In His Presence Radio

 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.I Peter 5:7You are never alone. God is there to help share the burden.

Love has a forgiving nature and the ability to forget what God has forgiven in others.

Peter shares the secret to true beauty.

 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.  Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. I Peter 2: 9-10God's people are  both special and chosen. They  are in the world but are different from the world .

 For,“All people are like grass,  and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;the grass withers and the flowers fall,  but the word of the Lord endures forever.” I Peter 1:24-25.The Word of God stands no matter what comes and goes. The Word endures.

 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.  Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. James 5:17-18Elijah was a  powerful servant of God and yet even more than than he was a man who humbled himself and allowed God to use  him.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13Giving our best means taking the time to develop our talents and ,knowledge and using  them for the Lord.

See, I am doing a new thing!     Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness     and streams in the wasteland. Isa 43:19 God is doing a new thing in and for His people.

 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.  When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.  On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.  Matthew 2:9-10 What will we give to Jesus today?

. As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. James    2:26 (NIV) Body and spirt are connected, one visible, one invisible but the impact of the invisible will be see in the physical world . 

James encouraged Christians not to just endure tribulations and temptation but to count it all joy!Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4

Paul sends a letter to Philemon regarding  Onesimus, a runaway slave..  Onesimus   is now a Christian and Paul urges Philemon to treat him as a brother and forgive him for past transgressions.  We too are former slaves, slaves to sin who because of Jesus Christ have gained our freedom.Image from freeBibleimage.org

Pastor Franklin Culver continues the message on  CAT, Culture, atmosphere and time at the Resurrection Power Church of God in Christ in Gahanna, Ohio.

Pastor Franklin Culver of the Resurrection Power Church of God in Christ shares part I of a two part series about not allowing Cat to take away our children. Cat is culture, atmosphere and time. Parents must be strong and strategic..

Paul directs Titus and those working with him to remember their own behaviors and attitudes before they came to Christ.  He wanted them to be  be patient with others as they shared the gospel.  Remembering their own prior behavior will help them be patient and understanding with  the people of Crete while sharing the gospel.

Paul sets a standard for leaders in ministry.  He instructs Titus on the standard for bishops and reaffirms his commitment to God and his hope for eternal life.

Preach, in season and out of season!  Paul gives Timothy ageless advice..

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. II Timothy 3:16-17William  Millers, Harold Camping  and many before and since  have had to face the challenge of answering the question.  What is God saying to me in the scripture? When is he returning?  The Word stands on it’s own.  We must be careful not to input  so much of our point of view and our cultural bias that God’s Word becomes our greatly modified version of what we think God should be saying.

This knows also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  II Timothy 3: 1-2Many, from the time of the first reading of II Timothy, have  heard this indictment of personal sins These private choices have consequences that impact the entire society. 

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. II Timothy 2:15 (NIV)Timothy and all ministers of the Word are charged with keeping  faithful to study, to faithful teaching of the Word and faithfulness regardless to what others say or do..