Tuesday, March 31, 2020
We Need Faith
Mark 11:22---And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Dr. Wernher
von Braun, the guiding scientist in the development of our great space rockets,
has said, “The materialists of the 19th century and the Marxist heirs of the
20th tried to tell us that as science yields more knowledge about the creation,
it makes us able to live without faith in a Creator.
Yet so far,
with every new answer, we have discovered new questions.
The better
we understand the intricacies of the atomic structure, the nature of life and
the master plan for the galaxies, the more reason we have found to marvel at
the wonder of God’s creation.
But our need
for God is not based on awe alone.
Man needs
faith just as he needs food, water, and air.
With all the
science in the world, we need faith in God.”
By Dr. Billy
Graham
Monday, March 30, 2020
Endless Forgiveness
1st
Thessalonians 5:9,10---God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain
salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us . . .
Look at Christ’s death.
In one biography of the great American, Daniel Webster, 863 pages deal
with his career and just five pages are devoted to his death.
In Hay’s life of Abraham Lincoln, there are 5,000 pages but only 25 are
devoted to the dramatic story of his assassination and death. In most
biographies, the deaths of the subjects are mere incidents at the close of the books.
But when we come to the four “biographies” of Jesus, the four Gospels,
we are confronted with a strange fact.
One-third of Matthew is giving a description of the death of Christ.
One-third of Mark, one-fourth of Luke, and one-half of John are given
to His death.
All these pages are devoted to the last 24 hours of His life.
The death of Jesus Christ is a significant fact in human history,
because Jesus Christ came for the express purpose of dying for sinners.
When He left heaven, He knew He was going to the cross.
By Dr. Billy Graham
Sunday, March 29, 2020
The Peace of Jesus
John 16:33---These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
The peace
that Jesus came to bring was not the peace of appeasement or the peace of
compromise and conformity.
It was a
spiritual peace.
The world
doesn’t give peace, for it doesn’t have any peace to give.
It fights
for peace, it negotiates for peace, it maneuvers for peace, but there is no
ultimate peace in the world.
But Jesus
gives peace to those who put their trust in Him.
If you have
received His peace, then you are in His camp.
But if you
have rejected it, then you are against Him.
His peace is
available to everyone who will receive it.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
The Struggles of Life
1st Peter
2:24---Who his own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree ...
All life is
a struggle that is the nature of things.
Even within
our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a conflict for supremacy is going on.
The bacteria
in our bloodstream are waging a constant war against alien germs.
The red
corpuscles fight the white corpuscles constantly in an effort to maintain life
within the body.
A battle is
also raging in the spiritual realm. “We fight,” the Bible says, “against the
rulers of the darkness of this world.”
Darkness
hates light.
A dog would
rather dig up a moldy carcass to chew on than to have the finest, cleanest
meal.
They can’t
help it that is their nature.
Men cannot
help that it is their nature to respond to the lewd, the salacious, and the
vile.
They will
have difficulty doing otherwise until they are born again.
And until
they are changed by the power of Christ, they will likely be at enmity against
those who are associated with Christ.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Guard Against Greed
Matthew
6:24---No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love
the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.
Tell me what
you think about money, and I will tell you what you think about God, for these
two are closely related.
A man’s heart is closer to his wallet than anything else.
It is a
staggering fact that for the past few years’ people have spent ten times as
much for luxuries and non-essentials as they have for all charitable and
religious purposes.
This is a
commentary on our shallow and superficial religious faith.
While the
Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and
thrift.
Even Jesus
said to His disciples after He fed the multitude, “Gather up the fragments that
remain, that nothing be lost.”
Although our
Lord had the power to create, He Himself lived frugally and without luxury.
John Wesley had a threefold philosophy about money.
He said,
“Make all you can; keep all you can, and give all you can.”
Most of us
get all we can, spend all we can; borrow all we can; and give meagerly to God.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
The Problem of Boredom
Hebrews 6:12---That
ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit
the promises.
Do you know
what nearly all the sociologists say today in their study of young people?
The greatest problem facing young people today is not sex—it is boredom. Did you know that
when they had the riot at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire they asked the young
people, what was wrong, why did they do it?
Many of them
said, “Just for the hell of it.”
Bored—life
has no purpose, life has no meaning.
Give your
life to Christ and you will never spend another bored minute.
By Dr. Billy
Graham
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Triumph in Affliction
John 13:7---Jesus
answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know
hereafter.
Let me remind
you that physical illness is not the worst thing that can happen to you?
Some of the
most twisted, miserable people I have ever met had no physical handicap. Some
of the world’s greatest and most useful people have been handicapped.
“The
Messiah” was composed by Handel, who was suffering from a paralyzed right side
and arm.
Catherine
Booth, in the last year of her life, said that she could not remember one day
free from pain.
Helen Keller
has written, “I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found
myself, my work, and God.”
Some of the most
radiant Christians I have ever met were “wheelchair” saints.
May God give
you grace to “triumph in affliction.”
By Billy
Graham
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Why the Righteous Suffer
2
Corinthians 1:7---And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are
partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
This the question, “Why must the righteous suffer?” is as old as time.
There is
only one place that we can find an answer, and that is in the Bible.
You do not
need to study the Scriptures long to learn why sinners meet reverses and
anguish.
They are
apart from God.
Their sorrow
is the result of their sins.
But why do
Christians suffer?
Scripture
teaches that many Christians suffer so that they may fellowship with others who
are in affliction.
Only those
who have known sorrow and suffering can have fellowship with those in
affliction.
The Word of
God also teaches that Christians suffer in order that they might glorify God in
their lives.
The Bible
further teaches that Christians suffer in order that God might teach them
lessons in prayer.
Also,
Christians suffer in order that God might bring them to repentance.
Monday, March 23, 2020
Respect for Authority
Matthew
28:18---And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All [authority] is given
unto me in heaven and earth.
Have respect
for authority.
Jesus Christ
was under the authority of His Father in heaven.
He lived for
one thing: to fulfill the will of the Father.
Everyone is
subject to some kind of authority.
There is one
chain of command and the ultimate authority at the top is God.
What is the
authority in your life?
Is it your
selfishness?
Your lust?
Your greed?
Or have you
turned it all over to God and said, “Lord, You are going to be my authority?”
When you are
under authority, you are then able to assume authority.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Where Does Your Hope Lie?
Jeremiah
17:7---Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
The
Scriptures predict that a new day is coming.
Oh, do we
ever look forward to it to get here?
There will
be a golden age of prosperity when all perplexing problems-religious, social,
or political-will find their complete solution.
It will be a
marvelous time for this mixed-up world.
However, the
Bible teaches that man will not bring about this coming golden age. Man alone
cannot.
The flaw in
human nature is too great. Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet.
God is our
only hope!
His plans
are already formed, and they are perfectly stated in the Scriptures.
Oh, what a
Day That is going to be when sweet Jesus we shall see.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Lean on the Rock
Psalm 61:2---From
the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
When you
become a Christian, it doesn’t mean that you will live on a perpetual “high.”
The Psalmist
David went down to the very depths, and so did the Apostle Paul. But in the
midst of all circumstances God’s grace, peace, and joy are there.
The tears
will still come, the pressures will be felt, and so will the temptations. But
there is a new dimension, a new direction, and a new power in life to face the
circumstances in which you live.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Angels Have Charge Over Us
Psalm 91:2---I
will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I
trust.
Modern
psychiatrists say that one of the basic needs of man is security.
In the 91st
Psalm we are assured that in God we have the greatest of security, “There shall
no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For He
shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
If you read
and reread this beautiful Psalm, you will discover that in Him we have a
permanent abode and residence, and that all of the comfort, security, and the affection which the human heart craves is found in Him.
Perhaps no
visible angels will appear in your life and mine, but God’s promise of security
is nonetheless real and certain. Those who live in the realm of God have
genuine safety and security.
Dr. Billy
Graham
Thursday, March 19, 2020
The Assurance of His Love
Psalm 27:1---The
LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Today many
people are living in the bondage of fear.
In a recent
study a psychiatrist said that the greatest problem facing his patients was
fear.
Fear of
going insane, committing suicide, being alone, or fear of heart disease,
cancer, disaster, or death.
We are
becoming a nation of fearful people.
Down through
the centuries in times of trouble, temptation, trial, bereavement, and crisis,
God has brought courage to the hearts of those who love Him.
The Bible is
crowded with assurances of God’s help and comfort in every kind of trouble
which might cause fears to arise in the human heart.
Today the
Christian can come to the Scriptures with full assurance that God is going to
deliver the person who puts his trust and confidence in God.
Christians
can look into the future with promise, hope, and joy, and without fear,
discouragement, or despondency.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Real Living
Some
Christians have learned little of daily devotional life.
Some time
ago a policeman asked me what the secret of victorious living was.
I told him
that there is no magic formula that can be pronounced.
If any word
could describe it, I would say surrender.
The second
word I would say would be devotion.
Nothing can
take the place of a daily devotional life with Christ.
Your quiet
time, your prayer time, the time you spend in the Word is absolutely essential
for a happy Christian life.
You cannot
possibly be a happy, dynamic, and powerful Christian apart from a daily walk
with Christ.
Christ is
calling Christians today to cleansing, to the dedication, to consecration, and to
full surrender.
It will make
the difference between success and failure in your spiritual life.
It will make
the difference between being helped and helping others.
It will make
a difference in your habits, in your prayer life, in your Bible reading, in
your giving, in your testimony, and in your church membership.
This is the
Christian hour of decision!
By Billy
Graham
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Victory Over Death
1
Corinthians 15:55---O death, where is thy sting?
Death is the
most democratic experience in life for we all participate in it.
We think of
its happening only to other people.
We don’t
like to grow old and we don’t like to die.
The Bible
teaches that death is an enemy of man and God.
But it also
teaches that this enemy, death, will ultimately be destroyed forever; that it
has already been defeated at the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Death, for a
Christian, brings permanent freedom from evil.
It also
means the believer will be like Jesus.
We shall be
like Christ in love.
So much of
self is involved in what we do here; but one day, in Christ, we will have
perfect love.
What a
glorious time it will be when we get to heaven!
Monday, March 16, 2020
God Our Comforter
Isaiah 51:12---
I, even I, am he that
comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall
die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
There is
also comfort in mourning, because in the midst of mourning God gives a song.
His presence
in our lives changes our mourning into song, and that song is a song of
comfort.
This kind of
comfort is the kind which enabled a devout Englishman to look at a deep dark
hole in the ground where his home stood before the bombing and say, “I always
did want a basement.
Now I can
jolly well build another house like I always wanted.”
This kind of
comfort is the kind which enabled a young minister’s wife in a church near us
to teach her Sunday school class of girls on the very day of her husband’s
funeral.
Her mourning
was not the kind which had no hope, it was mourning of faith in the goodness
and wisdom of God; it believed that our heavenly Father makes no mistakes.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Don’t Lose Sight
Luke 2:45---
And when they found him not,
they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
I have seen
them lose Him in a dispute about who was to be the song leader, who was to play
the piano, who was to be a deacon, or who was to be the preacher. Yes, because
we are human, though Christian, it is easy to lose sight of Jesus right in the
temple!
We might as
well face it, strife has even infiltrated our church life.
It is true
enough that the Church is now the Church militant.
But, as
such, its warfare ought to be that of dedication to revealed truth and divine
holiness, and not intramural bickering and carnal disputes.
We read in
the second chapter of Luke that Joseph and Mary lost Jesus one day.
Where did
they lose Him?
They lost
Him in the most unlikely place in all the world-the Temple.
I have seen
many people lose Jesus right in the church.
Friends we
appear to have lost sight of Jesus in our country and got our sight on
sickness.
It’s time to
refocus.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Life Is Eternal
Titus 1:2---In
hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world
began;
Life is a
glorious opportunity, if it is used to condition us for eternity.
If we fail
in this, though we succeed in everything else, our life will have been a
failure.
There is no
escape for the man who squanders his opportunity to prepare to meet God.
Our lives
are also immortal.
God made man
different from the other creatures.
He made him
in His own image, a living soul.
When this
body dies and our earthly existence is terminated, the soul lives on forever.
One thousand
years from this day, you will be more alive than you are at this moment.
The Bible
teaches that life does not end at the cemetery.
There is a
future life with God for those who put their trust in His Son, Jesus Christ.
In John
11:26 Jesus said, “whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this?”
Friday, March 13, 2020
Working Together for Good
Romans 8:28---We know that all things work together for good to them
that love God . . .
We might never have had the songs of Fanny Crosby had she not been
afflicted with blindness.
George Matheson would never have given the world his immortal song, “O
Love That Will Not Let Me Go,” had it not been for his passing through the
furnace of affliction.
The “Hallelujah Chorus” was written by George Frederick Handel when he
was poverty-stricken and suffering from a paralyzed right side and right arm.
Affliction may be for our edification and Christian development.
Sickness is one of the “all things” which work together for good to
them that love God.
Don’t resent it.
Don’t be embittered by it.
Let God work things together for good.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
A Servant’s Life
1 Kings 17:5---So
he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by
the brook Cherith that is before Jordan.
As
messengers of God, we will often lead lonely lives.
“All men
forsook me,” said Paul.
It is the price we have to pay; there is a loneliness in the Gospel.
Yet you will
not be alone, because you will be ministered to by the Spirit of God, as Elijah
was ministered to at the brook Cherith.
A true
messenger lives a burdened life.
If he is the
Lord’s vessel, he carries in his heart a burden for souls none can share but
those who know it firsthand.
No one but a
pastor or preacher of the Gospel understands this loneliness and burden.
How
wonderful it is to be ministered to by the Spirit of God.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Jesus Is Coming
2 Peter 3:8,9---But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. The
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.
Many people are asking, “Where is history heading?”
A careful student of the Bible will be led to see that God controls the clock of destiny.
Amid the world’s confusion, God’s omnipotent hand moves, working out
His unchanging plan and purpose.
Jesus Christ is coming to earth again.
It is Christ who is in control, and He will determine the outcome.
George Whitefield, the great English evangelist, said, “I am daily
waiting for the coming of the Son of God.”
But he did not sit down and do nothing.
He burned out his life in proclaiming the Gospel of Christ.
You must remember as long as Jesus tarries His coming there is still
time to share the Gospel so others can be saved.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Always Tell The Truth
Psalm 51:6---Behold,
thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make
me to know wisdom.
The Bible
teaches that purity of conduct includes truthfulness.
The Bible
teaches us that we should be truthful in our representation of ourselves.
With what
scorn Christ denounced the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees!
In the
Sermon on the Mount, He rebuked all hypocritical giving, praying, and fasting.
We should
also, be truthful in speaking of our past achievements in our particular
vocation.
God does not
ask us to understate the facts-that might even be untruthfulness-but neither
does He want us to overrate our achievements or our gifts, either in thought or
in speech.
A lie is
anything contrary to the naked truth.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Read and Study Your Bible
Psalm 119:9---Wherewithal
shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy
word.
Many of the
difficulties we experience as Christians can be traced to a lack of Bible study
and reading.
We should
not be content to skim through a chapter hurriedly merely to satisfy our
conscience.
Hide the
Word of God in your heart, meditate on it!
A little portion of Scripture well digested is of greater value to the soul than a lengthy portion of Scripture scanned hurriedly.
Do not be
discouraged because you cannot understand it all.
Go on
reading.
As you read,
the Holy Spirit will enlighten the passages for you.
Reading the
Bible has a purifying effect on the heart and mind.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
The Divine Standard
Romans 10:8---But
what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that
is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Christ said
there is happiness in that acknowledgment of spiritual poverty which lets God
come into our souls.
Now, the
Bible teaches that our souls have a disease.
It causes
all the troubles and difficulties in the world.
It causes
all the troubles, confusion, and disillusionment in your own life.
The name of
the disease is an ugly word.
We don’t
like to use it or hear about it in today’s world. It is “sin.”
All of us
have pride.
We do not
like to confess that we are wrong or that we have failed.
But God
says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
We have
failed to live up to the divine standard.
We must
confess our sin as the first step to happiness, peace, and contentment.
The Bible
says, “If we will confess that He is faithful and just to forgive our sin.”
Have you
confessed to Him lately?
Saturday, March 7, 2020
The Lord’s Way Of Hope
The Lord’s
way of life is the way of hope.
To possess
the hope of God and possess power for living, you must consistently and
constantly do the right thing.
The Lord’s
way of hope produce newness of being and power for living.
When we walk
the narrow path of God’s righteousness by being self-controlled and
self-disciplined we have power.
Our
self-control and self-discipline enable us to possess a newness of being and a
power for living.
Our
self-control and self-discipline is the container in which the Lord’s hope
resides.
Because the Father sent Christ Jesus into the world, we have a hope beyond any kind of
earthly hope we have ever known.
To possess
the hope of God there is a requirement.
To possess
the hope of God you must, using your self-control and self-discipline,
unfailingly and unflinchingly walk God’s narrow path.
When we
start doing the wrong thing, the power we have for living starts slipping away.
The
resulting in guilt alone renders us hopeless.
On a
personal level, unless you live a holy, devout, and clean life there is no
hope.
There is no
hope for us in this earthly life except for the hope we have for living eternally
in Christ.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Telling God Where It Hurts
Psalm
32:5---I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the
iniquity of my sin.
God is with
us and He always wants us to talk with Him in total and complete honesty,
especially when we hurt.
The wisdom
and knowledge of God should be obvious to everyone.
However,
many people are steeped in doubt about God and His wisdom.
For this
reason, we may sometimes forget to talk to God and tell God where we hurt.
God does not
need us to tell Him where we hurt because He already knows.
God needs us
to tell Him where we hurt because our talking to God helps us.
Telling God
where we hurt does not need to be a time of whining and complaining to God.
Instead,
telling God where we hurt can be a time when we are honest with God about how
things are going in our life.
Amazingly,
when we are honest with God about where we hurt, He will respond to us as He
gives us comfort and hope for the future.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Worry And False Ideas
Matthew 6:25
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or
drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than
food, and the body more important than clothes?
If we do not
have enough to worry about in the world, we can make up things to worry about.
We can cook
up false scenarios, we can devise false reasons, and we can imagine all manner
of false ideas to add to our present worries.
We can
invent false ideas over which we have no control and then we can worry about
the false ideas we invent.
This kind of
thinking sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?
However, we
can and will exhibit ridiculous behaviors to make ourselves unhappy.
To combat
worry, we must live in and tell the truth.
We must live
in and tell the truth even when the truth hurts.
False ideas
or wrong ideas can feed our minds with darkness… the darkness we only imagine
to be real.
Don't you
have enough to worry about without piling false ideas and untrue thoughts upon
your heart and soul?
To come to
grips with what is really in your life, lift needless burdens from your heart
and soul by stopping your worry habit over imagined darkness.
If you look
back, what you worried about in the past either did not come to pass or what
you worried about did come to pass but you survived.
Even if you
do not survive if you have accepted Christ, your ultimate future in Heaven is
worry-free.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Reaching Out In Trials
Reaching Out In Trials
When we are besieged and under attack within the trials of our life,
the natural activity is to not do anything or to pull back into a protective
mode.
Certainly, the last thing we want to do when we are under attack is
reach out to help someone else.
When we are undergoing great trials, the first thing our instincts tell
us to do is to get others to reach out to help us.
Yet in our faith and in our trust of God, we must go against our
instincts and reach out to help others rather than having them reach out to
help us.
When we are wounded, according to God's supernatural laws and ways, we
are to reach out to heal others with no thought about our own pain.
How can we do this?
