CHOICES

 

     Did you know the greatest power we have is the power of choice.  We all get to a point of life where we ask ourselves if we could have done things differently or better.  So, if you find yourself at these points here are some course correction thoughts for you.  First get better educated and study more.  Be faithful in a quiet time for yourself.  Be a better listener.  Pay more attention to the present and don’t worry about the past.  You can’t do anything about it anyway. 

     Spend more time with your family and friends in meaningful ways.  Take time off for yourself.  Remember no job is worth losing yourself.  Keep your priorities straight.  God, spouse, family, friends, job and other things.  Stay focused on that with is important that is a choice you make everyday.

LIVE WELL

 

     Did you know that God wants to walk hand in hand with us and give us truth and peace.  He wants us to walk in faith for a long time.  He wants you to have faith and walk through every situation you face with Him there. 

     When you walk with God is renders a life that is secure.  You show the characteristics of Christ.  This should be the aim of every follower of Jesus Christ and part of our duty.  We should want to please God in how we live.  We should never be ashamed to claim Christ because He claims us.  We have great example of heroes of the faith with Noah who built and arc and preach for several generations.  David was a man after God’s own heart. 

     We have been called to live for God in our time period.  let us do it like the ancients. We have been called to serve, live and be one with God let us do it well.

WISE SAYINGS

 

     The moment you lose your health you know how much you appreciated it when you had it.

The first time a child disobeys their parents they are on a downward track and a short lifespan. 

If you want live a long life don’t disobey your mother she gave you life and she might just end it.

Don’t ever take yourself to seriously.  Life is serious enough without you making it more so.

     No one is beyond the reach of the tempter.  Life can be smooth for a while but the testing comes because only then will you find out what you are really made of.  The one way to stop lying and gossiping is to treat it as sin.  Bring it to the open and repent.  That way it loses

it’s power.  Remember just because you are a Christian that does not mean you will not make mistakes.  It takes time for a tree to become mature and the same with the Christian life.

      It takes a moment to be justified and regenerated but a lifetime to be sanctified.  God will not supply all our wants but He will supply all our needs.  So our part is to discover what our needs

are instead of our wants.  It is a foolish parent who supplies a child with all they want instead of all they need.

ENOCH

 

was a man who walked with God for 300 years and then God took Him.  He is only one of two men that did not die in the Bible.  The other was Elijah.  Enoch was a man who saw Christ come back with his saints.  So, he was a prophet and one of kind.

     He is an example for us because he walked with God in a time where people usually did not.  That is what we must do.  He had an eternal mindset that means he saw things not as they were but as God saw them.  So, let’s look for a moment that can help you be like Enoch.  First you must have fellowship with God.  That means spending tyime in the Bible and prayer every day.  You must make church a priority as well as evangelism.  James tells us to draw close to God like Enoch did.

     The biggest reality is that Enoch had a long-term relationship with God and that is what maturity brings.  It was Peter who said that we must grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord everyday.

     Enoch's characteristics are deeply rooted in his faithfulness, righteousness, and close relationship with God. His life is a testament to the power of living a life that pleases God and the importance of maintaining a close connection with the Creator. Enoch's story encourages believers to cultivate a deep and personal relationship with God through prayer, faith, and righteous living. His example shows that intimacy with God leads to eternal significance and life beyond this earthly existence.  This is what makes Enoch stand out and these are the things that can make you stand out.

LEAVE A LEGACY

 

       I have a question for you, what kind of legacy do you want to live behind?  I knew a man in my hometown whose name was Roy.  Roy was a printer by trade, but he was also an encourager.  When I first start out in my faith, I was rough and unpolished.  I said and did things that I look at with a unfavorable eye.  Roy had what we called an eternal mindset.  This is where you look at things not only in the long term but with eternity in mind. 

     Roy saw my potential.  He did not see me as I was at the time but what I could become.  He encouraged me to follow my gifts and keep the Lord right in fore front of my life.  He always like Solomon had a word fitly spoken.  It was like apples of gold in pitchers of silver.  I always appreciated his wisdom.  When he passed into eternity, I felt a void because he was such a godly man.  His influence along with others will always influence my life.  Here I am many years later talking about a man who has been dead for several years.  His legacy has lived pass on through the people he touched.  I encourage you to be like him and the legacy that you leave will live on long after you are gone.

CAIN

 

     Cain is an interesting study on human behavior.  Here was a guy who had everything and through it away because of jealousy and rejection.  Cain brought what he thought was acceptable, but it was his thought not God’s.  Abel brought was required.  Often, we think we know better than our superiors and bring less than what is expected and get made when it is rejected.  This is the height of arrogance.  This happens in a recent election in a Canadian province where the arrogance of the leader was rejected by the people and he went down to a huge defeat and had to eat humble pie.

     Cain was a man who believed his works was enough to get God’s attention.  Our works is as filthy rags as Isaiah says.  God is not looking for works he is looking for acceptance of what He has done through Jesus Christ. 

     Cain Is example of how sin starts.  His pride led to his downfall.  God told Cain was acceptable and he rejected that ideas and when God warned him of the consequences he ignored them and even went to find someone to blame which was his brother.  Pride leads people to deflect blame onto others.  He was half hearted in his devotion to God and it cost him everything.   

     God was to Lord of all your life not just parts.  Christianity is not a social or religious exercise it is a personal relationship with God.  Cain’s vanity cost him everything.   Cain because of this is an example of vanity and pride.  Cain was the first murderer of the bible, and his example continues today for many of the same reasons.  Cain let sin rule his heart and he became separated from God. 

     Sin is at the door of everyone’s heart and as God warn Cain it wants to master us.  The way to defeat is to say no.  Id sin takes over it will take you some place you do want to go.  Make you do things you never thought you would do and make you into a person you never thought you would be.  The answer to this plight is a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

     Sin does not have to rule our hearts if we reckon is dead and live for Jesus Christ.  Joseph fled from sin.  Daniel refuses to allow the world to influence him.  The apostles stayed silent when sin accused them.  It is time we rise up and say no to sin and say yes to God.  Sin as James says is knowing what to do and not doing it.  Let’s do right and kill sin in our lives.

A righteous woman

 

     Solomon wrote about what a virtuous woman was in Proverbs.  He said that her family would rise up and call her blessed.  A mother and wife is more priceless than any bobble or trinket.  Sher is a person that her husband completely trusts.  He never has to worry about her cheating or being unfaithful.  She respects his opinion and is sound in her view of him.  It is wonderful to have complete confidence in your spouse.

     A good woman will not do harm but good to her spouse and family.  She is not afraid to work.  She is industrious and works for her family and for herself.  She is a good shopper and is not careless with her and his money. 

     A good woman loves the Lord and puts Him first in her life.  Her faith is solid and mature.  There are many examples in the Bible of great women.  Sarah was the mother of many nations.  Ruth was a woman of consistency.  Hannah was the ideal mother.  Abigail was a wise woman.  Esther was self sacrificing.  Mary the mother of Jesus was chosen.  My hat goes off to all the great ladies our there.  Thank you for the blessing you are.