Word for you, today.

‘…KEEP AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT MIGHT TAKE GOD’S PLACE…’

1 JOHN 5:21 NLT

There are some pretty extreme stories in the Old Testament that leave us scratching our head and thinking, ‘What..?’ Like when the Israelites started putting down the food God miraculously provided. ‘Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died’ (Numbers 21:6 NIV). Heavy scenes! Not surprisingly, the people repented and begged God to remove the snakes. Then something weirder happened - God told Moses to make a bronze snake sculpture, and said whoever looked at it would be healed - and they were. It was a bizarre sequence of events. But there’s more… For centuries the people preserved, protected and polished this bronze snake, dragging it with them everywhere, until they ended up worshipping it. Something that had once been an answer to prayer became an idol. The Bible describes how eventually a King called Hezekiah ‘…broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for…the Israelites had been burning incense to it…’ (2 Kings 18:4 NIV).
Think it can’t happen? John says, ‘…keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.’ Anything or anybody can become an idol; your football team, your favorite band, your fashionable wardrobe, your fancy new mobile… Don’t get the wrong idea; there’s nothing wrong with enjoying all this stuff. It’s only when wrong stuff begins to take God’s place!
Jesus said, ‘Your heart will always be where your treasure is’ (Luke 12:34 CEV). Jesus deserves ‘…first place in everything’ (Colossians 1:18 NAS) – without exception. When He’s truly at the centre of your life everything else is just icing on the cake.

1 Cor 15- 16, Matt 1:1-17, Ps 103:13- 22, Pr 10: 14

Saviour King

And now the weak say I have strength

By the spirit of power that raised Christ from the dead

And now the poor stand and confess

That my portion is Him and I'm more than blessed

Let now our hearts burn with a flame

A fire consuming all for Your Son's holy name

And with the heavens we declare

You are our King

We love You Lord, we worship You

You are our God, You alone are good

Let now Your church shine as the bride

That You saw in your heart as You offered up Your life

Let now the lost be welcomed home

By the saved and redeemed those adopted as Your own

You asked your Son to carry this

The heavy cross our weight of sin

I love You Lord, I worship You

Hope which was lost, now stands renewed

I give my life to honor this

The love of Christ, the Savior King.

People get ready, Jesus is coming!

Lord Im ready now

Im waiting for Your triumphant return

Youre coming so soon This world has nothing for me

I find my peace and joy solely in You Only in You

I want the world to see that Youre alive and living well in me

Let me be a part of the harvest For the days are few

Hes coming soon

There will be a day

When we will be divided right and left

For those who know Him

And those who do not know

Those who know Him well

Will meet Him in the air

Hallelujah God is with us

Those who do not know

They will hear "Depart, I knew you not"

For my friends you see

There will be a day when well be counted

So know Him well, know Him well

People get ready Jesus is comin

Soon well be going home

People get ready Jesus is coming

To take from the world His own

Good news to all!

Good news, but with a fair warning!

This parable stirkes the necessary balance. It's true that the door is open to all.. but when they come they must bring a life which seeks to fit the love which has been given to them. Grace is not only a gift it is a grave responsibility. A man cannot go on living the life he lived before he met Jesus Christ. he must be clothed in a new purity and a new holiness and a new goodness. The door is open, but the door is no open for the sinner to come and remain a sinner, but for the sinner to come and become a saint.

My Savior, My God

I am not skilled to understand

What God has willed what God has planned

I only know at His right hand

Stands one who is my Savior

I take Him at His word and deed

Christ died to save me this I read

And in my heart I find a need

Of Him to be my Savior

That He would leave His place on high

And come for sinful man to die

You count it strange so once did I

Before I knew my Savior

Yes living dying let me bring

My strength, my solace from this spring

That He who lives to be my king

Once died to be my Savior

My Savior loves my Savior lives

My Savior's always there for me

My God He was, my God He is,

My God He's always gonna be...