Gods Truth

We are told in Joshua 1:8, "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." Prosperity and success are much more than money and possessions, it's about healthy relationships that complete each other, knowing your purpose, serving others at work and socially, in the knowledge that you are serving God. You see, "no one should seek their own good, but the good of others." (1 Cor 10:24). This is part of the essence of the law that Jesus commanded us to observe. This makes me look at my present study notes on the "Shema" (Deut 6:4-6), “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart." ...

If there is one thing that surfaces every time there is an election, it is disagreements. These disagreements can lead to arguments and bad feelings towards others. We must learn that our fight is not against people, it is against ideas in our heads that will disagree with others. These disagreements are part of human nature but they are not part of Spiritual nature. Hurt caused by disagreements is just that - our reaction to a situation or something said. Words do not hurt us, our feelings hurt us mostly when what we believe to be true is challenged by something that differs from what we think. We must never let our emotions dictate how we act towards someone though. We can easily agree to disagree and leave it at that so as not to affect relationships as we are commanded to love all, including our perceived "enemies" to our emotions. Both 2 Tim 2:22-26 and Titus 3:9 tell us to avoid foolish controversies and quarrels as they are unprofitable and worthless". But we are ...

With the US election this week, we can pray for the best and expose the worst but in the end, God will have whoever it is over us to accomplish His purpose.  Our final ruler we look forward to will be not through election but with power and majesty. Our Lord God and Saviour will return soon and every knee shall bow to Him and every power that is not from Him will cease, even the present, deceiving god of this world (2 Cor 4:4; Eph 6:12). Humanity gave this devil his power at the beginning and continues to by making their own desires more important (Rom 1:23-25) but Jesus took back that authority as the only Son of man that kept God's will first. While we await His return as King of kings, we can be assured that He will see us through all things in life. When we put Jesus at the centre of our lives, "the power that lives in us is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). Through His Spirit alone dwelling in us (Rom 8:11), we have power over evil (Luke 4:6; 10...