I know that it sounds great to say that we are going to provide health care for all Americans. Speaker Pelosi compared the latest health care bill to Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid, two of the biggest issues during every election cycle.
Politicians love to tell how they are going to fix these two entitlements (as POTUS called them during his campaign). I am afraid we have had a rash of programs from liberals because of the vote buying power that comes with the promises that they make.
We have seen the lack of accountability the state run news media has given Obama, "the candidate didn't know what it would take to fix the problem. We need to give him more time" Barbra Walters said. I get sick and tired of all the pandering given to the left by our so called free press. The only press that is making money is the right wing of the establishment. No one wants to hear the left and the ones that do don't pay for anything or buy anything but McDonald's so there is no advertising base for the liberal networks to raise funds.
The same is true when you put everyone on the government dole. Who is going to pay all these taxes? Who is going to cover the bill for all these lazy's to get free health care? Not them! It will be; Your kids! Your boss! You!
What are we going to do with ourselves now that this monster has passed? First we need to go to the polls and remove the offending appendages. Next we need to realize that we are not going to get anything done with this or any other government that has any real lasting value.
Our only hope is coming close to God. How far are you from God. If you called His name would He know it was you, of have you said "god" so regularly while cussing that He has disregarded your voice? God wants to be close to you! God wants you to want to be close to Him. The ultimate long term health care is a system that will last for eternity.
Do you have your eternity covered? Romans 3:23 says "All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God".
We often think we are good enough to get to heaven but it doesn't matter how good we are we will never come close to the standards that God has for His children. We know His Son was perfect. We can bridge that gap between God and man with the help of Jesus.
Say that name, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Ask Him to guide you to the King. Only He can bring you the health that will get you to the finish line.
Romans 10:13 Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Not on my watch
1Timothy 6:6-10 (HCSB)
6 But godliness with contentment is a great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
God calls us to exercise great restraint in our lives so we will show the world that the Gospel is not about getting something but giving something.
I just received the Operation Christmas Child magazine and it has faces of kids from all over the world smiling like crazy over the shoe box of stuff that they got from Christians all over the world.
The “Prosperity Gospel” is taught on television. It is deceptive and makes claims that you will be healed, forgiven, blessed, rich… if you send in enough money. The pastors have wonderfully coiffed hair and clothes with rhinestones on them (Liberace anyone?). I get the willies when I see these people.
How would one of these men or women take that “Prosperity Gospel” to a third world country that doesn’t have water? I can see them say “give me your goat or chicken and God will give you a country like mine”, or any other thing that he can say to transfer their wealth to him or her.
My question, “What about their pain and suffering their lack of water, food and meds? Their answer “give it to me and you will be blessed”. The person that is hungry or dying from lack of nutrition can’t even imagine having food two times a day let alone a car or a country like ours. Christ’s message isn’t about getting something it is about giving something.
Love God, love your neighbor and serve both.
We are going to have a “don’t go to church” Sunday in a couple of weeks. We are going to go to some nursing homes and we are going to do a stream clean at Pole Cat Creek. We need to reach out to the people that are hurting and far from God. When God picks them up and brushes off their scuffed up knees they will be more productive members of God’s Kingdom because they will have seen what Christ can do for them spiritually. They won’t be expecting a car or a house but as they wash the sin out of their lives they will see that they can have those things with hard work instead of hard partying.
The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, even for pastors and T.V. preachers.
Prayer for today: Please Lord, keep me out of the devils hands and help me get out of debt. (It’s a New Day; day9)
6 But godliness with contentment is a great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
God calls us to exercise great restraint in our lives so we will show the world that the Gospel is not about getting something but giving something.
I just received the Operation Christmas Child magazine and it has faces of kids from all over the world smiling like crazy over the shoe box of stuff that they got from Christians all over the world.
