O, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! (Psalm 107:1). November is the month for Thanksgiving. If there is anyone who should be a thankful person it is the believer in God through Jesus Christ. We know that our Heavenly Father is working all things out for our good and for His eternal […]
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Author: Rick Shrader
GPS – Walking in Darkness
October is the month for Halloween, that sad old tradition on “Hallows’ Eve” when ghosts and goblins are thought to be traveling around. It is an unbiblical and unholy tradition that the church ought to discard. However, there is a lot of darkness in this world, some of it from Satan himself, some of it […]
GPS – Working While Walking
Labor Day in America falls on the first Monday of September. Americans don’t seem to care what a certain holiday commemorates, they just enjoy the day off—hence the oxymoron, Labor Day Holiday. Christians have a stewardship from God to labor but we often don’t pay proper attention to what that means. Genesis 1:1-5, the first […]
GPS – Walking Godly in an Ungodly World
Our walk with God is an invisible walk. That is, we cannot see Him because He is spirit, or invisible, though we are physical and visible at least to ourselves. Yet we are to walk with God as if we were like Adam walking with Him in the cool of the day. Our trouble is […]
GPS – Trials on the Road
We have been dealing with our walk with God and the junctions in the road. On this road there are many things including blessings, answers to prayer, changes in direction. One of the most difficult things to understand and deal with is a trial that God brings into our The Bible is full of examples […]
GPS – When You Took the Wrong Road
In February I wrote about the junctions in life’s road. Life is full of those decision times when we must choose to go one way or the other. We have the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to guide us, but many times we decide to go a way that seems best to us […]
GPS – Walking as Strangers and Pilgrims
The apostle Peter wrote to the “pilgrims of the Dispersion [diaspora] in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” (1 Peter 1:1). James also addressed his readers as “the twelve tribes scattered abroad” (literally, “of the diaspora”). Peter especially designates these Jews as Christian believers or “elect” (vs 2). Diaspora means a scattering of the “spora” […]
GPS – Providence and Decision Making
When we are walking on life’s road and navigating the junctions and choices in life, we need to remember that we are not alone. Though we have many companions and counselors helping us make the right turns, as believers we have a Friend Who never leaves us nor forsakes us. Our Lord Jesus Christ is […]
GPS – At the Junctions in the Road
Learning to walk involves many necessary actions: balance, falling, turning, and direction. The Christian walk also involves many actions including turning, eating, talking, learning, and many more. I believe one of the neglected areas of our walk involves the junctions (turnings) in the road. A fork in the road with various options still allows you […]
GPS – Learning to Walk
The most common description of the believer’s life in the New Testament is the word “walk.” The word appears, in relation to the believer, almost 200 times. It is used in negative connotations such as, “when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries” (1 Peter 4:3); in descriptions of the […]