The Ministry of Singleness
The latest statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau estimate that the number of single or unmarried Americans make up 43% of the population or 95.7 million individuals. 63% of these have never been married. With so many single people one would think it would not be difficult to find romance and settle down with a partner for life. But this is not so easy in our high tech, fast moving, mobile society. Yet, God can be our source for dealing with the issues that confront those who are experiencing difficulties with their singleness.
God is our Source of Purity
A recent news report came out about a male teacher at a Christian school who had a six month long sexual relationship with a 15 year old female student. Those who posted comments about the story were very critical of the 50 year old teacher saying that he should have known better than to have such a relationship. Yet, as experience teaches us, just knowing what is the right thing to do does not guarantee that we will always resist temptations. We may be aware of or give mental ascent to the truths
God is our Source for Overcoming Faulty Thinking
Faulty thinking is costly. It can cost you your job, your family, your money, your future and even your life. Take the example of Joseph Stack who last week crashed his small plane into an I.R.S. office building in Austin, Texas. It seems that he felt that hopeless in dealing with tax laws that restricted his ability to market his skills and setup his own business. In his online explanation of his actions he expressed his frustration with the government and his many attempts to get laws changed. Having failed in these attempts
God is Our Source of Forbearance
Forbearance is a quality that is rarely taught in our society today. To forbear means to tolerate with what is less than what one is due; to be longsuffering or patience. The Apostle Paul wrote: "Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentleness [or forbearing spirit] be known to all men. The Lord is at hand," Philippians 4:4, 5. The world ought to see a Christian's willingness to forbear through God's grace the difficulties that bring out the worst in others. But rather today
Commit to Submit in 2010
The new year has arrived and with it comes new opportunities and new possibilities. Will we be prepared for them? Will we be able to grow in our walk with the Lord? Will we demonstrate the qualities of a disciple in our lives better this year than in all the previous years? And will we want to experience life with God as our source like never before? We can if we commit to be submitted to the Lord. You see there are lots of people who call themselves Christians. They go to church and
Christ’s Grace is Sufficient!
Are you facing a tough problem today? Here is some good news: Christ's grace is sufficient for us. Graces is God's favor, his unmerited favor. The Apostle John tells us that, “From his fullness we all received grace upon grace, ” John 1:16. In other words we have received one grace after another. And the writer of Hebrews tells us that Jesus sits on the thrown of grace which we can access at anytime.
From 2 Corinthians 12:7 we see Paul once grappled with what he referred to as a thorn in the
The Way Up is Down
Often we want something better in our lives: a better job or a better position in our company or ministry. Or maybe our desire is to live in a better house or in a different neighborhood or to have more responsibility or greater financial resources. But opportunities for such advances seem to slip away from us. We seem to be stuck in our current circumstances. What can we do to change our them? We can look to God who is our source of advancement.
In the kingdom of God we do not have
God is Our Source for Overcoming Temptation
These days we keep hearing about leaders and celebrities that have fallen into sexual transgression such as a well know sports figure whose indiscretions made headlines last week. It seems that there is strong tendency for who have obtained power or wealth to let down their guard and go after relationships outside of marriage; relationship that are destructive to their family, their position and their livelihoods. Such is the seduction that comes through pride when one was experienced great success in their lives. They feel that can have what ever they want.
More Than We Can Ask or Imagine in 2010
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:21, 21
In just over 30 days a new year will begin. What will the new year hold in store us? What is it that God wants to accomplish in and through our lives during 2010? What vision has he implanted into your heart? Oh,Rejoicing in the Hope of God’s Glory
…through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:2
What is the glory of God? The glory is the manifest presence of God. It occurs when God does something that only he can do and no one present can deny that it was God who did it. One demonstration of the glory of God took place when Jesus and his disciples attended a wedding in Cana that was record in John 2.
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