Christian BeachChristian Beach(Untitled)- November 28, 2003 Emma Beach - A website about my god-daughter, Emma.http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=24 James 4:13-15- November 27, 2003 "Look here, you people who say, 'Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.' How do you know what will happen tomorrow For your life is like the morning fog - it's here a little while, then it's gone. What you ought to say is, 'If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that." -James 4:13-15 I often have seen my life spanning out in a particular direction and even with the noblest of intentions, I start to.http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=7 2 Peter 3:8b- November 26, 2003 "With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." -2 Peter 3:8b By our very nature we are all impatient and our culture today demonstrates this beyond a doubt. With fast food restaurants and drive-thrus so we don't even have to get out of the car to get food we live in a society where getting things instantly is one of the most important things. Within that context this verse seems ancient and inapplicable but we need to trust in the Lord's timing and not...http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=21 Luke 22:40,44- November 26, 2003 "On reaching the place, he said to them, 'Pray that you will not fall into temptation'... And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground." -Luke 22:40,44 Luke 22:39-46 takes place on the Mount of Olives and it's important to read all the verses to get the proper context for the two verses I mentioned, but I think these two verses in particular hold a truth that so often I overlook in my Christian walk. This event takes place just...http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=20 Psalms 37:4- November 26, 2003 "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." -Psalms 37:4 There should be nothing that we focus on in this world more than the Lord and when we are truly content and able to just praise God for all the blessings He's bestowed upon us then we will receive the desires of our heart. For as James 4:3 says "When you ask, you do not recieve, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." Anything we desire should stem from...http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=19 2 Timothy 2:22- November 26, 2003 "Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." -2 Timothy 2:22 We all know the saying, "Bad company corrupts good character." Well the same is true for bad habits. If we allow ourselves to indulge in our youthful desires then we're giving the devil a foothold in our lives that is not easily broken. The second part of this verse gives us the solution though. We need to pursue a righteous life along...http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=17 1 Samuel 3:9- November 26, 2003 "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening." -1 Samuel 3:9 In 1 Samuel 3, the Lord calls Samuel and the first time Samuel hears his name, he thinks the priest, Eli, is calling him. Samuel goes to Eli, who tells Samuel he didn't call him. A second and third time the Lord calls Samuel and again he goes to Eli, until Eli realizes it is the Lord who is calling Samuel. He then instructs Samuel to respond "Speak, Lord, for you servant is listening." The Lord is constantly calling each and every one.http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=16 Phillipians 4:8- November 26, 2003 "Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." -Phillipians 4:8 Don't allow evil desires to consume your mind and I know that this is easier said than done, because we are all human, but I've found that if I'm focusing on more pure things, I just don't have time to allow Satan to get a hold of my mind.http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=12 Phillipians 4:6-7a- November 26, 2003 "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand." -Phillipians 4:6-7a I find myself worrying a ton about things that aren't even in my control and I constantly have to surrender every aspect of my life to the Lord. God has a plan for each of our lives and it's not for us to decide when the Lord should bless us,...http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=13 Proverbs 4:23- November 26, 2003 "Above all else guard your heart for it is the well spring of life." -Proverbs 4:23 This is one of the most important principles one can learn in life. Too often we think that we're supposed to carelessly give our hearts away in any relationship that we're involved in and many times, by the time we meet the special someone the Lord has prepared for us, there is only a small battered and broken piece of our heart left. The good news is that the Lord can heal a heart that has already been broken.http://www.christianbeach.com/?item=14 |