Be in time.[ John 3 v16 ]

Mybe it is my age but the days and weeks are passing so quickly,it will soon be Christmas again, and I will soon be 65. The Word of God writes of the brevity of life, and the uncertainty of life, [Psalm 90 v 10 ], and the importance of seeking the Lord now, [ Isaiah 55 v 6].The story is told of a wise man who spoke to a young person, and asked him, what were his plans,the young man replied, I am going to school and get a good education, the man asked ,what then?, the boy replied, I will then get a good job, what then ,asked the man?, I hope to marry and have a family, what then ,asked the man?, I suppose I will retire, what then ,asked the man?, I suppose I will die said the young man , what then ,asked the man?. In Hebrews 9 v27, we read that it is appointed unto men once to die, and after that the judgment,the point I am seeking to make is this, be in time. An old Gospel hymn goes,/ Be in time.... Be in time. While the voice of Jesus calls you be in time. If in sin you longer wait,you may find no open gate,. And your cry be just to late , be in time/.[ Dear God thank You for your patience with us, help us to appreciate the importance of seeking Jesus as our Saviour now, we ask this in Jesus name Amen ]

Moses doubted.[ Exodus 14 v 5 - 31 ]

Even great people have doubts, people like Moses, we read about it in Numbers 11, God said He would feed Israel with meat for a whole month, and Moses doubts, but God did it. In Jeremiah 32 v 17, we have the prophet praying,God had said that He would restore Israel back to their land, this was said at the nations lowest point, when they would be practically destroyed as a nation. So the prophet prays,/ Nothing is too hard for You,v 17 /. Yes great people can doubt, but great people can also believe, what group do we fall into ,today?. Whatever God says ,He will do, irrespective of the difficulties, for in the words of Jeremiah ,nothing is to hard for Him, He can do exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think,[ Ephesians 3 v 20 ] [ Almighty God we come to you in our smallness, in our weakness, and ask that you would increase our faith in Your ability to make a way were there is no way, to provide for us ,were there is no hope of provision, to protect us when there is no one to defend us, we ask this in the name of Jesus Amen ]

An old friend. [ Mark 4 v 36- 41 ]

I have just come into contact with an old friend, a song by Bill Gaither, /Joy comes in the morning/, all through my Christian life , songs have blessed me, touched me, encouraged me. Songs to me are like old friends, they speak to us, remain with us, all our lives,they bring back memories of past joys, and struggles, such is that song, /Joy in the morning/, it is based on the words of Psalm 30 v 5[ A V]. The words are this,/ Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning/, these are words of hope, to any who are experiencing trials, that the trials will pass. Some trials bring us to tears,some experiences can be heart breaking, we feel crushed,it is then when in our deep trials, the words come, /Joy comes in the morning/,lets us by faith take hold of these precious words, and hope.[ Dear God we thank You for those songs in the night that You give us, some times the night is very dark, never ending, we ask for the grace to hold on , until joy comes in the morning, the morning of Your deliverance, in Jesus name we ask this, Amen ] [ Listen to that song on my playlist ]

Feelings [ 2 Corinthians 4 v 7 - 18 ]

It would be nice to say that one always has nice feelings, but the fact of the matter is we dont, one day we may be up the next we may be down. There are different reasons why our feelings alter, circumstanses,tiredness, what I think is important in relation to our feelings , is that we dont let our feelings rule us, for if they do they can so easily ruin us. How is it possible for us to know victory over negative feelings? is it possible?, to some extent it is, we may not always succeed, but I believe there can be victory for us. The Psalmist in Psalm 42, and 43, feels depressed, /Why am I discouraged?Why is my heart so sad?, Now I am deeply discouraged/, this is how he feels, what can he do?,well he does two things,[ 1] he hopes in God, [ 2 ]he praises God, this what we must do if we are going to know victory. [ Father we thank You that our relationship is not depending on our feelings, and we thank You that we can know victory over our feelings, through hope in You and praising You, help us to do this, we ask this in Jesus name Amen ]

Its a wonderful world.[ Pslm 100 ]

Inspite of all the pollution in this world, caused by us, it still is a wonderful world,a world full of so much that blesses mankind.The world at creation must have been trully beautiful,no pollution, nothing that marred its beauty, everything would have lived in harmony,even the dinosaurs, the word of God tells us when God had finished creation , He saw that it was very good, [ Genesis 1 v31 ] Of course sin has come in and affected everything. People wonder why wrong things happen, and the answer is simple, sin, the whole point of calvary, is to deal with sin and its consequences, Gods priority is man, to redeem him, and eventually recreate this world,so that once again all will be harmonious. In the meanwhile we can still appreciate even this fallen world, and rejoice in our Creators handwork. [ Dear God thank you for our world and all its beauty,all its abundance , in Jesus name we praise You Amen ]

Bring it to Him.[ Ephesians 2 ]

That old hymn came to mind this morning, / What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear, what a privllege to carry everything to God in prayer/.There was a time when we had no one to turn to, when we were without God and without hope, not now, we are His children. God is our loving Heavenly Father, He loves us so much,desires that we come to Him at all times, to avail ourselves of this wonderful privllege . So today, whatever we have to face, whatever we have to do ,whatever problems come our way, be they big or small, bring it to Him, let us carry everything to God in prayer, and trust Him to undertake. [Father in Heaven we thank You that You have made us Your children, help us to realize more and more what this means, and help us to face this day with confidence, in the knowledge , that You are with us, we ask this in Jesus name Amen ]

The poor. [ 2 Corinthians 8 v 9 ]

I heard a man saying, the poor give more than the rich, it appears a strange thing to say, in 2 Corinthians 8 v2, we read of those who were very poor,who overflowed in rich generosity. If we were trusted with riches how generous would we be?and if God trusted us with little how generous would we be,I believe being rich brings its challenges as does being poor . Most of us would not consider ourselves rich , but whatever our state the challenge is to be generous,to help others. We live in a world of needy people,material poverty is just one type of poverty, do you know you can be rich and still poor, and you can be poor and rich, the Bible speaks of those who are poor and are rich in faith [James 2 v 5 ]. In Mark 13 v41-44, we read of a poor widow who give her all and was commended for it by our Saviour, my study Bible says this, / Here Jesus was admiring generous and sacrificial giving. As believers, we should consider increasing our giving- whether of money, time,or talents- to a point beyond conveinience or calculation/. [Father we thank You for loving generosity to us, materially and spiritually, help us to be generous, we ask this in Jesus name .Amen ]