How do you feel about your finances? There is no way to get more personal with someone than to talk about their finances. The bible has much to say about how we should handle our day to day income and what our attitude toward material things in general should be. Just how are we to get by in this life and where should our emphasis in life be? Continue reading
By
R.J. Evans
“Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning” (Psa. 30:5).
Even the most faithful of God’s people experience affliction and sorrow. The Psalmist stated, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all” (Psa. 34:19). Paul and Barnabas told the new disciples in Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch that “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22). While this might be somewhat disturbing and alarming, it may look different when we realize that joy often follows periods of sorrow. And it is most certainly encouraging to realize that the ultimate eternal joy of heaven will follow whatever afflictions, persecutions or sufferings we may have to endure while here on earth. Our text is not the only Scripture which says that joy follows weeping. In this article, let us notice a few examples of this principle. Continue reading
How do you worship God the Father and in what way do you serve Him? Is it out of a sense of duty, that we had better do so if we don’t want to suffer the consequences, or is it out of a deep sense of Love and because we want to worship and serve Him. Jesus said we are to love the Father with all of our heart, our soul, our mind and our strength (Mark 12:30). Does this list leave anything out? We are to love God with all that we have and put Him first above everything in our lives, which includes our spouse, children and any family or friends. If we cannot serve Him out of a sense of love then we need to grow and learn to love Him as Jesus tells us to and He deserves, as the Father of all and creator of everything. Continue reading
There are actually several parts to this Psalm, but we want to focus on the first verse. The first verse says: “In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.” Do we fully and completely put our trust in the Lord. The Psalm goes on to talk about many troubles that the Psalmist was suffering and expounds on how God is his deliverer. Do we trust as we approach the problems of life, that God will see us through them and never forsake us or leave us on our own. If we are in Christ, we have this assurance as the Psalmist does here. If we put out trust in Him then let us never be ashamed. Do we speak to others of the hope that we have through Christ or are we timid and shy and unable to speak to others what is on our own heart? Peter prayed that the Lord would give him the strength to speak God’s Word with boldness in the face of persecution and hostility (Acts 4:29). We, too, should pray for the courage and strength to proclaim Jesus to those around us Continue reading
In light of the tragedy that occurred in Orlando about a week ago, we can not all help but be saddened and shocked that such a thing could happen in our country. The question may arise in considering it: just who should we hate, those living a life of sin and debauchery in a nightclub (the victims) or the one who so ruthlessly shot them dead as they did so. The answer is that we should hate neither of them. Jesus gave His life on the cross because he loved the sinners of this world, so that they may have a way of being forgiven of their sins and be reconciled to God, the Father. We should love the sinner as well, so that we wish to do what we can to make them see the error of their ways and take advantage of the grace of God as given through His Son. God does hate sin (Proverbs 6:16-19; Proverbs 8:13), but loves the sinner, who was created in His image. We should do the same and really hate no one in this life. Continue reading
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