The Challenge of 2014
There are
sixty-six books that comprise ONE BOOK. There are some forty-plus authors that
wrote over a period of approximately fourteen hundred years without the benefit
of collaboration and yet this book carries a central Messianic theme that is undeniable
– THE BIBLE!
Let this truth
sink into your inner being. The Bible is not just the latest addition by an
author in a series. The Bible is ancient and yet new everyday. What this book
stands for – ABSOLUTE TRUTH – is what radicalized politics combats. The shape
of our nation is a reflection of what we believe. The solution is not the
mid-term elections of 2014 and who will gain control – Donkey or Elephant?
On this last
morning of 2013 as I write this post I am compelled to speak to the believing
community of faith in Christ. I would suggest the Cross of Christ should be
victorious in the coming year. WHY? Our national heartbeat is irregular by the
constant message of scandals and political blunders [Benghazi, NSA Spying, IRS
Targeting, Snowden, Syria, Israel, Affordable Care Act, etc]. We are searching
for truth more now than ever. The church’s need is not more creativity set
within contemporary daydreaming. Where is the Messianic message from anointed
pulpits, from a book whose author took some fourteen hundred years to pen, set
before a contemporary world, and confirmed by the manifest presence of God
among us?
Believers we are
without excuse….
To
my comrades in the weekly pulpit we are without excuse for not preaching
authoritatively, powerfully, and passionately the Messianic message of a Savior.
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To
the believing community of faith we are without excuse for not studying the
scriptures as hungry students….His word hid in my heart so that I might not sin
against God…ready to give an answer of the reason of the hope that is within
me.
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In
our churches let the sound of weeping between the doorpost and the altar
dominate the sanctuary by means of prayer as opposed to polished production.
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Set
yourself in 2014 to have a determined purpose to know Christ in the fellowship
of His suffering and in the power of His resurrection!
My human nature
is troubled for what is coming in 2014! My spirit man is excited as I see the
opportunity for revival in 2014! I am embracing this New Year as a year of
harvest for the Kingdom! Join me in prayer and commitment in your respected
area of service.
