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Matthew 18:5
“And if you tenderly care for this little one on my behalf, you are tenderly caring for me.” Matthew 18:10
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”
Parents what would you do to protect your children?
(more…)Luke 10: 1 & 2.
1 After this, Jesus chose another 72 disciples. He sent them out two by two, to every town and village that he would visit soon. 2 Before they went, he said to them, ‘Many people are ready to believe God’s message. They are like crops in a field at harvest time. But there are very few workers to bring in the crops. So pray to God to send out workers. The field and the plants belong to him.
(more…)1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
(more…)2 Peter 3:17, 18
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen”
I would like to write for you an article regarding one of my forefathers. Brantley York was his name. He is not well known, Yet he impacted American society. Something that still rings true today.
(more…)Genesis 12: 2 & 3.
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Have you ever thought about how your life would have been if you didn’t make some bad decisions in your life?
(more…)2 Timothy 3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
My friend gave me a handmade cross that was made by his wife when he was deployed to the Middle East.
He gave me the cross to thank me for helping him and his family. It is a precious gift to me. Just a length of paracord, hand woven. A 10 cent cross, taken to the battlefield. I imagine my friend grasping it as bullets landed nearby. I imagine him coming home, thankful that his wife made it. Then the smiles on my friends face as he handed it to me. I rarely take it off. A 10 cent cross… It means a lot to me. Good friends are priceless.
(more…)Luke 21:1-4; NKJ
1. And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, 2 and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.[a] 3 So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; 4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings [b]for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.”
Note: 2 mites equal 1/64 of a days wage, in the time of Jesus.
If a person has traveled to a 3rd world country. They would see the extreme poverty. Then setting foot into the USA, you will exclaim, how blessed I am!
So, what else happens to you?
(more…)Luke 6:45 NIV
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
I would like to share a life experience. I grew up with an alcoholic mom and a dad with PTSD. The house was full of anger, verbal and physical abuse.
By the time I was placed in foster care, the damage was done. I was an angry kid, wanting revenge on society for being alive.
Obviously, the example of a bad life made my heart evil.
Today I write, to show a Godly character can provide solace in times of need.
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jesus has our future.
(more…)2 Corinthians 5:8-10. NIV
8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Lately, I’ve been talking to people who want to kill themselves. Death is awaiting all. Yet a Christian who dies has promises from God. Suicide has no promises. I’m sorry to say.
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