The Struggles of a Christian

Be careful who you pay to pontificate. They may not have your best interests at heart. Ahab was given bad advice, but it was what he wanted to hear and it led him straight to his death.

Moses is having a "shut up and sit down" speech with the Israelites. They have gotten to where they believe God is blessing them because of who they are. He is not, He is blessing them because of who HE is.

God tells Israel to call their "gods" for deliverance. Can He do that to us, in today's world, to those that call ourselves Christians? 2 Chron 7:14 tells us how to redeem our nation. If My People. Not the politicians, not the actors, not the ball players, not the evangelists or preachers, but MY PEOPLE. Folks we need to be living 2 Chron 7:14 not just reciting it.

Regret can be a paralyzing fear, a fear where you see no future or a fear where you fail to make a decision for fear you will make the same bad decision, bad choice time and again. But it doesn't have to, regret can be a source of renewal not just of pain.

The perfect Sacrifice without Blemish freely given. That is what the requirements were for sacrifices in the Old Testament. In the New Testament Jesus was they voluntary freely given Sacrifice that we might have life. He could have said no, He could have called 10.000 angels but He did not. He freely, voluntarily gave His life. What is our reasonable service? That we present our bodies a living Sa...

Israel is going to battle with the Philistines yet they did not consult with the Lord before doing so. They cheered when the Ark came to the battle but they forgot the Ark was not God but a symbol. They cheered the symbol not realizing the God it is a symbol for had left long ago.

For God so loved the World. That is Love. He gave His only Begotten Son. To die for us in the most painful way ever devised by man. That is Love. He watched, yet He did not interfere for love of us. He did not save His only Begotten Son that He dearly loved, rather He died that we might be saved. That is Love

What must I do to be saved? Call on the name of the Lord Jesus. Believe in the shed blood of Christ, Shed for you and I that we might have eternal life. Yes that is the simplest concept yet so many try to complicate it.

The Apostle Paul in Philippians says we are to be like minded as Christ. Fully given to the Will of the Father, living our lives for His purpose no matter what it costs us. How we have gotten away from this. Even in Paul's day he had no one but timothy to send to them as Timothy was the only one like minded. Not out for his own interests but the interests of God.

Achan, his sin, cost the nation of Israel the lives of 36 men. It also cost him absolutely everything, his sons, his daughters, his animals, and his life.

The New believers, at the Day of Pentecost, remained stedfast in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship. Yet what I want to make clear is this - The first church was not effective because of the converts. No the first church was effective because the Apostles made themselves available day in and day out for the new converts! The new converts would have floundered if the Apostle's had not done their...

The Holy Spirit. The disciples waited in a house for Him and when He came man did they turn the world upside down. The same Spirit we have accessto today so why do we not have the same results?

When the world is in need, do you have the reputation, the testimony that they will call you, for you know the One that can help? Can you point them to Jesus as He is calling them?

There is a jump in the middle, we had a drop in signal. Abigail saves two men, 1 physically   The other in testimony and reputation.  A good woman saved a whole lot of trouble for the nation of Israel.

Jesus died on the old rugged cross. It is a transformational place. Have you ever been transfixed by what happened there? Have you ever knelt and been transformed at the foot of the cross?

Perhaps one of the most famous speeches ever, for if I say those lines in most places in this world people can finish it. Yet it rings true today. New year, New day but the same struggles. Today will you say "As for me and my house we WILL  SERVE the Lord?)

What does saved mean? Saved to what?  Saved from What? What is the process? That's it? How do I know I am saved?