Since God Is In Control

Hi folks,

I was recently preaching at my home church on Ruth Chapter 3. Wow! What a chapter, amazing examples all thru it, from Boaz the Kinsman-redeemer being a type of Christ, to the beautiful way the book of Ruth shows us that God is in Control of all things.

The most challenging thing for me was how Ruth and Boaz at the threshing floor, with so many decisions to make, will they act correctly towards each other, will Ruth leave it to Boaz to understand why she is at his feet in the middle of the night or spell it out for him, will Boaz follow God and give this nearer kinsman a chance to redeem Ruth or will he ignore that and fire on himself! Amazing stuff, and challenging, So thought for today: have Faith that God is in control, in the darkest of days and the most blessed ones too! Therefore, trust that He will work things out, do not try and give Him a helping hand by finding a shortcut or compromising our morals.

Take my advice, study the book of Ruth over the summer, it will do your heart good!

Since God Is In Control - Passionately Trust Him With Everything

God Bless
Jim

Do We Read Our Bible Enough?

I came accross this great post by Justin Taylor over at Between Two Worlds

It is a quotes from JC RYLE about the importance of the Word in our lives and our daily use of it!

Here are some highlights and the full thing can be read here:

You live in a world where your soul is in constant danger. Enemies are
round you on every side. Your own heart is deceitful. Bad examples are
numerous. Satan is always laboring to lead you astray. Above all false
doctrine and false teachers of every kind abound. This is your great
danger.

To be safe you must be well armed. You must provide
yourself with the weapons which God has given you for your help. You
must store your mind with Holy Scripture. This is to be well armed.

Arm
yourself with a thorough knowledge of the written word of God. Read
your Bible regularly. Become familiar with your Bible. . . . Neglect
your Bible and nothing that I know of can prevent you from error if a
plausible advocate of false teaching shall happen to meet you. Make it
a rule to believe nothing except it can be proved from Scripture. The
Bible alone is infallible. . . . Do you really use your Bible as much
as you ought?

There are many today, who believe the Bible, yet
read it very little. Does your conscience tell you that you are one of
these persons?

Keeping the main thing the main thing!

I read the following on a Blog I read often, it is John Bunyan's Marks of a person who has trusted in Christ for Salvation or is in the process of. May God let this be true of all of us!

Do these things characterize your life?

1. Are you burdened with your sin, recognizing it as an exceedingly bitter thing?
2. Do you run from your sin as you would a deadly serpent?
3. Do you recognize and flee from the insufficiency of your own righteousness in the sight of God.
4. Do you cry to the Lord Jesus to save you?
5. Do you see more worth and merit in one drop of Christ's blood to save you, than in all the sins of the world to condemn you?
6. Are you tender of sinning against Jesus?
7. Is Jesus' name, person, and undertakings more precious to you than the glory of the world?
8. Is faith in Christ precious to you (as a means to connect you to Christ)?
9. Do you savor Christ in his Word, and do you leave all the world for his sake?
10. Are you willing (with God's help) to run in harm's way for his name?
11. Are his saints precious to you?