Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Abortion the Worst Form of Child Abuse
The worst form of child abuse in our country is abortion. This is what the liberals endorse and embrace everyday. Demons have twisted the minds of those who have no compassion for the helpless unborn.
Confession is Necessary
When there is no confession there is no change.
Christ commanded us to confess our sins to be forgiven. Removing the element of confession by forgiving before confession, stunts the growth of the one who has sinned.
We cannot grow more holy or deeper into our walk with Christ unless we can humble ourselves and confess our sin.
When someone confesses to us, then we must forgive as Christ told us to do. Then with confession and forgiveness there is a reconciled relationship. Both actions must be present for there to be change.
Many people have destroyed relationships never to be restored because they will not humble themselves and confess and the offended party will not humble themselves and wait for the proper response before forgiving.
Rarely I hear of someone not forgiving someone who confesses. Most believers are quick to forgive when someone has humbled themselves enough to admit their sin.
However, there are many who say they have forgiven before there is repentance, leaving the one who sinned remaining in their pride, unwilling to ever be humbled enough to confess, these people grow more and more hardened because of pride.
If we love, we require what God does, that is confession for further humbling and changed behavior. People don't change their behavior when they cannot see or refuse to see, that their stubborn heart is destructive to themselves and others.
James 4:9-10 "…9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you."
James 5:16 "16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. "
Those who forgive before repentance are in disobedience and likely thwarting the growth process for not only the one who sinned, but also their own.
Are our own feelings, desiring for things to be over more important than God's solutions? We ought to be willing to endure the waiting for someone to be broken over their sin, that is the faith that is required, that we might be patient in waiting on God to work in someone's life.
So many people remove the obstacles and troubles in the lives of others, that causes them to stagnate and even regress in their spiritual growth.
Let's do things God's way, holding out for the best even if it hurts a little. As long as our culture holds "feelings" in higher regard than truth, we will see hearts growing harder and sin increasing.
Forget the psychology you were taught all your life by church and school. Look deeply and prayerfully into God's Word to embrace God's ways while rejecting man's way.
Christ commanded us to confess our sins to be forgiven. Removing the element of confession by forgiving before confession, stunts the growth of the one who has sinned.
We cannot grow more holy or deeper into our walk with Christ unless we can humble ourselves and confess our sin.
When someone confesses to us, then we must forgive as Christ told us to do. Then with confession and forgiveness there is a reconciled relationship. Both actions must be present for there to be change.
Many people have destroyed relationships never to be restored because they will not humble themselves and confess and the offended party will not humble themselves and wait for the proper response before forgiving.
Rarely I hear of someone not forgiving someone who confesses. Most believers are quick to forgive when someone has humbled themselves enough to admit their sin.
However, there are many who say they have forgiven before there is repentance, leaving the one who sinned remaining in their pride, unwilling to ever be humbled enough to confess, these people grow more and more hardened because of pride.
If we love, we require what God does, that is confession for further humbling and changed behavior. People don't change their behavior when they cannot see or refuse to see, that their stubborn heart is destructive to themselves and others.
James 4:9-10 "…9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you."
James 5:16 "16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. "
Those who forgive before repentance are in disobedience and likely thwarting the growth process for not only the one who sinned, but also their own.
Are our own feelings, desiring for things to be over more important than God's solutions? We ought to be willing to endure the waiting for someone to be broken over their sin, that is the faith that is required, that we might be patient in waiting on God to work in someone's life.
So many people remove the obstacles and troubles in the lives of others, that causes them to stagnate and even regress in their spiritual growth.
Let's do things God's way, holding out for the best even if it hurts a little. As long as our culture holds "feelings" in higher regard than truth, we will see hearts growing harder and sin increasing.
Forget the psychology you were taught all your life by church and school. Look deeply and prayerfully into God's Word to embrace God's ways while rejecting man's way.
Bless Them By Making Them Work
"Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and he eats for a lifetime." I don't know the author of this quote but it shows the foolishness of doing for others things they can do for themselves.
There are far too many people who think they are being helpful by handing free things to those who have not earned them. All this accomplishes is to make the giver feel good about themselves and the recipient to feel good for a moment.
