Minister Connie's Blog – December 2009 Archive (4)

Proverbs 23:12} Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge.



One of the greatest dangers going on in the hearts of Christians today is obstinacy. What is that? It is the state of being uncompromising, unyielding, stubborn, not open to correction or rebuke, unwilling to forgive and ask forgiveness, complacent, and let's face it just plain rebellious. This is a very dangerous place to be in. I go to bible studies at my church in the morning and… Continue

2 John 2:28} And now, little children, abide (live, remain permanently) in Him, so that when He is made visible, we may have and enjoy perfect confidence (boldness, assurance) and not be ashamed and shrink from Him at His coming.



If Jesus would appear today would He be pleased with how we lived our lives? What would He find us doing at that moment? Would He be pleased with how our attitudes have been with other people? Would He find us to be doers of the word? Would He see that we… Continue

Psalm 41:1-3} Blessed (happy, fortunate to be envied) is he who considers the weak and the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil and trouble. The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The Lord will sustain, refresh and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You O Lord will turn, change and transform in his illness.



What awesome promises God gives us in His… Continue

Matthew 13:45-46} Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and precious pearls. Who on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it.



Who is the pearl of great price or what is the pearl of great price? We should all know that answer....it's Jesus and His free gift of salvation. Many of us have received that gift but how many of us have stopped our walk right there? Sadly enough, many have. We have not kept digging… Continue