What Does God Know about You? (Part 3)
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 (NIV) *** *** *** *** Over the last two days we have looked at God’s omniscience – that he knows everything, specifically everything about you and your life. We have been examining God’s presence in your life by breaking it down into five areas. Today we’ll look at the final two. God knows your fears. God knows everything that gets you stressed out. For instance, many of us today …
What Does God Know about You? (Part 2)
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 (NIV) *** *** *** *** God knows everything about your faults and failures, and your feelings and frustrations, and he also knows what your tomorrow holds. God knows your future. We’re all interested in the future. It’s interesting to me the things people will use to try to figure out what’s going to happen next: astrology, horoscopes, reading tea leaves, consulting with people, bio-rhythms. But they’re going to the …
What Does God Know about You? (Part 1)
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13 (NIV) *** *** *** *** One night I was standing in front of the refrigerator. I’d gotten out of bed to make a midnight refrigerator raid even though I was on a diet. And I stood there with the refrigerator door open, thinking, “Just one bite ….” You know how it goes. You get into a debate with yourself: “Go ahead; it won’t hurt this one time.” “No, I’m …
Why Does God Appear to Bless Evil People?
He causes the sun to rise on good people and on evil people, and he sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong. Matthew 5:45 (NCV) *** *** *** *** A common question among believers is, “Why does God appear to bless evil people?” I’ve asked this question myself. In Matthew 5, Jesus says God causes his blessing to be given to both the evil person and the good person – and that both those who are evil and those who are good go through difficulties. Whether someone is a believer or unbeliever, evil …
Movie Review: Frost/Nixon
There is no doubt in my mind that Nixon is in the top three of worst presidents of all time. And yet, he is one of the most fascinating people to learn about. He was an incredibly brilliant man, who unfortunately was so consumed with paranoia, self-loathing and contempt for all human kind, that squandered his greatest potential as a leader, and as a man. “Frost/Nixon” exposes all of these traits of Nixon, yet exposes very little about David Frost, the British “talk show host” who practically gives up everything to do what he thinks will bring in the most …
We Know God’s Truth: Jesus Christ
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (NLT) *** *** *** *** The Bible says that Jesus was full of grace and truth. Truth is not a principle. Truth is a person; truth is Jesus Christ. One of the clearest and best-known statements by Jesus is: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NLT). Notice Jesus says, “I am the truth ….” He doesn’t say truth …
We Know God’s Truth through God’s Commandments
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT) *** *** *** *** If I discover truth from the Bible, how do I know the Bible is true? There’s a world of objective evidence, both external and internal, that says the Bible is true. External evidence proves the Bible is a historical book that you can rely on. There are 5,366 copies …
We Know God’s Truth through Careful Consideration
Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established. Proverbs 4:26 (HCSB) *** *** *** *** When you tell God, “I want the truth more than anything else,” he will reveal his truth to you in a variety of ways, such as through creation or your conscience and also through careful consideration. In other words, truth is knowable. You can test it; you can experiment with it; you can prove it. If I want to go to San Francisco and I follow a map that takes me to San Francisco, and the …
We Know God’s Truth through Conscience
Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. Romans 2:14 (NLT) *** *** *** *** God leads us to discover his truth, not only through creation, but also through our conscience. Some things are hardwired in us by God; we know they are always right or always wrong, no matter what anybody else says. Our conscience tells us this. The Bible says, “Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively …
game ready
Lately I have encountered more men within our church who have lost their jobs. Men with health issues. Men faced with difficult marriage circumstances. Men who still struggle with the pain of every day sin battles. Sometimes these burdens feel like a landslide of heavy garbage that threatens to bury me at the end of a ministry day. Thinking back to my old job as a high school basketball coach … it dawned on me that my players and team would only be prepared to face the tough games IF they experienced tough practices. So I would make them play …
