Solid Rock

With All Your Heart

Levi Martson — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:21:15 -0500

When I read this verse, it hits home in so many ways. "Trust in the Lord". Easy to say, but so hard to do. Why is that? Cause it goes against my instinct to trust in something I can't see. Which means my faith is tried everyday when I try to trust in the Lord. Trust is huge, and so many books have been written on this subject. But King Solomon puts it simply. He doesn't say to trust in money, trust in investments, trust in the leadership of America, but says trust in the Lord. That's the only place we need to put our trust. But wait, Solomon says to trust with all my heart. Wow. So its hard to trust in the Lord, but that makes it so much harder, and makes me realize that trust isn't just a mind decision, but a decision of the heart. It goes beyond what we think and into our soul. Trust the Lord with everything you got. Don't partially trust, but wholeheartedly trust. But that's not the end. This passage is packed.

Do not lean on your own understanding. Humans are fools. Would you... View full post

What Types of Ministries Are You Involved In?

Levi Martson — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:26:04 -0500

Not really the type of blog post that I usually put on Scriply, but it contains a question that has been on the front of my mind for the last several months: what kinds of ministries can I be a part of, or even start, so that I can reach out and be a light to a lost and dying world? How can I share the love of Jesus Christ to those around me, and away from me?

A ministry that I participate in currently is Compassion International, where I both sponsor children in third-world countries, and I volunteer advocate for those children who need sponsors. It is a ministry that I strongly believe is essential to our current day and age, where children don't have a voice.

But where else can I go, and what tools can I use, to spread the gospel? So I need some ideas to pray about.

Can you help?

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Unchanging God

Levi Martson — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:44:32 -0500

The answer: No! God does not change. God is immutable. This means that God is unchanging in His being, perfections, purposes, promises, yet God does act and feel emotions, and He acts and feels differently in response to different situations. God is omniscient. This means that God fully knows Himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act. View full post

Do Not Be Afraid to Speak

Levi Martson — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:00:34 -0600

Do not be afraid. Go on speaking. Do not be silent. Keep sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Go on sharing. Don't shut up. Do not be afraid.

Has anyone ever told you that? Or do people (Christians and non-Christians alike) tell you that you got to set boundaries. You can't just go around telling everyone about Jesus and things He did. You can't just offend people. But here's the thing, people: The gospel will offend. But that's not yours to worry about. Thats between the person and God. Your job is to plant the seed. So go on speaking, and do not be silent when it comes to sharing the Word of God and what Jesus did for us.

But it doesn't end there. Jesus told Paul "I am with you." Wow! That is an amazing thing to hear! The Lord didn't tell Paul, "Hey Paul, keep up the preaching, but your going to face persecution, and when that happens I will be watching from the bushes..." NO! He told Paul that He is with him. No one was going to mess with Paul (Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and...

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Think on These Things

Levi Martson — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:01:55 -0600

I was listening to Fernando Ortega's song "Let the Words of My Mouth", and in it he sings the words of Philippians 4:8. I was struck by the realization that if only I thought on the things listed in this verse, I would be thinking about Jesus all the time! When you think about it, Jesus was true. He was honorable. He was just. He was pure. He was lovely. He was commendable. He was excellent. He is worthy of praise! And we are told to think on these things. So in other words, think about Jesus. And not just some of the time, but all of the time! Your words will be like the psalmist. View full post

Are We Denying Christ?

Levi Martson — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:54:54 -0600

As I was reading my bible this morning, I came across Matthew's account of the Last Supper and Jesus' arrest. But then I read about the foretelling of Peter's denial by Jesus. View full post

Repent

Levi Martson — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:31:39 -0600

Repentance. The message Jesus Christ constantly taught, and those after him constantly taught. It is a reoccuring theme throughout the Bible. Repent. I can't explain this better, but God's Word can. Let me show you. View full post

Loving the Unlovable

Levi Martson — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:17:45 -0600

I have those people in my life, as I'm sure you have as well, that I cannot find the want to love them as I should. They just rub me wrong somehow. But Jesus taught in Matthew 5 that we are to love our enemies. I include the unlovable with enemies. How in the world are we to love our enemies? I mean, they are our enemies for a reason, or we wouldn't consider them our enemies. Jesus reminds us that the sun rises on the good and the evil, and sends rain on the just and the unjust Pretty easy to love those who are good and just and just plain lovable. But its quite the opposite when they are evil, or unjust, or unlovable. Thats why Jesus addresses this issue, because its so hard to love those who tend to irk us. Jesus asks us what reward will we have if we do the easy thing? By doing the hard thing, our character will be strengthened. And look how Jesus ends this teaching: Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. And we are not only love them, but to pray for them. Wow, pretty... View full post

Wait for the Lord

Levi Martson — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:01:04 -0600

King David was a powerful psalmist. His words flow, and have such a deep meaning. And he waited for the Lord. What does waiting for the Lord mean? It means to look on Him, Jesus Christ, our risen Lord and Saviour, with trust and dependency, with no passivity. This is what enables us to be strong and courageous. Throughout the Psalms, David repeatedly finds strength, courage, peace, a place of refuge, protection, grace, mercy, and all the attributes of God by waiting for the Lord. By waiting for the Lord, he made it through some dark times. By waiting for the Lord, he was a mighty king. By waiting for the Lord, he was a man after God's own heart. So if waiting for the Lord worked for him, why wouldn't it work for us today? Let us wait for the Lord, for He is our ever present help in time of trouble, and the refuge our heart longs for. Believer, be strong, and let your heart take courage! Wait for the Lord! View full post

Got Salt?

Levi Martson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:23:00 -0600

Ever tasted food that needed salt really, really bad? And when you put salt in that same food, the taste just improved like crazy? The same applies to us as Christians. The world is the food that tastes horrible, it has no salt, and we are the salt. Our job as salt is to improve this world, to make a difference, to share Christ and His love, and to spread the Gospel (Matthew 28:19). But what use would we be if we lost that saltiness? We wouldn't be good for ANYTHING! God would throw us out and we would be trampled, absolutely useless to the cause of Christ. Now stop and think about that for a second. Let that soak into your head. Without the taste that salt provides, we would be absolutely, positively useless to God. People couldn't taste what the psalmist says: View full post

Horses and Chariots vs. God

Levi Martson — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:43:17 -0600

I read this passage, and I think of the Egyptians in hot pursuit of the Israelites as they fled Egypt. I think of how the Israelites were on foot and the Egyptians had horses and chariots. And then the Red Sea comes up...how do a bunch of people cross a big sea like that? But then I remember that Israel had a power that the Egyptians could never match - they had the Lord on their side. I'm like "Wow!", thats a pretty neat realization. I mean you got these mean guys with long goatees on a bunch of war horses and chariots that shone like gold, and you have a bunch of petty people trudging along on foot, and you put them up against each other and there is no way Israel is going to come out on top - unless you have a God like Israel has, and that we have today. So the Lord parts the Red Sea, Israel crosses on dry land of all things, and the Egyptians with all their power is crushed under the powerful weight of the Red Sea. At that point, horses and chariots are worthless. But Israel... View full post

The Lord is My Rock and My Fortress

Levi Martson — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:21:10 -0600

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Do We Need to be Saved to Interpret the Bible?

Levi Martson — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:04:15 -0600

Do we need to be saved to understand and interpret the Bible? Or can the unsaved understand it to? Paul tells us this: View full post

The Carpenters Son

Levi Martson — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:33:06 -0600

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Romans 12:9

Levi Martson — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:03:37 -0600

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Solid Rock

Levi Martson — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:08:35 -0600

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