The state of God's people depends on the quality of their clergy. Most of today's clergy in the Catholic Church are not strong enough to keep God's people on the straight and narrow path because the clergy themselves do not know God and are compromisers. They seek to please men and to be popular like Aaron, and therefore God cannot endorse their leadership. [Tap Here]
"Christ loved the Church and gave HIMSELF for her" (Ephesians 5:25). To build the Church, we have to love the Church in the same way Jesus loved the Church. It is not enough to give our money or our time. We have to give OURSELVES - our Self-life. [Tap Here]
There is a beautiful verse which I want to show you. It blessed my heart many years ago when I was a young believer. It is Genesis 29:20: "So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love."
This wasn't a desk job that Jacob had. It was hard work in the fields, looking after sheep. He had to work in the hot sun during the day and sleep outside in the cold at night. He even lost his health. But yet, it says that he felt the seven years were just like a few days for him. All because Jacob's love for Rachel was so passionate and so strong. [Tap Here]
The ark is a picture of Christ and of His Body, the Church. I'm not alone in this imagery. Early Fathers of the Church such as Origen, Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine and others would agree. [Tap Here]
The Bible plainly and repeatedly teaches that no Christian can have fellowship with God without fellow-shipping with other believers. [Tap Here]
Once a person has understood and "seen" the truth of the Church being the Body of Christ, he should long to walk in humility, gentleness, patience, forbearance, love, unity and peace with his fellow-believers...Tap Here
Our faith needs to be founded firmly upon this fact - that all of God's dealings with us are based upon His love. The words "he will be silent in his love " in Zephaniah 3:17, have been translated: "He is silently planning for you in love." Do we realize that every single thing that God allows to enter into our lives comes from a heart that is planning for us in love?...Tap Here
Finding Our Way Back To GodDuring the good times we soon forget where we come from. In days of blessing we get to comfortable and find ourselves committing transgressions. We err, we sin, we drift away. [Tap Here]
2 Corinthians 6:1-2; “For he saith: In an accepted time have I heard thee; and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
That little word “Now” from Paul is an important word. “Now” is an urgent word. It is a word that is typical of God’s message on every page of His Book. Now is the time to get right. Now is the time to repent. Now is the time to believe. Now is the time to confess. Now is the time to be baptized. Now is the time to join God’s Church. Now is the time to call upon His name. Now is the time to pray. Now is the time to be saved. It is now! [Tap Here]
There is something sad and tragic about the wording of that text, “that you receive not the grace of God in vain,” [2 Corinthians 6:1] for God to do all that He hath done for us and for us to “receive the grace of God in vain.” (Tap Here)
Someone had a question concerning Happiness and Joy. I found some notes I had taken on the subject that may help see the distinction:
God invites us to share in His joy. (See John 15:11.)
God’s joy is strength to us. (See Nehemiah 8:10.)... (Tap Here)
