Posts from November 2016 (Page 4)

Posts from November 2016 (Page 4)

Reality Check!

Reality Check!   Hey everyone, I would just like to make a quick statement here. The Letters from Roscoe series is nothing more than an entertaining look at one person’s personal experiences.  I share the moments in my life that I feel God wants other people to see.  I do not profess to be a learned scholar, or teacher of any religious faith.  In fact, what I know about my own religion you could put in a gallon milk jug and…

Heart Trouble

Heart Trouble By Billy Graham   •   November 13, 2016 I beg you to keep away from the evil pleasures of this world . . . —1 Peter 2:11 (TLB) We all know there is no such thing as absolute freedom. We cannot drive down the street at 100 miles an hour. You can’t swing your fist at me, because your freedom stops at the end of my nose. We can say that we want freedom to publish pornography, to push…

Verse of the Day – James 1:13-14 KJV

13     Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:  for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14     But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Good Things Are Costly

Good Things Are Costly By Billy Graham   •   November 12, 2016 In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. —John 16:33 You should not expect the easy way, for if you do you are certainly destined for disappointment. Any person who knows the Bible knows that the Christian life is likened to an athletic contest or to warfare, and neither one is easy. Jesus warned His followers to count carefully the…

Verse of the Day – 1 Chronicles 29:11 KJV

¹¹ Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty:  for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

A Creative God

A Creative God By Billy Graham   •   November 11, 2016 For we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. —Romans 8:26 John Knox, with an all-consuming soul-concern for his country, prayed, “Give me Scotland, or I die!” His earnest travail was rewarded with a spiritual rebirth in his land. This is what is termed “praying in the Spirit.” It is the manifestation of…

Verse of the Day – 1 Peter 1:8-9 KJV

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

The Mysteries of God

The Mysteries of God By Billy Graham   •   November 10, 2016 Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. —1 Corinthians 2:5 The word “mystery” is used many times in Scripture. Some of the mysteries of the past have been fathomed by science. Others still bewilder mankind. This fact remains: All of the garnered wisdom of the ages is only a scratch on the surface of man’s search for the knowledge of…

The Steady Eddie

The Steady Eddie 4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.  5  There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.  6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. – 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 NLT   When I was a working person, the previous management regime where I worked had several terms that they used to…

What is Conscience?

What Is Conscience? By Billy Graham   •   November 9, 2016 Having a good conscience . . . —1 Peter 3:16 What is conscience? God has put within each one of us something that cries aloud against us, whenever we do that which we know to be wrong. Conscience is the detective that watches the direction of our steps and decries every conscious transgression. Conscience is a vigilant eye before which each imagination, thought, and act, is held up for either…