I Made A Mistake...

Good Morning!

My good friend Fred pointed out a mistake I made in yesterday’s Good Morning. The sentence should have read:

I can assure you that my friends who aren’t getting “fed” at their current church didn’t get “fed” at their former church and won’t get “fed” at any church they attend in the future UNLESS they choose to take part in the preparation of the meal.

Sometimes the fingers don’t type what the mind thinks. But this does allow me to reiterate the point that personal growth in Christ begins when we take responsibility for our own personal growth. I have a lot of preacher friends – but not one of them can MAKE me grow in Christ. Growing is a decision that the individual has to make for themselves.

Well, Miss N is back in Southern Regional with another blockage – and I am alone here at home – with the exception of the dogs and the cats and the fish. It is a strange feeling for a guy who has never lived alone. It’s true. I went from my Momma’s house to Miss N’s house without a break. So being alone is a unique experience for this feller. And it reminds me that many people feel very alone – even in the midst of a crowd. We can do something about that – by just being a friend.

I read with interest an article on Fox News website regarding atheists knowing more about religion than any other group. The author was the president of the American Atheists. You can imagine what he had to say about this – or you can go out on the website and read the article. There were several points that he missed on – he even claimed that preachers receive a tax-free living. I know my preacher friends are glad to hear that – but, please, do report your income and pay your taxes. As with most people who don’t believe in Jesus Christ, the author equated Christianity with religion. Well, folks, since religion is a man made system of works designed to reach God and Christianity is a relationship desired by God, the poor atheist got it all wrong. Atheists may know about religion – but they haven’t got a clue about the relationship.

Every facet of what Jesus did was an expression of God’s love for us. Paul said this:

Romans 5:1-8 (English Standard Version)
Peace with God Through Faith
1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Our salvation is not a matter of us reaching some lofty goal set by man but a simple step of trust in God’s completed action in Jesus Christ. If only we could convince those who work so hard at not believing…

Today is going to be a good day. I already know it and am looking forward to it.

Agape’



Mr. Jim