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God is Everything, Everything, Everything

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God is Everything … Everything … Everything

“Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power … When has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all and in all.” 1 Corinthians 15:24, 28

Today is the Lord’s day and I want to remind you that you are worshipping HIM today! Today’s reading from How Great Thou Art — A Daily Devotional published by Multnomah, helps to put this in perspective:

After Arthur Toscanini finished conducting a brilliant performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the audience rose to its feet and applauded, shouting its delight. But Toscanini waved his arms violently for it all to stop. He turned to the orchestra and shouted hoarsely, “I am nothing!” Then he shouted, “Beethoven is everything, everything, everything!”

Christian worship may say, “God is everything, everything, everything.” What we do on Sunday mornings (or whenever we gather), the order of events and the manner in which we enact the drama, must always point to God, must reinforce again and again that God has taken the initiative and called us together, that God’s grace is more important than our sin, that God’s will is more important that our desires, and that God’s glorification is more important than our edification.

All worship ought to be ordered TOWARD God; services should be put together in such a way that keeps our attention centered on God. As we look up to the One seated on the throne, we lose sight of everything else; the Holy God commands and consumes our attention. What we really need when we show up for worship is for our attention to be turned toward the glory of God. Only in turning toward the Light can we do the dance, and only in this joyous but reverent dance before the Holy One will our deepest needs be met, for only then will we enter our full humanity as sons and daughters of God. — Donald McCullough

This morning as you gather together with the people of God, remember: God is everything! Everything! Everything! — Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK

God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 29; Ezekiel 35-36; 2 Peter 1

Great Quote: “The more willing you are to own up to your sin, the more willing God is to forgive you. When you come clean, God will clean your record. If you are willing to use your lips for confession, you will find your Father willing to use His lips to kiss you”. Paraphrased, Charles Spurgeon

Being Just in an Unjust World

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Being Just in an Unjust World

“He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8).

As a young child, when things did not go my way, I would make the accusation that I was not being treated fairly. As I grew older, it translated into feelings that there was no justice at all. Now that I’m an adult, I know that there is very little justice in the world and that God never promised justice from the world.

The pledge to the American flag ends with the words, “… with liberty and justice for all.” Webster’s Dictionary defines justice as the quality of being just, impartial or ethically correct. Do you believe there is justice for all? Have you ever been unjust toward others? How do you respond to being treated unfairly? I expect to shed some light on these questions and encourage all to be just in an unjust world.

In English, the terms “righteousness” and “justice” are different words, but in both the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament thee is only one word group behind these two English terms. In the Old Testament, the terms primarily translate forms of the “tsedek” word group. In the New Testament translation it is of the “dikaios” word group. These two terms will be sondered together as speaking of one attribute of God. God is Just!

Justice is one of many key themes of the Minor Prophets. While it is an attribute of God, justice is also an obligation on the part of man God created. “… and what does the Lord require of you? But to do justly, and to lov emercy, and to walk humble with your God” (Micah 6:8b). Here is a common standard of justice to which we are held accountable.

The reality of sin necessitates the connection between justice and mercy. Israel complained that God had been unjust in holding what they considered their proper amount of material blessings. “Where is the God of justice?” they complained. The people asked for justice, justice is what they should get. God should come and destroy their land, obliterate their city, and confine them all to an eternal hell for their wickedness. However, God’s grace and mercy prevailed, even as it does today. We should be grateful God does not give us what we deserve.

Because of sin we are unjust, and many times we are the victim of unjust acts. Don’t try to bring God down to our level of petty justice or understanding. Accept that God is good, that this is the age of grace and come to Him through Jesus while there is still time. While on planet Earth, with God’s grace, mercy and love we are able to maintain a good testimony before God and man. — Dr. Henry Lutz is a retired pastor and frequent contributor to Freedom Fighter

God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 28; Ezekiel 33-34; 1 Peter 5

Great Quote: The best remedy I know against sudden fits of impatience is a silence that is gentle and without malice. However little one says, pride always comes into it, and one says things that plunge the heart into grief for a whole day after. When one is silent and smiles in a friendly manner, the storm passes over; one smothers one’s temper and indiscretion, and so enjoys pure and lasting happiness. Francis de Sales

Join us tonight for the Keswick Celebration Choir Concert featuring ONE INCREDIBLE MOMENT by Max Lucado and Tom Fettke. 7:00 PM in the Activity Center. The concert will also be live streamed at www.americaskeswick.org

Fault … Double Fault

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Fault…Double Fault

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2 (KJV)

I cannot get my hands around the little ball that science says was the beginning of the “Big Bang Theory”. I cannot believe that if we were to take what is being called the expanding universe and ran it backward, like a movie, we would get back to the beginning that is the little ball. Sorry I cannot absorb this thought process as gospel and I have a feeling that I never will. I have my own experiment that I would like to share with you.

