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Mark 6:47-52

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

“And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. For they considered not [the miracle] of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.” Mark 6:47-52

I went to Ladie’s Bible Study this morning and these were the verses for reading. Immediately after reading the verses my questions were “Why didn’t the disciples understand the miracle of the loaves?” (The preceeding verses deal with the feeding of the five thousand, and Jesus praying on the Mountain while He sent the disciples in a boat across the Sea of Galilee to Bethsaida.) And “What was Jesus trying to teach the disciples through those miracles?”

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What Does It Mean to be a True Christian?

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Things that don’t make you a Christian:

  • Going to church on Sunday
  • Praying
  • Reading the Bible
  • Praying a prayer of acceptance of Christ
  • Being born and raised in a Christian environment/family
  • Believing in Jesus

So, alot of you right now are thinking, well I agree with some of that. Definately a person can go to church and not be Christian, or pray or read their Bible and not be Christian. Some of you might even see that being born into a Christian family doesn’t automatically make you a Christian, and that praying a prayer doesn’t make you a Christian, but are hung up on what I mean when I say “Believeing in Jesus doesn’t make you a Christian.” What?! You heard me! Believeing in Jesus, even believing in his death on the cross and His resurrection three days later, even believing He is God, and the Son of God and that He died for the sin of man does not a Christian make. HUH? How can that be you ask?? Well you came to the right spot, I am going to tell you.

First of all,we know that there are many who will die and come to the judgement thinking they are to be entered into Heaven but will not make it:

21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

There are two things here that keep a man from Heaven, not doing the will of God, and not knowing Him. These two things go hand in hand, for if you know Him and love Him you will keep His commands. (”He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” John 14:21, and ” If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15)

You can see that prophesying, healing, casting out demons, and using the power of the name of Jesus does not mean you KNOW Him. And does not enter ye into the Heavenly Gate!

I have been ruminating on this recently…. I knew for a long time that there were many in church who were not saved, I also understood that there were many who said they were but were not. But recently this is becoming a burden on my heart. These people are the most decieved. They believe they are in the Book of Life, but they are not. And why not? Because they did not KNOW Him.

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Two Complaints

Friday, August 25th, 2006

this is a short post…

Today i was watching Martha Stewart, and Sharon Stone is one of her guests. Now we all kow Sharon Stone for her indiscretion in Basic Instinct… no one remembers the other things she did!  And as she comes onto the show, the audience (full of women) all clap and such (i suppose there was an “applause” sign!) But it occured to me that this is making it seem like she is to be praised and glorified for what she did, and I was appalled, if i were there I would not be clapping! It disgusts me what gets people excited about others! perverse. and they even had the gall to mention that she is a mother, and showed her praying (i guess at the West Wall) like she is some sort of saint! good grief this woman is a poor role model to all of America, not just to her kids. You cannot mix true faith with that level of indiscretion.. I was wondering how she could even be comfortable with herself knowing that there is a public video out there, that her sons might grow up and watch where they see her naked! sick!

the other complaint is worse, because it deals with “Christians” and a Christian Radio Station, WBFJ. two days ago, in the morning the DJ did a prayer line, people send in prayers and the DJ’s pray about those requests live over the air… that part doesn’t bother me. What bothers me is that on this day they had several requests pertaining to marraige and divorce… and the man prayed like this “Lord, help those who are in difficult situations in their marraige, if it be your will cause them to remain together, but if it isnt Your will….” I have no idea what he said right after that because I was too busy fuming over his misleading of the public!

It is NOT God’s will for people to divorce, it has never been His will, it is clearly written in Scripture what His will is in regards to this… there can be no question. Now that man just lead many people to make an excuse that THEY must be the one’s who God doesn’t will to remain married, they must be the exceptions! GOOD GRIEF

Well… those are my complaints.

Mrs. Meg Logan

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I Too want to learn to pray….

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Twinklemoose has stirred up a desire in me… a desire to learn to pray. Getting up with my infant daughter has made me realize just how little sleep I really need too, and how I actually have more motivation in the day when I get around 6 or 7 hours of sleep at night. I have been recently wondering where my spiriual connection with Christ has started to flutter off too… and Twinklemoose hits the nail on the head, I have been spending too little time with HIM!

Eccl.5:12 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

I think I will start purposing to pray more often… It is going to take some extra grace from God because without His motivating grace I am too weak to follow through on this one… Please pray for me to get up at five thirty and start to pray and be with the Lord.

Thanks

Meg Logan

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