Not Christians, But Lovers Of Christ

We are lovers of Christ. We may not be Christians. A Christian is not necessarily a lover of Christ. There are Christians who do not know the Christ. And there are Christians whom Christ does not know.

We know and love Christ. And Christ loves us. We know this because the thought of Christ brings us joy. And if Christ loves us, He surely understands us. Though we fall short of His glory, He justifies us in the sight of God. The purpose of Christ is to reveal God's love to Man. His desire is not to condemn but to justify. His intent is not to abandon the lost child, but to seek and return him to the Father.

You know your Lord. He lives in you. His beauty shines through you. Your thoughts, your words and your love testify to this.

May the Light that shines in us dispel the darkness that surrounds us.

- Samuel Godfrey George

Evy - My Sunshine Boy

August 17, 2011:

Today I am inspired to dedicate this song to my music friend Samuel Godfrey George. Dear Sam ...

"I thank you for the sunlight you beamed at me that day, when my world was black and blue and everything was gray ..."

May the Lord bless you and your family, and shine His light of love upon you all. I will always remember your compassion when I returned home from the hospital, a serious time when I needed it the most.

With love from Canada,

EVY

Thanks for Teacher Samuel Godfrey George

Video in appreciation of a very special teacher here on youtube by the name of Samuel Godfrey George. Someone I try to pray for often in his efforts to spread the Good News! These are some images mixed with my very favorite clips and pics of Samuel along with the song "Thank You" by Ray Boltz that I offered in church just yesterday for teacher appreciation Sunday. If you listen close you can hear my mom tearing up in the live recording. She was my first mentor for Jesus- and it was so cool to sing thanks to all my mentors!

It's A Beautiful Day

It is a beautiful day in the life of Samuel Godfrey George.

Christian Haters and Bigots

The compulsion to hate is as strong as, if not stronger than the compulsion to love. Every one of us would be ready to hate as long as he has something to hate. Yet the impulse to hate is reined in by obedience to Christ who commanded us to love our enemies, and to love our fellow men. But this obedience is impossible to achieve by human strength alone, and is a work of the Holy Spirit who resides in the believer. You have travelled quite a distance in your walk with God. Others have not. That is simply the difference.

Christians, by virtue of being Christians, or by virtue of being baptised and confirmed, do not automatically put on a garb of righteousness. Merely reading the Word of God, or listening to a charismatic preacher does not transform a person into a practising Christian. People who follow the teachings of Christ are those who are in love with Christ to the extent that they do not value anything else. They are also people who understand the deep truth in the teaching of Christ and appreciate the importance of following it. Such a love for Christ is a work of the Spirit, and is given automatically to some people. Others labour to follow Christ, usually in vain.

You can live with Christ, and still betray Him. Judas has proved that already. You can fraternise with Christ, and still be found wanting in faith and grace. The apostles have proved that. What made the same disappointing apostles the pillars of the Christian faith is the transforming work of the Spirit of Christ. It is not by might, nor by power but by His Spirit. And His Spirit does not transform everyone who claims to be Christian, simply because most claims are not true.

That most Christians are judgemental, intolerant and hateful should not come as a surprise. They are either ignorant of the teachings of Christ, or are unmoved by them, as the Spirit is not at work in them.

Therefore the greatest challenge for a practising Christian is to persevere in faith, despite the little inspiration that can be derived from fellow Christians. Ultimately he or she lives to please Christ, at the cost of everything else.

- Samuel Godfrey George

Why many Christians compulsively hate

Samuel Godfrey George reads his letter to his friend Dianne Partain, written three years ago, in which he explains why according to him most Christians have the compulsion to hate.

It should not be difficult to trust in God

What God did in my life with respect to my father is the one incident that will always restore my faith in Him.

The King and the Prince

Wearied by life and distracted by misfortune
You lament over lost opportunities.
Fortunate man, who is he that walks by your side?
Is he not your Prince? Are you not his King?
More precious than gold is he who came from you;
Greater than acquisitions and wealth
Is the fruit of your loins, the flesh of your flesh.
Forgetful man, turn to the fortune that cannot be priced,
Celebrate the blessing that cannot be overlooked,
Embrace the wonder that you have brought into this world,
And hold on to that joy till your last breath.
Let not misery distract, let not fear overwhelm
The fire of a father’s love that should be never put out.
Spare him not your counsel; raise him in the light of his Lord,
Leave not his shadow even for a moment; love him till the very end.
Walk upright before him, be his master, be his light.
Fall not from grace; wreck not his heart.
Remember the blessing comes at a price,
And you must be a man before you can be a father.
Trifle not with the gift of God; wake up before it is too late.
Let the serpent not invade the garden of the King and his Prince,
And bring to ruin the joy of Heaven.

-Samuel Godfrey George

The Mathematics of God - A Father's Pain

God is my Father,
I am His son.
The pain He inflicts
Is the pain I inflict.
The pain of his Fatherhood
Is the pain of my fatherhood.
I am His inconstant son,
So I have an inconstant son.
From my fickle love for my Father
Comes my son's fickle love for me.
My Father longs to bless me
As I long to bless my son.
Yet my Father cannot bless me
As I cannot bless my son.
I spurned my Father
So my son has spurned me.
There is no fire in my blood,
So there is no fire in my son's blood.
God will be my Father
When I am ready to be His son.
Only then will my son be ready
For me to be His father.

-Samuel Godfrey George

Life and Death

When are the living dead? When the living fail to acknowledge the source of life they are dead. Without this acknowledgement there can be no worship of the One who is the only one fit to worship. And in the absence of that worship, there can be no spiritual growth. Without spiritual growth a human being cannot be complete. The spirit that is not allowed to grow will decay in the body in which it resides. That body may show signs of physical life, yet it is spiritually dead. The living body is destined for physical death, but the decaying spirit will outlive the body to live an eternal life of spiritual death.

The spiritually dead cannot be victors over life, which is under the law of sin. They cannot know the Truth, which liberates Man from all forms of bondage. The Truth is the realization that nothing that is created is worthy of worship or devotion, and that the only One who is worthy is the Creator. Neither this realization nor the worship of the Creator is self-achieved. The union of the human spirit and the Divine Spirit achieves these. Such union cannot be forced. It is predestined. Those who belong to the Creator are predestined to belong to Him.

God is the Creator. Man is the created. Man is also a creator, as he is made in the image of God, who is the Supreme Creator. The image of God that Man bears is of a spiritual nature. Like God, Man has the knowledge of good and evil. Yet unlike God, he does not have the power to choose good over evil, as he is under the law of sin, as ordained by God. Man came under the law of sin as a result of his disobedience to God. His disobedience to God was also an act of obedience to the enemy of God, the Devil. The disobedience to God separated Man from God. And Man without God came under the rule of the Devil.

The rule of the Devil over Man’s soul can be undone only by the intervention of
God. This intervention can only take place when Man recognizes God and His Truth. And this will not come to pass by human might and understanding.

There is Divine wisdom, and then there is human wisdom. The two are in conflict, as God and Man are in conflict. Man, who is made in the image of God is unlike God. God chooses good, and Man chooses evil. How then can God’s wisdom not conflict with that of Man?

The wisdom of God is for the benefit of those who have been predestined to belong to God. Even those who have been predestined to belong to God can resist God. Resistance to God is in the very nature of Man. Those who resist God resist life. Let not people of God continue in their error. Though they walk in the path of eternal death, they will not die, for God will not be prevented from having those who belong to Him. The people of God will come to their senses, and turn away from the clutches of death. They will return to their God.

-Samuel Godfrey George

Are you still struggling with sin?

Are you still doing what you do not want to do? Here's hope for you.