Recently many people were upset when on a nature program,a mother owl
tore up one its chicks,and fed it to the other chicks. Should we call in the
the society for the cruelty to animals and have it charged with infanticide?.
Of course not,its an animal,yes a real animal,it has not got a part in the next
Walt Disney movie. That cuddly bear is not a teddy bear[and by the way I have one and he is called Tyrone],he sees a human being as a meal on two legs,as does a lion,tiger,leopard,shark,etc. Cruelty to animals is wrong,but they are still animals,putting an animal to sleep is an act of mercy,putting a human to sleep now that's a different story. Animals do not go to heaven or hell,when they die that's it,animals are not accountable like us humans.Now of course animals give us much pleasure,but they are still animals,with a nature that's different from ours. Mankind has being given by God a position of power over creation,and we will be held accountable as to how we exercise that authority. In fact we will be held accountable for all our sinful actions,for there is coming a day in which God will judge the world
in righteousness by Jesus .[Acts 17 v31]
A prayer.
Dear God we thank You for your creation,but most of all we thank You for your salvation in Jesus Amen.
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Monday, 15 June 2015
They bite [Romans 6 v23 ]
Two plants I did not want,the cactus and roses,I jokingly say, because
they bite [I am referring to their thorns],but gradually I have changed my mind about roses,and I now have three bushes in my garden. The reason being ,they have lovely flowers,one can say the allure of their flowers have
won me over. I know there are times they will still bite me but I love the
flowers, as I thought of the advert,naughty but nice,as regards eating cream cakes. Human nature is so often attracted to things that appear nice,and are blinded to the fact that the very thing we are attracted to will not only bite us,but actually destroy us,we could call such an attraction,fatal attraction.
We see the pleasure the thing gives us and are blind to the consequences,the word of God speaks of the pleasures of sin,yes adultery can give us pleasure
,but my, the consequences,to ourselves. Continually I am reading and hearing of people who are involved in perverse viewing on the Internet,
watching little children being abused.There are so many things that we can become involved in, that can enslave us,yes attractive things,these
can blind ,and enslave us.It does not end there, for sin has not only consequences for time but also for eternity.The good news is Jesus forgives,and frees us when we trust Him as our Saviour,plus we are given
the free gift of eternal life.
A prayer.
Dear God we praise You for sending Jesus to save us,we ask that by your grace we may trust Him Amen.
they bite [I am referring to their thorns],but gradually I have changed my mind about roses,and I now have three bushes in my garden. The reason being ,they have lovely flowers,one can say the allure of their flowers have
won me over. I know there are times they will still bite me but I love the
flowers, as I thought of the advert,naughty but nice,as regards eating cream cakes. Human nature is so often attracted to things that appear nice,and are blinded to the fact that the very thing we are attracted to will not only bite us,but actually destroy us,we could call such an attraction,fatal attraction.
We see the pleasure the thing gives us and are blind to the consequences,the word of God speaks of the pleasures of sin,yes adultery can give us pleasure
,but my, the consequences,to ourselves. Continually I am reading and hearing of people who are involved in perverse viewing on the Internet,
watching little children being abused.There are so many things that we can become involved in, that can enslave us,yes attractive things,these
can blind ,and enslave us.It does not end there, for sin has not only consequences for time but also for eternity.The good news is Jesus forgives,and frees us when we trust Him as our Saviour,plus we are given
the free gift of eternal life.
A prayer.
Dear God we praise You for sending Jesus to save us,we ask that by your grace we may trust Him Amen.
Sunday, 14 June 2015
Proff [1Corinthians 15]
I have given enough proff of my devotion to the French people,thus spoke
Napoleon.The apostle Paul's apostolic position was under attack,and so he writes to the church in Corinth,to refute false apostles, who were attacking him. He wrote how he lived among them,he did not sponge of them,he
points to the suffering he had experience in the service of Christ. [ 1Cor 11]
It was vital that his calling as an apostle was not undermined,if it was ,then the word of God could have been . You want proff of my calling consider the following,my life ,my suffering,are they not evidence.When Jesus was being attacked as He often was,He said believe on the evidence of My miracles [ John 14 v11].The crowning proff of who Jesus was,was His resurrection,if He had not risen from the dead, He would have been seen as a fraud.[1 Corinthians 15 v 17]. After His resurrection He was seen by hundreds of people [1 Cor 15v6]is that not proff enough, as to who He really was?.From that vantage point we can look back ,and see the OT scriptures totally fulfilled ,in His birth,ministry,and His suffering.
A prayer.
Dear God open our minds and our hearts to believe in Christ,who by His
works,His life,His death, and resurrection, proved beyond a shadow of a doubt ,that He was and is the Saviour of the world,we ask this in His name.Amen.
