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“Trick Results In Camouflage Killing (T.R.I.C.K) while Trusting Redeemer Expect A Treat! (T.R.E.A.T)”

By Ramesh C.Reddy
Pittsburgh Standard

Oct 31, 2009

Editors Note: The devotional has a background song called 'I Am Praying For You' by Mel & Dick Tunney, which can be heard if you use Internet Explorer.

SCRIPTURE:
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” (1 Peter 5:8-9, NIV)

OBSERVATIONS:
I asked myself what do we learn from 1 Peter 5:8-9?
1. We are to be self-controlled.
2. We are to be alert.
3. Because our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion.
4. The devil looks for someone to devour.
5. We should resist him
6. We can resist the devil by standing firm in the faith.
7. We are not alone in the sufferings we face and can come through.

HOW GOSPEL GIVES ME TESTIMONY REGARDING T.R.I.C.K OR T.R.E.A.T:

T.R.I.C.K if you don't believe in what Satan offers you:
By Ramesh C. Reddy

Love to see people in the fire, they call me the evil one
Once in my dominion there is no where to run
People turn to me for all kinds of fun
I don’t tell them the damage that can be done
I love to invite you all to my place called Hell
Separated man and woman from God as they fell
When they listened to ideas I liked to tell
Now I am glad they are not well
For all eternity love to see them scream and yell
My favorite dish I like to serve is a virus called sin
In my clutches so glad no one can win
In your life I love to be in
You can join the rest of my kin
I have a way of invading the heart, soul, strength, and mind
My deadly virus has a way to keep you forever in a bind
When I fell from grace I took angels numbering one-third
I love to see people not following God’s Word
I specialize in offering lies as the truth
So in humans they can fully take root
Just as I tempted Adam & Eve to eat the fruit.
Cause my favorite event is called “Burn, baby Burn”
I am the Fallen Angel Lucifer, people come to learn
As Satan, I love to see people burn and mourn
Only tremble when to the Savior Jesus Christ, people turn

T.R.E.A.T if you believe in what Jesus offers you:
By Ramesh C. Reddy

Love to see you in my presence, I am the Holy One
Love you so much, gave my only begotten Son
Believing in me you can have Everlasting Life.
Being delivered from the deadly power of sin’s strife
No matter what the sin virus has done
With my antidote, in life, you can victoriously run
My Son went to the cross to produce it
As His hands and feet, with 3 nails, were pierced with
And his body, for you, was bruised & broken by every hit
Now for humanity His cleansing blood flowed bit by bit
He died and came back to life to save you from Hell’s pit
Heaven and Hell are real and it is no myth
In Heaven, at my Right Hand, my Son does sit
Jesus is His Name!
For your redemption, He came.
To save you from Hell’s flame
And to give your life a new aim
His antidote of blood can rescue you from sin’s deadly game
But you gotta make a choice whether Satan or Jesus, you pick
Remember all of Satan’s ways are a trick
Jesus wants to deliver you from the sin that makes you so sick
Won’t you accept His free gift of Grace
Letting His Spirit help you overcome the virus you face?
His grace is what sets you free to win life’s race
Because of the antidote of blood shed to deliver you from sin’s ways
It is by grace you are saved through faith
Not of any works that you should boast, Jesus saith
You coming to me, Satan does hate
Because he is all evil to this date
Upon me He does not want you to wait
For He knows I can deliver you from Hell’s place
And set you on Heaven’s base
Come to me my child
No matter how your life has been wild
For I am gentle and mild
You, with love, joy, & peace I want to treat
And One day in Heaven personally greet
I want to receive you with the power of my love
And give you my Holy Spirit that came upon me like a dove
Sin separated you from me
But my blood was shed to set you free
So together we can once again be
Life with me you gotta experience and see
Though trials and tribulations come, I will be your Key
Whether you are a child, adult, or teen
No matter how your life has been
I want to take you by my side
In my presence, you can abide
For you I came back to life after I died
My love for you is so deep, high, and wide
You are special and precious in my sight
I want to help you in life with all my might
Helping you do what is right
To escape sin’s destructive bite
Now Satan’s ways you can fight
And come into the beautiful Light!
Amen!

I ask you now dear friend, will you be in for a T.R.I.C.K or T.R.E.A.T?
Friend, you can be in for a T.R.I.C.K or for a T.R.E.A.T depending on who you don't believe or believe. If you don't believe in what Satan offers you, you are in for a trick and if you believe in what Jesus Christ offers you, you are in for a treat.

