Traveling Mercies Ministry

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Chapel service this morning was conducted by one of the State staff. Did a great job on mothers for mother's day (because we will not be together on Mother's day). Then I went over to Living Word of Faith Church (oldest Church in Okeechobee) for the Sunday morning service. Pastor Lee was out of the hospital and back in good form. He preached on what is right with this Church (as opposed to what is wrong with the Church, which I hear quite a bit).

Entertainment last night was by Crystal Gage (country singer). With these groups, they always find the longest married couple. The winner was 69 years - and they still go to RV rallys? Mr. was 92, Mr's wouldn't say. Crystal said "looks like you are stuck with him." She answered "I'm afraid so."

I went to the local lakeside sunrise service this morning, which is a Lutheran Church. The fog came in just before sunup, and you couldn't see a thing. The Pastor was pretty funny. He said "we have to believe by faith that there is a sun rising there at exactly 7:01." It was a great lead-in for believing by faith that Jesus rose from the tomb.

Since Roe v. Wade (1973), nearly 50 million babies have been killed. This is 50 million people who will not exist in the future, grow up, get jobs, pay taxes, get married and have children, etc. They represent about 125 million people who will not exist in the future. Close to 40% of the current population of 300 million people. The tipping point occurs in about 2013 - that is, one generation from 1973. The real purpose of Roe v Wade, was to selectively reduce the population to avert possible famine caused by overpopulation. Otherwise, our population would now be around 400 million. The government (or somebody) believed that we could not grow enough food to feed 400 million people. That was a flawed theory. Projections from current technology show that there is enough agriculturally viable land to feed more than that. If you subtract 40% of the future population, one might expect a 40% contraction of the economy. Right now, population growth in the U.S. would be negativ...

Biblical Finance - Christian Giving First of all, it is important to understand a couple of basic principles of the law: 1. A law stands on the books until it is amended or rescinded (repealed). This is true of all laws whether man's law or God's law. 2. When the king speaks, his words become law. This is true whether an earthly king or the heavenly king. The Word of God is therefore, law. The laws established by God in the Old Testament carry over into the New Testament unless they are amended or rescinded. This is called the Biblical carryover principle. Also realize that prior to the cross, we are still in the Old Testament covenant. Note that while the law was given to the Jew, the New Testament Christian is grafted in (Rom 11:17) as a spiritual Jew. This is why we study the Old Testament and support Israel. When the New Testament quotes an Old Testament passage, that is evidence that passage carries over. Jesus said he did not come to destroy the law, He came to fulfill it...

When we were married in 1961, my wife was in school planning to become a social worker. She quit to take a full-time job until I graduated. With a new degree in hand, and a good job with a Fortune 500 company, we set out to start a family, but there were no results. We did everything the doctors suggested, but still no results. In desperation, we applied for adoption with the Children's Home Society in 1969. After completing the application and qualification process, we expected to wait up to two years for a placement. "the pill" had reduced the number of unwanted pregnancies, and there was a shortage of adoptable babies. My wife explained to her boss that she intended to quit to become a homemaker when we received a baby. The wait was shorter than she expected. We wanted a child so badly, we made no restrictions as to sex, race, physical condition, whatever. Within two weeks we received a call from Children's Home that they had a newborn. They told us the baby had a ...