Gift: What is your unique gift?

A Gift

Everyone has been gifted, all have been given unique gifts to be used to enhance their lives and the lives of others. These unique gifts are namely --an intellect to originate, a heart to be the place of His throne, affection to flow out in blessings to others, a conscience to convict of sin. Each one has received something from the Master, and each one is to do his part in supplying the needs of God's work.”

The Literary Value Of The Bible

Lilly

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these." Luke 12: 26 - 28.

There are many people who do not look upon the Bible as a readable book; yet its pages are full of unusual charm. It is a book full of marvellous incidents and engaging history, with sunny pictures of old world scenery, and charming and pathetic anecdotes of patriarchal times. Any one who wishes literature having unity, variety, beauty, strength, and interest, can find it in this volume of sixty-six books.

The Blade: then the Ear

blade of grass

Everyone loves a beautiful story, so as Jesus put forth these amazing stories it excited his hearers, and draw forth some very thought provoking questions.

Mark 4:26 "And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."

YOLO: you only live once

The first time I saw this “YOLO” I had no clue what it meant and so I asked my daughter who remarked to my surprise “You only live once.” I must confess I was taken aback, because it is written everywhere and the young especially quotes it so often. I wondered if they actually believe this to be so or they were just saying it to be cool.

The Bible is very clear about the state of man. It tells of the creation of Adam and Eve and their brief encounter in the garden with the arch –deceiver formerly Lucifer now Satan. How he persuaded them to eat of the tree which God had told them not to eat of. From the records we know that it was never God’s intention for man to die, but as a result of our first parents disobedience death was passed unto all men. However we see the Creator Christ Himself coming to earth to redeem man so that the curse of Sin may be broken.

The Parable Of The Talents

Money

Matthew 25:14-22, 24,26.  "The kingdom of heaven, is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.”(Matt 25:14)