We've just got back from a camping weekend at Weymouth in the UK. It was a lovely spot, especially since the weather held all w/e.
Our 11 year old grandson had been given a ring by his aunt. He was really pleased about this. In order to make sure he didn't lose it, he put it with his socks and tennis ball with the rest of our beach luggage, never dreaming somebody was going to move it all.
At the end of the day, he went to look for it. There was nothing there. No tennis ball, no ring, no socks. All the luggage had been packed into whatever carry bag was available and taken down to the water line.
He came back to the waters edge and asked me if I would help him look. Look for a ring on a pebble beach where we had been sitting and walking around! All I could think of was that God knew about the sand on the seashore so he must know where my grandson's ring was. I told him this and said he needed to pray. We looked around unsuccessfully for a while and then made our way back to where he had originally put it.
People were getting ready to leave. I asked them to check when they got back home to see if the ring had been put into their luggage while my grandson continued to look around where we were standing. And do you know - he found the ring. A few feet forward of where it originally was, but there nevertheless. On a pebble on a beach.
Don't give up on prayer or faith or hope. He is able. He kept His promise about Jesus and He shows people that He cares.
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Thursday 14 July 2011
Who Inherits The Kingdom Of God?
We do His commandments. This is the first step towards inheriting the Kingdom.
And His commandments are not difficult or harmful. We confess Christ, because He is God's anointed Holy One. Even today. He is the Way to eternal life.
How many are the martyrs who have stood for the faith of Christ. Their voices are still heard today, because they preached the same message the early apostles preached. 'Jesus Christ is Lord of All' Every man will confess Him to the Glory of God the Father.
That is a goal and an aim which is worth going for.
And His commandments are not difficult or harmful. We confess Christ, because He is God's anointed Holy One. Even today. He is the Way to eternal life.
How many are the martyrs who have stood for the faith of Christ. Their voices are still heard today, because they preached the same message the early apostles preached. 'Jesus Christ is Lord of All' Every man will confess Him to the Glory of God the Father.
That is a goal and an aim which is worth going for.
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