Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail "You will notice how Eliezer prayed all along the way. He had no doubt in his mind as to whether God interfered in human affairs, but boldly and simply sought to know His will. Then, having presented his petition, we find him in quiet confidence holding his peace, "to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not." And when success crowned his efforts,...

Send us Fan Mail Abaraham honors his life partner when she passes away. All he cares about is getting her a place to rest that's befitting this wonderful mother of a nation. No haggling or complaining, he'll pay and do whatever is required to honor her. Sarah had been Abraham's soul-mate on his epic journey from Ur to Canaan and then down to Egypt and back again as they sojourned in...

Send us Fan Mail We know this was a test because we know the ending, but Abraham did not - and the hearing of God's command must have been excruciating beyond words because it began with terms of family endearment: "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah" (v. 2a). He was Abraham's only son by virtue of Ishmael's departure some fourt...

Send us Fan Mail Where am I positioning God in my life? This week, the focus will be on His position being where it is deserving, #1. What does that mean, we'll find out throughout the week. Join me as I strive to make God truly #1 in my life.   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Abraham was a believer, the father of the faithful, "the man of faith" (Galatians 3:9). "He believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness" (Genesis 15:6). Works follow faith. But Abraham was saved by faith, not by works (Romans 4:2, 3).  We are all saved by faith which is powered by God's Grace. Despite our short comings and failures, God wi...

Send us Fan Mail Self-trust (which is really distrust of God) can have no place in a believer's life if he or she desires maximum use by God. As Oswald Chambers wrote:  God can achieve his purpose either through the absence of human power and resources, or the abandonment of reliance on them. All through history God has chosen and used nobodies, because their unusual dependence on him made po...

Send us Fan Mail "...the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished. ”  When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “F...

Send us Fan Mail Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:13-14 God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and ever...

Send us Fan Mail "Happy was Abram to have such intimate communion with God! These sacred visits were the grand events of his life. But we need not envy him, for God has appeared unto us in a yet more glorious manner and the appearance is abiding. Behold, in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ the tabernacle of God is among men and He does dwell among them!  And, in the indwelling of the Holy...

Send us Fan Mail The Bible is filled with examples of God using the most typical of people to accomplish His will. Often, I think Abraham, Peter or and of the other participants written about must be "Super-Human" in their faith. I beat myself up thinking I'll never be able to serve Him as He wants because I doubt when I should be faithful and fail when I should succeed!  Today, we...

Send us Fan Mail The curve of Abram's faith graphs unevenly. It soars when he hears God's word and leaves Ur, traveling west across the Fertile Crescent and down its side, south into Canaan. It spikes higher when Abram travels the land, building altars and calling on the name of the Lord. But the curve dives dramatically in his disastrous trip to Egypt. After Egypt, it gently rises when...

Send us Fan Mail Magnanimous perfectly describes Father Abram after his experience in Egypt. Down in Egypt his lack of trust in God had reduced him to a small-hearted, self-focused man. But back in Canaan, repentant and trusting God, he exemplified a greatness of spirit and generosity of soul in his dealings with his nephew Lot. Now the story of Abram's rescue of Lot provides us with an instr...

Send us Fan Mail People ask why I like the Old Testament. They often say I should focus on what Jesus said and the apostles after Him. Sometimes, that person asking is me! And then, I read about Abram and it all becomes clear! The Bible is God's Word and it all applies to us. At the same time, it's the story of how He uses the imperfect to do His will and Abram is just such an example. A...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel defeated or dejected because even after accepting Christ and living for Him, you still fail at not sinning? In fact, does it sometimes feel like you've gotten worse? Don't stop living for Christ, but stop beating yourself up! Remember what Paul writes, "We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not unde...

Send us Fan Mail Following the confusion of language at the tower of Babel, wave after wave of warriors, shepherds, and builders left the plain of Mesopotamia for the rims of the world. As they swarmed out, they pushed one another further west and east through their commerce, adventure, conquest, and appetites. And as they went, they took their Babylonian hearts with them. The scattering was by an...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered who and where the various people of the Old Testament started? Did you know we can see the beginning of Sodom and Gomorrah or the city of Nineveh?  Join me in reading about the foundation of the Ancient World in Genesis 10 and be encouraged!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail God never backtracks or detours, but always goes the same way all the time.  When God makes a promise, God keeps that promise. Genesis 9:16 AW Tozer Do you get excited when you see a rainbow? I do too! Why do we get so excited? Is it because the rainbow is God's promise to never destroy the earth with a flood again. Is it because it was one of the first promises of God to man...

Send us Fan Mail Then God remembered Noah Genesis 8:1 "Noah had been shut up in the ark for many a day and, at the right time, God thought of him, practically thought of him and came to visit him. Dear He art, you have been shut out from the world, now, for many days, but God has not forgotten you. God remembered Noah and He remembers you." Spurgeon  Join me in reading Genesis 8 and be e...

Send us Fan Mail "Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation." Genesis 7:1 Notice that God said "Come" which indicates that God is with Noah and his family in the ark. Jesus says, "Come unto Me...". The word come is a drawing word and God draws Noah into the ark al...

Send us Fan Mail "Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Having fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So, if God answers prayer, it’s because God is good. From His goodness, His lovingkindness, His good-natured benevolence, God does it! That’s the source of everything.  These are the only grounds upon which anybody has ever been saved since the beginni...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we go through some of Adam's lineage. These who are identified are special, but aren't his only offspring. However, one of them, Enoch, was special to God and he didn't die because God took him home early, after living 365 years!!! Join me in reading Genesis 5 and be encouraged.   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail As Spurgeon says about the unsaved, "They are in danger of having two Hells — one in this life and another in the world to come!" This pain and anger can often lead to actions they regret, as it did for Cain. The punishment was to be sent out of God's presence, the worst of all sentences! Join me in reading Genesis 4 and be encouraged!    Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail Satan’s first attack upon the human race was his sly effort to destroy Eve’s confidence in the kindness of God. Nothing twists and deforms the soul more than a low or unworthy conception of God. Ultimately, God's love and nature was brought into question by Satan and it resulted in the Fall.  As we worship and grow in Christ, it's our understanding of who God really is t...

Send us Fan Mail "So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man." Genesis 2:21-22 In Ephesians 5, we are also told that when a man leaves his parents and joins his wife they...

Send us Fan Mail In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 So, God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 There is so much to understand in this single chapter...