“FINANCIAL SECURITY”

Besides being an oxymoron, is financial security an asset or a hindrance to doing God’s work?

 

All financial advice in America today centers around two words:

portfolio—–what you’re doing with the money you’re stashing for the future?

retirement—–the future when you can take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry

 

Most people’s budgets are maxed out paying into their retirement accounts and insurance, and they have little or nothing left to help people in need.  Instead of face-to-face sharing with those less fortunate, most giving and doing God’s work is relegated to church and charity budgets and taxes.  Others do it for us.

 

The Bible on portfolios—–

“Seek the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.”

“Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, and moths do not corrupt.”

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

 

The Bible on retirement—–

“I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.’

But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your soul will be required of you; then whose shall all these things be, which you have provided?’

So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

 

Rebuttal—–

But I can have both.  If I get set financially, then I can help others more.

 

Really?

How many people do you know who are generous when they have little, while they are focused on investing for retirement?

 

The Bible on rebuttal—–

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and Mammon.”

 

Mammon – the personification of riches, greed, and worldly gain.

RUFFLED ROBES – OR – REFOCUSED REVERENDS

Today, listen to My Family Talk for 10-31-12.   drjamesdobson.org    guest David Barton—The Black Robed Regiment.

Learn how The Black-Robed Regiment shaped the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution.

For decades the preachers taught the people and the politicians, from the Bible, and they listened and formed this country accordingly.

We need a return to that leadership from the pulpit.

Everything we face in everyday life must be addressed by pastors, so we will learn how to deal with it from a Biblical base.

Otherwise, everyone is left to wander with the godless Downstream Media, leading America down, and taking Christians with it.

VOTER MACHINE ALERT

If you vote with an electronic voting machine, double check the entire ballot after you make all your selections, before you approve the ballot.

COUNTDOWN TO . . .

Please re-read yesterday’s post.

Please vote.

Please talk to someone about voting.

Please vote for life for unborn babies that God created—that He knows personally.

Please vote for families that God can bless.

Please vote for freedom—

—freedom to worship

—freedom to speak

—freedom to criticize

—freedom to fight evil

—freedom to work

—freedom to keep what you earn

—freedom to defend freedom

—freedom to own and use guns

—freedom to remember the source of freedom

—freedom to remember the defenders of freedom

—freedom to honor the faith of our fathers

—freedom to help others longing to be free

—freedom to help those less fortunate

—freedom to promote morality

—freedom to vote, without fear or fraud

—freedom to thank God, privately and publicly

—freedom to get rid of bad leadership

—freedom to peacefully enjoy family

—freedom to dream, and do it

I want to keep the freedom to make a difference in your life, in the parts that are for keeps.

VOTE !

VOLUNTARY SLAVERY – – – VOLUNTARY IDOLATRY

November 6, 2012 Election Ballot summarized:

O     In God We Trust

O     In Allah We Trust

 

People who say, “What will be, will be; God puts leaders in authority; there is nothing we can do about it,” — people who say that become slaves.

In God We Trusted – – – – – God Blessed America

(past tense on that—a fact; present tense—uncertain at best)

In countries where Islam takes over it is not pretty—it is very ugly.

 

Just how far-reaching are the consequences of this election?

ONE—–Economic Freedom—–The finances of America and Americans will be in total shambles without a dramatic change in Washington and in “we the people.”  Vote accordingly.

TWO—–Physical Freedom—–The freedoms we enjoy every day and take for granted will quickly become history if the Administration is not stopped now.  Vote accordingly.

THREE—–Religious Freedom—–The first freedom in our Bill of Rights is trashed and thrashed at every turn by the leadership in Washington.  Without change now, there will be nothing left.  Vote accordingly.

What’s at stake for our country next week?

our $avings

our Skin

our Soul

Our future remains a freewill choice for a very short amount of time.  Everything about life as we know it could irreversibly change from voluntary to involuntary on November 6.  Vote accordingly.

 

FYI—–The United States Secretary of State called Islam “a great religion”  while mumbling and fumbling and lying about the Libyan fiasco.

FYI—–The Commander-In-Chief promised answers (in person) to the father of slain Navy Seal, and is not keeping that promise.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership—where does it begin?

On Your Knees.

If people follow you there, you have reached the highest level of leadership.

PROMISES ? FROM GOD

Question:

“Did God promise everyone eternal life?

[You’re supposed to think about that for awhile now]

Answer:

Yes, but it’s all about location, location, location.”

.          —–compliments of a caller to American Family Radio’s “Trivia Friday”

CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES = ACTION

“Choose light or darkness.

Choose goodness or evil.

Choose happy or horrible.

If you chose light and goodness and happy, then you won’t be trick-or-treating on Halloween.”

.          —–Mr. Nick, from We Kids, a member of His Kids Radio (on afr.net)

CHANGE +++ OR XXX OR ???

Iran ran roughshod over Jimmy Carter.

The American people saw it and elected Ronald Reagan.

Hours after Reagan’s inauguration, Iran freed our hostages.

The “wall” of Communism fell in Russia.

Our economy came back.

God was honored from the Oval Office.

 

Today the whole world is running roughshod over BHOB* and America.  We don’t understand it because BHOB* is leading them through an open door in our national security.  Events are rapidly unfolding to prove this unthinkable betrayal, and The Department of Media can’t hide it any longer by silence or cooperative coverup.

The next few days before and after the election will be eventful.  Stronger words will be appropriate as BHOB’s* true colors are seen by everyone, not just the audience of conservative alternate media.

That much is certain.  What is unclear is whether enough Americans see the light before November 6, to make the election beyond the margin of error, beyond the margin of terror, and beyond the margin of fraud.

 

Pray, Now, would be a good idea.

Pray, More, would be another good idea.

Pray, Hard, would be another good idea.

Pray For America.

Pray For Yourself.

Pray For Your Family.

Pray For Wisdom.

 

*Barack Hussein OBama—Say BHHHOB aloud and it sounds like the warning for Christians in the 2008 election: “Beware of sheep’s clothing.”

CAN GOD ?

Can God send a plague on His people?

Can God send a plague on America?

Can that include me?

 

Is the question saying, “Is He able to . . .?”

or, “Is He allowed to . . . ?”

 

Seems like a rerun of the issue in  “WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE?” (10-18-12)

Once again, if His Word is the final Word, and it is indeed, then we do well to search and heed it.

 

“So I will restore to you the years that the

Swarming locust has eaten,

The crawling locust,

The consuming locust,

And the chewing locust,

My great army which I sent among you.”

 

And the often quoted passage that begins, “If My people . . . will . . . pray and . . . ”  has a profound preface.  Here is that verse in the context where God said it.

Israel had just finished eight days of worship and feasting and praising God for the dedication of Solomon’s wonderful temple, and God was pleased. That night God appeared to Solomon and said,

“I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,

if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

 

Yes, God Can.  He did.  He will again send plagues on His people to turn us back to Him.

Are Christians supposed to be involved and make a difference in the culture?  You better believe it.  The survival and restoration of America depends on us.

Do we have what it takes to turn our backs on the comforts of Sodom?

Do we have faith to “suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season”?

Are we ready to voluntarily sacrifice our financial security, to help others and follow Jesus unhindered.

American Christians, we’ve got a way to go.  We better get serious, and get started now.

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”     —–Corrie Ten Boom

 

Please read, or re-read “WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE?” (10-18-12)