From the Heart by B.Demaere

Finally, the day came when the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I consider you alone to be righteous. He was 600 years old when the the flood came                                                                                                                   (Genesis 7:1,6)   I have a wild imagination.  I wrote over 500 poems and at one time I could have written one about anything.  I have lost the habit now.  I still like to write though.  I was thinking today that we all need an Ark perspective, a tri-dimensional view of the ark.  This one is from the people who didn't make it into the ark.  How sad it really is that so many people had to go.  Were they innocent?  Well no, they are the ones who broke God's heart.  They obviously knew very well what they were doing.  We are too quick at saying people are innocent.  Breaking God's heart is a very serious offense I had say.  When nations decide that they

Exploring the Bible by B.Demaere: Loving the whole Verse (2 Chronicles 7:14) :   Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hea...

  Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will heard from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land. I like this verse and the way it's constructed.  I like the "and's" in this sentence connecting all the elements into one.  Not one element is more important than the other.  All must be done together. Humble could mean a lot of things to us and yet one thing humility is related to is 'rest'.  They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength (Isaiah 40:31)  The word "wait" means trust and God is fully aware of what happens inside of us.  A lot of mistrust, worry.  We can put a humble face, but God sure looks at the heart.  If humility is not part of our characters it doesn't count.  Are you afraid of what people may think of you?  Where is humility in that.  Now the kind of praying I am sure he is referring to is mostly 'closet' pr

  So the Lord was sorry he had made them.  It broke his heart.  And the Lord said, "I will completely wipe out this human race that I have created.  Yes, and I will destroy all the animals and birds, too.  I am sorry I ever made them."  But Noah found favor with the Lord. "Make a boat...." God's heart was broken>Noah found grace >The boat or the ark God's heart was broken>I found grace>The Cross Finding grace is like finding rest and we do that at the Cross.  Like the vision of the wheels, our lives are laid at the cross and find power when we stay connected to the element of the Gospel. Noah found grace and the boat saved him and his family from the flood of sin We find grace at cross and we are saved from the flood of sin in our lives. Now this is the next day, today, I write.  I had a great devotion this morning.  Yesterday, I had no idea that this was coming but this morning everything changed.  God dropped in my heart what I am about to shar

Exploring the Bible by B.Demaere: Revival? (Acts 2:18-21) : In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see vision...

                                     Revival? In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams, In those days I will pour out my Spirit  upon all my servants, men and women alike  and they will prophesy. And I will cause wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below--- blood and fire and clouds of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness,  and the moon will turn bloodred before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives. And anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.                                                   (Acts 2:18-21)  Revival?  How does it come?  With much prayer they often say, and then repentance.  Repentance?  What do we have  to do for that? I need the Lord everyday and every hour or I would not be able to live.  Can you say that?  I can because I have seen the bottom of the barrel. I have been at the verge of

Exploring the Bible by B.Demaere: All (Romans 1:18-20) : But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves.   For the truth about God is ...