Seize the Mothersday!

I was remembering back to the fourth grade when my grandmother passed away. I remember her telling me shortly before she died that Jesus loved me. She knew her time was short due to her cancer and what she said to me that day would stay with me forever.... So she said to remember that Jesus loved me.

Of all that was important to her to leave with me, that was what she chose. What do you want to leave with those you love? You never know when tragedy will steal someone away from you. You never know when your words will be your last. What will you leave in the hearts of those dear to you? Will it be joy, gratitude and love?

For many, our parents are not spring chickens anymore. What do you want your mother to leave this world feeling? Does she know you love her? Does she know you care? Does she know how thankful you are for all she did to give you life and help you grow? Does she know? Has she been thanked?

Psalms 89:47 says, "Remember how fleeting is my life." and Psalms 144:4 says, "Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow." You do not have forever to tell your mom how much she means to you. Take this day to share you love with her.

Proverbs 31:30-31 "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate."

Take time this Mothers day to say thank you. Priase her in the city gates. Tell others how much she means to you. Don't let this moment pass you by without loving on your mom. Don't you want her to feel loved?

For more on Mothersday go to one of the links below

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When you don't understand what God is doing...

When life doesn't make sense and you don't understand what God is up to. Remember to never stop trusting.

It's darkest before the dawn and he always comes to his own. In your fear, sin not. In your anger, sin not. In your confusion, sin not. In your grief, sin not. In your bitter anguish, sin not. HOLD ON! He is coming.

He will be your protection. He will be your justice. He will be your solution. He will be your comfort. He will be your sweet reward. Fear not. When nothing can be done and it's out of your hands, place it in his. Call up on the name of the Lord.

Trust him. Be still and know that he is God. He will guide you and when the time is right lead you out of the valley and the shadow of death in paths of righteousness for his Name's sake. To his Glory the day of his jubilant surprise is coming. All will see it and be in awe.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."

King Herod's tomb may have been found

The Bible is written in historical context about actual people and places. An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday (May 8th, 2007) said he has found remnants of the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem, on a flattened hilltop in the Judean Desert where the biblical monarch built a palace.

There were three king Herods mentioned in the Bible. A Grandfather, father and son who ruled from the time of Jesus birth until some years after he raised from the dead. This tomb is from the last of the three Herods who became ruler of the Holy Land under the Romans around 40 B.C.

Stephen Pfann, an expert in the Second Temple period at the University of the Holy Land, called the find a "major discovery by all means," but cautioned further research is needed. He said all signs indicate the tomb belongs to Herod, but said ruins with an inscription on it were needed for full verification.

This reminds me of when they found ‘Goliath’ inscribed on pottery from the time of King David. Again and again the people and places of the Bible are proven correct by archaeology. The Bible talks about real people in real places and real events.

There are no historical, archaeological, scientific, or geographic reasons to not believe the account of the Bible as history.Where we can check it, it's always right. Click here to finid out why skeptics don't believe the Bible.

Environmentalist calls mankind a 'virus' that must be killed

Enviromental Mennonites in a modern world

Colossians 2:8 says, "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."

There are human traditions and supposed principles of this world which can sound good to some but are really hollow and deceptive. These philosophies are being pushed on your young people with full force. They are telling them that they are not in the image of God but the image of goo. They evolved and were not created special above all creation. They tell them to worship the creation rather than the creator.

I have warned you before that radical enviromentalists see human kind as virus to be killed. They do not value human life nor believe in the human soul. Their world view has lead to the death of millions of aborted babies and their policies will lead to the death of millions of those born if followed. They want 5 of the 6 billion people on earth dead. We must return to rational enviromental conservation which sees mankind as the caretaker of God's creation not radical enviromentalism which sees mankind as a virus to be killed off.

The article below is given to help you understand how crazy and radical the views of the enviromental movement have become. This stuff is being taught to our young people in our state funded colleges.

Sea Shepherd founder says mankind is a 'virus' and we need to go amish By Dan Gainor

Apparently, saving the whales is more important than saving 5.5 billion people. Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and famous for militant intervention to stop whalers, now warns mankind is “acting like a virus” and is harming Mother Earth.

Watson’s May 4 editorial asked the question “The Beginning of the End for Life as We Know it on Planet Earth?” Then he left no doubt about the answer. “We are killing our host the planet Earth,” he claimed and called for a population drop to less than 1 billion.

The commentary reminded readers that Watson had called humans a disease before and he wasn’t sorry. “I was once severely criticized for describing human beings as being the ‘AIDS of the Earth.’ I make no apologies for that statement,” the column continued.

Watson was invoking the worst of Robert Malthus, an English political economist who claimed that mankind was overpopulating the earth. That claimed first appeared in the late 1700s. Watson urged some solutions for mankind as part of a process to “need to re-wild the planet”:

• “No human community should be larger than 20,000 people and separated from other communities by wilderness areas.” New York, London, Paris, Moscow are all too big. Then again, so are Moose Jaw, Timbuktu and even Annapolis, Md.


• “We need vast areas of the planet where humans do not live at all and where other species are free to evolve without human interference.”


• “We need to radically and intelligently reduce human populations to fewer than one billion.”


• “Sea transportation should be by sail. The big clippers were the finest ships ever built and sufficient to our needs. Air transportation should be by solar powered blimps when air transportation is necessary.”


• At least Watson was generous and said people could still talk with one another across great distances. “Communication systems can link the communities,” he proclaimed from on high.

The Watson rant kept on going calling for everything from cutting down on the population of domesticated dogs and cats to cutting down on everything else in what he called “simplify, simplify, simplify.”

Watson essentially called for humans to return to primitive lifestyles. “We need to stop flying, stop driving cars, and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles. The Mennonites survive without cars and so can the rest of us.”

