SCRIP-BITS

This world is full of trials and tribulations, and thus it's not very easy to navigate, but when you know Jesus, and have His peace that transcends all human understanding flowing through you, then life is certainly more manageable. There's no need to worry or hurry, just move with the peaceful and calm attitude that comes from having Jesus as your anchor and strong tower. His Great Invitation of rest and peace are unbeatable, and only fools will refuse it. So please, let's use the wisdom, the LOVE and the power God gives us to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, so we can live the peaceful and abundant life He died for us to have! Much LOVE!

Jesus Christ is no longer on the earth as a human being, however, as His disciples, we have taken over His earthly responsibilities, become His agents, His ambassadors or representatives, and now, people can only come into contact with Jesus through us; through our goodness, kindness, grace, and all the other attributes we've obtained from Him. But it's no good if we're not using those attributes for the good of others and of our world in general. For then the world will remain in the same dark, evil and ungodly state that it's been in for donkeys' ages now. But that's not what Jesus had in mind when He came to earth. No! He wanted to create a body, His church, that would go around the earth spreading the good news of His gospel, bringing people to the Light, to His light. But sadly we're not doing a good enough job of it, because the world is getting more evil every day, if that's even possible. So come on friends, we have to pick up the baton and run with it for Jesus' sake, otherwise we'll be a great disappointment to Him, and we definitely don't want to end up like that! Much LOVE!

What's God's first commandment with promise eh friends? That we honour our parents so that we could live long in the land the Lord gave us. And I know that many of us didn't have good parents, but God didn't specify we honour them if they were only good. No. Whether they are good or bad, we're supposed to honour them. And today we're celebrating our Mothers' on Mother's Day. And believe me, being a mother is possibly the most difficult and most unrewarding job in the universe, because it carries with it such large and consequential responsibilities. Mothers bear, care for and nurture their children from conception to adulthood, and that's no easy task. But they do it without too much fuss and bother and for that we ought to be everlastingly grateful. That means, honouring them, not only on this special day, but all through the year, and all through our lives. For if we had a good mother, we were in the LOVING hands of God. Much LOVE!

Friends, lots of things and people are vying for our attention in this busy and crazy world. However, we were created to only handle one thing properly at one time. Yes, I know all about doing many things at the same time, but believe me, none of them are ever done to the best of our ability. The Lord in His wisdom made us able to only concentrate fully on one subject at a time, preferably Him. Now the devil engages in all sorts of antics trying to turn us away from God, and one of those things is the LOVE of money. An addiction and sickness that just drives us crazy behind the almighty dollar. But please remember that we can only serve ONE master at a time, which means we cannot serve God and money or material wealth simultaneously. We have to choose...and the best choice is God, who made everything and owns everything! Much LOVE!

Friends, life on earth is short, but eternity in heaven is forever; that means we need to have more stuff to live in heaven than here on earth. Therefore storing up a lot of stuff down here on earth, only to leave it all behind when we die, is not wise. The best option is to store up more rewards and treasures in heaven where we will be spending a longer time. So let's stop running down material wealth nuh, and start concentrating on the things that will benefit us most in heaven. That's true wisdom! Much LOVE!

Friends, Jesus gave up all that He had in heaven to come to earth to live a poor and humble life and sacrifice his sinless life for us. He didn't put on any airs and graces, though He had the right to, and that's the way He expects His followers to behave. As the saying goes, if you know you have it, you don't have to flaunt it. Only those who don't truly have something need to flaunt it. And we already have the best things available, that's salvation and eternal life, thus we need to get ourselves together and help the unfortunates get it too. And the best way to do that is with a humble attitude. Remember that he that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. That's Jesus' philosophy! Much LOVE!

Oh friends, pride is one of the greatest triggers to our falling. You can see it in Satan's demise when he figured he was powerful enough to overthrow the One who had created him, and was kicked out of heaven to walk the earth in shame and disgrace. And that's the same thing he's trying to have us do; ignore God's commandments and live the way he desires. Now, he can cause us to have certain things if we sell our souls to him, but the overall ruler of the universe is still and always will be Almighty God. Thus whatever Satan gives can ultimately be taken away by God. And believe me, pride is one of Satan's major weapons in getting us to turn against God. He tries to turn our free will to choosing his desires rather than those of God. That means as believers, we have to be very careful and not allow our foolish pride to lead us astray as the evil one desires. And with God's help, we can certainly avoid it. Much LOVE!

Friends our world is going to hell in a handbasket because we Christians are not doing a good enough job of showing it the light of Jesus. Meanwhile, Satan's followers are out there furiously sowing their dark and evil seeds and thus bringing our world under their dark and evil command. That's not good enough my people! Christ entrusted us with turning the world around to His way of thinking, to get others to accept His gospel of light and salvation, but unfortunately we're falling down on the job. Please, please, I implore us to wake up and get ourselves together and do the job we've been handed. Otherwise all of Jesus' sacrifices would have been in vain. And we simply cannot have that! Much LOVE!

We have two options in this life; to do evil, or to do good, and Jesus, our Lord and Saviour is the champion of doing good! That means if we are to be true followers, we also have to be doers of good and not evil. But, unfortunately, our basic sin nature, which gives us heightened desires for the pleasures of sin, gets in the way of our doing good. So, to be true believers in Jesus Christ, in consort with the Holy Spirit, we need to strenuously and seriously battle those sinful desires. That's the only way we will ever be true Christians and keep doing good rather than evil. Much LOVE!

In this deceitful and greedy world no human being can be trusted to the nth degree! And that's an indisputable fact, for man is tainted by sin, and sin is not trustworthy. The ONLY trustworthy being in this universe is our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and He showed it by shedding His sinless blood on the cross of Calvary on our behalf. Therefore, we should not put too much trust in our fellow man, but put it ALL in Jesus! And if you don't listen, then you will surely pay a hefty price for your disobedience. Much LOVE!