Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Have you ever given something to the Lord and then turned right around and took it back? You have given your total being to the Lord, but slowly and surely, a gnawing worry keeps a problem creeping into your mind. Sometimes we have to fight a thought to hold our ground. The enemy would like nothing better than to use our minds for a battleground. We are trusting in the Lord or we're not. Either we surrender all to Jesus, or we live our days in torment tossing about in a restless sea. James 1:5, 6, 7, 8 gives specific...
We have a brand New Year before us. 2013 comes just waiting to be lived. Living it with hope and promise makes it all the more exciting. Let me encourage you to "happen to life" this year. Refuse to let "life happen to you." Maybe last year was painful with hard places. I am reminded of how a tiny grain of sand in the soft body of an oyster can be a constant source of irritation for it, but over time the oyster makes that painful irritation into a beautiful pearl of great value. With God's help, we can turn painful irritating...
Did you ever get in such a place that everything just didn't seem to work out? I forgot an appointment. I accidentally dropped a bowl of oatmeal and it went all over the kitchen. A cat slept on top of our car and scratched it trying to get off when I scared him. Those are little things, but when a loved one is ill or a serious problem brings on a big stressful situation, we need a rest. The Bible tells us there is a rest for the people of God. I have found in Hebrews chapters three and four a solution. Each of us can "rest"...
Any deviation from Biblical principles is an open door for disaster. This concept is as old as time itself. It can be traced in history as far back as can be pursued. An undeniable result of transgression is that it never happens in isolation. The fact that "one does as he or she pleases as long as it doesn't hurt someone else" is impossible to achieve. Sin is not an island. This concept applies in every walk of life whether it is in the highest ranking office of the land or in the common working man. The harsh realization...
Someone has defined a "friend," as being someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway. Friends bring sunshine and sparkle into our lives. Friends stick by us through "thick and thin." It has been said friends are like postage stamps. They "see us through, even if they have to take a licking." "A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24). Friends, whether they are young, old and all the way in between, are such great blessings. My neighbors...
"Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth" (Psalm 46:10, KJV). Many voices compete for our attention. The demands of employment, family obligations and other activities seldom leave a quiet time in our busy schedules. Finding a quiet time is important for our bodies and souls. Let's get alone with God and keep silent. After all, life can only be lived one day at a time. We can only wear one thing at a time. We can only accomplish a task one at a time and it takes...