The “Prosperity Gospel” is taught on television. It is deceptive and makes claims that you will be healed, forgiven, blessed, rich… if you send in enough money. The pastors have wonderfully coiffed hair and clothes with rhinestones on them (Liberace anyone?). I get the willies when I see these people.
How would one of these men or women take that “Prosperity Gospel” to a third world country that doesn’t have water? I can see them say “give me your goat or chicken and God will give you a country like mine”, or any other thing that he can say to transfer their wealth to him or her.
My question, “What about their pain and suffering their lack of water, food and meds? Their answer “give it to me and you will be blessed”. The person that is hungry or dying from lack of nutrition can’t even imagine having food two times a day let alone a car or a country like ours. Christ’s message isn’t about getting something it is about giving something.
Love God, love your neighbor and serve both.
We are going to have a “don’t go to church” Sunday in a couple of weeks. We are going to go to some nursing homes and we are going to do a stream clean at Pole Cat Creek. We need to reach out to the people that are hurting and far from God. When God picks them up and brushes off their scuffed up knees they will be more productive members of God’s Kingdom because they will have seen what Christ can do for them spiritually. They won’t be expecting a car or a house but as they wash the sin out of their lives they will see that they can have those things with hard work instead of hard partying.
The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, even for pastors and T.V. preachers.
Prayer for today: Please Lord, keep me out of the devils hands and help me get out of debt. (It’s a New Day; day9)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Hope for our future
I don’t know about you but I could use a little stimulus package of my own. It doesn’t matter if you make $250,000 or $25,000 a year, spending more money than you have is going to get you into trouble. Our problem right now is we have gotten ourselves into trouble. President Clinton encouraged banks to loan money to people who couldn’t afford to pay it back and we are trying to cover those bad loans right now.
The late President Ronald Reagan in a speech in Indianapolis shared the following story;
A farmer took a piece of bad earth and made things flourish thereon. Proud of his accomplishments, he asked his minister to come by and see what he had done. The minister was impressed. “That’s the tallest corn I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anything as big as those melons. Praise the Lord!” He went on that way about every crop, praising the Lord for it all.
Finally the farmer couldn’t take it anymore. “Reverend,” he said, “I wish you could have seen this place when the Lord was doing it by himself.”
All too often in our world we feel like we are kings. We get our work done, we get paid, and we feel like we are in control of our world. Sometimes we get the carpet pulled out from under us and we realize that flesh and blood can actually fail. We lose a loved one or our health or we lose a job and we think the end will come but somehow we manage to muster the strength to carry on and overcome yet another obstacle. The United States is notorious for overcoming the worst of situations. Crossing the Atlantic to come here, fighting for our Independence, building industry, fighting two world wars, taking on the Cold War, and beating back a bunch of terrorist thugs. We are always ready for a fight.
One of the things that a fight reminds us of is our mortality. We remember that our forefathers knew they couldn’t do it on their own, every meeting and document that laid the foundation of our country was christened with prayer, even Benjamin Franklin who wasn’t a believer said “And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance?” In our strength we have walked away from the Friend that has delivered us and put our trust in men.
Our hope cannot be put in a man, men throughout history have failed. We need to put our hope in the Creator of the Universe, He has not let us down, He has not lost control, and He wasn't surprised by the outcome of the November 2008 elections. We must not let this crisis go by without capitalizing on it. In these times of uncertainty we need to share Jesus and His Hope with those who are hurting.
The Bible tells us that in the end times the church will experience a great awakening and we may very well be in those times. What does that mean to us? Who are we? We could quite possibly be the generation that is to reach out and be part of the Greatest Awakening in the history of mankind. There are 6.75 BILLION people on the planet. Who are you reaching? Asia is the most populous reign of our world. There are ministries reaching those people right now. Our own Pleasant Garden Baptist Church has a team in South America doing a “Fireproof” marriage conference to share the love of Jesus. We don’t have to get overwhelmed by lost people on the other side of the world, God will reach His children. When Jesus gave us our marching orders in Acts 1.8 He started with the town He was in and told His disciples to share Hope. We need to do the same thing. We need to reach our neighbors, co-workers, friends and family.
