Sunday, May 15, 2011
Courage is a Decision
I have heard so many ask God for a burden for souls hoping that this burden would make them into soulwinners. Chicken... God called you and that should be enough. Courage is a decision not a possesion. You may think that some just have courage; but they really decided to carry on in spite of fear and that is courage.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Kind People
I have heard so many people say that they will never leave God or church again. This statement trusts in our own power which is very small. Most of these ones are not living for God any more. It is so much wiser to ask God to teach me the things that will keep me walking with Him for the rest of my life. I know many people that are doing this and in spite of lots of difficulties they are still going on for God. Learning is better than promising.
Nice old People
When I was a teenager my dad suggested that I start working toward becoming the kind of person that I wanted to be when I was old. Well I am old now and am glad that he gave that advice. I also heard it said this way “decide what you want written on your gravestone and live that way.”
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Winning Souls
The parable of the soils is not about who is saved it is about who is fruitful. It says that we became unfruitful. This means that we were already fruitful. Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. All we have to do is return to it. Your car was built to go, if it won’t go you don’t start teaching it, you find out why it isn’t working and fix it. I won many souls before I even knew that there was a plan for getting people saved. I was so excited about knowing God that it was infectious.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Worship
We should be lifting up holy hands. Worship like love is a list of actions that lead to the feeling that we are looking for. Search your Bible for other actions that are a part of worship.
Ne 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Ps 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Ps 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Ps 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Ps 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
La 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
La 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
1Ti 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Ne 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Ps 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Ps 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Ps 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Ps 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
La 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
La 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
1Ti 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
Things That We Don’t Have To Learn…
Many things in the Bible including getting saved are our responsibility to learn and do. Getting saved is so very important and yet we are left to make sure that we get it from the Bible ourselves or from someone else. There are some things though that God just gives us. I am not talking about the world we live on and all of its amenities, but rather these that are to follow.
So many are struggling to learn wisdom and often learn wisdom that is not from God. Wisdom makes us look important but only God’s wisdom is important. James says in chapter 1 Verse 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. More time asking and less time searching will help us end up with God’s wisdom and less of our own and the world’s wisdom.
This parable is not about who is saved but who is fruitful. Discussing who is saved here is a waste of time and keeps us from the intent, which is to be fruitful.
Matt 13: 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Please note the words becometh unfruitful in verse 22. These people were fruitful first and then became unfruitful. The fruit of a Christian is another Christian and the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit in us, therefore don’t confuse bearing fruit with the Holy Spirit bearing fruit in us if we are willing.
What other things does the Bible say that God will give us if we ask? Study and then send me a comment.
So many are struggling to learn wisdom and often learn wisdom that is not from God. Wisdom makes us look important but only God’s wisdom is important. James says in chapter 1 Verse 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. More time asking and less time searching will help us end up with God’s wisdom and less of our own and the world’s wisdom.
This parable is not about who is saved but who is fruitful. Discussing who is saved here is a waste of time and keeps us from the intent, which is to be fruitful.
Matt 13: 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Please note the words becometh unfruitful in verse 22. These people were fruitful first and then became unfruitful. The fruit of a Christian is another Christian and the fruit of the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit in us, therefore don’t confuse bearing fruit with the Holy Spirit bearing fruit in us if we are willing.
What other things does the Bible say that God will give us if we ask? Study and then send me a comment.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Old People
When I was a kid my dad used to take me to visit old people. Sometimes they would get cookies and be ever so glad to see us. I remember one old lady that would make coffee for dad and herself but she had some very little cups and would put some in one for me and I had my own coffee and the cookies were always so good. She was constantly so glad to see us, and would tell us so. “Oh you are such a wonderful boy” she would say.
Other older people would just sit there and complain that no one would care for them. One even said why doesn’t anyone ever visit me. I wondered why she didn’t recognize that we were. Complain and complain, they would have nothing good to say. It seemed that most of the people that we visited only had a pile of complaints to pour on us.
We would always feel like we should visit the complainers because they made us feel guilty about not visiting enough, but guess who we wanted to visit…
My dad said that I should decide what kind of old person that I wanted to be and start working at it right now. I am so glad that I did.
Other older people would just sit there and complain that no one would care for them. One even said why doesn’t anyone ever visit me. I wondered why she didn’t recognize that we were. Complain and complain, they would have nothing good to say. It seemed that most of the people that we visited only had a pile of complaints to pour on us.
We would always feel like we should visit the complainers because they made us feel guilty about not visiting enough, but guess who we wanted to visit…
My dad said that I should decide what kind of old person that I wanted to be and start working at it right now. I am so glad that I did.
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