Comments Off“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” – Phil 4:19
Notice the above verse says “ALL.” It doesn’t say “some” or “most,” but it says that He will meet all of our needs. It doesn’t say how He will meet our needs and I have found from experience the way He does it is often not what I expected. But the bottom line is that God is faithful and He does what He promises.
Comments OffMatthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
The 7 second prayer
Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
7 Things you’ll never regret
1. Feeling reverence for your Maker.
2. Showing kindness to an aged person.
3. Destroying a letter — or not sending an e-mail — written in anger.
4. Offering an apology that saves a friendship.
5. Stopping gossip that could wreck a reputation.
6. Taking time to show loved ones consideration.
7. Accepting the judgment of God on any question.
Comments OffMatthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
An ancient story is told of the Queen of Sheba. She sent two wreaths of roses to Solomon, one real and one artificial, to test his reputed wisdom. She defied him to detect the genuine from the artificial. Solomon at once directed that some bees be brought into the room and of course, they immediately flew to the real flowers and thought nothing of the counterfeit.
So it is with us as believers. When we find ourselves overwhelmed, surrounded, being attacked from every side with the bees of revile and persecution, it simply means they recognize that we are the real deal! Our beautiful aroma attracts those scary bees but the Lord, in the end, “Where,[oh bees], is your sting?”
Rejoice when the bees come around! Don’t lose heart! God has the victory!
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Comments OffMatthew 22:36-39 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Our Pastor has shared with us that the 10 commandments can be broken down into two main rules. Both rules are shown in the verses above. He shares often how the first four commandments are related to your relationship with God and the final six relate to other people you share your life with. Personally, I believe that God loves us so much that He gave us the shorthand version above to make sure we were clear in our understanding of what He wants from us.
So I promised something new on this page for everyone. I’m betting you may not have seen the cartoon below… 
It’s a little bit off, isn’t it? Again… I refer back to the shorthand version that God gifted to us. Matthew 22:36-39 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
It is important though to know the commandments as they read in the Bible though. I hope this table will be helpful if you haven’t read through them in a while.
| Exodus 20:2-17 | Quick Reference | |
| 1 | 2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before me. | Put God first. |
| 2 | 4 You shall not make unto you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 You shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments. | Worship God only. |
| 3 | 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. | Use God’s name with respect. |
| 4 | 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shall you labour, and do all your work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. | Remember God’s Sabbath. |
| 5 | 12 Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God giveth you. | Respect your parents. |
| 6 | 13 You shall not kill. | Do not hurt other people. |
| 7 | 14 You shall not commit adultery. | Be faithful in marriage. |
| 8 | 15 You shall not steal. | Do not steal. |
| 9 | 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. | Do not lie. |
| 10 | 17 You shall not covet your neighbour’s house, you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour’s. | Do not be envious of others. |
How about this one… What if God had text messaged the 10 Commandments? It might look like this:
no1 b4 me. srsly.
dnt wrshp pix/idols
no omg’s
no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r)
pos ok – ur m&d r cool
dnt kill ppl
:-X only w/ m8
dnt steal
dnt lie re: bf
dnt ogle ur bf’s m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.
Comments OffHebrews 13:5 I will never leave you nor forsake you.
I was regretting the past and fearing the future.
Suddenly I heard God speaking, “My Name is ‘I AM.’”
He paused. I waited.
He continued, “When you live in the past with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard for you because I am not there.
My Name is not: ‘I WAS.’”
“When you live in the future with its unknowns and fears, it is hard for you because I am not there.
My Name is not: ‘I WILL BE.’”
But when you live in this moment, it is not hard, because I am here.
My Name is: ‘I AM.’”
–Author Unknown
Comments OffJeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you ” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
We are the only Bible many people will ever read. We are the only sermon they will ever hear, the only advertisement they will ever see. If many of our friends and family who don’t know the Lord are ever to grasp the wonder of what God wants to do in a person’s life, they may have only one example open to them: us.
It is a mystery to me that God has chosen to use frail, flawed humans to communicate His message. It seems that angels would have done a far more effective job than us. But make no mistake about it: God works through people. Our world is becoming an increasingly dark place spiritually. We believers need to shine our lights! As Jesus shines through us, men and women will begin to leave behind their lives of sin and darkness and will instead stream toward heaven’s glorious, blazing light. But if that is to happen, and if men and women are to be drawn into the loving arms of the Savior, we must take care to do two things: maintain and shine.
We must continue to live according to the level of spiritual maturity we have already attained and we must hold out the hope of the gospel for others to see. We will find our witness becoming ever stronger as we choose to walk every day with Jesus.
-Author Unknown
Comments OffProverbs 18:10 “The Name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe.”
Our names are precious to us….they reveal who we are. They are a personal connection, a unique part of us. Names in Biblical times were very important, they revealed a person’s character. As we read through Scripture we can see the importance of names, therefore, I think it should be a priority in our lives to learn the Names of God. He has been given many Names and each reveals Him in a different way. God’s Names represent His attributes, His nature. I think it is important that we know God by His many Names. I hope you are encouraged and uplifted as you read these Names of God. I would urge you to take time to worship Him daily by calling upon Him using His various Names…to do so will be an awesome experience in knowing God.
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Comments OffJeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
There’s a story told of a man who was meditating by a brook in the countryside when suddenly he noticed a scorpion caught in the swirling current struggling desperately trying to climb onto a rock. The old man felt for the creature and earnestly tried to help it, but every time he reached down, the scorpion would strike. Meanwhile, a passerby happened upon this struggle. “Sir”, he said, “don’t you realize that it is the nature of a scorpion to attack and sting?” “Of course” replied the man, “but it is my nature to save and rescue. Why should I change my nature just because the scorpion doesn’t change his?”
This man didn’t let the attacking, stinging scorpion change his kind and gentle nature. So should we never allow our environment to influence our behavior, no matter where we are.
God has not called us to follow the ways of this world. He’s called us to lead with His gentleness and love! If we are going to world changers, we have to step up and be the example, be the light God has called us to be. Let’s strive for excellence! There’s so much work to be done!
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