What Makes A Woman Beautiful
“... even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.” ―1 Peter 3:4
Recently a proud mother was showing my wife and I some graduation pictures of her lovely daughter. She was saying photographer didn’t need to use make-up on her daughter for the photo-shoot. I mentioned that inner beauty doesn’t need make-up.
Perhaps you are a lady who struggles with the way you look? Let me assure you that beauty is NOT found at a cosmetics counter, on a dress rack, or in a Botox injection. Those things are corruptible, and what’s in Vogue today is out of fashion twelve months from now. The only thing that will make you more beautiful, day after day and year after year, is what you nurture within yourself–serenity. “The ornament of a meek and a quiet spirit” is worth far more than even the most expensive jewel you can wear around your neck.
Stand in front of the mirror today. Imagine Jesus by your side, and ask Him to create in you a gentle and quiet spirit of love.
Pastor Al Hughes
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Followers and Fishers
Friday’s Devotion
FOLLOWERS AND FISHERS
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ―Matthew 4:19.
Here is a double-barreled combination, a command and a promise. A soul-winner is a creation of Christ, “I will make you fishers of men.” Soul-winning is a product of discipleship. Jesus takes the disciple and makes not a depository but a dispenser out of him and through him reaches others. Andrew went after Peter. Philip won Nathanael. Peter fished for Cornelius, and the evangelist Philip drew in the eunuch.
Fishing for souls proceeds from following the Savior. It is not a pursuit all by itself, to be studied and practiced independently of all else. It is a consequence of obedience, and the Lord who never fails has given His Word guaranteeing the product.
We cannot do it alone. Remember the failure of the disciples in their fishing. “Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing.” But when they fished at His bidding, the miracle happened. And Jesus said, “Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.” It happened when Peter said, “At thy word, I will.” “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Pastor Al Hughes
FOLLOWERS AND FISHERS
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ―Matthew 4:19.
Here is a double-barreled combination, a command and a promise. A soul-winner is a creation of Christ, “I will make you fishers of men.” Soul-winning is a product of discipleship. Jesus takes the disciple and makes not a depository but a dispenser out of him and through him reaches others. Andrew went after Peter. Philip won Nathanael. Peter fished for Cornelius, and the evangelist Philip drew in the eunuch.
Fishing for souls proceeds from following the Savior. It is not a pursuit all by itself, to be studied and practiced independently of all else. It is a consequence of obedience, and the Lord who never fails has given His Word guaranteeing the product.
We cannot do it alone. Remember the failure of the disciples in their fishing. “Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing.” But when they fished at His bidding, the miracle happened. And Jesus said, “Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.” It happened when Peter said, “At thy word, I will.” “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Pastor Al Hughes
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