Our eternity rests on our response to God’s Son. He is the center of the universe. God’s Son is the center of His world. Each person’s eternal destiny rests on our reception or rejection of Jesus, God’s Son. That alone, nothing else. Not being a good person, not being better than someone else. Not living a sacrificial life. Not volunteer work. Not even dying as a martyr. Nothing else matters. Nothing! Receive or reject? Nothing else determines our future. Not…
Mary or Martha? Can we be both? Are we living a life of defeat as a Christian? Some defeat? Most defeat? Could it be because we live apart from God? We have our “spiritual times” then live the rest apart from His manifest, conscious presence. Why is that? We want to be like Mary, but spend most of our time being Martha. We read about the abundant life but don’t experience it. We go to church and maybe have an…
O Lord, help me to understand what it means to be one with You which You spoke about in John 14 and 15. How being one with You makes me one with You in intercession too, a praying privilege. Show me how to make Your prayers my prayers because the Father always hears You. And something even more incredible, help me to be so one with You that my prayers become Your prayers. That part is so astonishing! I would…
Do we really admire God? What do we admire about Him? We can’t admire or adore God if we don’t have reason. Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes to see God’s beauty. We worship out of obligation, because we feel we should. Real worship is a feeling expressed. Otherwise it is empty. Just rhetoric. We attend our worship service but are still unimpressed. Why? O come let us adore Him. How? Why? An encounter is what we need. O…
Lord, take me to the place where You can trust me. Then maybe You can use me without my human nature (flesh) interfering and causing trouble. Amen
Do we see God as worthy of worship? What is God like? Do we consider Him worshipable? Is worshipable a word? Adorable is a word which means worthy of being adored. Adore* – to worship or honor as a deity or as divine; to regard with reverent admiration and devotion; to be extremely fond of—Is He adorable? Worship* – reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power; also an act of expressing such reverence; extravagant respect or admiration for or…
Just the thought of being rewarded for some good I have done brings me a sense of anticipation. It encourages me to try harder. So does this lead me to a performance-based Christianity? Sometimes it seems that any good we might do is canceled out by our failures making our efforts seem fruitless. Our abilities Jesus wants to prevent those inevitable failures. Yes, they are inevitable because it is from our efforts. It is our resources. Flesh. If He is…
All equal on judgment day All people are equal in God’s family. No one is insignificant. Are you significant Do you ever feel like you are insignificant? Big name ministries, musicians, or authors may seem more important to you than your life. Will they receive a greater reward in heaven? Let’s see what the Bible says. It has the final say. It is clear. Simple. We learn in John 14 Jesus said that those who love Him will be loved…
Only an encounter with our Creator can calm the restlessness of our inner being. Not just any emotional fulfilling experience, but a true encounter with the Ineffable One. The Forever One. The Holy One we can’t comprehend. The only all-important experience of a believer is an encounter with God. A life-transforming encounter where life is never again the same. Where we have been completely undone. Any hope in self is destroyed and Jesus becomes, of necessity, everything. Then, and only…
Is it possible to live with joy in our darkening world? One of my favorite passages in the Bible is found in Jeremiah 17:7-8 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year…