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Why Should I Have A Strong Work Ethic

The puritans who fled the religious persecution of denominationalism to America came with a strong work ethic. It’s often referred to as the “Puritan Work Ethic.” These “puritans” used the Bible as their only guide to their faith. They were scripturists who read the Bible daily. It taught them a strong work ethic but not for the reasons many might expect.

Scriptures teach there is value to hard work.

Because it will bring profit
Proverbs 14:23 says, “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” The Bible teaches that our work is not in vain. The truth that hard work brings profit is a fundamentally accepted truth in capitalistic system. A marketable skill will not go unrewarded in a free market.

Because it will get you hired
When you work hard and become very skilled at something, it will not go unnoticed or unrewarded. Someone will pay you to use that skill. Proverbs 22:29 says, “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.” Becoming skilled at a trade will pay off.

Because it will give you freedom
Proverbs 12:24 “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.” When people work hard and are rewarded in a capitalistic system it creates a middle class that wields the ruling power of a democratic system. When a society becomes lazy and expects entitlements it will lead it back into a society of rich elite and a working lower class. When you depend on the government to provide for you rather than your own hard work, you will give up your freedom and profit for the pseudo-security of impoverished welfare state.

Communism and socialism are the repeatedly failed models. They are merely feudalism reborn with the “state” as the tyrant rather than a king. America’s puritan work ethic helped it to forge the most robust economy in the world with more opportunity and wealth to more of its citizens than any in human history. There is value to a good work ethic.

But the Bible also warns against the wrong motive for your work ethic. This is where many have wandered from Biblical truth into the idolatry of greed and given capitalism a bad name.

Not For Riches
Seeking wealth for wealth’s sake is vain and evil. Proverbs 23:4 “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.” We have all seen people who allow greed to take control. They work their way up the corporate ladder to earn more and more money but in the process destroy their marriage and ignore their children. They end up divorced, alienated from their children whose love they couldn’t buy, and dead of a heart attack at 49 due to the stress of work.

Not for Greed
Gullible greedy gamblers are robbed of their money in the lottery, casinos, and get rich schemes each day. Proverbs 28:20 “A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.” A desire to be rich for the sake of just being rich is an evil that God will not leave unpunished. Our work ethic must not be based on a desire to just hoard away money for ourselves. If greed is the main motive for your work ethic, punishment is your fate.

Not for Money
Money is a tool not a treasure. Money is a means to an end, not the end itself. The question of motive is major. If you want money, the question is why? Is it because you love money and want to possess it? 1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” Many a person has found riches but not happiness. Many a person has worked because of a love of money and pierced themselves with many griefs as they miss the deeper, richer, eternal blessings of life.

So Why Should We Work Hard?

1.) For your food:
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.” We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.”

We are to earn the bread we eat. It’s not right to not earn our way. We have not right to food, housing, health care, or clothing. The first reason we should work hard is to meet our own needs. If we wont’ work then we have no right to eat.

2.) For the needy
Ephesians 4:28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

The second motive to work hard is to have extra to share with those in need. The fact is that there are natural disasters, widows and orphans, and evil economic systems governed by tyrants which create poverty. Some are poor because of circumstance they could not control. Some are poor due to a lack of education and training. Some are poor because of ungodly cultural norms. Some are poor because they were never taught a work ethic. Some are poor due to their own greed. Some are poor due to substance abuse. It makes not difference how they got that way. Jesus has called us to help the poor. There are also those who are spiritually poor. They need to hear the gospel of Christ. They extra money we have left after our needs are fulfilled should be going to those in need, what ever the reason.

3.) For respect
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”

This verse reinforces the first reason we gave to work by pointing out that we shouldn’t be dependant on others for our needs. But it also points out our third reason to work hard. We want to win the respect of non-Christians so we can win them to Christ. If you are don’t have a good work ethic you can’t win the respect of those you have been called to influence for Christ. If you are a lethargic, unmotivated or lazy person you will be stench in the nostrils of your boss and co-workers. Proverbs 10:26 says, “As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.”


4.) For the Lord
Colossians 3:22-24 “Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

We know there are greater rewards than large 401k’s. We know there is a more eternal purpose than earthly riches. We know we have a higher boss than our manager at work. We work not just when our boss is watching but even when our boss is not watching because ultimately all we do if for Jesus. We are working for the Lord’s purposes not ours. We are working for heavenly blessings not earthly treasure. We are working to please our loving father not our earthly boss. We have a secure eternal inheritance not uncertainty stock market riches. We realize that whatever we do should be done for God’s glory not ours. We realize that we should work with all our heart because we are serving God.

You don’t work for General Motors. You work for God. You don’t’ work for Procter and Gamble. You don’t work for the Federal Government. You work for the Lord. You don’t work for Chrysler, Ford, or Toyota. You work for the King of Kings. You don’t work for you, for wealth, for greed, for covetousness, or materialism. You work for God.

All that we do is before him. Nothing escapes his notice. All that we do should be for his glory. If we are a factory worker, we should be the best factory worker possible for his glory. If we are a teacher, we should do our best for his glory. If we are a plumber, we should work with all our heart for God’s glory. If we are a manager, we should work diligently for our Lord and savior. What ever we do, we should do it 100% for him.

And we should do it with gratitude not greed. We should do it with humility not haughtiness. We should do it gladly not begrudgingly. We should do it all in the authority or name of Jesus. By his power we are blessed with our jobs. We should be thankful for our daily food. We should be content with our wages. We should realize that hard work will pay off. It will provide our needs. It will allow us to help the needy. It will win the respect of outsiders we want to win to Christ. And it will bring glory to our loving Lord. Colossians 3:17 says, “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”