Pastor's Thoughts to Ponder

I think of the things that King Solomon could say: “I am King David’s son. I am the king of Israel. I am the richest and wisest of all kings. I have sat in judgment over great matters.” The list could go on and on, but one thing the king could not say truthfully was, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin.” Not even a king could do that.

Today, in New Testament terms, we still need people who have believed in Christ for salvation to do the work of God’s people in keeping the light burning. We don’t need to plant olive trees or find a tabernacle and a candlestick, but we must share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Israel was given the blessing of keeping the light on in the Old Testament, and the church is given the blessing in the New Testament through the gospel. Are you helping to keep the light burning?

We who have experienced the power of God working in us while in these bodies and living in this world know that we will not be disappointed when we, through the power of God, leave here and go there!

Confessions without submission unto the Lord will not prevent destruction. If we are unwilling to submit ourselves unto the Lord, our confessions are useless.

Hasn't the Lord provided a means that we can also give? Do we give back to the Lord with thankful hearts for His goodness unto us? When we come into the sanctuary that we feel the Lord has led us to be a part of, do we feel His presence in this place?

If you don’t like who you are, “a sinful man”, cry out to Jesus and He will make you into what you ought to be and really want to be...family!

When reading these three chapters, as believers, we will surely agree with God that nothing is more needed or to be desired than wisdom. Nothing can make life more fulfilling and desirable than wisdom.

A house, on the outside, may not look like a treasure, but remember, it’s who’s on the inside that counts.

Our eternal future hangs on whether or not we believe in Jesus and His gospel that leads to salvation, or listen to the new kings over Egypt (type of Satan) that lead to destruction.

Service and love go together like peanut butter and jelly. To serve without love makes the servant like unto a hireling. His eye will be on an easier job, a more profitable wage, and a better master. Where there is service with love, there is only one Master whom we desire, one field in which to serve, and our treasures are laid up in heaven. To know the Lord and to love Him are the greatest motivations for service in all the w