Thoughts on Christ and His Word

In his book "Wild Goose Chase" , Mark Batterson wrote a few simple truths that God has been teaching me over the years. So I decided to list them below. These can be life-changing principles. Most of us are far too tentative when it comes to the will of God. We let our fears dictate our decisions. We are so afraid of making the wrong decision that we make no decision. An what we fail to realize is that indecision is a decision An it is our indecision, not our bad decisions, that keeps us in a the cage. We need people who are more afraid of missing opportunities than making mistakes. People who are more afraid of lifelong regrets than temporary failure. People who dare to dream the unthinkable and attempt the impossible. God has shown me that all the Hebrews 11 "Hall of Faith" believers are there because they dared to do great things because of their faith, not because they sat quietly and safely in prayer closets. At some point prayer in the closet must res

Remember the song? I'm not sure what made that song famous. Perhaps because we all have bad days once in a while. Sometimes God uses those bad days as a prelude for big things to happen in our lives. A bad day for Abraham was when he was asked to sacrifice his son. But that day turned out to be a day for which he gained the title "the father of the faith". The thief on the cross had a bad day when he was crucified. But that day, by putting his faith in Christ, was his day of salvation and being with Jesus in paradise for all eternity. Paul had a bad day when he was shipwrecked on the island of Malta. To make it a super duper bad day, he was bitten by a snake that came out of the firewood. The natives thought he was a murderer who although escaped from the ocean, would die by a snake bite. When he survived that, they said "he was a god". But God turned his bad day around when the natives took this "god" to the chief official of the island. Paul healed

Capital One made famous the line "What's in your wallet". Have you ever considered the question "What's in your life"? Our lives are lived out based on rules, norms, ideas, and idiosyncrasies we choose to guide us. These attitudes and behaviors are adopted from things we love - music, TV shows, parents, and our own personality preferences.. But above all these, God says that His Word should reign supreme in our lives. In fact He goes as far as saying that His words should be our life. After reviewing with the people of Israel all the laws God had given to them, Moses said to the people: "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you — they are your life . By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." Deuteronomy 32:46-47 . Our life should be a living, breathing, walki