Author: Allen Forte

I’ve Witnessed It

Hi everyone, this is Allen Forte.

I’ve witnessed it.  That’s my message for today.

John the Baptist and Jesus were cousins.  They were born just a few months apart – John being a few months older.  I think we all know John was set apart to go out ahead of Jesus and to proclaim to the people the coming of the Lord.

I imagine those two grew up together as little kids.  Perhaps they even played together.  But at some point, John took to his calling and started his ministry.  And after that, Jesus when He was around 30 years old started His work as the Lord.

John probably got to witness a lot of stuff with Jesus that is not written anywhere.  Imagine playing a game of baseball when Jesus is the pitcher.  Or imagine trying to beat Jesus running home from school.  Yes, John probably witnessed a lot of stuff.

But, even with that, John had his questions.  He had his doubts.  Not questions about Who Jesus was, but questions about if Jesus was?  John knew Who Jesus was, but he didn’t know if Jesus was the One, he was proclaiming to come.  How on earth could that be?

In the book of Luke 7:22-23, John has been put in prison by Herod.  He sent some of his disciples to Jesus to inquire if Jesus was the One.  So, the disciples came to Jesus and said this to Him.  “John is wondering if You are the One Who is coming or should they look for another.”

Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard.  That the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them.  And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”

John had a moment where he forgot all that he had witnessed in his life and in the life of Jesus.  He was in prison for proclaiming the Coming One, but he let his circumstances move him to doubt if Jesus was the One. 

Sometimes, we are like that today.  We are so busy with doing the work of the Lord that we forget sometimes to let the work of the Lord do its stuff with us.  Jesus’ response to John was a reminder to John of the things done in life that only the Lord could do.

Sometimes we need a gentle reminder of the amazing things the Lord is and has done in our lives and in the life of the things around us.  Jesus told John’s disciples to go tell him what they had witnessed.  Sight restored to the blind.  Lame people walking again.  People healed of leprosy.  Deaf people hearing.

Like John’s disciples, we need to remember to be witnesses to the things we see and hear.  I have never seen sight restored to the blind or hearing restored to the deaf.  But here are some things we can all be witness of:

God is the only one who can tell the sun where to go and sit for the night.

He tells the wind where to come from and where to go.

He causes the ocean tides to come and go.

He causes oxygen to give and to sustain the humanity of our lives.

He keeps the stars above from falling down upon us.

He tells the clouds to stay put and then to move on.

He decided we didn’t need an ocean in the atmosphere, but it is from there rain falls to sustain us.

He tells the day where to go when night comes.

And though we cannot see love, He makes sure we can know it because He is love.

We are a witness to a lot more than we think or know.  We just have to open our eyes to the wonder of the things around us.

So, let this be your time.  Go and tell someone what you have seen and heard and witnessed.  And when they question you on these things just let them know you’ve witnessed it all because we serve a living God and Lord who doesn’t live in a stone.

No, God is not a stone or a carved figure.  He is not the result of our imagination.  He is a living God.

Jesus lives in a place called anywhere.  And He operates in a time call anytime.  And He can be found in a place called any place because He is a living God.

Let people know you’ve witnessed that for yourself.  It’s there for them to see and hear for themselves.

Live a Delivered Life. 

Mother’s Day 2026

Hi everyone, this is Allen Forte

This is my message for Mother’s Day 2026.

Today is Mother’s Day.  It’s the one day of each year we set aside so that we can acknowledge the blessings we have in our mother’s.  No matter who you are or where you are from, each of us has a mother.

To my knowledge, there is no day set aside in the Word of God called Mother’s Day. But there is in the Word, encouragement from the Lord that we should all honor our parents.

Ephesians 6:1-2 says it this way.  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

So, Mother’s Day is a tradition of man, but a good tradition to have because in a way, it is man’s way to say to the Lord, “we will honor our parents because You have asked us to do that.” I say today is a good tradition to have because in many ways, people have come to reject traditions, especially when it comes to parents and parenting, so that we can live our own ways.

