CONDITIONAL PROMISES!

by | Apr 2, 2019 | Proverbs

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

In college there were prerequisites by which you could not enroll in a particular course until you had successfully completed a (prerequisite) class or classes. In much the same way, God places certain prerequisites in our life’s journey serving Him.

In today’s passage we find one don’t, two do’s, and a promise. Let’s get the don’t out of the way first: We are advised not to lean on our own understanding. All too often we discover that people place too much emphasis on what they know. It is called pride! God hates pride and we need to heed His warning against it.

God gives us two do’s: First, we are to trust in the Lord with all of our heart — that means our everything. Second, we are to acknowledge Him in all of our ways. Stop taking credit that rightfully belongs to the Lord.

The precious promise that God gives us in this passage is that He will direct our paths. That, to me, is better than any Global Positioning System GPS that man has ever developed.

Where do you find yourself in the process of meeting God’s conditional promises? I trust that you will learn along with me that God is better able to lead, guide, and direct than we will ever be.

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!

– – – Pastor Cecil

BE PREPARED!

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Mark

Mark 13:33

“Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.”

From my study of Bible prophecy I have concluded that there are no further prophecies that remain to be fulfilled before the Lord appears to call His church to that wonderful home that has been prepared for us. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus!” Revelation 22:20.

With the return of Christ near at hand there is much work for us to do. We live in the midst of a lost and dying world. The word of hope and salvation that the lost need to hear should be on our tongue. As people see Jesus in us, we need to be ready to share the gospel message with them and have their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Today is the first day of April and as you know many call it April Fool’s Day. It is commemorated by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes on the unsuspecting. Those playing the jokes reveal their deception by shouting “April Fool’s” at their targets.

Sadly, there are those who treat the prophecies of Christ’s return as only a joke, or they claim that we believers have been deceived. We have already observed enough fulfilled prophecies to know that Christ’s return is real and imminent. It is no prank just waiting to fool the unsuspecting. It is going to happen – – BE PREPARED!

Blessings dear hearts!  Walk with God today and be a blessing!

– – – Pastor Cecil

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