by Pastor Cecil | Apr 29, 2011 | Proverbs
Proverbs 3:24
“When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”
“You can count on me. I will be there for you.” I was counting on a friend to stand by me in a very important project. It was the first day of the anticipated endeavor when my friend dropped the “bomb” that he was leaving town and good luck.
Perhaps most of us have had people make promises to us and say that we can trust them, only to have them break their promise. Trust has been broken. The result is a feeling of emptiness and loss.
It may also be the loss of a dear one that leaves us forsaken and alone. In 1879, Louisa M.R. Stead experienced the tragic loss of her husband who drowned trying to rescue a young boy. In her time of loss she wrote the words to a hymn that brought comfort to her, as well as millions of others.
“‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus“
‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word. Just to rest upon His promise. Just to know, Thus saith the Lord.
Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more.
How I love to trust in Jesus, just to trust His cleansing blood. Just in simple faith to trust me, ‘neath the healing cleansing flood.
Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more.
Yes, I’ve learned to trust in Jesus, and from sin and self to cease. Now from Jesus simply taking, life and rest and joy and peace.
Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more.
I’m so glad I learned to trust Him, precious Jesus, Savior, friend; and I know that He is with me, He’ll be with me to the end.
Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more.
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Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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by Pastor Cecil | Apr 28, 2011 | 2 Timothy
II Timothy 4:2
“Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.”
I have to laugh at the sad tales of woe I hear from time to time about how over-worked people are. After serving a tour in the US Air Force, I returned to civilian life and enrolled in college (full-time 18 semester hours). I was a young father of two and was fortunate to secure a job on the local police department working (are you ready for this?) 48 hours a week. Back in the 50’s that was the normal work week. Oh, I just remembered that I also taught a teen Sunday School Class.
It was in the spring, just a few weeks before the summer break. I was sitting in an English Literature class taught by Marian Washburn and someone was reading a passage from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. My chair was in the back of the room next to an open window and I was leaning back when the chair slipped and I was flat on my back with the entire class roaring with laughter. As I struggled to my feet I saluted and said something like: “Reporting for duty Ma’am!”
I wonder how many of us use every excuse in the book to keep from giving the Lord first place in our life. We may try to say we are too busy, too weary, too incapable or a host of other things. We fail to attend church services for any number of reasons. Often it is because we don’t want to be involved.
Here is the bottom line. One day we will be called before the Lord to answer for all that we did or did not do for Him. How do you think He will view your flimsy excuses for not reporting for duty?
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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by Pastor Cecil | Apr 27, 2011 | 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.”
It must be okay, everybody is doing it! We live in an age that measures morality (or the lack of it) by the behavior of others. Unfortunately many Christians have been caught up in this same pattern of reasoning.
There seems to be a fear among many believers that they will appear to be an odd ball or Jesus freak. Oh, that we might have more of these brave souls who are sold out to the Lord and willing to endure scorn for living a Christ-like life.
The first word in today’s Scripture is “Therefore.” As always we need to discover what the “therefore’ is there for. It means reading the verse that precedes it. Here is what verse 16 says: “And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.’ ”
Wow! That is an awesome proclamation from the God of the universe. There is no wiggle room left for compromise with worldly behavior. It is time for each and everyone one of us to examine our lives. Are we living according to the standards of the world or the Word of God? Is the Lord pleased with the things we do, watch, listen to or condone? If not, stop immediately, confess your sin and turn back to the narrow way that leads to life eternal.
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
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by Pastor Cecil | Apr 26, 2011 | Ephesians
Ephesians 5:21-24
“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”
With a background in the criminal justice field, I have been exposed to offenders of all ages. One of the things that I often heard from them was that they were not given respect, so they were justified in demanding it–even committing a criminal offense in the process.
Yesterday I wrote about the role of the husband in the marriage relationship. Today I want to focus on the role of the wife. The word that many wives hate to hear is the word “submit.” They look at it as a demeaning term and demand their rights.
As we read today’s Scripture we notice that all of us are to submit to one another. I guess that is a lesson we need to learn over and over. Our failure to submit to Christ is followed by our failure to submit to others around us.
A wife is specifically told to submit to her husband. This submission is clarified in that she is to show respect and honor to him. She shows him respect by honoring him with her words and in doing special acts of love for him. In turn, he is to love his wife as Christ loves his church. As the husband loves with all his heart and the wife responds with honor and respect the marriage will remain strong and secure.
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
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by Pastor Cecil | Apr 25, 2011 | Ephesians
Ephesians 5:25-28
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.”
In my years as a Christian Counselor, many husbands seem to be self-centered to the extreme. Their attitude toward their wife seems to be; “What are you doing for me?” “Don’t expect me to do things around here, that’s a wife’s job!”
I despair when a husband digs his heels in and refuses to assume the role of a husband as presented in the Word of God. They are more influenced by what other men have to say than what God has to say.
So what does God say about the role of a husband? Just read today’s Scripture and you will clearly see a precise job description. To sum it up, he is to love his wife as Christ loved the church and died for her. Here is a quick question husband: Are you dying for your wife? Do you love her as much as you love your own body?
Think about the church of Jesus Christ for a moment. Is the church perfect? No! Is the church always loveable? No! Does the church always deserved to be sacrificed for? No! Does the church need Christ’s sacrifice to purify her? Yes!
Listen Husbands, Christ’s life is your guideline. He is your example. Not what you want or how you feel, but what Christ has done for us is what we need to do for our wives. Are you going to obey the Lord, or what the other guys are saying?
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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