Are they seeing Jesus in you?
By steve | July 29, 2010
Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Col 1:27)
Has someone seen Christ in you to-day?
Christian, look to your heart, I pray;
The little things that you’ve done or said-
Did they accord with the way you prayed?
Have your thoughts been pure, your words been kind;
Have you sought to have the Savior’s mind?
The world with a criticizing view
Has watched-but did it see Christ in you?
Has someone seen Christ in you today?
Oh, Christian, be careful, watch and pray.
Look up to Jesus in faith, and then
Lift up unto Him your fellowmen;
Upon your own strength you cannot rely;
There’s a fount of grace and strength on high,
Go to that fount and your strength renew
And the life of Christ will shine through you.
C. B. Hopkins
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no one is coming here
By steve | June 23, 2010
I see that a bunch of visitor are showing up and no one is reading this blog. They are just trying to destroy this page and/or blog. If you don’t want to see this blog then don’t come here. I tried to write Christian things here. I hope you are enjoying that. But when you send me stuff about pharmacy and such then I will not allow this to be posted. Use this blog as it is intended.
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Freedom
By steve | June 23, 2010
Freedom ~ Reach Up to Heaven!!!!”It is for freedom that Christ has set us free….”–Galatians 5:1This “liberty” makes us free to heaven’s charter–the Bible. Here is a passage, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you’ (Isaiah 43:2) You are free to that. Here is another: “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be …removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54: 10) You are free to that.
You are a welcome guest at the table of the promises. The scriptures is a never-failing treasury filled with boundless stores of grace. Reach up to heaven, the scriptures is the bank of heaven; you may draw from it as much as you please, without hindrance. If you come in faith you are welcome to all covenant blessings. There is not a promise in the Word which will be withheld. In the depths of tribulations let this freedom comfort you; in the waves of stress let it cheer you; when sorrows surround you let it be your solace. This is our Father’s love-you are free to it at all times. You are also free to the throne of grace. It is the believer’s privilege to have access at all times to His heavenly Father.
Whatever our desires, our difficulties, our wants, we are at liberty to spread all before Him. It does not matter how much we may have sinned, we may ask and expect forgiveness. It signifies nothing how poor we are, we may plead His promise that He will provide all things as I need them. We have permission to approach His throne at all times–in midnight’s darkest hour, or in noontide’s most burning heat. Exercise your right, and live up to your privilege. You are free to all that is treasured up in Christ–wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. It does not matter what your need is, for there is fullness of supply in Christ, and it is there for you. Reach up to the heavens!
What a wonderful “freedom” is ours! Freedom from condemnation, freedom to the promises, freedom to the throne of grace, and at last freedom to enter heaven in Jesus name!
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Christian Father
By steve | June 17, 2010
Role of the Christian Father
Father’s day is a day to celebrate the goodness of fatherhood. This is a day when we remember and honor our father’s love and commitment. As children, have you thanked your father for his love toward you? We are thankful for fathers’ support, guidance and love. We thank God that He has blessed us with spec…ial fathers.
A father is a good provider. As long as he is capable, he is willing to labor hard to provide shelter for his family, and food on the table. However, I strongly believe that Christian fathers are not judged by how much they earn or how many material goods they can provide. What does matter to his children, is how he introduces, educates, and guides them to Jesus Christ and how good a faithful Christian role model he is.
Fathers are very important in God’s plan for the family. Fathers have a wonderful opportunity to encourage, to warn, to teach, to counsel, and to model the Christian life for their children. The most important job for fathers is found in Deuteronomy chapter 6 to teach their children to always love and obey God. Paul said that fathers should raise their children in the training and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). Christian fathers who do this will distinguish themselves from other fathers and will be obedient to God’s will. God desires that our children should be nurtured by fathers who love the Lord.
A man and his young son were climbing a mountain. They came to a place where the climbing was difficult and even dangerous. The father stopped to consider which way he should go. He heard the boy behind him say, “Choose the good path, Dad; I’m coming right behind you!”..As Christian fathers, are you doing your job? I am not talking about providing a cozy house, food for the table, and high education. By establishing the disciplines of worship, prayer, and Bible study in your own life, you’ll be prepared to integrate these into teachable moments with your children.
A father is the head of his family. A father does this, not out of insecurity, selfishness or pride, but out of the desire to be an obedient servant to God. (Ephesians 5:22) In this day and age when the concept of the family is under attack, and the role of the father is made light of, let us show our support of the institution of Fatherhood by loving and honoring our Fathers, and by being good Fathers; and by remembering and loving and honoring the greatest father of all - God the Father Almighty.
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My God
By steve | June 7, 2010
In contrast to the gods of world religions, as invented by depraved minds, & in constant need of being appeased. It is not so the true of the living GOD whose love may be described as great (Ephesians 2:5), marvelous, supernatural, wonderful, sacrificing, immutable (Jeremiah 31:3), sovereign, eternal, transcendent, redeeming, purifying, free, infinite without measure (Romans 8:32), & reaching to each one of us!
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Where my heart is
By steve | May 29, 2010
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Where my heart is
By steve | May 29, 2010
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You Are Equipped For Victory!
By steve | May 21, 2010
You Are Equipped For Victory!
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalms 50:15
God has many ways to deliver His children. Sometimes, He will provide divine intervention for an immediate deliverance from danger. Other times, He may simply snatch you out of a situation preventing you f…rom making a big mistake. Then, there are times that you must stay in the fight. But, when that time comes, God is there to equip you to get the victory.
