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A Mouthpiece for my God

Being “a mouthpiece for God” should be the earnest desire of Christians. The joys of being a Christian should never be kept to ourselves, but rather to let others know who we believe, what we believe, and why we believe. To be a mouthpiece for God, I must first declare a summary of my beliefs. These are included in  “The Apostles’ Creed,” which is a formal statement of what the Christian Church teaches and what Christians believe.  The Apostles’ Creed. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy […]

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The LORD is my Shepherd!

The LORD is my Shepherd is the 23rd of the 150 Psalms that make up the Old Testament Book of Psalms in the Bible. Written by King David, the 23rd Psalm is the most well-known, beloved,  Psalm recited  by Christians and non-christians. This is the 23rd Psalm The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, […]

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Is there more to life than it appears to be?

Lots more! If you were to randomly ask different people what is their opinion of life; very likely you would get different views. This is because, as humans, we are individually different—we think differently, and act differently. Besides, each person is entitled to his or her personal opinion.  However, no matter how we may act or think, there are certain things we cannot change (though some would like to). And these will remain until “death do us part.” For example, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day. There are 24 hours in a day, […]

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“IT IS ENOUGH!”

What more does a born-again believer want or desires after trusting the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior? Absolutely nothing more! Jesus Christ saves, keeps and satisfies.  The Bible teaches “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17).  When Christ died on the Cross, He said: “It is finished.” This meant His shed blood was enough to satisfy all man’s spiritual needs in order to be reconciled to God.  The writer to the Hebrews says: “But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sin, […]

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Hope in God

Have you ever got to a point in your life where an unwelcome or unpleasant change of circumstances made you feel hopeless and helpless, and perhaps God has abandoned you? These situations do occur. Trials and burdens of various kinds can oppress and distress us  at times. In such circumstances, one may be tempted to throw up one’s hands in despair and wonder; why me? I can’t take it anymore. Where is God when I need Him most? Suffice it to say, it is human to feel that way. However, from God’s perspective, it is not the right way to think […]

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“Hope as an Anchor”

A ship’s anchor is a heavy object lowered to the sea-bed to keep the ship from moving away.  Hope is the Christian’s anchor that has securely entered into heaven itself, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf. This means no human “turbulence” such as conflict, strife, worry, stress, trials, burdens, temptations, and the like, will be able to separate us from our hope in God. The writer to the Hebrew epistle points out that Jesus, as our Forerunner and Great High Priest has already entered “behind the curtain”—the heavenly sanctuary of God—for us.  The text says: “We who have fled for […]

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But by the grace of God . . . . .

The apostle Paul has much to say about the grace of God in his letters to the various Churches. He recalls a time when he persecuted the Church of God. He writes, “For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God” (1 Corinthians 15:9). And then he declares: “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with […]

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If we confess our sins . . .

Sin means missing the mark of God’s divine laws. And anything that falls short of God’s glory is sin. Man is a sinner by nature and by practice. God’s Word makes it abundantly clear “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).  There’s no getting around it, because It is inescapable.  Man commits sin because he is a sinner. King David said, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Psalm 51:5). Iniquity means premeditated immoral  choices. The Biblical text is telling us that from conception in the mother’s womb man is a […]

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What is your life?

There is nothing more uncertain in life than life itself. Think of it; we can be here today and tomorrow we are gone. And no one, but no one has any control over life. The brevity of life cannot be denied by anyone, because mortal man can die at any time. The future is not guaranteed to anyone. The Bible tells us about the uncertainty of life: “You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes” (James 4:14). The Bible likens life to a mist, which […]

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I KNOW . . . I KNOW . . .

I know, I know my Redeemer lives forever I know at last He will stand upon the earth I know after my skin has been destroyed I know and yet in my flesh I shall see God I know my eyes shall certainly behold Him I know I shall see Him and not anotherI know My Redeemer is alive in my heart I know because He lives, I will also live I know He sits at God’s Right Hand in Heaven I know He is gone to prepare a place for me I know He lives to make intercessions for […]