Journal, The apostle speaks of an upward call that all true believers share in Christ Jesus. It is our heavenward call. But the call also speaks to believers about learning how to live in their upward life. Let me share a story that best describes this aspect of our heavenly life. Let’s see if youContinue reading →
And the ‘Top Eight Posts’ are…
Journal, The following eight posts have been the ‘most read’ posts on my blog. If you would like to play catch up here they are in the order of their ranking: x 1. ‘In a Moment of Time‘ – http://buddymartin.net/blog/2010/02/in-a-moment-in-time/ 2. ‘Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment‘ – http://buddymartin.net/blog/2009/11/mercy-triumphs-over-judgment/ 3. ‘Honoring God With First Fruits‘ – http://buddymartin.net/blog/2009/12/honoring-god-with-first-fruits/Continue reading →
In a moment in time…
Journal, What an awesome moment in time. Yesterday we baptized three of my family members. You might ask, ‘So, what’s so awesome about that?’ Glad you asked. Over forty years ago I began a prayer list of my family, my dad, mom, sisters, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Every morning I would lay theContinue reading →
Centering on Kingdom Life…
“Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, for His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!” (Psa 2:12 nasb) x Journal, Sometimes believers have a hard time finding a balance in their walk with the Lord. This is notContinue reading →
When our words return home…
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.” (Psa 19:14 nasb) x Journal, Some time back I had a discussion with one of our students about the words that we speak. I felt it would be good to provideContinue reading →
The great mystery of the Christian faith…
“Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” (Joh 13:1 nasb) x Journal, John chapter 13 through 17 is a stand alone portionContinue reading →
How do you know that you are saved?
“He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquianted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.” Isaiah 53:3 nasb x How does a person truly know that they are saved? There are several answers to that question, butContinue reading →
Passing through the valley of baca …
“How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion! Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; the early rain also covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength, every one of them appears before God in Zion.” – (Psa 84:5-7Continue reading →
Here we are Lord…
“…in the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise; and again, ‘I will put My trust in Him.’ And again, ‘Behold, I and the children who God has given Me.’” (Heb 2:11-13 nasb) x Readers, Do you need a refreshing from heaven? Why not take time to listen to Dallas Holm, as heContinue reading →
Apology to subscribers…
Good morning readers, I just found out that my blog has not gone out to a number of readers since December 12, 2009, when I sent, ‘Is Prosperity Knocking at Your Door.’ Don’t know what happened. Somehow in the upgrading of my blog my subscriber list was inadvertently lost. (Thank you Rose. And thank youContinue reading →