The Widow Who Gave It All

(Mark 12:30, 40, 43-44,
Matt 5:3, 6:19-21, 25-34)

Two mites would have sustained her
For one more day
But with her mites
She gave her life away

Out of her nothing to give
She gave it all
Even as the dust
Forsaking the nothing
She did trust

No permanent dwelling
Or earthly family with which to live
But the Lord sustaineth
And in the Lord she remaineth

To the eyes of men
This widow was poor
But to God she had sought the kingdom
And she had riches in store

 

New Post on The Way

Standing in the Water

by my brother Brandon on our other site, The Way…

“Standing on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, admiring the beauty and serenity of the cool water softly rippling over my feet, thoughts of judgment entered my mind. Strange, I know, but give it a moment. Ankle-deep in the water, I thought, “From whence did come this wonderful creation?” (Okay, so maybe not in those exact words, but the idea is clear.) The obvious answer, of course, is God, but in that moment He led me deeper to ponder the specific cause of the ocean’s existence; judgment…” cont’d here

 

A Heart Exposed

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks(Matt 12:34)… Let us examine the words of a man:

“I humbly ask this in the name of the one who changed my life—Yeshua, Esa, Jésus, Jesus—who taught us to pray”

Yeshua of the judaism is just a man if he is not the Son of God. For judaism believes God does not have a son.
Esa is the muslim jesus, who is just a prophet, not the Son of God.For Islam believes that God does not have a son.
The one named Jesus who is put fourth and last in a list of other false jesus’ cannot be Jesus Christ either. For the real Lord Jesus Christ has the preeminince and is the Son of God. The real Jesus will not share the throne with another in a man’s heart.

Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life is the man who invoked these names. And out of his own mouth has proclaimed who he worships, a false Christ.
Do not be deceived and listen to this man’s gospel, brethren. Run the other way…See also a post from a year ago, a warning about Warren: The Unholy Spirit driven gospel of One World Religion

And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Mat 12:32-37

 

Ponds and Rivers

My thoughts after reading 2Peter 1…When we truly know the Lord, not just by the mind, then that literally bids or commands our attention to worship Him and give Him all the glory that He deserves and to resolutely boldly pursue His life, and His standard of holiness. There is nothing like being a stagnant pond which is the opposite of being a river of living water. A pond generally has life in it, but if not fed from an outside source of water, life will cease and eventually will dry up. Not a good water source to drink from either, because it can make you sick. Rivers on the other hand are abundant in life, freshness, clean, ever flowing, ever pursuing the ocean or larger body of water, or more living water. Drinking water from a river is usually safe(granted no one is dumping pollution in it) there is no time for yucky stuff to grow in it, it doesn’t take a break from moving. Near the end of a river one would fine rapids, bumpy and rocky. The race to the finish line is picking up speed, easier because we can see our reward ahead, but yet harder from more serious tests we have to pass yet to get there. Like a river, we should be boldly pursuing to attain what the Lord has promised, his ever abundant life for us(the ocean, which never seems to run out of water and life)in His kingdom. I can’t afford to be stagnant. I don’t want to be that fig tree our Lord withered because it produced no fruit. I am a river not a pond, purged from the impurities of sin; not to look back, a river doesn’t look back it keeps going in a forward motion. Oblivious to the things around it that might hinder it. So when it sees the end in sight, it’s start sprinting and falls into the ocean in need of rest, the finish line. I can’t wait til this body can rest in Him for all eternity…