Take a tennis ball in your hand and bring it to your face as close as you can without going cross-eyed. Now the average tennis ball measures something like 2 ¾ “ in diameter and it is green, fuzzy with a seam that resembles the stitching of a baseball. Now take this tennis ball and throw it across the room. Use your eye to measure the diameter now. My measurement was about three quarters of an inch. So if I were to zoom in on their little ball I believe it would get bigger the closer I got to it. After all observation is one thing that you have to do to prove something in science. This is why I think there is a fault with the “Big Bang Theory”.

Canopy Ministries recently had a seminar near me and I attended. I am also in a men’s Bible study where we are using Lee Strobel’s “A Case for a Creator” small group material. Needless to say I have been knee deep “In the beginning.” And I am becoming reinforced in the notion that, as James Gardener of Canopy Ministries put it, there is a “creative designer” of the universe. Now if man, with his idea of an intelligent designer, were to have created man, out of a puddle of goo, we could go to something like a NAPA Auto Parts store and get what we needed to repair what “breaks” in us. But there is no such thing…double fault.

This is just me speaking but I believe in a universe that is always in motion. Things in it are always moving and changing. How it got there (outside of God speaking it into existence) I do not know but I will tell you this, if what I have read in the book of Job sheds any light on questioning God about His creation I would rather argue with Darwin and his monkeys. To me God’s Word is just like His universe. It is always moving and changing, a living Word that is meant to break us so it can change us. To help us “evolve” in God’s creation, if you will. I believe I was created in His image to reflect Him and not to mosh around in a puddle of goo like a monkey.

The Thanksgiving turkey is history and the Christmas lights are going up. Soon there will be someone out there repeating the world’s doubt on the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. They will use some fabricated idea that this too was impossible. They will agree with the Magi who saw a star but that will be as far as they “choose” to go. They will want us to put our faith in stuff being on sale at Wal-mart and not in what truly deserves our faith. This coming season let us choose to put faith back where it belongs and put Christ back into Christmas. — Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and a frequent contributor to Freedom Fighter

God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 27; Ezekiel 30-32; 1 Peter 4

“Any time man attempts to discover how God created, using his natural mind and his present ability to test and verify the processes of nature, he is doomed to failure. The Bible declares that “the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear” (Hebrews 11:3). The “science” of man is limited to merely what can be observed, as well as by a finite intellect with which man reasons, attempts to theorize, devises various tests, and tries to describe omnipotence!” 5 Reasons to Believe in Recent Creation Henry M. Morris III

Join on tomorrow night for the Keswick Celebration Choir Concert featuring ONE INCREDIBLE MOMENT by Max Lucado and Tom Fettke. 7:00 PM at the Activity Center. Visit the beautiful “Hall of Trees” before the program. We will also be webcasting live at 7:00 PM — www.americaskeswick.org

Happy Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving

“Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.” Psalm 150:6
Today is Thanksgiving Day, and I want to take this opportunity to thank you, my Freedom Fighter brothers, for your being a part of my daily journey with you. I am thankful for the privilege of sharing together each day, and pray that you and your family will have a wonderful day celebrating the goodness of God.
I share with you this morning the words of a wonderful Thanksgiving hymn of praise. Take some time this morning to reflect on these words:
Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving
To God the Creator triumphantly raise.
Who fashioned and made us,
Protected and stayed us,
Who guideth us on to the end of our days.
His banners are o’er us,
His light goes before us,
A pillar of fire shining forth in the night.
Till shadows have vanished
And darkness is banished,
As forward we travel from light into light.

His law He enforces, the stars in their courses,
The sun in His orbit, obediently shine.
The hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains,
The deeps of the ocean proclaim Him Divine.
We too, should be voicing our love and rejoicing,
With glad adoration a song let us raise.
Till all things now living unite in Thanksgiving,
To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!

