It’s not that we’re bad people. As Christians, we just have bad tendencies. When we ask Jesus to come into our lives to serve as Lord and savior, then he’s going to take us at our word that we want to become like him.
People are looking for answers. Seeking God’s plan and his answers are far more likely to yield much better results that any online debate with acquaintances and strangers ever will.
In the movie Do You Believe (2015), J.D., a character played by Lee Majors, tells his worrisome wife, “Until the good Lord decides it’s time for me to go, there’s nothing going to kill me. When he decides it is time, there’s nothing that’s going to keep me. Not much point to worrying about it either way.”
Dick was a man of faith. Although he didn’t talk about it all the time, it was clear to me where he stood. He had been a lifelong Christian who rarely preached the Gospel, but demonstrated it frequently in his interaction with others.
It wasn’t a lecture of religious rules that finally got my attention, nor was it another reminder of my sinful nature. It was only after I listened to a message of hope that I heard the shout resonating into the grave I had dug for myself, “Greg, come out!”
I firmly believe that men get so tired of fighting one battle after another and having life-long feelings of inadequacy reinforced at every turn that they just give up. They bow their heads and utter “It is finished.”
The Bible is filled with stories of ordinary men with ordinary skills who are called to step off the narrow path onto a dirt road and wind up accomplishing extraordinary things in the name of God.
Content is king. It always has been and always will be. Companies would be wise to develop their own networks, rather than pumping out money to support a platform that actively works against their goals.
I know a lot of people don’t believe those “fairy tales” of people who claimed to hear the voice of God providing direction in emergencies. They are prone to dismiss it as nonsense or hype. But it happened to me, too – twice.
Undoubtedly, millions of parents have taken their kids to work today where the youngsters were either bored out of their minds, or entertained with more indoctrinating drivel regarding what schools teach is the keys to success in the American economy. Teach them the truth.
