WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY?

In my Father’s house are many rooms … I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2 ESV)

The late Dr. Harry Rimmer sent the following letter to his pastor, the late Dr. Charles Fuller:

“Next Sunday you are to talk about heaven. I am interested in that land because I have held a clear title to a bit of property there for over 50 years. I did not buy it. It was given to me without money and without price; but the Donor purchased it for me at a tremendous sacrifice.Whe

I am not holding it for speculation. It is not a vacant lot. For more than half a century I have been sending materials, out of which the greatest Architect of the universe has been building a home for me, which will never need remodeling or repairs because it will suit me perfectly, individually, and will never grow old.

Termites can never undermine its foundation for it rests upon the Rock of Ages. Fire cannot destroy it. Floods cannot wash it away. No lock or bolts will ever be placed upon the doors, for no vicious person can ever enter that land, where my dwelling stands, now almost completed and almost ready for me to enter in and abide in peace eternally, without fear of being rejected.

There is a valley of deep shadow between this place where I live, and that to which I shall journey in a very short time. I cannot reach my home in that city without passing through that valley. But I am not afraid because the best Friend I ever had went through the same valley long, long ago and drove away all its gloom. He stuck with me through thick and thin since we first became acquainted 55 years ago, and I hold His promise in printed form, never to forsake me or leave me alone. He will be with me as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and I shall not lose my way because He is with me.

I hope to hear your sermon on heaven next Sunday, but I have no assurance I shall be able to do so. My ticket to heaven has no date marked for the journey, no return coupon and no permit for baggage. Yes, I am ready to go, and I may not be here while you are talking next Sunday evening, but I will meet you there someday.”

Rimmer knew where he was going. How about you? – Dr. Bill Welte is President/CEO of America’s Keswick. Today’s meditation is from our new publication, WALKING VICTORIOUSLY THROUGH THE VALLEY OF GRIEF, 31 devotionals for those walking through grief. You can order your copy by calling America’s Keswick at 800-453-7942

Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 18-22

Think About This: Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it. —C.H. Spurgeon

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

The Faith Life

…the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2: 20)

Following a statement of what has been called “The Exchanged Life,” the apostle Paul testifies to the fact that this life, which is actually His life in me, must be worked out on my daily path. If I were to claim the doctrinal truth of the previous part of the verse without translating it into the practice declared in the second, it would be a mere intellectual exercise. The principle which brings reality is faith. I live by faith in the One who lives in me. The recognition of the facts of my death in His death and my spiritual life found in His life can only become reality on the basis of faith.

The faith we’re talking about is more than a formal statement of a doctrinal position. It is a functional commitment of trust in the indwelling Person to live out His life in us. The sequence moves us from mere recognition of our position to the realization of His indwelling presence and then to reliance on His power.

It should be noted that faith is not to be placed in oneself, one’s closest friend, one’s church, etc. It is to be faith in the Son of God. People often say, “My faith is not that strong,” or “I wish I had your faith.” That’s because they are thinking of faith as the object rather than the instrument. We are never told in Scripture to have faith in our faith. The effectiveness of faith depends on its object. It is possible to have strong faith in a wrong object and be terribly disappointed. But we shall never be disappointed if our faith is in the Son of God.

If we believe that the victorious Christ lives in us, we must also believe that He wants to live His life through us. For this to become a reality, we must yield ourselves to Him for the expression of His victorious power through us (Romans 6: 13b). This must become a constant process rather than a single act. Such a life of faith and yieldedness does not release me from responsibility for an active obedience to His commands. Letting go and letting God must be accompanied by the disciplined performance of His will. Rev. William A. Raws was the grandson of the founder of America’s Keswick and served at Keswick for 60+ years.

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Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7-9

Think About This: God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient. —Matt Chandler

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

Rock Bottled Water

“Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.” Exodus 17:6 (ESV)

So…have you ever been thirsty? I mean a wandering around in a sandy place that is really hot while the sun is up kinda thirsty? If you have you might be a nation that was freed from slavery and complained about it every step of the way to the Promised Land. It wasn’t until your buddy, Moses, was told to strike The Rock that refreshing water became available. And wasn’t there a second incident with Moses and possibly the very same Rock that doesn’t end well for your buddy? But that’s for a different Freedom Fighter.

