I have always been amazed...even bewildered by the fact God CHOSE me...unworthy, wretched, loud, sinful...ME!He chose me and you. He chose US to be HIS children. He knew all of our flaws and failures before we ever committed them. Yet He still chose. He knew we would forsake Him, leave Him, deny Him, reject Him, ignore Him and blame Him....yet HE Chose! Even as He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will because it pleased Him and was His kind intent. - Ephesians 1:4-5 (amplified) HE Chose. What an act of LOVE! Think about when we, as sinful people, adopt a child. In many cases we are saving that child from a terrible life. We are … [Read more...]
TweetNarrow is the Path…Few Find It
Something to chew on... Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it.But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it.Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit.A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration].Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits. ~ Matthew 7:13-20 This is a … [Read more...]
TweetAn Honest Wife – part two
<-- Click Here for Part OneYour assignment for part one of "An Honest Wife," was to examine yourself. I hope everyone took the time to think about how honest they really are. Also, I hope you read Ephesians 4:22-25...it is a very important part of our study.Now, onto part two...A common reason that many of us lie is SELF protection. We like to make the excuse that we are saving someone else from hurt...but really we are being selfish and just want to protect ourselves from embarrassment...or making someone mad.Let me share another fictional example, so we can have a clearer vision of what I am trying to explain.LynetteLynette has a friend named Sandra. One afternoon Lynette and Sandra went shopping together. While they were trying on some outfits, Sandra asked Lynette how a particular dress looked on her.Lynette thinks, "YUCK!"Lynette says, "That looks really nice on you."Why did Lynette lie?No, it was not to protect Sandra. … [Read more...]
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