Good News Brief For Men

Matthew 22:39   “And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”    (NKJV) In this second commandment, Jesus states that it is like the first one. We should have the Godly love that only He can produce, in order to love our neighbor as ourselves. Godly love will overcome obstacles. Godly love can clear a path to the heart of one whom you are trying to reach in His name. You shall be to that neighbor as Jesus would be to you. We must always remember that when we step out into the world, as it is today, that we represent Christ first. Our first step out into the morning sun or rain or some other inclement weather, must always represent Him first in every step we take. As believers, we need to be prepared to do this in a way that would always honor God. This means we need to stay in His Word and honor Him in prayer so that we may represent Him correctly to this lost and dying world. There may be another believ...

Matthew 22:37-38 Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind! This is the first and great commandment.”    (NKJV) Jesus ushered in a new attitude of what a believer is to cherish the most. God is above all in our hearts in all things. There is none greater. We are to reverence God with our entire being, heart, soul, and mind. This also tells us that our God is a consuming God. He wants all of us, in all we are so that we may be conformed to His image. Key Thought: We represent Christ to all we encounter. And we need to give God full control of all we can become. Only through this can we experience His peace and love, as He so desires. Prayer:     Dear Lord Jesus, help me to remember Your greatest commandments that I may reverence You in all and through all that I am and who I am to become in You. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen!!! Have a Blessed Day!!! In Christ,...

Romans 8:6   The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. (NIV) “Sinful man” here refers to a person that has not experienced salvation through Jesus Christ. It also includes the carnal man or one that is not in right relationship with Christ even after salvation.  When we refuse to give up authority of our lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, we begin to falter in our relationship with Christ as well as other believers and loved ones. God refuses to take the backseat in the life of those He sacrificed His Son to save. As a fallen (backslidden) believer we open ourselves up to the influence of Satan himself at which point he begins to gain valuable spiritual territories that at one time belonged to Christ when He sat on the throne of our lives. Through our refusal of allowing the Holy Spirit to convict us of our wrongdoing we again allow Satan to regain former spiritual territories. Our refusal to allow Christ to live in...

Psalms 55:1-2   Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught. (NIV) At this time in David’s life, he wants to retreat to a quiet place to sort out his thoughts, but that is impossible. He is in the middle of great controversy that is consuming his very being. So, he does the only thing he can do; he calls out to God where he is. David is in turmoil at the fact that he is facing the conspiracy in Jerusalem against a former friend. This verse could represent any one of us. How many times have our thoughts not been God’s thoughts? How many times have we thought malicious thoughts against someone who has done us wrong? Any one of these thoughts can make a person distraught. But what did David do? He went to God with his problem, right where he was. He did not seek a prayer closet or a quiet place. That was not an option at that particular moment. He went to God right...

Philippians 4:8   Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. (NKJV) Paul gave us some very serious guidelines for our thought life. If we do not control our thought life, how can we truly be children of God? Paul is giving us standards to live by. Maintaining this avenue of thought can benefit us greatly. If we control our thoughts and use this verse to guide us, it will produce healthy useful thoughts and that will be reflected in how we live in all areas of our lives. Is this easy? Of course not. Challenging? To be sure! Our thoughts need to be healthy. They need to be reliable. It takes time and it takes work. There is no time like the present to get this going in the right direction. Check out ...

Psalms 32:8   I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will  guide  you with My eye. (NKJV) Often, we enter each day in the same routine way, not giving much thought as to what lies ahead of us. That first cup of coffee is always a welcome sight, and it basically signals the day to begin. As routine as that is, all the way down to setting the timer and preparing the coffee the night before, it seems to be a somewhat automatic mode of just getting out the door. On our way to work, everything seems to change. We must be alert in traffic, and we need to always be on the lookout for careless and sometimes even sleepy drivers. We constantly review our mirrors and watch for those around us. And then, we arrive at work. Whew! We made it through traffic again unscathed. WHEW!  In our verse for today, I have underlined the word  guide . Often in our rush to get out the door to work so we will not be late, we seem to ...