He That Will Love Life!

As a loving reminder to us all, I Peter 3:10-13 says, "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?"

Can We Feed Ourselves?

Are we Christians prepared to feed ourselves? Were we to be placed in a place where we could not be part of a Christian Church or Fellowship, would we be able to sustain our spiritual life? Each of us needs to answer these questions. In Colossians 2:10 it says, "And ye are complete in him...". The Bible says we are complete in Christ and since this is true, we should be able to sustain our spiritual life through our relationship with Christ. Being in the word daily and prayer and worship will help us to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord. Brethren get your forks in the ready position.

Jesus' Birthday!

Did you hear about the family that celebrated Christmas every year with a birthday party for Jesus. An extra chair of honor at the table became the family's reminder of Jesus' presence. A cake with candles along with the singing of "Happy Birthday" expressed the family's joy in Jesus' presence. One year a Christmas afternoon visitor asked five-year-old Ruth, "Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?" After a moment's hesitation, she answered, "No, but then it's not my birthday!" Remembering just whose birthday it is, that we celebrate at Christmas helps all of us keep the festivities in proper perspective.

Switched off Jesus!

The kids were putting on a Christmas play. To show the radiance of the newborn Savior an electric light bulb was hidden in the manager. All the stage lights were to be turned off so that only the brightness of the manager could be seen, but the boy who controlled the light got confused and all the lights went out. It was a tense moment, broken only when one of the shepherds said in a loud stage whisper, "Hey! You switched off Jesus!" Let's not make the same mistake and switch off Jesus in our lives. If we do I hope someone will shout not whisper that we have switched off Jesus.

Judging Ourselves!

I Corinthians 11:31 says, "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged." That we can escape the critical judgment of God by simply judging ourselves is one of God's wonderful blessings to all of us who know him. The question is are we doing it? To be a growing disciple of the Lord we must be our own greatest judge. We must hear the word of the Lord against ourselves. Our ears will stay open to whomever God sends to us if we judge ourselves. It often appears that many folks have ceased growing because they have a much greater opinion of themselves than they should. None of us are above receiving correction and we should be open to it. Humbling ourselves before the Lord is a righteous act for each of us to do.

His Good Gifts!

In James 1:17 it says, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." Thank God for His good gifts, beginning with our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, and all of the wonderful things He does for us. Thank God that there is holiness, truth, love, righteousness, faithfulness, and total consistency in His relationship toward us. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It is wonderful to know that God loves us today, tomorrow, and forever. Let's thank him daily for his good gifts.

That Day!

The song writer wrote, "He's coming soon, he's coming soon, with joy we welcome his returning. It may be morn it may be night or noon we know he's coming soon." Scripture says in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." In the last days there will be a great apostasy or falling away. The church as we have known it will soon not be the same. There will emerge an apostate church where Christ and the subject of sin will not be spoken of. Then that Wicked shall be revealed whom the Lord will consume, the one whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. This is also found in the same chapter mentioned above. Watch and pray that that day will not overtake us unaware. Is there sin in our lives? If so, we need to repent.