I have started a new challenge in my life. I am going to read the Bible in 90 days.
I believe God’s word is vital to our life. We must live on a steady diet. I would like to challenge all of you to read God’s word at least one time though this year. Through youversion.com, you can pick a variety of plans and track your progress. As God’s people, let’s do this together. Take the challenge!
Daily Bible Reading for June 17 Click HERE:
Here is a great video that answers the question of good and evil. Enjoy!
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One thing we all have in common is problems. I guarantee everyone of us would love to find the solutions to our problems. I believe when we take our focus off of our struggles and begin to look for the answers we will soon discover what they are very quickly. Would you like to know exactly where you can go to find any solution? Hint: Its NOT the Internet. So where do you go? Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Bible Reading for June 10 click HERE:
Paul teaches us, by the leading of the Holy Spirit, that we “…reign in life through the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness.”
So that begs the question,”Shall we then continue to sin?”
Did you realize that the gospel is so liberating it makes you ask that question? Dr. Martin Loyed-Jones says, “if you’re preaching the
gospel properly then it forces that particular question to the surface”. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Bible Reading for June 1 click HERE:
I am going to share with you a revelation God recently gave me that totally changed my life. In fact, its one of the most amazing breakthroughs He has given me. It really took the limits I had put on God regarding His blessings. Everyone who embraces this new belief will also position themselves to be more blessed, to be more of a blessing. What is this incredible revelation? Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Bible Reading for May 26 Click HERE:
We are able to live victoriously because of God’s grace and His gift of righteousness. If you don’t get hold of that fact, you will forever be trying to prove your own worth!
Condemnation is the problem. One day you start feeling condemned over your lack of a prayer life, so you start a daily prayer time. You’re doing good with that and start
realizing that you haven’t read the Bible in quite some time, so you start a daily personal Bible study. Now you’re doing really well with your daily prayer and Bible study
when you meet someone who tells you that they do those things plus fasting twice a week, so you add fasting to your list of things to do. As the days turn into weeks you
begin to evaluate how you’re doing and you think, “…I’m praying, I’m reading the Bible everyday, and I’m fasting regularly…” and almost immediately you’re hit with the
condemning thought of, “…that sure sounds a lot like pride…”. So you end up with your head in your hands thinking, “…when I’m not doing these things, I’m condemned,
then when I am accomplishing those things and I feel good about it, I’m prideful and condemned again…”. That’s when the enemy begins to tell you that no matter what you
do, you just can’t win. But I’m here to tell you that in Jesus Christ You Can’t Lose!
Condemnation comes from your enemy satan. Justification comes from from God when He looks at you through Jesus Christ and says “Not Guilty”! It doesn’t matter what
satan tries to condemn us over, it is God who justifies and according to Romans 8:1 ” There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”!!!!!!!!
Daily Bible Reading for May 25 Click HERE:
Today’s blog is contributed by Neil Kennedy of Fivestarman.com.
Growing up in Oklahoma, my sport of choice was wrestling. I was fortunate to have a very good coach; one who conditioned us physically, instructed us on the strategies of a match, and also mentored us in life. He taught us how to conduct ourselves before, during, and after a match. It was required of us to wear a sport coat and tie to tournaments. This was old-school but it worked. Somehow it gave us a mental edge over our opponents. I was so proud to be a part of the wrestling team. It gave me my identity at a young and impressionable age.
We trained hard. In the miserably cold winter, we would turn the gas heater up and rig it so it would not turn off. We wore multiple layers of sweats to train in. We punished our bodies beyond what modern wisdom would recommend. Until one day, one of our teammates became sick. Pneumonia set in and he died.
Our beloved coach resigned. He left coaching. He left the school. He faded away into obscurity, hiding behind the shame of blame. The team never recovered.
Everything changed that year. We couldn’t get our fight back.
The Bible gives us an example of a man who tried to run from the fight. Jacob grew up in a hostile fraternity. He wrestled with his brother, Esau. In the womb, nations wrestled. When the twins were delivered, Jacob grasped the heel of Esau. As a young man, Jacob couldn’t get the attention of his father. So, he began to manipulate his circumstances. With the help of his mother, he outwitted his brother for the right of first-born inheritance. He wrestled everyday to get somewhere and to be someone.
“And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.” Genesis 32:24
Jacob’s story is the account of man and you are in the same situation. You are alone and wrestling with God. God deals with man… alone. It is in the moments of isolation where you will find your fight. God won’t deal with you in the group sitting. He doesn’t address the fraternity, the team, the union, or societies; God wrestles one on one.
This is when you shake off your vanities and ideologies, and get down into the grasp of someone stronger and more powerful than you ever dreamed of getting a hold of.
When I was a young man, I found myself in a unique station in life. I had a beautiful wife, three young children, cars, clothes, and a cottage. I had reached a level of success that surprised me. And I was so, so… depressed.
There was no reason for it. It haunted me at night. The spirit of depression surrounded me. It was more than having a bad day — it was a cloud of darkness.
One night as I tossed and turned, I finally went outside, laid in a hammock, and looking up into the sky I prayed, “God can you please do something to help me?”
I wanted — craved — the soothing caress of a loving Father, but I got a surprise. God spoke to me saying, “Neil, get up. Get your fight back!”
Proverbs says, “Wounds from a friend can be trusted.” God wrestled with me. Pushed me. Challenged me. He fought with me that night. Every move I tried on Him, he countered with a more strategic blow.
It was simply awesome. I found myself intimate with God by wrestling with Him. I discovered His blessing that night. We are close. We wrestled.
Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Daily Bible Reading For May 22 Click HERE:
The other day I was looking at the definition of wisdom in my Bible. It said its “the ability to live life skillfully”. If that’s the case, then how do we get wisdom and where does it come from? Once you get it, what are you going to do with it? Can you fulfill your destiny without it? Let’s find out. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Bible Reading For May 21 Click HERE:
How many times have we taken someone for granted? Do we overlook how blessed we are each day? I believe the more grateful we are, the more aware we become of how much we really have. Many people tend to focus on what they don’t have instead of expressing thanksgiving for what they possess. You know what happens when you become more grateful? Read the rest of this entry »
Daily Bible Reading for May 20 click HERE:
Today’s blog is written by Neil Kennedy of Fivestarman.com
Most people are so focused on what they are not, that they never realize the value of what they are. Men often compare their abilities to the super-elites and then develop an insecurity that erodes their capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »