dW 08.06.10

dW

 

scripture

 

John 8:42-47

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."

 

En Espanol, Juan 8:42-47

 

quote

 

A liar should have a good memory.
Quintilian

dW 08.05.10

dW

 

scripture

 

Matthew 10:11-16

Jesus taught His disciples saying, "Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave.  As you enter the home, give it your greeting.  If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.  If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.  I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.  I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.  Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

 

En Espanol, Mateo 10:11-16

 

quote

 

One mark of a deteriorating society is when people cannot discern between truth and lies. Another is that they don't care and will believe whatever their itching ears want to hear.

Cal Thomas

dW 08.04.10

dW

 

scripture

 

John 15:18-21

Jesus taught His disciples saying, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.”

 

En Espanol,  Juan 15:18-21

 

thought

 

A pastor once said, “We should not be surprised when the world acts like the world.  How can they act any other way?”  While this is true, I still find it hard to stomach sometimes.  It hurts to be treated in unloving ways.  However, may we not fuel unloving actions with more unloving actions in return.  May we learn to see the world as broken and in need of healing and restoration.  May we find ourselves on our knees in prayer for an adversary more often than we find ourselves toe to toe with an adversary.  The ideologies of the world are not the ideologies of Christ.  Be not as the world is but be as Christ.  May God give us the strength to pursue such a high calling.

dW 08.03.10

dW

 

scripture

 

James 1:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

 

En Espanol, Santiago 1:27

 

ministry

 

In rural  Africa there are three tribes that have cultures rich in tradition. However, these tribe lives in fear of evil spirits who they believe bring ill fortune to their villages. They use the word "Mingi" to describe persons they consider cursed or otherwise imperfect. Loosely translated, “Mingi” means dirty or unclean. Those deemed Mingi face severe consequences, as they believe the presence of these children on their land curses the tribe. Their solution to this perceived threat is to drown Mingi children in the river. But now there is another way…  To learn more about DRAWN FROM WATER click this link.