Every day of our lives, we make many choices; from which job to work at, whom will I love, whom shall I trust, what friends shall I have in life and so on. All these choices influence our lives, whether small or big. Some can create small annoyances, and others can create great disasters. And after those choices are made, there is no turning back...the damage has been done...and the devastation is irreversible, on ourselves and others. When it comes to speaking and making the

As I come to the last few chapters of the Book of Job, I am reminded of how often we want to question God as to "why" we go through certain trials and struggles in our life. Through over 30 chapters, Job's friends, and Job himself, question God and/or accused Job of his character. His friends assured Job that he must be in sin to be suffering such a great trial. Then finally, God shows up at the scene. At first, God questions Job as to; "who is he" to question God for what H

As "New-Born Christians", we turned to God because of the wretched and ugly sinfulness that was in our lives. But now as we grow as new believers in Christ, our cry and petition before God, should be a desire of holiness and a pleasing life before Him. But as the weeks, months and years move forward, we find ourselves constantly struggling with our sinful nature that is so part of our lives. What does a Christian brother or sister do with this battle that continually plagues

The Book of Job is a well-known book of the Old Testament. The story begins with God and Satan discussing the character of Job. God asks Satan "From where do you come"? And Satan tell God: "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” (Job 1: 6-7) Then God tells Satan if he has considered His servant Job, who is a righteous and upright man. Satan tells God how can he consider Job if God has a "hedge of protection" around him? So, God gives Satan

When we, as Christians, finally come to recognize that we cannot begin to walk a "Christian life" before our God, without being "absolutely surrendered", is only the beginning of our challenging difficult journey of life. The challenge remains within us. We are in constant battle with our Lord and God in trying to take back the reins of our lives. In his book, "Absolute Surrender", Andrew Murray, writes about this very issue of our surrender to God. He states the following: C

In the Gospel of John, John the apostle, addresses the question of, "Who is Jesus"? Was He the Messiah for the Jewish nation as prophesied in the Old Testament? Jesus' identity and deity continues and intensifies in chapter 8 of John: John 8: 12-14 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” 13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own wit

If you think about it, our faith is based on a promise given to us by a Person we have not seen and yet we believe in the very existence of Him and love Him. To a normal person, we might say that this this type of person is crazy to believe this way. But our faith does not come on our own initiative, but it is given to us by God and by the power of His Holy Spirit: (I Peter 3: 11) "searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating whe

Our maturity in ourselves can be measured in many ways. It can be measured by the foolish things we do or do not do in our lives. It can also be measured by the mature decisions we make for ourselves. The world's standards of maturity are also in complete opposite of what God says what maturity is. In the Book of 2 Chronicles, King Manasseh had taken over the throne as king from his father, King Hezekiah. King Hezekiah was a great king who followed in the footsteps of King D

On May 14, 2021, the post of that day dealt with living a "defeated life" as a Christian. Many Christians are living a defeated life, a life of failure and of sin, instead of "rest and victory", because they began to see: "I cannot, it is impossible." And yet they do not understand it fully, and so, under the impression, I cannot, they give way to despair. We do not have to remain in this state of despair in our lives. As a matter of fact, it brings God great heartache to see

At the time of the reign of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, a great multitude of many nations were coming to battle against the King to destroy the kingdom of Judah and Jerusalem. Great fear fell upon the King and the people of Judah, so the King gathered all the people and they prayed to God for His protection. They petitioned God to remember His promises that He gave to their ancestors, after their exodus from Egypt. (2 Chron. 20: 6-9) 2 Chronicles 20: 1-4 It happened after thi

In the Book of John in chapter 12, Jesus was about to enter Jerusalem for the Feast of Passover and many people heard about His coming and many came to see and hear what Jesus had to say. His entry was on the day we now call, Palm Sunday. John 12: 20-22 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip came and told Andrew,

In the Book of 1 Kings, the prophet Elijah served God in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, during the reign of King Ahab, along with his wife Jezebel. Both she and King Ahab worshiped the false prophet of Baal and murdered many of God's other prophets. Elijah was on a mission as well, and he was busy serving God in big ways. He had just defeated the prophets of Baal in a supernatural showdown, which left him drained. He was now on the run from King Ahab and Jezebel for fear of

In today's "Our Daily Bread", Proverbs 16 is highlighted in today's message. It is a great reminder that we can choose to make our own decisions for our life or choose to follow God's plans for ourselves. The latter is a much better choice. Choosing our ways can only lead to great heartache and sometimes destruction to ourselves and to others. Our "free-will", that God has given to us, can be a blessing or a curse. The choice is ours to choose. Proverbs 16: 3-4, 7, 9 (NKJV) C

In today's Our Daily Bread, the commentary deals with the dynamics of "power walking". As stated in this article: "Power walking involves an intentional restraint, a reining in of the body’s natural inclination to run. Although it doesn’t look like it, there is just as much energy, focus, and power involved as in running or jogging. But it’s under control". The writer continues to state: "Power under control—that’s the key. Biblical humility, like power walking, is often view

In today's Our Daily Bread, in the 6th chapter of the Book of John, Jesus is speaking to the people about what is important for their lives. Jesus had just fed the five thousand the previous day and the people continually seek Him to be fed again. John 6: 26-27 (NKJV) 26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for

At the beginning of our "Christian conversion", our salvation, we have the joy of the Lord in our heart, we begin to run the race and fight the battle of living a good Christian life. But after a while, disappointments and trials seem to get the better of us and eventually we give up and settle into a defeated Christian lifestyle. Why do you think most Christians face these continual disappointments, and what do you think we can do to overcome this defeating cycle? Andrew Mur

When you read the Gospels of Mark, Luke, and John, you will discover the story of the transformation of Peter. Peter was known as the apostle with the "foot-shape-mouth". He constantly was putting his foot in his mouth in either the things he said or the things he did. One of Peter's biggest misstatements was when he was telling Jesus that he would be willing to go to prison or die for Him. Luke 22: 33-34 But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison an

In previous postings, we have spoken about Chapter 7 of Romans and what the wretchedness of sin does to us in our lives. In choosing to follow our fleshly desires and self-will, can only bring about disaster and hardship into our lives. But where Romans Chapter 7 ends with great condemnation, Chapter 8 of Romans begins the "end of the condemnation of sin" for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8: 1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus

As we live our everyday lives in this world, we will come upon battles in our lives, either created by other people or by uncontrolled circumstances. But the most important thing we must remember, many of these battles are being created by the "spiritual forces and darkness" all around us that we do not see. The Apostle Paul describes these battles to the people of Ephesus in the Book of Ephesians. Please read the follow: Ephesians 6: 12-13 For we do not wrestle against flesh

When I was first proposed this question many years ago, I immediately said, "Yes, salvation is free". But over the years since I have begun to study God's word and understand the meaning of "salvation" in one's life, God gives us a clear understanding of what comes by being saved by God's grace. In the following verses, read and meditate on what our Lord is saying to those who are looking for eternal life and/or heaven. Matthew 16: 24 (NKJV) Then Jesus said to His disciples,