The same scenario might be said for us who have been in this world just waiting for the Promised Land to show its self on the horizon…or at least a Bible Conference. We really look forward to them when we plan to go to them and they seem to take forever to arrive on the calendar. We pack particular things, take vacation time from work, get the car pool organized, and if you’re like me, make sure your brand of bottled water is at the ready. At this time I am leaning towards a brand that calls itself “smartwater” bottled by GLACĖAU. The water doesn’t make me any smarter but, as per George Hutchison’s suggestion, the bottles are worth saving for re-use. Guess that’s the smart part. Anyway…

The 17^th chapter of Exodus finds us with those murmuring children of YHVH confronting Moses (again) with a simple request “Give us some water” (and then they go on about being brought out into the wilderness to die…blah…blah…blah). Without going into it too far YHVH instructs Moses to “smite” the rock at Horeb so that out of it will gush out cool refreshing water.

I think we can be like those murmuring folks the closer we get to a Bible Conference. We show up so done in by our wilderness circumstances that we need to hear from God. And a lot of times we get refreshed from it all and we go home (with empty water bottles) and everything is so cool until Amalek. Amalek? Yes…Amalek!!

 

After all the dirt of wilderness has been cleansed from your feet and you’ve finished a bottle of cool, refreshing, water from Horeb’s finest springs you leave the conference and then get challenged by the world. I can’t say at what level but for the descendants of Jacob, it was Amalek, a descendent of Esau. And just like that ongoing fight between the two entities, such it is for us who claim to have built upon The Rock as our foundation. We get all jazzed up from being at the conference and the moment we get back into things we get our “jazzed up” tested. Have we forgotten where the source of our refreshment came from? Well without Moses there to smite the rock for us I think we do.

If we stop for a moment and think it through it’s not so much that we are looking for that spiritual water that refreshes from a rock but rather the grace of Jesus Christ.  To paraphrase John Gill thoughts about that this, “The water that flowed from that rock was typical of the grace of Christ, and the blessings of it, which flow from Him in great abundance to the refreshment and comfort of His people.” It will be in those moments when our Amalek appears that we need to keep this mind just like when Moses had his arms held up while YHVH’s children went into battle against Amalek. So the next time you attend a Bible conference, save those empty water bottles!! You’ll need them to fill them with the water you went searching for, before, during and after those wilderness circumstances come up. Amen? – Chris Hughes blogs weekly and is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy

Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 4-6

Think About This:“Living in grace means that we express His life as a natural and normal part of our daily experience. We live trusting Him to express Himself through us every day. We don’t have to overanalyze our actions and attitudes. Life isn’t a test, it’s a rest. The test has already been given, and we have received a perfect score because Jesus took the test for us. It’s time now to celebrate!”—Steve McVey

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

The Last Resort

So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” Matthew 20:32

I’m guilty of the stereotype of a guy, who will wonder around a store looking for something before I’ll ask for help. There’s this idea in my head that asking for help is a “last resort”. When it comes to looking around an unfamiliar store for something and there are people standing there ready to assist you, it can seem foolish. I have to confess that even when asked “can I help you?” by one of the employees, it’s not until I’ve come to the end of myself and my “last resort” is to give in and ask.

After spending a weekend with my fellow Colony brothers I found myself looking around and hearing the stories of how some of them ended up in the Colony. In most cases it was the last resort. There’s a concept in recovery that it’s not until a man has come to the end of their rope or hit rock bottom before they can be helped. It seems, that when it comes to God getting our attention we have to get to a point of blindness and cry out “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”(Matt 20:31b). Now I know that this was a case of physical blindness but I can relate to “blindness” and the fact that the mark of Messiah was healing the blind.

One of the things we as believers have in common is we were all spiritually blind and now can see. The account in Matthew has always caused me to think of my times of distress, calling out to Jesus and hearing Him say “what do you want Me to do for you?” Imagine with me, the Son of God inclining his ear to us and offering His help, wow!

I think as we get to know our Lord that we learn we don’t have to wait until it’s our last resort to ask Him for help. Just like the time and frustration I can save myself by walking into the store, finding a willing employee and asking for direction. God wants us to be in a constant contact with Him and to “pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:17,18).

