CROSSROADS – – – FOR AMERICANS, FOR CHRISTIANS

February 25, 2024 By Leave a Comment

CROSSROADS FOR AMERICANS

Every American must recognize and come to grips with what is coming, with what is here now.
Life as we know it, and enjoy it, will not continue if we just wait and see what happens as long as we can go to work another day.
Every American must personally return to what made America great—God, Freedom, The Constitution—and publicly defend and vote for those things.

CROSSROADS FOR CHRISTIANS

Every Christian must understand that compatibility with American culture is canceled.
Now it is time to be different for following Jesus, with a cost.
Every Christian must humbly pray for personal revival—soul-searching for change in my life—then demonstrate what Jesus means, in all my relationships and actions.

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WHEN REALITY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

February 24, 2024 By Leave a Comment

Some thoughts from and inspired by
Peter Rosenberger – “Hope For The Family Caregiver” on afr.net
He knows whereof he speaks—caregiver for his wife for decades.
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“Confusing the American dream with the Christian life.”

Peter says when his wife Gracie enters a room, she immediately creates a theological conversation, without even saying a word.
She doesn’t have to offer a profound explanation for the will of God.

“Something beautiful, something good;
All my confusion He understood.
All I had to offer Him
Was loneliness and strife,
But He made something beautiful
Of my life.”

How to trust Him.

Can I trust Him.

How do I know I can trust Him . . .

“His scars make it possible to trust Him with my scars.”

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GET THE BIBLE OVER WITH FIRST, THEN . . .

February 24, 2024 By Leave a Comment

Observing Christian financial advice for many decades, some things become clear to me, as they were clear to Daddy over half a century ago, for the rest of his life.
I see a pattern of sharing solid, Biblical principles and verses first, like a tithe of time to God’s Word.
Then it seems business as usual, advising to make more money – – – according to . . . ?
. . . mostly according to the principles of the American economy, not so much the blanket warnings of Jesus about our money telling where our heart is.
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The counsel seems to say that His words, “Where your treasure is, your heart will be also”, do not apply if we keep our heart in the right place, no matter how much money we have stashed “for many years”, and seeking more.

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Does ‘sacrifice’ enter the conversations/advice about money, with those who have considerable amounts of it ?*
Is it not true that those who have much money can be most readily advised how to make more ?
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How much do we need ?
The people who have a lot, talk and live like they need a lot for ‘someday’.
“Do you need this saved money to live on, or just want to see it grow?” (Many times the answer is no—don’t need it to live on.)
What about giving it away ?

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Back to the word ‘sacrifice’.*
What about giving it away—WHETHER YOU HAVE A LOT OR A LITTLE ?

“If you are not generous in giving when you have little, it is doubtful that you will be generous when you have much.”—–Larry Burkett

 “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”—–Jesus

*Read the article on AWordforThought.com
SACRIFICED LATELY ?

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IN CHARGE – – – HUNDRED PERCENT ?

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

“Is any area of my life not directed by Jesus?”
—–Frank Turek

Do I say that some parts of my life I have to be in charge of myself ?

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“PEACE I LEAVE . . .”

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

“. . . Not as the world gives . . .”

Jesus leaves us with His peace.

The world leaves us with peace—that leaves us.

“. . . Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not be afraid.”

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GET IT RIGHT

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

American Family Radio
afr.net

American Family News
afn.net

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FIRST THE VERSE – – – THEN THE TEACHING

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

What if . . .

What if a preacher/teacher dropped the universal pattern of making a statement of doctrine/belief/teaching, followed by Bible verses to back it up ?
We’ve become so accustomed to this practice that we accept it and have come to expect it as the norm, the only way, because everybody does it that way.
This method, by it’s sequence, puts man’s word ahead of God’s Word ! ! !
Right ?
True ?
Good idea ?

It’s not that hard to recognize.
It’s not that hard to change.
It’s not that hard to just switch the sequence.

With everything you want to teach, IF it’s based on the Word of God (hmmm, maybe reread and underline that), IF it’s based on the Word of God, declare the Bible FIRST, then say what you have to say that the Bible tells us.

Try it.
Take the risk.
Test God.
Is there any way He could not honor that ?
Why not do it that way ?

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CONDUIT OR CONTAINER

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

CONDUIT—something flows through, empties out the other end—the part inside the conduit is moving on—the only reason for a bigger conduit is to send more out the other end.

CONTAINER—something flows in only—something is taken out when needed, if needed—gas tank holds something to be used routinely by the one who put it in—a bigger container runs the risk of the contents getting unusable, going bad.

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+ Gas tank—daily filling, daily using
+ Grasshopper—seasonally filling storage, seasonally emptying
+ In and out for known routines of life
+ Not for fear of unknowns
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‘What ifs’ of life are not a concern for birds and flowers—we are way more valuable, so we should be as unconcerned as they, according to Jesus’ commands.

All the ‘buts’ and ‘fears’ of life (more in modern days) must not override Jesus’ words, “trust, don’t worry” and “take no thought”.

Is it possible to take His words, His commands, literally, or do we have to add (such is the plague of history, of Christians).

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CONDUIT—How do we live to be a conduit for God’s blessings to flow through us to others in need, not stored up for ourselves ?
“Do good, be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for ourselves a good foundation for the time to come, that we may lay hold on eternal life.”

CONTAINER—How do we fall into danger of being a container to store up more for ourselves, where bigger is better ?
“Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.”

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“I GET UP AND TRY EVERY DAY, NOT . . .”

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

“I get up and try every day, not to be a Christian, but to live for Christ.”
—–Taya Kyle, widow of American sniper, Chris Kyle

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REVIEWS ON RETIREMENT

February 21, 2024 By Leave a Comment

PERSPECTIVES

Ask yourself,
“What am I currently sacrificing, doing without, to put money away for myself, for someday ?”

Imagine* spending a day with a Christian going through intense persecution—threatened, arrested, church burned, house burned, spouse killed, hiding, hungry, children hungry—and you could help.
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After spending the day with a persecuted fellow family member, you might consider this,
“Jesus, tell me if You want me to help them, now—and sacrifice something for myself.”

“Whatever you do for the least of these, my brothers, you do it for Me.”—–Jesus

“Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.”—–His Book

How do we do that ?
+ Pray for them—their plea is to not be forgotten.
+ Give to meet their needs, their family’s needs, now.
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+ + Their real needs, part of my real family, real suffering, NOW !
+ + My wishes, my possible needs, my comfort, ‘SOMEDAY’ ?

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*To help you imagine, read the book:
WHEN FAITH IS FORBIDDEN
40 Days on the Frontlines With Persecuted Christians
from Voice of the Martyrs

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