It is not to late [Jeremiah 29 v11-13 ]

Someone I know has got himself into a lot of difficulties,I told him if only he had asked me I could have saved him a lot of trouble,if only,so often comes to mind.Why is it so often your children don' t come and seek advice before the situation gets out of hand?. When it comes to God and his creation,you and I ,it seems that we only come to Him when the horse has bolted. If only People would place their situations with God, before things start falling apart,then what a difference it would make.I must confess I felt a degree of frustration when that person told me what had happen.The good news is God does not become frustrated with us,He knows how proud we are,I said to someone today,it is very hard to help some people,it really , really is.When it comes to God he is merciful and even when we come to Him  seemingly when, our world is in tatters.In the OT especially we see God continually helping people out of a self dug holes,so if you have left God out of the situation,did it your way,now is the time to come to God and start doing it His way.
A  prayer..../ Dear God have mercy and forgive our foolish ways in Jesus name Amen /

A strong tower [ Psalm 46]

The name of of the Lord is a strong tower,and the righteous run into it,and is safe[Proverbs 18 v10].
The name of the Lord,is not just a label but it speaks of Gods character,and all that this means,when I think of Gods name it reminds me of His love,His faithfulness,His mercy,His protection,and so much more. It is likened unto a strong tower,in ancient cities they had towers built,a place where they could run to for safety when the city walls where breached.So it is that the child of God can run to the Lord and find security and protection.Who are we running to today?,are you running away from God?,the world offers no real security,or protection,Jonah ran away from God but all it brought him was trouble,but in the belly of the great fish ,he turned again to God he was safe[Jonah 2]The righteous run, there is in these words a sense of urgency,if you are not saved ,you must stop dithering,and run to the Lord Jesus ,before it s to late,and call upon Him to save you,from your sins and their consequences.For you the child of God go quickly to your Saviour,He will protect and care for you, you will find Him as good as His word, you shall be safe.
A prayer...../ Dear God help us to see in our times of trouble, that You are our strong tower,in Jesus name Amen /

Be sure your sin will find you out [Exodus 20 v14/17 ]

There is a saying,if you play with fire you will be burnt,it is in the book of Proverbs we have similar words,and it is in relation to someone committing adultery.In chapter 6 v27-28 ,the writer writes the following / Can a man take fire into his bosom, and his clothes be not burned?. Can one go upon hot
coals,and his feet not be burned?/ In other words there are consequences to our wrong actions, especially in relation to adultery. This is a sin that is very prevalent, in Exodus 20 we read ,/Thou shalt not commit adultery [v14] It is so easy to fall into this sin,in order to not be overcome,we must break off any relationship ,that could eventually lead to this sin.What did Joseph do when feeling pressurised by another mans wife?. He left his garment,in her hand, and fled, and got him out[Genesis 39 v12] We can also stop coveting that which is not ours,most sins start in our heart,we look, we covet ,and then we fall ,into our own trap.There is a saying which goes,the grass is always greener in the other field,but it is not, don't be fooled,that grass will turn to gravel in your mouth. Again from Proverbs 9 v17-18,/Stolen waters are sweet,and bread eaten in secret is pleasant,But he knoweth not that the dead are there,and her guests are in the depths of hell.Remember there is always a price to pay when we sin,always,
A   prayer....../Dear God save us from the sin of adultery in Jesus name Amen/



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He sinned not. [Job 1 ]

At the beginning of the book of Job,when one disaster after another is happening to this godly man,on receiving word of one disaster,his servant says,/The fire of God is fallen from heaven/.I wonder what I would think if I like Job was told these words, if like Job I was suffering. We may well ask what have I done to deserve this,Job was a godly man,the Lord had blessed him,he was a man of great wealth,and prosperity.He did not let his prosperity go to his head,or touch his heart,he maintained a godly relationship with God,and had his children's spiritual well being at heart.Yet we read these words,/The fire of God had fallen,/what would think?,would you reject those words?,resent them?,
yes even reject God,you may say God is good all the time,these are not the words,to be associated with a good  God. Consider the words of Job,when he heard of all the disasters that had befallen him,/the Lord gave,and the Lord hath taken away,blessed be the name of the Lord[1v21],and then we read,/In all this Job sinned not,nor charged God foolishly[v22]
                                  Believe and trust,through stars and suns,
                                  Through life and death, through soul and sense,
                                  His wise, paternal purpose runs,
                                   The darkness of His Providence,
                                   Is starlit with Divine intent.
A  prayer...../Dear God we bow to Your perfect will,in Jesus Name . Amen/

