It's a saturday. It's not just a saturday, it's my mom's birthday. What came into my mind right now is that, it's incredibly amazing how it was already known 55 years ago that she will be our mother. In God, there is not a thing called coincidence. Jeremiah 1:5 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” You are amazing, God! Scriptures say that even our hairs are numbered. As a hobby photographer, may i exaggerate if you call it exaggeration but indeed those little insects we may find annoying at times are perfectly & stunningly wonderfully designed. Colors & structures are magnificent. I wonder why we keep on looking for wonders when all around us are wonders of God. Even a cry or a smile of a small fragile baby is heart warming. God is the giver of life. He is the life. Apart from Him, we are nothing. The bible says we are drier than dry bones. yes, we are lifeless without Him. Only God can breath life unto our souls. If you think you live now without Jesus Christ, you are believing a lie.
" Today's bible verse is: Romans 6:23 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. " All of us have sinned & fall short of the glory of God. If there is a heaven, do you think you are a good person & you'll make it there? Whether your answer is a yes or no, let's check it through some of the 10 commandments of God. Have you ever said a lie (white lies included)?Have you ever stolen anything irregardless of its value (cheating at school)?Jesus said if you look at a woman with lust, you have committed adultery in your heart. Have you look at a woman/man with lust in your heart? Have you hated anyone? Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer...1 John 3:15. if you are guilty of these, God will see you as liars, thieves, adulterers at heart & a murder. God is good and because of this He must execute judgment. The bible warns us that if you are guilty you will end up in hell. When one would say to me no loving God would want people in hell, i say with no hesitation to it amen. God in His loving mercy has provided a way of escape, a Savior. He gave His son Jesus. He took the first move. 1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Read John 3:16. John 14:6 Jesus is the way, the truth & the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; John 6:35 Repent (turn away from your sins) and put your faith in Jesus alone. Read your bible if you have any at home. God bless you!
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Why i stop watching tv programs over internet?
1. It is preventing me to be productive. The more i spend time watching them, the less i have time to enjoy recreational activities. The worst, i invest over 20 hours a week for nothing but idleness. Imagine what could i have all done with this time? Laziness is a sin. It is catering to fleshly desires. I could have spend time meditating on God's word, visiting my acquintances, writing an article, spend quality time with husband & family & a lot more. It is a sure way of wasting your time. 2. It creates a disillusion in one's world. It did in mine. I expected my hubby to be one guy who's able to read what his girl wants. I illusioned a perfect guy in him just as those men in tv films. The bible & tv are having a completely different view what sin & morality are. Tv encourages sin in the sense that it tells you everybody's like doing it, so what's the big deal. Morality in tv is either what dictates the society or what the society dictates. Eitherways, both are weak because it constantly changes. Like a house build on a sand, whose foundation is easily shakened. It will be easily tossed by the wind, there & fro. The bible speaks of absolute morality & God authoring the standards. God hates sins. Tv promotes sins. 3. Tv doesn't care about me. God cares. When it comes to real problems in life, tv offers me a different worldview not the godly one. It suggests me to seek from people help or to rely on luck or just to follow what my heart says. In truth, the heart is deceitful above all things. People have a relative view of morality & luck is temporary. Why would i depend on them? We say, we're big enough to handle & analyze what we are watching? No, we are not. Every piece of thought that tv transmits is up to influence you. What you eat is what you become. What you sow is what you reap. If you sow on carnal things you will reap destruction. Tv has pulled me away from the truth in God's word. Like the snake in the paradise with a smooth tongue, tv has almost got a hold of me. God is good & truly His grace is enough. One day, i felt so convicted by the Holy spirit that i should quit my tv habit. Radically, i've given it up from one day to the other. I boast of what the Lord has done in me. His grace has made me overcome my tv addiction. It's been over a month now. I praise the Lord for He is faithful. Friday, as i was about to exit by the counter the cashier held a fruit by the hand & asked me what that is. I said, it 's guava or guave in german. Then we exchanged some words about the fruit. Of course, you know what guavas are if you come from places where these grow. Anyways, it isn't about guava, it's what happened because of it. The cashier paused for a while, little bit shocked & me was like, stimmt was nicht? Anything's wrong? It turned out that the items that come after the guava were already in my shopping cart but were unscanned. She was so hooked with the guava thing that she forgot to scan them but let them pass through the scanner. Then, we both laughed over the matter. It was just a guava but it made us both unattentive. Then in a separate incident a woman has placed two price tags on an item. At the counter, the cashier overlooked the other one . Pretty sure she overlooked the price tag since it is small. She was thankful that i gave her a hint. A day before friday, happened what? A car was coming to my direction & by the moment i saw it coming i just hoped the driver would give me a little bit more space. The street was narrow that cars must religiously keep right. From my perspective, the other car has still a meter to the edge. He/she probably has thought that my car is small anyway so why bother. I saw, i hoped, closed my eyes & pushed as the reaction time was a matter of milliseconds. Soon, i heard it cracked. Yeah, the two cars came in contact. Praise God, it was only a scratch on the back of the left side mirror. These three incidents have one common denominator. All these have something to do with small things. A small question on guava diverted the cashier's attention. The small price tag was easily overlooked. Our smartie car was small, so why bother giving space? From a petite woman perspective, i know how quick one can take small things not seriously. We are prejudged. We are small so a little is expected from us. Like instead of substance over form, it almost always works the other way around. Yet, it isn't about me being small. ;) Ignoring small things for the reason that they are is a dangerous thing. We have a pretty little smart & everytime we're on street with her everyone gives a look at her. Yes, but we