My Hand

Just sitting there quietly, I happened to look at my hand. As I studied it and thought of how well it has served me over the years, I began to marvel at its capabilities. Consider that a hand can do very small, precise things like pick up a small screw off a work bench. Conversely, that same hand can wield an axe to fell a large tree, or run a powerful jack hammer to break up concrete, or, in concert with our amazing eyes, can swing a bat and drive a baseball over 400 feet for a home run!

 

Most tools and other functional objects I use to equip me for life are intended for one purpose. Whether it’s a hammer, a screw driver, or a laptop computer, they’re intended to do one thing—not so the hand!

 

As I sat there contemplating my hand and its amazing versatility, it occurred to me that my hand is just one component of an overall incredible construct: the human body. Prepare to be in awe when you take the time to consider other amazing body parts. Consider the functionality of your eye, for example. Or the constant pounding sustained by your feet, or your heart that faithfully beats a few billion times over a typical lifetime—Of all that God has created, mankind has to be the epitome of God’s great artistry, created in His own image [Gen 1:27] and He called it “very good.” [Gen 1:31]

 

As I thought about my amazing body and how creative, wise, and artistic God is, another thought occurred to me. The Bible says in Romans [Rom 1:19-20] that we know intuitively that God made all of creation and, as it goes on to say, we are fools if we deny that and fail to honor Him.

 

That led me to another associated thought: if we look around us, we have to conclude that a very powerful Being (and artistic being, we call Him God) created all that we see.  Yet, as it occurred to me, we would know virtually nothing about God except what He has created and that which we can see with our eyes. So how did our knowledge increase: He told us!

 

Yes, what a wonderful gift is the Bible, the Word of God. Without it we would not know the name of God (or that of His Son). But, with the Bible in our hands, we can read words that came forth from the very mouth of God Himself! And stories of His interactions with men and women just like us. Not to mention the works of His Son on our behalf to buy our freedom from sin and death! God gave us His Word just so we could know Him so much better.

 

I can only conclude that He must love us a lot given His efforts in creating me and you, and in His work to give us the Book that tells us all we need to know about Him. I hope you read it often!



Tuesdays Talk: If you don’t know Jesus, can you know the Bible?

By: Pastor Art Hererra
 
“But the Natural Man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because They are Spiritually Discerned.”
1 Corinthians 2:14
My grandfather once told me a story of how he had presented the gospel to a very intelligent man, a college professor. The simple gospel is that we gain eternal life by Believing and trusting in Jesus alone. After much discussion the professor told my grandfather that he would not believe the Bible until he understood it. My grandfather then told the professor, “Then you will die and spend eternity in hell, because you will never understand it until you believe it.” That unfortunate truth is exactly what this verse is telling us.
Much of the Bible does not make any sense to us until we believe in Jesus. We do, however, know enough so that we can either accept Jesus in childlike faith, or reject Him, and that will determine our eternal fate. But once we believe in Jesus, the Holy Spirit comes to live within us, as the verses above tell us, and the things that are in the Bible begin to make more and more sense to us.
Have you invited Jesus Christ into your heart if not what’s stopping you. You can pray this simple yet sincere prayer inviting Jesus Christ into your heart. Jesus the door of my heart is open and I invite you to come in and wash me clean from all of my sins, right now I accept you as my Lord and Savior, in Jesus mighty name.
If you prayed that prayer I welcome you to to the family of God.
If you need help message me and Together We Will Beat Up The Devil.
To God Be The Glory.


COVID19 VERSUS ROMANS 1:16

by Art Herrera
 
Today at the gas station a man yelled at me using some very colorful language…! He said for me to use hand sanitizer that way I do not infect him and his wife with this virus that is going on. I didn’t see any hand sanitizer so I asked him to show me. He came over next to me really close and showed me where the sanitizer was attached. I pointed out to him that he was only two feet away from me and if one of us was infected now both of us are. The man asked me why I am so calm with all of this that is going on in our world. I told him I have great peace because God is the one that has given me the peace.


Unusual Times

by Clem Fitzsimmons
 
What if God has taken away the things that (we think) are so important to give us more of what we really need: Himself. The very Giver of life, the One who made everything (John 1:3) and in Whom ‘we live and move and have our being’ (Acts 17:28) knows what we need. Many times I have held regret over certain things not coming to pass in life, or have lamented certain things that have happened. I think most of us have.
 
This is a fallen world and a land this side of Heaven. And yet, I can’t help but wonder that if Christ is who He says He is, namely the Word, the One who made us and in Whom we have our being, then there must be no other Person who would know us and what it is we need like He does. Call on Him today, throw yourself on the mercy of God for He delights ‘to show mercy’ (Micah 7:18).


JESUS DOESN’T CARE!

By Anita Mondragon

Some of you may be scratching your head right now saying, “Now…wait a minute!  I thought this was a Godly blog…” Read more…



BLOOD…OR WATER? WHICH ONE SAVES?

By Anita Mondragon

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.  Eph. 1:7

the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son cleanses us from all sin. -1 John 1: 7 (b) Read more…



“COME WITH ME…IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!”

By Anita Mondragon

 

SUICIDE IS RUNNING RAMPANT IN THE WORLD TODAY.  IT IS EVEN PREVELANT IN CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 9 YEARS OLD!  AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FACT, I RECALLED THE EIGHT WORDS SPOKEN IN A MOVIE…COME WITH ME IS YOU WANT TO LIVE!


WHOLE HEARTED

By Anita Mondragon
Every promise I have drawn from my Promise Box lately, has been about standing firm in the Lord, a shifting in the Spirit, a sifting…change…moving forward, for the Kingdom of God.  Read more…


BEYOND THE GARDEN

By Anita Mondragon

Just like a field of flowers,

That’s how my life seemed;

So surreal and pleasant,

Like something from a dream.


ON YOUR FEET SOLDIER!

By Anita Mondragon
 
Last night, temptation came to me and seduced my poor weak soul. Read more…