Great Hope Christian Fellowship​
  • New Direction
  • Updates/Reports
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission | Purpose | Vision
    • What We Believe
    • Membership
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Know Jesus?
  • Good News
  • Sermons
  • Online Giving

From The Crucible (by Pastor Linda Pugsley)

10/23/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Did you ever wonder why people say “there are no atheists in foxholes”? Or why people who are “neutral” about God seem to be drawn to Him and get serious about Him during a crisis? It’s sort of like there’s something in everyone’s DNA that leans toward the “spiritual”.

I am reminded that God said He put a “light” into every man who has come into the world (John 1:9). It is that gift we either accept or reject. This “life”, this “light”, that is in each one of us is sort of like the starter mix for making sourdough bread. That starter has to be there to get the end product.

We have that “starter” in us and just need to add the ingredients of faith, hope and love…and those ingredients are found only in Jesus. He, too, is a gift, but it’s not a gift if it’s forced on you; you have to accept it. So, don’t wait until you’re in a foxhole facing imminent death or with a life altering crisis standing before you before you have “a little talk with Jesus”! Get serious with that little stirring inside you. God created the earth and all that is in it. And He put a little piece of Himself in all He made, so we would be surrounded with a world that cries out about His existence.

In Romans 1:19-20, “Because that which is known about God is evident within them…since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and Divine nature have been clearly seen…through what has been made.” That verse ends with saying, “They are without excuse”.

So don’t paint God what you may think He is or isn’t…give Him the brush and He’ll paint the picture! Endure the fire…it’s producing pure gold!

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.


    Enter your email address to subscribe to blog:

    Delivered by FeedBurner


    Archives

    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    April 2019
    March 2018
    February 2018
    August 2017
    December 2016
    September 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011

    RSS Feed

©2011-2022, Great Hope Christian Fellowship, All Rights Reserved | P.O. Box 82609, Tampa, FL, 33682-2609   Phone: ​(813) 244-0897
  • New Direction
  • Updates/Reports
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission | Purpose | Vision
    • What We Believe
    • Membership
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Know Jesus?
  • Good News
  • Sermons
  • Online Giving