A Christ Follower: The Journey

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up to it. (1 Corinthians 10:13) What happens when life gets to be just "too much?" Good question, especially if you are going through "it" right now.  But it is a good question for which the LORD Jesus has an answer. Recognize the lie that you are the only one who has ever gone through this tempatation or the only one who is going through the temptation: Check out the first part of the verse above:  What you are going through is "common."  That is right. What you are going through has happened before and may even be happening to other folks, even as you experience being "siezed" by it. God is faithful:   He has journeyed with others through this and brought them to the other side.  God may allow you to be brought to this, but Go...

WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER Words and Music by James M. Black, 1856–1938 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first . (1 Thessalonians 4:15 The calm assurance of a future heavenly home is one of the greatest blessings for every Christian. It has been said that only those with an absolute confidence in their hereafter truly know to live victoriously in this life. Having a personal relationship with Christ means that we need have no fear that we will not hear “the trumpet call of God,” whether we are still alive or asleep in Jesus. James M. Black was an active Methodist layman, a music teacher, and a composer and publisher of numerous gospel songs. He related this experience: "While a teacher in the Sunday school and president of a young people’s society, I one day met a girl, 14 years old, poorly clad and a child of a drunkard. She accepted...