Average rank card of a human:

Seeking God – F

Doing Good – F

Obeying God – F

Keeping the Law – F

Being Perfect – F

Not a pretty picture. When I asked, “How would you like it if we changed your grades?” Each person eagerly agreed. Good news, I said. The valedictorian of the class was quite willing to switch grades. His name is Jesus Christ and He made an A in each class. Then I revealed the final grade:

–       Unknown author

2 Corinthians 5:21

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

I have some good grades now. It certainly was a great exchange for which I will be eternally grateful.  Give it some thought.

Gary

Eddie Dalton voiced it in the line of a song – “We are small little pieces in a great design.”  I couldn’t shake it. I’ve read the Bible multiple times, sometimes using different translations and that realization is so powerful. His purpose is great and we have a little part, so let’s play it well.

1 Peter 4:10 

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:

Galatians 5:13 

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Come on and fall in line in with those of us who acknowledge a Master Designer. You will not be given another chance once this life is over. Give it some thought.

Gary

There are over 7.4 billion active smart phones in the world all equipped with very high megapixel cameras, and still there isn’t one single clear or color photo of a UFO. However, a lot of people are convinced they are out there probably living in the same neighborhood as Big Foot. It is amazing how many have no problem believing those uncertainties and can’t wrap their heads around the Bible.

Hebrews 3:12 

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

Hebrews 11:6 

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.

If it were true about space aliens, surely, they would have picked up some of us  by now for experimental purposes. Give it some thought.

Gary

That we only use 10% of our brain is a myth. Studies of brain activity have provided no evidence that only 10% of the brain is used.

Now that doesn’t mean that individuals aren’t living up to their potential as far as what the brain can accomplish. We must ask ourselves if we’re living up to our God-given prospective.

Matthew 25:15

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.

Matthew 25:16

Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them and made another five talents.

God gives, but are we using our head for His intended purpose?  Give it some thought.

Gary

I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

–       Lily Tomlin

I’ve seen that realization played out a number of times in many a life. The Scriptures give us many examples of people who did not shirk their responsibilities in the past.

Isaiah 6:8

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Esther 4:14

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Are you the somebody that can make a difference? Would the Lord have you do it?  Give it some thought.

Gary

“Gambling is nothing but a built-in scam for the mathematically deficient.”

That’s not my statement, but one I stole from an unknown author.  However, it does hit the nail on the head. Some people gamble with their soul, their eternity.

Matthew 16:26 

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

Luke 24:25

Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

The value of a soul should never be put into the pot of the gambler’s table.

Gary