eat,  and  our  hearts  are  made  up  of  the  things  we  think  and  talk  about.  if  we  want  to  be  strong,  beautiful  Christians,  we  need  to  read  Jesus'  words  in  the  Bible  and  keep  them  in  our  hearts. 

 Angels  love  to  study  about  how  God  saves  us.  When  we  get  to  heaven  and  the  new  earth,  we'll  study  about  the  way  God  saved  us  and  we'll  sing  about  it  too.  so  shouldn't  we  start  paying  attention  now  to  how  He  saves  us?  Jesus  gave  so  much  for  us.  He  loves  us  and  was  kind  even  when  we  didn't  deserve  it.  we  should  think  carefully  about  how  good  and  sweet  our  dear  Jesus  is.  Jesus  came  to  earth  to  save  His  people  from  sin.  so  let's  think  about  Jesus  and  His  love;  then  we'll  believe  more  and  be  stronger  than  ever.  Our  prayers  will  be  wiser.  we  will  know  that  Jesus  can  take  care  of  us  and  that  He  will.  we  will  get  to  know  Him  better  every  day.  As  we  spend  time  thinking  about  how  good  and  perfect  Jesus  is,  we  will  want  to  be changed. We  will  want  to  be  just  like  Him 

He  is  holy  and  pure.  Like  we  become  hungry  for  food,  we  will  become  hungry  to  be  like  Him  because  we  love  Him  so  much. 

 The  more  we  think  about  Jesus,  the  more  we  will  talk  about  Him  and  then  everyone  we  meet  will  see  Him  in  us.  Don't  ever  think  that  the  Bible  was  written  for  only  the  very  smartest  people  who  study  harder  than  anyone  else. 

 it  was  actually  written  for  everyone.  it  explains  the  things  we  need  to  know  to  be  saved  in  a  way  that  we  can  understand.  No  one  has  to  be  lost  or  make  mistakes  unless  they  decide  to  do  their  own  thing  instead  of  what  God  wants  them  to.  A  lot  of  people  like  to  tell  others  their  ideas  about  what  the  Bible  teaches.  Don't  just  listen  to  what  someone  tells  you 

 Read  or  listen  to  the  Bible  yourseif  if  you  let  someone  else  think  for  you,  you’ll  become  lazy  and  forget  how  to  think,  Your  mind  is  good  and  strong,  but just like  your muscles if you don't exercise it, they will be weak. Spend  time  thinking  about  good  things and,  sometimes,  about  things  that  are  kind  of  hard  to  understand.  The  exercise  is  good  for  you,  and  your  mind  will  grow  and  be  able  to  understand  so  much  Let  the  Bible  be  your  teacher. 

 if  you  find  something  in  the  Bible  that  you  don't  understand,  just  keep  reading,  because  sooner  or  later  you'll  find  something  that  will  make  it  all  clear,  if  you  just  pay  attention.  Do  you  want  your  mind  to  be  strong?  Do  you  want  to  be  able  to  understand  things  easily?  The  Bible  is  really  good  at  growing  your  mind.  if  you  study  the  Bible,  it  will  give  you  better  thoughts  and  understanding. 

 If  you  want  to  be  able  to  understand  things,  if  you  want  to  be  good  and  pure,  if  you  want  to  be  strong  in  your  choices,  study  the  Bible.  it  will  help  you  more  than  anything  else  can.  Don't  hurry  when  you  read  or  listen  to  the  Bible  because  it  won't  do  you  much  good  if  you  do.  if  you  don’t  pay  attention,  you  can  read  every  word  in  the  whole  Bible  but  never  really  learn  the  beautiful  things  it  has  to  teach  you.  choose  a  few  verses  or  a  story  and  think  about  what  you  are  reading  and  pray  about  it  until  you  truly  understand  it. 

 That's  better  than  reading  a  large  amount  but  never  really  learning  what  it  is  saying.  Take  your  Bible  with  you  and  read  it  or  listen  to  it  every  time  you  get  a  chance.  Memorize  some  verses  too.  Even  when  you  are  busy,  you  can  be  reading  or  thinking  about  the  Bible.  This  will  help  it  stick  in  your  mind.  Do  you  want  to  be  wise?

  Then  pay  careful  attention  to  the  Bible  and  pray  often.  some  things  in  the  Bible  are  easy  to  understand,  but  some  things  are  harder.  you  have  to  remember  other  things  you  have  learned  and  think  about  how  different  parts  of  the  Bible  fit  together,  Think  carefully  about  the  things  you  learn  from  the  Bible.  As  you  do,  you'll  find  many  things  there  that  are  of  the  Bible  and  think  about  them,  you’ll  pier  and  heaithier  every  day.  Don’t even open it until you pray, Dear Father, please send Your Holy Spirit to help me understand the things You tell me in Your Word. Thank You!  Amen 

 The  Bible tells us  that  when  we  try  to  understand  what  the  Bible  says  and  pray for Jesus to help us, that  He  sees  and  hears  us  and  that  angels  will  be  with  us.  The  Holy  Spirit  shows  us  how  wonderful  Jesus  is.  It’s His  job  to  teach  us  about  Jesus  and  His  goodness It’s His job  to  teach  us  how  to  be  saved  Jesus said that the Holy Spirit will teach us  all  about  Him  John  16:14  .

 Actually  the Holy Spirit is  the  only  One  who  can  really  teach  us  about  God  l  God  the  Father  gave  Jesus  to  die  so  that  people  can  be  saved.  His  death  ploves  that  He  He loves us very much. And He  has  given  the  Holy  spirit  to  live  in  our  hearts  so  that  we  can  understand  how  much  He  loves  us.