Napoleon.The apostle Paul's apostolic position was under attack,and so he writes to the church in Corinth,to refute false apostles, who were attacking him. He wrote how he lived among them,he did not sponge of them,he
points to the suffering he had experience in the service of Christ. [ 1Cor 11]
It was vital that his calling as an apostle was not undermined,if it was ,then the word of God could have been . You want proff of my calling consider the following,my life ,my suffering,are they not evidence.When Jesus was being attacked as He often was,He said believe on the evidence of My miracles [ John 14 v11].The crowning proff of who Jesus was,was His resurrection,if He had not risen from the dead, He would have been seen as a fraud.[1 Corinthians 15 v 17]. After His resurrection He was seen by hundreds of people [1 Cor 15v6]is that not proff enough, as to who He really was?.From that vantage point we can look back ,and see the OT scriptures totally fulfilled ,in His birth,ministry,and His suffering.
A prayer.
Dear God open our minds and our hearts to believe in Christ,who by His
works,His life,His death, and resurrection, proved beyond a shadow of a doubt ,that He was and is the Saviour of the world,we ask this in His name.Amen.
Saturday, 13 June 2015
Danger. [ Daniel 12 v4 ]
One small step,read the words ,followed by,the epic race to build a humanoid robot.I have no objections to robots .As a Christian I just become concerned when they equate a machine with a human being,let me stress
,I have no objections to robots.We live in momentous times, mankind is advancing more and more in so many areas of life.As I look around my home I see so many amazing things, I have a kindle which will hold thousands of books, likewise there are gadgets that hold vast amount of music,my camera can hold thousands of photos. There are cars with navigational systems ,blue tooth, radios, cars that do not need a driver.All
these things have come in,in a very short time ,I am 71 years of age, I have witnessed so many changes,many of them for the good,the only problem is
with mankind's knowledge ,one becomes concerned as to the potential for
for evil.Mankind's advance can lead us into so many paths,were moral restraint can be thrown aside, if ones leaves God out,then one can be assured,perceived dangers will become realities.As a young lad the Lord graciously,brought me to Himself,through Jesus,and as I look back I rejoice
how I have been preserved ,and kept from so much potential evil.
A prayer.
Dear God,in our pursuit of knowledge,help us to see our need of your controlling,and restrain power, in Jesus name we ask this Amen .
,I have no objections to robots.We live in momentous times, mankind is advancing more and more in so many areas of life.As I look around my home I see so many amazing things, I have a kindle which will hold thousands of books, likewise there are gadgets that hold vast amount of music,my camera can hold thousands of photos. There are cars with navigational systems ,blue tooth, radios, cars that do not need a driver.All
these things have come in,in a very short time ,I am 71 years of age, I have witnessed so many changes,many of them for the good,the only problem is
with mankind's knowledge ,one becomes concerned as to the potential for
for evil.Mankind's advance can lead us into so many paths,were moral restraint can be thrown aside, if ones leaves God out,then one can be assured,perceived dangers will become realities.As a young lad the Lord graciously,brought me to Himself,through Jesus,and as I look back I rejoice
how I have been preserved ,and kept from so much potential evil.
A prayer.
Dear God,in our pursuit of knowledge,help us to see our need of your controlling,and restrain power, in Jesus name we ask this Amen .
Friday, 12 June 2015
God can. [ Ephesians 3 v20]
I like Jim Reeves singing,I recently purchased a CD of him singing hymns,
the words of one touched me,,/He can open up a doorway you never thought was there/.It reminds me of another Christian song,/He can
make a way where there appears to be no way/,are you in difficulties today
not knowing which way to turn?, you need a job,need money,yes even need healing. Remember the people in the Bible were just like you and I,often
they found themselves in desperate situations.In 1 Kings 17,we read of a widow ,she and her son, were at the point of starvation.The country was suffering from a famine,they like the people in the condemned cell were
about to have their last meal. It was then God spoke to Elijah the prophet to
go to this lady,she told him all she had to eat was a little flour,and a little
oil,the prophet answered.for this is what the Lord ......says.The jar of flour
will not be used up ,and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord
gives rain on the land.The Israelites were trapped the Egyptian army were breathing down their necks,many would be killed and the rest would taken back to Egypt as slaves,no way out humanly speaking,but God made a way.Moses spoke these words,/Fear ye not,stand still and see the salvation
of the Lord,and God made a way.[Exodus 14]
A prayer.
Dear God we thank You,that You have not changed,You still work in wonderful ways,You can meet our needs,and make a way were there appears to be no way,help us to believe this in whatever situation
we are facing,in Jesus name we ask this Amen.
the words of one touched me,,/He can open up a doorway you never thought was there/.It reminds me of another Christian song,/He can
make a way where there appears to be no way/,are you in difficulties today
not knowing which way to turn?, you need a job,need money,yes even need healing. Remember the people in the Bible were just like you and I,often
they found themselves in desperate situations.In 1 Kings 17,we read of a widow ,she and her son, were at the point of starvation.The country was suffering from a famine,they like the people in the condemned cell were
about to have their last meal. It was then God spoke to Elijah the prophet to
go to this lady,she told him all she had to eat was a little flour,and a little
oil,the prophet answered.for this is what the Lord ......says.The jar of flour
will not be used up ,and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord
gives rain on the land.The Israelites were trapped the Egyptian army were breathing down their necks,many would be killed and the rest would taken back to Egypt as slaves,no way out humanly speaking,but God made a way.Moses spoke these words,/Fear ye not,stand still and see the salvation
of the Lord,and God made a way.[Exodus 14]
A prayer.
