1 day til new year 2018 -We may need a new perspective!

2 days til 2018!

Music Friday! Can I get a witness of how great our awesome God is????

3 days until 2018

4 days til new year 2018!

You exist why?

You exist for one main reason, do you know what it is? It is not to make money, it is not for that special girl or guy, it isn’t even for your child. Want to make a guess at it? Here it is:

Revelation 4:11

11 “You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created.”

The reason you exist to to bring glory and honor to God! That is the main reason and nothing else even comes close! 

So know the next question…are you doing what you exist for? You will have no peace or contentment in your life until you have God in the right place in your life. 

So as we go into 2018 let’s make sure we all have God in His proper place as God of our lives and remove ourselves from that position!

Tom

Mary Did You Know? (listen to song Mary did you know before watching)

Music Friday-see if this don't get you in the Christmas Spirit!

Others first even after Christmas!

You got what you need.

Want a free gift?

Everyone likes free gifts, right? Well there is one free gift everyone needs:

Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God offers the free gift of Salvation through His only Son Jesus Christ. Will you take that gift today? 

For those of us that have we need to spread the news of this free gift, not only at Christmas or Easter but everyday! God has told us to do so! Are you?

The greatest gist of all time is offered to us by God, so sad that so may chose never to receive this precious, eternal gift!

Tom

A Reminder of what Christmas is about!

Short and simple.

Matthew 1:21

21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

This Christmas is about Jesus…make sure you and your family don’t leave out of your gatherings why we gather….Jesus. 

Worship and Praise the King of King and the Lord of Lords….the Savior of the world.

Tom

I AM The Resurrection!

Don’t worry about it!

Are you prepared to meet God?

Thank you God!

We always need to thank God for this fact:

Luke 1:68

68 “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited and redeemed His people,

He visited us in the person of Jesus Christ to redeem us!!!!!

That is why we celebrate Christmas…the birth of Jesus is the beginning of the visitation in the palm to redeem us upon the cross!

Thank God always for providing redemption to sinful folks such as you and I!

Tom

You better show mercy!

James 2:13
13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

God is very clear in His word here in this verse above! We must show mercy to others. Do you? Are you a merciful person? Sometimes we don’t want to be merciful but that is not an option!

God goes on to say in this verse above that mercy triumphs over judgement and Jesus is THE example of that! Jesus could have judged all of our sin with no questions asked and in doing so He would have been rich to do so! BUT….instead He chose to take on human flesh and show us mercy by taking our place upon the cross and dying for our sins! Think on that mercy shown!

Now do we have any reason not to show mercy to others? 

Let us be like Christ and show mercy to all instead of judgement!

Tom

Herman Forrest-a heart of wisdom.

Jesus told us so!

John 16:33
33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Like always…Jesus told us so!

There are many tribulations going on in this world and in our lives. Is there any denying that? 

But then He gave us the good news…..I have overcome the world!!! That is how we win…in Jesus! That is how we get our peace…in Jesus! There is no other way!

Oh what a mighty Savior we have! Let’s praise Him and live for Him always!

Tom

Go after God!

Live for this God!

Chew on this verse for a bit:

1 Timothy 1:17
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Our God…Jesus! Who is King, eternal, immortal, invisible(at the moment), and wise! No One else is like our God! 

So what are we to do?

Give Him the glory and honor due Him by living for Him every moment of everyday! Forever!

Let us always keep in mind who our God is and live for Him!

Tom

Do what Jesus did!

I Am the Good Shepherd!

Remember the promise!

As we are in the time of year of remembering the birth of Jesus, remember this promise of God from the very beginning:

Genesis 3:15b

15b
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

Here God told Satan, one day the Savior would come and smack him upside the head in defeat and that was fulfilled by Jesus in His death, burial, and resurrection!

Jesus came to this earth for one reason….You! To die for your sins so you can have eternal life! Think on that today and this fulfilled promise of God! Also remember another promise from God…Jesus is coming back soon to take us home to heaven! Are you ready?

Tom

Get out of the flesh.

Are you worn out yet?

Matthew 11:28
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Well the Holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving just went by and Christmas is upon us. We run, run, and run. Have to get the shopping done. Have to get the food prepared. Have to see all the relatives….and then BAM! It is clean up time! Get the tree down, get kids prepared to go back to school, get ready to go back to work if you ever had any time off to begin with! Wow I am worn out just thinking about it. 

It seems we miss the whole point of Christmas….Jesus!

So slow down! Cut a few things out and come to Jesus. Give it all to Him and take time to worship Him and enjoy what He has done for you….provided salvation!

Don’t go away from Jesus with busyness, come to Jesus with worship!

Tom

Are you near God?

Only way to make sense of this world!

Most days the Lord lays a message on my heart right away for a devotion and well other days I may get nothing or late in the day, like today, something will just hit me and here it is:

"It is Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ alone, who makes sense out of everything in this world." AW Tozer

It is plain and simple and true. If you look at life any other way than through Jesus, it will not make sense because God made us to be filled by Himself only! All else will not satisfy or make sense!

Tom

Get wisdom and instruction!

I lack nothing!

Psalm 23:1

1The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.

I love this verse! For the follower of Jesus it says so much! As the Shepherd of my life, He provides and I have no need (want). It is that simple! Sure there are things I would like for my own pleasures but as far as needs I have none!!!

Of course the biggest need for all is salvation and God provides that as a free gift through His Son Jesus Christ! So if you have not filled that need call upon Him today!!!

Tom

Do you have the right mindset for today?

To live is Christ!

As a follower of Jesus, do you hesitate to say this?

Philippians 1:21

21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Jesus gave His life for our sins, and now if we surrender our lives to Him, our lives should be all about following Jesus and doing what He has taught us through His Word. 

We also should know this earth is not our home….heaven is! So when death comes it is gain not loss! Praise the Lord!

As followers of Jesus we should never hesitate to live for Jesus!

Tom

Want to be blessed?

Are you a good friend, brother, and sister?

Proverbs 17:17
17 A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

As followers of Jesus it should be automatic that we are friends until the end and love our friends even in tough times.

Also as brothers and sisters in Christ we must be there for one another. That is what family does! I am grateful for the churches I have been able to serve in and attend in my life. Many great friendships have been made for a lifetime! No matter how far apart we may be I always know they are there if I need them! That is what love is all about!

So are you a good friend, brother, and sister in Christ?

Tom

I AM THE DOOR

Music Friday-Thank you for Mercy Jesus!!!

Turn it up and worship King Jesus! Wow!

Time to grow up!