Dear Family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thanks for stopping by the CUP today! God Bless you and yours forever and ever!
We must come to God openly…..let us kneel today…….let us submit like never before….
2 Timothy 3:16 Paul writes, “All Scripture is given to by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”
There are some of you out there today my Dear friends who I love very much that need to completely step out of the darkness you are in. I encourage all to share this CUP with many.
Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech. In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out:
“Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn? About face! I can revise your life. Look, I’m ready to pour out my spirit on you; I’m ready to tell you all I know. As it is, I’ve called, but you’ve turned a deaf ear; I’ve reached out to you, but you’ve ignored me.
1 Proverbs 20-24
It is part of the Bible that is not Preached on enough in love!
Wisdom……….
Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be.
“To rest in God’s power when your own weaknesses seem to be screaming at you? That’s grace! To be confident in who God is for you when you feel overwhelmed by odds against you? That’s peace! To stand alone against massive intimidation? That’s trust! To know beyond any shadow of a doubt that God is bigger, and therefore you cannot lose? That’s the faith that moves mountains!” Graham Cooke.
Good word’s by Graham Cooke.
To get to the point in our lives where we completely rely on God is to give up on ourselves ourselves completely…..to give it all up for God. to rely on Him.
I Preach a lot about Godly Wisdom…I was once in the darkness, lost, and now I am found, I am here everyday to encourage you in the ways of our Lord.
Many of you reading this today think you have surrendered to God………but you have more to surrender to Him. God has shown that to me.
To get to the place in our life of completely relying on God…..we need help.
I will be Preaching on that tonight at Valley View Christian Church’s Men’s Bible Study at 7pm, you are welcome to come!
The importance of Godly mentorship is what I will be focusing on tonight to help you in your daily walk with our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is so important to have Godly people with you on your walk with our Lord Jesus Christ.
I have found it to be invaluable.
The Godly Wisdom that we can share is AWESOME!
Charles Stanley, to me is one of the Greatest Bible Teachers in History, I have met him two times now, the first time I got to give him a hug of love for all he has taught me!
Charles wrote that one day he and a Church member were walking on a wooded trail, to visit a woman who had just lost her husband.
All of a sudden Charles buddy said, STOP! Charles immediately heeded the warning. Camouflaged by it’s surroundings was an angry rattlesnake. If Charles would have taken another step the rattlesnake would have bitten him. That is why we must have others walking with us through our journey here on earth so that we do not get bitten by rattlesnakes. To provide us with Godly wisdom, accountability, love, and patients.
Sooner than later we all get “bitten” by something in life and then when this happens the Mentor’s in our life come surround us in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ and help guide us through this time all the while we focus on our Lord.
Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. Proverbs 4:27
My Son, be attentive to my Wisdom, godly wisdom learned by actual costly experience and incline your ear to my understanding of what is becoming and prudent for you. Proverbs 5:1
I thank the Lord for all the mentor’s I have…..these men and women have given me and Sharon and our family much. For that we are ever so grateful to Our Lord and to them! AMEN!
I am an old baseball fan…. there is this old saying that I am a “purist” when it comes to the game, and life!…….no instant replays…..keeping the human element in the game………and doing the best to keep cheaters out of the game and out of the Hall of Fame. To make sure we are sending the right message to our youth. Many were shocked and mad that not one player was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday, I was not, I say that is well and good! Theses major League players sign a contract that states that they will always represent MLB in an excellent way. This goes back to what I am sharing today on mentor’s, we must be careful who are children follow, who we hold up as examples!
Keep the cheaters out of our club.
That was the prevailing sentiment from several baseball Hall of Famers who were happy to see Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa excluded from the Cooperstown fraternity Wednesday.
“I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,” former Detroit Tigers outfielder Al Kaline said. “I feel honored to be in the Hall of Fame. And I would’ve felt a little uneasy sitting up there on the stage, listening to some of these new guys talk about how great they were.”
Goose Gossage went even further — he often does.
“I think the steroids guys that are under suspicion got too many votes,” he said. “I don’t know why they’re making this such a question and why there’s so much debate. To me, they cheated. Are we going to reward these guys?”
Shari Hardway Johnson shares with us this morning! Thankyou Shari!
I’ll admit I’m a people watcher. But not for the purpose of judging; I love to read them like a book. I look at their lives much like the characters in the Bible, who were of no notoriety or fame until God decided one day that their story was noteworthy. And now, if you mention Peter, James or John, though there is no surname attached, most people will immediately think of the disciples. They were ordinary people whom the Lord saved and used in an extraordinary way.
So when I meet people in the course of the day I have to wonder, what’s your story? If your angel is taking notes in the book of “you” what is the title of today’s chapter? Is it in the category of romance, tragedy, horror or like mine most days, comedy?
Going off on a random trail here, but not really, because it is about people watching…a Facebook friend of mine posted from a McDonalds yesterday that he was people watching a couple of cowboys. Real cowboys! Who were flirting with a McDonald’s employee. He asked the gal “Hey thar young lady… wanna tomaaater?” then he proceeded to reach in his pocket and pull out a tomato and hand it to her! My Facebook friend is a musician who travels a great deal, so I really have no idea what State he was in, and I won’t stereotype any state by guessing, but I have my theories. The story left me in the state of hysterics! People are too stinkin’ funny. Why watch television when you can get that kind of comedy in person at McDonalds!? And for free.
Can you imagine that guy’s angel’s reaction? I wonder if he wrote that down; probably just shook his head and said, “Really God, this is who you gave me to follow?” You may question my theory on this but in Matthew 18:10 Christ says “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is heaven.” Angels are indeed people watchers, and they are in the presence of God, so that conversation could theoretically happen.
Now back to my point…
The title of today’s chapter in the book of Shari would be “Watch where you’re going.” I get so wrapped up in people watching sometimes that I forget to watch my own direction.
Hebrews 12:1 says “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily best us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
Sometimes I look at other peoples stories out of concern, interest or because my story seems less interesting, or by way of denial because mine brings sorrow or frustration to my own heart. Whatever the reason, I am without excuse if in the process of reading someone else’s story, my book ends poorly. I’m not the only people watcher, I am compassed about with a cloud of witnesses and I don’t want to fall flat on my face in this race because I was watching someone else.
Today I don’t have any “tomaaaters” for you, but I have this prayer, I pray that God sends a chapter into your book filled with the goodness of God, laughter from Heaven, and the provision of your needs. God Bless!
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