Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Wisdom Of God (Humor)...

This picture reminds me of a funny joke I once heard. There were three missionaries at the bank of a flooded river they needed to cross. At the bank of the river the first missionary knelt down and prayed asking the Lord to give to him the necessary strength to cross the river, instantly his arms popped out with big muscles and he dove into the river. He swam and swam against the strong current almost drowning three times, but finally reached the other side.

The second missionary watching this thought, I need to do better than the first missionary seeing how he almost drowned three times before he reaching the other side. So he knelt down at the bank of the river and prayed. He said Lord, give me the strength and the tools I need to cross this river. Instantly his arms popped out with big muscles; and to his amazement a row boat with oars inside floated up to the bank of the river. The missionary climbed safely inside and rowed with all of
his might, when suddenly about half way across the river he almost capsized and drowned. Finally after much fatigue from the hard rowing he reached the other side.

The third missionary watching all of this, said to himself, I have got to do better than those two, they almost drowned. So the third missionary knelt down at the bank of the river and prayed; saying: Lord give me the wisdom I need to cross this river, instantly he was changed into a woman who then reached into her pocket and pulled out a map which showed a bridge fifty yards up stream. She then proceeded to follow the map to the bridge and safely crossed over to the other side......... 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....James 1:5

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Perfect Love Cast Out Fear...

Have you ever thought about all the insecurities and fears that most of us have? Most of our fears manifest as worry. You know, the kind of fear that worries about whether or not the bills are paid. Maybe it's the kind of fear that causes you to lay awake at night because a loved one is late getting home. We usually don't think of things like these as being fears and yet they are. There are a thousand and one things that can cause...

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Advantage In Life...


Do you ever wish that you had some kind of advantage in life? You know... the kind of advantage that would cause you to benefit from the answer; as opposed to keeping your mind focused on the problem??? Well, God has given us this advantage. He knew there would be circumstances which would push.....

Monday, September 5, 2011

Amazing Love...

I am still in awe of the reality that God really loves us more than anything, and to find a verse in the bible that tells us that God wants to... (fill us with himself) in order that we might have all his fullness is almost to good to be true, but here it is Ephesians 3:19

And to know the love of Christ that passeth knowledge, THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD.

Friend the prerequisite for being filled with all the fullness of God is found in the previous verses which instruct us to be rooted and grounded in love, not just any love, but Gods love. It's sad that most people know very little about how much God loves them. They seem to be.....

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Iniquity Of Us All...

I Can still remember the day when I was driving to work and the Lord showed me in one sweeping motion how he took the iniquity of us all and laid it on Jesus at the cross. He reached back into the time of Adam the first man and reached forward into the future as far as he could go to the last person, took all their iniquity, laid it on Jesus in a supreme act of love.
Until that day... I struggled with forgiving others, but when God shared with me this verse from Isaiah 53:6... at that moment I gained a little more insight into how much God loves me.
You can only love others with the measure of love that you have received from God, but once you receive the limitless love of God that forgives you of all your trespasses, then and only then, are you able to truly forgive others of their trespasses against you. The Love Of God is so amazing in its ability to change us (for the better). Friend in the mercy of God their is forgiveness for un-forgiveness. If you struggle in this area...just remember that God has forgiven you (all your trespasses) and is holding nothing against you. Receive his great mercy and abounding grace for help in your time of need and experience his amazing love that will fill you to overflowing!

Friday, August 19, 2011

Simple Pleasures...

Truly the greatness of our God can be seen in natures beauty and the simplicity of a small girl and her favorite fishing hole!

Moments like this are what makes life so special to the heart of a family.
Cassie... heard you had a great time with your dad. (By the way)... "nice catch!"

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Grace Defined...


Great explanation of Grace
 
Jesus + Anything = Nothing.
Jesus + Nothing = Everything.
 
(Andrew Wommack)