There can be an illumination on each situation in our life, a light that shows “The Way” when we do as Paul instructs in the 4^th chapter of Ephesians “Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace”. This will happen when we take heed to his charge in verse 1b “lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God” and following his recipe to  “Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love”.

As we get ready for a new day, let’s not wait until it’s our “last resort” to call upon the name of the Lord. – Rob Russomano serves on the full-time staff at America’s Keswick and is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy

Daily Bible Reading: Jeremiah 1-3

Think About This:We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls. Stormie Omartian

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

Dog Puke!

Prov. 26:11   As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

OK, this is not how you wanted to start your day, talking about “dog puke”—but God does! Consider this disgusting act—your dog pukes—nasty as anything could be—and then—he bends over and starts chowing down on it like it was a T-bone steak.  Vile! Disgusting! Revolting!  But keep in mind this is a part of the Scriptures. This, my brothers, is how God looks upon us when we return to our “old ways”.  When God wrote this Proverb (through Solomon) around 3000 years ago, He chose words that would transcend the ages and not lose a bit of their impact in relating how he feels about His people that return to their sin. God of all creation, considers the “choice” we make to return to our sin as revolting an act as a dog eating vomit! We need to really think about that because it is a choice. We have free will. “Choose this day who you will serve,….”  Do we want to make a choice that is so repulsive in Gods heart that He uses this descriptive?

And lets not forget the label God hangs on the one who makes this choice—FOOL!

1. One who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding.

2. One who acts unwisely on a given occasion: 3. One who has been tricked or made to appear ridiculous; a dupe:

How sad is it that we, who have been set free, who have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit of God, would be “deficient in judgment”,  would “act unwisely” and would “appear ridiculous” because we would of our own free will return to our life dominating sins!  No one—absolutely no one, is responsible for the decisions we make except us.

So, what will it be. Are you going to make choices today that will have God calling you a FOOL and looking at you like a “puke eating dog” or are you making decisions that will bring you before the King and hear the words, “Well done my good and faithful servant!” – Steve Schmidt serves full-time on the staff of America’s Keswick and is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 64-66

Think About This:Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you. —J.C. Ryle

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

Will You Be A Follower of the Cross?

“Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23

On Saturday I had the privilege of giving the commencement address to the graduating class at Davis College in Binghamton, NY. Great group of 57 students we are committed to being mover and shakers for the sake of the gospel.

As a part of my challenge to the graduates, I asked them if they were willing to pay the cost to be a soldier of Jesus Christ. As American Christians we take for granted how easy we have it.

What happened to those men who we refer to as the first apostles?

Matthew – suffered martyrdom by being slain with a sword at a distant city of Ethiopia.

Mark – died at Alexandria, after being cruelly dragged through the streets of that city.

Luke – was hanged on an olive tree in the classic land of Greece.

John – was put in a cauldron of boiling oil but escaped death in a miraculous manner and was afterward branded at Patmos.

Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downward.

James the Greater was beheaded at Jerusalem.

James the Less, was thrown from a lofty pinnacle of the temple, and then, beaten to death with a fuller’s club.

Bartholomew was flayed alive.

Andrew was bound to a cross whence he preached to his persecutors until he died.

Thomas was run through the body with a lance at Coromandel in the East Indies.

Jude was shot to death with arrows.

Barnabas of the Gentiles was stoned to death at Salonika.

Paul, after various tortures and persecutions, was beheaded at Rome by the Emperor, Nero.

Knowing that this was the precedent, are we really willing to be a soldier of Jesus Christ? A follower of Christ? A disciple? These are the men who gave of their lives for the gospel. Would we be willing to do the same? A good question for you and me to ask. – Bill Welte is President/CEO of America’s Keswick and is a weekly Freedom Fighter blogger.

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 59-63

Think About This:In God’s universe, He only allows what He can use. Selwyn Hughes

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.” 2 Chronicles 16:9

 

Godly love?

As I grow in my love of the Lord, I also grow in my love for my wife. Has she changed some? Perhaps. But that’s not why I love her more. My love deepens as Christ chips away more of me and replaces it with more of him.

Eph. 5:25 love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up (died) for her

We can stop there—but we won’t.

