I Can Do All Things Through Christ

Throughout the Bible,  we see verse after verse telling us not to worry. Plilippians  4:6-7, Mathew 6:25-34, 1 Peter 5-7, and so many more. We are supposed to put our faith in God. Worry is a sin, a sin that everyone reading this has struggled with, and I predict quite often. I, too, have been struggling with worry. “Why haven’t they texted back?” “I hope my friend is alright!” “It is late, and my parents aren’t home yet…ohhhhh, I hope they make it alright!” All of these are examples of worry, and fear. Fear is also a sin, and it is what stems worry. When you think about it, fear comes first, then worry comes because you are starting to dwell on your fear. Plilippians 4:13 says: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

It’s true, and that is a reason not to fear or worry. Before I close, I would like to share with you a few more verses to remind us that God will protect us, through our fear, worry, and pain.

1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Luke 1:37 - For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Psalms 55:22 - Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

-Jocelyn

Amazing Facts about Creation ( part 3 )

Today, I would like to tell you about "creeping things." And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. ( Genesis 1:24 )

Today, I would like to introduce you to the Dung Beetle. These bugs are more useful than you would imagine. Dung Beetles have better GPS than our cars. When they crawl upon their "poop ball" in the day time and do the beetle dance, they look at the sun and locate the direction home. Then whenever they feel lost they look back at the sun and remember its location during their dance. They do the same thing at night, only use the Milky Way instead of the Sun. There are three categories of Dung Beetles. Some prefer to roll their balls of poop back to their homes. Others prefer to build new homes underneath the poop. The final category is the thief. This beetle waits for other beetles to roll their poop by and fight to steal the bounty. They also are capable of pushing a ball that is 50 times their own weight. They are one of the strongest bugs on earth! By the way, the ancient Egyptians worshipped the Scarab Beetles holding the Sun. If you look at the artwork, it looks closer to a Dung Beetle holding a poop ball. Now that you understand about Dung Beetles and how amazing they are it becomes obvious that an Almighty God had to have made them. Our God is way more worthy of worship than a bug rolling a poop ball, wouldn't you agree?

ZAK

The Prodigal Son

What would you do if you ran a business with your friend, then one day they took their

share of the money and just left? You probably wouldn’t trust them again. I’m not saying

that you SHOULD trust your friends after they take your money (Uh, you probably

shouldn’t be friends with them if they’re doing that), but you shouldn’t reject them. That’s

not how God tells us to act, and it’s not how he acts either.

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, you can always come back to God.

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return

unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly

pardon.

- Isaiah 55:7

God loves us and doesn’t want to see us waste our lives away like the prodigal son did.

No matter what you’ve done, you can ALWAYS come back to him.

Now, don’t mistake love for weakness. God is just and MUST punish sin. So, people

can’t play the game of sin, ‘repent’, act okay for a little while, sin again. That’s not how it

works. The Israelites played this VERY tactic, and came very close to being left to

themselves.

Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

-Judges 10

There is such thing as a ‘false-repentance’, and God won’t accept that.

Sometimes, however, you really have to be in a tuff spot to truly repent and turn back to

God.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man

gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my

father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to

my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

-Luke 15:16-19

But when you do come back to him, he WILL accept you.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father

saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the

son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no

more worthy to be called thy son. 22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the

best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and

bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was

dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

-Luke 16: 20-24