For some it seems very hard to repent and receive Christ as Savior. According to Matthew 7 receiving Christ is compared to a Narrow Gate and a Wide Gate, so certainly any time someoneTRUSTS CHRISTfor Salvationit was not an easy decision. But for me trusting God for His forgiveness and salvation concerning eternity was easier than trusting Him for some of the things in this...
Keep ReadingDo you haveUNINVITED GUESTSin your living room, bed room, office, car or many other places?TELEVISIONAmericans view an average of twenty-eight hours of television per week, the highest viewing rate in the world. When an American turns eighteen, on average he has seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence. Nearly two-thirds of sampled programming in the 2001...
Keep ReadingCertain that most Bishirblog readers have seen many videos and news reports of the massive Syrian-refugee crisis. Pictures like three-year-old Aylan washed up on the shore, drowned while escaping. Thousands upon thousands of people fleeing for their lives from their homeland. The picture above is of refugees crowding streets under the shells of bombed out buildings in thei...
Keep ReadingThere are few things a Christian should fear any more than spiritual apathy. Every Christian pastor, shepherd, mentor, leader should fear it creeping into those they lead and influence but most importantly fear it silently moving into their own lives. Each follower of Jesus Christ most diligently seek to have a burning passion for the Lord and His purposes.We must prevail ...
Keep ReadingToday there is a strong emphasis in certain religious circles which insist that the follower of Christ should have a life which is one of unbroken joy, peace, prosperity and in general easy. Every day should be filled with miracles and constant supernatural manifestations of of God who delivers from disaster, disappointment, or any type of despair. And if one is struggling...
Keep ReadingI have found that when those I lead and love are hurting, I hurt as well. I hurt for them, and I hurt with them. Whatever the reason for the hurt I often find myself identifying with their burden and in a real sense carrying the burden myself. I do not want to take credit for this but I want to give God the credit for His work in me producing this response. I think it has ...
Keep Reading​When we deal with adversity, each of us are prone to think wrong about the difficulties. If we think wrong we are more apt to believe that we are the only one who has these things that happen in life. Thinking like that will lead us to Self Pity , and bitterness toward God. The reality is that everyone has adversity at various times in life.No one is exempt! Everyone de...
Keep ReadingThe Apostle Paul was used of the Holy Spirit to write, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth."(II Tim. 2:15) I believe that a faithful pastor must with great passion seek to understand the Word of God! The call to preach is a call to study, understand, and ex positionally teach what they have ...
Keep ReadingFEAR NOT!That instruction is given more than any other in the Scripture. I have to assume that it is because God who is all knowing and knew that fear would be a great obstacle everyone would face in life. Especially His children who He would give BIG vision and BIG assignments coupled with many adversaries and difficulties , ( 1st Corinthians 16:9). We don't like to admit...
Keep ReadingSeems to me that as I study the holy scriptures and the history of man I find the same problem that continually travels in circles of repetition. I see those movements that are raised up by God and built on His Words found in the scripture. And I find movements that question God's Word that eventually bring the first movement to an end. This played out in Israel as God's p...
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