February 2012
1 post
“The confession of your lips that grows out of faith in your heart will...”
December 2011
3 posts
6 tags
“Whenever we experience something difficult in our personal life, we are tempted...”
“The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he...”
– Romans 11:36
November 2011
3 posts
6 tags
Self Sacrifice
Abraham did not choose what the sacrifice would be. Always guard against self-chosen service for God. Self-sacrifice may be a disease that impairs your service. If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; or even if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. If the providential will of God means a hard and difficult time for you, go through it. But never decide the place of...
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole...”
– (ESV) 1 Chronicles 28:9
“Never allow a truth of God that is brought home to your soul to pass without...”
– Oswald Chambers
http://utmost.org/classic/the-authority-of-reality/
October 2011
1 post
3 tags
“When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals I can accept, instantly...”
– Oswald Chambers
September 2011
3 posts
“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get...”
– Matthew 6:34 MSG
“The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart),...”
– John 14:17 AMP
“And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for...”
– Hebrews 12:13 AMP
“Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love; break up your fallow...”
August 2011
10 posts
“It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has...”
– 2 Corinthians 1:21, 22 NLT
5 tags
Jesus, the Victor!
Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had he never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the road, but he has slain thine enemies. Dost thou dread sin? He has nailed it to his cross. Dost thou fear death? He has been the death of Death. Art thou afraid of...
July 2011
5 posts
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give...”
– John 14:27 ESV
5 tags
What are your eyes seeing?
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kings 6:17 ESV)
God please open my eyes that I might see what you are going. Let me see what my natural eyes cannot see.
6 tags
Only Believe
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (Luke 1:45 ESV)
Love this verse. I often ask what if Mary wouldn’t have believed? But the reality is that she did believe and because she did, a miracle happened to her and she will be remembered for all eternity for her faith. So what can we believe for in our life? God is...
4 tags
“Our priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until our life is...”
“It does not matter how good you are, how much you know, how great your skill is....”
June 2011
2 posts
The 7 fastest ways to ruin your life
Wrong friends
Wrong practices (sin…)
Wrong Places
Wrong attitudes (about God, authority, submission, bible, prayer, church, etc…)
Wrong words (gossiping, lying, swearing, belittling yourself, etc.)
Wrong management (time, priorities, finances, attitudes, etc.)
Wrong decisions
“Everything we go through in life is preparation for what will follow. God will...”
May 2011
2 posts
“Who God connects you with is where your blessing comes from!”
“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart,...”
– Joel 2:12-13
April 2011
10 posts
Refined
Daniel 11:35 “and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it still awaits the appointed time.”
God’s messenger described a time of trial when even wise believers may stumble. This could mean (1) falling into sin, (2) being fearful and losing faith, (3) mistakenly following wrong teaching, or (4) ...
New Life
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful & just to forgive us our sins & to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
Come to the father and get clean today! There is nothing that you have done that He will not forgive you of. He is not interested in your past. He is interested in your future. He is Jesus, and he came to Earth to live and die so that we could live and...
6 tags
6 things you MUST believe about yourself
You eventually become a product of what you believe. All great athletes, presidents, pastors and corporate CEOs arrived where they are because they believed they could before anyone else believed in them.
I have been given power over the devil. (1 John 4:4)
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
I have been...
Don’t Give Up.
If I could say anything to you, anything at all, it would be DONT GIVE UP! Let’s face it, life sometimes is hard. Being a Christian can be challenging especially when we have all types of things that pressure us, demand our attention and consume our time. We can be faced with situations that seem like there is no hope, no way out. If your at all like me, everyday has it’s won set of challenges....
7 words to remove from your vocabulary
The Bible speaks about the power of words in relationship to your personal self-esteem. It says “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life” (Proverbs 15:4). Proverbs 23:7 says “As he thinks in his heart so is he”. Your words will bring life if they are good, but destruction if they are not. Here are 7 words you should eliminate from your vocabulary right now.
Can’t. You can do all...
WatchDriven or Distracted by Mason Philips.
6 tags
Keep your fire burning
What a fire needs to burn:
The interactions of three equal parts: heat (temperature), fuel and oxygen, are required for the creation and maintenance of any fire. When there is not enough heat generated to sustain the process, when the fuel is exhausted, removed or isolated, or when oxygen supply is limited, then the fire will be suppressed. Each of these elements depends on the other to create...
4 tags
Purpose
Psalm 138:8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
I think that this verse says it all. It’s great to be reminded of the fact that god didn’t just put us here just to be here. We have a purpose! There is something unique for each of us to do. Something that God has made us especially for. We...
1 tag
“If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you...”
– Psalm 130:3-4
7 tags
Heavenly Helper!
Psalms 119:27-28
Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works. My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!
Our lives are cluttered with rule books, but the authors never come with us to help us follow the rules. But God does. That is the uniqueness of our Bible. God not only provides the rules and guidelines, but comes with us...
March 2011
16 posts
5 tags
Clean out your ears.
27 ”But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.29 To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunict either.30 Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.31 And as you...
5 tags
Pressing into God.
Luke 5:1 (ESV) - On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
Do we press into God like to crowds did in order to hear the word of God? There was a simplistic desperation that these people had. They were willing to travel long and far just to hear the word of God. Am I that desperate, will to do whatever it takes to...
“17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their...”
– http://bible.us/Ps10.17.ESV
Walking Blameless
“And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.” - Luke1:6 ESV
Let this be said of me and my house. Lord I want to walk blameless before you all the days of my life.
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just,...”
– Phil 4:8-9 ESV
