Wednesday, December 30, 2015
God is in Control
Are you facing some trial right now? Something that is overwhelming you?
I declare to you the very heart of biblical Christianity, that the God
whom you know in Jesus Christ sits upon the throne of the universe and
all power, all authority in heaven and earth belongs to him, is
controlled by him and is subject to him. The world has not gone mad it’s
gone very sinful. But God is in control. The government does not rest
upon Satan’s shoulders, it does not rest on some political
leaders in Washington, or London, or Moscow or Beijing or the Middle
East, the government of this world rests firmly on the shoulders of
Jesus Christ so “WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?” This
question applies to Christians today as much as it did to those disciple
that were in the boat with Jesus. I listen to Christians who have have
listened so much to the news media that they do not remember that Jesus
is in the boat with them. Christians have no need to live in fear about
what is happening to this country or any other country because Our God
is in control of every nation.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Hallelujah, I’m ready to go - Bob Dylan
I’m ready [hallelujah] Hallelujah [I’m ready] I can hear the voices singin’ soft and low
Hallelujah [I’m ready] I’m ready [hallelujah] Hallelujah, I’m ready to go.
Dark was the night
Not a star was in sight
On the highway headin’ down below
I let my Saviour in
And He saved my soul from sin
Hallelujah [I’m ready] I’m ready [hallelujah] I can hear the voices singin’ soft and low
I’m ready [hallelujah] Hallelujah [I’m ready] Hallelujah, I’m ready to go.
Sinner don’t wait
Before it’s too late
He’s a wonderful Saviour to know.
I fell on my knees
He answered my pleas
Hallelujah, I’m ready to go.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Safety Of God being For Us
Paul is not saying that God is on our side in the middle of our
struggles but that God is “FOR US” and that has nothing to do with
something in us (our merit) or something we do (our works), it is his
attitude to all who are in Christ, all who are his children. Our hearts
are weak and we are prone to legalism and unbelief and at times we have a
hard time receiving the words, “God is for us”. God is for us; we have
failed but He is for us. We are ignorant but He is for us. We are
struggling but He is for us, we are doubting but He is for us. We are
weak but He is for us. We are not as fruitful as we should be but He is
for us.
Some Christians wonder if they can put themselves outside of God’s grace by committing some terrible sin that will nullify God’s redemptive work in them. Tragically some churches teach that this is possible. But if we by our own power or effort were not able to save ourselves or to free ourselves from sin or to make ourselves God’s children, how could it be that by our own power and work we could nullify the work of grace that God himself accomplished in us? Let your heart and mind surrender to the fact that God is eternally for those who believe and he has eternally committed himself to you - without conditions and without requirements. Your life does not affect the fact that God is for you. “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE: I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME. I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH; NO ONE CAN SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND” (John 10:27-28).
Some Christians wonder if they can put themselves outside of God’s grace by committing some terrible sin that will nullify God’s redemptive work in them. Tragically some churches teach that this is possible. But if we by our own power or effort were not able to save ourselves or to free ourselves from sin or to make ourselves God’s children, how could it be that by our own power and work we could nullify the work of grace that God himself accomplished in us? Let your heart and mind surrender to the fact that God is eternally for those who believe and he has eternally committed himself to you - without conditions and without requirements. Your life does not affect the fact that God is for you. “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE: I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME. I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH; NO ONE CAN SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND” (John 10:27-28).
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
What does it mean that God is “FOR US”?
What does it mean that God is “FOR US”?
The goal of grace is to create a love relationship between God and us who believe the kind of relationship we were first made for.
The revelation of the New Testament is that God is our heavenly Father, we are His children and He is “FOR US”. We could say that how well a person understands Christianity is related to how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If God being your Father doesn’t motivate, and control your worship and prayers and your whole outlook on life. You don’t understand Christianity very well.
God being for me has nothing to do with my ability, my performance, or my obedience. Once you set qualifications for God being for you, you have left grace and have put yourself back under the law. If you don't know or believe that God is for you because of what God decided about you in eternity past and then sent his own son to become a man and take your place, pay for your sins on the cross and rise from the dead to secure your justification and secure your place in the Father's family. Then you don't really know the God of the bible and you will live in fear and insecurity. I get up every day thanking God that he is for me!
The goal of grace is to create a love relationship between God and us who believe the kind of relationship we were first made for.
