What does God say about thankfulness?
“Only in acts of worship and praise can a person learn to believe in the goodness and the greatness of God. God wants us to praise Him, not because He needs or craves, in any sense, our flattery. But because He knows that praise creates joy and thankfulness.” CS Lewis So, our praise expressed leads us to experience His joy and to arouse our thankfulness for all He is doing. He created everything and has a plan that culminates with our joining His family for all eternity.
What does God say about the path to Salvation?
What is the process that leads us from unbelief to Salvation? It begins when we open the door and sup with Him, Rev 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” His Word is His voice, and it is one of reason. His Word is also food for our soul, Matt 4:4, “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth o
What does God say about an “eye for an eye”?
Learning to reason with God helps us respond to non-believers when they use verses in an attempt to show us God is unreasonable, or unlovable. A friend of mine used the following verse to illustrate that God is unlovable, Deut 19:21, “And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” She said that a God who would ask us to act this vengefully is not a God she could believe in. Let us now reason with God on
What does God say about the heart of the matter?
If Jesus is some fictional character and did not die on a cross for our sins, what is the point of Christianity? Paul tells us that without the resurrection, we would all be wasting our miserable lives following a lie, 1 Cor 15:17-19, “And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.” God wants us to know our
What does God say about growing old?
What does growing old mean? If you asked a five-year-old and a seventy-five-year-old, you would get very different answers. Does this mean that the experience gained in those seventy years brings us a different perspective on this life and growing old? Prov 20:29, “The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.” Is God telling us that growing old can bring a form of beauty not yet earned during youth? 2 Cor 4:16, “For which cause we