FINALY PREPARED TO SERVE.

 

Moses earned his doctorate in Egypt.

“Moses was taught all the

wisdom of the Egyptians,

and he was powerful in 

both speech and action.”

(Acts 7:22 NLT)

Moses became usable to God

forty years later humbled in the 

desert with Egypt out of him and 

“the voice of the LORD called 

out to him,”

(Acts 7:30 - 32 NLT) 

Or, consider;

"The members of the council

were amazed when they saw the

boldness of Peter and John, for they

could see that they were ordinary

men with no special training in the 

Scriptures.  They also recognized

them as men who had been with

Jesus."

(Acts 4:13 NLT)

Let me be like Peter and John,

having been with 

JESUS.

TODAY'S QUOTE

 

Someone once said;

“If you have missed knowing me.

You have missed nothing.

If you have missed knowing our

fellowship.

You have missed something.

If you have missed knowing Jesus.

You have missed everything.”

HOW TO SUCCEED

“Commit your actions to the LORD,

and your plans will succeed.”

(Proverbs 16:3 NLT)

I have probably been on this subject

before.  But after a busy week with

lots of problems and work.  I insist

more than ever that if we will commit

our plans, work, actions to the Lord

he will help us work things out.

I have lived long enough to know from

experience about how long the things 

I undertake will take to do.  But praise

God, he has been helping me to get

done ahead of schedule.

You can continue to do things by your

self with out God's help if you want.

But as for this old man, I'll take all of 

God's help I can get.

It makes life a lot easier.

 

TODAY'S PROMISE

Jesus said;

"The thief's purpose is to steal and 

kill and destroy.  My purpose is to

give them a rich and satisfying life."

(John 10:10 NLT)

 

GET JESUS INVOLVED.

GET JESUS INVOLVED.

"Master," Simon replied, "we worked

hard all last night and didn't catch a 

thing.  But if you say so, I'll let the nets

down again.  And this time their nets

were so full of fish they began to tear!"

(Luke 5:5,6 NLT)

Boy does that ever speak to me.

I am not a fisherman nor do I work at night.

But how many a time I have wasted all my

time with out accomplishing anything,

or every thing seems to go wrong.

I have learned the hard way that if I will

get Jesus involved in my problem, job,

project or whatever before I even start it,

there is a lot less chance of my begging him

for help in the middle of it.

God's word tells us to ask him for wisdom.

And in this day and age wisdom is one thing

I need.  But, if wisdom is the only thing I have

regarding the problem I still can be in trouble.

I need God's blessing and help along with the

wisdom for the task.

Getting Jesus involved has saved many a 

day for me.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE

“You have made us for Yourself,

O Lord, and our hearts are restless

until they find rest in You.”

- St. Augustin

 

LISTEN TO HIM!

Do you want Jesus Christ to shine brighter in your life?

The answer is in what we call "The Transfiguration."

I happen to be looking in Matthew chapter 17 in the NLT

"... Jesus took Peter and the two brother, 

James and John, and led them up a high

mountain to be alone." (v.1)

Step 1: Get alone with Jesus.

You will remember that Jesus was Transformed

right before their very eyes and begin talking to

Moses and Elijah.

Wow! Talking with the very man that God used

to start the Jewish religion.  And also the man 

that God used to draw Israel back to God.

So, Peter wanted to do something.

"But even as he spoke, a bright cloud 

overshadowed them, and a voice from

 the cloud said, 'This is my dearly loved

Son, who brings me great joy, Listen to 

him.'"  (v.5)

God the Father spoke.  He did to want the 

disciples to do something or even listen to

Mose or Elijah.  He wanted them to listen

to Jesus.

"And when they looked up, Moses and

Elijah wee gone, and they saw only

Jesus." (v.8)

Step 2: LISTEN TO JESUS.

Not; Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley,

James Armenous, St. Augustine, Francis of Assisi,

John Knox or some "Theorylogian."

BUT ONLY JESUS.