I want to especially thank Chris Hughes, Pastor George VanSandt, Dr. Henry Lutz and Pastor John Strain for their contributions throughout this year. You men have helped to lighten the load.
On behalf of the Board and staff of America’s KESWICK — Happy Thanksgiving. May God bless you. — Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK
God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 26; Ezekiel 27-29; 1 Peter 3
Great Quote: The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God, and the church is famishing for want of HIS presence. The instant cure of most of our religious ills would be to enter the Presence, to become suddenly aware that we are God and that God is in us. This would lift us out of our pitiful narrowness and cause our hearts to be enlarged. — A. W. Tozer
ONE INCREDIBLE MOMENT: You won’t want to miss the KESWICK CELEBRATION CHOIR as they present Max Lucado and Tom Fettke’s incredible Christmas cantata this Saturday night at America’s KESWICK. Come enjoy the beautiful “Hall of Christmas Trees” and then the cantata at 7:00 PM. The program will air live from our website: http://www.americaskeswick.org

Thanksgiving Inventory

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Thanksgiving Inventory

“Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done.”– Psalm 40:5

The verse above is one that we should ponder for today — and not just for today. Note that it says “Many” are the wonders HE has done in our lives!

Sometimes it is good for us to take a step back and rehearse the goodness of God in our lives. Some of us look at God’s goodness in the same way we view everything in life — looking at life through either a glass that is half full or one that is half empty.

I know friends that no matter what blessings come, it is either never enough. They pray for God to meet their needs and when He does, they say, “Well it could have been more” or “Why didn’t He do this or that?”

The hymnwriter, Johnson Oatman, Jr. must have been an optimist … he penned the words of a very well-known song that too often just gets sung at Thanksgiving. I think we should sing it more often — and even if you can’t sing, reading it often. You will recognize the words:

When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing as the days go by.

When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold.
Count your many blessings, wealth can never buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

So, amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged God is over all,
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end!

Count your blessings; name them ONE BY ONE!
Count your blessings; see what GOD has done!
Count your blessings; name them ONE BY ONE!
Count your many blessings; see what GOD has done!

I want to encourage you, my brothers, please take some time today and do a quick inventory. Take out a sheet of paper and begin to record God’s blessings in your life during 2009. I think you will not only be amazed, but surprised to see what GOD has done in your life. Then take the next step and thank HIM for what He has done for you this year.

I would love to hear from you today. Share what God has done in your life! Drop me a note and let me rejoice with you. — Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK

God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 25; Ezekiel 24-26; 1 Peter 2

Great Quote: Hunger may drive the runaway child home, and he may or may not be fed at
home; but he needs his mother more than his dinner. Communion with God is the one need of the soul beyond all other need: prayer is the beginning of that communion, and some need is the motive of that prayer…So begins a communion, a talking with God, a coming-to-one with
Him, which is the sole end of prayer, yea, of existence itself in its infinite phases. We must ask that we may receive; but that we should receive what we ask in respect of our lower needs, is not God’s end in making us pray, for He could give us everything without that: to bring His child to His knee, God withholds that man may ask. George Macdonald

Check out this week’s STEWARDSHIP INSIGHT from George. It’s a good one: http://keswickgeorge.blogspot.com

Thanksgiving Blessing

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Thanksgiving Blessing …

I want to start out today by apologizing for the problems that you have encountered with Freedom Fighter. We are all frustrated with the inconsistency of the email version of our daily ministry. Please pray that we will be able to figure out how to get back on track so that you will receive it on a consistent basis. If you do not receive your email version you can follow it on the America’s KESWICK website: http://www.americaskeswick.org/ or from Facebook. Again we apologize for the inconvenience.

Today’s reading comes from the writings of Charles Swindoll in his book, SEASONS OF LIFE (Multnomah). Chuck lists several reasons why he loves Thanksgiving. His third reason for loving this holiday is that it one filled with national nostalgia.

This holiday takes us back to a simple slice of life over 350 years ago when our forefathers and foremothers realized their dependence on each other to survive. With Thanksgiving comes a surge of patriotism, a quiet inner peace that whispers, I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.

I recall as a little barefoot boy with a cowlick of snow-white hair on my forehead, standing erect in my classroom repeating the “Pledge of Allegiance” on Thanksgiving season. Our nation was at war and times were hard. My teacher had lost her husband on the bloodwashed shores of Normandy. As we bowed our heads for prayer she wept aloud. I did too. All the class joined in. She stumbled through one of the most moving expressions of gratitude and praise that ever emerged from a soul plunged in pain.

