As far as I can tell GAMBLING is not directly forbidden in the Bible, but there are biblical principles which tell us that GAMBLING is a sin. Right now before we go any farther, stop and pray! Ask the Father in the name of Jesus Christ by His Holy Spirit to teach us and
11/18/12 P.M. Location: GOSPELLighthouse (CD#740)
”COMING to Truth CAUSES the Coming Out”
STARTERQUESTION: Let the title sink down through your ears to you SEED-BED! As we read our text: KEEP in mind there are only 2 people listed here – 2 types that is – 1 serving the Lord – and the other serving the devil! Remember the devil is as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour – note “MAY DEVOUR” – he can’t devour everybody!
*TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:24-26 – Type 1 V.24 “SERVANT OF THE LORD” & Type 2 V.25 “THOSE THAT OPPOSE THEMSELVES”
Food 4 Thought: TROPHIES are a hunter’s hardest catch – You do not see heads of squirrels mounted on walls of the hunter’s trophy room You see bucks with large sets of antlers, indicating their age and wisdom and avoidance of many hunters before. TROPHIES are game that have been hard to hunt and capture. The Christian is a TROPHY to the devil if he can catch one we aren’t helpless animals we are more than conquerors!
(Transcript Of CD#82)
You and I are on life’s journey as we walk through this world. Our final destination will be determined by which road we travel. With that being strongly on our minds we need to make sure we are using the true map, the “Map of Life”!
Walk out your front door and get into your automobile. In your mind think of your destination and start the journey. Instead of going straight to that point turn just 10 degrees off the path.
Q. Are you going to make it to your planned destination?
A. No a chance, no way! We will get only as close as our planning will take us. It’s the same way in our daily lives; our first step of the day determines where we’re going. If we want the Lord in our lives then we must go to where He is daily and follow Him! This daily routine is what determines our final destination.
REVISED on 6/ 23/ 05
(The process for a new direction!)
(Transcript Of CD#80
Today’s study is for anyone who is not satisfied with their life’s direction! Your life’s direction can be changed but you’re the one who has to make up your mind and change it! It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from you can have a life that’s full of peace of mind!
As my father-in-law say we are creatures of habit. We get in a routine, a habit of life slowly. Over time we tend to get our fill of disappointment and desire a new direction. The only problem is we don’t know how to accomplish the change we seek so diligently. The first thing we must realize is we cannot get different results doing the same things over and over again. The definition of a fool is someone who does the same things over and over again expecting different results.
Thursday, June 7, 2001
(Transcript of CD#75)
Q. Define the word friends. What is a friend?
A. The Old English word freond means lover, to love. From the Webster’s Dictionary: a friend is a person whom one knows well and is fond of; intimate associate; close acquaintance. Here is my personal favorite: a friend is a person on the same side in a struggle.
If we are going to have friends we must be willing to put out an effort to get to know them intimately. We have determined we must love them and are on the same side in this struggle called life!
09//02/07 P.M. Location: Price Grove A/G
(Transcript Of CD#304)
Jacob’s Well @ Shechem (called Sychar in Christ’s time and NabluÆs at the present day).
Q. Raise your hand if you have a well on your property? Was it a productive well? How much water could your well supply?
A. Our well supplied 5,000 gallon overnight to fill up the girl’s pool – the pump had to pump all night and the water got shaley. That was it – the limit – no more. The physical has limitations – the spiritual doesn’t! Think on that and let’s go to the great Gospel of John:
5/4/01 10:19 AM
(Transcript of CD#73)
In today’s study we are going to look at the subject of faith, our faith. Our faith or lack of is the very thing that will keep us in Christ Jesus or cause us to fall away. Today’s study is just to make us think about growing in our faith. We are going to look at very familiar verses of scripture. We will see how faith will cause us to make sacrifices of love. We will see how faith will take us from this world to Heaven with our Father. Faith will give you and I rest as we live daily in it. That rest will allow us to follow God’s Voice in faith wherever He leads us in His harvest field. Hold those point fresh in your mind as we move through the text. My desire is that this will just make this subject fresh to our daily lives. It’s by faith that you and I are saved in the first place:
You and I have salvation because of our faith that we put into God’s gift, His Son Jesus Christ on the Cross! Satan knows that doubt is what separates us from our Lord, from our faith. He wants to take the Word out of our hearts (study Mark chapter 4) so doubt can come into action. Hearing Word of God and acting upon it is the seed of our faith:
Friday, March 30, 2001
(Transcript Of CD#71)
Q. Do you want to be blessed? Do you want God Almighty’s blessings in your life?
A. Sure we do, that’s what we’re going to address today. We’re going to look at God’s Word and see how we can be blessed.
