David`s Trial, Trust And Triumph

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Past, Present & Future

I was listening to someone speak recently about the widow who gave her two mites into the treasury. She gave all she had.

The person who was speaking said that she had given her past, present and future to God.

Think about it…..she gave the money that she had saved up until that point….her past.

She gave all the money that she had for NOW.

And she gave money that she would have needed for tomorrow.

God wants us to give our past, present and future into His Hands.

An Appeal From The Heart

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The Will Of God

The will of God will never take you, where the grace of God cannot keep you, where the arms of God cannot support you, where the riches of God cannot supply your needs, where the power of God cannot endow you.

The will of God will never take you, where the Spirit of God cannot work through you, where the wisdom of God cannot teach you, where the army of God cannot protect you, where the hands of God cannot mold you.

The will of God will never take you, where the love of God cannot enfold you, where the mercies of God cannot sustain you, where the peace of God cannot calm your fears, where the authority of God cannot overrule for you.

The will of God will never take you, where the comfort of God cannot dry your tears, where the Word of God cannot feed you, where the miracles of God cannot be done for you, where the omnipresence of God cannot find you.

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Wasted Years

This has got to be one of the most moving and touching of songs. We all at some stage in our lives lived in wasted years.

Maybe as you listen to this song you find yourself in such a position. In the words of the song, may you, “turn around, turn around, God is calling - He’s calling you from a life of wasted years.”  

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Jesus…..

I came across this today and thought it would be good to share.

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Jesus had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Jesus had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Jesus had no army, yet kings feared Him.
Jesus won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
Jesus committed no crime, but they crucified Him.
Jesus was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today

Things Thought Impossible

Got any rivers, you think are uncrossable?
Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through?
God specialises in things thought impossible
He can do for you
What no other power can do.

“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
(Matthew 19:26)

The Rubber Band Principle

A friend sent me the following, and I thought I would share it on the blog.

Philippians 3v13

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 
   I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. “  

All rubber bands work on the same principle; they must be stretched to be effective! Anybody who has ever achieved anything of note has been stretched to their limit. There are no exceptions.One of the most common mistakes is thinking that success in life is due to some genius or some ’special something-or-other’ you don’t possess.  

Get rid of

One Way

I was reading of  the pope’s granting of a special “plenary indulgence”  to “commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s appearance to St Bernadette at Lourdes.”

(An indulgence is supposed to be a remission of the temporal punishment due for sins committed. A plenary indulgence is supposed to be  the remission of all punishment). 

The Catholic Church states that this special plenary indulgence can also be applied to “the souls of the faithful in purgatory.”

According to the Catholic News Service, “Catholics can receive the indulgence during two time frames.

Pilgrims visiting the Massabielle grotto, where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette, can receive the indulgence during the Lourdes jubilee year, which runs from Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, until Dec. 8, 2008.

Pilgrims who visit any public sanctuary, shrine or other worthy place dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes may receive the indulgence Feb. 2-11. Feb. 11 is the day the first of 18 apparitions occurred and is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Feb. 2 is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord.”

This is absolutely unscriptural. Search the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will find no mention of indulgences. Sins are forgiven through faith alone in Christ alone.

Fiery Trials

I was listening to a preacher the other day, and he said that when you make a decision in your life to take God’s way over a certain matter, do not be surprised if things get more difficult for you instead of easier.

You see, we think that if we take God’s side on a matter - whatever it may be - that because we have done so, everything will be alright. And sometimes that is the case! But not always…….

This preacher went on to remind us of the story of Moses.
How that he had gone to Pharaoh and said……”Let my people go….” (Exodus 5:1). Pharaoh of course would not obey, and he then proceeded to try and make things worse for the Israelites.

In verse 7, we read that he