by Pastor Cecil | Nov 4, 2015 | Colossians
Colossians 3:16-17
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
In one of the churches I served I was helping to staff Bible classes. One teacher came with high credentials. After the first few weeks I was speaking with a man who attended that teacher’s class. He mentioned that when the Bible material was being taught it was like his head was opened and God’s Word was being poured in!
Wow! I thought that was the highest evaluation that could be given. I have so wanted to labor for the Lord in such a way that the hearts and minds of my hearers or readers would be opened and the pure Word of God poured in!
The first words of today’s Scripture seem to have this same concept: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you….” In order to have the Word of God dwell within us we must spend time in the Word.
How much time do we spend each day with the Bible? How much time do we spend each week? That gets pretty embarrassing doesn’t it? Some people go weeks or even months without reading their Bible.
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
by Pastor Cecil | Nov 3, 2015 | Luke
Luke 9:24-25
“ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?”
It only takes losing a significant number of pages of material due to a computer glitch to learn how important it is to save it. Over the past fifteen years I have written about 4,000 Daily-E-Votionals. Over that time I have had the sickening feeling of losing weeks of work because I did not save it.
Losing pages, or even months, of precious work is nothing . . . I mean nothing, compared with losing our relationship with God. Yes, it is essential to save our souls from a sinner’s hell, but we can also lose our intimacy with God!
Do you still have that sweet relationship with the Lord that you once had? Is your daily walk a joyful and meaningful experience that you eagerly anticipate as the sun rises each morning?
We can rekindle that flame of love for the Lord. He wants to save us from ourselves and draw us closer to Him with each passing day. It all begins with our choosing Him over the things of the world. Choose carefully, my precious friend!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
by Pastor Cecil | Nov 2, 2015 | Matthew
Matthew 7:24-25
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.”
As I sit here writing today’s, BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART, I can hear the rain falling outside my window.
Yesterday as I watched the weather channel I was amazed at the excessive amounts of rain that had fallen in various parts of the world. The State of Texas went from extreme drought to no drought in one week’s time. In some areas there was over 20 inches of rain. The streets of Bagdad were running like rivers. It makes our soft rain seem as nothing.
Into every life rain will fall at one time or another. Sometimes the “rain” will be soft and gentle, while at other times it will be a deluge. Sometimes an umbrella will protect us from the rain, but if the storms of life beat too heavily, we need to seek the shelter.
Our shelter from the “rain” in our life is our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. He is the only One who knows when the “rains” will come and will not only give us protection from them, but will allow us to provide protection for those around us. It is time to start singing in the rain!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
