This chapter, A Knowledge of God, is a compliment of
chapter 1.  In both chapters Ellen emphasizes both the lessons learned
about God through nature and the Bible.  She states that “The Poet and
the naturalist have many things to say about nature, but it is the
Christian who enjoys the beauty of the earth with the highest ...<< MORE >>

I believe that if you were honest with yourself, you would agree that your greatest moments of happiness and sense of fulfillment came at a moment when you were serving someone else. It may have been a mission trip or helping someone who was in need in your own neighborhood. When we act selflessly, we are living the life that Jesus not only modeled for us, but called us to live. ...<< MORE >>

May we never forget that it is ALL ABOUT JESUS. Growing up into Christ is all about learning to trust Jesus with everything. He will never force us to worship Him and obey Him, but by simply surrendering to Him, He will live out His life in us! What a wonderous gift and opportunity we have to experience the very presence of God living in us! May we not take it for granted. ...<< MORE >>

The question begs to be asked, What is a disciple? Simply put, a disciple is a student. Jesus is often referred to in the Bible as a Rabbi, which means teacher. Putting it all together, when we decide to follow Jesus by putting all our faith, hope, trust and love into Him (His life, teachings, death, resurrection), we become a “student” of the Master Rabbi Jesus. ...<< MORE >>

What do you believe in? What do you put your faith, hope, trust, and love in? The Bible defines faith as “the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). That being said, what do you hope for? I’m not talking about a new car or a bigger house, I mean what are your greatest and deepest hopes? If you believe in God, contemplate what evidence you have of Him working in your life? ...<< MORE >>

Some have said that justification is done in a moment, but sanctification is the work of a life time. If that is true, repentance can be likened to justification because the moment a sinner repents, they are justified in the eyes of God. Consecration can be likened to sanctification because as an individual learns to consecrate themselves daily to God, permission is granted for God to work out His good and perfect will in the sinners life. This is what sanctification is all about. ...<< MORE >>

Steps to Christ: Repentance (Chapter 3)

As
we start today, I wanted to point out that I am also shooting a
companion video blog to go with these comments below.  You can see it
at YouTube: VagaBondservant. 

Okay peeps… so this chapter is a long one, but soooo good!  My hope is
that you are truly following along with reading the entire chapter,
even before you come to this site.  And PLEASE if you have any comments
or points of clarification, don’t hesitate to ask ...<< MORE >>

Steps to Christ: The Sinner’s Need of Christ (Chapter 2)

This
is such a crucial chapter in this book.  If a person doesn’t come to
the place where they recognize that they are not all that they desire
to be, then God/religion/Jesus won’t mean a thing to them.  Jesus dying
for their sins wouldn’t make sense unless they recognize and take
ownership of the fact that in and of themselves, they are unable to
live a life without selfishness. 

Last week on a plane ride, I met a ...<< MORE >>

Can you think of a time when something tragic occurred in your life,later revealed God’s glory? In my life, I know that I look back at allthe pain that I was in as a teenager confused and depressed. A life ofstealing, lying, cheating, partying, etc. was turned around when Jesusrevealed Himself to me. << MORE >>

For those of you who'd like to learn more about MG, here is his website...
(don't forget to check-out the YouTube videos, too!)