Showing posts with label God's Plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God's Plan. Show all posts

Friday, February 28, 2025

Nature’s Problem

 

Adam dawak Eva karak Papangh yulni lalana bahang dadauna (Génesis 3:6, 23)

 

Nature’s problem is not nature

But nature’s problem is man,

Not the apple on the tree

But the pair that defied God’s plan.

 

All was very good,

Creation’s work was complete

But all that change in an instant

When Eve clicked option delete.

 

Adam and Eve Disobeyed God | Children's Bible Lessons

 

In a flash it was gone

And could never be retrieved,

They had thrown it away

When the devil they believed.

 

When they struck option delete

All of nature rebelled

And they became nature’s problem

From the day that they fell.

 

The problem was not nature

But the problem was man

And it is so even to this day;

We are still defying God’s plan.

 

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seems right to a man,But its end is the  way of death.

 

Man is doing his own thing

It is about his programme,

There is even a school that believe

That the only god is man.

 

The more intelligent we are

And the more advanced we become

Puts a death sentence on nature;

Man is so undone.

 

It is almost as though

Man was created to destroy

From that very first day

He opted for Satan’s employ.

 

Nature is doomed

Once man remains in charge,

His bent is destruction

His suicide mission looms large.

 

Unless of course,

Creator God intervenes

Which He has actually done;

See the Calvary scene.

 

Was Jesus (as) Really the 'Son of God'? - Examining the Historical Context  | The Review of Religions

 

A new nature He has offered

To replace the Adamic nature of man

Once any man, woman or child

Accepts redemption’s plan.

 

From creation to recreation

And from blindness to sight,

That’s any man in Christ Jesus

When he acknowledges the Light.

 

No longer nature’s problem

He becomes a nature asset

And working to protect God’s creation

Becomes his work ethic.

 

But until this miracle occurs

Man will be nature’s problem,

It is not nature that is evil

But it is man, without question.

 

Stewart Russell © July 2020

 

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Michael Caines

  

 



I did not know him long

Just a few years as a matter of fact

But one thing was obvious to me

He was a loving Christian chap.

 

I did not see him often

But was so impressed when I did

Regarding his Christian witness

Daddy Caines was most avid.

 

In the short time that I knew him

Something stood out for me

Here was a man of the Christian faith

That epitomized humility.

 

You may say the two go together

And perhaps you are right,

But the ease with which he displayed it

Presented a wonderful sight.

 

I wish I had known him longer

However, that was not to be

But in the short time that I did

I beheld his sincerity.

 

Though a man of tall stature

He was in no way intimidating

For he would quickly put you at ease

With a smile that was most radiating.

 

The first time that I met him

Was at the funeral of Gloria’s dad

And the firm handshake he gave me

Was among the best I have ever had.

 

The second time I met him

We had much more time to talk

And there was no doubt in my mind

His talk was synonymous with his walk.

 

Another thing that struck me

Regarding this most endearing man

Was his high regard for the family

And the need to stick to God’s plan.

 

For family was the premiere topic

As in that conversation we engaged

And as we listened to his wife and him

They were clearly on the same page.

 

One more characteristic I will mention

And this is in the interest of time

He appeared to be rather soft spoken

But with an obvious firmness in his mind.

 

For when he gave his view on a matter

Though he spoke it with such meekness

There was absolutely no indication

That it came from a position of weakness.

 

He has left us all a great legacy

And our lives have been made the better,

The best that we can do in his memory

Is in Jesus Christ to daily grow deeper.

 

As we stood in vigil at his home going

And as we timed his remaining breaths

We became increasingly encouraged by the fact

There is a better life after death.

 

For in Christ we have this promise

That all who die in him shall live again

And when He shall come to claim his own

The glorious song will be his refrain.

 

Hallelujah to the Lamb that was slain!

Hallelujah to the King who forever reigns!

Hallelujah to Jesus he will proclaim

Hallelujah to my Saviour again and again!