Jesus and Mary, His mother, are our best examples of what is means to be the child who honors the mother. Mary stood at the foot of the cross while Jesus died.  She was mother from His birth, and she was mother to Him at the moment of His death.  John 19:25-27.

Jesus was the Son of His mother from His birth, and He was the Son of His mother at the moment of His death.  He honored His mother by how He lived and He honored His mother in the way He died.

Being a mother is one of the most selfless things a mom is required to be for as long as she lives. Honoring your mother is one of the most selfless things you are required to be for as long as you live. Jesus and Mary should be the example of what an honoring relationship should be between Mother and Child.

So, today, whether your earthly example of mother and child is great or not, fulfilling the desire of the Lord to honor your mother remains Truth.  It is His Word and desire for us, and we should make it a tradition of ours to follow no matter our circumstances.

In the book of Ruth, we have the example of a loving honoring relationship between mother and child, Naomi and Ruth. These two ladies had endured a difficult life, with famine and death of husbands and sons. On earth, they had each other only.

They could have given up and given in to anything to find a way to get by. Naomi actually wanted Ruth to depart and find how own life.  She thought Ruth would find something better than what she would have living with her. But Ruth wouldn’t leave her.  Ruth honored her mother by honoring her.

Ruth knew they had one another and they had the Lord.  This kept them together and moving forward in eternal hope.  As Naomi tried to encourage Ruth to find how own path, Ruth simply said “mom, I will not leave you.”

Ruth speaks to Naomie in chapter 1:16-17 saying this:

Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you.

For wherever you go, I will go. And where you lodge, I will lodge.  Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

Where you die, I will die, and where there I will be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also.  If anything but death parts you and me.”

So, today and each day hereafter, let something like this be your cry and the way you honor your mother and the Lord. No matter if your mother is living or has died already, make sure she knows you will always follow after her no matter her example in your life. Make sure she knows where she lives, you will live. Make sure she knows you will never reject her or her people.  And make sure she knows the Lord God almighty Who has carried her will be your Lord and God and He will carry you also.

Finally, make sure your mother knows you will let nothing short of death separate you from her. If this is not you right now, you’ve got work you can still do.  If this is you today, you’ve got work you must continue to do.

Honor your mother today with your life and how you live it towards the Lord and toward Her.  This is a great tradition to have.

Live a Delivered Life.  Love you.    

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. Why the right side and not the left?

Luke 5:5: But Simon answered and said to Him, Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at Your Word, I will let down the net.”

John 21:5-6: “Then Jesus said to them, children, have you any food? They answered Him, no. And He said to them, cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some. So, they cast and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.”

The disciples needed food for their families. They needed fish to sell to make money. They had toiled all night doing what they had to do and had not caught a single fish. Then as they are washing their nets, Jesus tells them to cast the net out again on the right side of the boat. He said they would catch something this way.

They didn’t know it was Jesus asking them to do this. But they needed fish; they needed food, so they were willing to cast one more time on the request of a man they didn’t know. Maybe they thought this person was an expert fisherman. He was specifically telling them to cast their net on the right side of the boat. Maybe he knew something they didn’t know.

Maybe that’s the case and maybe not. Whatever the case, they did and they caught so many fish till they had to toil to bring them all into the boat. It was then they recognized it was Jesus who had asked them to cast their net out again but this time on the right side of the boat.

Sometimes, we toil at things that are important to us, but we do not get the results we want. Sometimes, all we need to do to see a change in things is to go to the right side of things where the change is. We work hard at our marriages, but we don’t make ourselves good spouses. We work hard at parenting, but we are not parents at heart.  We want a good high paying job, but we are lazy and do the work of a lazy employee.

We have little results from the things we toil at doing because the work we do requires something greater and better than that which we want to give. We toil because we do not know how to work from the right side of things.

The disciples were cleaning their nets after a whole night toiling to catch fish but caught nothing. Many of us will go to work with a poor attitude but we will never think of cleaning up our attitude so we can get the promotion we want.

Jesus calls us to go to the right side of things and not the left side because He wants us to know that the left the side is the side that comforts us and makes us accept ourselves just as we are. He wants us to learn we must move to the side that is right for those who would receive the blessing of who we are and what we do.

Right and left are more than directions with the Lord. They are positions of our hearts and minds.  When our hearts are right and when our minds are right, we will always see what we left to get to what we now have. If you want something for yourself, there will be very little left of you when you do not get what you want.

If you want something for the Lord and for others, there will be many blessings for you right in the place you are today.  With the Lord at your side, you will learn to work from the right side of your heart and your thinking.  When you do this, you will not toil at the things you do. And if you do toil it will be to toil at the abundance of the blessing He will cause you to have.

If you are on the left side of life. Move to the right. If you are on the left side of your marriage, move to the right.  If you are on the left side of your employment, move to the right.

It is on the right side that you will find the catch the Lord has waiting for you.

Live a Delivered Life.

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. As the world goes, let it go.

Romans 12:2: “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

1 Corinthians 9:22: “To the weak, I became as weak, that I might win the weak.  I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

The Pope and the President got into a little spat a few weeks ago.  This made me wonder.  Who is winning the battle for the world?  Is the church winning the people or are the people winning the church?  Is the message of the church transforming people or are the ways of the people transforming the church?

Romans 12:2 is telling us that as believers we should not run as the world runs. We should not turn as the world turns. We should not go as the world goes. But we should be transformed in who we are.  In this way, the world has a chance to see the thing of God that is different and that can save us from ourselves.

So, I ask?  Are the minds of the believers being transformed by the world or are believers by their transformation, sticking with the Word of God and by doing so, we are proof of the good, acceptable and perfect Will of God? 

God means us no harm. God wants to keep us from harm. This is one reason He wants us to change our thinking. He doesn’t want us running on our own thinking trying to change the world around us from what He says to what we say.

Yet, in 1 Corinthians 9:22, some believers will say Paul is saying he decided to be like the people of the world so that he can win some to Christ.  But is that what Paul means? The scripture on the surface makes no sense. If I am a drunkard, I don’t think Paul is saying he would become a drunkard so that he could win me to Christ and to sobriety.

If I am a drunkard, why would I believe you, another drunkard, about anything but having another drink? Clearly, we must look deeper. Paul is not saying he would affirm sin so that he could win you to repentance. That would make no sense. If we affirm sin as normal, people will never accept that their behavior is sin.

Paul wrote both these scriptures. Is there a conflict then? No there is not. Perhaps when we look to Romans a little deeper, we will find that Paul is saying if you are poor and in need, he would come to you as being poor and in need himself so that he could win you by showing you how to depend on the Lord.

Believers ought never to turn as the world turns, believing that as we do this will lead some people to change their ways. The church doesn’t need to get a tattoo so that those who have tattoos will feel accepted in the church. The church doesn’t need to wear tight fitting leggings so that those who want to wear leggings to church will feel comfortable doing that at the church.

We cannot go as the world goes. We must let the things of the world go their way and we must stand for and represent God’s way. We can say and demonstrate that we are like the world in that we have things we want to hold onto, but we are unlike the world in that we know we can let go of those things so we can take hold of all the good acceptable things the Will of God has waiting for us.

So, if the world is unbelieving in some ways, don’t affirm that unbelief in yourself thinking you can change the world. Affirm what the Lord has asked us to affirm.  Stand as an example of one who was weak but now you are strong.  As one who was poor but now you are rich.  As one who dressed to please themselves, but now as one who dresses so as not to be a distraction to others.

What is this but now?  Now that you know the Love of God and that His will for us is always good and pleasing and acceptable. The believer and the church do not need to look like the people of the community. The believer and the church should look like people from the community, transformed by the Love of God into something that is good for the community.

