Happy Wednesday!

Tonight: Destiny Family Center GO Outreach at 6:30pm! Come GO with us or GO pray for us… I’m anticipating the best night yet!

I want to chat with you guys about something I read in the Bible this morning. It sounds gloomy at first, but keep reading and you will find new strength from todays message!

2 Timothy 4:3-5 For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths. BUT YOU SHOULD KEEP a clear mind in every situation. DONT BE AFRAID of suffering for the Lord. WORK AT TELLING others the Good News, and FULLY CARRY OUT the ministry God has given you.

The time is coming: clearly, that time is now… when so many people no longer VALUE the ANCHOR of truth… no longer LISTEN to SOUND and WHOLESOME teaching.

To our own demise, this modern civilization seeks after new religions and new philosophies that offer us the kind of LIVES we WANT to live verses the kind of LIVES we OUGHT to live.

People are rejecting truth and chasing after myths… and RELIGION continues to mutate into weaker and weaker reflections of TRUTH.

If there is no anchor of truth and there is no clear definition of right and wrong… then we are ALL defining God as we FEEL he should be… and then, he is really no God to us at all.

Instead of reducing God… instead of rewriting God… instead of deluding his omnipotence… instead of making a god we can easily and comfortably put up with, a WEAK and POWERLESS god without standards or commands… instead rejecting any truth that calls for change… and instead of chasing after the juicy myths of our day… we should seek for TRUTH and COME UP to it… and ANCHOR OURSELVES firmly to it.

I don’t want to BRING GOD DOWN… I want God to BRING ME UP! I love the fact that HE IS GOD and I am his creation… that he is Almighty and I am his humble subordinate. I want HIM to AFFECT me with His awesomeness… and change me for the BETTER.

Back to the text: there are four commands given to us in light of this modern dilemma:

1. But you should keep… a clear mind in every situation… in other words: don’t get distracted by circumstances or popular trends or anything else. This is achieved by reading the Bible and by spending quality time with God in prayer EVERY DAY! It keeps the mind CLEAR and ANCHORED IN TRUTH.
2. Don’t be afraid… of suffering for the Lord… in other words: don’t be afraid to stand for truth, not in arrogance… but in humility, hold on to your standards even when you suffer the embarrassment and rejection for doing so.
3. Work at telling… others the Good News… in other words: each follower of Christ has the commission of offering NEW LIFE to others. The Good News is defined in Romans 3:21-24.
4. Fully carry out… the ministry God has given you… in other words: everyone has a divine purpose… and everyone should seek to live in the face of eternity… that we should help to carry out Gods ETERNAL purposes during the days of our lives.

There it is you guys… a blog about TRUTH, written in a time when so many claim there is none. Let us LOVE TRUTH… and PRESERVE it… and SEND IT AHEAD… that EACH NEW GENERATION may ANCHOR themselves in it… and HAVE THE ENDLESS PROMISES that come from LIVING IN THE TRUTH!

I hope todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Please leave your comments and have a MOST OUTSTANDING DAY!