Just recently I have been facing one of those "Battles of Life". It is a personal battle and did not realize the problem became until my wife brought it to my attention. Once she said something about this battle, I decided to get help.
I am in counseling now and dealing with this battle. The counselor told me that there are changes I need to make some changes to win the battle. This whole process got me to thinking about something else, SIN.
SIN is a battle of life that you may not easily see and often it is others that point it out because often SIN becomes so much a part of us that we don't even notice it. In the case of SIN, their is no earthly counselor that can help us win the battle. SIN is a burden that each one of us carry so we must rely on the counselor of all counselors JESUS CHRIST!!
Jesus has already won the battle over SIN by rising from the dead. Our personal battle with SIN can only be won by being SAVED by the blood of JESUS CHRIST!!! Laying our battle at Jesus' feet and asking for Salvation is the only way we can be winners in life.
Please pray for me as I pray for you as we face the "Battles of Life".
Until next time,
Jerry...A Simple Christian Man...
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
A Blessed Epiphany....
As you know I will share my experiences with God on this blog not only to help you on this journey with Jesus but also to help myself. This week to say the least I had a Blessed Epiphany....
For the longest time I knew that God loved me just by the mere fact he saved me and for that I wanted to stay as humble as possible because I wanted God to have his proper place as Lord and Savior of my life. I did not want to be egotistical or arrogant, just a humble servant of God.
Well, this week God revealed to me that I may have been overdoing it way too much. For the longest time I though that other people were better than I was. That their ministry and the things they were doing were more important than mine. In an effort to be as humble as could be, I had formed an inferior complex. God saved me and he loves me but he also said in his word "To love another as you love yourself." That's where I got tripped up. I did not Godly love myself and did not feel complete and whole.
This week God spoke to me and clearly let me know that I am loved and that I truly have worth. That my dreams, my desires and my goals were important to God and just as important is that those things are important to me.
My whole perspective has changed and now I am starting to see myself as God sees me. That I am not stuck in life and while I am here that I need to be happy and make a difference for God in my life and the lives of others.
God has given me new purpose and a new confidence in life that I have never felt before. The smile is back on my face and my hope is in my God. I thank God for this tremendous life changing gift.
What can God do you with you if you freed yourself up? If you thought, Hey, I'm good enough, I have talents that God gave me and it's about time I use them.
My prayer for you is that God is using you and you are using the talents he gave you to the uttermost.
Until next time,
Love in Christ
A Simple Christian Man
For the longest time I knew that God loved me just by the mere fact he saved me and for that I wanted to stay as humble as possible because I wanted God to have his proper place as Lord and Savior of my life. I did not want to be egotistical or arrogant, just a humble servant of God.
Well, this week God revealed to me that I may have been overdoing it way too much. For the longest time I though that other people were better than I was. That their ministry and the things they were doing were more important than mine. In an effort to be as humble as could be, I had formed an inferior complex. God saved me and he loves me but he also said in his word "To love another as you love yourself." That's where I got tripped up. I did not Godly love myself and did not feel complete and whole.
This week God spoke to me and clearly let me know that I am loved and that I truly have worth. That my dreams, my desires and my goals were important to God and just as important is that those things are important to me.
My whole perspective has changed and now I am starting to see myself as God sees me. That I am not stuck in life and while I am here that I need to be happy and make a difference for God in my life and the lives of others.
God has given me new purpose and a new confidence in life that I have never felt before. The smile is back on my face and my hope is in my God. I thank God for this tremendous life changing gift.
What can God do you with you if you freed yourself up? If you thought, Hey, I'm good enough, I have talents that God gave me and it's about time I use them.
My prayer for you is that God is using you and you are using the talents he gave you to the uttermost.
Until next time,
Love in Christ
A Simple Christian Man
Monday, September 5, 2016
Labor Day....
Labor Day...what does it mean to you....
For most of us it means a long weekend, a day off, the unofficial end of summer or a day off school. When I was a kid, it meant an extra day to be outside playing with friends or having a cookout. There were many a Labor Day when I would keep the television on all night listening and watching the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon.
For some of us, it's just another day at work. Police, Fire, Doctors, Nurses, Retail Food workers and many others have to work so that life for us on our day off is enjoyable or in case we ran out of barbecue sauce before the big family cookout. I want thank those who have to work on the holidays so that life for us is safer and more convenient.