As the world goes, let it go. As the Lord leads, let’s be quick to follow.

Live a Delivered Life.

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. The Lord tells us the Truth. We must reject the lies.

Genesis 2:24: God speaks to us about the Truth of marriage.  He says, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

Genesis 1:27:  God speaks to us about the sexes He created in humans.  He says, “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Romans 1:26-27 speaks to us about same sex relationships.  It says, “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise, also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men.”

We live in a time now that as people come out of the closet, we put God into the closet. Today we are generally more likely to affirm what man says more than to stand on what God says. We want people to be able to live free of the feeling of condemnation no matter who they are and what they do.

Cain was this way. He wanted God to respect him and to accept his offering just as God respected and accepted Able and his offering. But Able accepted God’s Truth about the offering and Cain did not. Cain did not want the feeling of condemnation that came with his choice.

We are this way today. But now we have so much of Cain’s ways in us from the highest person to the lowest person that it means believers among us like Able are made live under the condemnation of being intolerant to others. The Cain in us has led us to make a lie become the truth we want.

God has spoken to us about everything we will ever encounter. He speaks to us about things that are not by reminding us of things that are Truth. Many people want us to believe the Lord is accepting and affirming of all of us just the way we are no matter how we are inclined to behave or to believe.

When God told us what marriage is; when He told us of the sexes He created; and when He told us about acceptable sexual relations between man and woman, He did not forget to speak to us about what is not. Believers must understand this. The Cains among us want us to believe God forgot something.

Man will want us to believe that marriage can be something more or that there are more than two sexes or that acceptable sexual relations can happen between committed people no matter their sex and marital status. But these views are lies. In a way, these are the views of the Cains among us who want their views to become the truths that God did not speak about before.

When the Lord tells us what is Truth, we must learn to reject what is not. We must learn to confirm the Truth and never to affirm a lie. Man starts their thinking by making a lie seem like the truth and then they dare the believer to find a in scripture anything that would contradict their sense of truth.

The Lord may not specifically speak to us about rejecting marriage between two people of the same sex because there was and is no need for that. The Truth is that He defines marriage between a man and a woman. We must start with and end with that.

We must put what we think up against what He has already said. In no place does the Lord allow for the Truth to be expanded to include what man wants or believes. Scripture will never affirm a lie to be a Truth, and neither should we do that.

God is silent about many things like these because He has already spoken to us about what is Truth. The Truth defines what is and at the same time it reveals what is not. Belief in the Lord is the only way to be saved.  Any other thought is a lie.  We must never put the Truth up against a lie so we can affirm that the Truth is complete. We must put the lie up against the Truth so we can reject the lie to be more than what is Truth.

Live a Delivered Life.

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. Even if we know where we are, we are lost without His Word.

Psalms 119:105: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

John 14:6: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.”

Sometimes I need to remind myself death is not the end of life, but it is a part of life. If we think of death as simply the end of life, we may not value and live life the best way that we should. Our belief and faith are not just here to help us accept the Lord as our savior, they are there to help guide us in the way we live after we believe.

Thank the Lord that He did not leave us without help in learning how to live towards Him and to stop living toward the world. This is important because just as the Lord allows us to choose whether we believe on Him or not, He also allows us to choose the way we live after we have believed.  But He gives us help to do this, so we get it right.

But what is this help? Where is it?  How do we use it?  Well, this help is God’s Word. Psalm 119:105 reminds us that we can use His Word as a lamp to light the place we live and to illuminate the path, we take from place to place.

When we believe, every day we should check ourselves to make sure we no longer stand where we used to stand.  We no longer walk where we used to walk and we no longer live in the places we used to live. The Word of the Lord is the lamp that lights up the things around us so we can see clearly if this is the place where we should be.

