Keep Your Eyes On Him

     "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness and into His wonderful light." 1 Peter 2:9-10 God chose you, my friend, to share in His royal kingdom. He called you out of sin and bondage, and into His glorious light! Through Christ, you have been set free! This earth that we live in, is only temporary...it is not our home. Our home awaits us in heaven. If we could only grasp this, and hold on to this truth...Jesus said, "In My Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me that you may also be where I am. You know way to the place where I am going. " John 14:2-4 Jesus is preparing a beautiful place for you and for me...Paul called this place "paradise" when He was taken to the thi...

     "Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams." 1 Samuel 15:22      The Lord clearly tells us that our obedience to Him is key and He delights in our obedience to Him. God also tells us in Jeremiah, "Obey Me, and I will be your God and you will be My people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you." 7:23 As followers of Christ, we have God's precious Holy Spirit living within us to guide and direct us. It is important that we know when God speaks to us. The Lord speaks in different ways at different times.God does speak and He wants to speak to you! It is important for us to get alone in His presence and listen. We must tune out everything else around us. It may be a still small voice that you hear deep within your soul. It may be that God is speaking through others or through a song. Each time y...

     This morning as I was pumping gas, I was approached by a very nice woman who came over me and began talking about God. I thought, how awesome this is, what boldness this woman has...but then she handed me a pamphlet about Jehovah's Witnesses. My heart dropped. The scripture immediately came to mind, "You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free." John 8:31 This woman had been led astray by false doctrine. Any religion that deviates from the word of God in any way is a cult or man-made religion.Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe that Jesus is the Almighty God therefore, they do not worship Him.They also do not believe in the Holy Trinity consisting of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. In Colossians 1:15-18 reads, " He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or princi...

     I was thinking back on my life, and today I felt led to share my testimony. I am going to be completely transparent with you because I want you to know that God saves sinners and changes lives for our good and for His glory! I was raised in church and have been in and out of church the majority of my life. I heard all of the stories about Jesus. I listened to Christian songs. I even read my Bible from time to time, but I was still the same as the rest of the world. By that I mean, I did everything the rest of the world did-I was no different. I went through most of my growing up years trying to fill the void with so many destructive things .... the void that only my Jesus could fill.       Somewhere along the way, I developed an eating disorder that stayed with me for years to come. I was trapped and in bondage and on my own, did not see any way out. I was in the pit. The pit of despair, the pit of trying to do things on my own and the pit of gra...

     God loves you! His word tells us that He is love. 1 John 4:16 He does not love like we do, which often times is based on conditions or what someone can do for us. We make love about us. God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16 Who is "the world?" That is EVERYONE....everyone who has ever been born or will be born. "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:6-8      The God of all the universe, Maker of heaven and earth, cared enough about you and me to become the perfect sacrifice for us. He chose to willingly come to earth and lay down His life so that you and I could be restored to Him and ha...