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Weak and Wounded? 8/716
Philippians 1:6 (KJV)
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
PS: SMILE! A dear Canadian friend and brother pointed out that last Wednesday's message entitled "I AM THE LORD" depicted my picture ABOVE the title-thus "proclaiming" that I AM THE LORD!!"
It is very safe to assume I AM NOT THE LORD-
JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOR IS LORD OF LORD AND KING OF KINGS!!!
WHEW-I had to set the record straight!!!
James 3:5 (KJV)
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
It never ceases to amaze me how many people this ministry reaches weekly-THANK YOU!!!
People all over the world read these sermons and often write back to express their love and appreciation, send their hard earned tithes and offerings, share their needs and blessings and TESTimonies.
Last week I shared on FB a little quote I also had read on FB:
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THE HARDEST PART OF FAITH IS THE LAST HALF-HOUR!"
Quickly, my comment and in-box lit up with MANY amen's and other comments-MANY people AGREED with that little Truth!
I have learned much these past few weeks as I watched the daily work of a dear neighbor whom we contracted to construct a mother-in-law suite on my home.
I watched, with fascination, as he tore out the garage and garage door, built the foundation and floors, fashioned the walls and doors to the closets, and then got seemingly "bogged down"!?
The progress seemed slowed by my UN-trained eye as "THE dEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS!"
Day after day he worked and night after night he left-with work UN-finished.
That is a lesson in itself-remember, "ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY!!"
Isaiah 28:10 (KJV)
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
This week I will get to watch the brick masons as they lay brick-one upon another,
"PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT; LINE UPON LINE' HERE A LITTLE AND THERE A LITTLE:"
THERE IS NO SHORT CUT/EASY AND QUICK WAY TO LAY BRICK!!!
Philippians 1:6 (KJV)
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
THE dEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS!
It is HERE where I quote my SECOND favorite book, "THE DISCIPLINES OF LIFE"
''And having done all, to stand'' (Eph. 6:13).
Too soon to quit'' has become a watchword at Wheaton College; it is a campus countersign of dogged determination to do one's duty with the utmost devotion. Some years ago I read an article with that title that had been prepared and presented by W. J. Cameron on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour program of January 10, 1937.
Since then it has been reread or discussed in chapel, with added illustrations from Scripture, at least once a semester. It has become part of Wheaton's philosophy of life, and Wheaton students look forward to its exposition in chapel as one of the college traditions.
Through the courtesy and permission of Mr. Cameron the article is here reprinted.
''Young persons sometimes ask Mr. Ford, 'How can I make my life a success?''-as if anyone could answer that question half as well as the one who asks it. But occasionally Mr. Ford does give a valuable tip, even if at the moment the young person receiving it fails to appreciate it.
One such tip would be-'IF YOU START A THING, FINISH IT!.'
It sounds rather
familiar, a piece of old-fashioned advice-but it is part of an engineer's design for living-finish it!
'' 'Yes,' one says, 'but the thing may not be worth finishing.'
Of course, when he says 'finish it,' Mr. Ford isn't thinking about the thing at all, he is thinking about you-you, Miss Maiden, and you, Sir Youth.
In the preparatory time of life the real job is not what you are working on, but what it is doing to you.
You start it with a great gush of interest-you miss your meals for it-then suddenly it goes stale-and you quit.
Or you find that your plan is wrong-and you quit. And all that you have as profit from your effort is the knowledge of how to quit.
'Well,' you say, 'the thing wasn't worth it!' Quite probably, but you are, and that's the whole point.
Now back to my TITLE statement:
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THE HARDEST PART OF FAITH IS THE LAST HALF-HOUR!"
Or, as Henry Ford stated above:
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IF YOU START A THING, FINISH IT!!!!!!
Did not our Lord and Savior FINISH:
John 19:30 (KJV)
30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Did not the mighty Apostle Paul exclaim:
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
O weary mother, tired business person, exhausted student,
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WEAK AND WOUNDED SINNER, LOST AND LEFT TO DIE
O RAISE YOUR HEAD FOR LOVE IS PASSING BY!
COME TO JESUS, COME TO JESUS, COME TO JESUS AND LIVE!"
GOD BLESS YOU!
PASTOR DOUG
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