Preaching with a purpose

Some people worship the Earth. This is wrong, we should only worship God. I wrote a page on Squidoo about this. I also say how I do not believe in evolution. It takes a whole lot more faith to believe in evolution than it does in the great and glorious God who made all of creation. To see more on this subject click on the link below. God's Good Earth

And I contend that he is, our leaders in Europe are very foolish in not turning to him for help in these difficult days of economic crisis. We all need to put God first in our lives. If we had done this to start with we would not be in this mess. It is time to repent and put God at the centre of our lives, both personally and as nations and a union.

I can understand people, who are not christian, ignoring the Bible, but on what do christians, who do not believe their Bible, through and through, base their beliefs. The Bible gives us a thorough understanding of who God is, how He behaves and what He expects of us. If you start picking and choosing which bits you want to believe, you will soon end up with a rather thin Bible. We are not expected to understand all we read. Sometimes it is good to leave a difficult passage to look at again another day, but we must trust our Bible. The Bible will feed us with good things and bring us closer to God.Is it not amazing that this book has survived all the centuries so that we can be helped by it today. How kind God is to us to give us this book.

I think I'm so up to date with my PC and laptop and digital camera and Sibelius software, but I don't suppose I have nearly as many gadgets as most of you. What with dongles and blackberries (I still eat mine) and kindles and ipads and mp3's I shall never catch up, I can see. But which of us is the happier, me with my few gadgets but knowing God loves me, or you with your many gadgets which can never satisfy your desperate need of God. Gadgets may amuse for a while but they can't get you to heaven. Isn't it time you stopped longing for a new gadget and looked to where you can find God. We all have a God shaped hole in us and only God can fill it. The God Who Does Not Change

Is it a snappy title, is it chance, or have you been here before and enjoyed what I have to say? The internet seems such a vast canvas, all those millions of people out there who might come by at a chance. I like to speak about God because he deserves all our praise. We come to him in Jesus and he accepts us in Jesus. If you are a christian and are feeling down-hearted, don't stay low, you have the God of the universe on your side. For your faithfulness he doesn't promise wealth or glory, but he does promise eternity with him. Nothing else matters. Today's and tomorrow's problems will fade away like mist in the future. Fear not, God has your best interest at heart.

"Oh, I'm worrying again, I can't be trusting in God, so I'll beat myself up about that and worry some more." Of course we worry sometimes and it is a painful thing to go through, but it is a human reaction to life's circumstances. When you are a christian you want to trust God with the outcome of life's difficulties but going through the process to arrive at God's answer can be very difficult. Also when we remember that God's answer may be painful in itself, no matter how right and good, we are bound to be filled with worry. Trusting God is not always a simple or easy option. It is possible to trust God for a final outcome but also be realistic about the difficult pathway to it. So if you are trusting God but finding the day by day living a time of anxiety, don't beat yourself up about it. Exile comes before deliverance. I've just had a worrying time with my daughter being late to give birth and having quite a difficult time. Happil...

It is not just the disaffected youth who need to repent and turn to God, it is those of us who have made gaining money the aim of our life. We have shown that to be the important thing in our lives and so the youth have wanted it too and when they could not earn it, they have stolen it. There are many comfortably off christians in our country who are setting a bad example. We have put money first instead of following God. We demonstrate by our lives that having comfort is more important to us than following God. Christians everywhere, we are the ones who need to repent. If we truly do, revival can follow, but it will not be a comfortable road, but a worthwhile one. I hope and pray I have the sense to take my own advice.Let's welcome God to the centre of a lives, not just the fringes.

Look at that sky. No two sunsets are the same. Why? Because God loves variety. That is why you are unique. God made you to be special. Don't ever let anyone say you are a nobody. There is only one person like you. Even identical twins are really different. You may not be able to tell them apart, but God can. Jacob and Esau were twins but they were very different. God loved Jacob. I've written a page about Jacob's life and how God loved him and looked after him. You can find it below. Interesting Bible People: Jacob

What is today's picture? Well all it is is some cooked pasta. Because it came at you out of the blue perhaps you didn't recognise it. Of course that was not at all important, but there are important things in life which we don't recognise because we are looking from the wrong angle. If you would like to see more of my teazers go to the lens below. Often we don't recognise the hand of God in our lives; times when he is using life's circumstances to talk to us and we misunderstand. What people in life generally think of as bad things in life might really be the very thing which will bring us to God. Coming to God is the most important thing in all of life. He is the true meaning of life and we are unfulfilled without Him. God promises that if we search for him with all our heart we will find Him. Get searching now. Quiz: A funny angle

God says,"If you look for me with all your heart you will find me." You can only find God through Jesus. Jesus said,"I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." The Bible is where we can find out about God and know what he is like. Try this Squidoo lens to help further:- The God who does not change

Sometimes if you make friends easily you lose them just as easily. A good friendship needs working at, something like a good marriage. If you come to Jesus he will be your best friend ever. He already knows the worst about you and yet he is willing and able to forgive you. If you ask for his forgiveness he will blot out the past and turn your life around. Instead of pleasing yourself you will want to please God and amazingly you will also find fulfillment in that. Throw away you desire to rebel against God and turn to him. In Jesus he will accept all who come to him. For more help read this page. Justification by Faith Also for help finding friends. Making Friends and Keeping Them

The Old Testament is a vital part of the Bible. Often you cannot understand the New Testament unless you know the Old. Recently I have been writing about Justification by Faith. Paul writes about it and illustrates it by talking about Abraham and his relationship with God. To really understand you need to know Abraham's story. I have written several lenses on Squidoo about Old Testament characters, although not yet Abraham. I have however written about his grandson Jacob. In Jacob's story you can see that God deals with Jacob in grace, despite his early life of trickery and deceit. You might like to read more in this lens. Interesting Bible People:Jacob

How do you think of eternity? Perhaps you don't. We have a concept of the universe expanding on and on . That's one way of looking at eternity, but have you thought of looking inwards, into each cell in your body? They used to think that the atom was the smallest part of a cell but now we know that atoms have smaller parts within them. What if this is like the universe and goes on and on inside the atom. Then we would be made of eternity. No wonder when wood burns such power is released.No wonder the atom bomb was so terrible. How do you feel knowing there is eternity within you. God within you. Hadn't you better get to know Him? Read my poems the one on May 18 2010. A poem for every day in May