God is present

Don’t pretend to solve people’s problems lightly.
Most people frustrate themselves and others trying to
find some kind of final solutions to the struggles of their life
and to the problems of the rest of the world.
Many are humbly just looking for some relief from the pain and
shame they daily encounter.
The problems are there as long as man will be living on this earth.
“The poor you will always have with you.”
No, they are not poor in God’s plan. They are the victims of man’s
fall. We can claim our innocence and talk back to God as much as
we want, but the reality of sin continues to be there.
The sinful man will always be demanding for his needs to be met
and his voice to be heard and obeyed.
We cannot afford to dialogue with the old man.
We have a desperate need to daily shake off the dust from our minds
and shower our spiritual minds with His thoughts.
Yesterday I met an African man whom I have known for over five years.
He used to be a leader of one of the fellowships here.
Now he walks around the streets of Istanbul like a bag man.
He sits in parks and watches the world go by.
What happened?
Yes, maybe he has mental problems. Well, who doesn’t?
He is our brother.
“If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it…” I Cor.12:26
Yes, people’s problems are deep, but God’s love is always deeper.
The blood of Jesus will never lose its power.

The blood that Jesus shed for me,
way back on Calvary;
the blood that gives me strength
from day to day,
it will never lose its power.


It reaches to the highest mountain,
it flows to the lowest valley;
the blood that gives me strength
from day to day,
it will never lose its power.


It soothes my doubts and calms my fears,
and it dries all my tears;
the blood that gives me strength
from day to day,
it will never lose its power.

(song by Andrea Crouch)