Brace yourself, to be uncomfortable.
\nIf this message does not make you uncomfortable, you may be in a dangerous place.*
\nDo you feel at home, here in America?
\nThankful to live in America, yes—at home in America, dangerous.<\/p>\n
American Christians:
\nWhat Is Your Focus?<\/p>\n
Where Is Your Time Spent?<\/p>\n
Where Is Your Energy Spent?<\/p>\n
Where Is Your Money Spent?<\/p>\n
Where Is Your Money Saved?<\/p>\n
Where Is Your Love Given?<\/p>\n
Do you know that money equals love, according to Jesus?
\n\u201cWhere your treasure is, there your heart will be also.\u201d<\/p>\n
And what about your stuff?
\nWhen Jesus asks you to give it all away, would you go away very sad because you have \u201cgreat possessions\u201d?
\nEnter, the most foreign term to Americans—REFUGEE.<\/p>\n
Jesus asked a rich, eager, influential, young man to voluntarily give it all away, and follow Him, if he wanted to complete his goal of entering heaven.
\nRefugees have to give up everything involuntarily, without choice, without warning, without time, just to maybe save their lives.
\nCould that happen to Americans?
\nCould that happen to American Christians?
\nCould that determine who are true Christians—who do not just say, \u201cLord, Lord\u201d?<\/p>\n
Can we prepare to be refugees, in America?
\nShould we prepare to be refugees?
\nThere is no other \u201cAmerica\u201d for American refugees to flee to.<\/p>\n
So what are Christians supposed to do, now, and when crisis comes here?
\nAnswer: Get closer to Jesus, for real, and start listening and following exactly what His Book tells us, even what is contrary to American culture and American finance.
\nAnd that may call for very drastic, practical changes in our daily lives, before such changes are thrust upon us by others.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are strangers and pilgrims in this world.\u201d
\n\u201cDo not love the world, or the things in the world.\u201d
\n\u201cSet your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
This world is not my home,
\nI\u2019m just a passing through.
\nMy treasures are laid up
\nSomewhere beyond the blue.<\/p>\n
The angels beckon me
\nFrom heaven\u2019s open door;
\nAnd I won\u2019t feel at home
\nIn this world anymore.<\/p>\n
The more you feel at home in this world, the less likely you would feel at home in heaven.
\nIf you want to change that, read more here; but especially read more in His Book—it will make a difference in the parts that are for keeps, starting now.<\/p>\n
\n*If the enemy of our souls, the devil, has not tried to attack you lately, perhaps it is because he does not need to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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