A cute and friendly Canada Jay who willingly posed for a picture.

In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- Psalm 120:1; 56:8; 103:13; 139:17

Shades of Falling Leaves

The national symbol of Canada is at it's best in brilliant fall colours. Although fall forewarns of the cold winter ahead, it more than makes up for it in the beauty of contrasting colour that is seen across the Ontario landscape. If you were ever to question if God loves beauty, it would find a clear answer in the radiance of autumn in Canada.

Defining Trust

Trust is: That childlike faith and rest in the loving care of a Father who is ever working all things for His child's good.

Salvation - by Grace Alone

This is My Body

That salvation is all of grace and none of works is one of the basic and most fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith, and it is well taught in this sermon. The Christian's comfort and assurance of perseverance in salvation and a right standing before God is based in the finished work of Christ and His grace, not on their individual performance.

What would you do?

This is a great DVD which follows eight Christian teens who travel to Vietnam and witness first-hand the persecution of their fellow brothers and sisters. It will confront you head-on with the reality of persecution today; and make you face the question of, " What would you do?"

http://www.ur-video.com/main_page.html

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. ~ Hebrews 13:3

Follow Him

Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it."
~ Luke 9:23,24

Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
~ Matthew 11:28-30

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.
~ John 10:27,28

God chooses the weak

For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.” ~ 1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Weak, pitiful vessels we are, and through that there will be no doubt that it is God Himself who transforms us into His likeness and produces much fruit in us. God chooses to show through our lives the greatness, the depth, and the breadth of His mercy, His grace, and His overflowing love.

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. ~ Ephesians 3:14-21

Suffering for His name

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? - Mark 8:34-37

Eritrea Christians Tortured

" We need to keep up our prayer vigil for the Christians in Eritrea," says Open Doors USA President Dr.Carl Moeller. "..The government keeps denying that persecution is taking place. But that is not the truth. There are at least 2,000 reasons for praying for our imprisoned brothers and sisters in Christ."

Fear none of those things which you will suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days; be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life. - Revelation 2:10

The True Treasure

If you could be granted one wish, what would you wish for? Would it be a full bank account? A house on the ocean? A new body? Or would you set your sights on something more worthy, more lasting, and much more valuable?
What we desire and seek after reveals the true nature of our heart; for Jesus Christ said in Matthew 6 that "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." If you focus only on temporal things such as money, possessions or education you are revealing that you are trying to find satisfaction and happiness in things which are worthless in the light of eternity. You are making a treasure of that which will be destroyed.
So what is a lasting treasure? What is something you could put a value on, prize, and know that it would last for eternity? Ah, Jesus has the answer for that as well in Matthew 13, " Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
Christ is comparing the gospel to a great treasure over which a man rejoices exceedingly, and nothing is too much to give to obtain it. The Gospel is a treasure because it is the message of how Christ has paid the price to redeem you from hell and give you access to the Father.
We as fallen humans are under the righteous judgment of God for our willful disobedience of His laws and stubborn refusal to submit to Him. But God who is rich in mercy sacrificed His own Son as an atonement for sin and now bids you repent and believe in Him for salvation. Turn from your sin and cling to Christ as your only hope to be saved from the wrath of the God you have rebelled against. Hebrews says, " For it is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgment." The time of reckoning is drawing near, and you will be judged for your sin if you do not turn to Christ as the only way to God. In His great love He bids you to come, extends a full and free forgiveness and cleansing of sin through the shed blood of His Son. This is a treasure worth having!
Full pardon of sin, a deep and personal relationship with a God who delights in doing good to those He has redeemed, a home being prepared in heaven by Christ...
Is not this treasure infinitely better than things of earth? Yes, it is a priceless treasure and so much so that all those other things seem but vain and empty in comparision. Things of earth are gladly exchanged so that we might share the good news of the Gospel in all the corners of the earth.
God is our true treasure and ought to be our true delight, all other things which we attempt to put in His place will but fall by the wayside, useless.

No More Night

No more night. No more pain.
No more tears. Never crying again.
And praises to the great " I Am."
We will live in the light of the risen
Lamb.

All praises to the great " I Am."
We're gonna live in the light of the
risen Lamb.

~ No More Night ~


For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

~ 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 ~