Believer’s Priority First things first. Seek God’s kingdom and His righteousness first. Why? Why not our concerns first? It is a law or principle of the kingdom of heaven. It is putting Him first that brings peace and joy whatever is going on around us. What He was saying was don’t let your life be your chief concern. Don’t let your child’s life be your chief concern. Don’t let tomorrow be your chief concern. Don’t worry. He’s saying that we…
Quiet my heart In our complex, busy, noisy, world it is easy to lose sight of God and not hear His voice. Quieting our souls and simplifying our lives will make it easier to hear God. We can ask God to simplify our life, but He can only do what we allow Him to do. Know what I mean? It is our choice to quiet our hearts. He will enable us to do the impossible task of quieting our hearts….
My thoughts on a broader view Life is bigger than me and my life God directs my path God controls my circumstances I need not complain He wants to use me for His purposes It will probably not be something big Like most people, I tend to overlook my everyday circumstances It might be ministering in my own home It will most likely be with those I rub shoulders with daily It could be in the lives of those I…
Kingdom success is completely different from our concept of success. It is backward. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 “God, I need You. I am poor in spirit.” Can you pray that with me? Or are you doing alright on your own? Why is an attitude of poverty important in the kingdom of heaven? Personal poverty is crucial in God’s kingdom It is for those who recognize their need…
Changed Would you like to watch a caterpillar change into a beautiful monarch butterfly? Isn’t it an amazing phenomenon? So as believers, how do we change? How do we become more Christ-like? Have you attempted to change yourself? Is it positive thinking? Or is it supernatural? Do you change yourself, or are you being changed? It is not that we picture ourselves as being different, and that changes us. No, it is seeing Jesus Christ, gazing at Him, that we…
Are you saying to God, “I’m really trying to be a Christian”? Do you find yourself getting discouraged with your Christian walk? Maybe you wish you could see more change in your life. You want to be better, but don’t know how. What is the key? Is it for a limited few? I tried for years First of all, let me say that I totally get it. I have been there. I learned if we want to be Christ-like, there…
Do you want God’s smile? You know He is the supreme creator of the universe, and He created in our DNA the need for His approval. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that He approves of you? That He smiles at you? Would you like the right to be called His child? Good news! There is a way. It is exclusive, yet welcomes all who come. Although God has created every person, not all are His children. Not all have…
Sufficient. What does that mean? I looked it up to find similar words. Adequate. Enough. Do you feel like you have enough to do life or do you suffer (like many people) from inadequacy? As believers in Christ, we want to please Him, and yet so many times we fail, make a mess of things, find we are inadequate. Paul’s Sufficiency Apostle Paul dealt with an ongoing troubling problem and asked God to remove it. Did he claim it by…
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not only a book which was once spoken, but a book which is now speaking…If you would follow on to know the Lord, come at once to the open Bible expecting it to speak to you. Do not come with the notion that it is a thing which you may push around at your convenience. It is…
What would you give to know forgiveness, to know there is nothing against you, or to know that you are clean before God? Memories of the wrongs we have done in the past haunt us. Do you hear the whispers, “You are guilty. You committed a terrible thing.” Maybe they aren’t whispers, maybe they are shouts and screams in your mind that torment you whenever the memories come to mind. I think even believers, born-again Christians, struggle with knowing they…
