It was time to move out of that crib and into your big boy bed. The first day of kindergarten was a tremendous step too. Then there were two numbers in your age. You couldn’t wait to be a teenager. You graduated, then you stepped into the work force. Now you lie in a bed at a nursing home and realize it all came and went so quickly.

Does the Bible address this? Glad you asked.

James 4:14 

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

1 Peter 1:24 

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Don’t blink because your life on the planet might be terminated. Are you truly ready for the next? God’s Word can give you assurance. Give it some consideration.

Gary

“Wash me!” was the anguished prayer of King David.

 “Wash!” was the message of John the Baptist.

“Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me,” said the towel-draped Jesus to Peter.

Without our being washed clean, we all die from the contamination of sin.

The hymn writer put it like this:

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Revelation 1:5

…Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

What a blessing!  Give it some thought.

Gary

One Arkansas farmer discourages trespassers with this admonition:  “Please do not trample the poison ivy or feed the bull.”

Did you know the Bible contains many a warning?

Isaiah 5:20–21

 “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”

Matthew 16:26–27

 “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.”

Give it some thought.

Gary

A storekeeper in Maine refused to buy a salesman’s wares. “You must remember, young fellow,” he said, “that in this part of the country every want ain’t a need.”

Does the Bible address such a concept? Glad you asked.

Psalm 23:1

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Be careful in what you want, because you might get it and be sorry afterward.

Give it some consideration.

Gary

Light is an amazing thing.  While it does not have physical properties, it can have a profound effect on physical objects.  Light is basically a wave of energy that can be seen by the naked eye.

How does God use this in teaching truth? Glad you asked.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Truly for those of us who seek His light we know the impact in our lives. Was God giving all a sweet foretaste of what more light feels like when daylight hours increase? Give it some thought.

Gary

A wise man learns by the experience of others. An ordinary man learns by his own experience. A fool learns by nobody’s experience.

Would God call anyone a fool? Glad you asked.

Proverbs 18:2 

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 29:11 

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 1:7 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Give it some thought and don’t be a fool.

Gary

Wars first started when a man picked up his club and swung it at another. They will continue until the return of Christ who will rule with a rod of iron. Our war as Christians is not out there but inside.

James 4:1-2 

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Ephesians 6:12 

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Give it some thought and win the spiritual battles before you.

Gary