"Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them." Luke 6:30-31
Do you think Jesus meant what he said?
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti Earthquake
Give to World Vision (click here)
We've all seen the disaster in Haiti. Many of you have already given and that is good. When things settle down, World Vision will remain and will need continued support. Bless them and give as God leads you. May we remember to continue to reach out and do all we can to help our neighbors.
Monday, January 4, 2010
2010
"As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." I Corinthians 12: 20-22
We begin a new year and I believe it will be a tremendous year for the Body of Christ! Yes, we will see war, earthquakes, famines, and nations falling due to the economic situation of our world. It may be the worst year ever as evil tries its hand to bring chaos into our lives.
But on the other side, I believe this year will start bringing God's people together. The church will rise to the occasion and start becoming what God has called us to be. A people full of love and selfless serving to those who are in need. At least this is my desire!
It's time for believers to join together. It's time for the church to become the church. As Paul points out in 1 Corinthians, we all need each other! That doesn't mean you need to go join a church...the church is not a place or a particular denomination, it's people. It's the Body of Christ. If you are out of fellowship with believers, you need to find others who believe and become a part of that discipline. There is no such thing as "Lone Rangers" in the church. Paul notes that even the "Head" cannot say to the "feet" "I don't need you!" Jesus is the Head and He knows each of us are part of the Body...and He needs and desires us to be a part of the Body.
It's time to become useful as a member of the Body of Christ. Look up and know that you have a purpose and are needed. We all are needed. None is left behind to go it alone.
It's a new year and it's a new day. Come Lord Jesus!
We begin a new year and I believe it will be a tremendous year for the Body of Christ! Yes, we will see war, earthquakes, famines, and nations falling due to the economic situation of our world. It may be the worst year ever as evil tries its hand to bring chaos into our lives.
But on the other side, I believe this year will start bringing God's people together. The church will rise to the occasion and start becoming what God has called us to be. A people full of love and selfless serving to those who are in need. At least this is my desire!
It's time for believers to join together. It's time for the church to become the church. As Paul points out in 1 Corinthians, we all need each other! That doesn't mean you need to go join a church...the church is not a place or a particular denomination, it's people. It's the Body of Christ. If you are out of fellowship with believers, you need to find others who believe and become a part of that discipline. There is no such thing as "Lone Rangers" in the church. Paul notes that even the "Head" cannot say to the "feet" "I don't need you!" Jesus is the Head and He knows each of us are part of the Body...and He needs and desires us to be a part of the Body.
It's time to become useful as a member of the Body of Christ. Look up and know that you have a purpose and are needed. We all are needed. None is left behind to go it alone.
It's a new year and it's a new day. Come Lord Jesus!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas to all.
I hope as the new year begins, I will once again try to maintain The Cyberservant blog. I have been pulled in so many directions...but, this coming year is important. I believe we are coming near to a great change and awakening in the church. May Jesus reign and may we live for Him!
Monday, September 28, 2009
The Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur 2009 starts at sundown on Sunday 27 September (Kol Nidre), and lasts all day Monday 28 September, 2009 until sundown. This day marks the culmination of the Days of Awe, the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement is described by Maimonides as "the universal time of repentance" (z'man teshuva lakol). It is spent praying and fasting.
Yom Kippur is mentioned biblically in Leviticus 23: 26-32http://www.jewishbyte.com/yomkippur.php
The Day of Atonement COVERED sin, but did not REMOVE sin. This is the meaning of Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement.” The Hebrew word Kippur means “covering,” not removal.
1 John 1:5-7
This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
Friday, August 28, 2009
The fall of Babylon
After this...I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor. And he called out with a mighty voice,
Scripture gives us history and reveals the future. Babylon is a system. A financial system that will be destroyed in the last days. But Babylon will not go down without a fight. As we have seen throughout history, Babylon has tried to control the world and has really done a pretty good job of doing just that. But like all governments and systems who turn against God, Babylon will meet its demise. With the appointment of Ben Bernanke to continue as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, it seems more than obvious (to me) that we are very close to the fall of Babylon. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&sid=a7CC61ZsieV4
The world monetary system had to come to this. Those who are trying to rule the world think they are creating a system to control the people and keep their power. God will use this to bring about His purpose and we will see as Jesus returns who will fix what. Man's time of management must come to an end...I pray it is soon. Come Lord Jesus!
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit,
a haunt of every foul and hateful bird;
for all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion,
and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,
and all the merchants of the earth have grown rich with the wealth of her wantoness."
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
"Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for her sins are heaped high as the heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities."
Revelation 18
It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit,
a haunt of every foul and hateful bird;
for all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion,
and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,
and all the merchants of the earth have grown rich with the wealth of her wantoness."
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
"Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for her sins are heaped high as the heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities."
Revelation 18
Scripture gives us history and reveals the future. Babylon is a system. A financial system that will be destroyed in the last days. But Babylon will not go down without a fight. As we have seen throughout history, Babylon has tried to control the world and has really done a pretty good job of doing just that. But like all governments and systems who turn against God, Babylon will meet its demise. With the appointment of Ben Bernanke to continue as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, it seems more than obvious (to me) that we are very close to the fall of Babylon. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&sid=a7CC61ZsieV4
The world monetary system had to come to this. Those who are trying to rule the world think they are creating a system to control the people and keep their power. God will use this to bring about His purpose and we will see as Jesus returns who will fix what. Man's time of management must come to an end...I pray it is soon. Come Lord Jesus!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Blaming man
"The whole group of believers lived in harmony. No one called any of his possessions his own. Instead, they shared everything. With great power the apostles continued to testify that the Lord Jesus had come back to life. God's abundant good will was with all of them. None of them needed anything. From time to time, people sold lands or houses and brought money to the apostles. Then the money was distributed to anyone who needed it." Acts 4:32-35
Christians are whinning about Obama taking the USA down the road to socialism. I am one who is finding this a hard transistion, but at the same time, I cannot ignore Scripture or choose to ignore or justify Scripture to make my politics work in my favor.
