Don't do it.( Psalm 121 )

 I don't know if you have ever heard of Roy Taylor,he was a fellow Irish man ,I never met him I wish I had,he was an entertainer ,a singer who represented Ireland in Eurovison 1988.He died of Moter Nrurone Disease.I heard him sing  with Finbar Furey ,while having that disease,i the song sounded lovely.I saw a picture of him holdng a plaque,with theses words on it,'Never,Never,Never,Give Up'.These words challenged me conaidering the person who was holding the plaque,that disease is dreadful ,there is no cure ,he died of it in 2023. Life on planet earth can throw a lot things at us,awful things,and it seems easy to give up, you loose a love one,you loose the job you need,you husband or wife may have been unfaithful,and walked out on you.The present is dark ,the future appears even darker ,the answer is not sucicide,or running away,or being engulfied with dark thoughts,I'm speaking to you if you are a Christian,I want you to look to Jesus ,listen to what He says to  you ,'look to Me', and I will bring you through,in your darkness I will be your light,in your weakness I will be your strength,in your sadness I will be your joy,in your lonliness I will be your friend.He knows how you feel,  It may seem beyond you to carry on, it would be, if it was just you,Here is what Jesus again would say to you.'So do not fear,for I am with you; I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand'. ( Isaiah 40 v10).

                                                            ' Never Give Up,

                                                             Never Give Up,

                                                             Never Give Up'

God is not a spectator. ( Romans 1 v18-32)

I used to play football a long time ago,I wasn't very good,now I am just a spectator ,no influence,I don't get involved I just criticise ,and  try to enjoy the game,yes I'm just an onlooker. The thought came to me as regards God,is He just a spectator?,does He just sit enthroned above the circle of the earth,just looking looking on?.The fact is a vast number of people look at God  as being a spectator not really involved in the affairs of this world. and is definitely  not involved in anyway in their affairs.They speak with no reference to God,other than using His name in vain,living only on a horizontal level.when Pharaoh was confronted by Moses and the words that he spoke,'The God of Israel says'; Pharaoh replied ,'Who is the Lord, that I should let Israel go? I do not know the Lord'. (Exodus 5  v 1-2 )Millions upon millions do not know God ,I spoke to a man today he said he was an atheist,so he is not accountable,most people are practical atheist in other words they act as if He does not exist .I said to that atheist,'so all this just happen,its impossible '. The apostle said,' in Him (God ) we live and move and have our being (Acts 17 v28).he then goes on to declare,'For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice  by the man He has appointed,He has given proof of this to everyone by raising  him from the dead'.(Acts 17 v 31)God is sovereign we are heading at brake neck speed to that day when we all will be ushered into the presence of God  and they shall bow the knee before Him in fear,as judgement falls upon them,and oh what a weeping and whaling will  be heard as they hear of their fate.

                                                     'There are no atheists in foxholds'

Boasting excluded. ( 1 Corinthians 15 v 9- 10)

A man was heard saying ,'I suppose those Christian think they are better than everybody else',no, that is not true.Some religions like Hinduism  can lead those in a higher cast,think that they better than those in a lower cast,and so they despise them,and have no sympathy for them. We read of the Pharisees in the gospels they called the common people sinners,yet our Saviour had said some very serious things about them that they  were children of hell (Matthew 23 v13) . Do Christians think they are better than the non-Christians?,I hope they don't ,for the fact is we are not.But we are better off than non-Christians, simply by the grace of God, the Christian is a sinner saved by grace, We are better  off than the non-Christian for Jesus is our Saviour, and  that changes everything,instead of going to hell we are going to heaven.(John 3 v 16) Upon every non -Christian  the wrath of God remains  ,but not upon those who trust in Jesus(John 3v 36). Yes the Christian is better off than the non-Christian, because when Christ becomes our Saviour, God becomes our Father (John 1 v12) Yes we not better that anyone else ,but because of Jesus we are better off than them .

                                                     'Naught have I gotten,but what I received;

                                                      Grace have bestowed it since I believed;

                                                       Boasting excluded,pride I abase;

                                                        I'm only a sinner,saved by grace.'

                                                                 Words J.M.Gray.