When someone has the mentality of using God when He is needed while negating His commands and desires for us, then it is likely they feel this way about people too.
We do not have one attitude toward God and a totally different one for people. If we love God, we will love people. If we are humble toward God, then we will be humble toward people.
Humility is the absence of self, so that we might be a servant to others.
Philippians 2:4 "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others."
1 John 3:14: "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers."
John 13:34-35
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
1 Peter 1:22: 22 "Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,"
When we love people, we don't use them; our interactions with them are not transactions to benefit only ourselves.
What is love God's way?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
It is not hard to discern when others have this love of Christ, one can sense it. Even those who do not love can sense it and resent it. They feel threatened by it and by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.
This love of Christ can intimidate rebellious people, chasing them away, but it will entice those who are open to Christ to come closer to learn how they can have it too.
James 5:7-8 "Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near."
I am convinced that in these last days before Christ takes His church home, the world that does not love is getting harsher and those who love Christ are becoming more loving and dedicated to Him. Their love will be like a candle lit in the darkness; the world sees it but is afraid of it.
May the love of the Lord shine so brightly in us that it can be seen by all those people around us, so that the ungodly who reject Christ will run away and those who want to know Him will draw closer.
Matthew 5:15-16 "…15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. "
Mark 4:21 "Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?"
Luke 11:33 "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light."
Luke 8:16 "No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light. let your light shine before men,
Philippians 2:15 "so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world."
May our light shine brighter as the world grows darker. Let our love be a beacon in this fallen world before we go home.
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Finally in sight, the finish line is upon us! 
What a time to be watching and waiting!
For so long, believers have looked forward to the glorious return of our King. Some days the wait has felt long, but every day brings us one step closer to that incredible moment when we will be with the Lord forever.
As we watch the world around us, we can see events unfolding that remind us just how near we may be to the fulfillment of God's promises.
The signs spoken of in Scripture continue to point us toward the blessed hope that has encouraged believers for generations.
So don't grow weary. Don't lose your excitement. Keep looking up!
Today could be the day our King calls His people home. What a wonderful thought! The race is almost finished, the victory is already secured, and eternity with Jesus grows closer with every passing moment.
Until then, let's stay faithful, stay encouraged, and keep our eyes fixed on Him. The finish line is ahead, and our hearts are filled with joyful expectation!
Come, Lord Jesus! Let today be the day! 
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Friday, July 17, 2026
The Nephilim Lie
One of the most absurd teachings in our day is taken from the fictional book of Enoch concerning the nephilim and devils. It is blasphemy to assign to devils the same ability as Father God to place His Son, Jesus Christ, in a body in Mary's womb.
What was the devil's main objective? He wanted to become as powerful as God. Since he could not do that, he pretended to do so, deceiving the people God created into believing the devil is as powerful as God the Father.
And now he has deceived many prominent preachers that devils mated with human women and created giants. The Bible does not teach this at all, but sadly, because people will not pray and ask God to expose false teaching, they believe the false teachers.
It is an easy matter when we look at simple evidence from the Bible that angels and demons do not procreate among themselves; where would they get the seed to impregnate a woman?
God said when He created the animals they each only procreated with their own kind. Cats do not mate with dogs, elephants do not mate with tigers and so on. How much more silly to say that spirit beings who don't even mate with each other would mate with human flesh.
It is total nonsense that devils mated with humans and yet this lie has been accepted by many modern teachers today.
Something is seriously wrong in the Christian culture when blasphemous lies can be taught and most people in the churches are accepting it.
Perhaps most people love the intrigue of myths and refuse to ask God what is truth and what is not. Mixing myth with truth is devastating to evangelism.
1 Timothy 4:3-5 "…3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
The challenge is to ask God for truth, even if you find yourself going against your Christian culture, to believe only truth!!!!
What was the devil's main objective? He wanted to become as powerful as God. Since he could not do that, he pretended to do so, deceiving the people God created into believing the devil is as powerful as God the Father.
