Chappy Chats

As we face 2024 we need to remember that there are things out of our control that we can never change. We have to control what we can, change the things we can and have the wisdom to know the difference.

May 2024 be your best year yet. As you put a day to your "some days"

Jesus came to bring peace that was beyond our understanding. Here is way to participate in that peace.

The gift of Jesus is all about deliverance from death to life. From darkness to light. In this Christmas season please take a moment to see how God has delivered you in the past year and your past life. Then think of how you will use the comfort He has given you to comfort and deliver others in the coming year.

In this season of giving the most important thing we can do is show up and be present with those we are around. Giving of ourselves through acts of kindness or words of encouragement. Even just sitting and being present with someone as they find their way.

Hopefully this year we can each slow down and rethink the reason for the season. I know you have seen the shirts and the pictures that answer with Jesus. That is correct that Jesus is the reason for the season. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. He did that by freely giving His life to others. Instead of expecting to receive this year may you find a way to give of yourself to others as Jesus gave Himself to you.

We give gifts because we were given the greatest gift known to man by Jesus Christ. He gave himself for us. In this Christmas season see how you can give yourself to others.

Did you ever consider to ask if supporting or in some cases starting conflict could be the answer to stopping conflict. Conflict in the modern world today is not about individual ideas of the common people of countries. It is about power, control and money the governments behind them wants to get or keep. The leaders of the world want us to believe that everyone is out to get us and in reality the only ones out to get us is our own governments who have a lust for power, control and money.

Too many of us are living in the fear of the future or the regrets of the past. All we can do is learn from the past and no repeat it. We are not promised the future except for the future of eternity by God through Christ. To live in the past is to live in despair and depression for what you have lost. To live in the future is to miss the beauty of today. To live present in each day brings hope and comfort because we can see the past being healed and the future developing before us with the steps we are taking to secure and enrich the steps ahead.

You might read James chapter four verses 1-6. With all that is going on in the world it might help you understand how we got into this mess, as it is nothing new since the time of Abraham.