When your favorite team has won their game, are you joyful? Many people are enthusiastic and elated when their team wins. Are we as filled with joy when we realize that God’s grace is available? If not, why not? When we come into a full realization of what God has done for us, can we […]
To meet the President of the United States or the Queen of England, or any head of state, we probably have to have “˜connections’ and certainly we would need to be “˜cleared’ by the right people. We cannot walk up and introduce ourselves – and this holds true in our approach to God. We need […]
You and I have needs and most of us have “˜wants’…we need housing, food, transportation. Some people “˜want’ the biggest and the best, the most luxurious, the biggest and best toys. Bankers give loans that have a high price tag…interest rates. The economy has been plummeting, the loans have become due and some payments are […]
The Hubble telescope has taken pictures of many galaxies which cannot be seen by anyone from earth. These galaxies are beautiful, unique in appearance and make-up from any other. God is the Creator Who is unlimited in what He has done and what He will do. God’s grace, His mercies are new every morning, His […]
There was a man who had lost everything…he lost his wealth, he lost his children, he lost his health…he lost it all. His wife had no sympathy for him…and encouraged him to give up and die. His “˜friends’ accused him of wrong doing, why else would God treat him so…his loses were clearly all his […]
Many times, when speeches, sermons, lectures or books are written, the introduction is written last. When the body and conclusion of the writing is completed then the introduction gives a brief, succinct outline of what is to follow or what can be expected by the readers or listeners. Perhaps this is what Paul did when […]
The dictionary defines “˜intercede’ as: to plead on another’s behalf. If God had not provided the necessary protections inherent in salvation through Jesus Christ, if God had not interceded for you and me when the very first sin was committed…we would be “˜dead in the water’. We would not have any hope before the holy […]
John Newton was a trader in slaves. He would take his ship to the shores of Africa and buy men, women, boys and girls. They would be “˜stacked’ in the hold of the ship and taken to America’s shores to be sold…for those who survived the voyage and its horrors. John Newton became a believer […]
Fear crowds into thoughts and tries to control our lives. Fear in the “˜wrong’ person becoming President, fear of terrorists, fear for the economy, fear of job loss, fear of loss of insurance, fears of what others think about “˜me’. Fears can control our lives. What is fear? Isn’t it the lack of confidence in […]
When life becomes hard to bear and there is “˜no way out’, what must be done? No one can “˜pull themselves up by their boot straps’, no one can talk themselves out of the whirling vortex that pulls ever lower, the whirlpool that sucks them into the whirling waters. Sorrow and pain, loneliness and devastation, […]