Friendship. [Romans 5 v 6-11]

Friendship is very important to all of us, I do value my friends,and hope to make new ones. There is much one could say about this subject, but I want us to consider the following words from Romans 5v11, So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. Today dear child of God,you have a friend in high places, God, so let none of us consider ourselves friendless, and let us rejoice in this friendship, it is not a friendship of equals ,but it is a friendship that cannot be equalled.[ Dear God you are so awesome, and yet you are ,our friend, thank you from the bottom of are hearts for your friendship, through Jesus your Son, Amen.]

Giving up [ Proverbs 24 v16 ]

I read this recently , Learn from your failures, the fact of the matter we will all fail, marriages fail, businesses fail, students fail. Just recently my grand daugther passed her driving test,at the third attempt, I am sure she learned something from her two failures. Here is another thing to consider, because we fail in some area of life ,it does not make us a failure. The greatest of people fail,we all without exception will fail, at something, let us all learn from our failures. If you are down in the dumps at this time because you haved failed at something, pray about it , ask God to reveal what lessons you need to learn, and above all else dont give up, you are not a failure .[Father help us to learn from our failures, grant unto us grace to rise above our failures, in Jesus name,Amen.]

Injustice [1 Peter 2 v21-25 ]

This may seem an obvious statement, God is just,we see this in His laws, there are many who feel God is unjust, that He allows evil things to happen . The fact of the matter we live in a fallen world, a world in rebellion against the God of love. The evil that happens in this world is caused by man, there is also evil forces at work ,the devil is real, I know this will not totally satisfy everyone,for there is a mystery in evil. Let us remember that God knows all about injustice, we just have to look to Jesus His son on the cross.I was listening to an old gospel song recently, the words went , The angels must have cried, I wonder did God cry as He saw His son on that cross,the point is simply this, God knows all about injustice. [Dear God and Father we rejoice that You are just, and are sensitive to all injustices, we commit all things into your hands, the wrong things that happen to us, the injust things, in Jesus name Amen ]

The hidden life [Matthew 6 v1-8 ]

When I was a young believer, I was in the Territorial Army, we went away to camp, we all slept in barrack rooms, I wondered what I would do about praying, should I get down on my knees and pray. I was not sure what to do, and then I read in Matthew 6 v6, But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to thy Father which is secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.[ I read from the A.V. in those days] So I did just that, I found a secret place and prayed. There is a time to take an open stand , to tell people about Christ, but in our daily walk with Christ ,be it our praying, giving,or whatever we do,it should be for the glory of God. [Father help us not to be show offs in our Christian lives, to seek only to glorify our Saviour in all we do, Amen. ]

Waiting [ Psalm 40]

Without exception when people turn on their P. C. they become impatient, they speak to it, raining down cursing on it,pleading with it ,the waiting game. The fact of the matter is we do not like waiting, When I was young I used to ask my mum, is the dinner ready yet , she would reply , its in the hottest place in the house, the waiting game. In our relationship with the Lord waiting is an important lesson we have to learn, we must take it very serious, the first king of Israel, failed to wait, he acted presumptuously[1 Samuel13], and paid a price for it, likewise Abraham [ Genesis 16 ]. God wants us to learn the lesson of trusting Him, believeing in Him and His word, and when we do this we glorify Him. [ Father forgive my impatience , forgive me when I run ahead of you, when I should be waiting for you to act, give me the grace of waiting on you to move , and for me to move when you say, in Jesus name I ask this, Amen]

Being robbed [1 Peter 5 v 8-9 ]

In John 10 our Saviour speaks about thieves and robbers, I have never been robbed of money, but the robbers Jesus is speaking about, are those who damage people spiritually. Who are they ?false religions, who are under the control and influence of Satan,who is behind all the evil in the world, He is unceasing in his activity. Even if we are Christians we are not beyond his power to hurt and influence us, he will use all means he can to damage us,such as false ideas ,it is vital that we stay within the confines of the word of God, it is the safest place. Be on your gaurd today, dont let satan rob you , make no mistake, he will if you let him. [Father keep us under your care, protect us from, the evil one, help us to remain faithful to You and your truth, in Jesus name we ask this ,Amen]

Vultures are beautiful.[2 Corinthians 5 v17 ]

Recently we visited a zoo. were they put on a bird display, among the birds taking place were the vultures, they walked among the audience, to my wifes consternation. They really dont look very pretty, they wouldnt win a beauty contest, but when they fly they are beautiful, they glide through the air with the greatest of ease, and they are a joy to behold,they are transformed, from ugly creatures, to creatures of beauty. There is a song that goes , O, Lord your loveliness, changing all my ugliness, O Lord I recieve Your love, we can be changed people , by the love of Christ. [Father thank you for Jesus ,who by His love, saves and transforms us, Amen.]