In Luke 14.26, Jesus said to the crowds, "If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. It occurs to me that this condition applies also when we go to him to surrender to him. He deserves our entire, sole devotion. His self-giving requires our self-giving.
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Saturday, February 16, 2019
***Our Mortal Enemy
It is sin. If we lose our battle to sin, we will spend time in horrific misery for all eternity. If we get sin lifted off us by God, we'll experience the most exuberant feeling and live in paradise for all eternity. So, heed my advice – take sin seriously and defeat it when you still can.
One Example of a Hypocrite
Anyone who believes that the way to "liberate" people is to give them all kinds of rights and free stuff, but is not willing to suffer in any way himself is an egoistic hypocrite.
**Do You Realize That . . .
the joys and the sorrows we receive in this life are nothing compared to the joys or sorrows we shall receive after we die?
God's Flexible Mercy
God does not judge us like a college professor who fails you if you score below some prefixed mark or passes you after you have earned enough credit. I am sure that in some cases there is no question that the soul will go to heaven or hell. Anyway, I believe God will consider many factors at judgment time. If you are right on the borderline, he may just let you pass. The best policy is to love the Lord as much as possible and we don't have to be concerned about how we'll be judged.
Friday, February 15, 2019
***Our Only Savior
By default, we are going to lose our soul to Satan! Therefore, we must turn and submit ourselves to God, our creator and only Savior.
***Our Spiritual Jam***
The Lord made me see that we have inherited the original sin and ended up in this jam, helpless on our own, and he is committed to saving us because he loves us. It would be erroneous to think that we are basically evil, wanting to fight him. If that were the case, he needn't be merciful to us at all. With this understanding, we see that we are just capable of being bad as well as being good. The important thing to see is that by God's mercy, we can be freed and restored to holiness. All it takes is to believe in and follow Christ, something we can easily accomplish once we see that it is what God has planned for us.
***Jesus Our Secret Help
Great news! Accept any challenge from Jesus our Lord and he'll secretly assist you to make sure that you succeed. Now, aim high and tell him that you are ready to become a saint. (I am serious.)
Duality of Being Christian (reposted from 3/9/2013)
A Christian is both timid and bold – timid because he realizes that he is finite before God; bold because God empowers him. A Christian is both humble and proud – humble because God is awesome to him; proud because he has God. A Christian is both invisible and visible –invisible because he hides himself in God; visible because God dwells in him.
God Calling!
If you feel that you are somewhat tired of living in this world, know that it is God calling you to respond to him!
*Are You Aware?
Are you aware that God has done all the work for us to get back to him in heaven and it is now time for us to respond to him? I am not kidding. The time we have is the time we have on earth, not much.
***Easiest Person to Love
I have family members and friends who love me and whom I also love, but our love is so much inferior to God's love for us. Here's how God loves us. He always listens to us, understands us perfectly, is sympathetic and most patient, never rushes to judgment, never points the finger at us, is faithful and trustworthy, ready to help always. Unlike us, his love is totally selfless and pure, the greatest. See how much he went through in order to save us. Strictly speaking, only he knows how to love, for we all fall short miserably. The least we could do is to accept his love, hoping that we'll learn how to love better. All human beings, being imperfect, are more difficult for us to love without his help. The Lord has to be the easiest person for us to get along with and love.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
**Mixed-up Hypocrite
This is someone who wants to ban all the guns and rifles but totally supports killing the unborn at any stage. What a joke!
Heavenly Experience
Remain completely passive in the Lord, letting him soak you with his love and draw you deep into him.
Be Nothing to Get God's Attention
If you think nothing of yourself, you will get full attention from the Lord. As Jesus has said, whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
***Our Critically Important Choice
In this life, we face this critical choice: to follow Christ or the world. Our eternal existence is at stake!
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