Cast Your Worry on God

My wife told me a story the other day that I think is very appropriate for today. “I remember when my dad was teaching me to fish and I would cast out the line. I would wait maybe a minute and then jerk on the line and reel it in looking for a fish. I kept this up (of course until daddy took my pole away from me). At that time I hadn't developed the patience required for fishing.” That's the same with worry. Throw it out there and wait for God. The only thing We'll pull back in is the victory.

You Decide

As we walk through life, we make decisions every day like what are we going to wear; What will we have for lunch; what do we have to get done today; or who will we see today. These decisions determine the course of our day and many time determine the success or failure of that day. If we decide to start our day with prayer and reading the Word of God, we will have a better start on the day. We will make better decisions and, as the day progresses we won’t let the circumstances of the day cause us stress, anxiety, or sadness. It is all up to you, so you decide!


Luke 8

Victors or Victims?

After watching the day’s NFL games I saw a lot of winners and a lot of losers. By losers here I mean teams that lost, got beat or beat themselves. For the most part they took the fault of the loss as a team instead of blaming someone else. They were not victors this week. But they were not victims either. Victims try to blame others for the defeats. “It was his fault!” “It was her fault!” you will hear them say. Victims in life blame a bad childhood, or environment for their current situations and circumstances instead of forgetting the past and seeing how they can improve their situation through determination, hard work and, of course prayer. The enemy is always looking for victims. In the animal kingdom the predators go after the strays that are away from the herd or team. These are the ones who die. And then we have the vultures. The vultures pick at what has been killed or is dying to inflict even more damage. There are predators and vultures in the human world too and they attack just like they do in the animal world. The enemy goes after those who are not in daily fellowship with God and other Christians, who have “strayed from the herd”. The human vultures pick at the wounded or dying as if to say, “See God does not love you and can’t help you. Don’t be a victim. Stay charged up. God and His Word do not change. You can and will be victorious today if you trust in God and follow His Word

Numbers 23:18-20
Proverbs 3:4-6
1 Corinthians 15:54-56

Composure

As we go through lives many things don’t go as we planned, and at the moment we wonder what happened or ask, “How could this happen? I and a Christian, I read the Word, I pray, I faithfully attend church?” The answer is simple. Life happens. The Bible does not guarantee a life free of trouble. Even peter had a thorn in the flesh. God does however give us the strength to get through the problem, if we trust in Him and His Word. But if as soon as a problem comes up we start wondering what to do, we lose the victory in that circumstance. If we keep our composure and Fully Rely On God (F.R.O.G.) we will be victorious


Isaiah 54:13
Psalms 5:11

A Vision of Heaven & Hell

I can't take credit for this Blog as it was sent to me but it was definitely worth sharing so here it is:

A Holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, 'Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'

The Lord led the holy man to two doors.

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.

In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.

The Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.'

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.

The holy man said, 'I don't understand.

'It is simple,' said the Lord. 'It requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other. The greedy think only of themselves.'

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you.

Remember that I will always share my spoon with you.

John 3 :16

Walking Through

Many people relax or get needed exercise by simply taking a walk. A thing to remember when you are walking is that as long as you are walking, you are moving. If you stop, you are no longer moving. Sounds simple, but this is also valuable knowledge for our Christian lives. As we are walking from day to day in God, we need to stay moving and not get stuck in the things of this world. As we walk we get stronger in our faith and in our bodies so we can be closer to god to be able to resist the attacks of the enemy. Keep on Walking Through!

Psalms 84:6-7
Job 27:21

The Right Ingredients

If you have ever prepared a food item and accidentally left out an ingredient, you know how 1 small omission can ruin the whole dish or desert. It is the same with our spiritual lives. We can leave God out of our lives, but that will not end well. We can leave prayer out of our lives but we will not be victorious. We can leave the Word out of our lives, but we will not have God's direction. We can leave time alone with God out of lives but we will never have peace. We need all these ingredients to have a happy, prosperous, successful and victorious life in Him


2 Timothy 2:14-16
Psalm 39:11-13