June 2012 Blog Posts (110)

The time of the tenth and eleventh century is typically referred to in history as the “dark ages”. The Roman Empire had collapsed and without a central power, lawlessness reigned. Barbarians invaded countries in Europe unchecked and the Feudal system of government came into being. Evil seemed to follow people everywhere.…

Dear Heavenly Father, we do appreciate your patience and love toward us. May we show this same love to those around us; especially to those with whom we might have a disagreement. Lord, grant us grace to be gracious and not get into contention with others. Lord, remove murmuring and disputing from our hearts and let us be joyful and peace makers. Father, guard our tongues that we do not say things that we will later regret. Forgive us when we fail you and give us Your grace to forgive…

Jesus: The Bread of Life   John 6.22-59

Father, as we read through the rest of this passage following Jesus’ feeding of the 5000, his walking on the water to the disciples … please help us to grasp what you were saying to the crowd then, and what it means to us…

I want to be like the brothern overseas. They spread the gospel to people like communists,muslims,budhists and hindus.

Well, something struck me-and it had to be from God since I couldn't ever figure something like this out. Something struck me. Where's the missionary work for the evolutionists/atheists/satanists,mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses? I've seen websites and a show supporting creation. But, where's the on the street gospel people? You know like those overseas. How…

Some times I go through periods in my life where I feel I am not praying or getting into the word of God as much as I should or as God wants me to. He wants to have a personal relationship and in order to have a relationship with anybody you have to spend time with that person. Every time I wonder away something always nudges me to come back to the Lord whether it is something that happens in my life or someone directly telling me they see me wondering from the right path. I struggle to live…

Dear Heavenly Father, we bless you today. Thank you for the wonderful favor you give us when we are serving You and your causes. You have made a way many times for us when there was not a way to take care of something in the natural. I am grateful for the gifts You have given us. May we always use them to bless those that You send us to. Lord, keep us from the temptation to use money as a means of manipulation, but rather let us use our money to bless and help others with. Lord, may we…

Dear Heavenly Father, we love and worship You today. Thank you for giving us the revelation of Your Word so that we may have the knowledge and wisdom we need daily as we walk in this world. Lord, help me to not to be one who thinks that I must speak about every situation that arises. Help me to guard my mouth and speak only when I can bless and edify others. Lord, I do not want to speak just to be heard. Lord, I ask you also to forgive me when I have spoken inadvisably and brought pain…

                              My Death Changed My Life

     My story starts in 1980 on a hot August day. It was August 26th, my oldest brothers birthday, a day that is etched in all of our memories. It was the day of my accident, the day I died. Here let me set the stage or rather paint the picture if you will...

     It was around 1 pm in the afternoon, my mom was cutting off corn to put in the freezer, while sitting at the kitchen table. All of us kids had gone up to…

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

http://bible.cc/matthew/5-13.htm

What has happened to the salt in America? Back in the early days pilgrims spread the…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for teaching me that true wealth is found in You. Lord, truly, Christ is all that we need. Having a relationship with You will bring the answer to any problem I may face. I can trust You to supply all my needs because You promised to take care of me. There is such freedom in this knowledge. I know that every day my needs shall be met in You. Lord, help all my friends and family to rest in Your promises too. Strengthen us to trust You daily. I know when I…

Dear Heavenly Father, I am so thankful that we can run to You and find safety. Lord, there are so many things we face in this world that are dangerous, it is good to know that you are like a "high tower of safety." Thank you, for watching over me and my family and my friends. I also pray for the whole family of God and ask that You watch over each one of Your own. Guide us, your people, in the right ways. Keep us from harm and temptation. Thank you also for the privilege of using the…

I came across a scripture reading today that I thought you would like to read as well. It is taken from Galatians 6:7:



Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.



Here are some thoughts on that verse:



We're not going to fool God. While we might put up a facade for others, God knows our hearts. So, if we spend our wealth, time, and interest in other things and give God the crumbs, we need to know that we are not going to reap a bounteous…

Lord, You are the only Morning Star.

Nothing else compares to your brilliance,

a penetrating light that pierces...



...the darkness of our hearts

...the blackness of our sins

...the abyss of our human emotion



Being the source of Dunamis power,

You shine an eternal beam of radiance.

For unlike other stars, You'll never burn out.

-Joe Breunig, author/poet

Reaching Towards His Unbounded Glory

A Journey Of...…

On God's holy mountain

I traverse a spiral path

of an upward climb

towards His higher ground.



My progress varies between

arduously slow and immoderately fast,

while trying to avoid same mistakes

that keep me in a circle going round.



Rockslides are temporary obstacles

that can only impede, but...

Never prevent me from reaching the peak

where one day, I'll be found.

-Joe Breunig, author/poet

Reaching…

I am really spiritual person   who just like following the true principle of Jesus Christ and our heavenly farther. I want to share with you what do in my Christian life threw the holy bible; I want share with you about my daily meditation of reading the holy scriptures, first I want share something  with you in 2 timothy 3 verse 16 it say All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: this is my…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that you have given us a job and a task to do. Lord, let us not view work as a drudgery or an evil; rather, let us be grateful that we are able to work. Lord, let us work with joy, and not complain and whine about our lot in life. Let us realize that we are working for You and You shall promote and reward us, even as You did Joseph in the Bible. You use men as instruments of blessing in our lives, and let us also be instruments of blessing to others. In…

Why God Hates Divorce

Jim Tonkowich

"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and I hate a man’s covering himself with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. (Malachi 2:16)

I’ve been going to church for years.  I’ve heard thousands of sermons, Bible studies, and Sunday school lessons.  I’ve also preached hundreds of sermons and done a great deal of teaching.  In all that time I can never remember a sermon, a study, or a…

~One more lesson from the Feeding of the Five Thousand, John 6.1-13

“After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee…”  To what did the ‘after this’ refer?  In syncing events of Jesus’ ministry, our Lord was not just physically weary from teaching and…