How can we go against our instincts?
How can we do what is so unnatural?
How can we reach out to help others with no thought of ourselves at a time when all we want to do is think about our troubles?
We can reach out to help others in our trials with no thought for
ourselves only with supernatural help.
In the eyes of God and in the will of God, we are to always go against
our human instincts and reach out to others in our trials.
We are to reach out to help others in our trials because when we reach
out to help others in our tragedy and trauma, great and mighty supernatural
things happen for others and for us.
We can only do what is truly unnatural with supernatural help.
When we reach out to help others in our trials, then blessings will
flow.
The blessings will flow but not always as we want or when we want.
Sometimes the blessings may not flow at all in our lifetime.
However, the blessings will surely flow when we get to heaven.
In Heaven, we are immersed in our Lord's healing stream of love and
grace.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
When You Can't Handle Things Alone
Many times we come to a point in our life when we think we cannot
handle things.
Many times the tragedy and trauma of life come at us and our life seems
to have spun out of control.
In Jesus and with Him in our life, we can handle or control much more
than we ever thought possible.
In Jesus, in His earthly life, teachings, and sacrifice, we can see
there can be for each of us, a day of power beyond our tragedies and traumas.
In Jesus, we can find we can do much more than we ever thought we could
do.
In Jesus, we can find we have the power we thought we did not have.
In Jesus, we have a friend who remains with us forever.
In Jesus, there is no illusion, for instead of an illusion, there is
only the truth of His love and grace.
In the middle of every tragedy and trauma, these words about Jesus
being a friend who remains with us forever can ring very hollow.
However, if we would just give ourselves a chance to believe in Him and
to trust Him, He is always faithful and He is always willing to reveal Himself
in amazing ways in our life.
In our darkest moments, if we are willing to let down our guard and
just try a little bit to see past our pain, we can see Him standing next to us
and see indeed He is not far off.
As difficult as believing can be, when we are willing to trust God a little bit, God will pour His power down into our hearts.
Truly, reaching out to God does not take much on our part. All we need
to do is reach out to Him and desire to be with Him.
Monday, March 2, 2020
What To Do When You Cannot Do
What do you
do when you realize you cannot do it?
What do you
do when you realize you are extremely limited?
What do you
do when you see you are caught between rocks, hard places, walls, and barriers?
When we look
at the physical world in a spiritual way, the world not only begins to look
different, the world begins to look REMARKABLY different.
When we
realize we cannot live our lives in a physical way, and then we look at our
life in a spiritual way, we see an unlimited horizon from our unlimited God.
In our unlimited
spiritual world, we can do great and mighty works through God.
When we
realize how limited we are in a physical sense, we need to look at our physical
limitations in a spiritual sense.
Seeing
physical limitations in a spiritual sense enables us to see unlimited spiritual
opportunities.
When we see
our physical world in a spiritual way, walls, barriers, and mountains begin to
disappear.
There are
worldly limitations in all our worldly life.
However,
there are no limitations in our spiritual life.
Going from
the physical life we do lead to the spiritual life we can lead is a great and
wonderful journey.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Inner Peace
2
Thessalonians 1:2---Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Inner peace
is not just the absence of inner war and conflict.
Inner peace
is the presence of God's love, care, kindness, and compassion within your
heart.
So many
people do not have inner peace.
They,
unfortunately, they try to find inner peace in drugs, alcohol, relationships,
careers, hobbies, and numerous endeavors only to come up empty and lost.
Inner peace
is not found in some kind of selfish endeavor.
You find
inner peace by surrendering up and giving up to God all you have and all you
are.
God loves
you and cares for you.
God gave up
the life of His only son so you could have eternal life.
What seems
important in the world causing you so much conflict, war, chaos, and turmoil are
not really important.
The most
important quality of life is having inner peace with God.
When we have
inner peace with God, whatever uncertainties we have or whatever doubts and
questions we have are all put to rest.
When we have
inner peace with God we may have questions but the questions are of little real
importance.
When we have
inner peace with God we have answers instead of questions.
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