Challenges
How many times have you heard it said just to “follow your heart.” The Bible says to train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old they won’t depart from it. That doesn’t mean they will never make mistakes but it does mean they won’t forget what you taught them whether they fall or not. One thing YOU learn about your children is that they don’t forget too much. They do listen even if they may not speak. That’s why we need to guard them from what life might do to harm them. Most of us know that life is a challenge as adults. Try to remember when your were a child and could not understand why something took place around you, yet you couldn’t stop it even though you knew it was wrong. It is because you were taught better than that. With all that’s going on in our nation alone, it’s a wonder we can keep anything straight in our minds let alone our hearts. Yes, we are daily confronted with challenges but God is bigger than them all. God has never met a challenge that He could not overcome. You can depend on Him. Yes, you can depend on the Lord Jesus. Come before Him as a child. He’ll listen to you. May God bless!!
O Lord Our Lord:
It all begins with an idea.
O Lord Our Lord:
Psalms8:1
O LORD; our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
Not many can say that they have had the privilege to say these words “Your Majesty” to the Queen of England while in her presence. She has been Queen since 1952 and those that have done so surely have not forgotten what it felt like from that day on to be able to speak to her let alone see her. What a privilege it would be to go to church one Sunday morning with the Queen of England and hear the Queen pray. To be right beside her as she prays these words: “O LORD; our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth... Think about this folks: The privilege to speak to the Queen of England would be wonderful in itself, but when we think that the God of all Glory, the Creator of all the Universe, the One that Isaiah calls Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Jesus the Prince of Peace and I’m glad I know Him as Lord and Savior of my life and I hope you know Him too. God Bless!!
A Longing
It all begins with an idea.
Psalms 119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Each of us have had some sort of longing to rest upon in lieu of our future. We’re always longing for this or that and we’re even making preparations to that end. We’re never sure what to put our trust or our faith in. Of all the unsure things this world has to offer, I ‘m glad God has a more permanent future for all of us if we’d only look to Him as Lord of our life. I appreciate what the psalmist David said in Psalm 119:89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. This world seems to have so much to offer but it’s only temporary... all of it. God’s Word is what will last forever as it always has. As a Christian, do we have a longing to know more of the Word of God. What a blessing each time I open the Bible and read. All of life’s problems are solved in this blessed Book therefore I long for it’s law to help me. It is because of The Word of God that I have life through the Lord Jesus Christ. Before I got saved I was dead in my sins but the day the Lord saved me He quickened me (made me alive) in Jesus. I may not be perfect in this life but in Him I have been made perfect through the blood of Jesus. I’m glad I am Heaven Bound. How about you my friend, do you know the Lord Jesus as Lord of Your life. God Bless!!!
He’s Coming
It all begins with an idea.
My heart was challenged just a short time ago. Challenged with a video of a woman who had declared that she had an encounter with God and wanted to share with everyone who would listen. She was on a road running and said had what she thought was a vision. She could see Jesus in front of her yet the more she ran, the farther away He got. She said that even when she would run faster to catch up with Him He seemed to get far away from her. Her anguish was at an all time high and couldn’t understand what was going on. Finally Jesus stopped and turned and looked at her, taking her by the hand and said “you are putting so many things before me and it has separated you from me.“ Jesus told her that He is coming soon and much sooner than you think and we needed to put away those things that are not important and put Him first.
Folks, isn’t that exactly what’s happening today with everything that’s going on. The pandemic, the marching, the riots, the destruction, the political scene and the list goes on. All of it has taken our hearts away from what’s really important that Jesus loves us and died for us and is coming soon and we need to be ready for His return. The bottom line is that in 500 years none of those things will be important except that you know Him as Lord of your life. We need to get our priorities in order. Don’t miss Heaven for this world for it’s not worth it. May God bless!!