Run! Complete The Race! I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. —Philippians 1:3-6 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the…

HE SEES, HE KNOWS! Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?” —Isaiah 29:15 There are many who are doing this today. They are making plans in the shadows and do not think anyone sees what they are doing or knows what they are doing. But, they are wrong. He sees all and those schemers in the darkness are not getting away with anything. God knows exactly what they are doing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbX-3_a98U They are not getting away with anything even though they may be thinking they are. Fellow follower…

LIVING FOR JESUS For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise…

HIS PLAN SPOKEN The Lord Almighty planned it. — Isaiah 23:9 The Lord has spoken this word. —Isaiah 24:3 It is wonderful to have someone plan something and carry it out. It is also wonderful to have someone say something and keep their word. Know many people that will keep to their plan and keep their word? I am so grateful to know the Lord God Almighty has a plan and will keep it. When He says He is going to do something He can be trusted to do it. Yes, I am so grateful for His Faithfulness. As followers of Jesus may we thank Him for the plan He…

CAN I EVEN IMAGINE… Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. —Ephesians 3:20-21 As His power works in and through us He “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.” Not only in this life is this the case, but also in the ages to come. We cannot even imagine what He has for us. That is how great and awesome it is to know Him. He has…

JUDGMENT IS COMING… Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. God’s Judgment on Assyria “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in…

STAND! If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. —Isaiah 7:9 Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is foundational and is the firm Rock on which we stand on (I Corinthians 3:11; Matthew 7:24:27). “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1) “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). Now “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong” (I Corinthians 16:13). Don’t allow…

RIGHTEOUSNESS So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. —Galatians 3:6 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.” —Galatians 3:11 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” —Galatians 3:13 “There is no one righteous, not even one” (Romans 3:10) and “there is no one who does good, not even one” (Romans 3:12). “This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe” (Romans 3:22) and “all are justified freely…

ENJOY LIFE, PREPARE FOR DEATH No one knows what is coming— who can tell someone else what will happen after them? —Ecclesiastes 10:14 However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all. —Ecclesiastes 11:8 When death comes near to a friend, relative or even someone we do not know but hear of the situation— it is sorrowful. Before I was a follower of Jesus and did not have an understanding of the big questions of life— Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? What is death like? Is there really a heaven? Is there really a hell?— my grandfather, my mother’s dad,…

SIN Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. —Ecclesiastes 7:20 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. –Ecclesiastes 8:11 …one sinner destroys much good. —Ecclesiastes 9:18 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. —II Corinthians 11:14-15 Sin… thousands of years ago it entered through Adam and Eve. All that is evil can be traced back to that…