E.B.H.C. Moment
Encouraged By His Creation
There are many silent reminders. Even God himself placed a reminder in the sky (Genesis 9: 8- 17).
The rainbow as we call it. Then, it was called a bow in the cloud.
We are God’s creation and we are to encourage one another daily so that the deceitfulness of unbelief
will not harden our hearts. That is why this is called E.B.H.C. ---- Encouraged By His Creation
Encouraged By His Creation
Sunrises are silent reminders
Sunrises are silent reminders. There is a new one every morning reminding us of a new day. God’s mercies are new every day. It even reminds us of Jesus the Son of God who
rose from the dead- ‘The Son Rose’. A Sunrise reminds us that God is faithful, for He spoke and it was created. The word He spoke was his character He spoke faithfulness in to His creation. There is even a command in that sunrise: The sun rises early every morning to shine its light on those in dark. Are you sons of God? Go Rise-n- Shine faithfully as you were created to.
Encouraged By His Creation
Light is a silent reminder
Light is a silent reminder. Without light you don’t see color, nor beauty, nor scenery. Without light we stumble in the dark.
It is written: This is their condemnation- the light has come.
Jesus is the Light. Without him we stumble in our darkness, without hope. So as we see the light we also see what produces that light for our day: the sunshine. But, we also see the one who gives light to us it is Jesus the Son of God.
Encouraged By His Creation
Moon and Stars
Moon and Stars, God set this to rule over the night. They shine light. They are witness to us and others who see them. They encourage us to shine in the dark. The stars are interesting, some are bright and some not so bright but they are always faithful to do the same job- shine light!
Remember in Daniel 12:3- The wise shine bright as the firmament and those who turn others to righteousness shine like the stars forever and ever. When do the stars shine brightest? It is in the darkest hour. Go Shine! God is in control, even in the dark.
Encouraged By His Creation
The path of the sun
The path of the sun is a silent reminder. The sun races throughout the day around the globe to remind us shine light and press on for the day of rest shall come to those whose work is done. The sun stays on its path as a man racing its course, faithfully doing what it was created to do. You are created for purpose. Run the race, shine the light that Jesus may be lifted up and draw many more to himself.
Encouraged By His Creation
Sunsets
Sunsets: God’s masterpiece of creative art to encourage us just before dark, to have hope for a new day. There is a time appointed when the light on earth shall be gone and earth as we know is no more. It also tells us that the end of day man rests and no man works because it is dark. God seems to always encourage us just before the dark moment and sunsets are one of his ways to do that.
Encouraged By His Creation
Storm Clouds
Storm Clouds: Reminds us that storms are always around us. But we are to take courage for we are also reminded that the sun is over the storm. Jesus the Son of God is over every adversity, and God is in control. Even in the storms light always shines through. You see light shines to remind us of God’s Love. And Dark reminds us there is a hope – Jesus Saves!
Encouraged By His Creation
Vapor Clouds
Our life is like a Vapor Clouds, here today and gone tomorrow.
Yet, while the vapor clouds pass on through they reflect the sunlight. We are the same way; we shine the Light of Jesus for we are a reflection of God’s Love.
Tall clouds growing toward the sun: The clouds that grow up, up, up, to the heights are the ones that become the brightest – for they are closest to the sun. The same goes for us with Jesus the Son of God. But those that are the furthest are dark and mumbling and grumbling all the time.
Passing Through? What’s your choice: light or dark?
Encouraged By His Creation
A Tree
A Tree stands in all kinds of weather, all seasons. It grows one limb at a time sometimes fast, sometimes slow. We are like trees planted by the Living water. We weather all kinds of storms, all seasons. And we sway with the breeze, moved by the wind of God.
Encouraged By His Creation
Flowers
Flowers that bloom and fade: they grow from one glory to another. From the bloom that is beautiful to the seed that is left behind to grow more. Our life is a lot like this; we are saved and we have great joy, then it seems our joy / blossom fades. But, if we remain on the stalk- we shall not fear for the bloom has to fade, so that, the seeds will be formed. So we grow glory-to-glory and strength-to-strength. Without the bloom no fruit, with out the fruit no seeds, without the seeds- no harvest. Whether you are an early bloomer or late bloomer – bloom and leave those seeds behind, and watch what God does!
Encouraged By His Creation
Space station
Space station reflecting light: God gave man the ability to put a space station in the sky and to man that space station. What is neat, as that station is set up the solar panels reflects sunlight to show us where it is. But, if it doesn’t reflect the light it would look like the rest of space, black. It is the same with us, if we reflect the Sonlight we will be seen. But if not, you couldn’t tell us from the rest of the world.
