God's Bigger Picture Of Hope

Scott: Yes, we have no right to complain. I know that I know that I know that God isn't doing the Genesis thing and regretting making man, there will be no more floods to wipe us out. He's not anxious one bit.

Mike: Yes, we'll be heavily impacted by it too since we will be taxed, no wait, fined, no wait... what's it being called now? Freedom is never free and costing us more and more each day. I'm not sure I would consider myself an expert on eschatology. I only know that the mark will be offered and that you'll need it to buy or sell anything. Would credit cards be the first version... sort of MOB 1.0? The under the skin chip is MOB 2.0? I try not to post until I hear the Lord talking about something, they just don't turn out well when it's my idea.

Jon, I appreciate your honesty. One must first and foremost be honest with themselves. I was in your boat just 7 years and 2 days ago. November 6th, 2005 was the day when I shed my skin and deep belief that there was no God. I met Him. I fell in love with Him. On that day I had two choices, a) I was going crazy and needed a psychiatrist or b) God is real and He really does love me and wants me to know Him more. I of course chose the b plan. I was raised in a religious family meaning we went to church every Sunday. Slowly as we got older our father stopped going. As a young man he confided in me that he lost his faith in the church. But God is not the church, Jesus is not the men you see parading around saying they are the way to God. If you ever are interested in hearing the Gospel (the good news of Jesus Christ), just let me know. It's so much more simpler than you could ever imagine and once you have that, you have everything you'll ever need. To receive Christ into your heart is to receive everything. I have never looked back in the past 7 years and I've not been disappointed in my decision, not once. As our faith has risen so has the signs and wonders (miracles) around us. I've got real true stories that raise the hair on my own neck when telling them. Jon, Jesus loves you so much and He wants nothing but the best for you. He has a plan for your life, a plan to prosper you, to make you into exactly what He envisioned before placing you in your mother's womb. All this is yours for the asking regardless of who is in power in our government. Something rocked me the other day... I have always admired Billy Graham, America's pastor for the last 70 years, a man who was without scandal in all those years, his son admitted on a TV interview that Billy has been a lifelong democrat and has never changed party affiliation. It suddenly made me see the other party much differently. But even Billy just admitted they've taken a very wrong turn lately.

Joni: Your joy is contageous! Keep it flowing. We need to burn much brighter in the days to come and not be shaken by the world.

Than: I've heard it said that if God doesn't judge America, He'll need to apologize to Sodom and Gemorrah. Maybe this is part of his judgement. Our light doesn't shine at high noon on a sunny day, but take that light into the dark of night and everyone will see it. Just keep shining, that's what we're called to do.

Steven: Ever wonder if you kept eating and never fasted or prayed if we'd had the same results? It's sort of like the Olympian who trains as hard as he can for 4 years and comes in dead last in his race. He could have eaten Twinkies every day and still come in last. But we're not called to run a shabby race. Simply put, the Republican party picked a man with money instead of one of more substance. It's pretty desperate when Billy Graham, a lifelong registered democrat backs a man who's religion was considered a cult on his website just months ago. And he's never formally endorsed any candidate before... ever. But here's the thing, we've exercised our spiritual muscles, we've pushed against a boulder that would not budge thinking we accomplished nothing but when a smaller boulder needs moved, we'll find our spiritual muscles will meet that challenge. Eventually we will be able to tell the mountain to be tossed into the sea and it will obey. Keep praying and fasting, this was just one battle, the war is yet to be decided... and we've read the outcome and know how it all ends. We win.

Fred, Sadly your words ring true. Veritas! Christo et Ecclesiae has been removed for quite sometime from Harvard's entrance. Now it's just Veritas -truth without Christ and the church... which we know is not possible. We're ready here but there is much work to be done yet.

Mike, I know what you mean but we have got to stop thinking like that. Jesus left us in charge and He is coming back for a spotless bride. Remember the 10 virgins awaiting the master's return? 5 were smart enough to do all the prep and keep enough oil on hand, the other 5 were left out because they were just too anxious for his return. That story is telling us to be ready, to make sure our oil is enough to keep burning a bright light and not sit around and just wait. There is much work to be done. We can't afford to be caught out of oil. Stay full.