Church Blog (Page 274)

Church Blog (Page 274)

God Made You

God Made You By Billy Graham   •   November 6, 2016 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength . . . “ —Isaiah 40:31 It is an exhilarating experience to live the new life, with Christ inside me enabling me to live it. As a man was riding along in his Ford, suddenly something went wrong. He got out and looked at the engine, but he could find nothing wrong. As he stood there, another car came…

Verse of the Day – Proverbs 15:31-32 KJV

³¹ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. ³² He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Human Nature

Human Nature By Billy Graham   •   November 5, 2016 Who so trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. —Proverbs 16:20 There is much in our nature that perplexes us. Many people are disturbed as they confront the troubling riddle of their own existence. They are bewildered by their proneness to sin and evil. They quake and tremble at the thought of their inability to cope with their own lives. Christ can give you satisfying answers to such questions as “Who…

Verse of the Day – Romans 12:1 KJV / NLT

KJV ¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. NLT ¹ And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.  Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable.  This is truly the way to worship him.

A New Birth

A New Birth By Billy Graham   •   November 4, 2016 We started out bad, being born with evil natures. . . . But God is so rich in mercy . . . he gave us back our lives again when he raised Christ from the dead . . . —Ephesians 2:3,4 (TLB) I am reminded of a period when all the agonies that afflict modern minds were felt by another generation, the young people who lived during the first century…

The Love of God

The Love of God By Billy Graham   •   November 3, 2016 Keep yourselves in the love of God . . . —Jude 21 The Bible is a revelation of the fact that God is love. Many people misunderstand the attribute of God’s nature which is love. “God is love” does not mean that everything is sweet, beautiful, and happy, and that God’s love could not possibly allow punishment for sin. When we preach justice, it is justice tempered with love.…

Verse of the Day – Psalms 95:1-2

¹O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. ²Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

God With Us

God With Us By Billy Graham   •   November 2, 2016 There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. —Proverbs 18:24 How many lonely people there are today! God did not create man to live in miserable inner loneliness. In that first Eden, God Himself came down to keep the man He had made from being lonely. One of the most heartening things Jesus said to His disciples was, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end…

Verse of the Day – Psalms 25:14-15 KJV

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.  Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.    

That’ll be Christianity for $200 Alex…

Roscoe here, a Christian in Training. I had another piece of the puzzle click into place this afternoon.  In fact, in a way we hit the Daily Double! I was driving up to the boat this afternoon and K-LUV was starting to fade and skip on the radio so I turned it down a bit and started talking to God.  You know, there is one good thing about cell phones and wireless headsets; nowadays, when someone sees you talking to…

Triumph in Affliction

Triumph in Affliction By Billy Graham   •   November 1, 2016 You don’t understand now why I am doing it; some day you will. —John 13:7 (TLB) May I remind you that physical illness is not the worst thing that can happen to you? Some of the most twisted, miserable people I have ever met had no physical handicap. Some of the world’s greatest and most useful people have been handicapped. “The Messiah” was composed by Handel, who was suffering from…