WOODY'S VIDEO: January 30, 2021

https://youtu.be/_hAb44cZwtw

"But Realize This...."

"But realize this, that in the last days...people will be...irreconcilable, arrogant.., unappeasable...."  (2 Timothy 3)

And they are everywhere, in families, work places, neighborhoods.  These are people who are like Herod, to whom Jesus never said a word.

The days are short.  May our Lord Jesus Christ show us how to deal with such, and to bring the reconcilable into Himself and Kingdom.

Father, in Jesus' Name, dear Holy Spirit, lead me to the reconcilable.  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2

"Remember...."

"Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead...." (2 Timothy 2)

Blessed remembering.

Father, in Jesus' Name, may I be in perpetual remembering.  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2

What The Creeds Left Out

"....For Your Father knows that you need all these things,  But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."  (Jesus)

The Word translated, "first," means, "before, at the beginning."  Jesus' and John the Baptist's first public Words are, "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Or, can we say, "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven..," not, "for your blessings."

In a recent "Plumbline" article from Bob Mumford, he writes that "none of the great creeds of the Church mention the Kingdom of God as a major theme of the Gospel.  Jesus' admonition was to put His Kingdom first and let everything else be added."  This says so much of the Church, especially of the last 55 years.

I pray that you and I do what Jesus commands us to do, and not what alloyed Church History has proclaimed and demonstrated.

Father, in Jesus' Name, I really pray that I may more fully understand and live, "Seek before," Your Kingdom.  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2