I would like to make a very bold statement. No matter what you believe about Jesus Christ now, someday you will acknowledge Him as Lord of all (Philippians 2:10-11). The choice you have is whether you will do this from heaven or hell.
I have prayed for a lot of things, circumstances, and people over the years, as I’m sure you have, too. Some of my prayers have been short and intense, like the time an oncoming car swerved into our path one winter coming back from Rockland…
For those of you men who are older I’m sure you remember what it was like when your father said, “meet me in the woodshed.” You knew immediately that it was not to stack wood because you had just disobeyed your dad in some way and the “board of education” was about to be applied to “the seat of knowledge”.
Friend, how do want to finish your life? Nobody wants to end their life in disgrace or failure. But is there a higher goal in the Christian life than to keep our noses clean? Can we look forward to more than a sigh of relief that we made it?
Courage is a must to live life well. Certainly, we need courage to live out our faith for Christ in a hostile world. But have you ever thought that courage is also needed to pray?
We’ve all seen a squirrel dart across the road, then for some reason stop, hesitate, change direction a couple of times, then if he’s lucky, escape the tires of an oncoming car to the safety of the ditch…
One of the biggest lies Satan sells folks is that freedom equals no restraint. To be truly free, he whispers, is to not be subject to anything or anyone. Be your own man! As Frank Sinatra boasted, I did it “My Way.” THAT, my friends, is the theme song in hell!
Ever feel like you need a brain transplant? You set down to accomplish a task and the neurons don’t want to fire correctly and nothing seems to connect, or they fire all at once and your thoughts resemble a swarm of bees buzzing around in your head. The Word of God calls this confusion, and there is a solution.
The rock group the Rolling Stones is not exactly a bastion of wisdom you can rely on; however, they did get something right when they sang “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” While we know that in our heads, yet as Christian men we often struggle when God tells us to wait, or worse yet, when He says “No”.
