Good Friday, 2014

John 19:5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”

I love the way that Pilate gave the people one more chance at making the right choice; just as God gives us chances to change our minds.

Pilate declared Jesus as a man to get them to take pity after He was beaten and scourged just as any other man (yet more so).

The crowd went on to choose a criminal instead of Christ. Christ did not fight that decision but accepted it as the final choice.

What choice will you make about Christ in your own life?

April 17, 2014

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.

We like to think we know enough to get by. We like to think we continue learning all the time. We like to think we do what is right.

God is the one who created us and has all power, knowledge and wisdom; He alone is worthy of being praised for everything He does.

We need constant guidance to filter out the world and focus on God’s ways so that we can get closer to making the right choices.

Give God all glory for all He does show us; we need to try to listen to Him more often.

April 16, 2014

Jude 1:25 To God our Saviour, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

No matter how much we try to get done ourselves, we will always seem to fall short of the mark; we will always have faults and always falter.

But our God is not limited in any of the ways that we are; He alone is all powerful and all-knowing and without limits.

It is only right then that we lift up His name alone in glory. Christ alone has died for our sins and nobody else can take away that debt we owe.

In Christ alone we stand.

April 15, 2014

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

And sometimes, just sometimes, you get things right! It may seem like that at times but we make good choices all the time in our lives and we need to recognise that fact!

We can take great encouragement from good choices and from results that turn out well; so let us focus on those things and those times to enlighten our lives.

Our God has shown us just how much He loves us and He continues to want us to be blessed by the things He does in our lives. If we do not count those blessings we will never be pleased!