Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. Once again, we will be celebrating the 4th of July. It is a federal holiday that we should celebrate with joy and gratitude. Why? Because our forefathers were determined to establish a free and democratic system of government and the Declaration of Independence (together with our Constitution and the Bill of Rights). They fought for this with their lives. George Washington said, “it is impossible to govern rightly without God and the Bible.” Thomas Jefferson asked this question,” Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we ha...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. There is a troubling issue that is going on in our culture that is affecting the Body of Christ. They are killing “The Truth”. There is an erosion of our foundation that is no longer resting on a Biblical worldview. Question: Is pride still one of the seven deadly sins? America has dedicated an entire month to pride -a sin which is absolutely abhorrent to God. Lev. 18:22 “do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.” In Rom. 1:24-27 “therefore God gave them over in their sinful desires of their hearts t...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus the Son addressed God as Abba in his agonizing prayer just before His assignment to die a horrible death on the cross for us. That is an affectionate word in Aramaic for “father” similar to “Papa” in English. You may think that God should not be called that…God should remain in our minds exalted larger than life who demands the highest respect; God is to be spoken of in a hushed reverence rather than as if He was a member of the family. But it was very appropriate for Jesus to address the F...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Are you curious about the “End Times”? Are we living in the End Times? End times is a general term that embraces a broad spectrum of events that will take place in the last days. Another word we can use is Escha-tology which is the study of last things or of the end times or the second coming of Christ. This includes the Rapture, the Judgement Seat of Christ (for Christians), the seven-year tribulation and (all events included in that period such as the emergence of the antichrist and Armageddon), the Second Coming of Christ, Christ 1000-year ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In the book of Psalm 51:17 it says, “the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken spirit and contrite heart…. these O God you will not despise.” Have God used a hardship that you have faced to help your faith grow stronger? What about a broken heart either from a relationship that is no more…or a death of someone dear to you; or an economic crisis? How has God used that to build godly character in you? Did you know that God wants us to be conformed to His image? In Romans 8:29 “for those whom he foreknew he also pred...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Memorial Day is tomorrow. What does this mean to the Body of Christ (you and me)? While God wants us to remember our fallen soldiers and the soldiers that continue to stand for our country God want us to realize that we are part of this country (we are the soldiers of Christ) even though the powers that be want to place us on the margin. God said, “remember the days of old consider the generations long past…” Deut. 32:7 We as Christians are supposed to have a powerful influence over this country wherever God has placed us because we are...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Paul told the believers at Corinth “I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning… your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” Earlier Paul told them to note that “we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. We are told “for our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of the dark worl...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In Eph. 2:8-9 For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works -so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” The church is “sanctified in Christ” being composed of the “called saints” who have been called out of the satanic world. The church is related with all the saints who call upon the name of the Lord in every place around the globe. We are united b...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Grieving can be the most difficult time for people. Trying to balance the feelings of pain and loss while going forward with your everyday life can be overwhelming. But like Hannah we can get through this. Sister Hannah gives us insight on how to do this. First of all, Hannah knew The Lord. Do you know the Lord? Hannah knew that sometimes God will place us in a waiting room…a place where she had no control over her circumstances. Hannah saw what patience looked like when she saw her husband Elkanah “go up year by year from this city to worshi...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. When the Church “goes to Church” things take place. The Body of Christ is bigger than the local church/us. Meaning… the gospel is spread through the strength and wisdom of Jesus Christ. He has chosen to use the Body of Believers united by the Holy Spirt “to prepare God’s people for works of service so that the Body of Christ may be built up until we reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” The Word of God goes on to say,...
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