By, Mike Riley
In performing our day-to-day tasks, there are days our computers help us to “fly like an eagle.” Other times, they bog us down like quicksand. On “eagle days” we’re grateful for our computers, but there are those “quicksand days” when we probably rue the day we ever bought one.
Read more: God’s Word – Like a Firewall
By, G.E. Watkins
Fathers! With every step you take, and every word you say, with every book you read, and every conversation with your wife, with every responsibility you take, and every thing you neglect, you are teaching your children. Fathers can’t get around it, fathers teach their children.
Read more: Fathers, Teach Your Children
I long to see your glory Lord,
It comes to mind each day.
To see you coming in the clouds,
To hear the trumpet voice proclaimed.
Read more: I Long to See Your Glory
By Jay Luminus – 2020
Maud Church of Christ
Maud, TX
What causes a person to board a plane, train, ship or auto and head out to a distant vacation destination? Escape, to ger away from the busyness and challenges of life for a while and to experience perhaps a beautiful new place. For Christians, the final destination is Heaven. It is one of the motivating factors that keep us moving through life. But what will it be like? What is it that draws us to it and gives us hope of being there for eternity?
• Heaven is God’s dwelling place – 2 Chronicles 6:39
• Jesus Christ is There – Colossians 3:1
• A Place of Many Mansions (Dwellings) – John 14:2
• All things will Be Like New – Revelation 21:5
• There Will be Non-Stop Worship – Revelation 4:8
• Heaven has Been Prepared Just for Us – John 14:3
• Heaven has a Zero Crime Rate – Matthew 6:20
• We’ll Never be Sad in Heaven – Isaiah 60:20
• No One will Cry or Be in Pain – Revelation 21:4
• No Alarm Clocks or Deadlines in Heaven – Revelation 21:23
• We Will See Him and Be Like Christ – 1 John 3:2
• We’ll Never Grow Old in Heaven – 1 Corinthians 15:52
• Heaven’s Beauty is Indescribable – 1 Corinthians 2:9
Wow! I want to go, don’t you?
By Jay Launius - 2020
We are in full swing of the spring season! The trees plants and flowers are green and colorful. Nature has renewed itself one again. This season can bring to one’s mind ideas of personal renewal, a time to start fresh and new. As believers, we have the great blessing of renewal in times of spiritual difficulty or weakness. When we first come to Christ, the scriptures say that we put off the old man (person) and are renewed in the spirit of our mind (Ephesians 4: 2-24), but it doesn’t stop there. We’ll still struggle with worldly desires and thoughts but have the continued opportunity to avoid conforming to this world, but rather being transformed by the renewing of our mind (Romans 12:2). Living the life of a Christian can be overwhelming at times, especially when combined with the physical and mental stresses of everyday life. But our confidence can be found in the following verse, “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16). Just as the tree puts out new leaves, the birds build new nests and the grass grows green again, we have the great blessing of spiritual renewal.
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Hebrews reads to a people who have taken their eyes off of the prize. The writer threw them a lifeline with this book as an exhortation to remain faithful, to hang in there. The sum way they accomplish this is by keeping their eyes focused on Jesus, listening intently to His message the Father (Heb. 1:1-4; 12:1-3). At the last chapter of the book, the writer gives some very practical commands for these people to keep their eyes on Jesus. Of note, is the command given in Hebrews 13:15,
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