Dear God we thank You,that You have not changed,You still work in wonderful ways,You can meet our needs,and make a way were there appears to be no way,help us to believe this in whatever situation
we are facing,in Jesus name we ask this Amen.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Mistakes . [ Isaiah 1 v18 ]
We all make mistakes,well I made a mistake recently,I was given the responsibility of measuring our windows for new net curtains,after buying
them we brought them home,only to discover that the measurements I
had made were wrong.Initially this upset us and my wee wife was not to
pleased,but then bless her,she took charge ,made good my mistake,we
now have nice curtains hanging in our window.Some mistakes can be
be righted,some cannot,Judas made a terrible mistake when he betrayed His
master Jesus,the rich young ruler made a terrible mistake,when he choose
his temporal wealth,instead of eternal life [Matthew 19. v16-22],the very thing he wanted,or thought he wanted most of all.Samson the strong weak man made a mistake,when he choose the wrong partner Delilah [Judges 16 v4ff].He ended up blind,bound,and in bondage,yet God I believe restored
him and used him to destroy the enemies of His people.Samson in our eyes
was a very imperfect human being,but do not make the mistake of thinking
we are better,we are all imperfect,as M Wilcock writes,no one is free from
the infection of sin,not even one. That is why Christ came, He the perfect one would die for us the imperfect ones,that our sins, no matter how bad they are can be forgiven.The biggest mistake anyone can make is to ignore
this,and to live and die without Christ,to do that is to commit a mistake
that cannot be remedy.
A prayer.
Dear God we praise You for your saving mercy,that through Jesus we can be forgiven all our sins,no matter how bad,in Jesus name we thank You. Amen
them we brought them home,only to discover that the measurements I
had made were wrong.Initially this upset us and my wee wife was not to
pleased,but then bless her,she took charge ,made good my mistake,we
now have nice curtains hanging in our window.Some mistakes can be
be righted,some cannot,Judas made a terrible mistake when he betrayed His
master Jesus,the rich young ruler made a terrible mistake,when he choose
his temporal wealth,instead of eternal life [Matthew 19. v16-22],the very thing he wanted,or thought he wanted most of all.Samson the strong weak man made a mistake,when he choose the wrong partner Delilah [Judges 16 v4ff].He ended up blind,bound,and in bondage,yet God I believe restored
him and used him to destroy the enemies of His people.Samson in our eyes
was a very imperfect human being,but do not make the mistake of thinking
we are better,we are all imperfect,as M Wilcock writes,no one is free from
the infection of sin,not even one. That is why Christ came, He the perfect one would die for us the imperfect ones,that our sins, no matter how bad they are can be forgiven.The biggest mistake anyone can make is to ignore
this,and to live and die without Christ,to do that is to commit a mistake
that cannot be remedy.
A prayer.
Dear God we praise You for your saving mercy,that through Jesus we can be forgiven all our sins,no matter how bad,in Jesus name we thank You. Amen
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
He is up to his old tricks again.[ Matthew 4 v1 -11 ]
I read this in an old devotional, /The Devil has two masterful tricks.The first is to tempt us to become discouraged, for then we are defeated and of no service to others,at least for a while.The other is to tempt us to doubt therefore breaking the bond of faith that unites us with the Father. So watch out,do not be tricked either way[G.E.M]/ It does not take much to discourage us,are you discouraged today,what can you do,well you can look
back and remember how God has helped in the past,He has not changed,He
is still the same loving and caring God. As to doubt,well this is nothing new
,the disciples had times when they doubted,the Devil works on our weak-
ness,He tempted Jesus ,after He had fasted for 40 days,he is aware of when you we most vulnerable and is quick to move against us. Let us recognise
our enemy for what he is, a liar whose only purpose is to destroy us,to cause us to doubt,and to act in ways that can cause us great harm. We have a choice to make ,either we believe what the Devil says or believe what Gods word says,the choice is ours,let us choose wisely.
A prayer.
Dear Lord ,You where tempted in all ways as we are,help us in all our weakness, and vulnerability , Amen.
back and remember how God has helped in the past,He has not changed,He
is still the same loving and caring God. As to doubt,well this is nothing new
,the disciples had times when they doubted,the Devil works on our weak-
ness,He tempted Jesus ,after He had fasted for 40 days,he is aware of when you we most vulnerable and is quick to move against us. Let us recognise
our enemy for what he is, a liar whose only purpose is to destroy us,to cause us to doubt,and to act in ways that can cause us great harm. We have a choice to make ,either we believe what the Devil says or believe what Gods word says,the choice is ours,let us choose wisely.
A prayer.
Dear Lord ,You where tempted in all ways as we are,help us in all our weakness, and vulnerability , Amen.
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