Reflections
Greetings and blessings to you all. I hope all of you read your Bible this past week. Or did you allow “the things of this world” to crowd out your time with your Savior? Well, this is a new day. You have another opportunity to crack open the Word of God. Isn’t God good? Each day is a new day for us to learn more about the God we serve. That is a big deal. Why? Because critics around the world are constantly denying the inspiration and reliability of Scripture. Currently critics want to eliminate teachings from the Word of God such as… Christ’s call to repe...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to you all. Let’s continue to learn the importance of the Holy Scriptures. David said in Psalm 143:8, “Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning for in you I put my trust.” Sometimes we try to act as if we are God. We begin to believe we can control our world and what goes on in it. What does God have to allow to happen in our lives BEFORE we begin to totally TRUST IN THE LORD? Reading a Christian article it pointed out that professing Christians are falling for the same old trap that Satan proposed to Eve. Doubt played a key role i...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to you all. I love you enough to share the truth with all of you. The Bible is to be read, and studied, focusing on it teachings and finally applying them to our lives. We must know of the Old Testament as well as the New Testament….the whole Bible. The OT helps us to understand the character and nature of Almighty God so that we can know how to approach Him with reverence and godly fear. (I assert that America and some of us have lost that especially when the Bible and Prayer became contentious to the lawmakers.) When Jesus was questioned by the religious leader...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to you all. I will continue to talk about the importance of the Word of God. Second Tim. 4:2 says “preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct rebuke and encourage with great patience and careful instructions.” The pastors have to know the Word of God in order to follow this mandate. But what about us? Is there a mandate for us as followers and Disciples of Christ? In 1 Peter 3:15 it says “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” So, it appears ...
(Read More)