How chipotle got it wrong and how we are getting it wrong.

People got sick in 14 states and no one knows why. Welcome to chipotle restaurants. Volkswagen and now Mitsubishi lied to the government about emissions. People are being beheaded, Christians are suffering persecution in the last five years more than the last 500 combined. The world seems to be losing it's mind. "As in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of Man returns" this is what the Bible says will happen before Jesus comes back. "The love of many will grow cold" is another verse that talks about the end times. I believe firmly Jesus is coming back very soon and that we are living in those last days the Bible prophesied about. So the Christian response must always be love. God's love covers a multitude of sins and it's in showing love that we will show that we are one of His. Don't let your love grow cold.

Death in Good Thunder

A chapel is "a small building for Christian worship, typically one attached to an institution or private house." Two people died yesterday on Chapel Street here in our little city of Good Thunder. Chapel is another name to describe a "church" building where Christians meet for worship. The Bible tells us that we, as Christians, are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, where God actually resides. "The angel of death came and visited our city" was the thought that came to me this morning when I went out to pray. He came and carried them away to God's throne. As I walked I prayed for the police who had a long night, still on duty from a sleepless night. I prayed for the family who have been left behind, who did not get a lot of sleep either. In bother cases the Lord had me pray for peace. He even had me pray for joy. As a Christian "The joy of the Lord is our strength." Lord, You be glorified, even in death. In Jesus name, Amen.

Miracles From Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CldGTG6iVrU I was invited last night to see this. It was very good. Comes out in March. Great story about our God who still does miracles! When I was a kid I took my future wife to a Hollywood premier, a bad Matt Dillion movie called Rumble Fish. I paid $50 per ticket, and didn't like the experience much, except for the company. The best part was that a carriage awaited us outside, something I had arranged beforehand, it was very sweet. Last night we were treated to this special screening, given free t-shirts, and a gift bag. When God provides, He opens the doors, He does the paying for. In the movie, God speaks to this little girl. This morning God spoke my name, and woke me up. I have never heard God's voice like this. God, still, speaks. It felt like nothing I had ever experienced. He told me too that when we become loud, people taste our flavor, but when God speaks they taste His. God's flavor tastes like Love, Joy, Peace, Mercy and Grace. Miracles From Heaven - Official Trailer (ft. Jennifer Garner) From the studio that brought you Heaven Is For Real, don't miss the incredible true story coming March 16, 2016. From today's study, interesting huh? January 29, 2016 ICR.org Thanks to Answers In Genesis. Children in Heaven “And [David] said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.” (2 Samuel 12:22-23) The death of a loved one is always a time of great sorrow, but the death of a beloved child is perhaps the keenest sorrow of all. Nevertheless, for the Christian believer, we “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Our text verse makes it clear that, when a child dies (even one born of a sinful relationship such as this child of David and Bathsheba), that child goes to be with the Lord in heaven. Jesus said: “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14).

Sin separates us from God

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:2. Sin separates us from God, so we can's see and hear Him. The more we sin, the less we hear.Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall direct your paths. So if we disobey this, and don't in all our ways acknowledge Him, and we DO lean on our understanding, and we don't trust in Him with ALL our heart...how can He direct our paths? Just this morning I went out to pray early, usually the stars greet me in their mast, lovely array; but only two were visible. Something was blocking my view of them; clouds. Sin blocks us from God. He can still break though, because He's God, but sin will always have that effect. "Repent therefore..." "Lord, forgive us of our sins. Cleanse us from all wickedness, so we can hear, and let us obey. You are good, and Your mercy endures forever, Thank You. In Jesus name, Amen."

You are God's field, you are God's building!

1 Cor. 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. Another way of saying this might be, " I am a Lutheran, I am a Baptist etc.

Spiritual Schizophrenia

Ever hear of spiritual schizophrenia, or Sp Skitzo for short? It's when you walk in the Spirit some of the time, and then all of a sudden you skip to your flesh, and walk in it a bit, then back and forth, leaving your friends, family, those you're trying to reach for Christ, all confused, frustrated, bewildered. God said I have it, and I have it big time, but I don't have to. All I have to do is what His Word tells me to, things like; crucify the flesh daily with it's passions. Give no opportunity to the flesh. Live in the Spirit. Be crucified with Christ so it's no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me. My life has to be lived 100 % in the Lord, because it's no longer I that live, it's Christ that lives in me. Can I be 97% faithful to my wife. Or am I expected to be 100% faithful? If 100%, then why do I think it's any different with the Lord? Father forgive me for not being faithful. Let me be Yours, all Yours, because we can't be kinda born again, or mostly, we either are, or aren't. So Lord, I am all Yours, in Jesus name, by grace, through faith. Amen.

We all are tempted! But none of us has to sin!

You are not evil because you are tempted! We all are tempted, sometimes every hour of everyday. God wants us to know, "4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ..." (2 Corinthians 10:4-6) If we don't take those thoughts captive, we are in trouble, and may end up sinning. Let's really think about every thought, run to Christ with it each time. It will also deepen your relationship with Him!