"Revival is a Christian word. The lawless and heathen need resurrection, not revival. Revival will save a nation. Revival ought to characterize all that we do, all the days of our pilgrimmage."
W. A. Criswell, at Real Evangelism Conference/Euless, Tx., 1/30/86
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Sky is not the limit?
No
pun intended…but with God, even the sky is not the limit!
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches, TX 75963 936-559-5696
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Flesh & Spirit
The “flesh”
CANNOT overcome Holy Spirit. That’s
impossible. S0, why do many Christians
seem to succumb to the “flesh” so often?
Well, God gives
us the CHOICE to walk after the flesh, or walk in Holy Spirit. It is OUR choice as to which one is in
control.
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches, TX 75963 936-559-5696
Monday, November 20, 2017
Commandments and Rules
With
all the commandments and rules God gives us, we must first find out HOW Jesus
carried them out (He
was dependent upon His Father to carry them out through Him), and SEE that we must be
dependent upon Him to carry them out through us.
Then
we must LOVE all them He has blessed us to experience. For if we cannot see and love HOW these are
manifested in us, WHY and HOW will we explain them to others?
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches, TX 75963 936-559-5696
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
The Christian and the 23rd Psalm
Every
Christian knows the 23rd Psalm, yet many live like they have never
heard of it. Why is that? Unbelief.
Believing
God and His profound statements to us of Who He is, Who we are in Christ, All
that He is to us, etc., etc., etc. are the foundational truths that lead us to
His Abundant Life in and through us…and becoming the “overcomers” that John and
Paul told us we are.
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches, TX 75963 936-559-5696
God's Word and Depression
what
does God’s Word say about DEPRESSION?
God’s
Word gives us several ways anyone can bring on depression to themselves. Can you quickly name 1 verse OR 3 “ways” that tell us what God says?
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches, TX 75963 936-559-5696
Day 192 - Lost Kingdoms
Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 264
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
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I
am reminded of one of Michael’s famous statements: “Jesus is The Way, and all
other ways are not The Way.” Amen.
This
is what all the other “kingdoms” are trying to get us away from. They are Anti-Jehovah.
Anti-Christ. Anti-The Way. Pro “all the other ways.”
As
Joshua said, “…as for me and my house, we will serve (worship) the LORD!”
DAY 192
Lost
Kingdoms
Again,
the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of
the world and their glory; and he said to Him, “All these things I will give
You, if You fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP
THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" --Matthew 4:8-10
I went to the British
Museum, possibly the best natural-history museum in the world. However, I think
it should be called the British Museum of God’s Judgment on Godless Kingdoms,
for that is what it really reveals. From the Incas, the Greeks, the Romans, the Egyptians, the Africans,
and many more, one readily sees the result of kingdoms that are anti-Jehovah.
Evolutionists and anthropologists have perpetrated the notion that ancient
societies were idyllic before the advent of Christianity, which spreads guilt
and condemnation; that is preposterous. We forget one of the lessons of the Old Testament, and
that is that God raises up kingdoms to punish the godless, non-God-fearing
kingdoms. Where are these idyllic kingdoms, anyway? The Incas were
performing so many ritual killings and bloodlettings that I believe God
permitted the Spanish to be the instrument of judgment. All kingdoms passed
away because of their wickedness. The respected Indian prophet, Sundar Singh,
visited Europe in the 1920’s. He prophesied about the coming punishment that
would be WWII, and he did not see the looming war as a “natural disaster,” but
as God’s judgment. Of course, his message was not received. Many in Europe say that they
lost their faith because of the Great War. That is not true. The Great War
revealed that they had already lost their faith. God’s judgments are always true. I make many
mistakes, but I fear making a false judgment, and therefore I am not a fan of
condemnation teaching. However, this is not condemnation teaching, for I am merely pointing out what
appears to be an absolute, that God raises up kingdoms to destroy corrupt
kingdoms.
By the way, in the museum, the letters “A.D.” or “B.C.”
following dates are more commonly being replaced with the letters “c.e.”
(Common Era) or “b.c.e.” (Before Common Era) as a means of being more sensitive
to non-Christian religious traditions. The world would like us to forget that
it is the “year of our Lord.” But Jesus Christ is real, He will judge, and His return is
near. In the course of the ministry travels I have been taken to so many
museums, parks, attractions, and more. In the end I have this assessment, “All is vanity; we
must abide in Jesus.”
