Freedom in the Fire

December 30, 2013

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray that you fear not, for the Lord thy God is with thee.

    Today I want to talk to you about “Freedom in the Fire”.  
There are few things that strike fear into people’s hearts like a fire.  It totally consumes, it destroys and disfigures.  It is hard to control.  In Christian circles, we refer to troubles and trials as fires for the very same reason.

Provision Without

December 23, 2013

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray that when troubles beset you, you are running into the arms of God.

    Today I want to talk to you about “Provision Without”.  If you are a believer in Christ or have been receiving my letters for any length of time, you should know by now that God has provided every possible need for His children who love Him:  salvation, physical needs, forgiveness, restoration – you name it.  It is ours for the asking.  But what about those who don’t know God personally, who haven’t accepted Christ or been taught of Him.  Is there provision for them too?

HALT, in the name of the Lord!

December 16, 2013

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,

    I pray that you are walking hand-in-hand with the Lord, not running ahead of Him nor struggling to catch up.

    Today I want to talk to you about “Halt, in the name of the Lord!”  Ephesians 6:11

encourages us to put on the whole armor of God that we may stand against the wiles of the devil.  The word “wiles” in the Greek means “methods, trickery, or to lie in wait”.

    Have you ever wondered how a magician does his tricks?  Most of the time he uses misdirection.  He’ll get you focused on one thing so you won’t notice what he’s doing in another area.  Satan uses the same methods and trickery, but he will be less effective if we know where to be watching.

Spiritual Erosion

December 9, 2013

Good Morning, My Beloved Ones,

     I pray that the one who tries the hearts of men finds only love inside of yours.
     Today, I want to talk to you about “Spiritual Erosion”.  

Did you know that the Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma area highly eroded remnant of a mountain chain believed to have once stretched from Texas into Southeastern Canada?  The state that once hosted a huge mountain range is now primarily flat prairie.  How did this happen?  It happened little by little, bit by bit, over much time through a process called erosion.  Erosion is a gradual undermining and wearing away caused by natural elements like wind, ice and water.
     Unfortunately, mountains are not the only thing in danger of erosion.  Did you know that 31% of evangelical Bible-believing people professing Christianity are pro-choice according to a recent poll?  How does a person go from believing that man is made in the image of God, that all life is sacred and believing that “thou shalt not kill” to believing that ending an unborn life can be an acceptable choice?  It happens little by little, bit by bit over much time through the undermining and wearing away of their belief in God’s truths by natural elements like disappointment in God, selfish desires and compromise.  It’s Spiritual Erosion.

No Shower Necessary

December 2, 2013

Good Morning My Beloved Ones,
     I pray that your ears are tuned to the still small voice and your feet are quick to follow it.
     Today I want to talk to you about “No Shower Necessary”.  In John Chapter 10 we find the account of Jesus washing His disciples’ feet.  Peter, appalled that the master (whom he’d earlier identified as the Son of God) should do something as menial as washing his feet, told Jesus not to.  Jesus responded that if Peter wouldn’t let Him wash his feet, he could have no part of Him.  Peter wanted so much of Christ in his life that he cried out, “then wash my hands and my head, too!”  To this Jesus answered, “If you’ve already been washed, you are already clean.  Only your feet need to be washed.”

     Jesus and His disciples lived in a desert.  They wore only sandals or went barefoot.  If they’d bathed when they got up that morning, they were clean enough, but their feet would have picked up all the dust and grime from the ground on which they walked.  So only their feet needed to be cleaned.