Live Righteously

I can’t believe its already Friday! This week absolutely flew by and sadly I feel that I have very little to show for it. I almost missed my Bible study this morning because I forgot it was Friday. We are currently studying (ironically enough) hermeneutics or how to study the Bible. Yes, we are studying how to study…  =)

I started reading another book last night entitled “Called & Committed” by David Watson. It is about creating disciples and disciple makers for Christ. I’ll keep you updated as I go through it.

Have a great and safe weekend.
Tim Biden

written by Tim \\ tags: Books, Today

I need God’s guidance for my life. I have made so many problems in my life worse by simply thinking that I could fix them on my own. If I act without God’s guidance, whatever I do is certain to fail. I have learned that from real and practical experience.

God is perfect and He has a perfect will and plan for my life. I just need to know what that plan is. But, how can a person know the mind of God? To know the mind of God, a man or woman must speak to God and then allow God to reply. A conversation is of no use to either party if only 1 person is allowed to talk. So how do we learn to let God reply to our prayers and petitions?

I just finished reading a book called “God Guides” by Mary Geegh. It is such a quick read, at only 60 pages, that I started and finished it in the same night. The gist of it is how Mary, who was a missionary in India, continuously asked the Lord for guidance and she listened for the answer. The method that she used can almost fill a whole page of the book. So after she gives us the “how to” she then gives many pages of inspiring real-life stories about how she was instructed by God and what happened when she did what she was told. A major theme of the book is simply Listen and Obey.

I have decided to follow Mary’s example and seek God’s guidance in my life. I want to add people to the fold of God as she was in her book. The way that God used her, and the people she ministered to, to enlarge his kingdom is beautiful. It was not a preachy way but a practical way of winning converts through changed lives and common sense.

You can purchase the book from Mary’s family for $3.50 at God Guides.

God Bless you,
Tim Biden

written by Tim \\ tags: Books, Life-Changing, Power of Prayer

I just finished reading a great book, The Shack, for the second time and I have to say that it was better the second time around than the first. This book truly allows us to see how beautiful and complete God’s love for us is. I have never been an avid reader of fiction but this story is truly exceptional. The theme, the pain, the love, the redemption, the way it was written, they are all what make it so great.

I am sad to think that the events in this book never truly happened but the way that it was presented is so convincing and real that, in my heart, I have decided to make it real. I have decided to attempt to live with the realizations that I received from this book. I have decided to love the way The Shack showed me how. I have decided that I need to share this book because it is that great.

The Shack is a story about a man’s pain over the death of his young daughter and how spending a weekend in the wilderness with God changed his life. The majority of the story is spent in or around “the shack”. Mack, the main character, meets God the father, Jesus the son, and the holy spirit in the shack where his daughter was murdered. Through his time with each and all of them, Mack sees how they interact and how they love each other as well as him, how we are supposed to love God and what forgiveness means. If you love Jesus and don’t benefit from reading this book, my heart goes out to you.

The author, William Paul Young, must have a divinely inspired grasp of theology and how to put it into words because he was able to explain love, the trinity, pain and so many issues of the Christian faith so well that I have far fewer questions after reading it. I no longer question how the trinity works, how God can be three separate people, yet completely united. I no longer question God’s love for us. I love this book!

Paul, thank you for writing such a life-changing book. Please write another one, I already want to read it.

Tim Biden

written by Tim \\ tags: Books, Fiction, Life-Changing