Author: bidcstark

“And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.”

Matthew 24:12

We all need to be careful of this, the more we see lawlessness, godlessness, and the rejection of God, we can grow cold! The other thing that can happen is, we can start to compromise and make excuses for it, saying: that movie is ok, hanging out in that club isn’t so bad or other believers are doing it! We need to keep our eyes on the LORD and stand firm in His word!

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”

John 14:4

As we see the world around us growing colder, Jesus gives us the answer in what to do, abide in HIM! When we spend time with the LORD and in His word, it gives us a desire to share His word and be His light!

“Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.”

Isaiah 60:1

Today, what we get to do is spend time with the LORD, share His good news of salvation and reflect His glorious light! If you are rejected, just smile, shake the dust off and move on! Don’t get dragged down into the dark world around you!

Have a blessed day in the LORD!

Shabbat Shalom!

“In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 29:21

We, too, have this ability to speak and share the word of the LORD! No matter how much persecution or ridicule we may receive, when we talk about the LORD, we still have the ability to talk about Him!

“Sing to the LORD, all the earth; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.”

1 Chronicles 16:23

We all have trials, disappointments and setbacks in life, But with the LORD we always have His good news of salvation to share! Life good or bad is always going to be better when the LORD is in it!

“This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Psalm 118:24

So today no matter what is going on, let us realize we have been given the ability to speak about the LORD! Today is the day He has made, let’s proclaim His good news of salvation and watch Him appear!

Have a blessed day.

“But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”

Exodus 9:16

Like Pharaoh and his men who were treating the Israelites poorly, so too, the world around us can do the same. The world does put pressure on us, always pushing believers to be more ungodly! We shouldn’t be surprised Jesus warned us it would get rough!

“Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.”

Isaiah 60:1

As the world puts more pressure upon us to be ungodly remember, the LORD desires us to be His glorious light! We are like lumps of coal that the world puts pressure on, but in the LORD we are diamonds in the making.

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:16

So no matter how much pressure the world puts upon on you, just keep your eyes upon the LORD, and let’s be a reflection of His amazing love.

Have a blessed day!

“And Moses said to Pharaoh, Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only. So He said, TOMORROW. And he said Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.” Exodus 8:9-10

This is amazing to me. Here the land of Egypt is over run by frogs; they’re everywhere: in the house, kitchen, bedrooms and streets. Pharaoh can have them all removed immediately, but tells Moses, “OK you win, but let’s remove them TOMORROW”! It’s like sin. The LORD can heal you and I from it right now. Don’t choose to spend one more night in sin, or hold onto enough of what binds us, for another day!

“And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. But the people answered him not a word.”

1 Kings 18:21

We all have a choice to make either the LORD or the world! Don’t delay removing the things that need to be removed, don’t delay in getting rid of all the frogs in our lives that keep us from serving the LORD. Choose the LORD, not the frogs.

“I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.”

2 Samuel 22:4

Don’t spend one more night with the frogs, because they will begin to stink! What frogs you may ask? The frogs of sin, depression, stress and doubt! Call upon the LORD and watch Him appear and remove the obstacles that burden you! Have a blessed day in Him!

Shana Tova (Happy New Year)

“But Pharaoh also called the wise men and sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.”

Exodus 7:11

The world is always trying to duplicate God, trying to out do Him! The world is full of all kinds of shiny objects, that unfortunately attract us and distract us from the LORD! Don’t fall into the enemy’s trap of living longer, stronger and happier, only in the LORD can we truly have these things!

“For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.”

Exodus 7:12

The world wants us to think we can build, buy and obtain knowledge to achieve happiness. Realize, we can only build on the Rock of His salvation, we can’t buy what He has already paid for and the only thing we need to know is how much He loves us!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16

No matter what has happened in our past remember it’s behind us and the LORD got us through! Let’s look forward towards the LORD and see what He is going to do! Remember, like Aaron’s rod (which represented the LORD) ate up all the duplicates, the fakes! We have the LORD who is the real deal!

Have a blessed day looking forward towards Him!

Shana Tova (Happy New Year)