What does Labor Day mean for the Christian?? I remember 2 hymns that have the word labor in them, Father Along and When the Roll is Called Up Yonder.
In Father Along, the verse says, Faithful till death said our loving master, a few more days to LABOR and wait,
In the Roll is Called Up Yonder, the verse says, let us LABOR from the dawn to setting sun.
For the Christian, every day is Labor Day. We should be about the Father's business every day. We should be praying and reading our bible every day. We should be serving others and telling people about Jesus every day.
Why? The bible says that we will give an account for every action whether it is good or whether it is evil. The bible also says that whenever we give our Godly service to one another that we are also serving or doing that service unto Jesus.
A life of serving God and each other is the greatest kind of life.Not only do we bless the person that we are serving but God also blesses us. We do not serve others because God blesses us, we serve others because the one saved us and our Christian example, Jesus Christ, was a servant FIRST.
I encourage you to go and serve someone and their needs today. Do it just because you want to help them and not expecting any reward for yourself. Do it for God's Glory and no other reason.
I pray that you all have a safe and joy filled Labor Day....
Until next time...Love and Peace in Christ,
A Simple Christian Man......
For most of us it means a long weekend, a day off, the unofficial end of summer or a day off school. When I was a kid, it meant an extra day to be outside playing with friends or having a cookout. There were many a Labor Day when I would keep the television on all night listening and watching the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon.
For some of us, it's just another day at work. Police, Fire, Doctors, Nurses, Retail Food workers and many others have to work so that life for us on our day off is enjoyable or in case we ran out of barbecue sauce before the big family cookout. I want thank those who have to work on the holidays so that life for us is safer and more convenient.
What does Labor Day mean for the Christian?? I remember 2 hymns that have the word labor in them, Father Along and When the Roll is Called Up Yonder.
In Father Along, the verse says, Faithful till death said our loving master, a few more days to LABOR and wait,
In the Roll is Called Up Yonder, the verse says, let us LABOR from the dawn to setting sun.
For the Christian, every day is Labor Day. We should be about the Father's business every day. We should be praying and reading our bible every day. We should be serving others and telling people about Jesus every day.
Why? The bible says that we will give an account for every action whether it is good or whether it is evil. The bible also says that whenever we give our Godly service to one another that we are also serving or doing that service unto Jesus.
A life of serving God and each other is the greatest kind of life.Not only do we bless the person that we are serving but God also blesses us. We do not serve others because God blesses us, we serve others because the one saved us and our Christian example, Jesus Christ, was a servant FIRST.
I encourage you to go and serve someone and their needs today. Do it just because you want to help them and not expecting any reward for yourself. Do it for God's Glory and no other reason.
I pray that you all have a safe and joy filled Labor Day....
Until next time...Love and Peace in Christ,
A Simple Christian Man......
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Overcoming.....
Being an Overcomer....
Have you ever looked at big challenge and thought can I overcome this? Most of my life I thought I could overcome anything. That me, myself and I could do the impossible every day. No matter what came my way , I could well...OVERCOME. I though that I was unstoppable and that there was nothing that I could get through. That all changed on May 4, 1997.
That day I was given a new perspective and a new eternal life. I found that there was something that I could not overcome, MY SIN. Jesus saved me and forgave me for 33 years of sin. I realized on that day that Jesus was the one that did the overcoming.
My strength and my will were not strong enough to over my sin debt. My strength and my will were not strong enough to overcome anything. It was then and is now by GRACE that I am living this very day.
Have there been days that were overwhelming and challenging, of course. I was fighting those days on my own and after being saved , I found I no match for this world had in store for me. The list is so long that I will not mention them all here but the major ones do deserve some mention because of what Jesus did me to get me through.
The death of my wife Sheila in May of 2014 was the biggest of them all. I was left alone with a rebellious son and no answers as to where life was going. For the first 6 weeks I must have felt every emotion possible and took many turns showing my anger at God.
Finally, after 6 weeks of pure turmoil, I said to God, "I can't handle this anymore.", and God responded, "I've been waiting for you here all the time." God led me to get some counseling for my hurting soul. Sheila's death hurt clear through to the bone and seeing no healing in sight, went to see a counselor. Debbie was more than a counselor, she was a God send.
