Music Friday! You want Freedom? Only found in Jesus!

Why did I have to go through that?

Have you ever considered that you may go through a problem in life so you can be comforted and strengthened by God and then you can use that experience to help others and bring them to God through that same problem?

Look at these verses:

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

God is so merciful to us! He loves us so much and even will use us if we allow Him to to help and love others! May we always give God the glory through the good and through the bad because He always knows what He is doing!

Use us Oh Lord for your purposes!!!

Tom

Are you gonna stand?

As followers of Jesus we have a choice….to stand for Him or the shrink back as cowards! What are you going to do?

Ezekiel 22:30 
30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

Let us as followers:

Make a wall-decide that we use the Word of God as a wall and never let anything that is contrary to the Word break down our wall!!! Stand upon the Word of God always!
Stand in the gap-Let us proclaim the gospel as God has commissioned us to do and let us stand in the gad for the oppressed as we also have been called to do!
One day judgement will come as Jesus returns, Let us as followers of Him be found faithful!

So how about it church…let’s stand together for the glory of our Lord!

Tom

Got Faith?

Hebrews 11:6 
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

If you don’t have faith, you can not please God. That is pretty simple to understand. How can you please a God you have no faith in….you can’t!

Oh but for those who do put their faith in God what a blessing it is!!! God takes care of those who seek Him! Not just seek Him a little but those who DILIGENTLY seek Him. Don’t miss that part! You see there are some who seek God just to get something from God but their heart is not in it…this does not please God. God wants us to seek Him with all we got. He is to be the number one priority!!!

So do you have faith this morning? Are you seeking God with all your heart??? If so enjoy the blessings, if not, why not start going after God with every ounce of your being today? You will not regret it!

Tom

Do not run from God!

The Lord Is Waiting!

This is a beautiful verse for all man-kind:

Acts 2:21 
 
21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.’

God loves all of us. We are made in His image! So He desires all to be saved and all we have to do is call upon His name for Salvation and we will be saved!!! It is that simple. 

Once saved we then should desire to serve our Lord, this is a sign we gave our lives to Him! IF we chose not to serve and obey Him then we did not give our lives to Him as our Savior! 

The Lord is waiting for all of us to come to Him! Have you? Do it now, you will not regret it! If you have come to the Lord , rejoice in the Love of our Lord!

Tom

I Like To Win!

I like to win! How about you? I am a very competitive person. So if it is a board game, trivia questions, sports, or where ever competition lies I like to win!

I have won in this world as well. So can you. If you are truly a follower of Jesus you have defeated the world, sin, and the devil! Ohhhh knowing that feels so good! However, if you have never placed your trust in Jesus you are still losing, for God has told us victory is only found in Jesus!

1 Corinthians 15:57 
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is much more than about winning or losing though, it is about having a relationship with the Lord. He desires you to know Him deeply, and love Him with all that you have. He already loves you more than you can even comprehend!

So come join the winning team, and if you already have, enjoy being victorious and go tell others how to join the winning team!

Tom