Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- Habakkuk 3:17-18
Sometimes I feel so far away. Sometimes I feel so alone. Sometimes I feel that the future holds nothing good for me. And yet, I will rejoice in the Lord, for He is good and His Love endures forever.
I miss the days when I felt so fired up to give bible study. Days when I justed wanted to go and give those "fire and brimstone" messages that are so needed in the church. But yet now as I look back, I realise the pride that was in my heart, that I felt I was "above" those in my cell group in church. Who am I to teach the Word of God to others?
"I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing."
- Romans 7: 18-19
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