Koxie's Diaries

IT'S QUIET. It's early. My coffee is hot. The sky is still black. The world is still asleep. The day is coming. In a few moments the day will arrive. It will roar down the track with the rising of the sun. The stillness of the dawn will be exchanged for the noise of the day. The calm of solitude will be replaced by the pounding pace of the human race. The refuge of the early morning will be invaded by decisions to be made and deadlines to be met. For the next twelve hours I will be exposed to the day's demands. It is now that I must make a choice. Because of Calvary, I'm free to choose. And so I choose. I choose love . . . No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. I choose joy . . . I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical . . . the tool of the lazy thinker. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God

He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him. John 1:11 LONG AGO, OR maybe not so long ago, there was a tribe in a dark, cold cavern. The cave dwellers would huddle together and cry against the chill. Loud and long they wailed. It was all they did. It was all they knew to do. The sounds in the cave were mournful, but the people didn't know it, for they had never known joy. The spirit in the cave was death, but the people didn't know it, for they had never known life. But then, one day, they heard a different voice. "I have heard your cries," it announced. "I have felt your chill and seen your darkness. I have come to help." The cave people grew quiet. They had never heard this voice. Hope sounded strange to their ears. "How can we know you have come to help?" "Trust me," he answered. "I have what you need." The cave people peered through the darkness at the figure of the stranger. He was sta

Hi, I read the article below in an e-newsletter I usually subscribe to and it humbled me. The writer aptly describes what so many Christians (myself including) are currently experiencing in this ever evolving, gadget-filled and computerized world we live in. I have received a rather rude awakening to the truth that though I am IN THIS WORLD, I am not OF THIS WORLD and I sincerely pray that as we all read this, we will “rewind the tape” and get back to living a vigilant and set-apart life on earth while we continue to await our father’s return. As Christian believers, we're called to live set-apart lives. To be holy as God is holy; to be in the world, but not of the world. God is the source of all holiness, and in order to live a set-apart life, we must spend time with Him so we can be fueled by His Holy Spirit. I don't know what your days look like, but mine are pretty full. They start early and end late. Once the sun rises, it seems that coffee isn't the only thing bre

I didn't like the preacher I sat by on the plane. I know, I know. You're supposed to like everyone, but this fellow ...The plane was crowded. It was a Sunday afternoon, and I was tired from Sunday-morning services. I was speaking that evening in Atlanta and had planned on taking a nap on the flight. But this fellow had other ideas. Though he had been assigned another seat, he took the one next to me since it was closer to the front. And when he took it, he took every inch of it—and then some. Knowing I couldn't sleep, I figured I'd review my thoughts for the evening lesson, so I opened my Bible. "What ya' studying there, buddy?" I told him, but he never heard. "The church is lost," he declared. "Hellbound and heartsick." Turns out he is an evangelist. He speaks in a different church every weekend. "I wake 'em up," he growled. "Christians are asleep. They don't pray. They don't love. They don't care.&qu

Who is there like you oh Lord God of the heavens and the earth? Who else can do the things you do? Who can decree a thing and it comes to pass? Really who can compare with our God? Who else can remain faithful and true even when a partner is unfaithful? His promises are yea and amen from eternity to eternity. Not a single word from His mouth falls to the ground without being fulfilled. He’s blessings towards His beloved children are without repentance. He changes times, seasons and destinies and yet is called the unchanging God. He is ever so gentle, loving, forgiving, understanding, patient, committed and faithful. He is the Almighty, the maker of the heavens and the earth; the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End; the First and the Last; the ruler of all things. And in all this, the one thing that amazes me the most is the fact that He has given us the authority to call Him ABBA, FATHER!! I remember receiving the news 20 years ago today of the ghastly accident that cut short t

Wow, it’s such a joy being counted amongst the living in 2010! Being a witness to the first year of a brand new decade! With the vibes I’m getting, it promises to be a year filled with pleasant surprises, open doors, breakthroughs and so much more. I have made up my mind that this year, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (not even myself) will stop me from reaching my set goals. I have also made up my mind that this year, every labour of mine will bring forth profiting, every opportunity I have lost in years past will be restored to me a hundred fold. All my determination notwithstanding, I know there’ll always be challenges along the way, hindrances that the devil will set before me to stop me from achieving my God-given goals and dreams for the year. It happens every single year and I find myself overcoming some of them (challenges) and being overcome by some of them. Many times, half way through the year, I ask myself how I could have been so silly as to set such unrealistic goals and then I find