Col. 3:19 love your wives and do not be harsh with them

Lets go a bit further.

Rom. 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Love our wives like Christ loved the church—Christ died for the church—we must be willing to die for our wives.  OK, I can hear you now—“I would take a bullet for my wife!”  Bravo. The chances of that actually happening are slim to none so I’m not too impressed. And, someone else would be pulling the trigger so you would be far less in control. No, the real “death” here is a daily dying to self—putting aside our wants and desires, our dreams—sometimes, our right to be right in order to love our wives the way they need to be loved. Jesus put aside everything—power, position, majesty, dignity—everything—and literally died for the object of His affection. Are we ready to do this on a day to day basis?

Oh, and here’s the real kicker, Romans 5:8—while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Ouch! God has called us to love our wives like Christ loved the church, to be willing to die for her AND to be willing to do it JUST THE WAY SHE IS! This was the lesson I needed to learn, unconditional love. Not a love based on “if she does this then I’ll do that.” I’m called to die to self and to love, lift up my wife, even when the house isn’t clean or the dishes aren’t done or she still smokes or had a drink with the girls…..I’m still called to love her just like Christ loves me—unconditionally.

Yeah, taking a bullet is so much easier isn’t it.

And lets not forget, Col. 3:19—we’re not even supposed to be harsh with our wives, in word or deed—even while they are sinners—just like we are.

Father, help us to fall more deeply in love with Jesus and with that, more deeply in love with our wives. Help us to die to self and in that, Christ may be seen and glorified in our lives and marriages.  Amen – Steve Schmidt is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and serves full-time at America’s Keswick. He is a weekly Freedom Fighter blogger

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 45-48

Think About This: Don’t seek a platform for the sake of the gospel if you’re not prepared to lose that platform for the sake of the gospel. —Sam Allberry

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

Awkward!

“And the LORD, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.”   Deuteronomy 31:8 (KJV)

Sometimes life just feels like it is going on auto-pilot, doesn’t it? I seemed to be at one of those time periods where, even in the valley, life went on in very scary mundane way. I would look down at the ground once in a while to check for those “footprints in the sand” but even that had gotten kinda…eh. However, a few months ago it wasn’t like that, nope not at all. It was like a great fury as I was coming down the mountain. I was fired from a job that I didn’t like, but got one that I like. AMEN!!! And it was on that momentum that I did something that I thought was a wise thing to do. UH-OH….

I thought I was way too deep with ministry commitments and decided that one aspect had to go immediately, if not sooner. My position was clear, what I was doing wasn’t spirit-driven any longer and it felt more like trending out the grain than ministry. I explained my position to the pastor of the church, who didn’t appreciated the suddenness of my decision (yeah, I’ll give him that), vocalized it and at the end of a heated decision I was told that for all I know I may not be saved, ouch. Didn’t see that coming, didn’t like being told that, left the church and everything that I was involved with behind. And then life seemed to get…awkward.

Anyway, I have landed in a church that is very, very Bible based. The inerrant Word of God is being preached. Everyone there sings with such volume and grace. And if I can be so bold to say that the doors of this church are as open as the doors of the congregation hearts. The communion elements are revered, and served by the church elders, everything a Baptist would expect to see church be (yeah, kinda like the Baptist way I do) and yet I sat there feeling awkward. My God, My God! I guess I’m just part of the congregation now? hmph…wow, I wondered, did I take it too far?

Well God wasn’t having any of my “woo is me” nonsense and I found myself at the Colony Chapel on the grounds of America’s Keswick during a Families for Christ weekend. I was surrounded by brothers and sisters who I grew up with (I wasn’t always a Christian ya know) and all that awkwardness fell by the wayside. At the end of Sunday service Pastor John Strain asked me to lead the congregation in the saying of the Colony benediction , “And the LORD, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.”

Whether he knows it or not (he reads Freedom Fighters, he knows by now) I needed to do that. Not so much to lead people into saying it as much as hearing God’s people saying it with agreement to it. When we got to the part where God says FEAR NOT it was everything I could do to shout it out loud. You see it is a promise from God that hasn’t changed one dot or tittle. I forgot it…dummy that I am. I forgot the “FEAR NOT” and because of that God allowed me to feel the awkwardness of my action until I remembered His promise.

