Thoughts and Considerations

                                THROUGH THE FIRE AND TROUGH THE WATER FEARS KEEPING YOUR ZEAL TOYING WITH DOUBTS SMALL COMPROMISES THE AWAKENED PASSIONS BEWARE OF IDOLATRY (ADDICTIONS & LUSTS) THE DECEITFUL HEART INTEGRITY AND THE TREATMENT OF OTHERS “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord, the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord and He heard me, and delivered me from all of my fears.”   Psalm 34:1-4 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you…Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations:   that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that pe

                                        INVESTING BEYOND THE GRAVE                                                                                            (For  the local newspaper)                                                                Jesus said, “Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven…” He went on to say, “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his soul. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”     There are two plains of existence which we must be aware of if we are to make the best use of our time here on earth; the natural or temporal plain, and the spiritual or eternal plain. As humans we have the characteristics of both. We are both natural beings, and thus temporal, and we also have a spirit and are therefore eternal beings. In this life we have a duty to survive and provide for ourselves and those around us, but we