Making a Difference in your Life, in the Parts that are for Keeps!
“This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:
‘The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord life up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.’
So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”
—–Numbers 6:23-27
Death To Israel—Little Satan
Directly or indirectly, democrat ‘leadership’ in Washington arranged, through Iran, the attack on Israel, and now claim a show of support for Israel—just as hollow and hypocritical as their sudden ‘conversion’ to build the fence, but not really secure the border.
Death To America—Big Satan
Democrats who are ‘operating’ Joe Biden, and leaving the presidential leadership position empty, are orchestrating the coming invasion by and surrender to the CCP (China).
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To show how far the democrats are from anything good for America—
What this country needs now from leaders in Washington, is a call to national prayer and repentance (like many of our previous leaders did), and to “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee.”—–Psalm 122
We would do well to remember publicly the background to that verse—
“The Lord said to Abram (name changed to Abraham by God), ‘Get out of your country, to a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you and make your name great;
And you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ “
“They came to the land of Canaan.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ “—–Genesis 12
Theologians love Bible verses that support their theology.
How about if we just love Bible verses.
Biblical Promises
or
Theological Inferences
Listen to preachers and Bible teachers with this filter:
Do they start with and just use Bible verses to simply take the listener to the same conclusions they have come to ?
Any valid theology must come directly from the Bible and Bible promises.
Any teaching that requires composite steps of logic or reasoning is dangerous or unnecessary, no matter how obvious it appears to the theologian.
New book by George Barna for Christians parents—clear counsel for making a spiritual difference in your children.
How much of Jesus do you want in your life ?
Is it really your choice ?
How do you do that ?
Start with this question:
How much does Jesus want in your life ?
Then, consider this:
You can have, and you will have, as much of Jesus as you want.
It depends on . . .
+ . . . the same as in human relationships.
+ . . . the other half of the relationship—divine, supernatural.
+ . . . wanting it—then He makes it happen.
Faithfulness
Stewardship
Servanthood
Good Bondage
Freedom
Submission
Carefree Responsibility
Called / Driven
‘Free’ Work
Easy Yoke
Light Burden
Carefree Zeal
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“What is required of stewards, but to be faithful.”
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Some are called/required to steward more, some less.
Money
Lack
Abilities
Disabilities
Strength
Weakness
Pleasure
Pain
Toil
Rest
Long Life
Short Life
Time Today
–no one has more
–no one has less
–no excuses
–no rationale that “we can’t” because of time
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Not a care in the world—
Just a God-given job/task to do.
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“Trust in the Lord . . .
Do not lean on your own understanding.”
I don’t have to ‘figure things out’—I’m not supposed to—I’m directly told not to do so.
Got trouble—Got a problem to solve ?
— First, tell God about it.
— Let Him give you the solution.
— Let Him tell you what to do.
— Do it.
— Let Him get the credit, all of it.
— That’s called “glorify Him”, aloud.
And that’s why it says, “Acknowledge Him in A L L your ways, and He will direct your paths.”
This has nothing to do with the power of positive thinking.
It has everything to do with the power of God’s thinking—in His Word !
I know I’ll go to heaven.
I plan to go to heaven.
I hope I’ll go to heaven.
I want to go to heaven.
I’m ? sure ? I’ll go to heaven ?
HOW ?
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I want to go to heaven, but I’m not sure I’ll go to heaven.
HOW ?
I don’t know how to go to heaven !
(If this was written on a card, it would say “over” here.)
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(Side two says, “Please read the other side first.”)
If you don’t know how to go to heaven—
— everyone sins
— check the ten:
1 What’s most important to you ?
2 Do you worship objects ?
3 Do you say His Name wrong ?
4 Do you skip the Lord’s Day ?
5 Do you dishonor parents ?
6 Do you get mad, wish . . . ?
7 Do you have sex outside marriage ?
8 Do you take what’s not yours ?
9 Do you lie ?
10 Do you want what’s not yours ?
— everyone must pay
— no one can pay
— Jesus paid for you
— tell Jesus you’re sorry
— accept His payment for your sins
— give Jesus your life
— read the Bible then
1 – If you don’t get in trouble . . .
2 – If you get away with it . . .
3 – If nobody knows . . .
4 – If you don’t hurt anyone . . .
5 – If nobody criticized or condemned you . . .
6 – If you think it’s okay . . .
7 – If ‘friends’ think it’s okay . . .
8 – If you repeated (and repeated) . . . and nothing happened . . .
9 – If God didn’t send lightning bolts or other judgment . . .
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10 – If all the above—
Then you must have had safe sex.
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Did you have safe sex ?
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BUT . . .
THEN . . .
THEREFORE . . .
Did you have safe sin ?
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If all ten “Ifs . . .” are indeed your experience, add one three-letter word—
IF nothing happened, IF no judgment . . . Y E T !
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Perhaps you are the person who waves off, laughs off, any negatives from your lifestyle.
Perhaps you will read what is next anyway.
Perhaps it will start a crack in your sealed wall, which is actually your prison.
Perhaps not.
Perhaps you are aware of, and may be experiencing some of, ‘the rest of the story’ with “. . . YET”.
Are you waiting for some of the consequences to get stronger, some of God’s judgments to get stronger, to get your attention sufficiently, to change ?
Don’t agonize over Bible passages that are unpopular, that go against the current tide—give the message anyway.
“You’re just a delivery boy—you didn’t write the message—God did.”
—–Jeff Shreve
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