April 24, 2023
Not facts or fancy that put us here.
Before the world began,
In time before time,
God spoke, He created,
And He knew us.
We are not a mistake.
Not a happenstance.
As difficult or hard as it may seem,
God knows everything,
And He created us-me, you.
It’s no cruelty of fate,
That you came here,
Your parents given a gift,
A precious gift,
For them to shelter, and raise.
That so many fail,
Is not a surprise,
Generation upon generation,
Crying, dying, desperate.
God is good and He created us good.
Yes, sin is a cause.
People hate, are evil and cold,
They want nothing to do with love,
And yet they themselves are searching for love,
But love isn’t something we acquire, it is a gift.
Bold living is our call.
Caring for others our strength.
Growth and love we give away,
And in the giving we prosper.
It’s God’s way, He set things up for us to care.
We ask for His love and forgiveness.
In Jesus Christ we find everything we are looking for,
And life and peace and joy!
We find in caring our gift.
A gift from God to us.
Clay Corvin
February 24, 2023
SPOKEN – 2 TIM. 1:7 – “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.”
God has spoken, He cares for you.
Your enemies will wring their hands in shame.
God is not missing.
He is here, carrying you in His arms each day.
He is not missing.
His hand protects you, preparing a future for you.
Your enemies will regret,
Going against God.
He is in control.
He knows the future now.
He prepares you for each fight.
He is on your side.
He says: watch and wait.
I am with you, stand firm and do not fear.
He gives wisdom and courage.
Our life is in His hands, He is always with us.
What can the world do to me? Nothing.
His Good News: You belong to me.
Clay Corvin 1/30/23
The Gospel is the Good News.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
Died for our sins and rose again by the power of God,
Eternally triumphant over His enemies.
There is therefore, no condemnation for those who believe,
But only everlasting joy, life like God’s life.
That’s the Gospel.
Salvation is a gift from God and we can add nothing to it.
It is God’s Gospel.
God made the first move.
There was nothing we could do to reach God.
Instead God reached down to us and offered us the free gift of life in Jesus.
Jesus is our redeemer.
Jesus delivers us from death to life.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
There is no other way to the Father.
The Father sent Jesus,
His only son, to the earth.
It was the only way,
And it was entirely God the Father’s doing.
Everything we know about the Gospel comes from God.
The truth of the Gospel does not depend on the church. It does not depend on us,
It does not depend on any denomination. It is from God.
We base what we say on the authority of God’s Word.
Jesus was fully God and fully man.
He perfectly obeyed God’s law.
He perfectly fulfilled God’s will.
He died in our place. He was our substitute and paid the price of our sin.
He rose from the dead on the third day.
He was seen by over 500 people.
He ascended into heaven to sit at the right had of the Father.
He didn’t leave us alone, He sent the Holy Spirit, our comforter.
Therefore, we trust in Jesus alone for our salvation.
It is complete in Him.
We renounce self-trust, works, and admit our sinfulness.
We confess our need and cry out to Jesus to save us from our sins.
Clay Corvin 12/4/2022
More than three hundred times Jesus, the Messiah,
Is foretold in the Old Testament.
Jesus, Himself, identifies many of these,
By His quotes in the New Testament.
No vagary in the Bible about the coming Messiah.
Genesis to Revelation is the story of God redeeming mankind.
Jesus is the only way to the Father.
He is the Messiah. He is coming back.
Read the Bible.
Read it daily, searching for God’s guidance of your day.
Along the way God will bring His prophecies to your attention.
It will be a great encouragement.
The Messiah would be resurrected from the dead.
He came forth from the grave on the third day.
The Messiah would bring a new covenant.
It was His own blood, given for us, redeeming us from our sin.
He would be forsaken, and pierced,
But He would be vindicated by the power of God.
Rescued by His Father from the grave,
Jesus paid the price for our sin, and His blood gives us His righteousness.
The Messiah would be crucified.
They would divide his cloths by casting lots and hurl insults at Him.
He was rejected by His own people.
The religious leaders were the ones who would lead the rejection.
The Messiah would bring Good News to the poor, heal the sick, raise the dead.
He was the Good News-God come to His Creation-mankind.
So many more prophecies. Such great detail.
God’s instruction book makes sure we don’t miss the Christ-the Messiah.
And yet so many don’t believe in Jesus.
Don’t miss the Good News.
God knew you before you were born.
The Good News is that God loves you and has provided a way for you to become family.
Clay Corvin – December 21, 2022
SECOND LAW (DEUTERONOMY) –
Faith comes by hearing. Hearing by the Word of God.
We live by God’s rule. His love. We yearn to be like Him.
Moses knew Him-face to face. God said they were friends.
Desperately I desire to be a friend of God. Deuteronomy explains HOW.
GOD loves man. He created us from the dust and breathed His spirit into us.
He chose us and makes us Holy. Calling us to Himself for life.
We obey Him because He loves us. We desire to be with Him.
Our limitations are huge. Our wisdom is small. God will lead us.
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy the most of any of the New Testament writers.
They all focus on loving God and keeping His commandments.
That is Deuteronomy. It is our life blood that pulls us to God.
Moses laws seek to explain how desperately we need God. Every moment.
“If you love me, Keep my commandments.”
