HOLD FAST TO YOUR FAITH

       A word from the Lord was given to me that I would be writing 5 more books.  Since I love to write and feel it is a gift to be able to do so, I was thrilled to hear that.  I will leave the details, like where the money will come from, to the Lord. I was told it would be coming from an unexpected source.  I will not speculate or waste time thinking about it.  My gift is to write on behalf of the Lord, not predict future events.  Having said that, one thing I can predict with assurance is that when the time is right and the Lord fills me with words, 5 more books will be written and published for human consumption.  May God's will be done in my life and may I always honor and glorify His name with my thoughts, words and actions.  Amen!!

       In todays devotional I ask the question, do we fully comprehend the magnitude of the personal relationship we have with Almighty God?  Do you?  I believe I may be uncovering the tip of the iceberg, but as with icebergs, the greatest mass is beneath the surface.  So it is with God.  There are far deeper insights that we can uncover as we draw closer to Him.  He desires for us to know Him more.  Wisdom and discernment are there for the asking. Dig deep into the treasure trove that is the Lord.  Drink deeply from the pool of life.  Allow the Holy Spirit to take you places you never dreamed of.  Release yourself into His care and see how much of a blessing your relationship with Him can be.  The devil wishes us to be pathetic weakling Christians, when the reality is we are mighty lions just waiting to roar.  Unfurl your banner and march forth in the grace of God.  He will never fail you.  Proclaim what you know to be true and hold fast to your faith.  rlkeller

DO YOU KNOW MY CHRIST?

Nice day outside for a change.  Cool & breezy, not hot and muggy.  Out back writing with my pups lying around by me.  As I reflect on the day I realize that there are so many folks that are lost and don't even know it.  I wore my Albert Camus quote shirt the other day to work (see below) and received 3 comments, not that I was looking for any comments at all.  I just wore it to make people think.  That's what I'm all about, not shoving the Bible down people's throats, but saying or writing things that make people think.  One comment was sort of poking fun at it.  The person who said it says he is a Hindu, but displays no characteristics that sets him apart from anyone else in the world.  He lies and flirts with the young girls just like most of the other guys there.  Apparently he isn't a practicing Hindu.  My dear Kenyan brother Alex, who loads the trucks, told me something very encouraging.  He said, "Only God knows who may have read your shirt and not said anything to you about it."  I was successful in my mission ... 

... what about you?  Have you given your life to God?  Have you considered all He has to offer you?  Do you realize the amazing gracious gift of forgiveness for past sins?  Do you understand that no amount of good acts in this life can earn your way into heaven?  Do you know that Christ bled and died on a cross willingly to pay the price owed for your sins?  Think about it, then ask God if He is real and if what I've written is true.  Open your heart to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to come in.  You will never be the same. rlkeller

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."

THE STATE OF THE WORLD

     With all the persecution in the world today, how are American believers to act and/or react?  Scripture teaches that persecution of those who are faithful to Christ will take place and in the last days it will be amplified.  Should we care? Of course.  But what can we do?  We can pray for God's mercy, but better still, that the faithfulness of those martyred for Christ's sake would have such a pronounced effect on their murderers that they would turn their lives over to Christ as a result.  THAT is what we should pray.  Persecution is here to stay.  It will no doubt only get worse and very likely will take place in the US at some point in the future.  If you don't believe that Google Anti-Theists and see what their agenda is.  They are evangelistic Atheists who preach in concerts (as with anti-theist proponent Enos, psychedelic rocker who hates all forms of religion and isn't afraid to say so) or in any public forum.  They might be in the minority, but they are vocal and brazen in what they say.  We should be so brazen for we hold what we believe is eternal truth.  Live for Christ with pride for we are His ambassadors to this perverse & dying world.  His power and might is behind our efforts.  May God be praised & every man proven a liar.  In Jesus' name ... amen. rlkeller

THIS WORLD IS DYING

     The world we live in is crazy!  Tolerance & intolerance ride side by side and it is an ill matched pair to say the least.  The ungodly factions in this world tolerate sinful practices while at the same time are supremely intolerant of those with religious affiliations.  "Live and let live" seems to be the battle cry for this age.  The world's seeming insistence to ride a speeding bullet to hell is only topped by their efforts to irradiate all religious belief.  Why do thy care what others place their faith in?  Could it be conviction?  The gnawing, nagging thought in the back of their minds that perhaps they are wrong in their rejection of all things godly?  Perhaps; not that you'd ever get any of them to admit that.  Sadly, without Christ's blood to wash them clean of the stench of their own sins, they are like walking dead men without hope; just waiting to die.  Without forgiveness, the payment shall be theirs to make and they can ill afford to make it.  I will continue to live my faith to the best of my ability with the help of God's Holy Spirit and pray that others see Christ in me.  May God in all His mercy reveal Himself to those who are lost and confused regarding what to believe.  rlkeller