Rejoicing Like Winners by Ginger Chapman

 

Psalms 89:16 

They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. (NIV)

 

Psalms 89

 

        Watching the rejoicing over the Chicago Cubs winning the world series I can’t help but wonder why we don’t rejoice like that over our salvation and over all the wonderful blessings God freely gives us.  The Cubs fans are so very excited.  Where is our excitement?  We may show some excitement for a brief moment, but the Cubs fans went on throughout the night with their excitement and they’re still excited today and rejoicing, letting the whole world know they are the winners.  When is the last time we stayed up all night praising our God?  We are the winners of a full, abundant life throughout all eternity.  What are we doing, as individuals, to let all around us know of the joy, salvation and blessing that can be there’s as well?  Enough words written.  Just think about it. Are we doing what Psalms 89:16 says?

By Ginger Chapman

A Warning We Cannot Ignore by Ginger Chapman

 

Acts 13:40-41

Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you: ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you. (NIV)

 

Scoffers

 

        This prophecy is still alive for today.  Our nation is full of scoffers.  They are scoffing God.  They scoff those of us who worship God.  We already see some things occurring that are hard to believe.  If we Christians don’t intercede, if we remain quiet in the presence of scoffers, if we turn our eyes away from sin we are being as the scoffers for we are being disobedient to God.  It is time for us to spend much time in prayer rather than complaining.  We must make sure our own lives (actions, inactions, speech and thoughts) are in accordance with the Word of God.  If we are not praying for our country, our government and our leaders we have no business complaining.  God promised if we would humble ourselves and pray, He would forgive our sins and heal our land.  If we love God, if we love the freedom to worship Him, we had better get busy and do what He has said.

By Ginger Chapman

Holding Tomorrow in God’s Hands

 Matthew 6:34

Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (NIV)

 Tomorrow

         Several nights ago, I didn’t sleep.  I was stressed and worried about something I was going to have to do in a few days.  I was full of “what ifs.”  I tried to tell myself it would be covered in prayer and God would be with me but that didn’t help the stress and worry.  I had already done the same thing a week before and it was very costly and difficult.  Granted, it could have been even worse, but God did protect me.  A few days before this event was to take place, I was told I didn’t need to do it.  What relief.  But what peace was wasted by my stressing out over what might be but turned out not to be.  Jesus gave such wonderful advice.  We don’t know what tomorrow will bring.  We don’t really know what the next hour or minute will bring.  Stressing and worrying about what isn’t right in front of us is a waste of time, energy and emotion.  How wonderful that we need not do that.  We can choose to be in total peace because we have a loving and powerful Father Who has promised to meet all our needs and give us a full and abundant life.  Our Father always keeps His promises.  He holds all our tomorrows in His loving, powerful hands.

By Ginger Chapman