TODAY'S PROMISE

"Don't copy the behavior and customs

of this world, but let God transform

you into a new person by changing

the way you think.  Then you will learn

to know God's will for you, which is 

good and pleasing and perfect."

(Romans 12:2 NLT)

 

USEFUL FOR GOD

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)

You will remember that Moses while a young man

about 40 years old went out to help his fellow Israelites.

He killed an Egyptian trying to be a help.  He thought

that they would understand that he was trying to help

them.  He was the smartest Israelite in all of Egypt,

but had to flee for his life.  Moses was working in

the flesh and it failed him.

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)

Pardon my getting on this subject again.  But all 

around me I see churches lead by people who are 

trained and very smart BUT POWERLESS.

Perhaps that is why Bob Fraley said;

"In this past generation we have become

guilty of measuring spiritual progress by

what we know, not by how we live.  That is 

why in recent years the world has begun

to shout, 'God is dead!'"

We need to forget about being smart and get

ahold of God Almighty like the early Church did.

A long prayer they had concludes this way;

"And now, O Lord, hear their threats,

and give us, your servants, great boldness

in preaching your word.  Stretch out your

hand with healing power; may miraculous

signs and wonders be done through the

name of your holy servant Jesus."

"After this prayer, the meeting place

shook, and they were all filled with

the Holy Spirit.  Then they preached

the word of God with boldness." 

(Acts 4:29 - 31 NLT)

We need the fullness of the Spirit of God

far more than we need to learn some fancy

terms and theories.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE

“It has been observed that God has to

knock our props out from under us

before we will lean on Him.  And

generally He has to knock all of them

out, so that finding ourselves without

any support, we turn to Him in 

helpless despair.”

- Thomas A. Davis -

 

TRUE DISCIPLESHIP

 

Do you profess to be a

disciple of Jesus Christ?

Jesus said;

“So you cannot become my

disciple without giving up

everything you own.”

(Luke 14:33 NLT)

Are you still a disciple of Christ?

TODAY'S PROMISE

 

"My old self has been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives

in me.  So I live in this earthly body by 

trusting in the Son of God, who loved me

and gave himself for me"

(Galatians 2:20 NLT)

ARE YOU BEING FOOLISH?

It seems that the average person now days

is trying to figure out how to manipulate things

to get even more money.  You know, money to

make life easier or more comfortable or even 

for more toys to play with.

We did not bring any money into this old world

with us when we were born.  And we will not

take any out with us or the things money can buy

when we die.  That's when we will answer to God,

who gave us this life, as to what we did with the

life he gave us.

“Yes, a person is a fool to store

up earthly wealth but not have a

rich relationship with God.”

(Luke 12:21 NLT)

 

TODAY'S QUOTE

SIMPLICITY

“All of this top-heavy Christendom that we

know today was never known in the book of Acts

and in the days of the apostles.  Utter simplicity

was at the root of everything.  Faith was the 

power, or at least the instrument, and the Holy

Ghost the power that led them on and love

throbbed at the heart of their worship and purity

of life was demanded of them.  So they had wor-

ship and love and faith and their moral lives were

pure and their whole lives simple.”

- A.W. Tozer -