Preaching with a purpose

I have a little grandson. He trusts his parents completely. He doesn't worry about where his next meal is coming from, he just trusts his parents will supply it. He rolls about on the settee with no fear of falling off, because he trusts his parents will keep him safe. Jesus said that we had to be like little children to enter the kingdom of God. It's about time we trusted him like a little child. Jesus gave his life for us, surely we can trust him with our lives. God bless you.

I've just watched the cycling in the olympics, not sure of the exact title, but if I say Danielle King, Laura Trot and Joanna Rowsell were the British competitors, you may know what I mean. I can understand the excitement and the overwhelming happiness when the girls won, not only for the crowd but mostly for the three girls. It must have been wonderful after all those years of training. However I am most perturbed with the rise of the religion of sport which demands such dedication from its proponents, its worshippers. Only God Almighty should have this dedication. He is the only one worth worshipping and dedicating our lives to. This is not only the case in sport. I play the violin, very badly I may say. At an early age I realized that the musician also has to worship music and spend long hours at the altar of music to succeed in the music world. Hard work is of course a good thing but when it crosses the line into worship it needs to be excised from our lives whil...

Before ever we were made, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit planned our salvation. This was going to be the most difficult thing that God would do, bringing us back from a state of sin to be right with him again. Many people don't believe God created everything. They can't conceive of a being so wonderful that he can make our earth and us in 6 days. However creation was easy for God, but bringing us back from sin is difficult. He had to give his beloved son as a redeeming sacrifice for us. This was not easy. Jesus was always in perfect love and harmony with his father. To be separated from him in any way must have been oh so terrible and yet he did it for his children. Are you one of God's children?

Today at church we looked at how Paul made plans. We read a part of 1Corinthians 16. It was obvious from that that Paul kept his plans flexible. This was because he was open to guidance from the Holy Spirit. Although we have day to day duties which we need to do, we should be ready for the Lord to call us into something we had not expected. Being available to God is a wonderful privilege. Sometimes we fight against God and try to go our own way. How very foolish of us. God's plan for your life is the very best thing for you. Don't fight him.

I've just turned off the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. I couldn't stand to watch any more of man glorying in man. We were not made to pat each other on the back and say how wonderful we are; we were created to praise God, who alone is worthy of praise. Don't be taken in by magnificent spectacles such as this, they are a poor sham. Unless we repent and turn back to God and worship only him in spirit and in truth we have a bleak future. There is salvation in Jesus for all who will trust in him alone. We should not try to keep one foot in the camp which is the world's. We should be wholeheartedly following Jesus.

We are saved by grace through faith and that is not of ourselves but a gift from God. To read more about justification through faith read my Squidoo page. There is a link below in blue, just click on it. You can also find out about Rahab and how grace was at work in her life, that's the second link. I feel my readers here would so benefit from reading my longer pages on Squidoo. Be adventurous, take a look. Justification By Faith Rahab

If times are hard and no one seems to be listening to the gospel, just keep right on sowing the seed for (Gal 6:9)"in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." It is the Lord's harvest, not ours and the outcome is up to him. We cannot fail, but we do need to be faithful.Be of good cheer the Lord's will is being done.