Search the book for God’s wisdom. Search the book for God’s love.
Note how special you are. You are the beloved of God.
God is very direct about His requirements for us to be in a relationship with Him.
It’s always God’s way or man’s way. Our default is arrogance and doing it our way.
God says that is the road to destruction. All of us like sheep are led astray.
Following God is life. Following self is death.
We live by faith. We grow by God’s direction and wisdom. Knowledge is not wisdom.
Every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God is wisdom.
God isn’t looking for a tutor. He wants us to be a member of His family.
Only God, the infinite God can reveal Himself to you.
Thinking about God is foolish if you aren’t directed by God.
God is the center of everything. He is first. He is perfect. Remember His rules.
We are not the center of the universe. We can be a child of God but that is a choice.
Jesus is calling us to Himself. He would that no one die. Come to Christ. Jesus loves you.
Every step you take, every move you make is either towards God or always from God.
Live. Follow Jesus. He saves us from death. He gives us life.
Remember. Don’t forget. Let Christ rule in your life.
Read God’s Word. Remember God’s love. He gives the rules of life.
Follow God. He loves you. He is leading you home.
Clay Corvin
New Orleans, LA 70126
March 6, 2022
JESUS BEGAN TO DO AND TEACH – ACTS 1:1-2
Jesus spoke to us-God speaking to mankind.
His Words gave us direction from the God,
Authority, understanding and a grasp of our need.
He called us to repentance for our sin.
We turn to Him, by faith, and receive new life.
Life like God’s life.
Jesus called us to share the Good News.
God is providing salvation in Jesus’ name.
Jesus paid the price to save us from our sin.
The Father raised Him from the dead,
Seating Him at His right hand with all power.
Jesus is God’s everything, He is Lord, Lord of all.
Christ calls us to go to all the world.
Go and tell everyone that we can be free from sin.
Believe in Jesus, He is the only way to the Father.
Christ graces us with forgiveness of our sin.
Bestows us with the Holy Spirit.
Nothing can ever separate us from the love of God.
Clay Corvin
August 31, 2022
JESUS CHRIST, LORD AND SAVIOR (ACTS 1:1-2)
Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior,
Stepped out of eternity into time-our world.
He was the second man.
He would right the wrongs we suffered.
He would love us in a way we had not been loved.
God loves you.
Jesus came doing God’s will.
He spoke with authority.
He brought a new kind of doing.
He enabled us to have a new kind of living.
No longer at the mercy of our sin.
He frees us to live like God lives, and Jesus is Lord of our life.
Jesus was the beginning.
He tells us about the Father.
He gives us wisdom and guidance.
He sends the Holy Spirit, the Hand of God, to us.
Jesus opens the Bible and shows us the direction God gives for living.
He dies on the cross to pay the price of our sin.
The Father raises Him from the dead.
Seats Him at His right hand,
And imbues Him with all power.
We serve a living Savior.
He lives in us and provides for us.
One day He is coming back to take us home to the Father. Praise God.
Clay Corvin
August 31, 2022
God at work among mankind.
His faithful servant writing His Words.
Sending to us so that we could see.
The church forming among mankind.
No strong men. No wealth. Only Jesus.
Today we have church strong men.
Many churches have great wealth.
But we’ve lost two generations of children.
Today the world is as lost as can be.
The majority of people are dying and going to Hades.
They never heard the Gospel.
The church stood by while they were destroyed.
Men cried out for justice, while denying justice to the needy.
The arms race created evil weapons. Countries killed each other.
The church runs for public office, seeking to appease the Lost.
The Gospel is declared ineffective.
Children desert their parents.
Society says good is evil and evil good.
The church winks an eye, ignoring God and God’s Word.
Jesus is abandoned for a social word.
The lost are abandoned.
Everyone is hurting and ignoring Jesus.
Pain and evil explode and still Jesus is ignored.
Seek the Lord and His way first.
Bend the knee to Jesus and evil with flee.
You may lose your physical life proclaiming the Gospel.
Your sacrifice, as Acts notes,
Will serve as a marker to guide people to Jesus.
Surrender, obey, serve and sacrifice and you will lead many to Christ.
Jesus is Lord. People need Him. This is how you lead people to Jesus.
Clay Corvin
August 20, 2022
(2 CHRON. 15:17)
Asa was obedient to God in his heart.
He didn’t pay attention-he left the high places in Judah.
It wasn’t a stumbling block to him.
The people were hurt because they kept worshipping their idols.
God calls us to pay attention.
What is insignificant to us.
May be significant to God.
What are you ignoring in your life?
Obedience in mind, body, and spirit.
Jesus is with us. In us.
The Holy Spirit is guiding us.
What has the Lord called us to do?
What seems trivial to us.
May be big with God.
He points it out to us over and over.
We evaluate with limited wisdom-not important.
We are time-based creatures.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
God sees everything from an eternal viewpoint.
He knows what is critical. He attempts to tell us.
We don’t hear.
We don’t search His heart for direction.
We shrug off eternal consequences.
We just don’t pay attention.
Lord what would you have me do?
What am I missing?
Teach me Your way.
Jesus I bend my knee to You.
You are the way.
The truth.
And the life.
I am Yours.
Clay Corvin
August 3, 2022