At that time in my young life, I fell strangely in love with Thanksgiving. Lost in sympathy and a boy’s pity for his teacher, I walked home slowly that afternoon. Although only a child, I had profound feelings of gratitude for my country … my friends … my school … my church … my family. I swore before God that would fight to the end to keep this land free from foes who would want to take away America’s distinctives and the joys of living in this good land. I have never forgotten my childhood promise. I never shall.

Thanksgiving puts steel into our patriotic veins. It reminds is of our great heritage. It carries us back with numbing nostalgia to that first dreadful winter at Plymouth where less than half the handful of people survived. It speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like: integrity … bravery … respect … faith … vigilance … dignity … honor … freedom … discipline … sacrifice … godliness. Its historic halls echo with the voices of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln, Lee and Jackson who challenge us to trim off the fat of indolence, compromise, passivity, and the stigma of strife. It gives a depth of relevance and meaning to the nineteenth-century words of Katherine Lee Bates:

O beautiful for spacious skies
for amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!

O beautiful for patriot dream
that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Good thoughts for us to ponder as we prepare our hearts for Thanksgiving Day! — Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK

God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 24; Ezekiel 22-23; 1 Peter 1

Great Quote: Parents, you will teach your children more by scheduling regular times to nurture the relationship between husband and wife than you would ever teach them through a lecture on commitment. Although it is important for you pray to for your child, seeking the Lord for that perfect spouse for them, it is equally important that you teach them through your example how to cherish the future gift of a companion that the Lord has in store for them. Katherine Walden

A Perspective on Thankfulness

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A Perspective on Thankfulness

“IN everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17

As we continue to think about Thanksgiving, here is a perspective of thankfulness that you might need to contemplate today …

I am thankful for the wife that says it’s hot dogs tonight because she is home with me, not someone else.

For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes, because it means that she is home not on the streets.

For the taxes that I pay, because it means I am employed.

For the mess to clean up after the party, because it means I have been surrounded by friends.

For the clothes that fit a little snug, because it means I have enough to eat.

For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine.

For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need fixing, because it means I have a home.

For all the complaining I hear about the government, because it means that we have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means that I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.

For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.

For the lady behind me in church who sings off key, because it means I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing, because it means I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means I have been capable of working hard.

For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means I am alive.

Thankfulness is something you learn to do. It involves a daily walk in trust and prayer. When circumstances get so big you cannot understand, just stop and look at the cross, and you will see the amazing love that is shown for you there. Realize it is a part of God’s plan. You don’t have to understand; just take hold of His hand, for you see, God is unlimited. Therefore in EVERY circumstance there is a purpose. No matter HOW dark it looks, just look to Jesus, take hold of HIS hand, and know that HE is working on YOU behalf. — written by a person with cerebal palsy!

Now what am I NOT thankful for today? Contemplate that today!!! — Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK

God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 23; Ezekiel 20-21; James 5

Great Quote: The man who has forgotten to give thanks has fallen asleep in life.

Feed on His Faithfulness

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FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS
“Trust in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land. and feed on His faithfulness.” Psalm 37:3 (ASV)

This week begins our focus on Thanksgiving. As you gather today on this HIS day — the Lord’s Day — let’s begin by feeding on HIS faithfulness.
The late J. Sidlow, a popular speaker at Keswick in the early days, wrote this:
The King James Version of Psalm 37:3 reads, “Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed,” but I doubt whether it brings out the original Hebrew to best advantage in the last clause. I think the American Standard Version does a much better job of rendering the verse: “Trust in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.”
Yes, “feed on His faithfulness!” That is the best diet for the soul at ALL times, especially in times of trouble. So the apostle Peter writes, “those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.” (1 Peter 4:19)
What mental relief and repose it brings, to know that back of our human suffering and back of the staggering vast universe in which our own planet is an almost imperceptible speck, there is a “faithful Creator!”
This prodigious universe can be frightening if we view it apart from such guarantee as that; but when we are assured that its infinite Architect is the “faithful Creator,” then the frightening becomes friendly. Every dark cloud has a silver lining, and every thunderstorm has a rainbow arching it. Every mystery holds a hidden benediction, and every permitted teardrop glistens with a gracious new meaning. A streak of powerful light strikes even across the monster problem of sin, suffering and death, so that we sense a divine fidelity even beneath that.
As the celebrated hymn writer Frances Havergal reminded us so well:
Every joy or trial falleth from above,
Traced upon our dial by the sun of love;
We may trust Him fully all for us to do —
They who trust Him wholly find HIM wholly true.
from How Great Thou Art — A Daily Devotional — published by Multnomah
Let’s start out this week by doing what Dr. Baxter exhorts us to do — let’s together feed on HIS faithfulness — Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK
God’s WORD for US: Proverbs 22; Ezekiel 18-19; James 4
Great Quote: Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: ‘This too shall pass!’ — T. D. Jakes

Are You A Whosoever?

