As a believer in Jesus Christ, you know that God speaks to you when you spend time with Him in prayer and in His Word. The same goes for me. God regularly speaks to me through His Word. Sometimes God has a personal message for me. Sometimes God expands on the message He has for me and wants me to share it with you. As the Spirit moves me, I'll share the message placed on my heart. Remember that "[t]he wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit" (John 3:8).
Monday, August 22, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Advice for the Issues of Life
The topics that I was referring to in the last blog entry pertain to issues of life shared with me by others. I have been lead to the Words of Proverbs 4:20-27. These wise words will be helpful to everyone! Amen!
20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25) Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
20) My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22) For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24) Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25) Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27) Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Prayer and Scripture Search
I am in need of more time in prayer and searching the scriptures for a couple of topics weighing on my heart. Thank you for your patience while I pray and search!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Words to Keep from Becoming Toasted in Hell
This morning I met a person who I'll nickname "Toast" because of tidbits of social conversation that took place around us. I had just described myself as a "man of faith" to someone in a conversation when Toast jumped in and said that he has no faith, in short, because of all the bad that goes on in the world. Toast was wondering how I could have faith. I told Toast that I did not say it was easy and referred him to the Bible to build his faith.
If we look at Toast's scenario of bad in the world from the standpoint of the question "Why do bad things happen to good people?", we must ask why did the bad happen to Jesus Who was a good person? Clearly, from the Bible, God had a purpose for Jesus to save the world. Through faith, we have to believe the entire story that God sent Jesus to save the world from sins so those who believe will not spend eternal life in hell. Instead, believers will have eternal life in heaven away from all the bad in the world. Eternal life in heaven is guaranteed for sincerely believing in Jesus' life story. Along with believing in Jesus, relationship -building with Him takes place through the Word of God! Please turn to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John for Jesus' magnificent life story!
We have to spend time with God in His Word to become more and more like Jesus and to discover the will God has for each of us. In so doing, we are going to discover that living a Christian life is not easy. We are going to be confronted with Satan's tactics along the way until Jesus returns to keep us from becoming 'toasted' in hell. Amen! Toast is certainly a likeable person, but I do not want him or anyone else to become toast!
If we look at Toast's scenario of bad in the world from the standpoint of the question "Why do bad things happen to good people?", we must ask why did the bad happen to Jesus Who was a good person? Clearly, from the Bible, God had a purpose for Jesus to save the world. Through faith, we have to believe the entire story that God sent Jesus to save the world from sins so those who believe will not spend eternal life in hell. Instead, believers will have eternal life in heaven away from all the bad in the world. Eternal life in heaven is guaranteed for sincerely believing in Jesus' life story. Along with believing in Jesus, relationship -building with Him takes place through the Word of God! Please turn to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John for Jesus' magnificent life story!
We have to spend time with God in His Word to become more and more like Jesus and to discover the will God has for each of us. In so doing, we are going to discover that living a Christian life is not easy. We are going to be confronted with Satan's tactics along the way until Jesus returns to keep us from becoming 'toasted' in hell. Amen! Toast is certainly a likeable person, but I do not want him or anyone else to become toast!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
God Wants You (to find His Word)!
God temporarily turned my attention away from writing PAT in order to deal with me on a personal level. Up until July 20, 2011, God's purpose had been fulfilled through the blog. Now, God has lead me back to writing the blog because He definitely wants His Words out in the world for life and health to those who find them (Proverbs 4:22). I hope you are one who God has lead to find His Word through PAT for the life and health it offers!
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