Encouraged By His Creation
Stars
The stars created for purpose. They show us that they are always shining in the darkest night. Jesus told us he would never leave us, yet, sometimes in our walk of faith it seems he has turned his face away from us and it seems very dark. We are taught the righteous walk by faith and as we walk by faith we are also to learn to shine light by faith. Believing that he is and he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Seek him with all our heart and we shall find him. Those dark times are faith builders, building in us a desire to seek the Lord and to learn how to shine for his glory.
Encouraged By His Creation
Candle
Candle in a dark room: The room is very dark, no light at all, can’t see. But, wait, what is that, a match is lit and ignites one little birthday candle and we can see where to walk. That is what light does for us. And that is what Jesus has done for all mankind. Flame on! Shine candle shine!
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Light shining through a window pane
Light shining through a window pane: God gave man the ability to make windows and God spoke his word "let there be light" and he shined light through our window. Now we are reminded that God shines his Light of Love through our window of pain. In this world you will have tribulations/ trials/ tests, but, he told us he would never leave us nor forsake us, so long as I have light shining through my window pane/ window of pain I am reminded that God is encouraging me to press on though all Hell may seem to break against me.
Encouraged By His Creation
A Baby
A Baby: Everything that has breath has been a baby at one time or another. A baby is small, needing help to survive. They are needy. They need food, love, cleaning, and attention. Through the baby’s needs, they learn. We are a needy people and through our needs we learn. And we are told of the One who can provide ALL our needs, He is our Heavenly Father. He will provide ALL our needs according to his riches and glory through Christ Jesus. So, what is it that you need that you may know God? He has provided his Son Jesus for our salvation, our Redeemer, our Shepherd. This is LIFE Eternal- to know God and the one whom He sent Jesus Christ. To know God is to know Perfect Love- for God is LOVE. Now through Christ we see perfect Love at the cross, for no greater Love does one have than to lay his life down for another. As the baby’s needs are met they come to trust the hand that feeds them and in turn learn to love their parents. To know God and the one whom he sent this is eternal life. So, do you want to know God more? Eat what he feeds you. Learn to walk. Learn to make choices mature in Perfect Love just as your Father in heaven is Perfect Love. WWWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! I’m hungry/ I need cleaning.
Encouraged By His Creation
Toddlers
We all have been toddlers at on time or another. A toddler is in the learning to try stage. A toddler has a HOPE of walking perfectly (for it is engrafted in them) which gives them courage to keep trying until they master the first step.
We are new creations in Christ learning how to walk in the Spirit of God (Love). We stumble, we cry, yet in our hearts we hear our Father say," Come on you can do it, let’s try it again". Then we are running and again we scrap our knees. But we keep getting back up again because we have an Advocate interceding for us, he is Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
Rise up and walk in His Spirit, because you can.
Encouraged By His Creation
Teenagers
Teenagers: young people learning to live and make decisions for maturity. As Christians we have a season when it seems to be confusing for we are maturing and we think we got the world by the tail. BUT, then we are hit with, we are growing up and yet still enjoy the comfort of home as young people. But we were never to stay young in this world but to grow and mature in knowledge and understanding as a person and as a child of the Most High God. For we wear his name by faith in Jesus Christ.
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Adults
Adults: Practice what we learned all those seasons, times and years. And as we continue to mature we learn to be patient with those who are younger, even helping them to know the path home. Mature adults are instructors and mentors to the young. So it is with Mature Christians. If you are not maturing in Christ, those around you will not mature. If I don’t mature you don’t mature and if you don’t mature I don’t mature because we are interdependent on each other to grow in Christ and the knowledge of our Father in heaven.
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Gardener pruning the trees
Gardener pruning the trees: he removes or purges the dead limbs that more fruit is grown. We at times are pruned, things in our life are purged that we may see they are not needed and in turn the Fruit of the Spirit will be manifested and maturing.
It is in our weakness that we see our need (just as the Baby) and we cry out for understanding and God who is merciful and wise removes the deadness that hinders us. Purged / Pruned that we may bear more fruit to his glory and the namesake of Jesus our Saviour and Lord.
Encouraged By His Creation
Seasons and seasonal pictures
Seasons and seasonal pictures: There is a time for everything. We have seasons in our life and through each season there is an opportunity to grow and mature. Each one of us has been allotted a certain amount of suffering and joy. If you try to get around the suffering you will eventually have it and maybe all at one time. There are seasons in each person’s life. We have seasons of loneliness, marriage, births, growing up, marriage, empty nest, middle age, etc. You get the picture.
What season are you in? Do you see a need that needs provided? Shall we help each other weather the seasons?
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Ocean and the Beach
Ocean and the Beach: these truly go together to make a wonderful lesson of obedience and disobedience. God spoke his word and created the ocean and the beach, and by his command the ocean was not to go past the sand. It was given boundaries for to protect. We have been given boundaries for our protection yet we went past them in a fit of storm. Driven by the wind of sin we rose up and crossed the boundary, thus, eroding and destroying the beach that was peaceful and serene. Only the Word of God can reclaim that which was eroded away. Jesus is the Word of God, the Word of Love!
