It is the Father, who made the decree to provide our salvation, the Son who carried out the decree and made it possible, and the Holy Spirit that implements salvation into our lives. What a blessing to be brought into the family of God. Many people have said over the years, that their biggest fear for becoming a Christian is that they would not be able to live the Christian life successfully. That would be true if we had to do it in our own strength, but two key passages of Scripture help with this. First, we are told in I Corinthians 3:16 that we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, in other words the Spirit of God lives in the believer; and second, we are reminded in Galatians 5:22-23 that the “fruit of the Spirit is ….” in other words, it is the Spirit of God dwelling in us, that produces the fruit of a believer. We don’t have to do it on our own, we have the enablement of God in us to change us. It is just like we do nothing to make ourselves grow physically, and to evoke the changes at that occur at puberty. … READ MORE

Did you ever wonder why you did what you did? Colossians 2:8 says, ” Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.” We do what we do because we want what we want and we want what we want because we think what we think. We all have a world view, the question is what is it, and how did I obtain it. What is a World View? A world view is the set of beliefs and fundamental aspects of reality that ground and influence all one’s perceiving, thinking, knowing and doing. Everyone has a world view, whether they know it or not. Yet, most people do not sit down and attempt to develop on, we build it anyway. You see our world view is the lense through which we see and interpret the world around us. A Biblical World View is an overarching view of the World based on God’s revealed truth found in the Bible. The understanding of God’s Word shapes our beliefs about God, creation, humanity, moral order and purpose. We need to beware of how … READ MORE

The story is told of a Southern soldier, who had been freed from prison camp because he was wounded to sorely to return to active duty, and he was seeking access to the President in order to intercede for his brother, the sole support of their mother, who was in a prison camp. The soldiers on guard at the White House would not let him in. One day a little boy was walking near the White House, and he observed the crippled veteran seated on a bench, crying. The boy asked what the problem was. The man explained that he wanted to see Mr. Lincoln to tell him about his brother but the soldiers would not let him past. The boy looked at the soldier compassionately, and held out his hand and said come with me. They walked past the soldiers who were guarding the White House, and through the halls to President Lincoln’s oval office. He walked into the office and introduced the soldier to the President and ask him to listen to the crippled soldiers request. How could one little boy make the difference, he cut through the red tape, and took the soldier directly to the President. … READ MORE