It is also the light that reveals the path of life we take each day. His light shines on our desires, on our wants, on our hearts, and on our faith so that we have a way of knowing if we are on the best path for ourselves. Without His light it is likely we would continue to do all the things we did before we believed. It is likely we will still believe all the things we believed before we believed in Him.

In John14:6, Jesus Himself tells us He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. We cannot get to God any other way but though Him.  We cannot make true any other thing that would be contrary to what He says is True. And we cannot live any other life but the life He created.

The Lord does not want death to keep us from life.  He wants death to bring us to more life.  So, He has given us a destination to seek so that we can find more and better life in His Word.  And He has given us a map to follow so that we do not follow the wrong paths to get to the destination He has set for us.

If you are still living like you lived before you believed, perhaps you do not have His Word as a lamp to reveal where you are standing and where you lay down to live. Perhaps you are not following His light that will light up the path of life you take daily.

If you are still living like you lived before you believed, perhaps you are still following your way of living. Perhaps you still follow your truth for how you live and perhaps you still live your life just as you have always lived.

Long ago we used lamps to light the places we lived.  Lamps lit up the room and things around us. With a lamp we could see how to move in the moment. We used a torch to light our way when we were outdoors. The torch illuminated the way forward for us. With the torch we could see where we were going.

That was then. Today is today.  And today God reminds us we have His Word to do the work of the lamp and the torch people used long ago. So don’t rely on any other thing to light up where you are or to illuminate the path you take forward.

The Word of the Lord doesn’t just help you live where you are. It causes you to understand you must leave the person you are now in the place you now live to become the person He wants you to be and go to the place He wants you to go.

Live A Delivered Life.

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. Jesus Loves you with the Love that we need from a savior.

Jeremiah 31:3: “The Lord has of old has appeared to me saying: Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love.  Therefore, with lovingkindness, I have drawn you.”

Matthew 28:6: “He is not here.  For He is risen as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”

More than pretty dresses and painted eggs, Easter or Resurrection Sunday 2026 is a day to acknowledge the Love our God and Father and Lord and Savior has bestowed upon us.

Today is the day believers have chosen to acknowledge and to celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ after His crucifixion. There are many traditions surrounding this day, sunrise services; easter eggs, easter baskets and of course the easter bunny. I don’t know if our traditions truly represent what the resurrection of Christ means, but there is one certainty for me.

Christ is a God Who loves us. No other thing that we would consider a god can even speak let alone love us.

For me, all that Easter means is captured in the words of a song about the Lord. The song says:

Living He loved me.

Dying He saved me.

Buried He carried my sins far away.

Rising He justified and freed me forever.

One day He is coming back and what a glorious day it will be.

No other god can live and speak to us about itself. Only Christ can do that. Why is that?  Because anything that lives and that can love had to be created by the One who has always lived and always loved.  Christ is forever. He was not created by anything or anyone.

No other god can die and save us. No other god has anything of value that can satisfy the bill that had to be paid to save you and I from the consequences of our sins. Only Christ could do that.

No other god can take our sins away such that they are as if they never were. Only Christ can do that.  When He was buried in that cave, He took all our sins with Him.  He came out three days later, but our sins remain buried forever. How glorious is that?

No other god can raise themselves from death and justify the life we live. Only Christ can do that.  By His living today, He justifies the lives we live today.

So, Easter 2026 means a lot. Let’s not forget that one day Christ is coming back and that will be a glorious day. When He returns, He will gather up all who are believers and take them with Him to a glorious home and place where we will live with Him in eternity.

Easter 2026 is a day to remember that “Living He Loved you. Dying He saved You. Buried He carried your sins far from you. Rising He justified you and freed you forever. Today is one day you should shout amen. What a glorious, loving, gracious, and caring God we have.

Live A Delivered Life.

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. Sometimes we don’t have the sense to know we do not have common sense!

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Job 13:5: Oh, that you would be silent. It would be your wisdom.

