Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. I suppose I have been drawing a bit of a blank. But anyway on to the news:
McDonald’s has recently joined the NGLCC (National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of commerce). The NGLCC is a large organization backed by corperate sponsers promoting the homosexual agenda. McDonald’s, where I usually eat twice a day, is now a member of this organization. I hate to say it, but I will no longer be supporting them with my money. I ask many of you reading this to do the same. Many people boycotted Wal-Mart when they joined the nglcc. It was enough to make them not renew their membership. McDonald’s is no different. If we will stand up for what we believe in as christians, McDonald’s could be forced to drop its membership as well.
Some of you may think, “What does it matter if they have their own chamber of commerce?” But if you will, think of it this way: Say an organization gets backed by 100’s of the biggest companies in America, then that same organization pushes for some laws to be passed, such as gay marriage. Having the support they have from companies like McDonalds would definately put pressure on law makers to lean more in their direction.
I don’t know about your Bible, but my Bible still says homosexual acts are wrong. By supporting the companies that support them you are vicariously supporting a terrible sin.
I ask you to follow me and spend your money somewhere other than McDonald’s. Hey maybe if we start brown baggin it we’ll save money and be a little healthier while we are standing up for our beliefs.
There are two questions in every marriage. And I don’t mean why does my wife nag so much, or why is my husband so clueless. I am talking about the root problems that cause many if not all of those little problems. I read a post called “2 questions” very recently. It was describing two questions that people ask: “Can I do it?” and “Am I worth it?”. His article states that the question that drives a man to do just about anything is “Can I do it?”. The question that drives the woman is “Am I worth it?”. To go into the details of his article read it here. I will briefly summarize.
“Can I do it?”
Man’s obsession in life is what can I conquer or accomplish. We often pride ourselves in our working ability, sporting ability, and whatever else we might be good at. A man values himself by those things.
“Am I worth it?”
Most women want to know one thing in a relationship, that is that they are loved above all else. She wants to know that the man in her life loves her, appreciates her, and cares for her.
I think many affairs could be avoided by answering these two questions the right way. If a man can’t do something well enough at home he may try somewhere else. Same with a woman, if she does not feel loved at home she may accept love from someone who lets her know how important she is. Of course, sometimes this never leads to adultery, sometimes it just leads to unhappy relationships. Remember men, putting anything in this world above your wife is telling her that she is not worth it.
“Two answers from the word of God”
So we have two questions. If every man and woman does in fact ask these questions, then surly they are important enough to have answers in the word of God. Ephesians 5:22-33 speaks about the husband and wife. The first command to the husband and the first to the wife answer the two root questions. Men love your wives; women submit to your husbands.
Love today is not like the love in the Bible. What most people call love today is actually passion, or infatuation. Love in the KJV Bible is often translated charity. Back then love was not passion but action. Love requires doing something. It says that men should love their wives as Christ loves the church. If you look at the things that Christ does for the church it makes our so called “love” look childish. So what actions are included in love? To be honest I don’t know everything that God intended us to do, but I do know this: More than one time in the Bible God says he loves us therefore he GAVE. So one thing I can say is that we as husbands should give, our time, our effort, our affection, and whatever else it takes to show our wives that they are more important to us than anything (except God). Do this and you will always be telling her she is worth it.
Submitting to a husband sounds like a dirty phrase in today’s world. A world where a woman is running for president. But, it is not as bad as you think. The Bible says the wife is like the church in her relationship with her husband, who is a representation of Christ. The church is not forced to submit to Christ, but chooses to submit themselves because of his love for them. Christ provides everything for the church therefore the church has no reason not to submit. If you submit to your husbands you are not obeying him, but following him. Submitting to your husband is just showing him that you trust his guidance. Showing him that, you are telling him that you think he can do anything, therefore, you are not worried when you follow him. Wives please show your husbands that they are your personal “superman” and that you would follow them anywhere.
“Final Thoughts”
The Bible does not give us the option based on what our spouse does. If your wife does not support you, you still love her. If your husband does not love you, you still have to follow him. Based on the word of God, I feel very comfortable in telling you that if you do your part, your husband or wife will 99% of the time start to do their part.
There are many questions that I have seen as I have looked around the internet about forgiveness. I decided to write a series on forgiveness to address many of the questions I have seen.
Maybe you have a question. Many questions I have seen and will answer in this series include:
1:)How could God ever forgive me after what I have done?
2:)Why does God forgive sins?
3:)Can I ever do something that God will not forgive?
4:)Why do people go to Hell?
And hopefully many more questions will be answered in this 3 part series.
Most professing Christians today, at least in America, have never faced this thing called suffering. In fact many believe that becoming a Christian makes everything peachy in life.
Biblical Christianity is far from a peachy life. The reason Christians do not suffer as much in America as Paul and others did is that Christians do not stand up for the truth of the Gospel. Probably because most don’t know the truth. Today’s “Christianity” is an easy one, “abc or 123″ and you have it. Witnessing consists of nothing more than asking someone to come to church (because most don’t know enough of the word of God to be a witness themselves), salvation consists of simply praying a prayer any time you choose and being baptized, and being”Christ like” only matters on Sundays. If there were more to Christianity than what we see today then there would be suffering.
For the true follower of Christ, suffering is not a possibility it is a certainty and a privilege (Phil 1:29). The apostle Paul invited suffering in his life, Phil 3:10 he says “That I may know…the fellowship of his sufferings”.
Christians in America need to change their thinking. A man that realizes that temporal things are not important and lay up treasures in heaven (Matt 6:20) would have a powerful impact on the lives around him. We need to challenge people as Christians, shaking the foundations that their faith is grounded in. Many professing Christians need to check their own foundations. I thought I was saved for years before someone challenged my faith. They told me things in the word of God that I could not refute. The things they told me went against what I had my faith grounded in. If it had not been for that person shaking my foundation I would not have found out that it was faulty.
Tell people the truth, invite suffering in your life. Tell someone that there is nothing they can do to earn salvation. Tell them that Christ finished the work of salvation when he put away sin (Heb 9:26) and all that’s left is to trust in the living savior. Tell someone that there is not a prayer that can save, there is not a baptismal pool that can save, and there is not one good work that can save. Tell them the truth, that only true faith allows salvation to take place, nothing more and nothing less. Tell them this and you will suffer for Christ’s sake and blessed are they that suffer (Matthew 5).
Two choices
1.) Invite his suffering into your life by standing on truth