Posts Tagged ‘Jesus’
Trusting the Lord
As we all know very well, life often confronts us with unexpected circumstances or painful. Sometimes this situation leave us a sense of fear, despair, and frustration. Consequently, we may question whether God is really reliable.
The moments have problems that seem to come and go, we can hold on to this truth: God is perfect in His love. Based on I John 1:5 “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” In other words, everything that my heavenly Father do is right. And if He is a loving God, then it is impossible for him to treat each of His children the wrong way. We must be sure that whatever place or allow Him in our lives is good and that his motives were truly genuine.
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Key of Success
Most of us understand what we classify as worldly possessions. Included in the list of worldly goods are cars, boats, clothing, bank accounts, jewelry, portfolio, and so on.
In the Bible Jesus warned us that we protect our hearts that do not love everything about it, everything seems so real, so timeless, so concrete, but in reality can disappear so quickly. Really, all the treasures that could exist today and gone tomorrow.
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Its Done
What differentiates into Christianity and other faiths? If other faiths go to the tomb of the prophet or teacher can then pay tribute to them, then people believe that going to the tomb of Jesus Christ, they discovered the empty tomb because he is risen and ascended into heaven.
There is a story about a man who wants to start a new religion and contacted a renowned diplomat who to ask for advice on how to have many followers. The diplomat replied, “Well, I recommend that you crucify yourself and then die, but make sure you get up on the third day.”
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Extreme Saving
There are moments in the service that makes us cry, but the aspect which is really satisfying than when a service is a joy to see someone’s life changed through an encounter with Jesus. Mark, the gospel he wrote, noting the classic tale of it.
Mark 2:3-5, there were people brought to him a paralytic, carried by four men. But they could not come to Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof above him: and when they lower the mattress, where the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic: “My Son, your sins are forgiven!”
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Anchor of Hope
The old sailor looked at the sky and saw that the storm will come soon. Become malignant and choppy sea, sailors slowly lower the anchor, closed the door shut and went to bed. He knew the storm would be malignant. But he believed in the anchor. He knew his boat would remain there in the morning.
As sailors, we have ‘anchor’ in our lives who can help us stand firm to face the storms of life. The anchor is called hope. Biblically, the hope is closely related to faith. The writer of Hebrews tells us “faith is the foundation of all things” (Heb 11:1). For Christians, hope is the knowledge that we are changed even better if we believe in God (Romans 8:28). That’s the consequence that in any situation, God’s plan for our lives is ‘for good and not an accident, to provide a future full of hope’. (Jeremiah 29:11 b)
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