I believe we are living in a time where common sense is not so common at all. We don’t have to look very far to find instances of someone doing something that doesn’t make any sense at all. Our political leaders are at odds over the question of requiring identification as a basis for voting in our elections.

Why would this be a question at all? Why does it seem like many of us live with a lack of common sense? God gave Solomon wisdom and knowledge that was uncommon to others at the time.  Why don’t we all have such wisdom and knowledge? Is it a flaw in our creation that some of us seem to have common sense and others do not?

Why will so many of us join protests about things we know nothing about? Can you count the number of stupid decisions and choices you have made in your lifetime? On social media, why do we comment on things said by people we don’t know who don’t know us?

We are drawn to things that are noisy; we are drawn to things that stick out; we are drawn to things that seem wrong; Why is this?

Job 13:5 points out and encourages us to quiet down our lives.  It is in the quiet life that wisdom and common sense can be developed and seen.  It is in the quiet of life that we can learn from the things we learn.  It is in the quiet of life that we can see within ourselves the presence of or the lack of common sense.

But this doesn’t answer the question why are we made the way we are? Proverbs 3:5 even warn and encourages us to trust in the Lord more than to trust in ourselves. Wisdom and knowledge and understanding are available to us all. But not all of us seek it because we are more comfortable living our lives in our own ways.

Common sense is the wisdom to live with the understanding that our own ways of living is not sufficient for us to live the way that is best for us. God does not force us to ask for or to have His wisdom and knowledge because He loves us.  He gives us the freedom to ask for His wisdom and for His knowledge.

Free will is the essence of God’s love for us and the strength of His relationship with us.  God wants us to use our free will to seek His wisdom and His knowledge as we live our lives here on earth.  Solomon freely asked and God gave to him freely.

The reason so many of us do seemingly do not have the sense to know we make no sense in the things we do and say is because we refuse to use our free will to free ourselves from our own wills. God will never force you to be wise and understanding. But He will gladly give you wisdom and understanding when you choose to seek that from Him.

You will know if you have common sense or not when you learn to use your free will to ask the Lord for the thing’s others believe He should force us to have. The Lord will never force you to think the way He does.  But when you ask Him to change your thinking, He will not only do that, but He will deepen His relationship of love with you because you empty yourself of the bonds of living by your own will.

When you use your free will to force yourself to seek what He will never force you to seek, He will bless you with common sense that is uncommon to others.  You will be blessed in how you live and others will be blessed because you are blessed.

Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. If we are God’s seed, we would reflect God’s character!

John 8:31: Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him. “If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:42-44:  Jesus said to them.  “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God.” “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. There is no truth in him.” The devil’s character is to twist and deceive us to believe what he wants us to believe and to reject what God wants us to stand on.

Character is the moral and ethical qualities that define who we are. God is Love and God is Truth.  These are several of His moral qualities. These qualities are reflected in how God acts towards us.  If you want to know God’s character, you will find it by understanding the Why and the Because for the things He does.

If we see God doing things to care for the poor, we should understand that God does the things He does because He is a caring God. This is why God does things to care for the poor. Believers should reflect God’s character because we are of His seed. But His character must be produced in us to be reflected by us.

Seeds need soil and nurturing and water to grow. We don’t allow His character to be produced in us because we do not allow our seed to be planted in the soil of His Word. We plant the seed of who we are in the dirt and sand around us when God wants us to be rooted deep in the soil of His word.

If we are His seed, we must live in His Word more than in we live in the word of the world. If we want to reflect that we are His seed, we must love the Lord more than we love anything on earth.

This can be confusing for us today, especially among believers. We have much division of beliefs among those who profess to be believers and even within the church. For instance we have some believers who believe that same sex marriage is ok and that the Lord is ok with same sex marriage. Why would we believe this? Well, because I just said we believe God is love and God is truth so He has to love everyone no matter what they do.

