Perhaps God has humbled you lately. Perhaps you have lost your job, or lost your house, or lost your health, or lost your savings… While this can be quite painful, difficult and bewildering, perhaps God is preparing to speak a message to you that you are just now prepared to hear.
Search me, know me;
stay away.
I want love and salvation,
but I want it my way.
Today is a gift from the hand of God. What we do and say in it is our gift back to Him. Be enriched in the knowledge of Him and speak your faith to those who will listen.
Fast from discontent; Feast on thankfulness.
Fast from worry; Feast on trust.
Fast from anger; Feast on patience.
Fast from self-concern; Feast on compassion for others.
What are you bumping into along life’s journey? Turn on the light of the word of God.
It is the love we share (by our actions, not just words!) that makes people believe we are sincere. It is how much we sacrifice for each other that opens the door for the gospel message. It is by bearing each other’s burdens that we fulfill the Law of Christ.
Christ’s reign in His Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock… Let us worship and bow down before Him as the people of His pasture.
We must never think that God treats the death of one of His own casually.
Is what Jesus can do for us more important than what we can do for Jesus? Is our emphasis on receiving from God, or serving God?
Vote as you desire, but don’t be fooled: it is NOT the power of the poll that prevails.
Reflections in The WORD 