Baptist City Blog

We are often reminded of the importance of prayer and the need of boldly going to God’s throne to ask Him to give us a desire or a need. Certainly, every Christian could improve their prayer life; however, there are some times when you don't need to ask God if He would give you something or if you should do something.

Have you ever walked down the street and felt a little pebble inside your shoe that caused discomfort to your heel? Every time you put your foot on the ground, you felt that poking on the heel that hurt. You have two choices at that point; you can leave the pebble in the shoe and continue to experience discomfort, or you can stop and take your shoe off and remove the source of the irritation.

Some things in life never change. For instance, love never changes. Once you choose to love someone, that love will never end. History never changes. The law of gravity never changes. As much as a person may try to change this law, they will fail because what goes up always comes down. These things that never change are timeless and unalterable.

Tuesday, 7/26/16  Matt 10:27, What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. God wants each of us to share what He tells us. Please consider starting to send out your own daily/weekly Bible text or Facebook post. Work on crafting a concise, poignant thought. Ask for advice, pray about it, start writing some practice ones...but do it. Have a pen and paper handy while reading your Bible, and make notes. 

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When I look at the freewill offering, I’m reminded of my parent’s desire from me. There were things that they told me to do and I would do it, but they desired a willing heart while I was doing it. My parents wanted me to get to the point when I did what they expected of me to do, not because I had to do it, but because it was my will to do it.

There are repercussions to everything. You may feel that you have the right to do whatever you want, but you must also understand that there are repercussions with every choice and action. For instance, you can drive your vehicle as fast as you want, but you are going to have to deal with the repercussions of paying a speeding ticket if you get caught. You can't expect to do whatever you want and not have to suffer the consequences that go with it.

Every school has one; they have that child who thinks they must police everyone in the class or on the playground. They are the tattletale. They are the one who runs to the teacher to tell what they perceived that others did wrong. Most of the time, nobody likes the tattletale or want to be one.

One reason I love the warmth of summer is because our family loves to grill. My wife will get the meat ready to grill, my daughter will set the table, and I will get the coals hot so that I can cook the meat. It never fails that after I’m done grilling, the smell from the grill is on me. For the rest of the day, you can tell that I grilled because of the smell of smoke.