 

Stewart Russell © 2016

 

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Fear Vs Faith

 

FAITH VS FEAR | Harvest Baptist Temple - OH

 

Fear says you can’t

Faith says you can

Fear says I’ll stop you

Faith says not God’s man

 

Fear says you’ll fail

Faith says you’ll not

Fear says I’ll prove it

Faith says that’s rot

 

Fear says the water is rough

Faith says Jesus is my bridge

Fear says you don’t have a hope

Faith says don’t take note

 

Fear says the climb’s too rough

Faith says be glad it’s not smooth

Fear says smooth is easier

Faith says rough provides a groove.

 

Fear says you are hopeless

Faith says there is hope

Fear says not a chance

Faith says you can cope

 

Fear says stop while you can

Faith says reach for it

Fear says see you are slipping

Faith says be strong; don’t quit

 

FAITH VS FEAR | Harvest Baptist Temple - OH

 

Fear says you have another crisis

Faith says you have Christ

Fear says that’s too much to pay

Faith says Jesus paid the price


Fear says look down

Faith says look up

Fear says you don’t have enough

Faith says Jesus fills your cup

 

Fear says you are a loser

Faith says no you are a winner

Fear says you are fooling yourself

Faith says no Christ is my master

 

Fear says I give up

Faith says that’s your best choice

Fear says I’ll be back again though

Faith says I know God’s voice

 

Fear says worse is coming

Faith says Jesus too

Fear says he won’t be in time

Faith says even fear knows that’s not true

 

O ye of little faith is still some faith

Exercise it as much as you can

Thank God for the measure He has given to you

And let your will be one with His plan.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2017

 

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Will I?


Am I Going To Heaven? - Joy! Digital

 

Am I going to make it?

Sometimes I doubt,

There are those who make me feel

I could be left out.

 

They point me to scriptures

That appear to point this out

And I must confess after I read

I still sometimes doubt.

 

God is able, they tell me

And plus, we do have a choice,

We could be obedient to Him

Or ignore His voice.

 

The moment we don’t listen

Could spell disaster for us

And the ravenous wolf

Could snatch us from Jesus.

 

Or, maybe I myself

Could take me out of God’s hand,

At any point I could decide

I am finished with His plan.

 

Am I Going To Heaven? - Joy! Digital

 

Am I going to make it?

Sometimes I doubt,

There are those who make me feel

I could be left out.

 

But it seems strange to me

That after being rescued

One would abandon his rescuer

To go back to that stew.

 

Picture a drowning person

That is pulled to safety

And dives back into the deluge:

That is insanity.

 

From what are we rescued?

That is the question,

And until we can truly answer it

We will have this problem.

 

Sin is the spiritual terror

From which we are saved

And the transformation that occurs

Dictates how we behave.

 

It is the initial choice we make

When we say yes to Christ

And by faith our born-again miracle

Results from his sacrifice.

 

It can happen only once

Just like in our natural birth,

The second birth is from heaven

The first is of the earth.

 

Am I Going To Heaven? - Joy! Digital

 

Am I going to make it?

Sometimes I doubt,

There are those who make me feel

I could be left out.

 

But having been born,

That is, having been born of the flesh

I am in this world until I die-

That is, when I am laid to rest.

 

Similarly, having been born again

That is, born of the Spirit,

I am a child of God forever

And in heavenly places I sit.

 

Whenever I am in doubt

I remember who my Father is

And since none can snatch me away

I will always be His.

 

It is very hard to be lost

A very good friend once said

And the friend was referring to someone

That was spiritually dead.

 

The Bible shows it is impossible

To foil God’s redemptive plan

And I know most definitively

None can pluck me from His hand.

 

Stewart Russell © October 9, 2020

 

Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep,

Keep Thy Lamb, in safety keep;

Nothing can Thy power withstand;

None can pluck me from Thy hand.

