Good morning! It's the Lord's Day....we look forward to worshipping this morning with fellow-Christians as we sing heartfelt praise to the Lord and remember the death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection and His promise to come again!

A year or so ago I wrote the following piece about 'faith.' I am going to print it here, hoping that you will check out these things in the Bible to see if they are so!
You can use a concordance, look up the key word or words, and find the scripture reference. I believe each statement is based on scriptures! (please read Romans
1:17, which says: "For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith, from first to last, just as it is written:"the righteous will live by faith.")

"Faith's Eyes"
By faith we believe that God made everything from things unseen.
Then He created us from the 'dust' of His creation!
He breathed into us the breath of life!
We are made "in His image!"

By faith we believe that we are destined for eternity...either in the place God has prepared for those who obey Him, or in the place He has prepared for the devil and his followers. So I say, Choose Faith! Or as the prophet said, "Choose life."

Faith's eyes believe in Jesus Christ as the son of God, though having not seen Him.

Faith's eyes see the wisdom of this belief in Christ leading him to put Christ on in baptism, in the likeness of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.

Faith's eyes joyfully accept with confidence the gift of God's Holy Spirit which comes to dwell in him as a gift of baptism!

Faith's eyes acknowledge the help the Holy Spirit gives him in choosing to live for Jesus!

Faith's eyes see beyond this earthly experience to view that city that is to come!

Faith's eye see beyond the outside appearance of another person to view the possibilities in them that God sees!

Faith's eyes see the intrinsic reward of it being "more blessed to give than to receive."

Faith's eye see the hope that lies behind Jesus' words when He said "he that loses his life for my sake will find it."

Faith's eyes see the importance of leading little chldren to know about Jesus' love for them!

Faith's eyes see the urgency of the call of the lost in this world as they cry out for the salvation God offers.

Faith's eyes play out again and again the stories of faithful men and women told in the word of God, which in turn strengthens faith!

Faith's eyes look into eternity and visualize the throne of God and the myriad of angesl praising and adoring Him, and longs to be there, too!

Faith's eyes look into the face of Jesus her loving Savior, and sees in Him the compassion He showed to His followers while He walked on this earth!

Faith's eyes see Jesus at the right hand of God's throne, faithfully interceding for His children with empathy and understanding of their humanity and trials.

Faith's eyes see the compassion of the Lord when this physical body becomes infirm and is wearing out.

Faith's eyes see the hosts of angels who will carry him away to the Father and eternal comfort some day!

And Faith's eyes see the hand of Jesus who will reach across that big gulf and help!

And Faith's eyes steadily sees events unfolding at that time that will turn his "faith" into "sight" as he gains first-hand knowledge of our glorious Father and Savior, Jesus Christ!

May God bless you today!

Hello, again! I pray your days are going well!
Continuing in the business of "coming out of darkness into the light..."

If a person has a heart (desire) to know God and what God wants him to do to be saved "from the darkness of sin" he needs to absorb, by reading, all of the word of God. As much as he can! This can be done by reading some of it every day. For all God's dealings with mankind from the beginning of time lead to the coming of His Son, Jesus Christ!

When followers of Jesus asked Him one time....."what must man do to do the works of God?" he replied, "...the work of God is to believe in the One He has sent." (John 6:29)

A searching reading of the New Testament will reveal many things about salvation:

1) Faith comes by hearing (reading) the word of God. (Romans 10:17)

2) God is a 'rewarder' of those who diligently (earnestly) seek Him! (Hebrews 11:6...it would be great to read this whole wonderful chapter!)

3) The "gospel" of Christ is the power of salvation! (Romans 1:16)

4) The gospel is the good news of Jesus' life, death, burial, and resurrection! (1 Corinthians 15:1-6)

5) The process of becoming a Christian or getting "into" Christ is like a re-enactment of His death, burial, and resurrection. (Romans 6:3-4)
This happens when a person accepts (believes) that Jesus is God's Son, and surrenders himself to being baptized into Christ (the water representing the burial and resurrection to a "new life," a life "in Christ.") In this act of faith and submission
three marvelous and wonderful things happen:
---our sins are forgiven! (Acts 2:38)
---we are clothed with Christ! (Galatians 3:26-27)
---we are given the gift of the Holy Spirit! (Acts 2:38)

6) The Bible confirms that our "hope" is in Christ alone! (Colossians 1:27, which says "..Christ in you, the hope of glory...")

7) Christ is our righteousness, holiness, and redemption! (1 Corinthians 1:27) (That is what makes Him our perfect "plea" when we approach God!)

8) All this "gospel" describes the "amazing grace" of God the Father! Because Jesus is called the "grace" that came to all men in Titus 2:11-14, and I want to write that here, and pray you will let it "soak in" to your understanding!

Titus 2:11-14: "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "no" to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope...the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people who are His very own, eager to do what is good."

As I write this blog entry, I pray that there are diligent (earnest) seekers of God....even one!...who will read it some day and be led to come out of darkness into the wonderful light of the kingdom of God!
Acts 2:47 says the Lord added to the number those who were being saved (this was on the day the first gospel sermon was preached! Please read this entire chapter to confirm these things!) I believe this is when our names are entered in that book in Heaven! (Revelations 20:11-15)

MAY GOD BLESS YOU TODAY! PLEASE JOIN ME AGAIN SOON!

HELLO! This is a "loving granma" who wants to reach out to anyone who has a heart seeking the truth about how to be rescued from sin! First, I would say, I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God! My hearts desire is to help others to come to belief in Him! I have seen how wonderful God's blessings are on my family, and others who are honest before Him, and I have a yearning heart to share that with you!

In an old book called "The Christian's Secret Of a Happy Life" by Hannah Whitall Smith, she gives a formula tried and true when one approaches the Bible to find it's truth:

1)fact 2)faith 3)feeling.

She explains that most people will only accept something as true if they "feel" it first..if they don't they won't consider it and look further. But, going on, she explains that if one read's the Bible, finds the facts stated, chooses to accept that fact in "faith", then the Lord provides the "feelings" to go with it or affirm it! I have found this to be absolutely true in my experience!

We all know we live in a very dark world! But, the Bible calls us to come out of that darkness by accepting God's gospel of salvation! In the resulting blessing of walking daily in His light we become changed people in so many wonderful ways! My scripture today to share with you: Colossians 1:13: "For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of the son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgivenss of sins."
(New Internation Version of the Bible)

My "blog" is prayerfully dedicated to reaching out to you, from my personal convictions and experiences, using the Bible as the word of God that has stood the test of time for it's authenticity! I pray you will return to this blog site, be led to consider these facts further, and do your own checking into the Word to see if these things are not so! God bless your day!