May you experience the love of Jesus Christ in your life on this day of Halloween remembering Satan's trick results in camouflage killing while trusting Redeemer expect a treat!

"Trick Results In Camouflage Killing" (T.R.I.C.K) while Trusting Redeemer Expect A Treat! (T.R.E.A.T)"/"Will you be in for a T.R.I.C.K or T.R.E.A.T?"

Prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus, thank you so much for the treat you offer us in you by your love, grace, and blood. It is your blood that cleanses all of our sin and sets us free. You paid the price on the cross so we can be freed from the trick that Satan offers. Oh Lord, thank you so much you are here for our Redemption and you remind us that we need to be self-controlled and alert because Satan is like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. But, I thank you Lord when you tell us to resist the enemy, you will make a way for us. Oh Lord, help us to rest in you Oh Lord. Forgive us for going our own way. Thank you so much Jesus. Please be our Lord and Personal Savior. We are so sorry for our sins and ask you to please forgive us our sins. Please come into my heart Jesus and make my heart your home. Live in me Jesus and I will live for you and serve you the rest of the days of my life as you help and guide me. Thank you Jesus so much. Thank you for hearing our prayers and answering us. Thank you for being our Lord and Personal Savior. In Your Name I Pray Jesus! Amen!

Lord Jesus, You are my all in all. You are my Prince of Peace, Rock, Savior, and Friend. You are my Holy Father guiding me through to live a life of righteousness, holy righteousness. Oh God, I need you more than ever. I need to feel your hands around me holding me tight. I need your love to surround me so that you can glow in my life. Help me please Jesus. I desire in your presence. Thank you for guiding me to live a life of righteousness. Oh God you love me more than ever. You hear my voice when I cry out to you. When I seek your face, you fill me up. You are my all in all. Thank you Jesus so much for your help no matter what I face, your grace is available and you take my case. Thank you for hearing us and answering us. In Your Name I Pray Jesus! AMEN! (Most of the prayer is from a vineyard song called “All in All”)

May you experience the POWER OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION this day, and give Him the LOCKED areas of your life too so you can experience His PEACE as you become an ACTOR in the film called LIFE being directed by your DIRECTOR, JESUS CHRIST who comes to give JOY and PEACE.

You don't have to be locked away anymore for Christ is here to free you and give you peace to LIVE out your actions.

How do you look at GODISNOWHERE?

One of my pastors, Pastor Hugo SHARED this example one Sunday at the RESURRECTION DAY SERVICE in the combined worship service of Pittsburgh Chinese Church-Oakland & Oakland International Fellowship:

If you look at it as GOD IS NO WHERE, you will still be lost in your sin and be in bondage locked away in your sins and problems finding no peace.

But as my pastor spoke to the congregation and spoke to me, I am here to tell you that GOD IS NOW HERE.

Yes, friend God is aLIVE and wants to bring a transformation in your life through the GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ for He paid the penalty on the cross to rescue you and me and came back to life to save us and LIVE with us.

Yes, friend that is exciting to know that we can experience HIS SAVING GRACE & LIVING GRACE.

When we mess up, we can go to Jesus with our shortcomings and He will forgive us and RESTORE us to Him and we will find peace in Him.

^"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23, NIV)

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:7-9, NIV)

Friend, we need Jesus because we have been separated from God due to our sin. Because of our sin, Jesus had to pay the price to become our bridge so we can reach God now not of our own good works but because of the finished work of Christ, the Lord on the cross.

"For it is by GRACE you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV)

Come to Jesus as you are and pray this prayer to accept Jesus as your Lord and Personal Savior. He will transform your life around! Praise the Lord! You don't have to have all the answers! You can come as you are!

If you want to be a soldier in the Lord's army, you can become it right now. Now is the time of Salvation! You do not have to wait but can pray this prayer and give your life to Christ to serve Him daily! There is no draft but coming to Christ is voluntary. He loves you so much and wants you to come to Him! He will take care of you, guiding you and leading you!

