"There will come a day, Paul says, when all our "work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's work." (1 Cor. 3:13) The gold, silver, and precious stones will endure while the wood, hay, and straw will go up in smoke.
Paul doesn’t say that the quantity will be tested. He says nothing about attendance totals. Everything will focus on quality.
Warren Wiersbe made an interesting observation about this passage to the Brooklyn Tabernacle staff. “What’s the difference between these materials, besides the obvious---that one group is fireproof while the other isn’t?
“I think it’s significant that wood, hay, and straw are abundant…right outside your door, or only a few miles away at most. Any forest, any farmer’s field has an abundance of these.
“But if you want gold, silver, and costly stones, you have to dig for them. You have to pursue with great effort. They’re not just lying around everywhere. You have to go deep into the earth.”
To me, these words are profound. Spiritual “construction” that uses wood, hay, and straw comes easy---little work, little seeking, no travail, no birthing. You just slap it up and it will look adequate---for a while. But if you want to build something that will endure on Judgment Day, the work is much more costly.
On that day it won’t matter what your fellow Christians thought of you. It won’t matter what the marketing experts advised. You and I will stand before the One whose eyes are “like fire.” We won’t soften him up by telling him how brilliant our strategy was. We will face his searing gaze.
He will only ask whether we were boldly faithful to his Word.”

From Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala and Dean Merrill


Jim Cymbala is the Pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. I would highly encourage everyone to read this book!

Good morning at Olden, Norway.

A nice Sunday for everyone. 🤗

Goodmorning family!

Be the reson for someone to smile today.

SLY🌹

THE BOSS!!! 😎SORRY BIBI!! 😂

Last night a violinist serenaded Trump with the most beautiful music you've ever heard. I can't help but feel it gives me nothing can stop what is coming vibes.
We're gonna make it.
If we weren't, we wouldn't have gotten this far.
Buckle up cause it sure feels like 2024 is going to be a wild ride.

the song being played in the video above👆