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Are you intense about pursuing all the will of God for your life?
Good questions, right?
To illustrate the idea of being intense about your work, a special species of Shorebird comes into view, a Black-necked Stilt. Shallow waters are its domain, but they are anything but shallow in their defense of their territory. Stilts aggressively contend for their pool of H2O. A group of them will band together surrounding an intruder with a flapping wings display meant to show that they’re seriously tough and aggressive about their turf. You see this tendency displayed all throughout the realm of wildlife. My question to you today is shouldn’t this be the same in the realm of human life?
Shouldn’t Jesus Followers Be Serious about Their Domain?
Every day is an opportunity to say ‘yes’ to Jesus – to work in the area God gifted you.
We are to buy up every opportunity to advance in the things that really matter.
Paul said plainly that, by the grace of God, he worked harder than the other apostles of the Lord.
Meet the Firefinch, Red-Billed that is, a bird with no fear of humans
No fear? Yes, it’s possible to live life with no fear.
In the Bible, that’s God’s direct word to us – ‘fear not.‘
He says it over and again.
2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV) — 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Isaiah 35:4 (ESV) — 4 Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.”
2 Chronicles 20:17 (ESV) — 17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.”
You Can Live the No Fear Life
The Lord would never ask us to do something that we had no way of accomplishing.
So, if He said do not fear – you can surely know that it’s possible to do.
If animals, like this Fire Finch, can live without fear of humans why would you be afraid?
Now, why is it possible?
Because He is with us.
Why is it possible? – because He is our God.
And how about the fact that God will strengthen you, help you, and hold you up?
Isaiah 41:10 (ESV) — 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Over and over again, we see in the scriptures the fact that we can walk free from fear.
No fear… That’s one lesson we can learn from the Red-Billed Firefinch.
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In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow. And in an age of distraction, nothing is so luxurious as paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still.
U.S. Muslim Planned to Massacre Christians in Church
Khalil Abu-Rayyan is a 21-year-old Dearborn Heights, Michigan, man who gets excited by thoughts of beheading Americans, burning people alive and throwing homosexuals off of tall buildings. Beyond these fantasies, he’d actually made plans to shoot up a church full of Christians in Detroit, according to court records documenting his Internet conversations with an undercover FBI agent. According to affidavits filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, he told the FBI he had already picked out a church for his bloody rampage. It was located less than a half-mile from his place of employment. He chose this church because it was large – up to 6,000 members – and he knew it would be an easy target.
“A lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church,” the FBI affidavit quotes him as saying. “Plus it would make the news. Everybody would’ve heard. Honestly I regret not doing it. (If I) can’t go do jihad at the Middle East, I would do my jihad over here.”
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Temple Institute Raises Funds for Draft Plans for 3rd Temple
JERUSALEM (Worthy News)– The Temple Institute has created a $100,000 Indiegogo campaign to raise financing for “architectural plans” to construct the Third Temple, which it says will be a “house of prayer for all nations” and will usher in “a new era of universal harmony and peace” as prophesied in the Bible. The campaign says, “After millennia of yearning, only one organization is paving the way for the rebuilding of the Temple. The Temple Institute (מכון המקדש) located in the Old City of Jerusalem is a research organization dedicated to the preparing for the construction of the Third Temple, including the recreation of 60 sacred Temple vessels ready for use once the Temple is rebuilt. These include the High Priest’s breastplate featuring the twelve precious stones of the tribes of Israel, the half-ton golden menorah, and the musical instrument of the Levitical choir.”
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” — Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Coach Defies Orders, Prays at Football Game
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A Washington coach who was told by district officials to stop leading prayers after games went ahead with a prayer at the 50-yard line after a weekend game.
The Kitsap Sun reports Bremerton High assistant coach Joe Kennedy knelt as his players left the field and prayed on Friday. Players from the other team and others joined him.
It’s unclear what the district will do. Messages left the district’s attorney as well as district officials were not immediately returned Sunday.
Superintendent Aaron Leavell has said Kennedy’s long-standing practice runs counter to the constitutional mandate for separation of church and state. He said in a statement before the game that staff must refrain from religious expression while on duty.
Kennedy’s law firm, Texas-based firm Liberty Institute, says the district has no right to ban the coach from personally praying. They say he didn’t encourage or discourage students from participating.
Officials Defend School Prayer in Oklahoma and Alabama
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has taken a high profile stand for religious freedom.
Pruitt officially told the state board that governs sporting activities that it can no longer ban student prayer at school sports events.
He argues that a current policy blocking public prayer at playoff events is too broad.
“You just can’t uniformely, arbitrarily say, ‘We are going to allow all speech except religious speech,’ and that is why it is overbroad,” Pruitt said.
