What are you most afraid of? For some, it’s spiders or snakes, or something more life-changing, like the loss of a job, financial security, or the loss of a loved one. I am afraid of hearing the words Christ spoke in Matthew 7:23b, “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Thankfully, if we truly believe that He died for our sins and rose again after three days, we won’t have to hear those words. A dear friend passed recently, a woman who devoted her life to serving the Lord and shared Him with others, even while she was in the hospital. I believe she is hearing Him say the words in Matthew 25:21 — “Well done, thou good and faithful servant…” She was an inspiration and we should all follow the example she set. Someday I want to hear those same words. God bless you!
How Much Do You Know?
How much do you think you know? Some people are called dumb or stupid; still others are described as brilliant or a genius. The truth is, at the present time none of us know near as much as we think we do! But… Habakkuk 2:14 let’s us know, “For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” I’m not a smart man but I’m ready to be filled with all He has to teach me. God bless you!
Anxious? Don’t Be!
Have you ever been anxious? I know I sure have, and in the day and age in which we’re living there is so much to be anxious about, because of the instability and chaos around us. Psalm 94:19 says, “In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.” I believe this verse can calm us when anxiety is overwhelming us. So how do we go from anxiety to joy? It’s by focusing on God. It’s only God that can take us from anxiety in one second to joy the next. Today let’s trust God, reflect on God’s faithfulness in the past, and He will take us into the future that He has for all of us. God bless you!
Who Needs Exercise?
Each new year many people make a resolution to exercise, and those same people abandon their resolution shortly thereafter. The Bible tells us that that is okay. 1 Timothy 4:8 says, “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” This verse tells us that even though physical health is good, spiritual growth and godliness is more important, because its benefits last forever. Time for bible study and a doughnut! God bless you.
Show a Little Faith!
Faith is believing in things we can’t see. Sometimes it’s hard to have it or even show it. When we worry or are anxious, are we showing faith? George Mueller once said, “The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.” We have so many examples of faith – Abraham, when he left his home and family to obey and when he trusted God to provide a sacrifice; Noah, who built an Ark, believing God would bring rain that had never been seen; Moses, who led the people out of Egypt; and let’s not forget Job, who lost everything. With examples such as these, and so many more, let’s show true faith to God every day, amen? God bless you!
He Does It All!
There is a Booth Brothers song that’s titled, “God did it all.” In Genesis 2:2 God rested from all his work; He did it all. In John 19:30, Jesus said, “It is finished.” He had done it all. Some day in the future, Jesus will step back on the earth. When that time comes, “At the end every man will declare, God did it all.” What an exciting that day will be for all who trust in Him. God bless you today!
Free Indeed!
We are so blessed to be living in freedom! As seen on the news, peoples in other countries are not so blessed….and imagine how a paroled prisoner feels when he is released, once again having his freedom. The truth is: we were all once without freedom, imprisoned by our own sin. Because of Jesus, we are living in freedom. Psalm 32:1 says. “Blessed is he whose transgressions is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” We are free!!! Praise Jesus, amen!
What is Your Goal?
We all have goals; things that we want to accomplish and achieve. Many workers have goals set for them each year by their employer. I have been asked, “What is your 5-year goal?” The goal we should all have is scriptural. Psalm 27:4 says, “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.” I pray we all share that goal. God bless you!
It’s a New Year
Well, it’s a new year. Some of us may be hoping that it is better than the last one and some of us are happy with 2025. Each January 1st is a chance to start over, hopefully forgetting about the old and focusing on what comes ahead. Isaiah 43:18-19 tells us, “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?” We all have been blessed in some way in the last year; shouldn’t we look forward to the new blessings that will come? Happy New Year and God bless you!
Jesus is our Centerpiece
On most home improvement shows, they talk about the centerpiece of a room; something that gets your attention. Under the definition of “center” Noah Webster used the definition, “to fix on a central point.” In John 19:18, the bible says, “where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.” Wherever Jesus us, He is central; we should make Him the center of our lives! A quote from a man named Craig Etheredge says, “He controls everything and He is faithful–why wouldn’t you want Jesus to be the center and controller of your life?” Let’s all be sure to make Him the centerpiece of our life! God bless you.
