Sat, Sep 9th - 6:56AM

Now that I'm a Christian...
I'll quit my job, I can't work around *those* people anymore.
I'll get a divorce, my spouse doesn't support my relationship with Christ.
I'll move, this neighborhood is full of ungodly people.

"I" will...
but what is God's will?

If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised.
Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts.
Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.
1 Corinthians 7

On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 8

Thu, Jun 22nd - 8:23AM

Just Two

 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it:
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Matthew 22:36-40

Too simple?
Whilst we memorize the Ten Commandments and duly try to follow them, we seem to forget about the Two Commandments.
Just two.
But if only we had those two down in our hearts then we couldn't "break" any of the ten, could we?
And while we are just sure we love the Lord,
are we sure we care for others as much as we care about ourselves?

Sun, Jun 18th - 7:23AM

Even Today

But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel;
so he prayed to the LORD.
And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you;
it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 
As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day,
forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 
Now listen to them;
but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."
1 Samuel 8:6-9

How often do we still reject the Kingship of the Lord
and determine that we know what's best for our own lives?
How often do we pray faithfully for something that is not in His will...
only to be given it?

Sat, May 20th - 8:31AM

Remember

God is not unjust;
he will not forget your work
and the love you have shown him
as you have helped his people
and continue to help them.
Hebrews 6:10

Tue, May 2nd - 7:41AM

An Uncharted Pathway

So often we pray and expect God to answer in a certain way.
After all, we know the limitations He has to work with... 
Or so we think.
The Lord is neither limited to, nor restricted by human parameters.

Isn't He amazing?!

Your road led through the sea, 
your pathway through the mighty waters-- 
a pathway no one knew was there!
Psalm 77:19