BE ON GUARD! Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. —-Acts 20:28-31 We need to be watchful shepherds over ourselves (leadership) and over all the…

MY SHEPHERD The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. —Psalm 23:1 Is the Lord my Shepherd? If my answer is yes then I will not lack anything I NEED! He will provide me with food and drink, He will minister to my soul, He will guide me, He will take fear away by His presence, He will comfort me, He will bless me and cause my cup to overflow even among my enemies, His goodness and love will be with me life-long and I will dwell in His house forever! He will give you and me what we need. He knows what is best and we can trust Him…

OUR SOVEREIGN LORD JESUS “At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back. God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ So that everyone he has made may know his work,…

THE ETERNAL TERROR FOR REJECTING JESUS …you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life… —Acts 13:46 As a follower of Jesus I shudder at the thought of any who this saying above applies to. They will not be having a party in hell with their friends. Hell… I do not understand only what I read in God’s Word and what I read of hell is horrifying. Those who flippantly speak of it do not understand it. Listen! The demons understand that torment in hell is going to take place and they tremble (Matthew 8:29; James 2:19). This is such a serious and sobering consideration. I hope no…

HE KNOWS ME… AND YOU! Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers? —Job 31:15 The billionaire, the pauper and everyone in between have something really important in common! They were both formed in the womb by the Lord God Almighty. This should be recognized by all people because we were formed by His hand to be in relationship with Him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl88O_mUgU4 How sad when the creation won’t even acknowledge the Creator who created it! Yet today as days past “You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!…

HEALTHY LIFE But the word of God continued to spread and flourish. —Acts 12:24 Ever seen a vine spread and flourish? We had a vine taking over some of the trees in our yard. The vines flourished so much that it killed a tree it covered. In the southern U.S. the Kudzu vine can grow up to 60 feet in a season. This vine can engulf anything it attaches itself to: trees, telephone poles, fences… These vines are a good example of spreading and flourishing and it is an invasive species of plant. The Word of God “spread and flourished” in the early church and should be doing so today…

HATE EVIL! And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” —Job 28:28 Let those who love the LORD hate evil… —Psalm 97:10 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. —Proverbs 8:13 Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts… —Amos 5:15 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. —Romans 12:9 Sincere love for God and a healthy fear of God is to “hate evil.” So do you and I hate evil? Or, do we play around with evil? We are…

LIFE WILL SOON BE OVER …he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ —Job 20:7 Wow! It is coming my friend! There is an end to our life on this planet. Our body is wearing out and will not function anymore sometime not too far in the distant future. Think about it… just like our dung will turn to dust and be gone… so will our body. These bodies are just temporary tents for us to dwell in. Soon, life will be over… then what? This is a question we NEED to answer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiRhcR4Vg10 I went for a swim this…