"Many jokes are made about the devil, but the devil is no joke. He is called a deceiver. In order to accomplish his purpose, the devil BLINDS people to their need for CHRIST. Two forces are at work in our world - the forces of Christ and the forces of the devil - and you are asked to choose."
- Billy Graham
"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you."
Matthew 6:33 Holman CSB
Let's face the facts: your life is a series of choices. From the instant you wake up in the morning until the moment you nod off to sleep at night, you make countless decisions - decisions about the things you do, decisions about the words you speak, and decisions about the way that you choose to direct your thoughts. As a believer who has been transformed by the love of Jesus, you have every reason to make wise choices. But sometimes, when the daily grind threatens to grind you up and spit you out, you may make choices that are displeasing to God. When you do, you'll pay a price because you'll forfeit the happiness and the peace that might otherwise have been yours.
Consider the kind of Christian you are - and the kind of Christian you want to become - and ask yourself whether you're sitting on the fence or standing in the light. The choice is yours ... and so are the consequences.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The Power Team
Check these guys out at: http://www.thepowerteam.com/
More to come as the event gets closer!
Contagious
WOW! I wonder if I cause someone else to have a rotten attitude or a healthy attitude?
Check this out:
http://withoutwax.tv/2010/04/28/its-contagious/
Check this out:
http://withoutwax.tv/2010/04/28/its-contagious/
Monday, April 26, 2010
Training Wheels
Let go and let God.
I was driving down the road this morning on my way to Gallatin Hospital to visit a person and the Lord spoke those words into my spirit. "Let go and let God." Sometimes we get a "message" from the Lord, and as in my case, I try to decipher if it's for me or for a message that's coming up in the near future or what?
As I was driving I thought about when I was teaching Bailey how to ride her bicycle "without" training-wheels. I remember holding onto the seat and telling her to keep her balance and keep the handlebars steady and focus on what was in front of her and that at some point I would be letting her go so she could "ride" the bike all by herself. But for her to do all of that and to really TRUST in me letting her go, she had to TRUST in the fact when I let her go, I would be right there beside her running alongside of her to catch her when she started to fall or get all swervy (if that's a word).
Whether those words came to me for my sake or for a message down the road, I believe it will preach. Sometimes, no let me rephrase that, ALL the time we need to TRUST GOD and realize that He wants us to "ride without the training wheels" and that we can STILL trust that he will be there to catch us and steady us.
To be continued ...
I was driving down the road this morning on my way to Gallatin Hospital to visit a person and the Lord spoke those words into my spirit. "Let go and let God." Sometimes we get a "message" from the Lord, and as in my case, I try to decipher if it's for me or for a message that's coming up in the near future or what?
As I was driving I thought about when I was teaching Bailey how to ride her bicycle "without" training-wheels. I remember holding onto the seat and telling her to keep her balance and keep the handlebars steady and focus on what was in front of her and that at some point I would be letting her go so she could "ride" the bike all by herself. But for her to do all of that and to really TRUST in me letting her go, she had to TRUST in the fact when I let her go, I would be right there beside her running alongside of her to catch her when she started to fall or get all swervy (if that's a word).
Whether those words came to me for my sake or for a message down the road, I believe it will preach. Sometimes, no let me rephrase that, ALL the time we need to TRUST GOD and realize that He wants us to "ride without the training wheels" and that we can STILL trust that he will be there to catch us and steady us.
To be continued ...
Friday, April 23, 2010
Spiritual Wheaties
When I read this post on perrynoble.com it was like eating my "Spiritual Wheaties"!!!!
Makes me PUMPED also!!
Read it: http://www.perrynoble.com/2010/04/22/stop-expecting-excitement-to-happen-create-it/
Makes me PUMPED also!!
Read it: http://www.perrynoble.com/2010/04/22/stop-expecting-excitement-to-happen-create-it/
God's Clock
"His sovereign rule lasts and lasts, his kingdom never declines and falls. Life on this earth doesn't add up to much, but God's heavenly army keeps everything going. No one can interrupt his work, no one can call his rule into question ... Everything he does is right, and he does it the right way. He knows how to turn a proud person into a humble man or woman." Daniel 4: 35,37 (MSG)
In my devotion this morning I was reading the account of King Nebuchadnezzar and how he became prideful and deceited in all his ways when that he should have been giving glory to God for all that had prospered him to the position that he was in. I often wonder if we get ahead of God and decide that we got to where we are by being deligent "in works" and forget that we even breath because of the mercy of an Almighty God.
God turned Neb from a person of influence with a great following and an established reign to a grass eating, long haired, fingernail fungus infested, animal minded nothing.
The bible says that "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." (Prov. 16:18) Neb got pridefull and it caused him to be brought down for seven years eating and living among the beast of the field, literally.
I was visited by someone this week, sent from the Lord, and the reason the Lord sent them was to remind me that He is the "King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase." (Daniel 4: 37 KJV) I don't want to lose the anointing that God has put on me because of some prideful attitude that has slipped in because of some scheme of the devil. I want to be fully aware of the strength that is within me and that strength is the power of the Holy Ghost! No man will shut me down!
Sometimes we need a wake up call! God is setting the clock!
In my devotion this morning I was reading the account of King Nebuchadnezzar and how he became prideful and deceited in all his ways when that he should have been giving glory to God for all that had prospered him to the position that he was in. I often wonder if we get ahead of God and decide that we got to where we are by being deligent "in works" and forget that we even breath because of the mercy of an Almighty God.
God turned Neb from a person of influence with a great following and an established reign to a grass eating, long haired, fingernail fungus infested, animal minded nothing.
The bible says that "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." (Prov. 16:18) Neb got pridefull and it caused him to be brought down for seven years eating and living among the beast of the field, literally.
I was visited by someone this week, sent from the Lord, and the reason the Lord sent them was to remind me that He is the "King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase." (Daniel 4: 37 KJV) I don't want to lose the anointing that God has put on me because of some prideful attitude that has slipped in because of some scheme of the devil. I want to be fully aware of the strength that is within me and that strength is the power of the Holy Ghost! No man will shut me down!
Sometimes we need a wake up call! God is setting the clock!
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