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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Stubborness vs Conviction
Friday, February 22, 2013
Ask our Father
I was thinking this morning, what if I met one of those angels who were a "stranger", I could ask them how to love my neighbor and those in poverty. Then the thought came to me. "I am so foolish, I don't have to wait to ask an angel, I can just ask my Father."
Sunday, June 12, 2011
False Motives
Friday, June 10, 2011
The realist
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Creation, The Flood . . . is that possible
Genesis 1 and 2 describes creation. The Bible also says, "For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day". This, too, would be considered impossible, but it is a biblical certainty.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Quote by Hess - God's leading
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Missing God
Monday, February 1, 2010
Belief and life
--Hebrews 11
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Convention pt. 2
When the disciples suggested sending the 5,000 away, so that they could get food. They did this because it was what was realistic for that situation. Christ came into that situation to show them something even more real and more realistic. He took 5 loaves and two fish and fed 5,000 people and had 12 basketful left over. This defied logic. It defied science. It defied any ability of man.
God's ways are not defined by the world. Christ has called us into a Kingdom that is more real than this age. This is why we come to God's word like a child who trusts his Father. His word is true and believable and trustworthy. And so we live our lives by these words.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Convention
When God's way is presented there are all these objections because it doesn't fit our conventional way of thinking.
When the crowds of 5,000 people were hungry, the disciples came to Jesus and told him it would be best to to let the crowds go and buy food. This would have been the responsible and rational thing to do. . . .
Hebrews 11 says that "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible."
God does not work by the standards of this world, or by the science, or by worldly wisdom. He is God. He is God and He is worthy of our trust.
I don't want to live by the world's conventions. I don't want to do business the same way. I don't want to be safe in how I live my life. I want to live by faith, which is not the safe way, because it is having faith in someone who makes things happen from the unseen. Whether in the mundane or in the not so mundane, this should be the norm for Christians. We must live our lives and make decisions based on a belief in a God that is not regulated to the rules of this world.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Theology of Creation - John MacArthur
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Hebrews 12:1,2
Living by faith is not the life of a dreamer or an idealist. . . .
It is the pursuit of the realist.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Shaken bottle
Monday, May 18, 2009
Broken Dreams Poem...
their broken toys
with tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams
to God
because He was my friend!
But then instead
of leaving Him
in peace to work alone,
I hung around
and tried to help
with ways
that were my own.
At last I snatched them back
and cried,
"How can you be so slow?"
"My child," He said
"What could I do?
You never did let go."
-- Author Unknown
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Scripture verses - trust when afraid
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
--Psalm 62:8
--1 Peter 5:6,7
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
--Philippians 4:6,7
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
--Luke 12:32
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
--Matthew 6
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
--Isaiah 41:10
Friday, May 1, 2009
A few of the things I have learned this week
We can spend our lives running after our dreams, or we can spend our lives trusting in God.