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Joshua 24:15 was one of the first verses I came to know after being Born
Again. What a beautiful verse it is, in
its completeness:
“And
if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will
serve; whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side
of the flood, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me
and my house, we will serve the
LORD.”
WOW! Direct.
Time to make a choice. That’s
where we are today, for sure!
Michael gives us five things to give a lot of study and deciding to do:
1. God raises up
kingdoms to punish the godless, non-God-fearing kingdoms...to
destroy corrupt kingdoms.
2. (All of life’s
events) The Great War revealed that they had already lost their
faith.
3. God’s judgments are
always true.
4. Jesus Christ is
real, He will judge, and His return is near.
5. “All is vanity, we
must abide in Jesus.”
Let us join in with
Jesus as Matthew quoted Him: “Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR
GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" That is OUR Lord, Savior, and Shepherd
telling Satan for us!
To access ALL past weekly
blogs, go to Living Life With a Capital
“C” by logging onto www .leemccm.blogspot.com
NOTICE: another blog on
Michael Wells’ book, Sidetracked In The Wilderness, called Getting Out of the
Wilderness. You can access by logging onto
www.leemcchristianministries.blogspot.com
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches,
TX 75963 936-559-5696
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Day 191 - Lonely
Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 263
Michael’s book is
available through:
Abiding Life Ministries
International
Littleton, Colorado
Notice: this email is part of a
BLOG, called Living Life With a Capital “C”. Why a
blog? So that many can receive these thoughts
in an easy manner. If you are not
getting these weekly postings via an email, go to the website: www.leemccm.blogspot.com …in
the top right corner there is a place to register to receive each post.
ANNOUNCING:
Volume 2 of My Weakness for His Strength is now in print! Available at ALMI. May I encourage you to get one soon!
“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do,”
the song goes made popular way back in 1969 by the group Three Dog Night. Alone, loneliness, all alone, one… But, Michael gives us a beautiful perspective
from God’s Word in Romans ch.14. This is
a great set of truths each of us can share with someone who is experiencing the
feelings of loneliness…
DAY 191
Lonely
For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself
alone. If
we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we
belong to the Lord.
–Romans 14: 7, 8
I suppose that there are times in
everyone’s life when they feel all alone. Actually, this is an awareness of
something that has always existed. A person may have always been alone but only recognize it at a time
when there is not activity around him. One woman, when widowed for a
short time, aptly said, “I know God is with me, but this morning I fell and
there was no one there to pick me up.” In the outer life loneliness is more readily recognized;
however, in the spirit and soul we were all born lonely. There has never been (in spite of
the insipid teaching of having a “soul mate”) anyone who can touch our mind,
heart, soul, emotions, will, and spirit. No one, that is, save One, and that
One is Jesus. Psalm 25:16, “Turn to me and be
gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.” Psalm 68:6, “God makes a home
for the lonely.” If you
have invited the life of Jesus to live within, you have learned that He is the
only One who fills loneliness and assures you that you never were alone.
I like feeling lonely and
turning to Him to discover His nearness. I like the fact that He alone can fill the emptiness that
is deepest within me. I
cannot imagine that He wants to be that near, but He does.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
The natural mind, both in Unbelievers and Believers, is known to draw
either to the idea of a “soul mate.” Michael
calls it an “insipid teaching.”
Amen. It is most sad that a
Believer would operate in the natural mind instead of the Mind of Christ that Paul
tells us we have and can only “receive the things of God” with.
Let Michael’s words, “If you have invited the life of Jesus
to live within, you have learned that He is the only One who fills loneliness
and assures you that you never were alone,” take you to the Throne of Grace and enjoy the two “likes” that Michael
followed those words with.
And, finally, we can all “imagine” what Michael was imagining…but, as He
always says, “the nearness of Christ” is ours.
Let us embrace His presence, and find we are never lonely.
To access ALL past weekly
blogs, go to Living Life With a Capital
“C” by logging onto www .leemccm.blogspot.com
NOTICE: another blog on
Michael Wells’ book, Sidetracked In The Wilderness, called Getting Out of the
Wilderness. You can access by logging onto
www.leemcchristianministries.blogspot.com
Lee McDowell Christian Ministries
P.O. Box 633244 Nacogdoches,
TX 75963 936-559-5696
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