Why minimalize? There will be less to clean, less to store. Less clutter. So we can help more. Jesus teaches us in Matthew chapter 6 having food and raiment, be content. Shopping—Gaining or minimalizing Are we shopping out of need or want? How many pairs of shoes do I need? Another sweater? Me, I know that I have more clothes than I need. Is my phone adequate, or do I need the latest phone? Or another purse? How new of a car…
What was Adam and Eve’s sin? What did they do that was so bad they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden? Was eating the forbidden fruit all that important? Let’s take a look. I was thinking about this and reading Genesis 3. Satan didn’t tempt them with some awful sin. No. But, it touched the core of all sin—independence from God. Pride in thinking they could be like God. That they could run their own lives. That…
“Our hearts are restless(unquiet) until they rest in You.” St. Augustine Actual quote – “you have made us and drawn us to yourself, and our heart is unquiet until it rests in you.” Restless when full Do you sometimes feel…
Receiving salvation is what this new life is all about. Did you know it is all about receiving, not doing? What have you received from God? It is all about recognizing our needy state, our inability to earn God’s approval and placing our faith in what Jesus has done for us. It is not our attempts to reconcile ourselves to God, but it is Christ Jesus reconciling us to God through His death on the cross. “But as many, as…
So what does resurrection have to do with my life as a Christian? As many as were baptized into Christ were baptized into His death, His burial, and His resurrection. To many, that is after we die. But, it is for this life right now. Read carefully the following passages. (Romans 6:3-5 NKJV) As many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death. Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just…
God had a plan to reconcile the world to Himself that rested on the crucifixion of His son. He suffered that we might be accepted. God so loved us that He submitted His son to us unconditionally and completely. Jesus so loved His Father that He agreed to the plan. He chose to lay down His life, it was not taken from Him. He does not force anyone to choose to accept Him. But to the few who do receive…
Do you believe in God? Do you think that is enough to get you to heaven when your life on earth ends? Are you sure? Can you be sure? What is good enough? How can you know? I want to take a few minutes to talk about head belief and heart belief. Let’s be real. No more fooling ourselves. Let’s face the truth. Lots of people believed in God when Jesus walked this earth. But what did Jesus say to…
God-likeness, how can we get it? Believers are infused with His presence, His Holy Spirit. 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. Do you know that as a born again child of God you bear the presence of God? As His child, you have His presence, His Holy Spirit, living in you. His life flows through you. Infused with His Spirit. God-likeness….
God’s Will Do you want to know God’s will for your life? Your purpose Your destiny God’s will Don’t we all want to matter, somehow? Don’t we all want our life to have a purpose? To know we are important to God? Do we know how to accomplish that? There is no greater life than the life Jesus offered to all who would follow Him. He offers you a destiny that is incredible. No Destiny Cards Needed We don’t…
God offers to forgive and to wash clean. Spotless. No stains to remind us of our sins. Many times in the Old Testament God pleaded with His wayward people to return to Him as in Jeremiah 3:22, “Return you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.” “Come now…though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 He wants to forgive you and…