Enjoy the waves and the beauty in the peace; take shelter in God in the storm.
Encouraged By His Creation
Adverse brothers
Adverse brothers: Prov. 17:17 A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity. Here is one of those moments to see our need. Without an adverse brother (sister, wife, husband) how would we see our need to learn LOVE and Forgiveness? Adversity helps us to see our need for wisdom and understanding. And here again we go to the One who can provide ALL that we need, the Lord.
In Ps. 127:1 ‘If the Lord doesn’t build the house the laborers labor in vain that build it’. When you see your need and you ask, God gives the grace, that, in your humble need you receive graciously and thankfully. Thus, the Lord has built the house!
Encouraged By His Creation
Fly in a car
Fly in a car traveling on the highway: (Long story short) the fly flew all around in the car while it was traveling forwards at 55mph. I seen it fly to the back of the car, it was flying backwards and forwards at the same time. Yet, while I noticed that, I also got to realize the windows being down and that as long as that fly stayed in the confines of that vehicle it had freedom to go wherever it pleased. But, just as it got out of those confines (out the window) it would be blown away. Then God used that fly to teach me and challenge me to stay in his confines where he placed me.
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Highways and maps
Highways and maps: Life is a journey and since we have never been this way before we need a map. God gave us a map and guides from the past to point us home. We use many different highways and we make many different choices to go, some choices get us lost, some lead to dead ends. But if we would follow the route set out for us, we will be on our journey toward home, as well as meet interesting people along the way.
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A sailboat
A sailboat: a vehicle that goes nowhere except propelled by wind. We are like that sailboat, for we are propelled by the Wind of God, by his Spirit. As long as we stay in the wind we are moved in the forward direction but when we try to go against the wind or across it we are tipped over. I don’t know much about sailing except what I’ve seen. But I know it is the (Ruwach: Hebrew for wind, spirit) Spirit of God that moves us.
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Valley
Valley: You must go through the valley to get to the mountain. Just as anyone trying to climb the corporate ladder or any mountain in life, one must start in the bottom. There is a song that says ‘you must go though the valley to get to the mountain of God’. To go up you must be removed from the pit.
If you humble yourself before God, He shall lift you up.
Encouraged By His Creation
Mountain
Mountain: There are always those things which are higher and when we see the mountains which we did not create, we are reminded of God who is higher than we are.
We are also reminded as we are on the mountain, we shall go back into the valley to find and seek those which are lost. For we can see from above and the route to take and go into the valley with a sense of direction and with the heart of God beating in us that we may seek and help guide those to know Jesus on our way home.
Encouraged By His Creation
One lone star
One lone star: (No, not Texas) but a lone star shining. Always remember there are those lone stars in the evening sky just before dark. And if you feel like one of those lone stars, be patient, for it is not dark yet. When it is dark, those that are of the light will shine. Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will shine bright as the firmament and those who turn others to righteousness shine like the stars forever and ever.
So, stay shining though you feel like a lone star, it isn’t dark yet.
When it gets dark man will see their need for light, they will ask you what is your hope, then, you can tell them of Jesus!
So, until then, stay shining, for soon you will be joined with a host of godly light through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Children loving parents
Children loving parents:
Why do the children love their parents?
Could it be that the parents loved them first?
Things that make you go HUMMMM!
We love God, because, He loved us first.
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A Lamp
A Lamp: That lamp sets there taking up space seeming to be useless, just taking up space and collecting dust. But, what is needed is the power to make it useful. God is the power source. The Holy Spirit is the electric cord, but there is one thing missing. Someone to plug it up and turn it on. And that is where Jesus comes in, he did that for us at Calvary. Now, we can be a lamp, filled with the fulness of God and moved by his Holy Spirit by faith through Jesus Christ.
It pleased God for all his fulness to dwell in Christ Jesus. And by faith Christ Jesus lives in us. So, we can say- the fulness of God (the fulness of Perfect Love) abides in us through Christ Jesus by faith. Believing that he is and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Remember: Faith is the substance of those things hoped for. Are you hoping for the evidence of Perfect Love of God who is not seen?
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Silver and the Silversmith
Silver and the Silversmith: The silversmith has a desire when he picks you up. It is to see his face shine in you. However, to get there takes heat, to bring up the dross, so that, it can be removed. As he turns up the heat in your life, you see the bad attitudes (dross), now you can choose to keep them or see them removed, so that, you can be made ready and molded, a pure vessel ready for his purpose. He stops when he can see his face in you. It don’t feel good, but look at the end product.
Lord, turn up the fire and burn the dross out, in Jesus name.
