Grace for your spirit September 30, 2015

Grace for your spirit

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this.  Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.  II Chronicles 16:9

The King of Judah seemingly forgot that the Lord was his best source for help in times of strife.  When war threatened, he begin to make alliances to build his strength.  God's prophet reminded the king that he had made a foolish mistake and his wars would continue.  Have we made that foolish mistake?  When we ask God for help last after all our other resources, we have it backwards.  With it, our strife will also continue. God is looking and waiting the our call.

Grace for your spirit September 29, 2015

Grace for your spirit

God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him, and  yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.  I John 1:5-6

Did you see the eclipse of the super moon Sunday night?  The super moon is very close to the earth, and when the earth passed directly between the sun and the moon, the moon was darkened.  There is a great spiritual lesson there as well.  People are like the moon.  We have no natural light of our own.  We only reflect the light of the SON.   If we get too close to the world as we orbit, when the world gets between us and the SON, our light will appear to go out as well.  Let's not let the world get between us and the light of God's Son.

Grace for your spirit September 28, 2015

Grace for your spirit

The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three pecks of meal, until it was all leavened.  Matthew 13:33

The power of God is like yeast in a loaf of dough.  Once yeast is mixed into the dough, it continues to multiply until it has completely changed the composition of lump of dough.  The kingdom of God is good leaven that will transform us completely for His good.  There is also bad leaven, the leaven of the world that can change us for bad.  Let's select our ingredients carefully, so the leaven of God will give us victory.

Grace for your spirit September 25, 2015

Grace for your spirit

This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained from by the world.   James 1:27

How many rules do we need to keep to please God?  Many so called religious people stack their laws to the ceiling and are never satisfied, and neither is God.  Isaiah reached out to such a people in Isaiah 1:16-17.  He said, "Remove evil, learn to do good, seek justice, reprove the ruthless, help the widows and the orphans.  What was good in the time of Isaiah, and the time of James, is still good for us today too.

Grace for your spirit September 23, 2015

Grace for your spirit

And He said to them, "Cast your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find a catch." They cast therefore and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.  John21:6

After the resurrection of Jesus, the apostle went fishing.  They were reverting back to their lives as fishermen before Jesus called them to be fishers of men. They fished all night, but caught nothing.  This is a strong message for them if they would just get it.  When Jesus got back into their fishing trip, they were once again blessed.  Get it?  You need to be fishing for men with Jesus.  If you go back into the fishing business without Jesus, that won't work either.  Stay with Jesus. Good direction for us too.

Grace for your spirit September 22, 2015

Grace for your spirit

My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.   James 5:19-20

It is evident that people do stray from the truth, and often need help to turn to the right way.  God has gifted us with the knowledge and wisdom to rescue the perishing and change their lives.  As we sharpen our gifts with study and prayer, we help our lives as well.  When we rescue others, we rescue ourselves too.   When we walk in the path of God with others, we truly do cover a multitudes of sins.  Theirs and ours.

Grace for your spirit September 21, 2015

Grace for your spirit

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned as it were, with salt, so that you may know how to should respond to each person. Colossians 4:6

Effective speech is not only what you say, but how you say it.  We may know the truth from start to finish and be able to tell anyone.  Will our words hit like a hammer, or sooth like a feather?  Shooting Bible bullets are seldom effective.  When our door of opportunity opens, let's think before we speak next time