But God describes marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman and not two people of the same sex. The Lord cannot be both okay with and against same sex marriage at the same time. One position must be of the Lord and the other must be of the devil.

But how do we sort this out?  How do we know His position on this and many things like this?  Well, we look at His character. I have learned that satan will never agree with the Lord on anything, especially a moral thing. Satan wants us to believe that God believes what we believe.

But the devil is a liar and there is no truth in him.  And he disguises himself so that we are unable to recognize him or his ways.  That is why we must abide in God’s word. If the Lord is against same sex marriage, satan’s position must be supportive of same sex marriage because he cannot agree with the Lord.

In this case, if we have the character of God produced in us, we will agree with the Lord that same sex marriage is not something the Lord would endorse. But listen carefully. Satan can never take the position that same sex marriage is wrong. Why not?  Because he would be in agreement with God. And remember, he can never take a moral position that is the same as God.

Likewise, we cannot say God is ok with same sex marriage because that would contrary to His Word. And it would mean satan would have to take the position that same sex marriage is wrong.  Satan will never do that.

So now, you have a way to test your position on many of the moral challenges we face today. If you believe God is for a something, satan will have to be against it.  And if you believe God is against a something, then I’m sure you will find that satan will stand for it.

You are the moral seed of the Lord. Abide in His word always.  Allow the tough moral challenges you face to produce the character of God in you.  Then you will know whose seed you are.  And remember, take your position on moral things not just based on your beliefs and your desires to be good.

If God is for a thing, then ask yourself where does satan stand?  If God is against a thing, ask yourself where does satan stand?  Then look at where you stand. You will learn if you stand with the Lord or with the devil.

You and the Lord can agree on a thing.  But you, the Lord and satan can never agree. You will know whose seed you are when you are rooted deeply in His Word and not in the word of the world.

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Your Moment at the Well

The Lord’s insight. Your attitude determines the height or depth of your life!

Matthew 5:1-9: Blessed are the poor in spirit; those who mourn; the meek; those who hunger and thirst for righteousness; the merciful; the pure in heart; and the peacemakers.

Isaiah 14:12-14: For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven.  I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of the congregation. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds.  I will be like the Most High. We are talking about satan’s attitude here.

We commonly refer to Matthew 5:1-9 as the sermon on the mountain.  Jesus taught the people about what we call the beatitudes.  This was one of His first sermons to the multitude of people as He began His ministry.

He had already healed a great many people throughout the land as He approached the day of this teaching.  So the people gathered together to witness more of His miracles.  He chose to do something that would heal more than their sickness.  He chose to deliver a message that would heal their souls.

It is as if He was saying to them:

If you want to be someone in your land; before the eyes of man; in your community; become someone who is noticed for having a quiet needful spirit.  People will respect you.

If you want the world around you to be better and you are doing all that you can to make it better become someone who mourns for the land more than for yourself.  God will comfort you by healing the land.

If you want to be big on earth and have much of what can be had on earth, become someone who seeks little of what earth has to offer.  Then the Lord will give you more of all that is good on earth.

If you want righteousness to reign more than worldliness, become someone who is hungry and thirsty for righteousness to reign around you.  Then the Lord will fill you.

If you want to see a society where there is more mercy than condemnation, become someone who is merciful. Then you will be given mercy.

If you want the world to see more of God and His purity and less of themselves, then become someone who is pure in heart.  Then the Pure God will be seen through your purity.

If you want there to be more peace and less conflict in the world between God’s people and the people of the world, then become someone who is a peacemaker. Then both God and the world will call you sons and children of God.

Isaiah 14:12-14 reminds us that the main reason satan was cast out of heaven was because of His attitude.  It is important to understand. Actually, satan started out as high as anything but his attitude brought him to the lowest point there can be.

Jesus is reminding us that out attitudes determines the altitude of our lives. These are states of being Jesus calls us to be more than He is calling us to do. If you want to be more of anything, have the attitude that you are the least of all things.

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