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We begin a new week this week. There used to be a commercial on TV that said, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." I try and see each day as a new beginning. My Dad used to say, "There is no use in crying over spilt milk." Another saying I have heard is, "You can't unscramble eggs." All this means is that we cannot change what is in the past. Nor can we fortell with certain accuracy what is in our future. We can simply make decisions today based upon past experiences, our present intellegence and present circumstances. Simply put we cannot control our world, therefore we must put our faith in God and keep it there. We will see now government and scientists trying to control what is happening in the economy. Do you think they should have been able to see this coming? Do you believe they could have taken steps to prevent what is happening? Very possibly, yes! Or, maybe someone is controling what is happening and all this chaos is some kind of attack on our country! Maybe the environmentalists are artificially raising prices for fuel to force people to not drive so much and therefore save our planet and us from extinction! Did they know prices for food would go up as the cost of fuel went up? Did they know people would cease spending money on stuff they didn't need in order to buy gas? Did they know the stock market would drop as businesses lost money? Did they know people would begin to be laid off and unemployment would rise? Did they know inflation would kick in? Did they know farmers would sell off their animals when feed became too costly? It will probably all settle down, level off and even out, but in the end the poor will be poorer and the rich richer. The middle class will be closer to extinction and our world will resemble the old days of masters and slaves. As we come again to our celebration of the 4th of July and our freedoms I remind you that there are those that want to remove those freedoms. They want to control our nation and the world. It is for our own good of course. They are just trying to save us from ourselves. It appears we will see more and more errosion of our freedoms except for one area where freedom is growing. You may not be able to build a home because some critter lives on your land, but you can drink, gamble, use profanity, commit adultry, fornication and sodomy. More and more freedoms to commit immorality are being planned for us. That is what some call freedom. Soon preachers will be restricted as to what they can preach. Schools are already restricted on what they can teach. A law is being considered now on restricting what people on the radio can say, profanity is OK, you just will not be able to speak about certain political and moral views. Well the Bible tells us this world is not our home. We are just passing through on our way home. The Bible also says this world and all that is in it will be burned up and there will be a new heaven and a new earth. As much as I would like to see our world a good and decent place to raise our children and grandchildren I see it becoming a place of selfishness and gross immorality. I see danger building as gangs and drug addiction increase and continue to rule the streets of our cities. When will the people of our world declare, "This is enough, we will be silent no more."? When will people finally understand we must turn back to God? When will they seek the power of God and yield themselves to it? 2 thesselonians 2:1-12, Now concering the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brethren, not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming. The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false, so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Here Paul shows us what to expect in the future, how far in the future, I do not know! He makes reference once again to our being caught up to meet Christ at his coming. But before that day the man of sin will be revealed. There will be a time of great deception. This is so those that refuse to believe the gospel and love sin will be made to believe a lie and therefore condemn themselves. We will have to wait and see if these are those days or not. Will there be another great awakening in the world because of a series of crisis' or will people move even further from God and be lost? We will have to see. All we can do is to be faithful disciples of Jesus Christ and do our part to promote the gospel. Don't worry about our world. Worry never solved anything. If we can do something to help our situation lets do it. If not let us pray for God's help to sustain us in these times. When possible lets help one another in whatever way we can. Ephesians 6:10-13, Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. God will provide what we need and if we use it we can stand against our enemy and have victory over him. Our fight is with spiritual forces and not flesh. These forces can only be overcome by spiritual means. Prepare for battle. Read and study your Bible. Pray often and with faith. Sing hymns and spiritual songs through the day. Worship will give you assurance and strength to withstand the day of evil. Let us pray for the best and prepare for the worst. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? The Lord be with you always! So far only a few look at this website each month. We must consider if it is best to discontinue this work. If you are viewing this page I would like you to email me at
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