Geoffrey Chaucer, the English poet, author, and civil servant, wrote how familiarity breeds contempt in the Tale of Melibee, one of The Canterbury Tales published in 1386. However, the Greek fabulist and storyteller, Aesop (620 – 564 BC), who has been credited with a number of fables, was first known to express this proverb in his fable, The Fox and the Lion. A very young Fox, who had never before seen a Lion, happened to meet one in the forest….
Life is broken up into instances that help detect the presence of fear. What is the fear you experience today? Allow fear to be the witness that the believer is still living according to their own dictates, virtually walking outside the boundaries of the journey in the Spirit. This is the evidence that trusting God has yet to be learned. Ask for the counsel of God that will clarify the direct route to walk in accordance with the fear of…
Have you ever looked closely at a spider web? The intricacies, and how each string is spun into the next. It creates a mass entanglement, of which you cannot determine the end, or see where it began with the smallest of thread. Our words are the best example of this thread. What begins with the tiniest silken thread from a gland of a spider, our words begin with something small and seemingly insignificant. Remember the power of words; death and…
Just released, a brand-new podcast titled “Overcoming Obstacles” by the author of Keeping Up With God. Listen to her story and see the journey of writing this book. Thank you to Nancy Bruscher, moderator of the popular podcasts “Ordinary People Extraordinary Things.” Find these anywhere you listen to podcasts or check out one of the links below. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1882033 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xODgyMDMzLnJzcw==?fbclid=IwAR247ak35J8RZi5b7yy5bLckHABNYCBnwYxGS0NU1spsVtKqsxhFH4PCaZM Https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ordinary-people-extraordinary-things/id1596670894 https://www.facebook.com/ordinarypeoplestory https://www.instagram.com/ordinarypeopleextraordinary/
The world can push us so hard to perfection, and the measuring stick used is different depending on what family member, friend, church leader, spouse, neighbor, our own ideas, co-worker, retailer, or social media outlet is holding it. But wouldn’t we rather attain God’s version of perfection through the grace and mercy work of Him, than strive on our own to meet the world’s version of perfection? When we look to Him to perfect us in His ways, then He…
Psalm 78:41 says “They limited the Holy One of Israel”. Charles Spurgeon writes in-depth from his 1859 sermon that when God gave forth the law it was engraved on two stones. The first tablet contained the commandments concerning man and God, the second tablet dealt with man and man. But there are three of the ten – from both tablets – that limit God. How? The third is despair, that despite God’s unlimited goodness and mercy, these people feel that…
Psalm 78:41 says “They limited the Holy One of Israel”. Charles Spurgeon writes in-depth from his 1859 sermon that when God gave forth the law it was engraved on two stones. The first tablet contained the commandments concerning man and God, the second tablet dealt with man and man. But there are three of the ten – from both tablets – that limit God. How? The second is distrusting Him by maintaining the heart attitude that He does not hear,…
Psalm 78:41 says, “They limited the Holy One of Israel”. Charles Spurgeon writes in-depth from his 1859 sermon that when God gave forth the law it was engraved on two stones. The first tablet contained the commandments concerning man and God, the second tablet dealt with man and man. But there are three of the ten – from both tablets – that limit God. How? The first is dictating to Him by giving God the list of what we want…
May the grace of Christ bring you hope and joy, and may the peace of Christ be yours. May Jesus, the Lord, the miracle of God, fill your heart with Christmas love. May you hear the songs of the angels this morn’. May you feel the joy that Jesus Christ is born. May the beauty of Christmas surround you today. May you find joy this Christmas Day. May you thank the Lord for the hope that He brings. May you…
In his sermon, “Holy Work of Christmas,” Spurgeon unpacks Luke 2:17-20 and gives “four ways of serving God, four methods of executing holy work and exercising Christian thought.” What are four ways we can serve God during Christmas? By glorifying and praising God in our everyday work. The shepherds went back to the sheep-pens glorifying and praising God. Beloved, it is not office, it is earnestness; it is not position, it is grace which will enable us to glorify God….