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Are You a Whosoever?

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst say, Come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17).

“Leadership,” a journal for Christian leaders, recently ran a series of “good news/bad news” jokes for pastors. Here are a few examples: (1) Good news: “Pastor, the women’s association voted to send you a get-well card.” Bad news: “It passed 31 to 30.” (2) Good news: “The church board accepted your job description the way you wrote it.” Bad news: “They also formed a search committee to find someone capable of filling the position.” (3) Good news: “Pastor, your biggest critic just left the church.” Bad news: “He’s been appointed your district supervisor.”

That’s good news and bad news on the lighter side. On the darker side is the good news/bad news of Scripture. Looking at the bad news first, we are reminded “…there is NONE righteous, no, not one. There is NONE that understands, there is NONE that seeks after God. They are ALL gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is NONE that does good, no, NOT one” (Romans 3:10-12). Here’s more bad news: “For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Even more bad news: “For the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23a). Do you notice the inclusiveness of the bad news recipients?

Now let’s take a look at the good news – the bright side. “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 3:23b). Here’s additional good news: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). Again, even more good news: you do not have to be eternally separated from God, spending eternity in hell, because Christ has taken the sting out of death (1 Corinthians 15:55-57).

Sin is universal; death is universal; eternal separation from God is universal – that’s bad news big time. The good news is that God has provided deliverance from the bad news through His Son dying on the cross. Eternal life is provided to ALL who believe in Jesus Christ as the Messiah. The Bible says WHOSOEVER will may come!

The invitation is extended to ALL the world to come to Jesus and experience the joys of salvation in Christ. Are you a WHOSOEVER? Dr. Henry A. Lutz, Jr. is a retired pastor and friend of America’s KESWICK

God’s WORD for YOU: Proverbs 21; Ezekiel 16-17; James 3

Great Quote:When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, “He’s so big we can never kill him.” But David looked at the same giant and thought, “He’s so big, I can’t miss.”
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Victorious Christian Weaponry Part 3

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VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN WEAPONRY 3

“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” (Ephesians 6:18)
When we have weapons we must know how to use them. When to use them and where to use the. Armies spend many hours in practice for conflict and so should we. Practice on the drill field called PRAYER.

We are to pray:

1. In the Spirit. That means not just in our minds but from deep within
a. Lists are good for organizing but let the Holy Spirit also guide you.
b. Every occasion needs our prayers
2. There are various kinds of prayer
a. Paul separates prayers from request.
b. Here prayer is communion with the Father.
c. Prayer is part of family functions.
3. Prayer as requesting.
a. Direction when needed.
b. Aid when needed.
c. Supplies when needed, etc.
4. Prayer need not be selfish
a. Stay alert. The enemy is near but God is nearer.
b. Include all the saints.
i. Who may not be able to pray.
ii. Who may have needs that we know not.
iii. We all are in the “same boat” and need our Captain’s word.
Here we have not only weapons but also instruction in their use. Every military has a special book that all enlisted personnel must study and memorize. God’s army is no exception.

Oh Captain, each day we report for duty – we do it when we pray.
Help us to always find (when we meet) the strength we need each day.
May we use the time alone to include the needs of others.
Cause us to pray for Your family, our sisters and our brothers.

May we reach beyond our own to those that You do love
To mingle our prayers here below with those from heaven above.
And may we find when all of our praying is done
That our hearts are changed to be more like Your dear Son.

Rev. George Van Sandt is a contributor to Freedom Fighter’s and REAL VICTORY FOR REAL LIFE

God’s WORD FOR YOU AND ME: Proverbs 20; Ezekiel 14-15; James 2
Great Quote: Life will bring us questions without answers; To live is to encounter silent seasons of the soul, When every prayer will seem to go unanswered – As we face events beyond our understanding or control. Yet in the quiet darkness, Christ is working. His silence in the shadows doesn’t mean he doesn’t care; A part of faith is trusting without reason, Believing, when he can’t be seen or heard, that he’s still there…So when answers fail to come, don’t be discouraged. Keep leaning on his steadfast love and trusting in his will, For knowing “why” won’t really make a difference – But growing close and knowing Jesus will. B. J. Hoff