Today's Walk with the Lord: Luke 16:30-31

Good Morning,

 

Luke 16:30-31 says:

 

30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31 But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”

 

Some people are hard to reach. You can share facts with them, you can show them statistics and charts, and you can who them proof of your point and they just will not accept it.

 

Some people need to learn from their own experience, and even then, some do not get it. Like touching a live wire you will get shocked. Some people will go and touch it again and again. Some touch it for the ‘thrill’, some touch it for the rebelliousness of it knowing you will be wincing when they feel pain. Some will do it because they forgot that it was live, and still others will touch it not having even heard you the first seven times and go ahead and touch the wire.

 

I find this with my walk with Christ. Different people have different experiences, and add to this the different versions of the Bible with different takes on the same Gospels and texts, and then there are the different forms of Christianity.

 

When I was first in Hebrew Sunday School, I learned stories, and only read from the Torah short passages, and then in Hebrew only. I did not get much of what was said or meant. Partially due to this, I did not hear the big message of Judaism, and that following me into my other religious experiences.

 

I would not listen and repent no matter who said anything. I was invited to Walk with God by many, and I turned away at all times. I turned away from teachers, friends, priests, and even the teachings of those who have departed, and while enticing at times, it did not call to me.

 

It was not until I started reading the Word of God myself that I repented and started my Walk with God.

 

When I see confusion in the landscape of faith, I now turn to the Word and it helps, every time.

 

Enjoy!

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

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Today's Walk With the Lord: Psalm 49:5

Good Morning,

 

Psalm 49:5 says:

 

Why should I be afraid of bad days? Why should I fear when evil people surround me?

 

I find this intriguing because I know there are two sets of answers. There are answers from those who do not know the Lord and those who do. If you have accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and savior, then you should not be afraid of bad days. They will come, but Jesus is with you.

 

If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then when you are surrounded by evil people, the Lord is with you.

 

The Holy Spirit will help us. We may get the right words to say, we may be given a thought of what to do, not matter what the Holy Spirit does, we know that we are not alone.

 

Bad things do happen to good people, and part of this is God’s plan in our lives.

 

I have still a lot to learn in my walk with the Lord on how to better prepare for and embrace these days, but I know with the Lord, everything is possible. This fact alone is a great step forward, for years ago, I felt that I was an island, that I could do it all myself. While I was successful at many things by grinding it out and pushing, these are nothing to what the Lord has been doing through me these last few years.

 

Believe in the Lord and know that He is there, loving and protecting us, and the bad days will not seem so bad.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

sanford@berenberg.net

www.berenberg.net

 

 

 

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Today's Walk With the Lord: Luke 11:52

Good Morning,

 

Luke 11:52 states:

 

How terrible for you, you experts on the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too

 

If people know one thing about me it is that I love to learn and like to help others learn also. This scripture touches a huge button with me. Those who try to change the truth to fit their viewpoint of life are actually trying to stop others from learning, and have started to indoctrinate others on a limited field.

 

To be able to learn means that we have to be open to what is out there and not limit ourselves by shutting the door on different kinds of information which is available. From researching, studying and learning we can then find that information that is God inspired and make our own decision on how to apply this to our lives.

 

By keeping this information from others, we keep them from being able to learn, and they loose the ability to reach their full potential.

 

The tighter the lid that is kept on knowledge and the narrower the approved learning materials are, the less people who try to learn from it can become.

 

Let the Holy Spirit guide our learning and open the doors to wherever we are brought to, and let our learning be spirit-filled.

 

With the doorways open, we can better become what God has designed for us in our lives.

 

Don’t be hindered by those, like the experts on the law, who control what others can read and learn, and in addition, don’t be like those experts. Share your information and witness to others, but do not limit what others can experience.

 

Of course, there are exceptions to this, like parents and children, where the children do not have the faculties to make these decisions for themselves while growing up, but when they come of age, they should be their own people, and they will be…(those with teenagers know what I mean).

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Sanford Berenberg

sanford@berenberg.net

www.berenberg.net

 

 

 

 

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Today's Walk With the Lord: It's Friday, Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

 

Happy Good Friday!

 

This is the best message for the day:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naajYZSbWdw

 

It’s Friday, and Sunday is coming…..

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

sanford@berenberg.net

www.berenberg.net

 

 

 

Today's Walk With The Lord - Deuteronomy 31:16

Good Morning,

 

Deuteronomy 31:16 says:

 

And the Lord said to Moses “You will soon die. Then these people will not be loyal to me but will worship foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will leave me, breaking the agreement I made with them”

 

How great is God’s love for us?

 

He knew that even after he led the Israelites into the promised land that they would betray and leave him, yet he still led them in.

 

Think of it this way. Your son or daughter asks for your keys to the family car to go to college or some promised destination. You know, I mean, you KNOW that when they drive off that they WILL get into an accident.

 

Would you give them the keys? Could you?

 

God did.

 

God knows that we will have times when we are not as faithful as He would want us to be, and yet He is still there waiting there for us.

 

How great is God’s love for us?

 

I am so happy that He does love us this much. We need it!

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

sanford@berenberg.net

www.berenberg.net

 

 

 

 

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