I cannot do the impossible.[ Acts 16 v31]

As a Christian I am continually reminded that I am called to a life of faith,faith in God, I have never seen,we have that desire within us all to see,to know. We are called to believe, in creation,that God did actually make this world,we are called to believe in salvation ,being completely of God,that we cannot in any way or any degree save ourselves.It is not Christ plus,it is Christ alone who saves, the reason we cannot save ourselves is simple we cannot,we are not able to save ourselves. As the hymn writer wrote ,Not the labour of my hands could fulfil Thy laws demands,could my zeal no respite know,could my tears for ever flow,all for sin could not atone ,Thou must save and Thou alone[A.M.Toplady] Surely we reason I must do something to be saved,yes, admit that you can do nothing,
absolutely nothing,no good works[Ephesians 2 v8-9].The only one who can deal with sin is Jesus,oh yes sin is the problem,what do you think if I said that all of us are sinners,but let us describe what that means .It that means there is none righteous ,in Gods eyes, none of us do good,the good we do is tainted instead of being done for the glory of God,it is tainted with self. There is no fear of God in peoples lives,none,if there where,things would be different.Until we see our sinfulness we will never see our need to be saved,never look to Jesus as your Saviour.
A  prayer...../Dear God we thank You for your mercy and grace,that saves us Hell deserving sinners,we thank You in Jesus name,the Saviour of the world. Amen /

Doing nothing .[ Matthew 25 v31-46]

I feel a bit guilty,during the week I took someone shopping and when I returned, I parked in the nearest spot,to the persons home , which just happened to be in a disable parking spot,It was only for about 5 minutes,but when I returned to my car a disabled lady told me off,saying I should have consideration for others. Well what one can say I had done something that I should not have,what are the consequences?well I suppose if this person new I was a Christian,she would call me a hypocrite.We all make mistakes do what we shouldn't,break the speed limit,speak words we shouldn't,but what about the sins of omission?,the things that we ignore,I should have helped that person,and I didn't,I should have spoken up against a wrong,I  am sure you get the idea,remember sin not includes what we do but what we neglect to do.Many stood around the cross and said nothing,we point the finger at Peter,for his denying Christ,but we are equally guilty,when we simply, do nothing.We pass a beggar in the street,we do not pray for those who are suffering,or for those Christians who are being persecuted.There are many needy children in the world,many needy causes,we are called to do good works,as an evidence of our Christian faith,doing nothing is not an option.
A prayer...../Dear God help us to see the importance  to do something where there is a need ,in Jesus name. Amen /

The invisible hand [Romans 8 v28]

In  his book ,/The invisible hand/, R.C. Sproul writes,/The doctrine of the providence  of God leaves no room for fate,blind or otherwise.God is not blind,neither is He capricious.For him there are no accidents. With God there are no cases of chance events, indeed there is no such thing as chance/ He describes providence as the invisible hand of God,we rarely hear the term providence used these days, I wonder why?.I believe that God is sovereign,it is something I have believed from my early days as a Christian, it is something that the Bible teaches,and again as R.C.Sproul writes,/What are the chances that things happen by chance?the only appropriate answer we can give,is not a chance/. Now the sovereignty of  raises all sorts of questions which we may not be able to answer,but to remove that doctrine leaves bigger questions which we cannot answer. As I look out in a world ,and the daily tragedies that are happening,I do not have the answer,but God does, as I look back in my life,to some extent I can see how God was undertaking,and guiding,and bringing me through to this point in time,but I do not know why my first wife died, of cancer.But in Gods sovereignty,and with his invisible had of providence,He is working all things out,be they sad or painful,and to all His Children,He assures His them that He is working out all things for their good.[Romans 8 v28 ]
A  prayer...../Sovereign God we worship You,and ask for grace,to trust You, in all that is happening in our lives, in Jesus name Amen /