1 Tim 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Most Christians don’t realize it, but our whole life down here is just a short bootcamp to prepare us for the coming long haul (eternity). […]
Daily Gleanings
Here
Isaiah 6:8. … Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. We used to drive all the kids home after church. Once we forgot a little 3 year old girl named Gilma. Ever since then, when […]
Change
“For I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT” Malachi 3:6, KJV One of God’s attributes is that He doesn’t change. We as ‘Born Again Christians’ will want to reflect to others the One and True Living God through our own lives. In order o resemble God’s never changing attribute, we can’t be fickle. People […]
Enquire
1 Sam 30:8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. Enquire means ask. Ask of the Lord here in David’s case. Humble people ask. Proud people presume. David […]
Dry
Psalm 63:1…my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Sometimes, in any Christian life, we go through dry spells. It’s normal. Even though it is impossible to be a saved Christian and not believe in supernatural miracles, sometimes we just don’t see it. […]
Zealous
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. A zealous person is a person that covets God, and wants others to covet Him as well. Zeal for God is good. I have a lot of friends. Some I consider brethren in the faith, from a lot of […]
Condemnation
Romans 8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. This word condemnation is about devine punishment. In other words, if you are born again,, you won’t go hell. There are many other types of condemnation, and I apply these […]
Answers
Luke 2:47: “And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.” Jesus has all the rightF answers, not just some of them. If you want the right answer, askHim, not man. James 1:5 “if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.” Most of us want to serve God. More […]
Answers
Luke 2:47: “And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.” Jesus has all the rightF answers, not just some of them. If you want the right answer, ask Him, not man. James 1:5 “if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.” Most of us want to serve God. […]
Covet
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet… The purpose of this missive ‘covet’ is three fold. It is a love letter to my son and daughter to read when they are ready, (I have these archived), so they will learn from my mistakes by not reinventing the wheel. This is my prayer journal. Just jotting down […]
EnGuard!
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. That’s what the NIV says. This is the verse that I had memorized. (It’s very similar in Spanish) KJV used the word KEEP in place of guard. Not much difference in a way, but a big difference in application. Keeping […]
Yield
mans 6:13 ….yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead. Most people think of yielding as giving up. If they yield to Satan, through the temptation of sin, they are right. It doesn’t have to be permanent, but yes, for the moment they have surrendered to the forces of evil. Take […]
Broken Hearted
Psalm 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart bro·ken-heart·ed – overwhelmed by grief or disappointment. Funny, I never had associated brokenhearts with disappointment. I always thought of heartbroken as a high school crush thing. (Had my heart broken many a time.) That was something that was just a passing […]
Forgetting
Forgetting Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, “I don’t want to see where I’ve been, I want to see How I look getting to where I am going” Fonzy from […]
Special Days
We teach kids their importance to God. Day 2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day The 21rst was my 64th birthday. I think I stopped enjoying my birthday when I hit double digits. (10) No idea why, […]
Why?
Mark 11:3 if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord…. ‘Why’ is what makes us get up in the morning. ‘Why’ is what makes us move. ‘Why’ is what makes us do things. Many times we can’t put our finger on the reason we do things because it’s […]
Humble
Humble 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Humble and humility are not the same word. At least not […]
HUMILITY VS PRIDE
ONLY JESUS CAN SAY THAT HE HIMSELF IS HUMBLE WITHOUT LYING Million Friends We help the children of the laborers in the city´s garbage dump. HUMILITYvsPRIDE. (Feel free to chime in, I have been working on this list for years) “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you […]
REWARD
THERE IS NOT BETTER A REWARD THAN A GOD REWARD Million Friends We help the child laborers in the city´s garbage dump. Reward “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” […]
FIRST THINGS FIRST
You can´t do the second thing til you do the first thing! Million Friends CHEPE HAS A NEW YOUNGER SISTER 1rstThings1rst Matthew 7:7 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; People have told me that […]
S I N
The word I is always at the center of sin! Million Friends sIn (Definition of sin = whatever you do without conviction that you have God’s approval to do it is sin) Génesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And […]
Lover
Whats my job? Im a lover! Million Friends (Me about 3 decades ago, BCC (before I planted Calvary Chapel Managua) Lover 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, love is not conceited I heard a pastor recently say that when people ask him what his profession is, he […]
Standard
Gods standards are perfection, but not like youd think Million Friends Standards 2 Corinthians 3:2-3. You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, We are ‘read letters’ […]
N.O.
Never Override God`s Warnings! Million Friends N.O.! (Never Override) The words to the youtube song is ‘this little finger went to church, this little finger did not, this little finger sang praises to God,this little finger did not, but this little finger said Glory to God.’ It`s all a choice to either say ´yes´ or […]
Desire
Psalm 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart Many are dubious about this. ‘Desires of my heart?’ That seems to most like coloring with a jumbo crayon. Very vague. Lots of ´wiggle room´. Let’s look at it closer. You can control the desires of your heart […]
Decision
The ´plague´ has been with us for a year now. I have decided to stop giving it too much credit. Fearing it or ignoring its a decision each of us have to make on our own. Life, in itself, is a lesson, lets decide to learn from that instead. Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the […]
Check Up
Eva, her son and her little brother (special needs) sell tortillas for about a nickel profit per. They get up in the middle of the night. Carrying the tortilla pan, chair, meal and firewood for several hundred tortillas, they walk to their tortilla stand near my house (about 5 miles straight up hill). They sell […]
Reap
(pt 2 of 2 parts in Sowing/Reaping) Psalm 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Joy is unspeakable. This joy accompanies us when we reap what we sowed in tears. Joy is something that can not be explained. It only comes through loving Jesus, not fearing man. Joyful people are not coming […]
Sow
(pt 1 of 2 parts in Sow/Reap) Psalm 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. These are tough times. Actually for many, this whole decade has been really tough so far, with no end in sight. Worldwide panic and paranoia. Distrust, lies and fake news abounding from all sides. Grandparents isolated from […]
Expect
(PART#7 of the 7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘EXPECT’) 1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. ex·pect regard (something) as likely to happen Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘EXPECT’
1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. ex·pect regard (something) as likely to happen Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘EXHORT’
1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. ex·hor·t. To address or communicate emphatically urge someone to do something. There is really nothing in this world more important than exhorting others to esteem God. We exhort others to esteem God because we esteem […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘EDIFY’
EDIFY ONE ANOTHER. Any weakling can hurt others, be offended or offend. So many people think they are supposed to be like angry Old Testament prophets, speaking the ‘truth in love’ but there is no love, and really, no truth when talking about politics or the news. We just look for news that agrees with […]
7 `E’s” that lead to ESTEEMING God, ‘ESCAPE’
1 Sam 2:30 for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. Everyone on the planet wants God to honor them, irregardless of their beliefs. Also, no one one this planet wants to be lightly esteemed by God. Even if they don’t believe in God, no one […]