Something in Life I Know to Be True In a world that’s full of turbulence there are a few things that I have found to be rewarding and forever true. There are things that I have learned not to doubt or question but to depend upon as I go through the day. Some of them may sound unimportant at first, but when you stop and think about it, the world today has been commissioned or driven to produce people who do not ask or question but simply follow. You are not taught today to think for yourself but to just [Read More…]
Life in Perspective A comprehensive look at life the way God has intended. A book never published Introduction – My Intent or Purpose As I begin writing, I pray for God’s continual protection and wisdom. I want my life to be consistent, to have a meaning wider and deeper than life itself. Why is it that while I write my mind has cause to wander? What is it that seeks to pull me away, to cause me to falter? I pray as I write that God will give me what I am to say and that every word will be [Read More…]
CHALLENGE PAGE: Let me begin by saying, as I begin, my mind is filled with a thousand questions, number one, what am I doing this for? I do not find this to be the norm for me. Lately I have been questioning myself as to whether the norm is really good enough for me, and that, with the help of an almighty God, I cannot, willingly, step out of my comfort zone and strive to do better. I know that in myself that would never be done because, as with most people, I have conveniently excused myself from getting involved [Read More…]
LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE… unpublished TITLE PAGE DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Table of Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION – PURPOSE AND INTENT Something in Life I Know to Be True Life in Perspective What Life is all About? Who is God? God’s Prescribed Order God, the True Deliver of Fallen Man Gifts Given Us from God God Will Chasten His Child The Necessity of God and His Spirit What This World Can Give What is Life Eternal All About? What is Sin? Living in our Comfort Zones Giving My Life to God The Reward of Righteous Living God, the Same Yesterday, Today and [Read More…]
LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE… part five PREFACE: “And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27-28). As we view the heart and mind of Christ, what is there in this life that can take precedence or preeminence? What makes service to self more desirable, more important? As we strive to gain those things that are of true worth; the sacrifice of self is the only way we can gain those things that [Read More…]
LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE… part four PREFACE: As a Christian the best time to serve God is now, the best time to quit is never. A successful Christian is always “on call” and is always listening for God to speak. That may not always be convenient, that may not always be your preference, but it will be the best and most rewarding time of your life. Much of what I have written was not written when I felt like writing it, it was written when God gave it to me. Many times I have discontinued doing what I was doing to [Read More…]
LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE… part three PREFACE: As I write it is my intention to bring praise unto God and to tell this world how much He really loves them and wants to be their God. There really is nothing that I can say that is a new revelation or that hasn’t been repeated a hundred times before. God’s Word is not new and God has not changed, that is one of the things about Him that is so wonderful, so important. What I have learned in the past is just as relative and liberating today as it was when I [Read More…]
Excerpts from my unpublished book, “Life in perspective… PART ONE PREFACE I am not supposed to be here, but I am. You might consider this an unusual, even bizarre, beginning but let me explain. Life with its twists and turns, up’s and down’s, uncertainties and frailties has been granted to all of us; and it becomes our duty, yes, even our responsibility, to treat it with respect and reverence. We have been placed here for a purpose, and, unlike the belief of many, that purpose is not to fulfill our evil desires or to revel in the disobedience of [Read More…]