The Master's Pottery Shop

In Luke 12:17-40 there is a parable of a wealthy farmer who sat back in ease one day, as he looked over his barns and wealth. He then decided to tear down his barns and build bigger ones. After that, he would sit and rest, eat, drink and be merry for many years. But God [...]

I was teaching art classes in one of the hobby and craft stores when the framing manager came over to talk to me, he would come over quite often to see what all we were doing and to meet and talk with the students, some adults and some children where in the class.
This young man, [...]

Jesus was stating that humans are not good, not holy and not pure and that only God is all these things, and He is holy, pure and good all the time. There is not one second when He is not.
Do people think God is good in the good and bad times? Of course everyone [...]

Like Paul, compared the Christians to those who run a race etc. So today let’s look at preparation of the Christians, compared to the coffee beans.
Think and Ponder:
Choosing a Coffeemaker:
1. Try and find a coffeemaker which will brew slowly this way you will receive more flavor from the beans.
God does His work slowly and allows the [...]

(Thomas Brooks, “The Crown and Glory of Christianity, or, Holiness, the Only Way to Happiness”, 1662)
“The Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.” Psalm 6:8
“Tears have a voice. God has an eye as well upon a man’s tears–as upon his prayers. Penitent tears are divine ambassadors, which never return from the throne of grace [...]

Remember He is God with thousands of angels who love Him dearly. Who worship and adore Him. His home is beyond our wildest imaginations, and there is nothing there that is defiled or sinful — nothing!
He could have come with 10,000 thousands of His angels, their bows ready to kill all of humanity for disobeying [...]