are less respected on streets. Often, we must step hard on the brake or just shake our heads off for our right of way is taken. The recent one with our smartie brings me to the idea of writing this article. . Never treat a white lie as a small sin. Sin is sin & long before you know it just because you ignore it, you are a slave by it. "James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it."What makes us a lawbreaker? It doesn't take two or more but one offense is enough. A small sin if disregarded will grow like a tree whose roots have gone deep & are difficult to get rid of. If you are a christian, i encourage you to read your bible everyday. Not for the purpose of fulfilling any religious ritual but to know God's will. If you are a christian, i beg you not to run to any contemporary books for help. Our help comes from the Lord. Do you trust God for your salvation? Then, why won't you trust Him for the pettiest details in your life? I have been through myself looking around for help outside His word. Reading through the Book of Hosea, i realized i am not different to this unfaithful wife. The Lord has proven himself faithful to me over & over again. yet, i don't trust His faithfulness many times & instead turned to other Idols for help. These idols are not the statutes or images but books & nice quotes from people who are in the religious world. My sins would grow bigger before my eyes & i stood there helpless seeing them mounting up. Those inspirational words & quotes would comfort me for a while & then it vanishes. I've mistaken them to be God's word where in truth they are not. Soon, i found myself in the same old dilemma & resorted to the same self-help again. Yet, God has remained faithful. There is the so-called prosperity gospel. It consoled me with their smooth words. It built up a false confidence within me. They say i have to trust & claim God's promises for myself. All i have to have is faith. My year long wish is to have a child. I've asked people to pray over me. People would comfort me. I allowed them to. Did i run to God for help? Yes, i thought so and yet i didn't go to find out what He wants me to know in scriptures. I prayed with my selfish motives not according to His will. I content myself with all these self-help stuffs. I battled with inferiority complex. There are people comforting me by saying you are beautiful just the way you are. The undefiled me, yes, but i am defiled. i see myself in light of God's Love & holiness other than being clean & beautiful. Yes, those words would sound good & they tickled my ears all over again. God hates sins & He loves sinners. If we love God, we obey His commands. If i am a born again, why does it look so filthy inside? I couldn't hear people talk unpleasant things. All we've got to do is to speak positive things. Things like sin & repent have become just as strangers. As if they are telling me, all that a christian has, is just but a beautiful life. Then there's the big contrast to what they all want to convince me. The christians in the bible were not enjoying a comfortable life. Those who follow Jesus Christ will be hated by the world because they are not of the world. Matthew 10:22 "You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved." see 2 Corinthians 4:8-10. Not just the christians in the biblical era. It has always been through the ages up to the present time. Jesus did not promise an abundant life. He said, deny yourself , carry your Cross & follow me. But as if everyone has become mute. No one speaks a word of truth. I ran, not to my Savior for help. I have put confidence on mortals instead. His word has become a stranger to me. The truth i have denied myself with is the very truth that sets me free. It isn't the people but my sins, they separate me from Jesus. Then, i have not understood the meaning of His death & resurrection. I prayed for my heart's desire to be granted. I prayed hard & harder. Their consoling words i have taken by heart. It brought me where they are heading me to & that is to a place of desperation. The ways of the Lord are higher than our ways. They are good & perfect. I have no understanding of these words. His will is good & perfect. Yet, i thought i have come to believe in Him. All i was doing was not believing but trusting Him less & the people more. Yes, there was just but unbelief in me. The bible says, we should flee from the worship of idols. So, i came to the end of the rope. Suicide has became an option. It is by His grace that those thoughts vanished. He gives me grace to overcome my self-help efforts. I began to see, this prosperity gospel has taken me captive for so long. Those nice quotes i see them no longer as good. They are a burden to my already weary soul. He leads me gently to His word & through the leading of the Holy Spirit i began to understand. I began to understand my total depravity without Him. For once i thought, there is good in me. There is none good but God. He made me grasp that no human effort can add to my salvation. That i am bought by His blood. That i am saved by His grace alone. That because i am saved, i no longer am a slave of sin but of my Master Christ Jesus alone. Come to me those who are weary and i will give you rest. For the yoke He will give us is easy and His burden is light. Jesus is worthy of all my reverence, honor & praise belong to Him alone, for even in my filthy state He has died for my sins that I may be forgiven. I worship Him for who He is and for all that He has done. He conquered death for all time. Death has no longer victory over me & to those who believe. John 3:16 i Love Him because He loved me first. One thing i am sure of now, apart from Him i am nothing. So i beg you to go back to the scriptures. We cannot live by bread alone but by every word that comes out from the word of God. For those of you who still have not a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. He has offered you the gift of salvation. He did not die not just for anyone else's sins, he was made sin because of your sins. Put your faith on Jesus alone and what He has done for you. God hates sins and because of that we have no communion with Him. We deserved hell (eternal separation from God) because we sinned against a holy & infinite God. God is good & He must punished the guilty. We all stand guilty before Him. But He did not will that. So God in His loving mercy gave us His only son & he paid the price of our sins. Jesus conquered death for all time as He is risen from the grave. Repent (turn away from sins) and put your trust in Jesus alone for your salvation. Do it now while you still have the time. My having not a child all these years is a testimony of God's grace in my life. I would have not known that the message of the cross is enough. My allegiance would not have been alone on what Jesus has done for us on the cross but on so many poor gospels there are. I was a professing christian who has a form of godliness but denied it's true power. Now, I am saved by His grace. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 |
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