PRAYER:
Dear Jesus, I love you. Thank you for loving me so much and thank you for choosing the cross to die for me. You became the Son of Man and lived here on earth. Then you humbled yourself and became obedient to death-even death on the cross. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. You died on the cross so that I can be covered in your blood and cleansed by your blood as I acknowledge that I need you and cannot enter Heaven without you being my pathway. So, Jesus I confess all my sins to you and all the ways I have tried to get into Heaven when you already provided the means and the Way. Thank you for all that you have done for me. "The cross is the place, a wonderful place where accused and condemned find mercy and grace. Thank you Jesus, it is at the cross where the wrongs we have done and the wrongs done to us were nailed at the cross. Thank you Jesus, at the cross you died for our sins and at the cross you gave your life for us." I thank you for that and thank you for coming back to life to save us. Thank you Jesus for being there for me! Thank you for loving me. I love you Jesus! Please take me as I am and make my life into something that you will be proud of. I surrender my life to you and need your help to live for you. I am forever grateful for what you have done for me and I can never repay you. I want to live for you and need your help. Help me Jesus please. I thank you Jesus for saving me! Thank you for hearing my prayer and answering me. Whatever your will give me the willingness and strength to bear it. Thank you Jesus! I acknowledge you as my Lord and Personal Savior! In Your Name I Pray precious Jesus! Amen!

No matter what you feel in your heart, know that Jesus has come in and resides with you! You are not alone! To make your walk strong with the Lord, spend time in prayer talking to Him as you would to a friend. You don’t need special words to talk to the Lord. Spend time in His Word reading Psalms and turning them into prayer. Next allow God to heal you and speak to you through the Gospel of John or Gospel of Mark before moving on to other Books of the Bible! Slowly, let the Lord show you to which Scriptures He wants you to go to next. It is also important to be part of a body of believers to help you grow in the faith. Find a Bible believing church that preaches the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation proclaiming Jesus Christ our crucified and risen Lord who brings us hope, healing, and help! But beware of churches who do believe in the Word of God completely but there is no freedom in Christ but legalism involved.

As a professional, it is not too late to join a church! As a student, it is not too late to join a fellowship on campus this new year of 2009! May the Lord's presence and peace fill you with His love now and forever! Amen!

Friend, if you have prayed this prayer and meant it in your heart, you are a new creation in Christ and all old things are passed away and everything has become new! You may feel something or may not but don’t base it on feelings but base your new life in Christ on the promises of our Savior who will never leave you nor forsake you! Amen!

Spend time in His word and let the Lord speak to you! Start out in the Gospel of John! You can also check out the Gospel of Mark which are the devotionals I have been going through. Learn from Jesus through study and prayer. Also find yourself a church fellowship and a college fellowship you can be part of where you can be part of a community of believers to supplement your own walk with the Lord. Let it be a Bible-believing and Bible-breathing church! Believe in Bible LIVE Eternally!

Feel free to email me at reddy4hisglory2004@yahoo.com if you want to meet to study the Bible, pray with, talk about Spiritual issues or whatever is on your mind! My number is 412-641-9426

"This is my work and I can do it only because Christ's mighty energy is at work within me." (Colossians 1:29, TLB)

