Well Clinton's Grad is today! WOW what now. Well life moves on, choices begin, we get this we get that, but what will we do or where will we go.
Now there is a fork in the road and one must decide whether to go this way or that way. Without guidance it is quite difficult to decide.
So you don't have to make this decision on your own, you can look to the one friend who will never let you down, He is always by your side waiting to take your hand to lead you and to guide you.
He will never lead you astray, He will walk with you even if you make the wrong choice. Keep in mind that no matter where you go no matter what you say no matter what decisions you make Jesus will always be waiting for you and if you ask Him, He will guide your path.
God Bless your future, may you feel the warmth of Jesus shining on your face.
About Me
- Steve
- One who has a great love for his Wife and children. I value the time we share and I am so blessed to have her.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Keep God first in all things and He will be your guide.
Here we go. Its almost here. The day some have anticipated and then some have dreaded. This day could be a blessing, to some it could be a bad day. I am talking about Graduation Day. This seems to me to be the best day of the rest of your life. You finish one chapter and continue to another chapter. How that chapter will start is up to you now. You have had guidance all this time (18 years of guidance) ( and by guidance I mean parental control over you life). Now you are free to make the decisions you need to make for you life to go the way you wanted it to go. But may I suggest you make those decisions with utmost prayer and seeking God. I you try it on you own you may not end up in a place where you want to be.
One thing you should consider is to be sure to give your parents a big thank you for all they have done for you to have this day for you. They have done their best to train you according to the Word of God in "Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,Even when he is old he will not depart from it"
This came from he wisest man that ever lived so I think there is a valid point.
Keep God first in all things and He will be your guide.
One thing you should consider is to be sure to give your parents a big thank you for all they have done for you to have this day for you. They have done their best to train you according to the Word of God in "Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,Even when he is old he will not depart from it"
This came from he wisest man that ever lived so I think there is a valid point.
Keep God first in all things and He will be your guide.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Do you Follow or do you Lead?
I was reading the other day and I I read Matthew 21. As I was reading I got o thinking all those people who were there for the "Triumphal entry" were there praising Him. But the response of these people go me thinking about what might have really went down. Some people are followers and some are leaders, which are you. In this story people who followed just seemed to go with he flow do what the next person is doing so therefore they laid down there coats.
Matthew 21:1-11
1. When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2.saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
3. "If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."
4. This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5. "SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'" 6. The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,
7. and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.
8. Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
9. The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"
10. When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
11. And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."
So in your life living for Jesus are you going to be a follower or a leader. Look at what you do, do you let other influence your morals and pressure you into something you are not really wanting to do. Well if you live your life for Jesus and let Him control your life you will be just a follower of Him and really no one can take that away unless you want them too.
Yoy have a great day Following Jesus.
Matthew 21:1-11
1. When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2.saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.
3. "If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."
4. This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5. "SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'" 6. The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,
7. and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.
8. Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
9. The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"
10. When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
11. And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."
So in your life living for Jesus are you going to be a follower or a leader. Look at what you do, do you let other influence your morals and pressure you into something you are not really wanting to do. Well if you live your life for Jesus and let Him control your life you will be just a follower of Him and really no one can take that away unless you want them too.
Yoy have a great day Following Jesus.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Experiencing God
When you are experiencing God in a very real way do you find yourself thinking is this real or is it just an emotional response to what is going on. When you are in a meeting with a very dynamic speaker where you find yourself caught up in the moment you are moved with what seems to be God. How do you know if it is God?
If you leave the meeting and you find yourself a changed person and you continue to live in the change God has given you then you will know the meeting and the response you had was not an emotional one but one that truly was a God Moment for you that changed your live totally from the inside out.
We all have those times when there are no flashes of light and no apparent thrill to life, where we experience nothing but the daily routine with its common everyday tasks. The routine of life is actually God’s way of saving us between our times of great inspiration which come from Him. Don’t always expect God to give you His thrilling moments, but learn to live in those common times of the drudgery of life by the power of God.
As we go about our day and we find the moments to spend time with God, your day will be brighter no matter what happens. Give your day to Him and He will guide you all the day.
If you leave the meeting and you find yourself a changed person and you continue to live in the change God has given you then you will know the meeting and the response you had was not an emotional one but one that truly was a God Moment for you that changed your live totally from the inside out.
We all have those times when there are no flashes of light and no apparent thrill to life, where we experience nothing but the daily routine with its common everyday tasks. The routine of life is actually God’s way of saving us between our times of great inspiration which come from Him. Don’t always expect God to give you His thrilling moments, but learn to live in those common times of the drudgery of life by the power of God.
As we go about our day and we find the moments to spend time with God, your day will be brighter no matter what happens. Give your day to Him and He will guide you all the day.
Monday, June 14, 2010
"SPEAK LORD FOR YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING!"
There are days that you find you self in a conundrum. We may think that we have the answers but in the end we in ourselves do not have the answer. I think of Samuel when he was a young lad and was hearing something, and he was told to reply:
1 Samuel 3:
1. Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent.
2. It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well),
3. and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was,
4. that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am."
5. Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, lie down again." So he went and lay down.
6. The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son, lie down again."
7. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. 8So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy.
9. And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10. Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."
11. The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
If when hear that voice do you reply the same way. It is so easy to get distracted in life we may not think we have a way back. But we certainly do. Remember that Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever, and n matter what you think or have been told Jesus is always there for you and for me. We just need to reply and say Speak Lord for your Servant is listening.
