WE MAY SPEAK FOR GOD

 

WE MAY SPEAK FOR GOD Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not be influenced by them.”  Jeremiah 15:19 Poor Jeremiah! But why do we say that? This man who was known as "the weeping prophet" was one of God’s most faithful servants, honored above many others in the Old Testament. Jeremiah was hated for speaking the truth to the Israelites. The word of God, which was so sweet to Jeremiah, was bitter to his listeners who didn't want to hear it! Yet Jeremiah remained faithful to God despite resistance and even persecution. God commanded Jeremiah to stand firm, and God promised to continue speaking through him. Jeremiah was told to confront the people boldly and honestly, performing God’s work of sifting the people of his time. And then God gave him this incredible promise: “You will be as my mouth.” What an honor! Shouldn’t every preacher, and indeed every believer, desire this? For God to speak through us—what a miracle! We will speak truth, and we will speak it with power. Our words will not return empty; they will be a blessing to those who receive them, and those who reject them will do so at their own risk. Our words will feed many and awaken those who are spiritually asleep. Dear friend, let’s pray that this will be true for all of God’s sent servants. By Charles H. Spurgeon

 

Thoughts on Atheism

 

Thoughts on Atheism

 

COFFEE THOUGHTS

 

COFFEE THOUGHTS By Gerald D Hochstetler Jr. Sip…  Happy Today! Take a deep Breath, Believe in the Lord Jesus, Trust, and live forever! He is our life! Our eternal life! God doesn’t ask us to understand. He doesn’t ask that we be able to explain it. He asks that we trust, and believe in Him for who He is. In Hebrews 11 we read of those in the “Faith Hall of Fame”. Many of those heroes never saw the promise. They believed to the bitter end, never having seen. Can you imagine the conversation down in the evil camp as they watch one who (in their mind) should have quit a long time ago. “His prayers aren’t being answered, or so it appears on an earthly level. He’s sick half the time. He must be totally stupid to believe in a God that doesn’t do anything for him,” they conclude. “Though God slay me, yet will I trust,” Job concluded in Job 3:15. I’m beginning to believe it’s for THIS purpose we journey through this life. There is a battle raging on between light and darkness. An ongoing battle since, well, since I’m not sure when. Those of faith bring GREAT honor and glory to God the creator. You will never know what all goes on in the heavenlies while you quietly trust. For this purpose you were born. For from him and through him and for him are all things. Romans 11:36 Now slow down, read that again carefully. God is speaking! O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? Who has first given to God, that God should repay him? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen. Isaiah 40:9–31 I don’t need to understand, I just need to trust. In that trust you are being what you have been predestined for from the foundations of the earth: A pleasure to God.    Gerald D Hochstetler Jr. #coffeethoughts on Facebook Used with Permission

 

YOU WHOM MY SOUL LOVES

 

YOU WHOM MY SOUL LOVES Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? Song of Songs 1:7 Beloved, do you not long for God's quiet—the inner chambers, the shadow of the Almighty, the secret of His presence? Perhaps your life has been all about driving and doing, or maybe straining, struggling, longing but not obtaining. Oh, for rest! To lie down on His bosom and know that you have everything in Him—that every question is answered, every doubt settled, every interest secured, every prayer answered, and every desire fulfilled. Lift up your cry, "Tell me, O You whom my soul loves, where You feed Your flock, where You make it rest at noon!" Blessed be His name! He has this for us—His exclusive love. It is a love that each of us feels is entirely for ourselves, a love in which we can rest on His breast and have a place that no one else can take. And yet His heart is so vast that He can hold a thousand million souls just as near, and each one feels as if they alone possess Him, just as the thousands of little pools on the shore each reflect the entire sun. Christ can teach us this secret of His deepest love. By A.B. Simpson