Thoughts and Considerations

  WHAT ABOUT GOD'S CHILDREN FACING HARDSHIPS AND SUFFERING    - This can be an area of conflict and confusion, as there are SEEMINGLY conflicting perspectives from people's Biblical point of view . Sometimes we favor one more than the other, but should we not accept both to the glory of God? Job said, "Shall we indeed accept good from God, and not adversity? In all this Job did not sin with his lips."   Job2: 10  "There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happens according to the work of  the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happens according tot the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity." Ecclesiastes 8:14, "In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:33  "Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this

WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW There is a knowledge that is a right, a responsibility, and a necessity for every person. This knowledge is critical for the understanding of our existence and purpose, making decisions, developing values, governing our behavior, and ultimately determining the outcome of our destiny. Finally, it must be verified by each individual. It is the knowledge of God as documented in the Scriptures of the Bible, and testified by millions for two thousand years. Here is a basic outline as to what I am referring: GOD I S ! -God is Eternal. He has no beginning and no end. -There is only One God, and He created everything . -God is greater than the universe, is all knowing, and He is all powerful. -God is Holy, meaning His is only Good, and there is no evil or darkness in Him. -God has created mankind in His image and likeness with a free will to be with Him. -However, mankind fell into sin and disobedience, and was thus cut of

                                         SERVING AS HIS SON/DAUGHTER "Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12, "You are all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ..." "Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit Who calls out, "Abba, Father!" So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir." Galatians 3:26, 4:6-7 NIV  ,"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with al spiritual blessings in Heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians 1:3  This unearned position as children adopted by God Almighty, as the Scripture says, is not on the basis of our righteousness or good works we have done, but through faith in His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. He sets us in His Kingdom where we are now not only citizens, but His children, and heirs, heirs of God an

                                                        GOD AND US                                      May these verses richly bless you. "And God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him, male and female created He them." Genesis 1:26-27 "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows." Luke 12:6-7 "I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well...How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God how vast is the sum of them! If I should count the, they w