Thought for the day: Brethren, be great believers. Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your souls. CHARLES SPURGEN
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
PSALM 90:1-2 NIV
From everlasting to everlasting, now thats a stretch of time to ponder upon. And to think that somewhere in that vast infinite period of time where God exists, some small point of time, anytime, I can call upon God. What a privilege we have as believers. Of course for none believers it is different. They can still call on God, but they must believe in order to call. I think back in my life to a time when I considered myself an agnostic. At that time I was in the Army and in Vietnam. The moment when I needed a Power greater than myself other than the military support we were receiving, I called out to God. I knew nothing of God, and at that moment I did not become a born again Christian, but I became a believer. Because you cannot call out to something you dont believe in. It took fifteen years of believing that God exists, trying this religion and that, to reach a point of having a God of my understanding. The understanding that spoke most to my soul was the spiritual principle of forgiveness and unconditional love. Those two concepts just reached out and pulled me ever closer to Jesus. Here I want to stay. Were even I understand what it means when I read everlasting to everlasting. Thanks for letting me share. God still does for me what I could not do for myself .JRE
Some people praise God for the good feelings it gives them; they praise Him because they think it makes everyone else feel good; they praise Him because they think that is simply what every good Christian should do. They do not focus their minds on God. The result is that their false praise drives out the true. Praise becomes mere pleasant-feeling babble.
We need to speak directly to God, not to ourselves or our neighbors. As we look at Him, we will naturally praise Him for the real qualities we see. Our awkwardness will fade into the background as our attention is less and less on ourselves and more and more on Him.
TIM STAFFORD
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
PSALM 90:1-2 NIV
From everlasting to everlasting, now thats a stretch of time to ponder upon. And to think that somewhere in that vast infinite period of time where God exists, some small point of time, anytime, I can call upon God. What a privilege we have as believers. Of course for none believers it is different. They can still call on God, but they must believe in order to call. I think back in my life to a time when I considered myself an agnostic. At that time I was in the Army and in Vietnam. The moment when I needed a Power greater than myself other than the military support we were receiving, I called out to God. I knew nothing of God, and at that moment I did not become a born again Christian, but I became a believer. Because you cannot call out to something you dont believe in. It took fifteen years of believing that God exists, trying this religion and that, to reach a point of having a God of my understanding. The understanding that spoke most to my soul was the spiritual principle of forgiveness and unconditional love. Those two concepts just reached out and pulled me ever closer to Jesus. Here I want to stay. Were even I understand what it means when I read everlasting to everlasting. Thanks for letting me share. God still does for me what I could not do for myself .JRE
Some people praise God for the good feelings it gives them; they praise Him because they think it makes everyone else feel good; they praise Him because they think that is simply what every good Christian should do. They do not focus their minds on God. The result is that their false praise drives out the true. Praise becomes mere pleasant-feeling babble.
We need to speak directly to God, not to ourselves or our neighbors. As we look at Him, we will naturally praise Him for the real qualities we see. Our awkwardness will fade into the background as our attention is less and less on ourselves and more and more on Him.
TIM STAFFORD
