Our Need To Reverence God

Psalm 103

   It would do the soul of man good to give his Lord the glory he deserves.  In this Psalm David encourges us to understand some of the attributes that make serving God so wonderful.  Our God the one who created you and I, the one who gave life to the old man of sin by sending his son Jesus Christ to die on a cross that we might be made rightousness for His purpose and not our own.  This same God deserves our attention, deserves our praise and deserves our whole being focused on Him.

   To forget God and all that he is and has done for us is a great transgression.  People today have done just this in our society puting every evil imaginable thought before God instead of making Him first in their life.  Romans 1:28 states that the unredeemed person does not even want God in his knowledge.  We as followers of the only true God must not follow this wordly line of deception.  God has done so much for us.  We need Him in our meditation, in our words, in our coming and in our going out.  Eph 5:18 Paul tells us not to be filled with anything else but the Holy Spirit.  He should be our all in all.  Our energy that gets us going and keeps us motivated to do His perfect will.

   There are many wonderful fulfilling promises and praise worthy benefits of God.  The first one we see is the work of salvation in verses 3-4.  God has given man the opportunity to be healed of the disease of sin.  When this happens in a persons life, God in verse 12 removes our transgression from us and thinks on it no more.  In Eph 1:7  Paul tells us that it's Christ's shed blood on the cross that gives us the redemptive life in God.

   Just reading the other verses that David has penned out about the awesome character of our God, should be motivating encouragement to live our life for Him.  And give Him the due reverence that he is deserving of.

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Don't be the "Lazy Dreamer Of No Profit"

   This morning I was reading in Ecclesiastes Chapter 10 in  v18 

"By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."

   In this verse we read about slothfulness, and being lazy. It goes on to say that if a person is lazy that the building he is to take care of will decay and if he does not keep up with its repair it will drop through and fall down.  A persons life can be this way if there foundation is not Jesus Christ

In chapter 11 v4 of the same book "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."  Solomon tells us about a day dreamer who also because of his lazy hand will not work, and will therefore not reap any benefits.  In Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

   As Christians  we can fall into this trap of lazy day dreaming in our walk with Christ.  Looking at anything and everything the world has to offer and forgeting about the work for God we need to be doing. 

The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:16 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" we are the temple of God.  So knowing this we have a responseability to take care of it and not let it fall to ruin or decay.  The truth of God's word needs to be sharp in our mind so our life will be a good testimony of what he has done for us. 

Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."  Leting the light of Jesus Christ shine in your life is going to be work, but its rewarding and worth it. 

So my Challenge to you today is QUIT dreaming about the world and the useless dreams it offers, and pick up the hammer and nails and start building your life for Jesus Christ.

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Time Is Short. "So Make Good Use Of It."

  Ever hear the saying life is to short, and that there is not enough time in the day to get things done.
  There are many people in this world that are given serious news.  News like, You only have a month to live.  Your job is ending in a week, and we are forecloseing on your home.  Where did the time go for those folks?
  What if that person was you?  What would you do?
  When you become a believer in Christ you are given a task a job to do.

Its called The Great Commision. Mat 28: 19-20  "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." 

  Life is  better lived with a selfless purpose to it, your on God's time now.  We as Christians don't know how long we have on this earth with the people we are in contact with, so its better we fulfil God's call then go on with our agenda.
  While Jesus  was on this earth he was always busy about doing the work of his Father.  We to have a heavenly Father to serve.  Let us rise up from our lazy chair and get on our knees and ask not my will Lord but Thine.
  Truth needs to be preserved and the Gospel needs to be preached.  Time is short so make good use of it.

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 Jesus."

Looking to The Cross as The Symbol of Peace!

Jesus Died on the Cross for the Sins of everyone, because everyone without Christ is Dying and going to Hell.


  My wife and I were at this restaurant a few years ago and it was time to get the bill. So when I looked at the bill I noticed that the waitress put a peace sign on there with a smiley face. If you know what a peace sign is its a broken upside down cross with a circle around it.  So when i got the bill back that I had to sign I drew a cross with a circle around it and wrote The Cross is a better symbol of Peace.

  If it were not for Jesus dying on the cross there would not be a peace that passes all understanding. Christ and His sacrifice of suffering on that cross is the only way we will have any joy, peace, mercy, grace, and the only way to Heaven. Jesus says "I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the father but by me."(John 14:6)

 He is the Savior of the world.

 Now why is He the Savior?  

 Because we need saving from our sin and Jesus the spotless lamb is the only one who can accomplish that.

He is my Savior!!    Make Him yours today. 

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God's Way Is Always The Best Way.

     The topic of interest this week is very important.  It is important in the day and age we live in, that we know what truth is and what is not true.  We live in a world that calls the truth a lie and a lie the truth.

   The Bible says in John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Now everything I am going to share with you is going to be God’s truth as it is written in the Bible.
God Word tells us that hell is a place where wicked people go.  Psalm 9:17 “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” God also says that if anyone transgresses the law they will end up in hell. Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Now the word death in this verse means an eternal separation from God. Everyone wants to go to heaven and why wouldn’t they it is a wonderful place? But to get there you must do it God’s way. After all it is His heaven, he created it. Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

  Now there is only one way you can get to Heaven and that’s through the person of Jesus Christ. John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus came to earth lived as a man and died on the cross so that you and I could have eternal life. II Corinthians 5:21 “For God hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” He took our punishment for the sins we have done. Romans 3:10 “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” So what this means is, we are not good enough to get to heaven without Jesus’ shed blood on the Cross. It’s only through God’s grace that we can have this eternal salvation. Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

  There are a lot of people in the world and in church who think they are going to heaven because they are a deacon or they go to church and say amen, or they are a good person of the community. That’s great and all we should be helping people. But if a person does not trust Jesus as the only way to heaven then a devil’s hell is where they’re headed. Matthew 7:22:24 “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.” I Corinthians 3:11 “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

  This concept of not being good starts at birth. Romans 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Psalm 51:5 “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden he passed his sin on to all the rest of us after him. As I come near to finishing my thoughts on this. The Bible talks about a wrath of God towards sin and wickedness, so then His mercy and grace is needed. But if we are all ok people, good at heart then there is no need for a Savior. But like I pointed out we as sinners do need saving and only God can do that. We have no part in that awesome work.

  There is a lot of deception today about Heaven and Hell, about Jesus and Satan, about church and religion. This is why God gave us the Bible to set us straight and to keep truth alive and not lost in lies. Personally I don’t think much of most religions. Like many have said they have a lot to do with selfishness, hate, greed and hypocrisy. That’s not what God’s word stands for. What I shared with you was not a particular belief, but rather the truth according to God.

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