Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. Marriage is under fire! Marriage is being dismissed and disrespected. The founder of Focus on the Family says, “people are asking, why shouldn’t the definition of family be broadened and modernize? What harm could be done by two consenting adults who love one another coming together to create a binding union?” People do not want to honor the institution of marriage as a sacrament; an institution designed by God that serves as a metaphor for the relationship between Christ and His church. “The thief (Satan) has come to rob, steal an...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. I wonder what you think of these two verses in light of our society. “They took him and brought him to the Aeropagus, and said, ‘May we learn about this new teaching you’re speaking of? For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.’ Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.” Acts 17:16-21. In 2nd Tim. 3:7 “always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth”. We are living in th...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. I believe we are watching the set-up for the end of the Church Age. The world is getting darker as the devil is trying to strengthen his grip on the church. In the US church attendance is declining. In 1 Tim. 4:1 “The Spirit clearly says that in latter times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons through the insincerity of liars whose conscience are seared.” The Word also said in 1 John 2:19 “they went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would continue with us ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. The Birthday of America is on Tuesday July 4th. We should be happy; however, that is difficult because our future as a free nation is in question. All you have to do is to listen to the daily news or the office chat room discussions. Our borders are open(even though we have an immigration policy in place); our cities are practicing lawlessness because our police force seem to have lost their authority by liberal mayors; our enemies grow bold while our military weakens allowing our once highly favored standards to drop to a very low level; our current gove...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Do you sometimes hear people saying things like “I was just speaking with God and He told me ….or “I heard from God today and He said….” You then wonder does anyone really hear from God? Does anyone really talk with God and receive an answer? Yes and Yes, Those saints have a personal relationship with Yeshua they do not practice religion. There is a huge difference. The Bible does not refer to a personal relationship with God. But all throughout the Bible it emphasizes who you know and that who is God. Yeshua or Jesus and Y...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Today we celebrate Fathers. We know who is our Father. “Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thine Name. Thy Kingdom Come. Thy will be done. On earth as it is in Heaven.” (Matt. 6:8-13) I could stop right there. However, today is a fitting time to speak to that father that is here today as well as all fathers in the Body of Christ. Being a father or to know someone you consider to be a father is special. Some of you and others have had a coach/or a close friend who you looked to as a “role model” …. or a “second fa...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. The Bible says we are children of God. In I John 3:1-2 “see what kind of love the Father has given to us that we should be called children of God…” Understanding our identity as children of God will directly manifest itself in our love for God and other Christians. We are called to love one another even our enemies. Also, as children of God we are now heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. This means that we have a new identity and a new destiny. That is good news in light of our culture that is celebrating “another identity&rd...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world- the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and the pride of life -is not from the Father but is of the world.”(I John 2:15-17) The call of the Christian life as you just read is fundamentally different than the attitude and lifestyle of the world. As we turn away from the enticing pull of self-righteousness and self-centeredness in the “city of man” we can turn outward, lifting ...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. This is Memorial Day weekend in the United States. It has been said that this is “home of the free because of the brave”. We must never forget what has happened in the past because we will not recognize when things are about to happen again. This country as well has others have always had enemies. A lot of people are celebrating by doing outdoors activities not considering the bigger picture of what this day means. Christians live in reality. Since the fall of Adam and Eve one thing marked humanity..war and sin. This day calls us to remember t...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Today is Mother’s Day. Hallelujah! Our Sovereign God gave us this day to focus on Mothers. When I think of Mothers, I think of two characteristics of Mothers that will honor and glorify the Lord who created all of us. A Mother conceives. This wicked culture is now wanting us to believe a man can conceive. Plus, they are currently in the laboratories trying to create an artificial womb. Again, the goal is to wipe out the idea that there is a God who made and controls the universe. Also, if and when the mom conceives {the culture} devalues babies by a...
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