November 26th, 2016
Senior citizens in the west are treated as almost a disposable group. I have seen in first hand, in over a decade of ministering to and at Senior; Retirement and nursing homes. To be fair, many residents in these homes do need professional medical and other care which they may not be able to receive at home by themselves. However the Lord has a great message for those feel lost, lonely and neglected. If I had a dollar for every person who told me that our service to them, on a regular monthly basis, makes it easier for them to get through the week, I would be a rich man (in worldly terms).
There is a way for those who are aging, as we all are, to turn to the Lord, get out of the funk they’re in….. and just reboot. The great inventor Thomas Edison, founder and creator of the functional light bulb and the record player, once lost over $1 million in property and equipment when his place burned down in West Orange, New Jersey. Think of all the things this genius inventor lost in that fire. One million dollars in 1914 was a huge fortune. Yet Edison said the following “there is value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Now we can start anew!” Imagine how different things can be for folks in their later years….and even the modern depressed younger generations, if they just turned to the Author and Perfecter of our Faith – the Lord Jesus Christ? His Words, the Words of the Father, inspired by the Holy Spirit are the Trinity of Excellence – timeless and true for all ages of all time.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE
Tags: ancient of days, healing prayers, hope, java, paradigm, Psalm 71:9-14, reboot, start anew, Thomas Edison, West Orange New Jersey Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on TIME TO REBOOT….. TO HOPE
November 4th, 2016
FOLLOW THE LAWGIVER, NOT MAN’S TRADITIONS
Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. (Colossians 2:16)
The third warning from the Apostle Paul is even more relevant today with a certain small percentage of Christians returning to the “living under the Law” by becoming part of the Hebrew Roots Movement and other Torah-centric streams of religion, which do not line up with Scripture at all. Some follow the tenets of the traditions of men and do things which are not prescribed in the Bible.
The traditions of men tells us to fast on certain days and then do not fast here but fast there. Then these tell us not to eat meat on certain days but eat fish on this day only and on. Some measure the length of hair, dresses and ban make up on women or even certain musical instruments. Are these done to prevent Christians from being themselves or even having “fun” at church? Maybe. What it really could be is the human instinct to be in control, rather than obey the dictates of God while operating freely within His parameters. He HAS given us a huge measure of freedom. He has even given us the freedom to mess up and then make it right.
However when it comes to His work, His Word and His Church, it is preferable that we NOT go extra-biblical or chasing after man-created doctrines of cheap grace. Another thing to look out for is what
Paul warned about in Galatians with the Judaizers. These were people who said they were following “The Way” (the name Christians were described before they were called “Christians” for the first time at Antioch).
Tags: amazing grace, Antioch, fear and trepidation, Galatian Judaizers, Hebrew Roots Movement. no meat on Friday, Max Mclean, the Law of the Lord, Torah-centric, traditions of men Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on ROCK SOLID FAITH FOR TROUBLED TIMES – PART 4