This false form of help manages only to keep people dependent on others rather than allowing them to maintain their dignity by earning their own way.
When we earn our own way, dependent on no one but God, we have a sense of accomplishment and purpose that is absent from the lives of those who have everything handed to them.
Over time, if a man lives off the scraps of others, he becomes bitter, encumbered with a sense of uselessness. It is degrading to anyone who has abilities, but are told they are helpless and useless.
If we want to foster dignity and courage in others, we do it by showing them what they can do for themselves while fostering in them a sense of creativeness according to their own talents and abilities.
God tells us to train up a child in the way that he should go, meaning according to his God given talents and bents. To force a child into our idea of his talents, is wrong. In order to know the talents and bents of our children we must spend time with them.
All of us have to do things that we don't like, that's life, but all of us have talents and abilities that God gave to us and that He expects us to use. Once we have learned how good it feels to accomplish something, it becomes easier to do those things we wish we didn't have to but know we should. A strong sense of duty drives us to be responsible and an asset to others.
God's way is best, it provides protection and purpose for us as well as a rich full life until He takes us home.
Colossians 3:23 "23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,"
Proverbs 90:17 "17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands."
Proverbs 12:11 "11 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense."
Proverbs 13:4 "4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied."
Philippians 4:13 "13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
Colossians 2:24 "24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
Proverbs 12:24 "24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor."
Proverbs 14:23 "23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty."
1 Timothy 5:8 "8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
Jeremiah 29:11 "11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
There are far too many people who think they are being helpful by handing free things to those who have not earned them. All this accomplishes is to make the giver feel good about themselves and the recipient to feel good for a moment.
This false form of help manages only to keep people dependent on others rather than allowing them to maintain their dignity by earning their own way.
When we earn our own way, dependent on no one but God, we have a sense of accomplishment and purpose that is absent from the lives of those who have everything handed to them.
Over time, if a man lives off the scraps of others, he becomes bitter, encumbered with a sense of uselessness. It is degrading to anyone who has abilities, but are told they are helpless and useless.
If we want to foster dignity and courage in others, we do it by showing them what they can do for themselves while fostering in them a sense of creativeness according to their own talents and abilities.
God tells us to train up a child in the way that he should go, meaning according to his God given talents and bents. To force a child into our idea of his talents, is wrong. In order to know the talents and bents of our children we must spend time with them.
All of us have to do things that we don't like, that's life, but all of us have talents and abilities that God gave to us and that He expects us to use. Once we have learned how good it feels to accomplish something, it becomes easier to do those things we wish we didn't have to but know we should. A strong sense of duty drives us to be responsible and an asset to others.
God's way is best, it provides protection and purpose for us as well as a rich full life until He takes us home.
Colossians 3:23 "23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,"
Proverbs 90:17 "17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands."
Proverbs 12:11 "11 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense."
Proverbs 13:4 "4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied."
Philippians 4:13 "13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
Colossians 2:24 "24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."
Proverbs 12:24 "24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor."
Proverbs 14:23 "23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty."
1 Timothy 5:8 "8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
Jeremiah 29:11 "11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Their Fruit Exposes Them
Next time someone says that we cannot know a person's heart, remember that this mantra came out of psychology not the Bible.
We know a persons heart by their actions. A good heart cannot do wicked actions. A kind heart does not think selfishly. God made it clear that our actions prove our heart.
Matthew 15:18-19 "18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.…"
We cannot know if someone is going to heaven or hell because we don't know if they will become saved or not. Sometimes we cannot tell if they are saved or not, but the clues are there and we can challenge those who walk disobediently, to ask God if they are born again, because their fruit is bad.
2 Corinthians 13:5 " 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you actually fail the test? "
We know a persons heart by their actions. A good heart cannot do wicked actions. A kind heart does not think selfishly. God made it clear that our actions prove our heart.
Matthew 15:18-19 "18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.…"
We cannot know if someone is going to heaven or hell because we don't know if they will become saved or not. Sometimes we cannot tell if they are saved or not, but the clues are there and we can challenge those who walk disobediently, to ask God if they are born again, because their fruit is bad.
2 Corinthians 13:5 " 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you actually fail the test? "
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