Walk the Talk

Our loyalty to Jesus should be seen and heard in our lives.

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." (Mat 5:16, NKJV).

Many times we as Christians don't allow the light which is in us to shine to others, we put it under a basket and use the light inefficiently for no one's good (Matt 5:15). It all happens because we only believe in saying it rather than walking in it. To say it is easy, but to walk in it requires you to live in the very grace of God that helps you to say no to ungodliness and worldly lusts, and walk in God-filled, God-honoring life. Follow the example of our Lord Jesus, who "began [both] to do and teach" (Acts 1:1). Action speaks louder than words. Don't talk the talk, but just walk the talk and automatically you will glorify God in and through your life.

If You Love Him, Keep His Commandments

Obedience to God is an expression of our love for God.

"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him...If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him." (Joh 14:21, 23. NKJV).

For example your hubby says, 'I love you honey, I love you, I love you....' a thousand times an hour and when you ask him to do a simple thing, what if he tells you please do it yourself but I love you, again and again. Can that kind of love ignite a passionate relationship. So it is with the Lord. 

"The golden rule for understanding in spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience." - Oswald Chambers


Unless he obeys, a man cannot love.


‎"...What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to His voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams." (1Sa 15:22, NLT). 

The Message Bible beautifully paraphrases, "... Do you think all GOD wants are sacrifices-- empty rituals just for show? He wants you to listen to him! Plain listening is the thing, not staging a lavish religious production." (1Sa 15:22, MSG).

I love in obedience based on love for the Lord, not based on rules and regulations done in a religious way. God hates religion but loves relationship.

  

Be Bold, Satan Will Run Away!

Satan ought not be in our line of vision, but behind us. (Leonard Sweet)

"Then Yeshua said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”" (Mat 4:10, HNV).


Faith makes us speak the Word in authority, fear makes us mum and worried till we fume, fret and become hopelessly lost by uttering negative words of depression, which always leads to destruction.

Fear blinds our Godly-vision, Faith fuels it.

God's power is greater than the task you will ever achieve

The best place to witness is where God has placed you.

"The dream gave Paul his map. We went to work at once getting things ready to cross over to Macedonia. All the pieces had come together. We knew now for sure that God had called us to preach the good news to the Europeans." (Act 16:10, MSG).

You may not have a clear map from God to preach the good news to the appointed place at the appointed time like the Apostle Paul. But know this, God has placed you in your workpace, educational institution, hospital, police station, goverment office, etc because God has appointed you that place and this time that you spend over there to be a witness for Him to all the people around you. So use your time wisely, you are the embodiment of the message of the Gospel that people around you will ever hear and see. As you redeem your time from this evil age, God's heart will be pleased to see you succeed in His power (Acts 1:8). Your reward and retirement benefits are surely out of this world!!!

A Little Sweetie's Delight

A Child's View of Thunderstorms

A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with lightning.

The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school. She also feared the electrical storm might harm her child. Full of concern, the mother got into her car and quickly drove along the route to her child's school.  As she did, she saw her little girl walking along.


At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile.  More lighting followed quickly and with each, the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.


When the mother drew up beside the child, she lowered the window and called, "What are you doing?"


The child answered, "I am trying to look pretty because God keeps taking my picture."


May God bless you today and every day as you face the storms that come your way!

Be washed by the water of the word and His blood

“Scotland's Great King”

My heart was stirred as I heard A. H. Stewart tell a story of Scotland's great king Robert Bruce. On one occasion he was fleeing from the English soldiers of King Edward. They were almost upon him, and he realized he was not maintaining the speed he should, so he left the path and started through the thick forest, hoping to escape. He ran mile after mile thinking that perhaps, at last, he had eluded the vengeance of his foes, when suddenly he heard a sound that caused his heart almost to stand still. It was the baying of his own bloodhounds. He knew the English had let loose his hounds and put them on their master's track, and the animals that might be supposed to be doing Robert Bruce a favor in running him down were leading his foes to the place where he was hidden. He knew now that all was over with him, unless he was able to put something between himself and the dogs to throw off the scent.

Spent and worn, he toiled on several more weary miles until he came to a clear rapid mountain stream. He plunged in and then hastened down the stream a mile or so and came out on the other side of the forest. There he hid from the sight of his pursuers and listened as the hounds came to the water and ran up and down, baying and crying out for the scent. The water had washed it away. They were unable to follow their master, and Robert Bruce escaped from the vengeance of the enemy.

Oh, my friends, there is only one stream that will wash out the scent of sin, and that is the precious blood of Christ that cleanses from all sin. All who come to Jesus, all who trust in Him, are forever free from the judgment their sins deserve. So David tells us that the time came when it was impossible for him to hide his own sin, impossible to cover his own transgression, and he says, “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin” (Psalm 3 2:5). We read that “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

-Henry A. Ironside