Boundless Love!

Someone has said, "You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving." Look how God loved us as written in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." All who have received this love are, and will be, eternally thankful for God's love shared in this way. Thank you Father God for your boundless love!

Perfect Peace!

In Isaiah 26:3 we read, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." Trust in him, with our minds on him, and we will be kept by him in perfect peace. I can't speak for anyone else, but on my own behalf, I want to confess that it is my desire to be kept this way. Perfect peace seems to be just what is needed in this hour, with all the unrest and uncertainty in this world. Satan is really trying to wreck havoc on all nations and all people. But, God has a people, and this people will triumph! The victory is ours in Christ Jesus! He purchased it at Calvary. So Lord, we ask that you help each of us to be partakers of this perfect peace.

You Shall Know Them By Their _____?

A young lady was soaking up the sun's rays on a Florida beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked her, "Do you believe in God?" She was surprised by the question but replied, "Why yes I do." Then he asked her: "Do you go to church every Sunday?" Again her answer was "Yes!" Then he asked: "Do you read your Bible and pray every day?" Again she said, "Yes!" But by now her curiosity was very much aroused. At last the lad sighed and said, with obvious relief, "Will you hold my quarter while I go swimming?"

It sure makes a person comfortable to know whom he or she is dealing with, but remember a lot of dishonest people professing to be Christians would give the same answers as the young lady in the above story! It's by their fruits that we know them, not by their words!

Have You Killed Any Cows Lately?

Many of us are like the little boy who had broken the glass of a streetlamp. Greatly disturbed, he asked his father, "What shall I do?" "Do?" exclaimed his father, "Why, we must report it and ask what you must pay, then go and settle it." This practical way of dealing with the matter was not what the boy was looking for, and he whimpered, "I --I--thought all I had to do was ask God to forgive me." I know all kinds of Christians who aren't at all aware of the fact, that if you kill another man's cow, asking forgiveness is only the beginning, for the cow must be replaced, and if you would like my opinion, "it should be replaced with a much better cow than the one killed."

Wandering Along Life's Many Paths!

Proverbs 27:8 tells us, "As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place." Some folks just love to go a wandering along life's many paths. From my experience, I don't believe the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but is greenest right where God places us. Contentment of heart helps to hold us steady when we begin to have the desire to go a wandering. Let's wait on God's leading and then our journey will be right.

Buck Passing!

And the man said, The woman ...., and the woman said, The serpent ....Genesis 3:12,13. Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. Aaron blamed the people for the golden calf. The unprofitable servant blamed his master for his unfaithfulness. We live in an hour where most all are experts at giving reasons why it can't be them who made a mistake.

Proverbs 28:13 says, "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." If, and only if, we are at fault we should own it, confess it, and receive forgiveness. Our deliverance is swift when it lies in God's hands.

A Laugh!

Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. Proverbs 17:22, says, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."