Heaven or Hell?
June 07, 2018
00:03:35
Rev. Donald E. Wildmon is Founder and Chairman Emeritus of American Family Association (AFA) and American Family Radio (AFR).
Getting everything we want is not “heaven”. We aren’t built to have our wishes granted without effort. We are built to strive – to achieve – to conquer. Our wrong ideas of God and heaven will prove to be our undoing.
One act of kindness is often all that is needed to change hearts minds and lives.
How many of us need to be willing to cover the hillside with white? Many more are desperate to know it is safe to come home.
Christ’s presence and work in one’s life is inexplicable but is always obvious.
Those who truly investigate the gospel find their minds and hearts changed toward Christ rather than the gospel disproved.
Undo concern; that’s what most worry is. 95% of the stuff about which we worry never happens. The other 5% is beyond our control; so why expose ourselves to the stress of worry?
Humor – appreciation – encouragement – forgiveness and grace; five words with the poser within them to change a life in a redemptive direction.
Sybil’s ride isn’t nearly as well-known as Paul Revere’s. However, looking at the two, hers was much more important and effective. Our contributions aren’t made to be recognized but to participate in a greater good.
Everyone has to deal with burdens. How we do it is dependent on how many burdens we’ve shared with others. Give those burdens over to Christ.
Zest for Life Makes for a More Meaningful Life Purpose for life must stretch beyond ourselves if it is to keep us going. Jesus said, “The one that loses his life for my sake, find it.”
Nehemiah did a great (huge) work because he kept working for the purpose to which he had set his sights.
Obstacles are not avoidable but we never need face them alone for Christ has promised He will never leave us or forsake us.
There is no substitute for preparation and hard work. One mustn’t attempt to build a life’s superstructure upon a day’s foundation.
When thinking about suffering in this life we must do so with three pre-requisites in mind. Clarity; faithfulness and patience; these three perspectives can help us better understand suffering in this world.
Giving is a fundamental principle in the scriptures. Giving of one’s money, one’s time, one’s abilities – giving of one’s self, you could say. Always remember that little kindnesses don’t cost us much and they go a long way.
Do you own your possessions? Do your possessions own you? Motives matter. We are not given ownership of these things but rather use of them. For all things belong to God and He is sovereign in all of these things.
Over-protection can be worse for someone than exposure to difficult situations. It can destroy the incentive to do what one can do. To strive for improvement when given the chance. One might just prove themselves capable of rising to the occasion.
He who is lowly, meek and poor is the richest man on earth because he who clings to Christ as the center of his life, lives from gratitude for what he has.
A teeny, tiny leak in the AC unit taught a huge life lesson once. For man to function as he is intended; to fulfill his purpose, he must be diligent, always examining himself for the smallest evidences of sin in his life. Upon finding them he must quickly repent and yield himself once again to the Creator for readjustment.
Children see things differently than grown folks do. We aren’t born with racial prejudice, it’s learned from others. But it doesn’t have to be learned because we can keep the child-like perspective, seeing the mustache rather than the skin color.