God Bless you today.
1 Samuel 3:
1. Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent.
2. It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well),
3. and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was,
4. that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am."
5. Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, lie down again." So he went and lay down.
6. The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son, lie down again."
7. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. 8So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy.
9. And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10. Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."
11. The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
If when hear that voice do you reply the same way. It is so easy to get distracted in life we may not think we have a way back. But we certainly do. Remember that Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever, and n matter what you think or have been told Jesus is always there for you and for me. We just need to reply and say Speak Lord for your Servant is listening.
God Bless you today.
Friday, June 11, 2010
God causes all things to work together for good
Just as you think all things are going well you find that there is something that wants to hinder what is going well. You know it is one of those days that I wish never happened.
All things in this world work together for good.
Romans 8:28 "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. "
When we find that things in our life is not just the way we think it should be then perhaps we need to start committing every day to God, and meaning it. This not only applies to the day, but in everything.
Paul says in:
1 Thessalonians 5:18
18in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
When we turn it all over to Him and give thanks to Him for everything I don't think we can go wrong.
In life we have a choice to make, and when we become of age that choice can either be to serve God or not to serve God. You need to say within your own heart that 'I CHOOSE TO SERVE GOD AND LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE" When we do that we will be blessed.
Now saying that you might see no blessing in sight, but look at it this way, you are still breathing, you are on the top side of the grass, this is a good thing so therefore it is a blessing
We are called for His purpose and He will not abandon us, as He does not abandon the birds of the air.
Matthew 6:25-34
25"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
30"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
31"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
32"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Just keep living your life for Jesus and He will guide you.
All things in this world work together for good.
Romans 8:28 "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. "
When we find that things in our life is not just the way we think it should be then perhaps we need to start committing every day to God, and meaning it. This not only applies to the day, but in everything.
Paul says in:
1 Thessalonians 5:18
18in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
When we turn it all over to Him and give thanks to Him for everything I don't think we can go wrong.
In life we have a choice to make, and when we become of age that choice can either be to serve God or not to serve God. You need to say within your own heart that 'I CHOOSE TO SERVE GOD AND LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE" When we do that we will be blessed.
Now saying that you might see no blessing in sight, but look at it this way, you are still breathing, you are on the top side of the grass, this is a good thing so therefore it is a blessing
We are called for His purpose and He will not abandon us, as He does not abandon the birds of the air.
Matthew 6:25-34
25"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,
29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
30"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!
31"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'
32"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Just keep living your life for Jesus and He will guide you.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
. . . seek, and you will find . . . —Luke 11:9
Seek if you have not found. “You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss . . .” ( James 4:3 ). If you ask for things from life instead of from God, “you ask amiss”; that is, you ask out of your desire for self-fulfillment. The more you fulfill yourself the less you will seek God. “. . . seek, and you will find . . . .” Get to work— narrow your focus and interests to this one thing. Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience? “. . . seek, [focus,] and you will find . . . .”
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. . .” (Isaiah 55:1 ). Are you thirsty, or complacent and indifferent— so satisfied with your own experience that you want nothing more of God? Experience is a doorway, not a final goal. Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit. Remember that you can never give another person what you have found, but you can cause him to have a desire for it.
“. . . knock, and it will be opened to you” ( Luke 11:9 ). “Draw near to God . . .” ( James 4:8 ). Knock— the door is closed, and your heartbeat races as you knock. “Cleanse your hands . . .” ( James 4:8 ). Knock a bit louder— you begin to find that you are dirty. “. . . purify your hearts . . .” ( James 4:8 ). It is becoming even more personal— you are desperate and serious now— you will do anything. “Lament . . . ” ( James 4:9 ). Have you ever lamented, expressing your sorrow before God for the condition of your inner life? There is no thread of self-pity left, only the heart-rending difficulty and amazement which comes from seeing what kind of person you really are. “Humble yourselves . . . ” (James 4:10 ). It is a humbling experience to knock at God’s door— you have to knock with the crucified thief. “. . . to him who knocks it will be opened” ( Luke 11:10 ).
(From http://utmost.org/)
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. . .” (Isaiah 55:1 ). Are you thirsty, or complacent and indifferent— so satisfied with your own experience that you want nothing more of God? Experience is a doorway, not a final goal. Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit. Remember that you can never give another person what you have found, but you can cause him to have a desire for it.
“. . . knock, and it will be opened to you” ( Luke 11:9 ). “Draw near to God . . .” ( James 4:8 ). Knock— the door is closed, and your heartbeat races as you knock. “Cleanse your hands . . .” ( James 4:8 ). Knock a bit louder— you begin to find that you are dirty. “. . . purify your hearts . . .” ( James 4:8 ). It is becoming even more personal— you are desperate and serious now— you will do anything. “Lament . . . ” ( James 4:9 ). Have you ever lamented, expressing your sorrow before God for the condition of your inner life? There is no thread of self-pity left, only the heart-rending difficulty and amazement which comes from seeing what kind of person you really are. “Humble yourselves . . . ” (James 4:10 ). It is a humbling experience to knock at God’s door— you have to knock with the crucified thief. “. . . to him who knocks it will be opened” ( Luke 11:10 ).
(From http://utmost.org/)
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