How great is our God!

How Great is our God!

Overwhelmed I am sitting here thinking about how awesome our God is! “How great is our God...sing with me...” Think about it for a moment! What would happen if we as believers truly believed how great that He really is! Think about the spiritual awakening of Biblical proportions that would take place! I want so badly to be a part of a mighty move of God! I am asking God to do a work in the hearts and lives of students on Fleming Island Florida. I want to see my Jesus high and lifted up! How great is our God! He truly is, He is still able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we could ever hope for or imagine! He is the King of Kings, always has been and always will be. We simply need to exercise our faith and believe! How great is our God...say it out loud to your self! Do you believe it? Don’t miss any opportunity today to share with those around you how awesome and great our God is! Don’t be one of the 90% that never share their faith! I love you all! <><

Walking with Jesus

Just a closer walk with thee…

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10) that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 1:9-10

I am finding, as I get older, my desire to be closer to Jesus increases every day! I want to be close to Him! I want to do the things that He wants me to do! I want my walk to be His walk! I have an overwhelming urgency to pray for people, to lift up the names of students before the Lord! I have a desire to share Christ with all that I come into contact with! Have you ever considered the cost of a closer walk? I have! I have decided that walking with Jesus is the only walk! It will cost you everything! Sometimes there will appear nothing to show for it! But the knowledge that your walk and life are pleasing the one who created you should excite you and knowing that your knowledge of God increases should also be a plus! Are you walking with Jesus today? An old pastor friend used to tell me all the time that if you are not meeting Satan every step of the way, you are probably going the same way he is! Walk with Jesus…it will change your life forever! I love you all! <><

Time

Time...Solomon said “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven.” Time, a resource that is scarce in the 21st century. Time is something that we cannot create more of, so we must make much of the time that we have! We are living life at a blistering pace...we have so much to do and so little time...so we are forced into the art of priority. Routine task have to be placed in an order of priority. Our daily balance of time has to be in place, we have to have some sort of routine or we wont accomplish the things that need to be accomplished. Prioritizing helps us to best utilize the time that God has given us. How do you plan your day? Are you including time for God in your daily plans. All disciples, or followers of Christ have to make spiritual development a major part of time we spend each day. What are you doing? Take some time to evaluate how you spend time with the Lord each day. How are you doing? Our daily routine must include time in Bible study. Someone asked me the the other day “How much time is enough time?” I believe that it is different for everyone. The point is that we must have some sort of systematic Bible study. We have to be in God’s word...the Bible is how God reveals His directions to us. We also need to spend time in prayer. We need the person to God communication. He wants to hear from us. We are to be anxious for nothing, but in everything we are to make our request of God. We are to make petitions (request) of God with a thankful heart. The God of the universe, loves you! If we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts. Prayer and Bible Study have to be a part of our daily discipline. What else, what other things must we include. Fellowship with other believers is also an important element! Iron sharpens iron...we help each other when we get together and open up the Bible and share with each other. Publicly reading the Word and praying together the body! The body that I am speaking of is the body of Christ, believers make up the body! We are the Church so by spending time together we strengthen each other How are you spending your time? My prayer for you today is that you make time for God and the things of God. I love you all <><

Impossible

Billy Sunday said, "We have a God who delights in impossibilities." I love this quote! I like to think about impossibilities! Our God is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we could hope for or imagine! The Word teaches us this! What impossibilities are you facing this week? You this morning can approach the throne of grace with confidence knowing that our God is able to overcome any challenge or obstacle! Give God control of your impossibilities this week. Cast your burdens on Him, He is able to shoulder what ever you may be facing! Our God, truly is an awesome God! I love you all! <><

To eternity and beyond

To eternity and beyond…

I just love the movie “Toy Story”. I am so stoked that it is going to be back in the theater again very soon and that they are also working on a Toy Story three. I am looking forward to seeing it with my grand daughter’s. Every time I watch the movie, I see something in the movie that I must have missed in previous viewings. Each time I watch the movie, it is almost like a different movie because of the new things and thoughts that i now see. The writers of the movie are very creative. I love how they develop the story line and the characters. I love all the characters, but I especially love Buzz! I love his slogan, his theme verse, “to infinity and beyond”.
I have often thought about that very statement. Even though I love the movie that statement is far from being accurate. We as humans cannot understand infinity. Some people like to think they understand infinity, but in reality we were created very finite. Only God is infinite! Our minds are not capable of infinite thoughts. We can only speculate!
So I decided to change the slogan a little! I sure hope that PIXAR forgives me, but since I cannot understand infinity, I looked for something that I can understand, eternity. Jesus says “For God so Loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him, will not parish, but have everlasting life. What is everlasting life? It is something that is eternal, something that last forever! I have been around this world for almost 50 years now. In my journey, I know of only one thing that is eternal. And that is a relationship with Jesus! Only God can offer eternal life. And that eternal life that I am speaking of only begins in a real relationship with His only Son! My prayer for you today is that your slogan also can be “to eternity and beyond…”