As we approach life as believers having God’s Word before us, we ought never to forget that our Majestic Lord says: 2 Tim 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. We […]
All too often when things go wrong in our lives, we tend to blame the present environment. However, if we took a step or two backwards and reflected upon certain decisions we made in the past, we might find that our present woes are often because of past choices. Stocktaking and honest reflection on our […]
We have been considering Lot’s choices. His decisions have been selfish, self-centered and have led him from the spiritual and physical comfort of Uncle Abram’s household to the lush plains and right into living in Sodom. This city was, together with Gomorrah, an extremely evil place. I have already suggested that the morals of Mrs […]
As we seek to make intelligent decisions and choices using Lot as our example of what we should not do, we need to realize that we are human, weak and frail creatures. However mature we are as God’s people, we need to be aware that we will fail Him in our choices from time to […]
You have heard the sayings: “There are two sides to a story.” Or “There are two sides to a sheet of paper.” Equally there are two sides to a sheet of flypaper. It makes a huge difference which side the fly chooses to land on! The one side means life and the other side means […]
Each day we are confronted with making choices. Sometimes these are easy and at other times they are difficult to make. We could make wrong choices and decisions, and as godly people we could alter or change them … but there are times when we make ungodly decisions and choice that we find hard to […]
Spiritual stocktaking can be extremely difficult because it requires us digging deep, being honest and transparent to get to gut level analysis of our spiritual condition before God. Yesterday, I suggested that one of the best ways to get there is to look at our prayer life and ask how many of our prayers prayed […]
Many years ago I managed a small country branch of an electrical mechanical wholesale business. I did not enjoy stocktaking, which was done twice a year. Every screw, nut, bolt, etc. needed to be counted and then recounted. These were the days everything was recorded manually. The closest to “electronic equipment” was the calculator. You […]
Yesterday we started looking at reasons why we come to the Lord’s Table. Many Church people take what we call “communion”, yet many might not be Christian! That seems like a harsh statement, yet how does one determine whether a person is Christian or not? You are right, we can’t look into one’s heart. We […]
In the Protestant Church we celebrate two sacraments, namely The Lord’s Table and Baptism. Like other things, we do these but seldom reflect upon why we do them. Today and tomorrow I want to look at why we come to the Lord’s Table. Many do but what does it mean to them? What does it […]