It has been a wearying couple of weeks at Corgi Hollows.
We all get those kind of weeks, right?
Margaret is trudging on with her epic hike. She has passed the half way point, and she must do about 26 miles a day with very few "Zero" days to finish the trail completely.
My husband and our friend drove out to walk with them for a few days. Our car didn't fare so well, and remains three days away from here with a need for a new engine. They hit a rock and the oil pan was ripped. All the oil drained out and the engine was totaled.
So now we make plans to retrieve the shell of the car and its contents.
Oh, well. Life happens.
Sometimes you wish you could JUST GET A LITTLE AHEAD....
But then you realize that you wouldn't be trusting in God as much!
And we press on---with school, with projects around the house, with fun stuff, with gatherings and events.
Corgi Hollows is a regular revolving door with folks and fun, but there are those days when life hands you the lemons.
So we'll just make some lemonade, then, right?
I've posted some articles about end times watching over the past week. There are several interesting things in the news right now, all relating to the end times.
Our Prophecy Tea was last Sunday, and we looked at Ron Rhodes' book about Jesus' words concerning the end. It's a book that is primarily Bible references, New and Old Testament, and it puts Christ's words as our main direction for interpreting events in these last days.
We discussed Joshua Harris and his apostasy.
We talked about Biblical illiteracy.
We looked at the tearing down of hope in Christ Jesus by the apostate church.
We encouraged each other to HOPE IN CHRIST.
If you feel you are wanting to shut down and put your fingers in your ears because the world seems nutty, you need to be at our studies! You'll learn how to listen and interpret what is happening in light of Christ's teaching.
It's not my opinion. It's not yours. It is what the Bible says.
If you do not know Jesus you need to repent from sin and put your trust in Him. You need to believe that He is God, born of a virgin, crucified, buried and resurrected.
Scripture teaches us to obey God. Scripture says "If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Scripture says "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."
Scripture commands us to "LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, SOUL, and LIFE."
It's all or nothing, friends.
Don't you realize that if you do not completely transform -----are not born again---you will not see eternal life with Christ?
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me," says Jesus.
Stop trying to get around these clear commands and admonitions! You know what to do! Be willing to stand for Christ, putting on the armor of God, holding fast His truths. Yes it is costly, but it is worth it. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with His power, His wisdom, His righteousness. Ask Him to lead you in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
I have been praying for years for several of my people to come to salvation. God has not answered my prayer yet. He is waiting for them to accept His invitation to belief. God never forces. He knows who is His own, but the invitation is out to all. God's love is evident in how He relates his omnipotence to our will.
He draws, but we must come. It's both ways.
I am not a Calvinist, (like Josh Harris) and I do think that there is a fatalism about Calvinism that is inescapable. Scripture clearly teaches that any who will may come to Christ, Revelation 22:17.
It is up to you this day to come to Christ. You must make this decision. It will cost you everything, yet it will become everything to you.
You must. The consequences of not believing are truly horrific. All of mankind is condemned, but God has provided a bridge to eternal life with joy forever.
Your heart condemns you, as you know this is truth. Your sin, your alcoholism, your addictions, your earthly desires are the wall between you and the Bible's claims. Satan doesn't want you to leave his kingdom, and he's going to make it as hard as possible for you.
Don't let him win your eternity. He's taken most of mankind down with him already. Don't let him take you.
Today is the day of salvation. Don't wait.
I'm praying that Josh Harris will come to Christ, that he will find the truth in Scripture that he shunned. I'm praying for his salvation, and I'm praying for yours.
We all get those kind of weeks, right?
Margaret is trudging on with her epic hike. She has passed the half way point, and she must do about 26 miles a day with very few "Zero" days to finish the trail completely.
My husband and our friend drove out to walk with them for a few days. Our car didn't fare so well, and remains three days away from here with a need for a new engine. They hit a rock and the oil pan was ripped. All the oil drained out and the engine was totaled.
So now we make plans to retrieve the shell of the car and its contents.
Oh, well. Life happens.
Sometimes you wish you could JUST GET A LITTLE AHEAD....
But then you realize that you wouldn't be trusting in God as much!
And we press on---with school, with projects around the house, with fun stuff, with gatherings and events.
Corgi Hollows is a regular revolving door with folks and fun, but there are those days when life hands you the lemons.
So we'll just make some lemonade, then, right?
I've posted some articles about end times watching over the past week. There are several interesting things in the news right now, all relating to the end times.
Our Prophecy Tea was last Sunday, and we looked at Ron Rhodes' book about Jesus' words concerning the end. It's a book that is primarily Bible references, New and Old Testament, and it puts Christ's words as our main direction for interpreting events in these last days.
We discussed Joshua Harris and his apostasy.
We talked about Biblical illiteracy.
We looked at the tearing down of hope in Christ Jesus by the apostate church.
We encouraged each other to HOPE IN CHRIST.
If you feel you are wanting to shut down and put your fingers in your ears because the world seems nutty, you need to be at our studies! You'll learn how to listen and interpret what is happening in light of Christ's teaching.
It's not my opinion. It's not yours. It is what the Bible says.
If you do not know Jesus you need to repent from sin and put your trust in Him. You need to believe that He is God, born of a virgin, crucified, buried and resurrected.
Scripture teaches us to obey God. Scripture says "If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Scripture says "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."
Scripture commands us to "LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, SOUL, and LIFE."
It's all or nothing, friends.
Don't you realize that if you do not completely transform -----are not born again---you will not see eternal life with Christ?
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me," says Jesus.
Stop trying to get around these clear commands and admonitions! You know what to do! Be willing to stand for Christ, putting on the armor of God, holding fast His truths. Yes it is costly, but it is worth it. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with His power, His wisdom, His righteousness. Ask Him to lead you in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
I have been praying for years for several of my people to come to salvation. God has not answered my prayer yet. He is waiting for them to accept His invitation to belief. God never forces. He knows who is His own, but the invitation is out to all. God's love is evident in how He relates his omnipotence to our will.
He draws, but we must come. It's both ways.
I am not a Calvinist, (like Josh Harris) and I do think that there is a fatalism about Calvinism that is inescapable. Scripture clearly teaches that any who will may come to Christ, Revelation 22:17.
It is up to you this day to come to Christ. You must make this decision. It will cost you everything, yet it will become everything to you.
You must. The consequences of not believing are truly horrific. All of mankind is condemned, but God has provided a bridge to eternal life with joy forever.
Your heart condemns you, as you know this is truth. Your sin, your alcoholism, your addictions, your earthly desires are the wall between you and the Bible's claims. Satan doesn't want you to leave his kingdom, and he's going to make it as hard as possible for you.
Don't let him win your eternity. He's taken most of mankind down with him already. Don't let him take you.
Today is the day of salvation. Don't wait.
I'm praying that Josh Harris will come to Christ, that he will find the truth in Scripture that he shunned. I'm praying for his salvation, and I'm praying for yours.
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