Be The Few

I am amazed at how many pastors say,   "I would rather live my life like Christ is Lord than not to.  Because if I am right, then I go to heaven, and if I am wrong, I have lost nothing." Really? Do you want to gamble on salvation? Isn't this saying you don't have a relationship with Jesus? Saul gambled in the same way. Saul went around killing Christians using the word of God to do so.  He gambled that he was right in his theology.   But when he met the Author of scripture (Hebrews 12:2) he said "Who art thou Lord?" (Acts 9:5).  He didn't know God.  He gambled and he was wrong. Prayerfully contemplate these scriptures. Do you know Jesus, or simply know about Him? Romans 8:9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8  And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall ...

Conrad and I had a great time of fellowship with Church of the Hills of Lometa, Texas.  We gathered at beautiful Mill Pond Park in San Saba, Texas on Saturday, July, 20th.  Thanks to Michelle for inviting us and to everyone for being so welcoming.  The food was delicious, the park was gorgeous! It was fun to engage in good conversation with people of God.

The word sanctification means to ' be made holy ' or ' to set apart .'  Sometimes we gloss over this important part of Christian living, but maybe we need to take a closer look at sanctification and examine our lives to see how we measure up. The term ' holiness ' appears in the Bible 43 times . Here are a few notable verses in the New Testament: Luke 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. ...

Never underestimate the power of a seed! Recently, I bumped into a lovely lady. She hugged me and told me what a wonderful worship leader my son is, and how proud I must be, as a mother....and so blessed. I beamed!! Yes I am immensely proud of my son, but even more immensely blessed as I watch my son grow in faith to be a remarkable young man of God. In fact, I believe my son has an anointing yet to be revealed. I have had this confirmed over the years by many people. But in that moment, after this lady spoke, something very significant occurred to me. You see, it was this very same lady, who 20 years ago, led me to The Lord! She was on the pastoral care team, which in those days didn't have such a fancy name! This lady would visit me each week and all she really did was love me. I say this because she put up with a lot on those visits! Apart from having to listen to the troubles and woes of a struggling single mother, she also had to put up with the cigarette smoke! She woul...

On a prayer walk, I was meditating on worrying. It is the opposite of faith. Download the Podcast here:   Don't Worry!  

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. - Revelation 3:20 I don't know about you guys, but I've missed a number of opportunities in my life, many of which I regret even today, has it been out of fear, shyness, personal pride, wrong timing, or some other cause that was directly under my control. Yes, because it's no use crying over spilled milk over things that ran out of our control, so, if I missed alleged opportunities because of a third party, what can I do, but if I lost because of something stupid I did, or because I was lazy, for instance, I cannot blame anyone other than me. I remember when I was still starting my undergraduate studies in computer science, back in 1998, or a year, maybe a year and a half before there was websites that do price comparison among the, at the time, incipient computer stores websites that were still a novelty on the Inter...

I had a dream. With this statement Martin Luther King Jr. began his most well-known speech, which some say was even plagiarized. Yesterday, I had a nightmare. I dreamed that instead of a Facebook page, I had a Sinbook page, that in lieu of being a social relationship website, was a historical record of all my sins, the damage I’d caused, the people I’d offended, but a public record, not a private one, only shaped as a social network, including Instagram like pictures of all my sordid moments, all shared, liked and full of comments. I felt naked and ashamed. Pretty much as Adam when he found himself a sinner. Actually, my feeling was more like panic, as someone who was caught red-handed doing something no one was supposed to know, or like somebody who’s being humiliated or has gone through a really traumatic and fearsome situation. Then I woke up, pretty scared, sweating cold, and suddenly it came to my mind that the blood of Jesus cleanses me of all sins. ...