Since that moment in the Colony Chapel that awkwardness has begun to leave me and a “FEAR NOT” has settled in. The Deuteronomy 31:8 Promise signifies that a man can never be of good courage, unless he is persuaded of God’s assistance. No matter the number and strength of an enemy, nor at any difficulties that might lie in the way of finishing any undertakings. In a very Romans 8:31 way we should be able to ask, “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” I’m just glad that sharing this with all of you doesn’t leave me feeling…awkward. Amen? – Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and is a weekly Freedom Fighter blogger

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 42-44

Think About This:“I must confess that in my ministry I keep repeating some of the things I know about God and His faithful promises. Why do I insist that all Christians should know for themselves the kind of God they love and serve? It is because all the promises of God rest completely upon His character.”—A.W. Tozer

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

Does God use Dysfunctional People?

After struggling with a lifetime of issues, including long periods in addiction and life dominating sin, I’m left with the question: Does God use Dysfunctional People? And Why?

The question seems rhetorical after searching through the Word for answers. Observing King David, the man after God’s heart, he was a murderer and adulterer. Abraham, the father of faith, lied twice about Sarah being his sister. Jacob, the father of Israel, was a selfish deceiver. Paul persecuted Christians, while Peter lacked faith.

In addition, living in the inner city and working in addiction ministry, I get the privilege to witness transformed drug abusers, prison inmates, and prostitutes serving faithfully in God’s ministry. Simply put, yes God does use dysfunctional people. But the more interesting question is why?

For He said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” (Romans 9:15)

If we are completely honest, it is only because of God’s grace through Christ that anyone is able to follow after God, or be imitators of Christ. It is not an effort of our own. Through the power of the Holy Spirit we should resemble Him, especially in his love and goodness.

Life presents varies afflictions, situations, hurts, pains, sin etc. However, the Lord walks His saints through the trials of life, even when we lack faith. We are all sort of like Jacob, known for our deception. But God intervened and transformed Him to Israel, the father of Joseph, who saved the Israelites from a great famine. Moreover, Jacob is the father of Judah, the lineage through which the Lord Jesus Christ is born. This provides a great example of how God’s purpose for you perseveres even in the midst of bad circumstances. What is on your plate that is hindering the potential that God has for your life? And yes, God does use dysfunctional people to glorify His name and to further His Kingdom! – Juan Mendez is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and a new weekly Freedom Fighter blogger.  He serves full-time at America’s Keswick

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 36-41

Think About This:We’ll have all eternity to celebrate our victories, but only one short hour before sunset to win them.Robert Moffat

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2

If Only

“So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.” Acts 27:25

“If Only” it where that easy.

I’ve been finding myself draw to certain passages of scripture that have a common thread, boats.

In our Men’s study group it was the account of Jesus calming the storm at the end of Mark chapter 4. The key verse was “Let us go across to the other side”. The faith lesson was the fact that Jesus said that they “would“ go to the other side. This comes on the heels of Jesus teaching them about faith. It seems when faced with a storm the question that comes to mind is similar to the one that was asked, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

Next, was when Jesus walked on water in mark 6. Again after being with Jesus and seeing all He has done they find themselves struggling in the boat. “And He saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them.” Jesus to the rescue, “He came to them, walking on the sea”.  “For they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” How many times I am in a storm and when I recall what the Bible says I’m more fearful then trusting.

The third account was in Acts chapter 27. Paul is a prisoner and is being transported to Italy. After fourteen days at sea, throwing most of their resources overboard and rumors of the solders plans to kill the prisoners rather than allowing them to escape, Paul remembers what God had told him, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you”. So, when all else fails these men take Paul’s advice when he tells them, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

It’s as easy as that, “If Only”.

Has God spoke to you through His word and the fears of trusting are causing you to “jump ship”? Join me as we pray that we would be found staying in the boat and hearing God say “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” Amen! Rob Russomano is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy, a full-time staff member at America’s Keswick and a weekly Freedom Fighter blogger

Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 31-35

Think About This: The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed. And we never will change until we look into the mirror of our own soul and face with candor what we are inside.  Billy Graham

This Week’s Verse to Memorize: It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2