Truth and Love

Truth and Love

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This is an awesome article on Ephesians 4:15 - but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, (NASB)
This article is written by Henry Morris,PhD
Go check it out and read it :) It will bless you.

Reading through the Bible in a year

Have you ever wondered how people go about reading their Bible? Do they literally go from cover to cover ... starting at Genesis and eventually reading the last chapter and verse in Revelation? Do they just pick and choose and just start reading where the Bible falls open that day ... do they read according to themes or topics? I know that a lot of people each have their own way of getting through the Bible in a year or so. Sometimes it is easy to read, other times one has to stop and meditate upon what one has read and chew on it for awhile. Perhaps a scripture has taken your breath away ... perhaps the Holy Spirit is convicting you. But, whatever way you choose, be sure and pray first and ask God to guide you in wisdom and understanding of what He wants you to learn that day. It could be a scripture you have read many times before, but today God wants it to mean something special to you. Listen quietly as you read today and hear what the Spirit has to say to you.
I have come across this reading style for in a years time on many web sites, so I would like to add it to mine just to have another web site out there that could suggest a way to read through your Bible in a year.
Go to the Bible Study Tools webpage and sign up and they will get you going in reading and keeping tract of your through the year reading. Have fun!!! May God bless you richly for reading, hearing and heeding His Word.

Revelation ch 2 - the church at Ephesus ...

Hi everyone, I am baaaaack. Please remember as you read over my time here ... that this is just my own littlet comments and I pray God is giving me wisdom just to put food for thought in your head, and not to be doing Theology or apologetics. If you truly find me far off field, feel welcome to email me and give me your thoughts. I am not trying to teach anything ... but taking God's Word, and asking you when was the last time you thought about ...
One of the things I found interesting about all 7 churches is that Christ continually says: I know ... hmmm ... so I assume, there isn't anything about us (you) He doesn't know ... get it?
By the way, all of my scriptures are taken from the NASB (updated)

Church at Ephesus - Christ's decription: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands
Their commendations: He knows about their deeds, their toil, their perseverance ... they test those who call themselves apostles but aren't. He knows they have not grown weary and that they hate the deeds of the Nicolatians - which He also hates.
Reproof of the church: They had left their first love ... they had fogotten where they had come from - have you forgotten your first love? Do you remember the joy you had when you gave your life to Him? Do you remember the relief you had knowing that you had been redeemed? The joy of sharing God's love through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ to others ... How your total desire was to please only Him ... and to be obedient to His Word. You dug in to reading His Word daily and was astounded at how alive it came each time you read it and the Holy Spirit put a new revelation in your heart about something you had read over and over and now the light comes on and you say "Oh Yeah!!!"
Christ called them to repent or else He was going to come and remove their lampstand. That lampstand is the light ... His light ... are you wandering around in darkness? Have you turned your back on Christ? Have you repented and turned back to Christ? Well, the church at Ephesus did not repent ... and guess what, He did remove His lamptstand from them. The lampstand is the church and it was the light of a dark area full of idol worships of all kinds. How sad it is that neither the town nor the church of Ephesus remains to this day. The only thing that exists today are the ruins.
But, He always has a promise at the end of every letter to all seven churches ... to Ephesus He says: To Him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. So tell me, brothers and sisters ... are you an overcomer or do you let others overtake you? Don't let Satan/sin come into your life w/o immediate repentance and with God's help and strength the desire to sin and the auto lusts of the flesh will diminish.
Think on some ways that you might keep as the most important thing in your life, your relationship with Christ the King.
Thank you Lord Jesus for drawing us to you. Thank you for your love and the truth of Your Word. May we always remember our first love, may we be overcomers, and may we hate what You hate. Guide us in perseverance, endurance and help us not to grow weary. Let us have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to us (the body of Christ). Amen and Amen

Revelation - Chapter 1

ok ... so I said I would be back on, putting items up to encourage you and to uplift you and make you think ...
Sorry it has taken a little over a year to get back with you, but life has been busy!!!

ok ... now on to the good stuff.
First I want to ask when was the last time you even opened your Bible? Has it been awhile? Is it sitting up on a shelf with a bunch of other books collecting dust?
When was the last time you spent time with the Lord, just talking as good friends should and do?
Does anyone remember that song/hymn - My God and I ... you can go here and read the words to the song. I tried to find somewhere on the internet where you could hear it, but could not find anything.

I am no Biblical scholar, but I am going to try help you understand on a simple level that Revelation is not a hard to understand book and certainly is not something to be afraid of ... but blessed is he who reads, hears and heeds what it has to say to one and all. I am so excited to be reading Revelation ... it is an unveling of the shortness of time, the length and the magnitude of eternity. But you may ask ... shortly? - Yep, meaning once it is set in motion, things will happen quickly.

Let me interrupt my typing for you to read the words and sing along with me to this amazing song called The Revelation Song.
Here is another song, a little more jovial about who wrote Revelation ... John, the Revelator.

Revelation was written in 95AD - 1,915 years ago (2010) - and it is just as revelant now as it was when John received the word from Christ through an angel. If you remember, John was on the Isle of Patmos (which is just off the cost of Turkey) at the time of this vision, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. He was told to write this message to the 7 churches in Asia ... which is now modern day Turkey.
Revelation 1:13-16 - will give you a good description of what Christ looked like to John ... the word to tune into is the word 'like' a similie - that was the only way he could describe Christ to us. If you go to this web page, it will give you a good idea of what Christ may have looked like to John.
If you continue to read, you will find that we are told that the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and that the seven lasmpstands are the seven churches. You may ask then ... what or who are the seven churches ... Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. Be prepard to hear the messages to each of these churches, as they apply to us individually as well as to the body of Christ - and our own churches that we attend.
Remember, I am no Bible scholar or theoligist or apologetic ... just a simple person reading and getting my info by inductively studying God's Word. I pray that it will be easy for you to study as well. You don't have to agree with me ... just get God's Word out for yourself and read and see what He is trying to tell you. Believe me, God's Word is alive, and it will touch your heart and soul where and when He chooses. I pray that God will choose you as John 15:16 says to us.