Inspirational

(3) REFORMATION REQUIRED AGAIN – – – AND AGAIN, and . . .

November 25, 2017 By Larry Michalk Leave a Comment

(please read these Reformation articles in numbered order)

Theological merry-go-round vocabulary is invented for control and job security.

People join and get on the merry-go-round because it’s different, unique, makes them feel special.

Everyone on the merry-go-round gets to speak the same special language.

They understand each other, even if they don’t really understand what they’re talking about.

A few people in charge of inventing the theological vocabulary may have once understood their meaning, and those later in charge of teaching such vocabulary understand how well it works to maintain control of the people who sign up for their brand of church.

And as long as the merry-go-round keeps spinning, the leaders have job security.

What gets lost is the plain, simple teaching that the “members” are supposed to get directly from the Bible for themselves.

No theological language is worth a dime if it can’t communicate to the person who doesn’t know Jesus.

Words from the Bible are true and trustworthy—words invented by man are suspect.

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Inspirational

HOW HUNGRY ?

November 25, 2017 By Larry Michalk Leave a Comment

Jesus had compassion on those so hungry for His words that they followed Him three days without food.

Then He fed them food also.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled.”

Filed Under: Faith Based, Inspirational

BE FOUND

November 25, 2017 By Larry Michalk Leave a Comment

I wonder how the song on the radio came to be written:

“Maybe this is how it starts—I find You . . .

You find me when . . . I fall apart.”

I don’t hear anyone confirming the thought—besides myself.

Filed Under: Faith Based, Inspirational

GOD, I’M IN TROUBLE !

November 25, 2017 By Larry Michalk Leave a Comment

God, I don’t know what to do!

God, why?

If you’re at the end of your rope, and yell out, “God,” that may be a good thing.

That may be the best place to start.

If you’re in trouble, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble, . . . ”

If you don’t know what to do, “. . . lean not on your own understanding; . . . ”

Now the rest of the story—the rest of these two promises from His Book.

Step one: “Call upon Me in the day of trouble, . . . ” Just do it—don’t have to sound fancy or look pretty or speculate the outcome.

Step two: “. . . , I will deliver you, . . . ” That’s God’s job—keep your hands off and your thoughts, and let Him do it without your help.

Step three: “. . . , and you will glorify Me.” That is your job—don’t ever forget to thank Him, even when your trouble seems to work out through natural means.

So, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble, I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me.”

Step one: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, . . .” It says all.

Step two: “. . . , and lean not on your own understanding; . . .” You can skip trying to figure it all out, and save a lot of wear and tear (and tears).

Step three: “. . . in all your ways acknowledge Him, . . .” In every single detail of your life, just think about God and include Him.

Step four: “. . . and He will direct your path.” And that is called walking with the Lord, in the light of His Word—the way to go!

So, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path.”

And, by the way, imagine God saying, “I love it when you get in trouble, because then we get to spend more time together.” (Not exactly in His Book, but the reality is there.)

Filed Under: Faith Based, Inspirational