In the recent past I have been asking God to use my life to bless others. I have been praying that He would give me a job, while all the time I had the exact job and all the particulars already planned. Many times I found myself frustrated and questioning as to God’s promise and I began to pray even the harder. I wanted to know what I was doing wrong or what it was that I wasn’t doing that had me in His indignation. Finally in a fit of frustration, I took a step backward, it was then [Read More…]
This one thing I have found difficult to understand or accept. We live under this organization that is known as a society or social order. Everything that we do is determined by this association or union and to doubt its authority is deemed as suicidal. Fashion, styles, what we are to eat and what we are to wear are all determined and fixed by this association or social order. In the past, society has been somewhat limited or at least been under the scrutiny of those that are considered conventional, those who have been called old-fashioned. Many of the past [Read More…]
One of the biggest reasons that so many people reject God is because they do not want to give up the sin that they are so deeply mired in. They seek to gain happiness and joy by fulfilling the lust of the flesh. Their evil predicament has cause them reprehensible guilt and shame. They have been fooled into believing that sin is the only pleasurable thing that they will have here on this earth. So many of the things that men and women do today are out of their incessant boredom and unobtainable joy, they are without perception and peace. [Read More…]
The problems of this world will never be solved or met buy the so-called aristocracy or elite of this world. So much of the knowledge and desires in this world are of men and without the input of almighty God, they are worthless and self-serving. God is the controller of all true wisdom and knowledge. As we continue to rid Him from the foundation of this world, we also rid this world of all creditability and order. Why do we find life today so difficult? The public education of our children has come to nothing more than the perversion of [Read More…]
There are many things that we do not know simply because God has not revealed them to us. The significance or importance of knowing everything is minimized when we are made aware of the fact that God has everything under His control and He will see that everything is maintained the way He has intended. Knowing the holy character of God, we have been given insight as to how we are to act and live. Living a life of purity and innocence is made apparent as we study the examples given us from God. Even though many things are defined [Read More…]
God is a gracious God: a God of mercy and a God who shares His abundance with His obedient children. One of the most notable gifts that God wants to give us is the gift of reality or the gift of the truth. If we do not know the true reality of God’s existence, His purpose and His intent, how can we know where to place our confidence and our loyalty? “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). If we are to be truly free in this life and in the life [Read More…]
There is nothing more certain than God’s promise; there is nothing safer than His loving hands. There is nothing more reassuring than seeing Him at work; there is nothing more joyful than knowing you can be a part of it all. In the love of God we see where all things have there beginning and in that same love we see where they will end. As I go through the day I am forever reminded of God’s goodness and protection. “There is a place of perfect rest near to the heart of God.” As I rely upon Him, I [Read More…]
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). We cannot work our way to Heaven or gain that blessed rest by any means other than that of the saving blood of Jesus Christ the Lamb of God. The work of Jesus on this earth was expressly to provide us a way to the Heavenly Father. Jesus did not come to earth because this earth was such a glorious place to live; God’s true glory was up in Heaven. He [Read More…]
Salvation is the forgiveness of sin in your life and the eternal adoption into God’s Holy family. God’s gift of eternal life is not His taking you away from the “pleasures” of a corrupt world and forcing you to live a life that is meaningless and unfulfilling, it is far more than most believe or ever imagine. Being made a part of God’s family will place you within His authority and under His love and protection. To live eternally you must be rid of those things that will cause your demise, and God is the only One who can rid [Read More…]
The Bible states that the pleasures of sin are real and that many will be carnally satisfied and will affectionately hold on to what this world has to offer. They will even give up their eternal security to experience sin even if it is only for the moment. Defending what is temporal holds no true merit when what is eternal has been offered you as a gift. If nothing else, this one fact tells you of the power that this world has over the lives of individuals and its ability to close or corrupt the minds of mankind. Given the [Read More…]