Wrong Doing has consequences.

“Many had fled to the institution to escape the consequences of their wrong doing.”

Jay  E. Adams is writing that in his book COMPETENT TO COUNSEL on page xvii.

He is talking about the inmates of the mental institutions he was involved with.

All of us have done wrong. All of us are sinners.

“…, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, …” (Romans 3:23)

“As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.'” (Romans 3:10)

Before God all men are sinners as the result of the fall. And all men means all men! Not one person is excempt.

Our entire nature has been effected by sin. Read what the Bible says about our understanding (Ephesians 4:18; First Corinthians 2:14), our heart (Jeremiah 17:9,10), our mind and conscience (Genesis 6:5; Titus 1:15, our flesh and spirit (Second Corinthians 7:5) and our will (Romans 7:18).

Long ago I fled to the cross to escape the consequences of my wrong doing, my sin. Why did I flee to the Lord Jesus Christ? Because:

“‘Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.'” – Acts 4:12

The greatest event in the history of mankind is the death on the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. ( I read that in one of the books by Wilhelm Busch)

Where do you go to escape the consequences of your wrong doing?

To win a copy of Love Works, tell us your prayer for 2013.

MY PRAYER FOR 2013:

I am asking the Lord to reproduce the likeness of Jesus Christ in my life.

I think that is the highest purpose of God in the redemption of sinners!

“Kick-Starting The Year With God.”

I am reading that in the youth section of the WAR CRY. (12 January 2013) 

“Kick-Start Your Day

At ………. Cafe.”

That’s what I remember of an invitation in front of a coffee-shop I saw a very long time ago.

Can I invite you to kick-start your day with God?

HOW DO YOU KICK – START EVERY NEW DAY WITH THE LORD?

Have you heard about the daily QUIET TIME, the quiet time in the morning?

True followers of the Lord Jesus Christ do two things during the quiet time; they are reading the BIBLE and they are PRAYING.

1. Reading the BIBLE in the Quiet Time.

I read the Bible systematically. I read right through the Bible, not just the portions I like. We must read the Bible meditatively. We are reading about Isaac in the Old Testament and he meditated on the Word of God. We must read the Bible prayerfully. The Bible is the message of the Lord  to my own heart. We must read the Bible resolutely. We must be willing to obey the teachings of the Bible.

2. Praying in the Quiet Time.

What is prayer? Prayer for me is talking with the Lord Jesus Christ about everything.

We don’t only pray in the church.

We can pray everywhere. (First Timothy 2:8) We can pray in the closet. (Matthew 6:6) We can pray always. (Luke 18:1) We can pray day and night. (Psalm 88:1)

How many times did Daniel pray a day? In Daniel 6:10 we read that Daniel, the Daniel in the Bible, prayed three times a day.

If you kick-start every day with God you will soon kick-start every year with God.