Love in Christ,
Ramesh

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BOOK OF PHILIPPAINS:
Philippians 1:1-2: "Who will you be a S.L.A.V.E to in life?" (June 29, 09, 11:23 a.m.)
Philippians 1:1-2: "Will you be seen as a S.A.I.N.T or sinner in life?" (June 30, 09, 9:00 a.m.)
Philippians 1:1-2: "Will you let a servant of God T.R.A.I.N you in life?" (July 01, 09, 10:16 a.m.)
Philippians 1:1-2: "When do you B.L.E.S.S. others in life?" (July 02, 09, 10:28 a.m.)
Philippians 1:1-2: "What do you I.M.P.A.R.T to others?" (July 03, 09, 2:56 p.m.)
Mark 5:24b-34: "Where do you need F.R.E.E.D.O.M in life?" (July 04, 09, 10:00 a.m.)
Philippians 1:3-6: "Who do you I.N.V.E.S.T your time with?" (July 06, 09, 12:46 p.m.)
Philippians 1:3-6: "What makes you give T.H.A.N.K.S. in life?" (July 07, 09, 9:32 a.m.)
Philippians 1:3-6: "How can you attain a P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S.H.I.P in the Gospel?" (July 08, 09, 1:00 p.m.)
Philippians 1:3-6:"Where are you C.O.N.F.I.D.E.N.T in?" (July 09, 09, 9:32 a.m.)
Philippians 1:7-8: "Why cannot you be saved by G.R.A.C.E alone?" (July 09, 09, 9:32 a.m.)
Philippians 1:7-8: "Why are you not in a R.E.L.A.T.I.O.N.S.H.I.P in life?" (July 13, 09, 2:44 p.m.)
Philippians 1:8: "What is your L.O.V.I.N.G response based on?" (July 14, 09, 12:17 p.m.)
Philippians 1:9-11: "How can you feel S.P.E.C.I.A.L when things are going so wrong in your life?" (July 15, 09, 8:59 a.m.)
Philippians 1:12-14: "What have C.H.A.I.N.S done to you in your life?" (July 16, 09, 11:22 a.m.)
Philippians 1:15-18: "How are your M.O.T.I.V.E.S in your life?" (July 17, 09, 9:44 a.m.)
Philippians 1:18-19: "What reason do you have to R.E.J.O.I.C.E in life?" (July 18, 09, 10:21 a.m.)
Philippians 1:18-19: "Who do you C.A.L.L. often in life?" (July 19, 2009)
Philippians 1:20: "Where do you need C.O.U.R.A.G.E in life?" (July 21, 09, 11:40 a.m.)
Philippians 1:21: "Why do you L.I.V.E your life to be appreciated?" (July 22, 09, 11:43 a.m.)
Philippians 1:21: "Why D.I.E for Christ?" (July 23, 09, 11:47 a.m.)
Philippians 1: "What are your C.H.O.I.C.E.S based on?" (July 24, 09)
Philippians 1: "How do you C.O.N.D.U.C.T yourself in life?" (July 28, 09, 1:04 p.m.)
Philippians 1: "How do you handle S.U.F.F.E.R.I.N.G in life?" (July 29, 09, 12:20 p.m.)
PHILIPPIANS 2:
Philippians 2:1-2: "How is your C.O.N.D.I.T.I.O.N in life?" (July 30, 09, 3:48 p.m.)
Philippians 2: "How do you respond to C.O.M.M.A.N.D.S in life?" (July 31, 09, 2:48 p.m.)
Philippians 2: "How do you match Jesus' A.T.T.I.T.U.D.E in life?" (July 30, 09, 3:48 p.m.)
Philippians 2: "Why should you make a C.R.O.S.S transaction in life?" (Aug 03, 09, 12:38 p.m.)
Philippians 2: "How do you handle the N.A.M.E in life?" (Aug 04, 09, 11:48 a.m.)
Philippians 2: "What's the point of O.B.E.D.I.E.N.C.E in life?" (Aug 05, 09, 12:30 a.m.)
Philippians 2: "Is GEORGE SODINI'S belief in Salvation also yours?" (Aug 06, 09, 4:38 p.m.)
Philippians 2: "How is your B.E.H.A.V.I.O.R in life?" (Aug 10, 09, 7:56 a.m.)
Philippians 2: "When do you live out your F.A.I.T.H in life?" (Aug 11, 09, 12:10 p.m.)
Philippians 2: "How would you Q.U.A.L.I.F.Y in other people's lives?" (Aug 13, 09, 11:46 a.m.)
Philippians 2: "When will your H.O.M.E.C.O.M.I.N.G begin?" (Aug 14, 09, 10:42 a.m.)
PHILIPPIANS 3:

Philippians 3: "Why for R.E.F.O.R.M.A.T.I.O.N you need the transaction of the Cross?" (Aug 15, 09, 9:01 a.m.)
Philippians 3: "What has the P.A.S.T done to you in your life?" (Aug 17, 09, 6:17 a.m.)
Philippians 3: "What do you do with the T.R.E.A.T given you?" (Aug 18, 09, 7:34 a.m.)
Philippians 3: "Why shed your T.E.A.R.S for others in life?" (Aug 19, 09, 8:38 a.m.)
Philippians 3: "Where is your C.I.T.I.Z.E.N.S.H.I.P to serve?" (Aug 20, 09, 8:38 a.m.)
PHILIPPIANS 4:
Philippians 4:1: "Where do you S.T.A.N.D on love in your life?" (Aug 21, 09, 8:34 a.m.)
Philippians 4:2: "How do you deal with a P.L.E.A.D in life?" (Aug 22, 09, 8:44 a.m.)
Philippians 4:3 "How have you C.A.M.P.A.I.G.N.E.D for Jesus in life?" (Aug 24, 09, 7:49 a.m.)
Philippians 4:4: "When do you R.E.J.O.I.C.E in life?" (Aug 25, 09, 8:26 a.m.)
Philippians 4:5: "What measure of G.E.N.T.L.E.N.E.S.S do you have?" (Aug 26, 09, 8:43 a.m.)
Philippians 4:6-7: "How do you handle A.N.X.I.E.T.Y in life?" (Aug 27, 09, 7:26 a.m.)
Philippians 4:8: "What is your T.H.I.N.K.I.N.G based on?" (Aug 28, 09, 10:36 a.m.)
Philippians 4:9: "What kind of S.O.L.D.I.E.R will you be?" (Aug 29, 09, 11:50 a.m.)
Philippians 4:10: "How do you show C.O.N.C.E.R.N for others in life?" (Aug 31, 09, 11:55 a.m.)
Philippians 4:11: "How can you be C.O.N.T.E.N.T in life?" (Sept 04, 09, 11:44 a.m.)
Philippians 4:12-13: "Where do you need S.T.R.E.N.G.T.H in life?" (Sept 05, 09, 9:34 a.m.)
Philippians 4:14: "Who do you L.A.B.O.R for this day in life?" (Sept 07, 09, 10:35 a.m.)
Philippians 4:15: "How do you S.H.A.R.E in others troubles?" (Sept 08, 09, 10:22 a.m.)
Philippians 4:16-18: "How do you F.I.N.A.N.C.E others in ministry?" (Sept 09, 09, 10:06 a.m.)
Philippians 4:19: "What are your N.E.E.D.S in life?" (Sept 10, 09, 9:51 a.m.)
Philippians 4:20-23: "How do you see F.A.T.H.E.R in life?" (Sept 12, 09, 10:49 a.m.)
GOSPEL OF MARK 9:
Mark 9:1: "What is T.R.U.T.H to you in life?" (Sept 14, 09, 10:49 a.m.)
Mark 9:1: "Whose P.R.O.M.I.S.E.S do you follow in life?" (Sept 15, 09, 9:53 a.m.)
Mark 9:2: "Who decided to C.H.O.O.S.E you in life?" (Sept 16, 09, 10:46 a.m.)
Mark 9:2: "Who do you spend time A.L.O.N.E with?" (Sept 17, 09, 11:35 a.m.)
Mark 9:3: "When are you L.I.V.I.N.G in life?" (Sept 18, 09, 12:32 p.m.)
Mark 9:4: "Who do you T.A.L.K to daily in life?" (Sept 19, 09, 12:11 p.m.)
Mark 9:5: "Why follow a R.A.B.B.I years later?" (Sept 21, 09, 2:04 p.m.)
Mark 9:5: "Why bother being part of a T.E.A.M in life?" (Sept 22, 09, 12:17 p.m.)
Mark 9:6: "What gives you F.R.I.G.H.T in life?" (Sept 23, 09, 12:17 p.m.)
Mark 9:7: "Who do you L.I.S.T.E.N to in life?" (Sept 28, 09, 12:29 p.m.)
Mark 9:8-9: "What T.I.M.I.N.G do you look to in life?" (Sept 29, 09, 12:03 p.m.)
Mark 9:10-13: "How seriously do you take what is W.R.I.T.T.E.N in life?" (Sept 30, 09, 12:39 p.m.)
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Mark 9:14-15: "What E.N.C.O.U.N.T.E.R has changed your life?"”(Oct 03, 09, 1:24 p.m.)
Psalm 139:13-18: "Who cares for your B.I.R.T.H.D.A.Y in life?" (Oct 05, 09, 2:01 a.m.)
Mark 9: "Who do you G.R.E.E.T in life?" (Oct 06, 09, 12:37 a.m.)
Mark 9: "What store do you buy your F.A.I.T.H in life?" (Oct 07, 09, 2:41 a.m.)
Mark 9: "Where do you need D.E.L.I.V.E.R.A.N.C.E at hand?" (Oct 08, 09, 11:15 a.m.)
Mark 9: "When do you B.E.L.I.E.V.E in life?" (Oct 10, 09, 9:46 a.m.)
Mark 9: "What place do you give P.R.A.Y.E.R in your life?" (Oct 12, 09, 12:24 p.m.)
Mark 9: "How does the Gospel influence D.I.S.C.I.P.L.E.S.H.I.P in your life?" (Oct 20, 09, 11:12 a.m.)
Mark 9: "How does the Gospel influence H.O.M.E.C.O.M.I.N.G in your life?" (Oct 24, 09, 8:08 a.m.)
Mark 9: "Why not A.S.K in life?" (Oct 26, 09, 10:21 a.m.)
Mark 9: "What has an E.G.O.T.I.S.T.I.C attitude done to you in life?" (Oct 27, 09, 10:43 a.m.)
Mark 9: "Why be a S.E.R.V.A.N.T to all?" (Oct 28, 09, 10:4 a.m.)

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