9 Nov
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. (Col 4:6 NKJV)
How are you at choosing your words? Are you someone who carefully thinks through what it is that you should say, or are you quick to speak whatever first crosses your mind? I once read that we should “Always make sure our brain is engaged before we try to operate our mouth.” No doubt if we did, our lives would be a whole lot happier.
6 Nov
The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts. (Is 57:15 NLT)
God hates the sin of pride (Pr 6:16-17) and will Himself resist those who become prideful. (1 Pet 5:5-6) Yet in spite of God’s hatred of this sin, He will help those who humble themselves before him.
5 Nov
Ministry is about caring for people. Yet is nearly impossible for any of us to always be aware of what everyone else needs. We are not always able to see what is in another person’s heart nor to constantly keep them in our mind. But there is someone who is always thinking about us and He is always doing what is necessary for us. Scripture says that God’s thoughts towards us are too numerous to count.
4 Nov
I’m sure that many of us have spent time somewhere in a waiting room. I’m also sure that none of us liked it. Though most waiting rooms have books and magazines to try to entertain us, no one makes an appointment to spend their time scanning through Better Homes and Gardens. If our appointment is for 10:00 AM, we expect to be called in no later and even better, five minutes early. Yet as surely as you make your next appointment, you need to prepare yourself to spend some time with the periodicals. By the way, why do you think that they call us the ‘patients.’
3 Nov
That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!” (Acts 16:9 NLT)
2 Nov
Next Paul and Silas traveled through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at that time. Then coming to the borders of Mysia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there. so instead, they went on through Mysia to the seaport of Troas. That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!” So we decided to leave for Macedonia at once, having concluded that God was calling us to preach the Good News there. (Acts 16:6-10 NLT)
How do you handle disappointment? Many of us become discouraged and may even be tempted to quit. Yet what we need to learn as followers of Christ is that closed-doors aren’t always an indication that the Lord is against us. They may well be signs that He has a very specific plan that He wants us to follow.
1 Nov
A Prayer of David
Psalm 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
31 Oct
Brooke is my 11 year old niece and today I am proud to post her poem. Brooke loves the Lord and I think that you will see in her words that she understands what the Gospel is really all about.
30 Oct
It is contrary to human reasoning to think that we can gain by losing; yet that’s exactly what Scripture teaches. Consider this story -
Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?” Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life. But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. (Mt 19:27-30 NLT)
