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Thursday 25 October 2012
Sunday 21 October 2012
Friday 19 October 2012
O Lord! Help me to be … Firm but not harsh; Realistic but not skeptical; Scheduled but not rigid; Pure but not proud; Close-mouthed but not unfriendly; Appropriate but not stiff; Funny but not frivolous; Flexible but not scatterbrained; Humble but not pious; Kind but not compromising; Dependable but not dull; Decisive but not stubborn; Persistent but not needling; Precise but not picky; Simple but not foolish; Demanding but not intolerant; Thorough but not unkind; Human but not worldly; Spiritual but not impractical; Generous but not irresponsible; Enthusiastic but not “hyper;” Honest but not brutal; Fair but not unloving; Proper but not unreal; Confident but not snobbish; Bold but not brazen; Busy but not harried; Active but not shallow; Deep but not dry; Wise but not intimidating; Intense but not forbidding; Empathetic but not uncontrolled; Forgiving but not naive; Sympathetic but not pitying; Helpful but not condescending; Penitent but not paralyzed; Organized but not bossy; Spontaneous but not inconsistent. Lord, I guess I’m asking to grow in favor with God and man. I am asking you to help me become a balanced person. Amen. (Marlene Evans)
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Here are 10 of God’s promises that we should remember daily. 1. You have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. 1:3). 2. He provides food (Ps. 111:5; 136:25; 145:15). 3. He fills your needs (Ps. 145:19). 4. You are rich in grace (Eph. 1:7). 5. Christ lives in you (Gal. 2:20). 6. You are one in Christ (Gal. 3:28). 7. You are God’s child (John 1:12–13; Rom. 8:15–16; Gal. 3:26). 8. God will provide for his children (Matt. 7:7–11). 9. You have been given all things (Rom. 8:32). 10. He gives you Himself (Rom. 5:8–11). (Selected from http://theresurgence.com/2012/10/19/in-the-business-of-being-bold? - I don't necessarily recommend the source)
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Tuesday 9 October 2012
Monday 8 October 2012
How Great is our God!!! Our Creator and Redeemer . . . and do we THINK about it ??? God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs... For example: -the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days; -those of the canary in 14 days; -those of the barnyard hen in 21 days; -The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days; -those of the mallard in 35 days; -The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days. (Notice, they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!) God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on two legs. For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily. The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first. How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation! God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains. -Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind. -Each orange has an even number of segments. -Each ear of corn has an even number of rows. -Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains. -Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number. -The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather. -All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the Lord specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundred fold all even numbers. God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day. Linnaeus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed! The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life. If you try to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure. Only the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide them to a profitable end.
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Sunday 7 October 2012
A Quote: Mega - Churches?... Babylon (the false church) is called 'the great' eleven times in the Book of Revelation. Jerusalem (the bride of Christ), on the other hand, is called 'the holy city' (see Rev. 12-21). If we seek to be great in the eyes of the world as a 'church', then we drift towards Babylon. Jesus said that what men esteemed highly was an abomination in God's sight (Lk. 16:15). We have, therefore, to check up constantly whether there is anything in our church (even if it be music or the preaching) that is said or done to impress men. Numbers are always impressive in men's eyes. If we are keen on presenting the statistics of the growth of our church to others, that is one sure mark of Babylon. This does not mean that God is not interested in adding to our numbers. He certainly is - if He finds that we are a flock that He can recommend to other of His sheep (who are wholehearted). But growth in numbers is not necessarily an indication of God's blessing - for the heretical cults are also growing in numbers and so are heathen religions. And very often their statistics are more impressive than those of many Christian groups! So growth in Jerusalem is measured by growth in holiness - which includes love for one another. Jesus said that the way to life was narrow and that few would find it. Those who proclaim the narrow gate as narrow as Jesus made it will find that very few join their church (Matt. 7:13,14). If, on the other hand, we make the gate broader than Jesus made it, we shall increase in numbers easily. This is where much of today's Christendom has gone astray. Jesus spoke about the narrow gate and the narrow way in the context of the 'sermon on the mount' (Matt. 5-7). The content of those chapters is therefore what constitutes the narrow gate and the narrow way. 1 Cor. 3:13 makes it clear that it is the quality of our work that will be assessed by the Lord in the final day - and not the quantity. A ministry of quality can come only out of one who lives in constant self-judgment - "who lives with the consuming fire and the everlasting burning" (Isa. 33:14). Here, the church is to be different from all the denominations around us. Once this distinction is lost, we will end up as another dead denomination.
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