She taught me that grieving was a self directed and defined process. As the weeks went on, I still wasn't feeling any better but was willing to let God heal me no matter how long it took. Two weeks after starting counseling, there was that first day, the first day when the hurt wasn't so bad, the sting wasn't so painful, I even managed a smile. I had started to OVERCOME through the power of Jesus Christ.
Since then, with the power of God, I am a conqueror and an overcomer. I have since re-married, my relationship with my son is slowly but surely strengthening and am learning to enjoy life again.
What trials and tribulations are in your life that you need to OVERCOME? God says in his word that we are more than conquerors and I am living proof. Whatever obstacles God puts in your way, remember that God and you are an unbeatable team.
Until next time,
Jerry (A Simple Christian Man)A.S.C.M
Have you ever looked at big challenge and thought can I overcome this? Most of my life I thought I could overcome anything. That me, myself and I could do the impossible every day. No matter what came my way , I could well...OVERCOME. I though that I was unstoppable and that there was nothing that I could get through. That all changed on May 4, 1997.
That day I was given a new perspective and a new eternal life. I found that there was something that I could not overcome, MY SIN. Jesus saved me and forgave me for 33 years of sin. I realized on that day that Jesus was the one that did the overcoming.
My strength and my will were not strong enough to over my sin debt. My strength and my will were not strong enough to overcome anything. It was then and is now by GRACE that I am living this very day.
Have there been days that were overwhelming and challenging, of course. I was fighting those days on my own and after being saved , I found I no match for this world had in store for me. The list is so long that I will not mention them all here but the major ones do deserve some mention because of what Jesus did me to get me through.
The death of my wife Sheila in May of 2014 was the biggest of them all. I was left alone with a rebellious son and no answers as to where life was going. For the first 6 weeks I must have felt every emotion possible and took many turns showing my anger at God.
Finally, after 6 weeks of pure turmoil, I said to God, "I can't handle this anymore.", and God responded, "I've been waiting for you here all the time." God led me to get some counseling for my hurting soul. Sheila's death hurt clear through to the bone and seeing no healing in sight, went to see a counselor. Debbie was more than a counselor, she was a God send.
She taught me that grieving was a self directed and defined process. As the weeks went on, I still wasn't feeling any better but was willing to let God heal me no matter how long it took. Two weeks after starting counseling, there was that first day, the first day when the hurt wasn't so bad, the sting wasn't so painful, I even managed a smile. I had started to OVERCOME through the power of Jesus Christ.
Since then, with the power of God, I am a conqueror and an overcomer. I have since re-married, my relationship with my son is slowly but surely strengthening and am learning to enjoy life again.
What trials and tribulations are in your life that you need to OVERCOME? God says in his word that we are more than conquerors and I am living proof. Whatever obstacles God puts in your way, remember that God and you are an unbeatable team.
Until next time,
Jerry (A Simple Christian Man)A.S.C.M
Thursday, August 25, 2016
A Simple Christian Man Returns.....
After much prayer and a lot of growing and grieving, I have decided to revive my blog, A Simple Christian Man.
Why, you say? Christianity needs to be simple. Us humans needlessly complicate the simple fact the Jesus died for the sin of the world and only through him that we can go to heaven. Here I will share my observations and unique point of view of the Christian Life and hopefully help you along the way in your walk with Jesus or if you are curious, how can have eternal life through Jesus Christ.
I will get more into my walk with Jesus in the posts to come. I hope you will share your experiences with me so we can enjoy this sweet ride with Jesus together.
Oh, btw, my name is Jerry Klems and I have known Jesus for 19 years. I am happily, yes happily, married to my lovely wife Robin and between us we have 5 children. My first wife, Sheila, went home to be with Jesus in March of 2014 and we were married for 21 years.
I am a survivor and a conqueror and I owe it all to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The pain from her death and my recovery back into a glorious life is more than I deserve but my Lord must count me worthy and to God I am eternally grateful. My wife Robin and I have been married for a year.
Well,that;s the intro...see you later...
Jerry Klems, ASCM (A Simple Christian Man)
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