Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail Charles Spurgeon mentions that often believers look upon those that worship idols that neither hear nor see with scorn or contempt. Christians, we worship the living God who both hears and sees. However, he asks, does our behavior really demonstrate our belief that God does see and hear all? Do we act as if God is watching us and is not only standing next to us, but is in us? Prov...

Send us Fan Mail In the Book of Proverbs, you meet with sentences of brief wisdom, which, to all appearances, belong entirely to this world and pertain to the economy of the life that now is. You also run across sentences that are completely spiritual in nature. They aren't ordered or categorized. Instead, the worldly is mixed with the spiritual, which is how we are to live our lives. Our spi...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we read about the prep work that's getting done before Jesus is born! LOL  We read about Zechariah and Elizabeth, the angel Gabriel visiting Zechariah, the angel visiting Mary, Joseph's obedience to God's command and so much more! Join me in reading Luke 1 and be encouraged!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Today we start 4 days of reading about the birth of Jesus. Today we begin in John 1 and we'll end in Matthew 1. So join me in reading about the birth of Jesus and be encouraged!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail As we read these 12 chapters of insight, lets remember to ask 3 questions of each proverb: 1. What virtue does it commend? 2. What vice does is disapprove of? 3. What value does it affirm? Join me in reading Proverbs 13 and be encouraged!    Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant  than pretend to be somebody and have no food. Proverbs 12:9 The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,   but a fool’s heart blurts out folly. Proverbs 12:23 The LORD detests lying lips,   but he delights in people who are trustworthy. Proverbs 12:22 Proverbs 12 shares the wisdom of being wise with your money, speaking prudently an...

Send us Fan Mail Often, we read books or watch videos telling us how to achieve a goal. Proverbs is God's instruction for living a life that's full and successful. Join me in reading Chapter 11 and be encouraged!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are bombarded with information on how to live a happy and fruitful life! We're also slammed with new ways to get rich and prosper. Unfortunately, most of these "insights and answers" are neither. Instead, they're generally ways to make their proponent wealthy and prosperous.  Proverbs 10 is the beginning of the proverbs of Solomon which provide ancien...

Send us Fan Mail People often say that all one needs to make the right choice is enough information. Yet, we still have people smoking, going places they know aren't safe and doing activities that risk their lives. They have all the information to know not to do those things, yet they make choices that are bad for them. Just because we have all of the information doesn't mean we'll...

Send us Fan Mail "This universal Voice of God was by the ancient Hebrews often called Wisdom, and was said to be everywhere sounding and searching throughout the earth, seeking some response from the sons of men."  AW Tozer We've seen the benefits of Wisdom and the reasons to seek after it with all of our heart! We are to run after it, but the glory is that Wisdom is everywhere if w...

Send us Fan Mail "The gospel reveals something we never would have known. We are men and women playing out this drama of human romance over and over again because of who God is. Romance is not an evolution-generated mechanism for the survival of the human species. Romance came from God. Romance reveals God. Ultimate reality is not cold, dark, blank space out there going on forever with no mea...

Send us Fan Mail I have asked at times why God has given us the book of Proverbs. At times, it seems kind of outdated, but as I read it now, I realize it is far from old and irrelevant! Do you remember the verse where Jesus says that His yoke is easy and His burden is light? Then know that Proverbs is a guide to achieving that life.  Today, we learn to watch our tongues, to work hard, avoid the th...

Send us Fan Mail Spurgeon writes about chapter 5, "The first sentence has reference to a net, in which birds or beasts are taken. The ungodly man first of all finds sin to be a bait, and, charmed by its apparent pleasantness he indulges in it, and then he becomes entangled in its meshes so that he cannot escape. That which first attracted the sinner, afterwards detains him. Evil habits are so...

Send us Fan Mail "Every person is really what he or she secretly admires. If I can learn what you admire, I will know what you are, for people are what they think about when they are free to think about what they will. " What we spend our time focused on indicates what's important to us. As a result, I must ask myself, where am I spending my time? Is it the highest and best use of m...

Send us Fan Mail If someone told you that they knew how you could have long life, prosperity, peace, favor amongst men and God, good health, clear direction and understanding of many things, you'd anxiously and excitedly ask to be included in this knowledge!  Proverbs 3 explains the benefits of Wisdom and why we should chase after it! So, join me in reading Proverbs 3 and be encouraged!   Jus...

Send us Fan Mail "If you accept my words and store up my commands within you,  turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding —  indeed, if you call out for insight  and cry aloud for understanding,  and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,   then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:1-5 G...

Send us Fan Mail We begin our journey deeper into God’s wisdom at Proverbs 1:1-7. The word “beginning” is seen in verse 7: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” Everyone needs a new beginning with God. That is why we go to church and pray and receive the gospel. We want what only God can do for us, and the fear of the Lord is how we receive it. The fear of the Lord is both a doorwa...

Send us Fan Mail AW Tozer writes, "When the world prays, as a rule, they pray without any sense of God's nearness at all. Always, God is somewhere else. Always, God is far away. Why is this? " It is a human condition to think God is too busy or doesn't hear us, but Jesus clearly says, "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:20 Jesus i...

Send us Fan Mail Why did Jesus die on the cross? Why did He submit to torture, humiliation and death when He could have stopped it from happening with the utterance of a single word or thought? He did it so we could have grace! Grace is a gift that cost the giver everything and the recipient nothing and that's exactly what happened. So join me in reading the 2nd part of Matthew 27 and be enco...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why God allows there to be Hell? Does it seem mean or incongruous with a loving God? As we've read the scriptures for the last 10 months, we've discovered a God that loves us, doesn't give up on us and NEVER wants harm to befall us. At the same time, He allows us to choose our paths and usually, those choices have dire consequences. Despite ou...

Send us Fan Mail In one of Charles Spurgeon's sermons on Matthew 26, He focused on verse 67 "Then they spat in His face." He writes, "the priests, scribes, elders and their servitors did this shameful deed after they had heard our Lord say, "Hereafter shall you see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of Heaven." It was in contem...

Send us Fan Mail "What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet lose their soul?" Matthew 16:26 Judas sells his soul for 30 pieces of silver. His love of money is the root of his unchanged heart. He didn't call Jesus Lord, but instead referred to Him as Rabbi or teacher. Judas had the highest possible religious privileges. He was a chosen apostle and companion of Chr...

Send us Fan Mail We read today about 3 different situations, but they all involve people making choices. Some choices are wise and others are selfish and blind, but they are our choices regardless. Each choice has a consequence and like the choices, some are good and some aren't. But the key take away is, God wants to give us joy and rewards, but we have to choose to receive them. AW Tozer wr...

Send us Fan Mail Many will claim to be the messiah, but they won't be. Many will say the Messiah is in the wilderness or in a hidden place, don't believe it! When Jesus returns, the whole world will know it! “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many." "...the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heave...

Send us Fan Mail Like our politicians today, the Pharisees placed laws and burdens on the populace, but didn't live under the same rules. The loved the adulation and prestige, but not the people.  In Matthew 23, Jesus calls the teachers and Pharisees out for their hypocrisy. They focused on the wrong elements of leadership and as a result, ran afoul of God and His people. "Woe to you, te...