The first step in gaining God’s blessings is:
(Transcript of CD#70)
One of the hardest things to change in our life is our way of thinking. Our mind is so very powerful it contains the words of our tongue. We know from the great book of James that our tongue is likened to a rudder on a ship in one instance. Just as the rudder on that ship turns the vessel in direction of its destiny so it is with our words. We know this because when we believed in our heart and confessed with our mouth the Lord Jesus Christ our life went from death to eternal!
So we see the importance of changing, renewing our minds to match our Lord. Please keep in mind though, how long you were building your thought patterns. It took you x many years to train yourself to where you are in life now. So don’t be discouraged when you don’t change overnight after becoming a Christian.
Today’s study is for everybody! It does not matter if your rich or poor, highly intelligent or average, powerful or weak, handsome, beautiful or homely, free or bound in some way. No matter who you are, or where you have come from: success only comes by renewing our minds and thinking according to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The world has deceived all of us, at one time or another. As time went by we started a pattern of thinking just for our survival. Dog eat dog, get them before they get us etc.…. There is no peace in a life that the world offers. So we try to find satisfaction within our minds with fleeing avenues to no avail. When we have come to our last rope we finally “try Jesus” the only true answer. Now we must learn how to reprogram our minds for success, success according to the Lord.
Monday, January 01, 2001
(What Kind Are You?)
(Transcript of CD#68)
I received this through my email, I don’t know who the author is, but it touched my heart. As I read this I felt lead to put together a Bible study concerning these candles which represent you and me: Christians!
There was a blackout one dark night. When the lights went out, I fumbled to the closet. I knew that in my closet there were some candles made just for a dark night. I lit four of the candles breathing a sigh of relief. I was turning to leave the closet with the largest candle in my hand when I heard a voice,
“Now, hold it right there.” I asked, “Who said that?”
“I did!” said the large candle. The voice was near my hand.
“Who are you, what are you”, I asked?
“I’m a candle.”
I lifted up the candle to take a closer look. There was a tiny face in the wax, saying “don’t take me out of here”! “What”, I asked?
“You heard me, don’t take me out of this room!”
“What do you mean candle, I have to take you out of this room. You are a candle, it’s your job to give light in a darken place.”
The candle said, “Yes it is dark out there, but you can’t take me out.” The candle explained, “I need more preparation.”
I could not believe my ears, more preparation?
“Yeah I have decided I need to research this job of light-giving so I won’t go out and make a bunch of mistakes. I’m just not ready at this time in my life as a candle! You would be surprised how distorted the glow of an untrained candle can be…”
“All right then,” I said. “Your not the only candle on the shelf in the closet. I’ll blow you out and take one of the others.”
But right then I heard other voices, “We aren’t going either!”
I turned to the other candles and said, “You are candles and your job is to light dark places.”
“Well, that may be what you think”, said the first one, “You may think we have to go, but I’m busy… I’m mediating on the importance of light, it’s really enlightening.”
“And you other two”, I asked, “are you going to stay to?”
A short, fat purple candle with plump cheeks spoke up, “I’m waiting to get my life together, I’m not stable enough.”
The last candle had a very beautiful voice, pleasant to the ear.” I’d like to help, really I would,” she explained, “but lighting the darkness is not my gift… I am a singer. I sing to other candles to encourage them to burn more brightly.” She began a rendition of “ This Little Light of Mine”. The other three candles joined in, filling the closet with singing…
I took a step back and considered the absurdity of all that had happened. Four perfectly healthy candles singing to each other about light but refusing to come out of the closet. Here is a question for you, when was the last time you shared the Gospel with someone? This world is full of darkness, with many people stumbling around trying to find their way. You can be a light for them, be just as faithful to the Lord as He is to you!
