There are many birthdays that we celebrate this time of year. SOS Events Ministry sends out many cards to our staff and people involved in the ministry. Birthdays are a time we get together with friends and family. However, the day of our physical birth is not as important as our spiritual birthday. Do you have two birthdays? Jesus said we must be born again.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Thunder and lightning caused many people to wake from a sound sleep today. Children, pets and even some adults woke up with fear. There are many things in our storms of life, sickness, death, divorce and other things that cause fear. Just like the storm passed today so there are things we can do to help us get past the storms in our life. Renew you faith in God. Remember the past and the things He already has carried you through. Read your Bible everyday and maybe several times a day. And pray. This storm will pass. God will carry you through. Joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 30:5 ……weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
“If Satan can’t make you bad, he’ll make you busy.” Adrian Rogers
Many of us are busy. Busy doing what is the question. Too busy to serve The Lord by doing things that do not matter? God wants us to serve Him. Prayer, Bible study, Worship, Witnessing and Obeying Him is what He wants from us as Christians. Spend time everyday serving Him. Do not be too busy.
Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Someone said that “Florida is a graveyard for Christians.” The meaning: they move to Florida to “retire” and they think their work is done including work for the Lord. Sometimes it is hard to get older folks to do anything for Jesus and yet they are the ones who have the time and resources to do more for Him than they ever could when they were working. God intends ALL of us us to work until He calls us home no matter what our age. Are you living in the graveyard?
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Social media can be a blessing or a curse. It’s how we use what is given to us that is important. It can bring evil or good into peoples lives. TV, radio and the Internet can bring truth or lies into the lives of anyone who will listen. Our goal is Christians should be to use social media to further the gospel and truth. Today, reach out to someone through Facebook, WeChat or Instagram to encourage them to follow the Lord. You will be amazed at what you can do by just telling someone you are thinking of them and praying for them.
Mark 5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
Tired of all the many things that you have to do? Job, family, church, home and all the other activities that sometimes overwhelm you? If you have the attitude that everything you do is to honor The Lord Jesus, then nothing is to hard. Keep the thought that your labor is not in vain. Get your priorities right. God, family and then everything else. Make sure to put Him first.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
What is the greatest thing that keeps us from obeying God?
Partial obedience is the answer. Read the story of Saul in 1 Kings 15.
1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Are you planning a family reunion in the near future? What a wonderful time it is when families get together after a long separation. Sharing memories, seeing how the children have grown, sharing stories of the loved ones that have passed away. The reunion is something we look forward to. But there is an even greater reunion in a Christian’s future. That is when we get to Heaven. The first person we will want to see is Jesus. Then to be with loved ones again will be joy unspeakable.
1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
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