Proverbs 3:11-12 –
11 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline
and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.
My experience is that it is always out of Love.
Archive for the ‘Reflections’ Category
Proverbs 3:11-12 – Reflection
31
Jul
Proverbs 2:1-6 – Reflection
24
Jul
Proverbs 2:1-6
1 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding,
3 and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom,
and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
This runs right alongside my life verse of Matthew 7:7-8. You want truth and understanding? Seriously? Approach God with a true sincerity and He’ll reveal it to you. It takes time, but the process starts right away. Just crack open His Word and start reading.
Back From Men’s Retreat
18
Jul
Just got back from my Men’s Retreat at Tall Timber Ranch. Tall Timber is where I chose to have the Lord as my Savior in 1979.
It has changed quite a bit over the years, but one thing that hasn’t changed is how beautiful and peaceful it is.
While sitting at the campfire you just gaze up at his wonderful creation.
What an Awesome and Majestic God we serve!
It was great to see everyone check the world at the door and was allowed to just allow God and Jesus to touch their hearts through the Holy Spirit.
We need to make that reality, instead of the everyday world reality. Jesus is our life preserver. Wear him every day and the rough seas will never appear they are going to swallow you up.
I got a chance to speak to the guys and welcome to the site gentlemen.
The final word for this post is what I shared with them. We need to get back to our first love. When we make the Lord our first love, He takes care of the rest. Here’s the good news, that’s the way He wants it to be.
For the guys just beginning on the reminders, look over to the categories field to the right. If you click on one of those categories it will bring up all the posts from that subject starting with the most recent. Then you can work your way down. You can do the same on the months portion to go back and look at previous posts as only the last 10 will show up without doing that.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 -Reflection
10
Jul
Ecclesiastes 5:10 –
10 Whoever loves money never has money enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.
This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 ; Reflection
03
Jul
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 – 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. 5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
However, when you do vow and obey the Lord, it pleases Him greatly. If we’re not trying to please the Lord, we need to examine and question our path.
The Greatest Commandment In The Bible – Part 3
01
Jul
As stated before, if you haven’t read parts 1&2 yet, please scroll down under this message and read them in order.
Today we finish up the greatest commandment series. Once again this post was inspired when I had some comments that they were surprised God would have an issue with man trying to create a one world order. Please refer to the first to parts on that to date.
Today I want to go over a few more scriptures that conclude God isn’t interested in unity as much as He wants man to put Him at the Head of everything.
What does Jesus have to say in Matthew?
Matthew 10:34-36 – 34“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn ” ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – 36a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Does this sound like a Man (Lord) who is championing peace anyway you see fit. Come together anyway you want, as long as you do it? I hardly think so. It sounds like the same things we have been talking about regarding God in the last couple of days. God isn’t up for man trying to bring together the world and running it without Him. What does Jesus say right after the verses above?
Matthew 10:37-39 – 37“Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Jesus is Lord. Which takes us back to the greatest commandment, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
You read about nations becoming very evil in the Old Testament. You read that the Lord at times doesn’t allow them to be destroyed until they have peaked. The Lord is slow to anger. He wants nations to repent, like Nineveh did in the book of Jonah. God doesn’t want to have to judge one person or nation, but man is fallen and he is evil. God Loves, but God is also just.
In these last days which we read about in the Bible, man is bringing together a one world government. God is not the head of this government. They turn the leadership over to the Antichrist who comes in his own name, not God’s name. In the Book of Revelation God pours out judgment like that which has never been seen before. It is for those who don’t love Him. It’s for those who have rejected Him and His free gift of Grace through his Son Jesus Christ. It’s for those who hate Him.
You do not have to be a part of this wrath. God loves you very much. The gift is free. It has been paid for by his Son Jesus.
Don’t wait another minute. If you haven’t accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior go over to the top right hand column and click on “Accept Jesus as Savior” and say that prayer.
If you can’t remember a time when you can say to yourself, I remember asking Jesus into my heart and got saved, you probably haven’t yet. The time is getting nearer. Please choose him as Savior and not your Judge.
The Greatest Commandment In The Bible – Part 2
30
Jun
Alright if you haven’t read part 1, quit cheating. Part 1 is right below this story.
We’re continuing the story on the greatest commandment. As state in part 1, the reason the story was inspired was because I talked to some people that were surprised that God would be up for war rather than peace. Is that the case? Let’s continue to read on.
Yesterday we went over the first three of the Ten Commandments. The all had to do with how we are to love and treat God. Furthermore we read this from Moses in Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 6:5 – 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Jesus said this in Matthew.
Matthew 22:36-38 – 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and greatest commandment.
The first and greatest commandment!
So is the first and greatest commandment, come together peacefully my creation and build yourself a tower to reach heaven without Me? Is the greatest commandment to come together and create a new world order without Me, the Lord Thy God, as the head?
No!
Just a reminder again on a previous verse.
Exodus 20:4-6 – 4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
This is the word for Nineveh from the Prophet Nahum.
Nahum 1:2-3 – 2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath against his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
God’s not for man building kingdoms on this earth without Him. I know this word is not a feel good, take me to my happy place message. God is Love and He is Just.
Let’s wrap this one up tomorrow and we will hit more on the Loving Creator.
The Greatest Commandment In The Bible –Part 1
29
Jun
This post has been inspired by a couple of people that were a bit surprised on my recent posts concerning global government. They were surprised that God would be against the idea of the world coming together and trying to form a peaceful one world reunion. This was in regards to my comments that God was against the Tower of Babel and is clearly against the end time global government movement.
Are you saying that God is against peace and is a war monger Patrick?
There are a few important things we need to establish right away to understand the above paragraph.
What is important to God? Let’s start with the first three of the Ten Commandments.
Exodus 20:3-7
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
The first three commandments are concerned with God’s people towards God. We are not to have any other God’s before Him. We’re not to have any form of Idol worship. We are not to misuse his name or take it in vain.
Let’s concentrate a little on something in the second commandment there in verse 5.
… I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…..
What does that verse say to you? I can tell you what it speaks to me.
God didn’t go to the trouble of creating a universe, creating the earth, creating man, just to ignore it all. God didn’t create man to worship himself, trees, rocks, the sun, moon, stars, golden calves or Satan for that matter.
Before we address the top paragraph let’s also address a little more scripture that supports these scriptures we went over today. That’s right; we’ll read on that tomorrow.
Reflection- Just Thought I Would Share
26
Jun
One thing I thought I would share is sometimes when I set out to do a post, two or three come out of it.
I’ll sit down to write something and think to myself, wow, God is really giving me some good stuff, but it has nothing to do with what my title is. So I’ll continue to write what He puts on my heart and then give it a new title. Then it’s back to the post that I originally planned to do.
I really try to keep on task because it’s really easy to wander off into different directions. The nice thing about blogging is I can grab that information and move it to a different page and call it a new post.
I hear my pastor say he planned one thing and God gave him another so I would imagine it happens quite often.
Well a lot of babbling about nothing, but hey, why not for a Saturday reflection.
Every Knee Shall Bow And Every Tongue Confess That Jesus Christ is Lord – Reflection
19
Jun
Philippians 2:9-11 – 9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
If eventually your knee is going to bow and your tongue is going to confess that Jesus is Lord, shouldn’t you do it with Him being your King instead of your Judge?