I just finished reading the historical books of the Old testament. What can I say? I am very glad for Christmas this year. What an awesome God! What a pitiful bunch of people we are! How dare we to be so selfish, sinful, and shameless! God, have mercy on us! Despite everything God sent his only son to the world.Despite everything God displays his love to us in Jesus.Despite of everything Jesus died and rose again to be in relationship…
It’s the third Advent Melodic Monday! I’m a long time Casting Crowns fan and here is one of their Christmas songs I just love: God is with us. May this bless you as much as it has blessed me. How wonderful it is to have an awesome God who is in us, for us and with us. Hallelujah! The skies don’t seem to be as dark as usualThe stars seem brighter then they’ve been beforeDeep within I feel my soul…
It does not matter how dark it gets outside. It does not matter how dark the world is. What matters is that you have Light inside of you. Jesus once again addressed them: “I am the world’s Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in.” (John 8:12, MSG) Claim the joy of Christ to be yours today and every single day of your life. Keep your light lit no…
I love the season of Advent. But I do not love the commercializing of the season of Christmas. I do not love the lies we are tried to make to believe. Actually, now that I come to think of it, I hate the lies that try to take away the real meaning of Christmas, the lies that try to take away the true colors of Christmas. For example, there was recently a department store add stating boldly: Luxury belongs to…
It’s the second Melodic Monday of Advent. Today’s performance of Hallelujah by Silent Monks will make you laugh. It has been viewed at Utube almost 5 million times. Like one of the viewers said “What a tribute to both the Lord and to man, that the Lord gave man intelligence and wit, and that human beings were clever enough to use that wit to create both the stunningly glorious original music score and this delightfully creative performance of it. Hallelujah…
The news on the death of Harvey Stalwick – a dear colleague, mentor, and friend – has left me weeping. Sure, I know he is in a much better place. But I mourn the loss all the same. I mourn that he did not get to enjoy his retirement. I mourn that there is one less great man on this earth. Tears keep on coming and I realize that I am a much better person because of him. I know…
“When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy”, wrote Corrie Ten Boom. The western world has come too individualistic and that ideology has overtaken some Christians, too. Let’s see what advice the saints in this chain of Christians have for us. “Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints…
It’s the first Melodic Monday of the advent season. So I wanted to share with you this wonderful version of the Hallelujah chorus of Messiah by George Frideric Händel. What a wonderful way to bless people and get them in the spirit of God’s love and grace. Listen and be blessed yourself! Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah hallelujah…
These tough economic times are ample playground for coveting. It is easy to see what we would like to have instead of looking at (and being grateful of) what we have. Yet many people seriously think that they are sinless and hence not in need of God. No coveting your neighbor’s wife. And no lusting for his house, field, servant, maid, ox, or donkey either—nothing that belongs to your neighbor! (Deut.5:21, MSG) The funny paradox is that often by coveting…
It’s Melodic Monday! The song of this week is Shine (Love is an action) by Luminate. What a wonderful call for action! Shine where you are! Share God’s love wherever you go! I want to strike a matchLet it burn ‘til the world’s on fireI want to see a chain reactionAnd see the flames burn higherI want to see Your Word aliveI want to see the orphans laughingWant to see the sinners crySurrounded by the hands of mercyThe hands of…
