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Give the Lord No Rest
GIVE THE LORD NO REST: A Few Words on the Problem of Prayerlessness
This week I’ve been reading in the last few chapters of Isaiah, and one thing that kept popping off the page at me was prayer - really, the lack thereof. Listen to this:
"...My Temple will be called a house of prayer..." - Isaiah 56:7b.
Remember the story of Jesus clearing the ( Read more... ) -
ZEITGEIST REVISITED
Please read this in its entirety.
In an effort to debunk Christianity and religious faith in general, an internet documentary called Zeitgeist was produced (see link below). Someone prompted me to watch it. It is well made and appears convincing and thoroughly researched. It clearly comes from an extremely (even sarcastically) anti-religious bias ( Read more... ) -
God's Promises For Your Purpose - Part 2
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Remember: When you're doing God's purpose for your life, you can count on God to help. He promises:
· PERSONAL INTIMACY WITH GOD
God wants to be close to us more than we'll ever want to be close to Him. He longs to be longed for. And for those who are seeking Him and striving to serve His purpose for their lives, He ( Read more... ) -
God's Promises for Your Purpose - Part 1
God has designed each of us ON purpose FOR A purpose. The trouble initially lies in the fact that many do not seek to find God's purpose for their lives. Early 20th century evangelist Billy Sunday said, “More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.” There is an abundance of talent wasted because people fail to determine what God's ( Read more... ) -
How Can God Forgive Us?
"And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin..." - John 16:8 (NLTse)
In My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers writes (emphasis mine): "Very few of us know anything about conviction of sin; we know the experience of being disturbed because of having done wrong things; but conviction of sin by the Holy Ghost blots out every ( Read more... ) -
Beside Myself
I've always known how blessed I am to be the dad of such amazing kids. It really got my soul dancing when my daughter handed me this picture she'd drawn during last Sunday night's service. (The Presence of God had really come in and God was moving in His own way.) Her intuitiveness and foresight is befuddling. She had no assistance; this was ( Read more... ) -
Happy All Saints Day
I took my family to Orange Fest last night. Fun orange festivities ( Read more... ) -
Who? ME?
Reading in Titus 1:6-9, I came across the criteria required of those in pastoral ministry (overseers, elders), like me. Here they are.
The OVERSEER must:
1. Be blameless (Uhhhm...)
2. Be husband of one wife (check!)
3. Have well-behaved children (work in progress)
4. Not be overbearing or arrogant (I'm the most humble person I know and proud of it!)
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On Smoking Pot, etc.
Question: Is smoking pot (or alcohol/tobacco/narcotics) right or wrong? Is it a disputable matter?
In many ways, Christians make issues out of disputable matters. (Romans 14:1 - "Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.") It's called legalism. (Remember the good old days of long skirts, no make-up? And ( Read more... ) -
The Sins of All the World
"[Jesus] himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins - and not only our sins but the sins of all the world." - 1 John 2:2.
The whole world needs Jesus, and there is not a single person on the planet - past, present and future - that Jesus Christ did not come to rescue. As Abraham Kuyper stated so memorably, "There is not a square inch in the ( Read more... )