If the "church" would have remained steadfast in it's purpose...we would be a different world. But sadly, Christians think they have "rights" to prosper (even when many slam the prosperity doctrine teachers) and believe that it is unjust to have governments to take what they have earned.
If Christians believed that "their possessions are not their own" and shared willingly as was the example of the early "church" .... God would not have had to use "governments" to right the wrong that we as "Christians" have done.
We find in Scripture that God disciplines his people. We are being disciplined because we have ignored God's laws and God's ways....and God uses whomever He chooses to bring about discipline and turn His children back to Him.
Fight as you may against the evils that have come upon the USA and the world...but God is not silent and God is not finished as we see Him using the unjust to bring about change. Real change. The change that will bring the nations down to fall at His feet.
We can try to blame those who don't believe in God for all the corruption in this world...but it is not them who are to blame. It is us...believers in God, believers in His Son Jesus Christ, who have the promise of the Holy Spirit to lead us...who are to blame.
May the Lord forgive us and teach us to love as He loved.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
He is risen...
I just read this from David Wilkerson's blog...so true.
"When we stand before God at the judgment, we won’t be judged by our ministries, achievements or number of converts. There will be but one measure of success on that day: Were our hearts fully surrendered to God? Did we lay aside our own will and agenda and take up his? Did we succumb to peer pressure and follow the crowd, or did we seek him alone for direction? Did we run from seminar to seminar looking for purpose in life, or did we find our fulfillment in him?"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Faith
"Our faith is not meant to get us out of a hard place or change our painful condition. Rather, it is meant to reveal God’s faithfulness to us in the midst of our dire situation. God does at times change our trying circumstances. But more often, he doesn’t - because he wants to change us!"
I love those sentences! They come from David Wilkerson...to read the rest go to:
HAVE FAITH IN GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
March 17, 2009
I love those sentences! They come from David Wilkerson...to read the rest go to:
HAVE FAITH IN GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
March 17, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Since I have my life before me...
At 12 years old, Brooke Bronkowski knew her purpose in life. She committed herself in the way most of us want to commit...but are afraid to do so.
"Since I Have My Life Before Me" by Brooke Bronkowski
"I'll live my life to the fullest. I'll be happy. I'll brighten up. I will be more joyful than I have ever been. I will be kind to others. I will loosen up. I will tell others about Christ. I will go on adventures and change the world. I will be bold and not change who I really am. I will have no troubles but instead help others with their troubles.
You see, I'll be one of those people who live to be history makers at a young age. Oh, I'll have moments, good and bad, but I will wipe away the bad and only remember the good. In fact that's all I remember, just good moments, nothing in between, just living my life to the fullest. I'll be one of those people who go somewhere with a mission, an awesome plan, a world-changing plan, and nothing will hold me back. I'll set an example for others, I will pray for direction.
I have my life before me. I will give others the joy I have and God will give me more joy. I will do everything God tells me to do. I will follow the footsteps of God. I will do my best!!!"
Brooke's life was ended in a car crash when she turned fourteen years old...Brooke led more people to the Lord than most of us ever will. During her funeral, the pastor invited those who attended her funeral (her school and community) and 200 people came forward to accept Jesus into their hearts. Each person was given a Bible that Brooke had kept in her garage to hand out to those she would have the opportunity to minister to. Brooke was faithful to her words.
"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart" Ecclesiastes 7:2
From the book "Crazy Love" Overwhelmed by a Relentless God * By Francis Chan
http://www.crazylovebook.com
"Since I Have My Life Before Me" by Brooke Bronkowski
"I'll live my life to the fullest. I'll be happy. I'll brighten up. I will be more joyful than I have ever been. I will be kind to others. I will loosen up. I will tell others about Christ. I will go on adventures and change the world. I will be bold and not change who I really am. I will have no troubles but instead help others with their troubles.
You see, I'll be one of those people who live to be history makers at a young age. Oh, I'll have moments, good and bad, but I will wipe away the bad and only remember the good. In fact that's all I remember, just good moments, nothing in between, just living my life to the fullest. I'll be one of those people who go somewhere with a mission, an awesome plan, a world-changing plan, and nothing will hold me back. I'll set an example for others, I will pray for direction.
I have my life before me. I will give others the joy I have and God will give me more joy. I will do everything God tells me to do. I will follow the footsteps of God. I will do my best!!!"
Brooke's life was ended in a car crash when she turned fourteen years old...Brooke led more people to the Lord than most of us ever will. During her funeral, the pastor invited those who attended her funeral (her school and community) and 200 people came forward to accept Jesus into their hearts. Each person was given a Bible that Brooke had kept in her garage to hand out to those she would have the opportunity to minister to. Brooke was faithful to her words.
"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart" Ecclesiastes 7:2
From the book "Crazy Love" Overwhelmed by a Relentless God * By Francis Chan
http://www.crazylovebook.com
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