David understood this. Since he had to fight wars all the time, he stopped asking God to take him away from problems. David started asking God to give him the victory in it. His attitude was, “I don’t want to go anywhere. I am staying right here where the heat is. And I’m going to win.” There a re situations you face in which you have to be like David. Instead of praying to be removed, ask God how to win. Ask God to show you what to do and what adjustments you need to make. Then stay there until you win. We serve a mighty God, not a weak God. He is mighty to deliver you in anything you face.
In Psalm 50:15, God is saying that He will equip you for battle here on earth and He is going to get glory here, because He is going to cause you to win. Of course, after you win, you need to be glorifying God. So it is time to stop all the crying saying, “…well Lord why don’t you take me out of this. I don’t want to be here, Lord. I am a Christian and they are talking against me.” Christians that speak that way like a whining child need to shut their mouth.
The Bible says you are the salt of the earth. You are supposed to rub off on them who need preservation. They need you because they don’t have any salt. If God moves you, there will be nothing left but destruction. That is why he put you there. He said that He would be with you in trouble. While He is with you, He has provided for you the means to win.
There should be no fear against the enemy. Stand up, pick up your armor, use the Word of God as your double-edged sword, use the blood that Jesus the Anointed One shed for you on the cross, do not dismay, and get your VICTORY!
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heart = mind
By steve | May 14, 2010
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.”….Proverbs 23:7
Life’s battles, challenges, successes and or failures are all fought, won or lost in the mind.
“Keep your heart with all diligence,” said Solomon, “for out of it are the issues of life.” …..Proverbs 4:23. The word heart is mentioned some eight hundred times in the… Old Testament, and more than two hundred times it refers to the thought life. The heart in the Bible refers to the total MIND: the intellect, the will, and the emotions. And that’s the “mind” we need to guard with all diligence, and daily commit and trust to God. For “what the mind dwells on the body acts on.” If you don’t agree with this, just think how temptation works.
God lives in our heart, but so does sin and Satan. Both lay claim to our heart. Both want to be master of our heart. Both want the allegiance of our heart.The two cannot coexist. This means that our heart “mind” is a battleground that Satan wants to be master of.
As a Christian we give our heart to God. We get down on our knees before God and give Him our love and we give it to Him alone. So let me ask you: who or what does your heart belong to? Does it belong to pornography, gambling, drugs, alcohol, sex, heroes of this world….? Who or what does your heart belong to? You need to recognize and avoid the situations that are most tempting to you. If you struggle with lust, avoid anything that tempts you to lust. If you struggle with pornography, keep away from stores that sell it, and put a blocking program on your computer and TV. Steer clear of situations where you will be alone in an intimate atmosphere with someone who is not your spouse.If your struggle is with alcohol or drugs, refuse to allow them into your house under any circumstances. Avoid-avoid-avoid-avoid!!
To “guard your heart” your heart needs to belong to God. You need a heart that’s right with God, that is full of Christ, and that is led by the Spirit. Christ has to take hold of your heart. The Holy Spirit needs to transform your heart into a vessel of God. You see, it is only when your heart is full of Christ that you have the strength to guard your heart. Our heart “is the wellspring of life.” Well, Jesus is the water of life that you need to have bubbling up in your heart.
Have you trusted Him as Savior and accepted Him as Lord? Are you walking in step with the Spirit? If you are, then you are guarding your heart.Your heart is precious. Your heart is under attack. So, “guard your heart.”
“Dear God, please help me to guard my heart and mind with all diligence … and keep my thoughts focused on things that are ‘true, pure, and of good report.’ In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.”
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Just average
By steve | May 10, 2010
??•´`°•.¸¸.´’`°•.¸? Just Average???????º°’´`°
Did you know that the average Christian will, over the course of their life of about 35 - 40 years: Attend more than 1,600 church services hear more than 1,600 sermons, sing over 20,000 christian worship songs, participate in over 10,000 public prayers..AND will lead ZERO people to faith in… Jesus Christ in the course of their Christian lifetime. It’s a sobering and sad statistic. How close are you to being an average Christian? As Lucy said to Linus ‘we’re all capable of doing much better’.
The 12 disciples that Jesus chose to follow him were just ordinary, average people. Peter, Andrew, James and John were just ordinary, average, everyday fishermen, living ordinary, average lives, doing ordinary, average jobs. Matthew was just an ordinary, average, everyday tax collector, living an ordinary, average life, doing an ordinary, average job. But then they met Jesus and they became average, ordinary people, living extra-ordinary lives. That’s what happens. When ordinary, average people have an encounter with Jesus Christ they become average, ordinary people living extra-ordinary lives!
But it doesn’t end there. These disciples didn’t remain average people. They didn’t remain ordinary people. When they first met Jesus Christ they became average, ordinary people living extra-ordinary lives – but when they met the risen Christ – they became extra-ordinary people living extra-ordinary lives – and they went out and stood up and claim the ultimate truth of the gospel.
We need to be extra-ordinary christians!
And it takes extra-ordinary people, living extra-ordinary lives to proclaim the truth of the Gospel. It takes extra-ordinary people, living extra-ordinary lives to proclaim that Jesus is Lord.. It takes extra-ordinary people, living extra-ordinary lives to proclaim that there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved – and it’s the name of Jesus Christ. We need to be extra-ordinary people, we need to be extra-ordinary Christians, we have to be living extra-ordinary lives.
May God pour out his grace on us to make us strong. May we experience a fresh outpouring of his Holy Spirit in our day. May we become extra-ordinary people living extra-ordinary lives and may God grant us the courage that we might be able to take the gospel from our four church walls to the ends of the earth !!!!!!!
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