Where God Lives

God enters by private door into every individual. – R.W. Emerson

Jesus lived and walked among the people and many of them didn’t know who He was. Hmm!

Ask any child where God lives and odds are they’ll tell you “in heaven!” Ask any adult and you’ll probably get a list of answers depending on their personal theological perspective. Such answers miss an important point. The truth is God takes up residence in our heart. He lives in us. That should be a very sobering thought. This fact alone should keep us mindful of our attitude, our speech, and our behavior at all times. If our body truly is the ‘temple’ of God, then He should always have say over what we do, and how we do it. The reason the world keeps searching for God is obvious, that’s because He is not on display enough in the lives of His children. He is engineering situations for us all today to give us opportunity to show He’s alive and present.

Until tomorrow….

Pastor Botts

“[Jacob said]….how awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, this is the gate of heaven…” – Genesis 28:17  

Answers are waiting

Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one bothered to ask.  - B. Graham  

James told the saints of old “they have not because they ask not.” Makes good sense to me! AMEN!  

“It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the oil,” is a phrase many of us remember growing up with; indicating that the one who cried out the most and/or the loudest seemingly got all the attention. That’s a good analogy to use when it comes to prayer. We can’t cry out too loud or too often to God. Oftentimes in our prayer lives we seemingly don’t bother God with various problems or issues thinking them too little or vain or even silly. But with God there is no small, vain, or silly prayer – as He just loves to hear from His children, and He has ‘wonderful things in store’ for those who ask.  You might’ve noticed in some of His answers an abundance of blessing, could it be possibly because He hears from us so rarely He just pours it on? Hmm!  

Until tomorrow…..  

Pastor Botts  

“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven…..” – II Chronicles 7:14

Listen Up

The first duty of LOVE – is to LISTEN! – Tillich  

To love Jesus is to know His Word. To know His Word is to listen. Hmm!  

We start out as babies in the crib listening for the calming voices of our parents. Then we proceed to adolescence where we’re instructed by those we love to listen to the voice of authority to guide us correctly in life. Somehow it seems in adulthood we forget this process, or assume it’s unnecessary, or tune into the wrong frequency, thus making our life messy. If our goal truly is heaven, I think we need to learn this lesson over again and ‘listen’ for the Master, as He’s the only one with directions on how to get there.  

Until Monday……  

Pastor Botts  

“The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Then Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’ And the Lord said to Samuel: ‘See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle’” – I Samuel 3:10-11