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I thought of you today

I hear a lot of talk about american being a Christian nation. i hear a lot of hollywood saying that's what's wrong with this country. and it would be much better if we were not a Christian nation.

i dont think we are. i would love to see a nation of Christians. where...

people werent afraid to tell another person the truth
lying wasnt a daily occurnce
if someone gets pulled over for speeding they say, yes i was speeding
in courts people plead guilty when guilty and simply ask for mercy
where marriages laster and family meant something
where standards were held, but those outside were accepted
where instead of the what i get mentality we have the what can we give
a nation of people with no fear but full of compassion
a nation that didnt have a first strike policy
a nation where the nightly news said this happened today and its all going to be ok


i would love to see that. if we had that.... i think a lot of people would take notice. that would be the real lamp on the table.

Actually i lied. the crisis is not over. in order for it to be over there would have to be a beginning. and the truth is it never began. there never was a crisis. despite what the news would have you believe. despite what the government would have you believe. despite what your fears tell you. there was never a crisis.

if you cant pay your mortgage... its not a crisis
if we get an inch of snow... its not a crisis
if our economy wrecks and falls....not a crisis

no matter what happens life will go on, or it will cease. in either case there is no need to worry and no need to fret.

we have gotten to the point in this country that everything is a crisis of monumental proportion. the next one bigger than the last. everything is sensationalized. but that isnt the way it really is. if we get an inch of snow it is not the end of the world. heck even if it is the end of the world, its not the end of our world, for those saved in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 6:25 (New International Version)
Do Not Worry 25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

Matthew 6:27 (New International Version)
27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?

Matthew 6:31 (New International Version)
31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

Matthew 6:34 (New International Version)
34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 10:19 (New International Version)
19But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,

Mark 13:11 (New International Version)
11Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke 12:11 (New International Version)
11"When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

Luke 12:26 (New International Version)
26Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

Luke 24:38 (New International Version)
38He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?

Just a simple question this morning.... If one has come to know Christ, how could one not be zealous.

Zealotry was a movement in first century Judaism, described by Josephus as one of the "four sects" at this time. The term Zealot, in Hebrew kanai (קנאי, frequently used in plural form, קנאים), means one who is on behalf of God. The term is Greek in origin. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealous

born rejected
completely defective
sins of my father
running through my veins
cast out by my self
put up on a shelf
left to die
saved by One
tried in vain
life was pain
no purpose i had
till i found you
now i've found
it's been quite profound
i'm washed clean
do you know what i mean
new as snow
ready to go
giving my life
to the one who saved it