Word from Scotland
March 8, 2010 by Sandy Shaw
Filed under Devotion
When Jesus Speaks To His Disciples He is Clear And Specific
In Luke Chapter 22 at verse 7, Jesus asks Peter and John to go and prepare the Passover Meal. Jesus is aware of all that is going on, and the meeting place is to be kept as secret as possible. Jesus has to have one last evening with His disciples, and until the teaching has been given, nothing and no-one will be allowed to interfere.
Judas was not going to be informed; not too soon, just in case.
Word from Scotland
March 1, 2010 by Sandy Shaw
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Imagine Being This Close To Jesus Christ, And Yet So Far
We are in Luke Chapter 22. It is the Passover, a most holy and sacred time for every Jew, for every Israeli, and we read that Satan entered Judas Iscariot. He was one of the twelve, one of Jesus men; yet, his heart is open to evil. The enemy of our souls needs only a very narrow gap through which to squeeze, and once he gets in, havoc follows.
What kind of fruit will you produce this year?
February 26, 2010 by P.V. Ariel
Filed under Devotion, Featured
The past is gone, the future waits; What will that future be?—Dixon, alt.
Yet another year has passed, and we are entering a New Year with lots of hopes.
During such times, it’s good to take stock of the past.
Generally as Christians we do this through different activities at the end and beginning of the new year.
It is always good to think about the past.
We can think about how God has blessed us, and, perhaps, what He has in store for us this year.
But there is something else we have to ponder as we enter this new year.
Let us be the salt and light to this decaying world
January 7, 2010 by P.V. Ariel
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Dr. Woodrow Kroll, president of Back to the Bible International, wrote an article recently for “Bible Teaching for Confident Living” an official publication of Back to the Bible India.
I believe it to be worth reading writing to ponder over to this New Year.
He said,“The last two decades have shown how much the world needs the salt and light of Christians.”
“I was born in the 1940s and remember fondly the innocence of my youth. The 1950s was perhaps the more carefree decade in modern history. I spend my boyhood in that decade.
These Men Had Been with Jesus
December 22, 2009 by P.V. Ariel
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As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them, 2 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening. 4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. Acts 4: 1-4
Those who were astonished by the courage of Peter and John when they preached the gospel were not ordinary men, but rulers, elders and teachers of the Law.
We become a “blessed people” through study of the Word of God
December 18, 2009 by P.V. Ariel
Filed under Arts & Culture, Devotion
The first Psalm begins with the word “blessed.”
One godly man had described it as an introduction to Psalms, which he called God’s hymnbook.
Whenever we hear the word “blessed,” the thought that comes immediately to our mind is of a “person who is perfect and self sufficient, having all things and is in need of nothing.”
But in the Holy writ, this word is used in an entirely different context. It is used in relation to the word of God.
Many Old Testament saints are called “blessed” in the Holy Scriptures.
Let’s Share Our Blessings
November 6, 2009 by P.V. Ariel
Filed under Devotion
These days everything seems unsafe.
People are being caught in the merciless radar of terrorism.People are being attacked and killed in the name of politics and religion. Recent incidents show many fall victims to this evil.
On the other, big and small business establishments lace their products (food stuffs, medicines etc…) with spurious materials which lead innocent people to different kinds of ailments to a slow process of death.
Lastly the recent outbreak of bird flu which hit the country made people panic all over the nation.
In every sphere a certain kind of uncertainty and panic prevails.
Four Ways God Communicates with Us
October 28, 2009 by Josh Givens
Filed under Arts & Culture, Devotion
Are you expecting a phone call from God today?
I was once told by a close friend that God had stopped speaking to him. You see, my friend was struggling through some rather difficult decisions in his life and desperately needed to seek the guidance, counsel and wisdom of the Lord. However, after months of consistent, persistent prayer, he became convinced that God’s voice was nowhere to be found. Unfortunately, this is rarely, if ever, the case.
Four Reasons We Endure Suffering
October 7, 2009 by Josh Givens
Filed under Arts & Culture, Devotion
Why would a loving God allow me to suffer like this?
If we were all completely and utterly honest, the majority of us would admit that, at some point in our lives, we have posed the question “Why would a loving God allow people to suffer?” It is a completely valid question.
Even the wisest and most spiritual of saints continue to grapple with this complex reality of the world in which we live. Why does God allow bad things to happen to genuinely good people? Why do Christians suffer from pains that seem so pointless?
What’s Your Bathsheba?
September 29, 2009 by Sheryl Young
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How to Take Temptation Seriously
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5, NIV).
My good friend and workmate, Jim, was a handsome married Christian man. We lived near each other, often car-pooled to work, and eventually became co-leaders of a lunchtime Bible study.
One day, Jim began coming up with excuses not to attend Bible study or ride to work together. At first I thought, is it my imagination, or is he avoiding me? But my fears were confirmed when I saw him turn corners to keep from meeting me in the hallways.