Used of God

 
 Thought For Today -March 19
  Used of God!
By: Robert A. Searles

    , God uses for his purposes, the most unlikely people to do his work. Billy Sunday, an alcoholic, God saved him and he became a great evangelist, preaching the gospel of Christ, and the evils of alcohol.  John Newton was a notorious slave trader, alcoholic, self proclaimed libertine, was, by the grace of God, saved, and became a great preacher of the gospel, and gave to the world his confession in song, the beautiful hymn: "Amazing Grace" and many others.

    Saul of Tarsus, the great persecutor of the early Christians was met by Christ as he traveled to Damascus to bind and imprison Christians, and was  given the great commission to go to the gentile world, and be a witness for Christ, and there after became known as the great apostle Paul, who was responsible for planting churches everywhere he traveled.

  "And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, who art thou, Lord? and the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest:It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him ,arise, go into the city and it shall be told thee what thou must do." Acts 9: 1-6.

    What might God have for us to do for him? If we are saved and in communion with God, the Holy Spirit will speak to us, and tell us what we are to do.

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She Lives!

One Comforting Thought For Today - December 13, 2022
He Lives (Jesus) - So She Lives!
By: Robert A. Searles

In memory of my beloved wife of sixty six years - Joanne

She is not dead, but is very much alive and finally at home  with Jesus where she so much wanted to be. No more dementia; no more knee problems;  no more stomach problems; no more cares, worries or problems of any kind . She is young again enjoying the bliss and splendors of Heaven - while waiting to receive her brand new glorified, resurrected body - and waiting for me and her children and grand children  to join her which was her lifelong prayer that the family circle in Heaven would be unbroken.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.  She believed in him -  so was her confession to God, to me, and to many others to whom she presented the gospel and tried to persuade to believe.and to be saved.  We can therefore know that she lives and is safe in the arms of Jesus.

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of  God, an house  not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which  is from heaven.  If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.  For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of  life.  Now he hat hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also  hath given unto us the earnest  of the Spirit.  Therefore we are always confident,knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk  by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labor,that,whether present or absent,we maybe accepted of him.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ : that every one may receive the things done in his body,, according to that he hath done , whether it be good  or bad." . 2 Corinthians 5:1-10.

Dear reader - do you have this assurance?

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Guard Your House

Thought For Today -March 17
 Guard your house!
By: Robert A. Searles

    "Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude." Luke 22: 3-6.

    Judas was used by Satan. Judas was available for Satan to enter his house, or his body. Our physical bodies are the houses or tabernacles in which the real us, our spirits dwell while here on earth. If the Holy Spirit is not a permanent resident, along with our spirit in our earthly house, or tabernacle, then our house has a vacant room, as it were, where Satan, as an intruder, can enter, and bring his demons with him, and set up his headquarters, and perform his diabolical schemes through us.

We must guard our house with all diligence lest it be open and available for evil. Let the Word of God be the door keeper of our house.

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Christ sets us free!

Thought For Today - March 16
 Christ sets us free!
By: Robert A. Searles

    Satan likes to bind us and imprison us with divers kinds of infirmity and troubles, to keep us from serving and glorifying   God. But Jesus sees our bondage and imprisonment, and calls us to himself to believe him, and trust and obey him, and when we respond to his loving call, he sets us free. 

Satan cannot hold that which Christ has freed. When we are at last set free from Satan 's hold on us, whether it be sin, lack of faith, or physical sickness or infirmities, or the oppression of our spiritual enemies, Christ our Lord expects us to use our new found freedom and energy, and strength to serve and glorify him.

    Jesus saw a helpless person who was bound with a physical infirmity. Jesus called the helpless person to himself. Jesus set her free. She used her new found freedom and energy to serve and glorify God. 

 "And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God." Luke 13:11-13.

    Let us seek to glorify and serve God with the freedom that Christ has provided for us.

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Holiday in Heaven

 
 Thought For Today - March 15
  Holiday in Heaven!
By: Robert A.Searles

    How would you like to have a holiday declared in heaven because of you? Go out and win one person to Christ, and there shall be great merriment in our father's house.

    "Jesus spoke this parable and said unto them. What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness ,and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing . And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends, and neighbors, saying unto them, rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you ,that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons ,which need no repentance." Luke 15: 3-7


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What Does II Mean To Be a Christian?

Thought For Today - March 14
 What does it mean to be a Christian?
By: Robert A. Searles

    What does it really mean to be a Christian, and an obedient child of God? The answer - to believe and confess that we are sinners, and have, by nature, and by choice, disobeyed and transgressed the laws and commandments of God, and consequently are lost and eligible to receive the wages of sin, which is death, and need a Savior. It means that we are willing to confess that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, to seek and to save that which was lost, and that means each and every one of us. To become a Christian we must ask for , and accept his forgiveness, and to love him and all that he has created, from the lowest creature to the highest.

    Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment, and the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Math 22: 37-40.

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The Secret Place

 Thought for Today March 13
 The Secret Place.
By: Robert A. Searles

    When the trials and afflictions of life come upon us, we do not need to flee to drugs, alcohol, or illicit sex to find solace and comfort. God has provided for us a perpetual vacation resort, a secret place where we can meet and abide with him and find the solution to all our problems.

    "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress ,my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be my shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him, With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation." Psalm  91

    We need to teach the generations to come to dwell in the secret place of the most high, and to make the Lord their habitation.


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