If I’m Not …

Jan 042010
 

What follows is a series of tweets from @STimmis today. What are the “If I’m not” situations in your life?

How can I be sure I would lay down my life for sake of Jesus & the gospel? Perhaps I’ll be like Peter in his bravado & denial?
Can’t ultimately be sure until I’m called on to do so. But there are indicators in what I am reluctant to give up…
If I’m not prepared to give up my bed to go and serve someone, I can be fairly confident I won’t give up my life…
If I refuse to give up a holiday abroad so I can support someone in gospel ministry. I can be confident I won’t give up my life
If I’m not willing to pursue people who are different from me in order to bless them, I can be fairly certain I won’t give up my life.
If I’m not prepared to miss out on promotion so I can stay & help plant churches, I can be fairly certain I won’t give up my life…
If I’m not prepared to jeopardize a friendship so that I can tell others about Christ, I can be fairly certain I won’t give up my life.

Luke 9:23-24 NASB  And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

 January 4, 2010  The Gospel Comments Off

From The Breath Of God Ice Is Made

Jan 042010
 

I am preparing to return back to work after vacation and don’t relish getting out in the cold, snow and ice.  But I am encouraged to know that it is all in the control and plan of God.

“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place. “Listen closely to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth. “Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth. “After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard. “God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend. “For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’ “He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work. “Then the beast goes into its lair And remains in its den. “Out of the south comes the storm, And out of the north the cold. “From the breath of God ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen. “Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His lightning. “It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth. “Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

Job 37:1-13 NASB.

 January 4, 2010  The Word of God Comments Off

And They Crucified Him – Art Katz

Jan 042010
 

 January 4, 2010  Christian Living, The Gospel Comments Off