One of God’s life-giving promises is, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33
Jean and I marvel every day at the blessings God has allowed us to experience and take part in.
Once you have known a life of blessings as you have truly sought God first you can be confronted with a subtle and lethal trap.
We look back and realize that the blessings started when we took the actions that
God set as conditions to receive the promises. The enemy tempts us to think it was our doing that qualified us.
That’s the trap.
Our obedience is not creative it is only acceptive. God does the creating and just requires us to live as acceptors of His mercy and grace. It’s God’s doing, not ours.
To God be the glory
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
HELL'S DEVIL PLANNED IT...
Hell’s devil planned it and it is working.
There has been a widespread and increasingly emboldened assault on Jesus, the Bible, and believers.
Hollywood.
Educators.
News Media.
Wall Street.
Politicians.
Unregenerate religious leaders.
It is an all-fronts barrage coordinated in hell.
Society has degenerated to the point that the most effective marketing tool is blatant sex (including perversions that used to mean jail).
The ability to cleverly deceive is praised. Lie has become king. Hell has its own unholy anointing on liars. Society’s wisdom is that the first one to accuse wins. Courts award the cleverest liar. America no longer believes its government.
Marketers and legislators will do to you whatever they think they can get by with. They sneer at the word integrity.
The very word SIN used to shiver the soul, now it is used as an advertizing lure.
Result? A sin-immersed society in which anything goes. If it feels good, do it.
But then there’s that irritating voice of God that pricks even the most hardened heart reminding them of their sin.
To try to shut down or drown the Voice men intensify the noisy, strident, screeching anti-Jesus, blaring shrieks from hell. “Everybody’s doing it,” tries to overpower, “Thou shalt not.”
None of this has killed Truth whose name s Jesus. Hell may have a plan but so does Jesus.
He has given us free use of His Name—The Name to which every knee shall bow. The Name that is a strong tower the righteous can run into and be safe.
Every time we declare The Name we build The Tower higher and wider. Let’s invite everybody we can to enter The Tower.
We Christians need to build into our daily lives the profuse use of The Name Jesus. Be deliberate and intentional finding ways to introduce The Name in every conversation.
Roll the cameras and presses, plug in the microphones and flood the internet with our Savior’s awesome Name.
There has been a widespread and increasingly emboldened assault on Jesus, the Bible, and believers.
Hollywood.
Educators.
News Media.
Wall Street.
Politicians.
Unregenerate religious leaders.
It is an all-fronts barrage coordinated in hell.
Society has degenerated to the point that the most effective marketing tool is blatant sex (including perversions that used to mean jail).
The ability to cleverly deceive is praised. Lie has become king. Hell has its own unholy anointing on liars. Society’s wisdom is that the first one to accuse wins. Courts award the cleverest liar. America no longer believes its government.
Marketers and legislators will do to you whatever they think they can get by with. They sneer at the word integrity.
The very word SIN used to shiver the soul, now it is used as an advertizing lure.
Result? A sin-immersed society in which anything goes. If it feels good, do it.
But then there’s that irritating voice of God that pricks even the most hardened heart reminding them of their sin.
To try to shut down or drown the Voice men intensify the noisy, strident, screeching anti-Jesus, blaring shrieks from hell. “Everybody’s doing it,” tries to overpower, “Thou shalt not.”
None of this has killed Truth whose name s Jesus. Hell may have a plan but so does Jesus.
He has given us free use of His Name—The Name to which every knee shall bow. The Name that is a strong tower the righteous can run into and be safe.
Every time we declare The Name we build The Tower higher and wider. Let’s invite everybody we can to enter The Tower.
We Christians need to build into our daily lives the profuse use of The Name Jesus. Be deliberate and intentional finding ways to introduce The Name in every conversation.
Roll the cameras and presses, plug in the microphones and flood the internet with our Savior’s awesome Name.
Sunday, June 07, 2009
NOTICE
I am finding Facebook and Twitter to be very effective ways to communicate.
I will keep my blogger account open as an archive but will post more frequently on these other two places.
What wonderful new communication means will we have a year from now?
I will keep my blogger account open as an archive but will post more frequently on these other two places.
What wonderful new communication means will we have a year from now?
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
AMERICAN HERO
Lt. Col. Paul Kari was tortured in the "Hanoi Hilton" prison for eight years. He went back to Hanoi with Ben and me and we visited the prison. I watched this great man deal with agonizing memories and still forgive his torturers.
Here's a lesson I learned. If you will make your hurting places become forgiving places God will turn them into healing places.
I saw it work for Paul.
Here's a lesson I learned. If you will make your hurting places become forgiving places God will turn them into healing places.
I saw it work for Paul.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
GUIDE ME WITH HIS EYE?
This verse used to puzzle me:
Psalm 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
How does His eye guide me? It does as long as I stay in His presence.
For example: Let's walk together through Maputo, Mozambique. I'm familiar with the city. The streets can be risky there. Let's make it harder; we'll blindfold you and I'll never touch you nor will I give you a verbal map of the turns we must make. We'll just talk.
If you stay close enough to me to hear my voice I can guide you with my open eyes.
If you sense a distance growing between us you will know you missed a turn. Run back to the sound of my voice.
It is simply profound to me that God does guide us by His eye as we stay in His presence.
Psalm 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
How does His eye guide me? It does as long as I stay in His presence.
For example: Let's walk together through Maputo, Mozambique. I'm familiar with the city. The streets can be risky there. Let's make it harder; we'll blindfold you and I'll never touch you nor will I give you a verbal map of the turns we must make. We'll just talk.
If you stay close enough to me to hear my voice I can guide you with my open eyes.
If you sense a distance growing between us you will know you missed a turn. Run back to the sound of my voice.
It is simply profound to me that God does guide us by His eye as we stay in His presence.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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