What we say and actually do can be miles apart. But God doesn’t judge us by these as much as He judges us by our character. The one thing He really wants to see is godly character being built up in us. This means the way we behave according to our code of correct behavior…
Category: Obedience to God
Its Important That We Know the Voice
How many times do we recognize someone solely by his voice? There are occasions when it is the only way that we are able to identify a person we know. Children quickly learn and know their parent’s voices, partially through sheer repetition, but mostly through intimacy. If we were to blindfold someone who has been…
Any Shortcut is Forbidden With God
Next time you pass by a site where the ground is being broken and a foundation is about to be laid for a house or other building, try asking the workers to shortcut and skip the foundation. Can’t find a building in this early stage? Then try to find one lacking a roof, and ask…
With Sin and God There’s No Gray World
An answer to a question on a forum post I read recently stated that there is black, and there is white, with 256 shades of gray in between. The thought of gray areas between black and white led me consider how we often think of God, the Devil and sin. In our sphere of understanding,…
If Sin & Surrender Are a Game — We Fail
Many people throughout the world have a game-playing mentality that they apply into real life, long after childhood ends. To them, Heaven becomes just a goal they are trying to win, and Jesus Christ becomes merely the means of obtaining their goal. Sin and surrender become forbidden terms. They feel that when they “get saved,”…
Release Your Faith in Your Point of Contact — Jesus Christ
That particular evening Jesus faced the weariness of physically ministering to the throngs of people all day, and of feeding all of them too. Not only had He been pressed by them all day long, but also up into the evening. While the disciples headed back to the other side of the Sea of Galilee…