And now he has deceived many prominent preachers that devils mated with human women and created giants. The Bible does not teach this at all, but sadly, because people will not pray and ask God to expose false teaching, they believe the false teachers.
It is an easy matter when we look at simple evidence from the Bible that angels and demons do not procreate among themselves; where would they get the seed to impregnate a woman?
God said when He created the animals they each only procreated with their own kind. Cats do not mate with dogs, elephants do not mate with tigers and so on. How much more silly to say that spirit beings who don't even mate with each other would mate with human flesh.
It is total nonsense that devils mated with humans and yet this lie has been accepted by many modern teachers today.
Something is seriously wrong in the Christian culture when blasphemous lies can be taught and most people in the churches are accepting it.
Perhaps most people love the intrigue of myths and refuse to ask God what is truth and what is not. Mixing myth with truth is devastating to evangelism.
1 Timothy 4:3-5 "…3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
The challenge is to ask God for truth, even if you find yourself going against your Christian culture, to believe only truth!!!!
Foolish Men Who Depend on Themselves Instead of Christ
Men seem to always want to depend on themselves to make things happen the way that seems right to them.
Proverbs 14:12 "12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death."
It is the heart of mankind to think they must figure out every minor detail to get things right. When we walk by faith in Christ, it is not merely something we say; it is something we trust in that is the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is not a concept; He is a person, and He leads us in all things. We need no scripted material in our gatherings to edify one another. Can a man script something better than the Holy Spirit? NO!
John 16:13 "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come."
The same principle that applied to the apostles when they would be handed over to the authorities also applies to the gathering of believers. Trusting in Christ is not an idea in our heads, it is how we live our lives.
Matthew 10:19-20 "19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour, you will be given what to say. 20 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
No one can bring about order and truth better than the Holy Spirit. The key is how much faith the believers have to trust in Him for all things.
Mankind continually reverts to its own devices while claiming its plans are from the Holy Spirit.
The challenge for us would be to test how many times we try to figure out things on our own, compared to how many times we trust in Christ.
And, please, may no one ever use the excuse again, "God gave me a brain", which is the most foolish justification for trusting in oneself right from the devil's mouth.
My answer would be that God gave us a brain, and look what we did with it. When we wanted to trust in ourselves, mankind fell into punishment and despair for trusting in its own brain.
Those who say foolish things like, "God helps those who help themselves," do not understand that God helps those who cannot help themselves. The moment we begin to trust in our own ways and thinking is the day we fail without hope, and sadly, so badly we don't even know we have failed.
Proverbs 28:26 "Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
May we remember the words of God and forget the foolish words of man.
Proverbs 14:12 "12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death."
It is the heart of mankind to think they must figure out every minor detail to get things right. When we walk by faith in Christ, it is not merely something we say; it is something we trust in that is the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is not a concept; He is a person, and He leads us in all things. We need no scripted material in our gatherings to edify one another. Can a man script something better than the Holy Spirit? NO!
John 16:13 "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come."
The same principle that applied to the apostles when they would be handed over to the authorities also applies to the gathering of believers. Trusting in Christ is not an idea in our heads, it is how we live our lives.
Matthew 10:19-20 "19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour, you will be given what to say. 20 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
No one can bring about order and truth better than the Holy Spirit. The key is how much faith the believers have to trust in Him for all things.
Mankind continually reverts to its own devices while claiming its plans are from the Holy Spirit.
The challenge for us would be to test how many times we try to figure out things on our own, compared to how many times we trust in Christ.
And, please, may no one ever use the excuse again, "God gave me a brain", which is the most foolish justification for trusting in oneself right from the devil's mouth.
My answer would be that God gave us a brain, and look what we did with it. When we wanted to trust in ourselves, mankind fell into punishment and despair for trusting in its own brain.
Those who say foolish things like, "God helps those who help themselves," do not understand that God helps those who cannot help themselves. The moment we begin to trust in our own ways and thinking is the day we fail without hope, and sadly, so badly we don't even know we have failed.
Proverbs 28:26 "Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
May we remember the words of God and forget the foolish words of man.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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