The revelation of the New Testament is that God is our heavenly Father, we are His children and He is “FOR US”. We could say that how well a person understands Christianity is related to how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If God being your Father doesn’t motivate, and control your worship and prayers and your whole outlook on life. You don’t understand Christianity very well.
God being for me has nothing to do with my ability, my performance, or my obedience. Once you set qualifications for God being for you, you have left grace and have put yourself back under the law. If you don't know or believe that God is for you because of what God decided about you in eternity past and then sent his own son to become a man and take your place, pay for your sins on the cross and rise from the dead to secure your justification and secure your place in the Father's family. Then you don't really know the God of the bible and you will live in fear and insecurity. I get up every day thanking God that he is for me!
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
The Cross Our Only Hope.
If Christ had not come there would be no forgiveness for sin or victory
over sin. “WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS” (Heb.9:22
NASB). The Bible says that He came to seek and save the lost. He saved
us from the guilt of sin. The only thing that can take away the burden
of guilt is the blood of Jesus. “SO, BY VIRTUE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
YOU AND I, MY BROTHERS, MAY NOW HAVE CONFIDENCE TO ENTER THE HOLY OF
HOLIES BY A FRESH AND LIVING WAY” (Heb.10:19 J.B. Phillips). Man has
always tried to provide his own atonement but only Christ can wipe the
slate clean and blot out the writing which is written against them. Only
He can remove the heavy burden of guilt that causes so many people to
live under a gray cloud. Only Christ can forgive sin and give victory
over sin. The cross is our hope.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Jesus Is In Control Of All Of Life
Jesus calms every storm, every wind, and every wave. This is symbolic
that he is in control of all of our life. God never promised his people
an easy life, just read church history or biblical history. There are
mysteries in his providence that we will never understand in this life.
That’s why we’re called to live by faith and not by sight. This
scripture teaches us that the mystery of God’s providence is to motivate
us to exercise faith not to drive us from faith. The great difference
between a Christian and a non-Christian is that all the storms, trials,
troubles, difficulties, sorrow in this life, the Christian, even though
he doesn’t have an answer for each of them, has an over-reaching answer
that God will work all things together for good to those who love God
Friday, November 6, 2015
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
The Band - One Too Many Mornings - Dylan Cover
Rick Danko - vocal/bass, Levon Helm - drums/harmonica. Garth Hudson - Hammond B3 organ, Derek Trucks-slide guitar, Jim Weider-guitar, Richard Bell-electric piano, Randy Ciarlante-congas.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Albert King - Blues Power
From the album Albert King - "Live Wire Blues Power" 1968 This is one of my favorite Albert King Albums his guitar sounds so good, much better than many of his studio albums
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
What Do You Know About God?
“Knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives.
As it would be cruel to an Amazonian tribesmen to fly him to London, put
him down without explanation in Trafalgar Square and leave him, as one
who knew nothing of English or England, to fend for himself, so we are
cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about
the God whose world it is and who runs it .The world becomes a strange,
mad, painful place, and life in it a disappointing and unpleasant
business, for those who do not know about God. Disregard the study of
God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life
blindfold, as it were , with no sense of direction, and no understanding
of what surrounds you. This way you can waste your life and lose your
soul.”
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God
― J.I. Packer, Knowing God
Monday, September 7, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
The 2:30 Report from Austrailia - Our Take On Christian TV
This video is several years old but is still true and very funny
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Shelter from the Storm - Bob Dylan
I love this song. There is nothing quite like watching Bill Murray sing this song at the end of the movie St Vincent, priceless.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The Working Of God's Word
"In
short, I will preach it, teach it, write it, but I will constrain no
man by force, for faith must come freely without compulsion. Take myself
as an example. I opposed indulgences and all the papists, but never
with force. I simply taught, preached, and wrote God's Word; otherwise I
did nothing. And while I slept, or drank Wittenberg beer with my
friends Philip and Amsdorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that
no prince or emperor ever inflicted such loses upon it. I did nothing;
the Word did everything." Martin Luther
Our confidence must be in the Word of God not our ability, or our programs, or our music, or the latest bestseller, or our advertising, only the Word of God can accomplish God's purposes and change lives.
Our confidence must be in the Word of God not our ability, or our programs, or our music, or the latest bestseller, or our advertising, only the Word of God can accomplish God's purposes and change lives.
