Do you understand what you are saying when you say you are a Christian?! You have just aligned yourself with Jesus and who He says He is. You are also His representative. Does what you say or do (or don’t do) reflect Him and His who/what/how? Or, is your representing only what you deem important? […]
Have you ever noticed how many times the word ‘Be’ is used in scripture? Often. And I got to thinking about this and I’ve come to the following observations: ‘Be’ is always stated strongly. There can be no doubt when the word is used that this is something WE do… and not later, but Now.
Look at the (multiple) times Jesus responded to His own disciples about their faith…Luke 8:25 ” And He said to them, “Where is your faith [your confidence in Me]?” (That particular time was when they all were in the boat and a storm came up. Add to all this question: ” And will not [our
I discovered the following today on a FB post “Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you look to heaven, and the problem that made you look for God.” [author unknown] What do you think!? Did it make you stop, like it did me, and muse a minute or 2?
I’ve had people tell me that they believe in God but that they don’t believe in Jesus! Not certain how they can even begin to accomplish that. Actually some would say that they are a Christian – though how can one be a Christian without believing in Christ??? Ohhh, they believe Jesus existed but not
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Did you grow up knowing you needed a Savior? And ‘needed’ is spelled in capital letters. I suspect that unless your family was Pentecostal, the probability for most of we who were raised in mainstream churches didn’t. Baptists did though. Point being is that if you didn’t know… how do you know? What was your
My goodness… I didn’t realize that I was sooo performance based! No, not in relation to others, as a basis of comparison – just in terms of me. And while some of you who are more familiar with me, I suspect this comes as no great shock. Was it my family? my friends? my standard?
Important? What is redemption and do you think about this very often? Actually… are you? Redeemed is more than freedom from what has been. I could be completely wrong, but… I also look at it as an invitation into what can be. Dictionary.com defines redeem, redeemed, redemption as: “adjective – Theology. (in Christianity)having been saved
Frightening word????? Bad person?? When you hear the word, repent, do you immediately feel guilty? And if ‘guilty’… of what? Do you try and distance yourself from whoever spoke the word regardless of circumstances? But do you realize that you repent often. Every time you change your mind… you repent, and I realize that this
Note: the following (to the <<< >>>) is the reaction, reflection, etc. from a reader (who happens to be a friend). I felt his words should be shared so I asked him and he agreed. His name is Keith D. Govier and we’ve known each other for over 30 years so I’ve learned to trust
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!