An alarm.
A splash of water.
A brush through the hair.
A cup to wake up.
A drive.
Catching up with friends.
ToDo lists.
Meetings.
Herding cats.
Phone calls.
Eventually getting some work done.
Another drive.
The wind down.
Family/personal time.
A different ToDo list, maybe.
Running errands.
The second wind down.
Falling asleep way too early.
And repeat…
Although the above is a highly generalized version of our day, it does show how they can be filled with many things to do. Unfortunately, it’s easy to loose focus on eternal things when we live like that for days, weeks, months and years on end. If we’re not careful, we’ll find ourselves thinking more like an unbeliever than a child of God. So let’s take a look at what Jesus had to say about this topic to help us retain our focus.
Continue reading ‘Where’s Our Focus?’
Today I want to examine a very intelligent creature. A creature that is so intelligent that Jesus used them in parables to refer to us. They are, of course, sheep.
Okay, so sheep are not the most intelligent creatures on planet Earth but they do know how to do something very well…they know how to listen to their shepherd’s voice and follow him, and that’s what I want to look at today.
John 10:1-5
1 “I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. 3 The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
Continue reading ‘Hearing the Voice of the Lord and Acting in Faith’
Although many well meaning ministers refer to salvation as a gift from God, the Bible makes it clear that this is not the case. Salvation is not a neatly wrapped gift that God gives to some people and not others. Salvation is not a “get out of Hell free” ticket.
Continue reading ‘Salvation is not a Gift from God’
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