Keep Your Eyes On Him

     "Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue. The Lord said to him, who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and teach you what to say." (Exodus 4:10-12)      When God first called Moses, he was hesitant  because he was focusing on his natural abilities and his weaknesses instead of focusing on the supernatural, awesome power of God. I think we all do that at times when God asks us to do something that we know we cannot do in our own strength. We have doubts because we are only looking at our human abilities or maybe we think because of what we have done in the past, God could never use us.      Friend, God uses anyone that has a willing heart. All throughout history, God has used people who at one time were living as en...

     "But because of His great love for us, God who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace  you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace  you have been saved-through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2: 4-9)      God is so rich in mercy and grace. He did not have to send His one and only Son to die for us, to take the punishment that we deserved, but He chose to do this simply because He loves us so much and wanted to have a relationship with us. Through His Son, God made a way- where there was otherwise no way- for us to come to Him and be forgiven and cleansed from all of our sin.  ...

     "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God-even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, so that they may be saved. (1 Corinthians 10:31-33)"      I want to tell you about a lady I met this morning. Although she probably would not mind, I am going to keep her name in confidence. She was working at a store I went to. As I was waiting, she and I began talking. I felt such a compassion for her, that I cannot begin to explain it except that it was just Jesus! She is a single mom and struggles day to day. Her ex-husband is not working so she is trying to make it on her own. We continued to talk and then I left. When I got to my car, I could not leave. I felt such a prompting deep within to go back into the store where she was. I knew God was speaking to me. I also "just happened" to have...

     "So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. (Romans 7:21-23)."      There is a struggle present within each one of us that begins when we become a follower of Christ. We have this struggle because although we are saved by the blood of Christ, we still have a sin nature. If we are not careful, we will give in to our sin nature.       At times, the battle rages. This battle begins in our minds. If we allow wrong thoughts and negative thinking to take up residence in our minds, we will end up living a defeated life and eventually give way to sin in our lives. That's why God tells us in His word that we are to renew our minds. We are not to be conformed or influenced by the pattern of this ...

           Jesus said, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with Me (Revelation 3:20)."      Many people think that in order for them to come to God, they must first do more righteous acts, start acting better, go to church or do more good deeds. The truth is, Jesus wants you to come as you are -with all your baggage, your bondage, pride, your addictions, your selfishness, shame, greed, lusts, anger and bitterness.       Friend, you nor I could never be good enough or do enough good works that would amount to anything. In fact, the Bible clearly tells us that "our righteousness is like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6)." Or basically that our righteousness, when compared to the holy, sinless, perfect God does not even compare. When you come to Jesus, He is the One that cleanses you from the inside out. He is the One that transforms you ...