Do You Believe?

I insist it is your obligation, if you believe in God, simply because he is God, to serve him and obey him. Not because it is for your advantage, it may be, I believe it is, but I demand you follow God, if you believe him to be God.

If you do not think he is God; if you really think that the devil is God, then follow him and his pretended godhead, and be consistent.

But if God is God, if he made you, I demand you serve him. If he puts the breath in your nostrils, I demand you obey him. If God is really worthy of worship, if really think so, I demand that you either follow him, or else deny that he is God at all.

If you say Christ’s gospel is the only gospel, if you believe in the divinity of the gospel, then test your trust in Christ. I demand you follow the gospel, not because it will be to your advantage, but because the gospel is divine.

If you say you are a child of God, if you are a believer, and think and believe that service of God is best, not because of the advantage you get by being holy; but that the Lord is God; and if he is God, it is your business to serve him. If his gospel is true, and you believe it is true, it is your duty to carry it out.

Charles Spurgeon

To Live Is Christ

Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you. Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.... Then Jesus told him, You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me. John 20:21-23, 29

John 21:25 Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.

Heaven

Faith in Christ is the qualification for a place in heaven; work for Christ is the qualification for rewards in heaven in addition to a place in heaven (Matthew 10:40-42).

In The Morning

In the morning, come up and present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. Exodus 34:2. Dear Father, we are coming to meet with You. Nothing on the common, everyday plain of life will keep us away from your holy heights! Blessed is the day when the morning is sanctified, set apart to God! Successful is the day when the first victory is won in prayer! Holy is the day when the dawn finds us on the mountaintop with God! Give God the first blossom of the day. Never make Him wait until the petals have faded.

Be Still and Know

Lord, in our time of need, strengthen us. You are our strength, shield, refuge, and very present help in our times of trouble. God, I know Your eyes go to and fro throughout the earth to strengthen we whose hearts long for You. Our body grows weary, but our hope is in You to renew our strength.

We do not fear, for You are with us. We are not dismayed or overwhelmed for You are our God. We know You will strengthen and help us, and You will uphold us with Your righteous hand. Even as the shadows of illness cover us, we feel the comfort of Your strength.

We love You Lord with all we are and ever will be, and we praise Your Holy Precious Name Forevermore

Faith in God

And having chosen us, He called us to come to Him. And having called us, He gave us right standing with Him. And having given us right standing, He gave us His glory. Romans 8:30

The Invitation

Meet The King

I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again?

A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. 2 Peter 3,4, 8-10

Testing The Spirits

1 John 4:1-3
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.