I know this is going to offend some who read it, but truth is truth. Our President has indeed called evil good and good evil. The killing of the unborn is as abhorrent to our God as the Israellites’ sacrifice of their children on the altar of Baal. Today’s little ones are not being offered on the altar of Baal but rather on the altar of choice. Heaven help us!
…Before your head hits the pillow…
What is a Christian Conservative?
From time to time someone finds their way to this site and proceeds to tell me that a conservative cannot be a Christian. Some of them even go so far as to say Jesus was a socialist. They think a Christian cannot be a conservative or that a conservative cannot be a Christian.
So I thought tonight I would tell you all what it means to me to be a Christian Conservative. First I am a Christian conservative, not a conservative Christian. The Christian part of me is what drives everything in my life. That is why I listed Christian first in the name of this Facebook page.
So what does it mean to be a Christian conservative? First, as a Christian, I must demonstrate love, for that is what Christ commands. I believe that I have demonstrated kindness on this site even to those who do not agree with me. I attempt to treat everyone with respect, but that does not mean that I will relinquish the truths that I find in Scripture.
As a Christian conservative, I believe it is my duty to always speak the truth, but to speak it in love. I will not compromise the truths of the Word to appease the ways of the world.
As a Christian conservative, I believe that God created each and every being in His image, including unborn children. A Christian conservative is pro-life because God knew us before we even existed in our mothers’ wombs. Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;” God did not just know Jeremiah, He knew each of us and He knows each little child nestled in their mother’s womb tonight. I will never cease proclaiming God’s word on this topic and I will never stop striving to save the lives of unborn children.
As a Christian conservative, I believe that God created marriage between one man and one woman. At the beginning of time, He created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. Although I have deep love for some friends and family who are gay, I must acknowledge that this is not a behavior condoned by our Lord. I Corinthians 6:9-11 states, “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” I didn’t say this, the Bible does. We cannot change the gospel to fit into our view of the world.
As a Christian conservative I believe that able bodied people should work. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” And Proverbs 12:11 says, “Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.”
There was a time when we had no need for a social welfare state because the church was doing its duty in caring for the poor. But that state has now become a sole source of income for many who could be working. This is not what God had intended for His creation.
Although Jesus does tell us that we should pay our taxes, the government has become corrupt. They have overtaxed and overburdened its own people. God never ordained taking money from one person and giving it to another. When someone is truly in need we should give freely as giving to the Lord.
God expects us to be prudent with our money and He expects the same of government. If the government over spends and over extends this is not consistent with the principles of the Bible. Proverbs 22:7 states, “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.” As this country becomes less and less financially responsible we also become slave to our lenders. China holds more of our countries $18 Trillion debt than any other single country.
I could write so much more but I think you get the picture. I am a Christian conservative and I believe those two words are consistent. Jesus was NOT a socialist, but He did believe that people should help out those who cannot help themselves.
Most of the posts you will find on this site are specifically about our walk with the Lord, but from time to time, I will post about my politically conservative view points. I will speak of them because I believe that God demands the truth.
So yes, I am a Christian Conservative and happy to be called one!
One Year in the Bible Readings for November 6
Ezekiel 14:12-16:41
Hebrews 7:18-28
Psalm 106:1-12
Proverbs 27:4-6
…Before your head hits the pillow…
I’m an Emotional Wreck!
Have you ever heard those words? Maybe you have even said them. Having emotions is part of the way we were creating but having out of control emotions is not what the Lord for His children.
God created us with the ability to love, to laugh, and to feel joy and happiness. But if we have lost the connection with our Lord our emotions can get out of control. If we fail to recognize that God is in control of our lives we can experience emotions that lead us to fear and despair.
Romans 8:9 tells us that because of the Spirit who lives in us we can control our emotions. “You, however, are not controlled by the sinful nature but are in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Galatians 5:24 says, “Those who belong the Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.”
If you feel that you are an emotional wreck or if you experience mood swings, first up and then down, you may be lacking self-control. The goal of a Christian should be emotional maturity and stability. Emotional instability drains your energy and stresses those around you. Don’t ever let you emotions make decisions for you. If you are in the midst of making a decision and you feel emotional, take time, slow down.
GotQuestions.org in their answer to “What does Bible say about managing/controlling emotions? Says, “Out-of-control emotions are the product of a heart which is not saturated with Scripture. The way to control our emotions is to control our minds, renewing them by the daily input of scriptural principles, the knowledge of God, and meditation on His attributes. Then the Holy Spirit, along with the Word of God, will bring about appropriate emotions based on truth. When we immerse ourselves in the only means of our sanctification – the Bible- we arm ourselves with the only affective weapon against out-of-control emotions. Then we can control our emotions instead of them controlling us. In themselves, emotions are not unbiblical, but they are indications of what is in our hearts.”
Things that occur in our lives can cause emotional distress: Harboring ill will toward someone can make you spin out of control. Not letting go of guilt and shame after the Lord has granted forgiveness will cause emotional dysfunction and grief can certainly throw you into a tail spin. But if we stay constantly in the Word, if we meditate on the Lord and seek Him in prayer, you will be able to handle these emotions. You should not expect that this will all be easy but it will be manageable. With God’s help you can change any out-of-control emotion into a maturely controlled emotion.
B. Shelburne in Making Jesus Lord of Our Emotions gives us these tips: Quiet your soul. Psalm 131:2 says, “But I have calmed myself and quieted my emotions. With God’s help you can do this.
You must also hand over emotional burdens to God. Once you have handed them over DON’T take them back. And if they do come back immediately give them back to the Lord. Shelburne says, “If you have handed something over to God, every time it tries to return you must give it back again until gradually a new pattern is formed. Make a covenant with God that each time the thought returns, you will instantly give it back without spending time in struggle or guilt.”
Shelburne also gives these encouraging truths. “1) If it seems too hard to change, remember that our character is the sum of our habits, and our habits are the sum of our repeated choices. As we decide more and more often to entrust our burdens to God and deal with our emotions according to His directions, we will store up less and less poison and we will have growing inner peace. 2) We will succeed more in dealing with destructive emotional thoughts if we do so when they first appear, and are small and manageable.
So if you feel that you are an emotional wreck, turn it over to the Lord. Spend time in the Word and in prayer and then bask in the love of your Lord. Doing this repetitively will certainly calm your emotional storm.
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