 

From the hymn:

Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep

Jane Eliza Leeson  

 


Sunday, January 22, 2023

With All Our Mind

Loving the Lord with Our Minds | St. Michael Catholic Church

 

With all our mind

Necessitates we have a change of heart

For how else from our carnal desires

Can we draw ourselves apart?

 

With soul and heart and mind:

This is the command

That is given to the born-again believer

Already living by God’s plan.

 

It is not for the unregenerate

Who are not yet saved

Neither for the goody-two-shoes

By the vain way they behave.

 

It is only the born again

That seeks to know God’s way,

This is the endeavor of a renewed mind

Over which God holds sway.

 

The heathen does not seek God

But wants the things God gives:

Like peace and joy and purpose

And the good life they live.

 

The seeking after God

Is no business of the heathen

But the seeking after God

Is the business of the Christian.”

 

The preceding quotation

Is not a product of my mind

But I find it extremely appropriate

To reference at this time.

 

It defines the stark difference

Between the pagan and the Christian

It is a matter of the mind:

Like Christianity and religion.

 

Christ’s righteousness and man’s

Yes, another stark contrast,

One is counterfeit and superficial

The other is destined to last.

 

Loving the Lord with Our Minds | St. Michael Catholic Church


Romans 12:2

 

And be not conformed to this world:

but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,

that ye may prove what is that good,

and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 

The unregenerate mind

Can never be in tuned with God

But is turned in enmity against Him

And is manipulated by King Fraud.

 

The devil is doing his worse

To destroy and to deceive

And he targets and attack our mind

To challenge what we believe.

 

But the injunction is:

Love God with all of our mind,

This is to the born-again believer

Both now and for all of time.

 

Philippians 2:5

 

Let this mind be in you,

which was also in Christ Jesus

 

With this mind, seek after God

With this mind, Him adore,

With this mind, Him alone worship

And grow and go and glow!

 

Stewart Russell © January 17, 2022

 


Thursday, October 27, 2022

Consider This

 

Consider This: Getting Back to the Right Family Tree - Life, Hope & Truth

 Consider this if you will

Not all Jews are Jews,

This sounds particularly contradictory

Now listen for the news.

 

For they are not all Israel

Which are of Israel

How should we take this:

Physical, natural or spiritual?

 

The truth of the matter is

All three are involved,

If we look carefully at the transition

This matter can be resolved.

 

Jesus once said to the Jews

You are of your father, the devil

And if he were not who he was

It would have been to his peril.

 

The Jews had challenged him

Regarding their father, Abraham

But Jesus seemed to be saying

That is no longer the plan.

Consider This: Getting Back to the Right Family Tree - Life, Hope & Truth  

Being natural has no rights

To that which belongs to the spiritual,

From the old covenant to the new

The spiritual regulates the natural.

 

This will probably be hard

For any naturalized Israelite Jew,

He sees himself as the chosen

And he must have his due.

 

His due to a promised land

As a son of Abraham,

How dare Jesus come and change

What was the original plan!

Consider This: Getting Back to the Right Family Tree - Life, Hope & Truth

We see a little bit at a time

That is but a tiny dot

But all too often it swells in our eyes

And our dot becomes the lot.

 

A single piece of the puzzle

Becomes the whole puzzle

And such was the case with the Jews

As it related to Israel.

 

God has a glorious plan

It proceeds from the natural to the spiritual,

From Eden’s creation to a new creation

From the old Israel to the new Israel.

 

No longer the middle wall of partition

No longer the Gentile and the Jew,

Where once these were separate

They are now one not two.

 

Only one way to the kingdom

That is through Jesus Christ the Lord,

Only one way to salvation

That is by believing on his word.

Consider This: Getting Back to the Right Family Tree - Life, Hope & Truth

Consider this, I urge one and all

It is not a replacement theology,

It is the working out of God’s glorious plan

Upon which hangs our destiny.

 

Stewart Russell © November 2019