You’ve got to start somewhere

 -Mother Teresa

 

It was the initial stage of Mother Teresa having stepped into Calcutta’s Motihil slum to teach. She was happy to see several children waiting for her on the steps of a railway bridge that led down into the slum. In trying to find a spot where they could meet, she noticed that the only open area was a tree near the slum.

With no blackboard, chalk, books or desks, Mother Teresa took a stick and used it to write in the mud. As the children squatted and watched, she traced the letters of the Bengali alphabet with stick. She made a start, and the rest is history.

Are you one of those persons who want to begin something, but wait for the perfect time and resources? This sort of mentality only serves as fuel to your excuses, and allow you to justify your inaction. If you want things to happen, then it’s up to you to make them happen. Make a start, and the rest will follow.

Why we doubt our Salvation? – John 10:28

If you have trusted in Jesus Christ and yet continually doubt your salvation, then your whole life is thrown off balance. Key areas of faith begin to crumble, and you limit the work of the Holy Spirit in and through you. It is impossible to live an effective, empowered, Spirit-filled life if you are always wondering whether you are saved. Why, then, do believers so often doubt? Let’s consider five key reasons:

1. Sin. When disobedience is present in a person’s life, his prayers will be hindered, as will his grasp of spiritual ideas. 2. False Teaching. If you’ve been taught that salvation is dependent upon good works, then you have been misled. 3. Overemphasis on Emotions. Too often, the experience of being saved is tied to an emotional high.  4. Disbelief. Acts 16:31 clearly states, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” 5. Satanic Attack. The enemy’s goal is to alienate us from God. One of his most effective tactics is to cause us to question our standing with the Lord.

Quotes about Christianity

 “A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.” ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

..  “In truth, there was only one Christian and he died on the cross.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

..  “I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now...Come further up, come further in!” - C.S. Lewis