Lord, praise you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise you because all blessings flow from you…. We praise you; all of your creatures/creation here on earth. Praise you in heaven where you are and where Jesus Christ our savior is sitting on the throne of the Kingdom. Praise you, Father, Your Son and Your Holy Ghost………… Amen.
Oh, my. I was feelin’ your Spirit yesterday. As I drove through Murfreesboro, TN, delivering pizza (yup, a side job with Pizza Hut....), and as I socialized with my fellow 'team' members, my eyes and spirit were opened to the world as You might see it. It was truly amazing to see the people in their communities, to meet them at their doors, to have a smile and a glad comment; to look them in the eyes and truly express love, from You. I was floored by the conditions in which many of these people live and the imagined circumstances behind the environments they are in.
It brought me back to the conversation I had with my friend Rick in the morning, yesterday. Rick is the development director for a shelter in MA. He is a dear Christian brother of mine who has an incredible heart for the poor. He and I have been talking about discipleship, governance and our experiences in one-to-one ministry. He has discovered that, what, I believe, are the majority of cases he sees, that peoples' lives are off-center because they are off the 'Godly' center (my words and interpretation). It is parallel with what I have been discovering as well, that; we have walked away from our belief and trust in God. We are not learning and assimilating the Word of God through Jesus Christ so that our lives are built on the sand, not on the rocky soil.
Matthew 7:24-29
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.
Therefore the mandate remains the same; "Practice godliness and participate in His work to renew America one man at a time through regeneration in Christ".
Amen;
Love you..
Bill/Dad
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