Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. We are in a time of crisis. Everything that can be shaken has been shaken. This is the time you may want to ask yourself a question. Is the foundation of your (being) rooted in Christ alone? Or are you living in rebellion serving other gods (or idols)? Whether it is the idols of the pagans or the modern idols of America….idols are always infinitely less than God. We have idolatry in a progressive modern way such as our thought life…. focusing most of the time on things other than God like FB, the Internet, You Tu...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. During this time of Lockdown, I do hope we are using this time to “examine ourselves to see if we are TRULY in the faith; test yourselves? In (Matt 7:22) the people asked Jesus, “Lord Lord did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?” He said, “I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers. In the Body of Christ some ministries actually do those things but as for you and me maybe we just tithe, or just show up, or do good deeds as oppose to bad deeds. Ask ourselve...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Today is Mother’s Day. It is a day set aside by the US to celebrate moms and her unique role granted by God. Mothers have a job description like no other. God gives life at the point of conception but the mom gives birth. From there mom has a special bonding with that child that the father cannot give. Not negating the father, in this day and age the mother is usually with the children most of the time. She is responsible for raising another responsible God-fearing human being. Her...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In the light of what is going on now; economic distress, physical illness, death, high anxiety, domestic violence, protests, hate and greed and dishonesty it makes me think of verses in the book of Romans. The first one is found in Romans 3:10-18 “as it is written there is no one righteous not even one; there is no one who understands no one who seeks God all have turned away they have together become worthless there I no one who does good not even one. Their throats are open graves their tongues practice deceit. The poison of vipers is on the...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. For the last 2 months the COVID virus has been in the news as well as the upcoming election. For the practicing Christian we adhere to Psalm 46 “God is our refuge and our strength a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea….”. There is a book written by JB Phillips called "You God is too Small." In it he expressed how some of us (even Christians) act as though their circumstances are too c...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. I have been thinking about the world’s response to the current events. They are similar to the days of Pharaoh in the OT. God wanted His chosen people (the Israelites) to know him, to honor Him, and to obey Him no matter what was going on. He chose Moses to inform the political leader of the Egyptians (King Pharaoh) that “By this you shall know I am the Lord”. Pharaoh responded with, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israelites go?” I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israelites g...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We are past GOOD FRIDAY and unto RESURRECTION SUNDAY. AMEN!!! Do you know what that means for us? He died and was buried and HE ROSE. Why did this all have to take Place? In John 11:25-26 it says “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die”. Do you believe this? Let us look at some of our similarities in this verse and our new life. Do you except the fact that by Jesus dying on the cross we should be dying also? Do you believe tha...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. This has been a difficult week. We all had to learn to do things differently. At this time the Lockdown has been extended to the end of the month. But rather than focus on that let us focus on this week.. HOLY WEEK. Yeh!!!This week is a time to recall the events leading up to Jesus death and his humble entry into Jerusalem. The climate in the Middle East was in chaos. The Romans were oppressing the people of the land. The Pharisees were the political group oppressing the people with the LAWS that they interpreted as they saw fit bel...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Hope everyone is safe and healthy. I must say I am respecting this time of Lockdown. It has allowed me to respect “the gift of time”. Some people have lost their lives already because of this virus and went on to heaven or hell. But we are still here. So for me {and I hope it is for you as well} you are using this TIME wisely … “redeeming the time because the days are evil”. I could use the time to be very self- focused and do “good things” like a “good responsible person&rdquo...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We are in a health crisis. It has unleashed a near panic in our nation. Many wonder is this the “signs of the times?” God talks about birth pains. He said there will be wars, and rumors of wars. We have them now. Check the news concerning Iran, Korea, and Russia. God said we will have pestilence. Well, we now are dealing with the coronavirus. He also said the world will suffer famine…take a look at Africa, the Caribbean and SE Asia. What about fires, floods, the prevalence of evil., the ever-increasing selfishnes...
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