Modesty

This is from a conservation Jewish view. I think it is important for men and women to emphasize their soul in what they wear. The audio will explain.

There Is A Redeemer written by Melody Green

This is done by Brown Bannister and Kelly Willard.



Matthew Ward singing on the next one. Take your pick, they're both good.

Having a Bad Day?

If your day is rotten and burdensome, this might be a comfort to you, as it was to me.

Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again? (Job 10:9)

From "Handfuls On Purpose"
Then it is not for the clay to resist the wonder working hand of the Divine Potter. He will not reduce the clay to dust; the potter cannot fashion by dust into a useful vessel. When we have been brought low by the weight of affliction, so low that we feel as if we had been brought back to that condition of soul in which we were at first when God, by His Spirit, began to operate upon us. Let us believe that His purpose is to make us into "another vessel" more meet for His service, or in other words, when God's vessels are reduced again to clay it is that they might be refashioned for higher and more honorable work. Job's latter days is an evidence of this.

Who knows what work God will do to and through us.

Naaman and faith

The story of Naaman is very interesting and can teach us many things. The one thing I want to look at today is his faith.

Naaman was the highest ranking general in Syria's army; he was also a leper. An Israeli girl had been captured and taken for a servant for Naaman's wife. This servant girl told Naaman's wife about Elisha, God's prophet in Israel. She told her that this prophet could heal Naaman of his leprosy. Naaman asked the king for permission to go to Israel, was granted permission, took a letter to Israel's king, asking him to cure Naaman. Israel's king was in shock, for he had willfully forgotten God. Elisha heard about it and sent word to the king to send Naaman to him.

Naaman went to Elisha's house and was given a message to wash in the Jordan River 7 times. He left in a rage, because he had his ideas on the method of healing, but Naaman's servants reasoned with him and Naaman washed in the Jordan River 7 times and was healed.

Note that Naaman has his own ideas of a miraculous healing, "But Naaman left in a rage, saying, "I thought that he would at least come out to me, pray to the LORD his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me! Besides, aren't the rivers Abana and Pharpar, back in Damascus, better than any river in Israel? I could have washed in them and been cured!" (2 Kings 5:11-12).

Note that his servants encouraged him to believe the prophet's method--really God's method. His servants went up to him and said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. Now why can't you just wash yourself, as he said, and be cured?" So Naaman went down to the Jordan, dipped himself in it seven times, as Elisha had instructed, and he was completely cured. His flesh became firm and healthy like that of a child." (2 Kings 5:13-14)

Note that Naaman did what the prophet had spoken. "So Naaman went down to the Jordan, dipped himself in it seven times, as Elisha had instructed, and he was completely cured. His flesh became firm and healthy like that of a child." (2 Kings 5:14).

Note the contrast between Naaman's way and God's way. When Naaman believed, it was not just, "Well, OK." When Naaman believed, it was down into the Jordan River. His actions showed his faith. He believed God; his actions proved it. So it is today faith is not just a belief; it is a belief lived out in action. When we believe God, we do what He says. Some of His rules in the New Testament might not make sense, just like Naaman thought about what Elisha had told him. It didn't make any difference if it made sense of not, he believed and obeyed, then he was healed.

Psalm 46:1-3

I like bluegrass best, but this song on the first three verses of Psalm 46 seem appropriate is these troubling times.

	Mark and Stephen Altrogge - Psalm 46.1-3
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

The Darkest Hour

To all you having a bad day or whatever.

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

The best version, I ever heard.

	Steve Webb - HS37: Lifespring! HymnStories Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
	Found at bee mp3 search engine

Last Days

I've posted this before, but it is worth doing so again. The end of God's patience is at hand, and it is time to repent.


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Proverbs 26:4-5

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
(Proverbs 26:4-5)

Some different translations/ideas

Don't make a fool of yourself by answering a fool. But if you answer any fools, show how foolish they are, so they won't feel smart.
(Proverbs 26:4-5)

If you answer a silly [stupid--ed] question, you are just as silly [stupid--ed] as the person who asked it. Give a silly [stupid--ed] answer to a silly [stupid--ed] question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as smart as he thinks. (Proverbs 26:4-5)

Barnes writes:

Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Pro_26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to his level of coarse anger and vile abuse; in Pro_26:5 it is to say the right word at the right time, to expose his unwisdom and untruth to others and to himself, not by a teaching beyond his reach, but by words that he is just able to apprehend. The apparent contradiction between the two verses led some of the rabbis to question the canonical authority of this book. The Pythagoreans had maxims expressing a truth in precepts seemingly contradictory.

He will be with us

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
(Matthew 28:19-20)

..Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world.

No matter how difficult things have been, are, or will be, we can be sure that the Lord Jesus will be with us. We may have to suffer verbal, physical, financial, or other abuse, but he will surely be with us, just as he has been with the saints through out the ages.

Repent or else

America is collapsing not because we have failed to fight our enemies, but because we have forgotten God, and in doing so, have made Him our enemy. Sure, we vehemently claim Him as our own but live day to day like He’s not there or doesn’t care what we think or say or do – like America is God’s home and we have some divine right to reside here forever.

Read the rest of Paul Proctor's article.