Randolph O'Brien

SCRIP-BITS

Christian Thoughts and Inspiration; Daily Inspiration for Christian Living; Devotions for Spiritual Maturity; Getting to know and Love Jesus; Building and Boosting Hope, Faith, and Love; Aid in Depression; Overcoming Challenging Problems;

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Randolph O'Brien

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Religion

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May 14, 2024

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Episodes

The importance of believing that God owns the universe and all therein, and thus it's His to do with as he pleases. 24.10.2023

Until we truly believe that the universe and all in it belongs to God and He is the One who enables us to get health, wealth and eternal life, our lives will not be well lived. Turning to Satan for anything at all is totally foolish for he has no interest whatsoever in lifting us up, but only desires to pull us down to his hellish level with his lies and deceitfulness. So please, let's wake up...

The overwhelming importance of sincerely seeking God's kingdom and His righteousness! 23.10.2023

Oh my people, many of the materially prosperous in this world are evildoers and thus not good examples for us to follow, since in the Lord's Word He's promised to eventually destroy them and turn all their prosperity over to the righteous. That means, we have to be wise and stay on God's side, not the devil's, for those on God's side will eventually win out when He decides to s...

The overwhelming importance of recognizing that we are NOTHING without Jesus as our Lord and Saviour! 22.10.2023

The Lord God Jehovah created the universe and all therein, that means we are one of His creations, and He still controls all that happens in His universe, which means that without His power, His grace, His presence in our lives, we can't do much of anything. Even the very breath we breathe is controlled by His grace and mercy. So why are behaving so foolishly and wanting to move away from Him,...

The importance of understanding that Jesus is the head of the church and thus the church ought to reflect His character and virtues. 21.10.2023

God made Jesus to be the head of the church because He had made all things in the universe, therefore, it was only fitting that the One who made it all should rule it all. That's why we say the church is the body of Christ. He has infused it with all His characteristics and virtues, thus the church should be a reasonable replica of Christ, but unfortunately it's not. and it will only be tr...

The importance of believers attaining spiritual maturity; growing in Christ-likeness. 20.10.2023

Knowing Christ and what He stands for, plus the benefits He bestows on us are extremely important if we intend to live successfully for Him. That means spending time in the Word, as well as listening and talking to Him personally, for it's God's intention that ALL His people, grow in character to be like Christ, what is termed to achieve spiritual maturity. Just like new born babies grow s...

The importance of listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit and waiting on God. 19.10.2023

In this world we're always busy and have many options for living, but the best way to do life is by having Christ as our Lord and Saviour and allowing His Holy Spirit that dwells within us to lead and guide us on the straight and narrow path. Obedience to God's Word and waiting on His timing are also of the utmost importance in living the good and godly life. For there's a price to pay...

The importance of not being a rebellious and disobedient society. 18.10.2023

Ah friends, rebellion and disobedience right now are the two mainstays of our modern society. We have rebelled against the Word of God, just like Judah did back in the Old Testament, even to the point of wanting to rid our society of Him. But although the Lord will allow all sorts of rebellion and disobedience to prevail, He will NEVER allow us to kick Him out, for this is His Creation, His univer...

The overwhelming importance of believing that God is always working for our good, despite our circumstances. 17.10.2023

Oh I know that we encounter many trials and storms in this sinful and ungodly world, but our Christian faith teaches us that God is always working things out for our eventual good, despite how the circumstances currently look. And it's oh so important that we believe it, otherwise our lives are going to be even more miserable than they already are. And it's not easy to live through the man...

The importance of obedience in the lives of believers: both to our earthly fathers, as well as our heavenly Father! 16.10.2023

Jesus christ expects us to be obedient to His commands, as He said, if you LOVE me, keep my commandments. That doesn't mean only when it's convenient to us, but even when it's tough and inconvenient. That's the measure of a true disciple. One who lays aside his own desires, picks up his cross everyday and follows what is best in the eyes of the Lord. And it's no wonder our worl...

The overwhelming importance of believers being in constant readiness for whenever Jesus returns! 15.10.2023

Jesus will again come again friends. He promised it, and He's faithful to keep His promises. However, if Jesus comes back and you're not ready, you have not received Him as your Lord and Saviour, then you will be S.O.L. You'll be left behind to face all the disasters of the Great Tribulation. And believe me, that won't be a nice time. These times we're calling rough now, will b...

The importance of being a follower of Christ Jesus to obtain eternal life! 14.10.2023

All of us want to live forever...and it's possible, but only if we become followers of Christ Jesus! Why? Because the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of the Holy Trinity, is the ONLY true immortal being in existence! All other claimants are false, dead, unreal beings, products and figments of man's imagination. And when Jesus, our Saviour, is ready to take His church, His people,...

The importance of declaring blessings in a believer's life. 13.10.2023

The Lord has promised us many blessings in His Word, however those blessings won't fall on us automatically, we first have to know them, and then declare them over our lives. For as they say, a blessing is not a blessing until it's declared. That means we have to continually speak blessings over ourselves and those we LOVE and care about, if we expect to receive the many blessings of God p...

