Matthew 17:27 Go to the lake and throw out your line...

Matthew 17:27


"Go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours."

God provides in so many ways...
As it was in the Bible, when Peter ask how to pay the tax man...Jesus asked him to go to the lake and catch the fish who in turn will have sufficient funds in it to pay the tax. This would seem to be an odd way to provide for a need but it definately would be remembered !

Do you remember the fish that God provided for you...?

An interesting discussion on Christianity with Ravi Zacharias

This discussion with Ravi Zacharias is thought provoking and expands your view on various topics
Jesus puts everything on a higher level.


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"press on toward the goal" (Philippians 3:14)

Paul tells us to "press on toward the goal" (Philippians 3:14), "run a good race" (Galatians 5:7), and "fight the good fight" (2 Timothy 4:7). Each of these acknowledge the struggle and exhort us to keep moving forward. But there are times we become weary and even the thought of pressing, running, or fighting becomes difficult. Yet, we know we must endure - we must overcome!


Yes everyday we have trials and tribulations. Yet no where else can you find encouragement like it is shown in the Bible. Every day God speaks to us and to encourage us.

The goal for each of us will vary but the words are the same. The outcome is entirely up to us and God's blessings. We know we can over come anything if we believe in the words of encouragement.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death...

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.


Romans 6:23 (NIV)

Man this is one of the scariest passages in the Bible and yet the most assuring.
The extremes of life and death.
Only God can save you for human nature is to sin
There is nothing that you do, will be perfect.
The pull in many directions will lead you to sin in some way or another.
Sometimes there are things you need to accept and work with
Once you figure out that you cannot do it alone then you need to reach out to God for assistance.
Rest assured that there will always be a hand reaching back down to you.
Thats the greatest gift you can expect.
Reach out...

Things you can learn from the Bible

Sometimes there are subtle things we can learn from the Bible.

A boy approached his father who was a minister and asked him "Dad can I use the car ?" The father replied "Sure once you have improved your grades, read the bible more and cut your hair."

Few weeks later the boy approached his dad again and asked "Dad can I use the car ?"
The father replied "I'm very proud of you, your grades have improved tremendously and I noticed you were reading the Bible more. Only thing is you still did not cut your hair"

The son replied "Dad, when I read the Bible, I noticed that most of the people had long hair, Moses, Elijah, Absalom even Jesus has long hair"
 His father replied "Yes and did you noticed that most of them walked every where !"

1 Corinthians 11:14, "Doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" 

Peter 2:2-3 Like newborn babies...

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”


- 1 Peter 2:2-3

Some times we come accross a passage in the Bible that really boggles the mind. We all know the benefits of milk and the importance in the first few months of a newborn baby diet. The spiritual milk that is being refered to here is the word of God. We are what we eat both physically and spiritually. So if we are putting good things into ourselves, then we will be better. If we are putting junk into ourselves then the end product will not be good.
 

The pureness of milk gives us the helps to put this in perspective of what the word of God gives to us in body and soul.
 

Have you had your milk today ?

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