FROM THE KEYBOARD

Faith and works are bound up in the same bundle. He that obeys God trusts God; and he that trusts God obeys God. He that is without faith is without works; and he that is without works is without faith. (Charles Spurgeon)

God plays chess not checkers. And He's not playing against the devil like many suppose. He's actually playing alone, countering and cornering every step we take and even every mis-step we make. His sole objective is to get us to see His Checkmate--Christ on the Cross--when He willingly gave us His King. You can accept Him or reject Him? The next move is yours!

Only God can open doors to enter hearts; and only God can open hearts to enter doors. In other words, God will provide a way where there is no way so that closed hearts can be reached and revived. And He will also inspire dead hearts to life so that new territory can be gained for the Kingdom . "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert" (Isaiah 43:19)

Faith in Jesus will get you to rise up when everyone else is sitting down. "Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong" (I Corinthians 16:13).

It doesn't matter what type of "face value" you offer God, because the heart is the offering that God truly values. "For man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (I Samuel 16:7).

"Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" (Psalm 29:2). No soul has ever been ruined by praising God too much. But many souls have been ruined by praising God too little.