Freedom

I have made mention of this in previous posts, and it does not burden me to mention it again.

There are those who are being abducted, raped, and forced to work with little, if any, pay - right now. Human trafficking and slavery is real. And it's prevelant.

27 million slaves.

So to get the word out again is not a problem, but rather a privilege, and a must. We must speak up for those whose voices cannot be heard.

The video below is a trailor to a longer video that can be viewed here. Check out the trailer below and when you make a few moments, watch the short documentary in its entirety.

For justice. For Freedom. For Jesus.

Lukewarm

We will be discussing this portion of Scripture tomorrow at The Chapel's men's study.

Most have heard of the "lukewarm church," few would be willing to honestly admit they are lukewarm; fewer yet are willing to pay the necessary price that Jesus outlines to fix things.

Read the loving words of our Savior below...

"And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. "'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" http://bible.us/Rev3.14.ESV

Camping

We are planning to go camping as a family this year. We have been slowly building our camping gear, which hopefully we will have the rest of the essentials in the next month or two.

Camping is something I have fond memories of doing over the years. There is something about getting the whole family out of the house to enjoy the great outdoors together. Simple, little distraction, and focused time together with your family... It's a recipe for building relationships and creating fond memories.

Anyway, I was searching for a good tent camping essentials list and liked what I found at the link below. I'm going to use it to make sure we have all the necessary gear, and that it ends up getting to our campsite.

For you fellow campers out there, you may be a pro at camping and have your own list of essentials, but maybe this will be of value to you semi-newbies like me...

http://campingwithgus.com/camping-checklists/

Prayer

Jesus beckons us to come away with Him, yet most of us won't heed His voice.

Prayer is what keeps us from a "going through the motions" Christianity, yet we won't prioritize it.

The late Leonard Ravenhill said no man is greater than his prayer life, yet we try to run ministries without prayer.

Jesus said that He is the Vine and we are the branches and apart from Him we can do nothing, yet our prayer life, or lack thereof, says we think we don't need Him.

Most of us are too busy to pray. Too busy to get away with the Master, too many other priorities that come before the Lover of our soul.

We hear about the need to pray, yet most of us never change. It costs too much. So I guess preachers don't preach on prayer anymore - maybe because it's not popular, or maybe because they themselves don't pray.

So what about you? Will you sacrifice to pray? What are you willing to lay down to be with the Master? For most, the cost is too high. They'll hear something just like this, and there will be

No. Long lasting. Change.

So what about you?

Storm Shot

This pic was shot from our back porch as a severe weather system approached Somerset, KY. Though Somerset area didn't have a tornado touch down, it was this same system I believe that produced a tornado about 30 miles east.

Please continue to pray for all the families affected by the tornadoes, and see how you may be able to help.

Be Safe - Tornado Watch

Weather Channel Home Page

I thought it worth while to get the word out again one more time - Weather.com has been sharing this morning about the high risk of tornadoes in our area of the country/state TODAY, Friday, March 2. Central/Eastern Kentucky as well as other neighboring states seem to be at the highest risk of tornado outbreak today.

So play it safe, watch the warnings, and know what to do to prepare for a possible tornado.

Be safe out there today.

For more, click my links above as well as here, and stay tuned to your local weather and weather.com for the most current updates on the weather.

God Is Like

God is like...

One of my good friends shared with me from a book by A.W. Tozer the other day. Tozer talked about how God is like nothing else in this world, so to say that God is like something... really isn't possible.

God isn't like anything in this world. We cannot try to explain God by comparing Him to things that we know. He is unlike anything we know. He is the Creator, and as such he is the Uncreated One. There is none or nothing like Him.

I appreciate Tozer writing about this because it puts God back where He belongs - much bigger and much greater than I. We make God out to be so much smaller than He is many times - comparing Him to what we know, bringing Him down to our level.

Let's remember when we pray today, Who we are really talking to. Let's put God back where he belongs in our hearts - the highest place.