November, 2014

• 8 November

  Our Hope: When We Lose Our Pets

  

  Jesus said, ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.’  Matthew 5:4 (NIV) Our older Boston Terrier, Ziggy, was my buddy, my pal, my companion.  He followed me around from a wee pup until yesterday morning.  He was 8 1/2 years old.  He was my boy.  The picture ...

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• 8 November

  Riding The Train Called “Eternity”

  

  These days the world seems to be full of the inner workings of man. Competition is at its all time high with a driving force to see who can cater best to the individual customer’s needs. Man creates new meanings to the words he chooses to use philosophizing his own ...

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• 8 November

  Pitfalls of Pride

  

  There is a danger hiding in the Christian community. I’ve seen it, felt it …  the power of pride, spiritual pride. I have seen how it can trap a person without that person ever realizing what happened. After we become saved by grace and start producing good fruit,  we come ...

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• 8 November

  God speaks. Can you hear Him?

  

  Grief, frustration and resentment seeped through the words, “I guess God just doesn’t talk to me.”  A committed servant of the church, a faithful Christian who lived a scriptural life, my friend’s voice trembled over the perceived silence of God.  My heart ached then and now.  God is not silent; ...

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• 7 November

  Special Power – Available To You

  

  “No, it is never going to change for me.  I’ve been going to counseling for years and nothing has changed and it isn’t going to change.  They can’t help me.”  So went the conversation with one of the women at my table.  Our church was hosting a special luncheon for ...

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• 7 November

  The Same Love: John and Job

  

  Two men, each with a book of the bible named for him, one was “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” one of the inner three. The other was, in God’s own words, “blameless, and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” John was a typical, hard-working fisherman at the ...

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• 7 November

  All Christian Books are Okay to Read, Right? Not Necessarily

  

  So, for a while I was on a reading spree at my local library.  I found the section of books with a Christian theme (think Max Lucado, etc).  I love these books because they fire my imagination and teach me spiritually from God’s Word.  Max Lucado has a wonderful gift ...

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• 6 November

  On the Front Lines of Spiritual Warfare: The (Real) Exorcist

  

  Ephesians 6:12  “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Recently, The Bottom Line (TBL) spoke with a man of God who is very much at the forefront of a ...

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• 6 November

  Can anything good come from Facebook?

  

  The number 40 has powerful connections in Scripture:  Moses on Mount Sinai, the Flood, the temptations of Christ and the desert wanderings to name a few.  For a mother in Colorado, and the thousands who joined her Facebook Prayer group, a recent 40-day period on social media told a new Bible story!  The ...

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• 6 November

  You Can’t Expect To Bear Fruit If You Don’t Plant Seeds

  

  Two neighbors were talking about their gardens. One garden was lush and producing an abundance of fruits and vegetables. The other neighbor had nothing but weeds.  When he asked the other what he was doing to make it so, the neighbor replied simply, “Planting seeds.” This humorous story has life ...

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