Some Words From: Carl The Muse It takes some drought to truly appreciate the rain and its takes some hurting to help you endure the pain but after the drought and the pain comes the sunshine and the rain…. Read More ›
Christianity
Blessed Are They Who Mourn…
Today’s guest post is written by Lisa, in her own words she says, “The Art of Pursuit is made up of snapshots of my journey as a 20-something single Christian woman following hard after God” . You can read more… Read More ›
Prayer Request for ChristianBlessings and its reach
Reblogged from ChristianBlessings: Folks with renewed focus and a request for Corporate Prayer I have updated Our Prayer http://ptl2010.com/our-prayer/ with the following: It is my (ptl2010) fervent personal wish and encouragement to all involved as Contributor or reader… Read More ›
A Question That Changes Everything
In 2003, I was named President of Thomas Nelson. It was an extremely busy time. I made some major changes to my executive team and had two vacant positions. As a result, I essentially had three jobs. Photo courtesy of… Read More ›
A Life of Wisdom: The Beginning of Knowledge
Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” You are on a journey. The decisions that you make, great or small, will have the possibility of having a long-term impact on you, your family, and… Read More ›
How to Love Like Jesus — Living Water and the Fluid Life: John 4:40
Photo by Carnie Lewis, Creative Commons …when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. John 4:40 How Jesus Loved People Jesus was on his way to Galilee when He encountered… Read More ›
God????
(Photo credit Wikipedia) Who is God and why do I need Him? I’m just fine on my own! I will worry about God later, much later. I have plenty of time to worry about “getting right with God”…. Read More ›
My Free Copyright
A short time ago, I realized that I had a problem. The service I use to copyright what is posted on this site and my other two sites, namely MyFreeCopyright…lost everything. All the copyright files, all gone. I was really… Read More ›
Blessed Are The…
Sermon on the Mount painted by Ivan Makarov 1889 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit… Read More ›
Is condemning the fallen bad for the Church?
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John 3:17). Everybody stumbles and everybody fall sometimes; including the most pious among us. However, as Christians we routinely ignore these fundamental biblical facts, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23)… “There is none righteous,… Read More ›
Struggling with anxiety?? Over stressed??
Are you struggling with anxiety? Did you know that we don’t have to have anxiety in our lives! That’s right – we can overcome even the slightest trace of anxiousness if we give everything over to God . Ho Hum… Read More ›
How to Love Like Jesus — Focus and Flow: John 4:31-34
How to Love Like Jesus — Where’s Your Focus? Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought… Read More ›
Our First Line of Defense
by Neil Anderson September 2 OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE Ecclesiastes 8:5, 6 NIV The wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter I had dear… Read More ›
Sounds in the Sky
Just a quick note here, please pray for Drusilla if you would that her shoulder would be healed. Thank you to those of you who pray. 🙂 I have re-injured my right shoulder and it is affecting my right arm… Read More ›
Are You Maintaining Your Vehicle?
Romans 3:23-24 “All have sinned and are not good enough for God’s glory, and all need to be made right with God by His grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ.” None… Read More ›
A Prayer
Heavenly Father, I pray you would grant me the strength to make it through each day. Lord I cannot live this life on my own…I so desperately need you. Strengthen my arms…and guide my steps. Show me the path I… Read More ›
Chasing After God’s Heart
For all you men out there, check out the great guys Mark and Mike at Solomons Porch Radio. The most recent show dealt with being a man after God’s own heart and what that looks like. These are thirty minute… Read More ›
‘Body of Christ’
I was thinking the other night about just how important we are all to one another. We are truly linked together within the body of Christ, and what connects us is LOVE one for another. Love is like veins within… Read More ›
Knowing God (Part Two)
“When My Father and Mother Forsake Me, Then The Lord Will Take Me Up” — Psalm 27:10 Well, they did and He did. God kept His promise. ~=~=~=~=~ The primary way that I have known God through out my life… Read More ›
Harvest Crusade Starts Tonight
This is a great message from Pastor Greg Laurie, a perfect message to listen to before the crusade which begins tonight! It’s Time to Preach the Gospel Luke 10:1-3 Tune in starting tonight to see Harvest Crusade program with Greg… Read More ›
Knowing God (Part One)
One of my regular readers and commenters asked me if I could calculate how much of my knowing God has to do with bible knowledge and how much has been through personal experience. I had to think about it, but… Read More ›
Bride-Atude Eight: The Light Keepers
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… We have a habit of associating persecution only with ‘non-Christian’ countries and oppressive regimes. Especially in democratic societies we tend automatically to think that… Read More ›
Be Kind, Please Rewind
Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms…. Read More ›
The Struggle in Today’s Church
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) How would you like your eggs today, over-easy, scrambled, fried, sunny-side up, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, poached, or shirred?? How about your steak; rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, or well done?? Choice of potatoes? This sounds like questions… Read More ›
Does God Have A Sense of Humor?
As a child growing up I often heard the phrase, “God must have a sense of humor.” As I was watching the History Channel I heard a voice which kept repeating this question. At the moment this question appeared to… Read More ›
A Video That Causes Me to Have Goose Bumps Every Time I Watch It
Curious??? To watch this awesome video, please visit at this link!! GregGreg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and… Read More ›
Being Filled with the Spirit
We are all filled with something, mostly ourselves, or, like some of the Christians at Ephesus, that and way too much wine (Eph. 5:18). The point is that whatever fills us controls us, constantly captures our attention, and occupies our… Read More ›
Harvest America: An Epic One of a Kind Evangelistic Event You Don’t Want to Miss
Just around the corner is an amazing evangelistic event that you’ll want to be a part of. The event is called Harvest America and today, you’ll learn all about what makes this evangelistic event so awesome and so unique. It’s… Read More ›
In Defense of the Christ: part three
(Photo credit: Photo Bucket/babygirl4228) The Old Testament even refers to Jesus, and also makes it clear that He IS God. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give… Read More ›
SET ME ON FIRE!
The story goes that a woman was milking her cow by the light from a little lamp of oil. The cow kicked over the lamp. The flame kindled a wisp of hay, and another wisp, and another, until all the… Read More ›