If I asked you what was important to you, what would you say? Is money most important to you? Is what you own more important? Is your social position more important? Are your achievements and accomplishments more important? How about sex? What about drugs or alcohol? What about time for God or is it for yourself? Just think are […]
James 1:19 says “Wherefore my beloved brethren, let everyman be swift hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” I have come to realize that most people talk too much. Fights, wars, and disagreements all come through the tongue and not the ear. You will rarely get into trouble by listening. We can learn more from listening than speaking. Hearing […]
Jesus said Christians are to be the Salt of the earth and Light of a city. (Matthew 5: 13,14,15,16) ” Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of […]
In mathematics there is a process of solving an equation called finding the least common denominator. In this process fractions are added together with different denominators by finding a least common denominator. The denominator is the number below the line in a fraction. In this same way God expects believers to use discernment in viewing […]
Luke 8:18, “Take heed therefore how you hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.”KJV A teenager asked his father to solve a problem. He said, “There were three mosquitoes sitting on a person’s arm. One mosquito decided to bite the person. How […]
“Prepare the way of the Lord”(Isaiah 40:3; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 3:3 Mk.1:2; Luke 1:76) In Isaiah 40:3-4 there is the toughness of God and the tenderness of God together. The people of God had to realize that God was holy yet graces. That he would discipline as well as pardon. They had to prepare them selves for […]
Giving thanks is a necessary part of a Christian’s life. The question is, are you being thankful? The will of God for every Christian is to give thanks. 1 Thessalonians 5:18,“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Do you want to be in God’s will […]
The letters i.e. is Latin meaning – that is. This weeks subject is about the word Blessed. The scriptures definition of the word blessed is much different from the way we use it. Blessed is the person that keeps or does the things written in the bible. Revelation 1:3, “Blessed is he that Reads and they that […]
When it comes to suffering in this world as a Christian. Don’t expect many people to relate to what your experiencing. When you are trying to be fair and everyone else is being dishonest. When you are trying to be kind and they are being cruel. When you are trying to love, they hate and dislike certain people. When […]
If we honor God we will be blessed. So how do you honor God? Remember the words of Thomas Macaulay that said, “The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” Read St. John the 5th chapter starting at verse nineteen and read to verse twenty four. Jesus […]