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Tag: New Testament

  • “Retaliation Isn’t Worth It”

    Monday 8 2019 Let Us Pray Bible Verse exodus 21 23 24 3131
    Praise the Lord Everyone. Happy Monday to you all. 😀

    I’ve painstakingly read the Bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament. I’m very mindful that when Jesus came into the history of the Bible, He started His historical period focusing on grace and taught abundantly about love. There are many Christians I know only read the “New Testament.” They aren’t familiar with the Old Testament because (it’s sad but true), they find it uninteresting, dull and are indifferent and unconcerned about it. So, when they encounter a passage like this morning’s Bible verse, they’d get perplexed. This is only a nugget of the law and according to Romans 6:14 we’re not under it anymore but under grace. Jesus instructs us not to retaliate when someone strikes us on the right cheek, Matthew 5:39 He tells us to turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:39). This is very passive, because doing nothing to someone we don’t get along with isn’t easy. Jesus takes it up a little further and on another level. In Luke 6:31 He commands us: “do to others as you would have them do to you.” And according to John 13:34: “love one another as He has loved us.” It would be awesome if we all followed these principles.

    “Beloved, life is very short. It comes and goes like an unannounced gust of wind. No one knows the hour or day when that gust of wind will past through and blow out their earth lights. So today, reach out and let those you love know that you love them.

    BECAUSE TELLING THEM LATER JUST MIGHT BE, TOO LATE.”

    I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

    Have a blessed Monday Everyone.

  • “Daddy”

    Weekend Words Daddy
    Praise the Lord Beloved!!! Happy Friday to you all. 😀

    One Sunday after a Men’s Gospel musical a friend of mine and I stepped outside to go home and were suddenly awed by the beauty around us. It was one of those crisp, clear winter nights when the brilliance of the moon and stars nearly takes your breath away. Born and raised in Texas you don’t get to see all the seasons. So even after being here in the Midwest over a decade I’m still in awe when it comes to the different seasons.

    Anyway, I said to my friend, “Adam, will you look at that!!!” Then he looked up with one of those Holy Ghost whole-face smiles and with a voice full of tenderness said, “My Daddy made that!!! I also have a dear spiritual Sister Tina Lewis who don’t have a problem telling you about the goodness of her “Daddy”.

    “Daddy….” I’ll never forget the way he said that, and I smile each time my spiritual sister says it.

    Beloved, some people might think he or she shouldn’t be talking in such familiar terms about God, but they’d be wrong. It’s scriptural to talk that way about Him.:-D The Aramaic word for father—Abba—is used several times in the New Testament. The most accurate translation for that word in English is “Daddy.” It’s a word that signifies closeness. It speaks of a relationship that’s been developed through time spent together.

    “Father” is one thing. “Daddy” is another. When I was growing up, my father was sometimes my “Father” and sometimes my “Daddy.” When we were playing catch in the backyard or playing board games he was “Daddy.” When he gave me instructions he meant to be obeyed instantly, he was “Father.”

    Beloved, God is like that too. He’s your Father and He’s your Daddy. There are times you’ll be very serious and down to business with one another. Other times you’ll be more lighthearted. But either way, once you fellowship with Him enough to get to know Him, I guarantee, you’ll want to be close to Him all the time.

    So this weekend Beloved, why don’t you spend some time to get to know our heavenly “Daddy”?

    Have a Blessed Weekend Everyone. 😀