Bi-annual Publication January 2011 - July 2011
"And now God is building you, as living stones, into His spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please Him because of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 2:5
Barukh Adonai
ha-mevorakh le-olam
va-ed.
(Blessed be the Lord who is to be blessed.)
You are still a work in progress...you're not finished yet. (So be patient with yourself and with God.) "Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is." (1 John 3:2) Don't give up!
"Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." (Philippians 1:6)
"And now God is building you, as living stones, into His spiritual temple. What's more, you are God's holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please Him because of Jesus Christ."
1 Peter 2:5
Praying the Scriptures
(click on image)
.......................................................................................................................
Many people think that the daily pursuits of this life are what this life is all about and live life to only seek things like; ... Read more>>>
"Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it." - Matthew Henry
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
Jesus called us “the salt of the earth”. What did He mean by that? There was always a reason behind everything Jesus said and ... Read more>>>
"The main thing about Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the atomsphere produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to look after, and it is the one thing that is being continually assailed. Resting in the Lord does not depend upon external circumstances, but on the relationship of the life of God in me to God Himself." Oswald Chambers
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
"The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death." - Martin Luther
"Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless." - Charles Spurgeon
.......................................................................................................................
"Blessed is the nation whose
God is the LORD." Psalm 33:12
Death is something that we all have to face one day we don’t know when, where, or how. It will come at a time we least expect, that’s why we have to live everyday as if it is our last day. So, “if tomorrow never comes,” we will be ready to... Read more>>>
Keep your eyes upon Jesus,
Never look back on the past.
Your hopes lie in the future,
It was a day on the week before Christmas, a cold cloudy day, cold enough for a jacket and that makes it seem like Christmas here in south Mississippi. Anna and her little girl, Casey, went to a grocery store to buy some food. Read more>>
Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness. Martin Luther
"The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos; the church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray." - A. W. Tozer
The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God." - Augustine
In the 8th chapter of John, a story is told that while Jesus was teaching a crowd of people in the temple one day, the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman to Him and said ... Read more>>>
This is the secret of every ‘fresh start!’ Out of the old—from the beginning of time itself something new is being established. A new season, a fresh start. Read more>>>
Jesus is so easy to love, and not hard to follow!
Following Jesus doesn't
give you immunity from trials.
What it does give you is the opportunity to experience
Him in the middle of your trial.
- Dr. Tony Evans
The enemy attempts to destroy our future by reminding us of our past. What we my have failed in during the past, should cause us to seek God's Forgiveness and ... Read more>>>
Those who, in a day of peace, set themselves at Christ's feet to be taught by Him, may, with comfort, in a day of trouble, cast themselves at His feet to find favour with Him. - Matthew Henry
.......................................................................................................................
Control Your Emotions
Think about the times when you have let your emotions run away. What was the trigger that caused you to loose control? Was it your spouse? your job? the weather? If you think long enough, you will realize that we seldom get very angry about things that we can control. It is typically those conditions that fall outside of our circle of influence that spark out-of-control emotional responses. In other words, we waste our most passionate energy on things we can't do anything about (like other people's actions). What a waste!!
Next time you feel your emotions getting out of hand, make a conscious decision to focus only on things you CAN influence -- work on you, take time for you, build you -- and forget about everything else. Nothing has quite as much power to help you feel better as the simple decision to do something constructive -- and leave the rest of the world to worry about itself.
"Most people are about as happy as they choose to be." -- Abraham Lincoln
"The greatest need of this generation is a wholehearted return to
the plan and purposes of God." - Dr Richard Owen Roberts