Jesus wrapped up the whole bible with this phrase, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and most important commandment. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.” (Mt 22:37-40) If you or your church is focused on anything other you need to get your heart right. If you feel far from God I would like to invite you to CrossPoint so you can get going in the right direction.
Do you feel far from God? Are you losing your hope? Do you need to know where to put your hope? Do you need answers? In these uncertain times I pray all of you out there are in church so you can find the Hope that I put my faith in.
If you need a church I take this opportunity to invite you to CrossPoint. We are a casual church that seeks to win the lost and bring those far from God, closer. Wear what you are comfortable to worship in and plan on a heartfelt experience. We are also looking for a contemporary worship leader.
The late President Ronald Reagan in a speech in Indianapolis shared the following story;
A farmer took a piece of bad earth and made things flourish thereon. Proud of his accomplishments, he asked his minister to come by and see what he had done. The minister was impressed. “That’s the tallest corn I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anything as big as those melons. Praise the Lord!” He went on that way about every crop, praising the Lord for it all.
Finally the farmer couldn’t take it anymore. “Reverend,” he said, “I wish you could have seen this place when the Lord was doing it by himself.”
All too often in our world we feel like we are kings. We get our work done, we get paid, and we feel like we are in control of our world. Sometimes we get the carpet pulled out from under us and we realize that flesh and blood can actually fail. We lose a loved one or our health or we lose a job and we think the end will come but somehow we manage to muster the strength to carry on and overcome yet another obstacle. The United States is notorious for overcoming the worst of situations. Crossing the Atlantic to come here, fighting for our Independence, building industry, fighting two world wars, taking on the Cold War, and beating back a bunch of terrorist thugs. We are always ready for a fight.
One of the things that a fight reminds us of is our mortality. We remember that our forefathers knew they couldn’t do it on their own, every meeting and document that laid the foundation of our country was christened with prayer, even Benjamin Franklin who wasn’t a believer said “And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance?” In our strength we have walked away from the Friend that has delivered us and put our trust in men.
Our hope cannot be put in a man, men throughout history have failed. We need to put our hope in the Creator of the Universe, He has not let us down, He has not lost control, and He wasn't surprised by the outcome of the November 2008 elections. We must not let this crisis go by without capitalizing on it. In these times of uncertainty we need to share Jesus and His Hope with those who are hurting.
The Bible tells us that in the end times the church will experience a great awakening and we may very well be in those times. What does that mean to us? Who are we? We could quite possibly be the generation that is to reach out and be part of the Greatest Awakening in the history of mankind. There are 6.75 BILLION people on the planet. Who are you reaching? Asia is the most populous reign of our world. There are ministries reaching those people right now. Our own Pleasant Garden Baptist Church has a team in South America doing a “Fireproof” marriage conference to share the love of Jesus. We don’t have to get overwhelmed by lost people on the other side of the world, God will reach His children. When Jesus gave us our marching orders in Acts 1.8 He started with the town He was in and told His disciples to share Hope. We need to do the same thing. We need to reach our neighbors, co-workers, friends and family.
Jesus wrapped up the whole bible with this phrase, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and most important commandment. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.” (Mt 22:37-40) If you or your church is focused on anything other you need to get your heart right. If you feel far from God I would like to invite you to CrossPoint so you can get going in the right direction.
Do you feel far from God? Are you losing your hope? Do you need to know where to put your hope? Do you need answers? In these uncertain times I pray all of you out there are in church so you can find the Hope that I put my faith in.
If you need a church I take this opportunity to invite you to CrossPoint. We are a casual church that seeks to win the lost and bring those far from God, closer. Wear what you are comfortable to worship in and plan on a heartfelt experience. We are also looking for a contemporary worship leader.
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