- “If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ.” ~C. H. Spurgeon
Month: June 2019
- The Father sent His holy Son to be a perfect sacrifice on our behalf. In other words, Jesus Christ took our sin upon Himself and died on the cross in our place. By trusting Him as our Savior, we receive His forgiveness and are made new (2 Corinthians 5:17). From then on, our Father sees us as holy, perfect, and welcome in His presence. ~Charles Stanley
- “Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.” ~Charles R. Swindoll
- “If we are to gaze into the face of God, we must look beyond our present circumstances.” ~A.W. Tozer
VIDEO What a Day – Mystery of Resurrection
What a Day!
In the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.…the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:52
When the Montgolfier brothers first demonstrated the possibilities of flight with their hot air balloon in 1783, they sent it aloft without passengers. It traveled higher than five thousand feet into the sky and stayed up for ten minutes. There was much discussion about taking humans into the air, but no one knew how the altitude would affect them. King Louis suggested experimenting with prisoners, but the brothers instead sent up a balloon with a sheep, a duck, and a rooster. The trio survived the flight with no ill effects, and on November 21, 1783, the first human flew into the air. The man, Pilâtre de Rozier, did just fine—though he later died in a balloon accident over the English Channel.
One day soon…
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A Meditation On Sovereignty and Gospel
God’s sovereignty will always be offensive if you don’t love Him.
The fact that God is God, not merely a helpful spiritual sage or positive force of moral light we are free to access when useful, the fact that He is rightful ruler of everything and everyone everywhere is very unwelcome news to those who do not treasure Him.
We have a very man-centric ethos in this 21st century Western culture. God, if He exists, is the Benevolent Validator of all that I want to do and be. He is as soft and as malleable as I need Him to be. If I desire something He (or She or It) must of course approve. Affirm. Celebrate. Because God is love, and of course love is celebration of all I desire. Which is to say God is whatever I desire.
And into this pagan mess sounds the Gospel of Jesus…
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60 Seconds On Worship and Wonder
One of the most under appreciated aspects of Biblical Christianity is that it restores a sense of wonder about the world. A Divine Author, good and beautiful without end, spoke this universe into being.
Spoke it.
Everything there is to perceive, the smell of moss and crunch of leaves in an Autumn forest, the cascade of sunlight over grass on a Summer sunrise, cumulus clouds and pelicans and babies and comets, all of it came at His Word.
And all of it points to His heart.
We don’t live in a random universe. Nothing is random. That itch in your ear a minute ago wasn’t random. Everything is providence and story, everything is being worked together to shed light on the unimaginable beauty of the God who is there.
The Bible describes this world we live and move and breathe in as a creation. It is a purposeful tapestry that…
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How Important is the Gospel?
Many have reached a saturation point when it comes to the notion of gospel centrality. “Enough already,” they cry, with more than a little exasperation. I understand this reaction. We who identify as evangelicals are good at taking what is otherwise a fully biblical term or concept and beating it into the ground or pounding it into the heads of our people. So, yes, it’s possible for us to grow justifiably weary of certain terminology.
After years of watching “gospel-centered” be used as an adjective to describe everything from children’s ministry to a Wednesday night pot-luck dinner to global missions, I pray that we not lose sight of how indescribably important the gospel actually is. So I thought it might be helpful if we simply let Scripture address the matter. This post, therefore, is designed for those of you who, in your understandable frustration with what…
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3 Saved in Pennsylvania
It is always wonderful to see people come to the Lord. Last Saturday it was a special blessing at the Food Truck Festival in Pennsylvania where 3 people came over to see the “3 Things God Can Not Do”.
One of them had been in the church’s rehabilitation program but had not made a decision to follow the Lord when attending meetings. However when she saw the display and was curious to know what God could not do. She was not 100% sure she was going to Heaven and went back to the soul winning table. She did accept Jesus as her Savior.
The blessings is that she will now grow in Christ because she is already attending classes and church. Many people hear the gospel several times before they are ready to be saved. God allows SOS Events Ministry to then led them to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 3:7
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The Meaning of Life
Most everyone in their life, at some point, has asked the question: “What is the meaning of life?”
It is not difficult to answer actually – to bring glory to God. That’s it! We are to bring glory to God through our lives. It is the ‘doing it’ that presents a problem for many individuals.
Ecclesiastes 12 : 13 AMP
13 “When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person.”
Revelation 4:11 AMP
4“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they exist, and were created and brought into being.”
“…you always think you’re going to manage it your own way. It never works. The…
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Praying for the millennials 