From the Heart by B.Demaere

Email Me Please don’t but only if you want!    I am reading a book that inspires me very much.   It is called, “Out of The Comfort Zone” by George Verwer. Who was the international director of Operation Mobilization.   I met George in 1984, when I was with OM in Belgium on a summer mission trip from here Canada.   He was a good example to me. He went to be with the Lord just recently. In this book, he writes about a book of Charles Swindoll, “Grace Awakening”.   In that book, I paraphrase that if we understood vertical Grace, we would be able to live the horizontal Grace. We have been saved by Grace, let us give that Grace to others with them present or not.   If we were to ask any Christian of any church, if his or her church lives in unity, he or she probably would give an affirmative answer.   Yet in our spirit, we can judge silently and not offend anyone right?   I do it, we all do it and it offends God.   He knows our every thought (1 Chronicles 28:9)     We have lowered our

Great crowds were following Jesus.  He turned around and said to them, if you want to be my follower you must love me more than you own father and mother. wife and children, brothers and sisters---yes, more than your own life.  Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.  And you cannot be my disciple if you do not carry your own cross and follow me. But don't begin until you count the cost.  For who would begin construction of a building without first getting estimates and then checking to see if there is enough money  to pay the bills?  Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of funds. And then how everyone would laugh at you.  They would say, 'There's the person who started that building and ran out of money before it was finished!' Salt is good for seasoning.  But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again?  Flavorless salt is good neither for the soil nor for fertilizer.  It is thrown away.  Anyone who is willing to hear should li