dW 05.15.07

scripture

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

illustration

My wife and I once lived in an area where a beautiful cardinal kept its nest. Cardinals are very territorial and will fight off intruding cardinals zealously. At that time, we owned a van which had large mirrors and chrome bumpers. Occasionally, the cardinal would attack the bumpers or mirrors, thinking that his reflection was another bird. One day, I watched the cardinal assail the mirror, I thought, “What a foolish creature; his enemy is merely the reflection of himself.” Immediately the Lord spoke to my heart, “And so also are many of your enemies the reflection of yourself.” – Francis Frangipane, The Three Battlegrounds

self inspection

Are the things oppressing us today the harvest of what we planted yesterday? – Francis Frangipane, The Three Battlegrounds

dW 04.23.07

scripture

 

1 Corinthians 1:1-3

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing… (read more)

 

quote

 

If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on the other. A willingness to suffer proves the genuineness of love.

By John Stott - What Christ Thinks of the Church: An Exposition of Revelation 1 - 3 (Grand Rapids, Baker: 2003) 35

 

information

 

Each week without fail I meet many people of many different religions. This can cause much confusion if you aren’t well informed. CARM is a great resource for us as Christians to find out what other religions believe and why we believe differently. When we know what they believe and what the Bible says about it, then we will know how we can converse with them about spiritual matters. Our conversations should be meaningful and by all means lead others to Jesus Christ.

 

 

Click the picture or copy/paste this link: http://www.carm.org/

 

dW 03.14.07

scripture
1 Corinthians 11:1
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

quote
A rough workingman left his home one winter morning in Chicago on his way to the factory. There had been a heavy snowfall the night before. Because the day was cold and the man was not feeling quite up to the mark, he decided that he must have a bracer before he went to his work. He was heading for the rum shop at the next corner. As he plowed his way along through the snow he heard a small voice pipe out behind him, "Father, I am coming too. I am putting my feet in your tracks". The man did not go to the shop that morning when the significance of the situation dawned upon him. He would make no tracks into the door of a rum shop for his boy.
Charles Brown

Rhetorical question: What kind of example am I for my kids, my family, my friends, my coworkers, or even the person at the grocery store? Am I a light for Jesus or a dimming switch?

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