The importance of blessings and prophecies in God's word! 12.10.2023

God's Word, the Bible is our guidebook for earthly living. That means we need to know what's in it and and then use it to live our lives by. And in the Word, there are things like blessings and prophecies that are very important because they show us God's promises as well as His already done deeds. They show how He keeps His promises and how those who do His bidding are blessed and pro...

The importance of believers knowing scripture so that they can understand the intriguing and eccentric movements of our great God Jehovah. 11.10.2023

All believers should be well versed in the Word of God, otherwise we won't understand some of the contrary and eccentric moves God made and still makes. It especially shows us that our wrongdoings don't necessarily disqualify us from doing great things for God. Just look at the lives of Jacob, of Moses, of Bruh David and of Bruh Paul. All of them were less than worthy characters in the beg...

The overwhelming importance of giving THANKS; both to our fellow man and to our great God on a consistent basis! 10.10.2023

Ah mih people, the giving of thanks, and manners as a whole, have been sadly declining down through this last generation. But it's something that's ever so necessary if we want to be a society of high standards, for a thankless society only falls into eventual ruin, because thanklessness causes resentment, and other negative stuff to rise up and be prevalent in such a society. And besides...

The importance of believers sincerely following in the footsteps of Jesus, being the salt of the earth and the light of the world. 09.10.2023

Our world contains only two options, being a slave to Satan and living in sinful bondage, or being a disciple of Jesus Christ and living in peace, LOVE and righteousness. Now the two, like fire and water, do not mix. They each try to extinguish the other, and the fight is a fight to the death! And since Jesus expects us, His followers, to be the salt of the earth, to add the LOVING and compassiona...

The wisdom of seeing our God as our Good Shepherd, as He takes care of us completely, like a shepherd cares for his sheep in every way. 08.10.2023

It's Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada and what better way to celebrate it than by thinking of our great God Jehovah as our Shepherd, our Provider and Protector; the One who gives us all the good things of life! With Him in control of our lives, there's nothing that falls within the godly realm that we shall ever want for, and it's only fitting that we give Him much thanks and pra...

The overwhelming importance of constant prayer in a believer's life! 07.10.2023

Almighty God made us first and foremost to commune or communicate with Him. And we do that through keeping our focus on Him and through prayer. It's the only way we will ever be able to enjoy the many benefits that come from being a true believer in Christ Jesus. And prayer is not constantly asking God to satisfy our lustful desires, but coming to Him with God-given requests, and asking what w...

The overwhelming importance of obedience to God and His Word in the lives of believers. 06.10.2023

We all want God to help us with our problems, but we don't want to do what He asks or expects of us. No, we want to do as we please, but yet expect holy and righteous God to fulfill our lustful and carnal desires. It won't happen friends, for the Lord doesn't encourage sinful behaviour, and you will eventually pay for your disobedience. That's a fact! So, if we want to see our godl...

The importance of believers in Christ showing Christ-like characteristics, even in tough and unfair circumstances. 05.10.2023

Joseph didn't ask to be sold into slavery, or put in prison for something he hadn't done, but those were the breaks that life dealt him, and throughout those unjust and difficult times he kept his peace and did not complain, because the Lord gave him favour wherever he was. And that's the same way the Lord will deal with we Christians if we keep a good and Christ-like attitude when the...

The importance of noting how our God goes about building His empire; one day and one brick at a time. 04.10.2023

Oh friends, although our God has the power to do anything, however He so desires, you'll note that He never builds or does everything all at once. He took six days to make the world, when He could just have declared it all at once. And please note that He even rested after creating the universe. Now that should tell us something about the busy, rat-race lifestyle that the world is trying to im...

The importance of sincere faith, trust, surrender, patience, and longsuffering in Almighty God, who we claim to believe in. 03.10.2023

The story of Joseph in the Bible shows all the characteristic necessary for a godly earthly life. If we say we believe in God, then we must let God be God and run things the way He sees best. Our situations will not always be to our liking but He has promised never to leave not forsake us, that He has a good plan for our lives, to give us a future and a hope and to eventually work it out all for o...

The overwhelming importance of believers in Christ Jesus being obedient to God's Word found in His Instruction Manual, the Bible! 02.10.2023

Almighty God, our Creator and Controller is a most forgiving and LOVING God, but He is also just and righteous and therefore He cannot allow sin and disobedience to run rampant in the earth without His creation paying the price, suffering the consequences for their wrongdoing. That's why our world is currently in such a disastrous position with all sorts of evil and ungodliness taking place, a...

The overwhelming importance of unity Christ's Church, if we ever expect it to grow into the solid rock that Christ intended it to be! 01.10.2023

One of the devil's many tricks is to divide and conquer, but nowadays with Christ's church, he doesn't even have to do that, because we are doing it for him, with all the many divisions and denominations in the church and all the opposing teaching that's going on. The enemy is just sitting back and laughing at us, as we undermine our own faith, and thus undermine Christ, and also d...

The importance of total belief in, and complete surrender to Almighty God, who promises to look after those who give themselves over completely to Him. 30.09.2023

Our God is indeed a great God, but He cannot look after us the way He desires until we truly believe that He's who He says He is, and can do what He says He can do. A good example of that is when Jesus went to His hometown of Nazareth, He couldn't do anything much there because the people did not believe. (Mark 6:4-13) And that's how it is with us when we do not sincerely believe - the...

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