Miriam Gipson's Comments

EITHER COLD OR HOT:
I know the works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot (Revelation 3:15)
I like soup when it is steaming hot and a soft drink when it is icy cold. I can't stand either one lukewarm. Jesus has the same attitude toward people who profess to be His children. He detests lukewarmness. He said He wished they would be either cold or hot. (Revelation 3:15).
Although, some people believe the term "cold" refers to hostility toward Jesus and the gospel, I don't believe He prefers hostility to halfheartedness. Rather, in His message to the church in Laodicea, Jesus may have in mind two springs in the region- the hot mineral springs at Hierapolis and the pure cold water springs in Colosse. The hot springs were seen as having healing powers. The cold springs provide refreshment. The Christians in the church at Laodicea brought neither healing to the spirituality ill nor refreshment to the weary. They were lukewarm and of no help to anyone.
You and I must ask ourselves these questions : Do I provide refreshment to the spiritually weary by bringing them encouragement, joy and hope? Do I bring healing by challenging the careless, correcting the erring and motivating the indifferent? Remember, we can't help anybody if we are lukewarm. The Lord wants us either cold or hot - whatever is needed at the moment.

Oh God, grant me the strength of heart, Of motive, and of will to falter not but do my part Your purpose to fulfill..

A half-hearted Christian needs to regain a heart for God...

FROM BITTER TO SWEET:
The Lord showed him a tree.When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet. (Exodus 15:25)
Joy and sorrow are often close companions. Just as the Israelites went from the thrill of victory at the Red Sea to the bitter waters of Marah just 3 days later (Exodus 15:22-23), our rejoicing can quickly turn into anguish.
At Marah, the Lord told Moses to throw a tree into the water, which made it "sweet" and drinkable (v.25). Another "tree," when "cast into" the bitter circumstances of our lives, can make them sweet. It is the cross of Jesus (1Peter 2:24). Our outlook will be transformed as we contemplate His sacrificial death and His submission to the will of God (Luke 22:42). Our pain may come from the ill-will of others, or worse, from their neglect. Nevertheless, our Lord has permitted it. We may not understand why, yet it is the will of our Father and Friend, whose wisdom and love are infinite. When we say yes to God as His Spirit reveals His will to us through His word, the bitter circumstances of our lives can become sweet. We must not grumble against what the Lord permits. Instead, we must do all that He asks us to do. Jesus said that we are to take up our cross daily and follow Him (Luke 9:23). When we remember Jesus' cross and submit to the Father as He did, bitter experiences can become sweet...

Lord, I've not always understood what plan you have for me;
Yet I will glory in Your cross and bear mine patiently...

God uses our difficulties to make us better-not bitter...
Yes, as what He did to me....
I may not be around here everyday to be in your pages, due to some problems and difficulties, but I always believe and will always will that God has His own way to make me a better person with the difficulties He have given to me.
Please let us continue to pray for one another..
God blesses us and keep us always..

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The more humble a man is before God,
the more he will be exalted;
The more humble he is before man,
the more he will get rode roughshod...


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Hello friend, To all a Happy New Year and it’s cold outside filled with blowing snow
Let it snow , Let it snow
To all stay warm inside with a big cup of cocoa!!

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