My thoughts and my life

Radical change - Part 2 THE FINAL JUDGMENT 31   "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. 32   All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33   He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.    34   "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35   For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36   I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'    37   "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 ...

Radical living - Part 1 THE RICH MAN 16  Someone came to Jesus with this question: "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"    17   "Why ask me about what is good?"  Jesus replied.  "There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep* the commandments."    18  "Which ones?" the man asked.   And Jesus replied:  "'You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. 19   Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.'*"    20  "I've obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else must I do?"    21  Jesus told him,  "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."    22  But when the young man heard this, he went away...

Who is your DADDY? A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg , TN.  One morning, they were eating breakfast at  a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal.   While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with the guests. The professor leaned over and whispered to his wife, 'I hope he doesn't come over here.' But sure enough, the man did come over to their table.   'Where are you folks from?' he asked in a friendly  voice. 'Oklahoma ,' they answered. 'Great to have you here in Tennessee ,' the stranger said.. 'What do you do for a living?' 'I teach at a seminary,' he replied. 'Oh, so you teach preachers how to preach, do you?  Well, I've got a really great story for you.' And with that, the gentleman pulled up a chair and sat down at the table with the couple. The professor groaned and t...

Grace Ephesians 2 verse 8 God saved you by His special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this, it is a gift from God. Colossians 1 verse 27 For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret : Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory. Colossians 2 from verse 6 to 15 6  And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. 7  Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.   8  Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.  9  For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.  10  So you also are complete through your un...

Psalm 139 FOR THE CHOIR DIRECTOR: A PSALM OF DAVID. 1  O L ORD , you have examined my heart   and know everything about me. 2  You know when I sit down or stand up.   You know my thoughts even when I'm far away. 3  You see me when I travel   and when I rest at home.   You know everything I do. 4  You know what I am going to say   even before I say it, L ORD . 5  You go before me and follow me.   You place your hand of blessing on my head. 6  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,   too great for me to understand! 7  I can never escape from your Spirit!   I can never get away from your presence! 8  If I go up to heaven, you are there;   if I go down to the grave,* you are there. 9  If I ride the wings of the morning,   if I dwell by the farthest oceans, 10  even there your hand will guide me,   and yo...

Living in the light 2 Peter 3 verse 17 - 18 I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends, so that you can watch out and not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people. I don't want you to lose your secure footing. But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Peter warns us not lose our secure footing, our stability and our focus. Jesus is our secure footing and in Him we will be stable. I see a mountain climber, after climbing a difficult section, he finally finds a place with secure footing. This will give him stability to move higher, but if he so decides to keep moving side ways and look for another secure place he could lose his footing and stumbles. He could even fall. This is Jesus, let us keep our secure footing and not look around to find another, but instead, place our trust in Him and grow in our knowledge of Him. 1 John 1 verse 1 The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw Him wit...

Looking ahead 2 Peter 3 verse 11 - 15 Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living! You should look forward to that day and hurry it along - the day when God will set the heavens on fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. But we are looking forward to the new heavens and the new earth He has promised, a world where everyone is right with God. And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to live a pure and blameless life. And be at peace with God. And remember, the Lord is waiting so that people have time to be saved. Let God guide you today to live a life that is blameless, so that we can endure in this world and finally be united with God in heaven. You should look forward to that day, a day when everything will be perfect. Oh Father, let your kingdom come.

The day of the Lord is coming 2 Peter 3 First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. This will be there argument: "Jesus promised to come back, did He? Then where is He? Why as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created." They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of His command, and He brought the earth up form the water. Then He used the water to destroy the world in a mighty flood. And God has also commanded that the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire on the day of judgement, when ungodly people will perish. But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn't really being slow about His promise to return, as some people think. No He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to ...

Transformers For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need (Philippians 4 verse 13) For me to become a transformer I need to undergo three phases of transform: 1. Transforming 2. Transformed 3. Transformer In each of these I will let the Lord tell you more and confirm the processes. Father open our hearts to hear you voice and receive your message today. 1.Transforming 1 Peter 2 verse 2 - 4: Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries out for milk, now that you have tasted the Lord's kindness. Come to Christ who is the living cornerstone of God's temple. Romans 12 verse 2: Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Ephesians 4 verse 17: With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, the are hopelessly confused. Romans 10 verse 9: For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Lord and believe in yo...

Confirming Fear 1 Peter verse 13 - 19 So think clearly and exercise self control. Look forward to the special blessings that will come to you at the return of Jesus Christ. Obey God because you are His children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do,just as God-who chose you to be His children-is holy. For He Himself has said, "You must be holy because I am holy." And remember the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites when He judges. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of Him during you time as foreigners here on earth. For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver. He paid for you with with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless lamb of God. It is pure confirmation this morning on wha...

Fear Exodus 20 verse 18 and 19 When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the horn, and when they saw the lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear. And they said to Moses, "You tell us what God says, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us. If He does, we will die!" God is not like us. He is much bigger that we think, He is beyond your imagination. Can you for a moment think what it will be like standing in front of God on judgement day, and you did not chose Jesus and gave your life to Him. Can you imagine standing there full of sin. When you see Him, you will tremble with fear. James 4 verse 10 When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on Him, He will lift you up and give you honor. This amazing God and creator of the universe wants you just to need Him. He wants to be your everything. He wants you to be dependent on Him, then He will lift you up. ...