| (54) Stay the Course - finish well | We can all testify that the Call of God brings its unique challenges, but it is precisely the awareness of this Call that keeps us pushing towards the goal. The ultimate call to the Church of course, is to see this nation come to Christ.
I love the attitude of the Apostle Paul, who was consumed with the Call the Gospel made on his life. In the midst of the harshest circumstances and greatest challenges, he was able to commit to things like:
(Acts 20:24 NKJV) "But none of these things...
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| (53) Choosing to take part | It's sin in the Christian's daily life that Paul writes about as he starts Romans 6. In previous chapters, he has already explained “justification by faith.” Now he's going on to the subject that separates the religious striver from the trusting believer . . . sanctification. People shy away from a word like “sanctification.” It sounds so formidable, so pious. What does it mean? Paul knew. And in the next pages of his letter to the Romans, he wrestles with the fact that a person can't be a growing, happy Christian by simply being religious. Mere religion...
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| (52) Purposeful people | Ah, a new year. A time to reflect on the highlights of the previous year - the good and the not so good.
All too soon, however, it's all over - the celebrations and vigils are done; Christmas lights packed away; restaurants are quiet and the roads are busy again. It's back to the old grind; time to face up to the fallouts of the previous month's excesses and get back to work. And so the cycle begins again.
Or does it? Could 2009 be different? Will you show up for your appointment with destiny and align yourself with your p...
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| (51) Persistent People | The parable of the persistent widow ends with a cryptic comment, almost a throwaway line: "And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" (Luke 18:8) No way to tell whether Jesus said this or Luke was making his own comment about the sorry state of the church in his day. Either way, the word faith here does not mean "an optimistic intellectual belief in good possibilities" as we might think. In the Western and especially British Christian tradition we have reduced faith to a mental exercise. Faith is believing an idea, thinking what we want will actually happ...
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| (50) Increase our faith, Lord | “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. . .by it we understand that the worlds were framed by the wod of God. . .without faith it is impossible to pleae Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Heb 11:1, 3, 6).
Hebrews 11, is considered the great chapter on faith. Have you ever looked at the ‘acts of faith' which are listed there? If not, you might be surprised what it says. The works &...
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