I used to wonder what in the world a be-attitude was. Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount”, He delivered what was called “the beatitudes” or at least that was the title that was always at the top of this section in my bible. I’ve always said that Jesus or the Bible doesn’t give us a description for how to “do” church, but rather how to BE the church. You don’t really “go” to church, YOU ARE His church. The whole purpose for Him creating man and for redeeming us after mankind fell from Him through sin was His intention for relationship. He just wants to Be in you and for you to Be in Him. There is a difference in being and doing. Out of right BEING comes right DOING.
Warrior Few
I am reading the book, Leadership and Training for the Fight, by MSG Paul R. Howe (US Army Retired), and I am about half way through it.
I came upon this quote, and I wanted to share it with you.
“Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there,
Eighty are just targets,
Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Continue reading “Warrior Few”
Why The Nations?
“Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.”
This is the first word that I ever received from the Lord, and I had been saved for about three months. It was the fall of 1985. Continue reading “Why The Nations?”
A Decline in Courage
Follows is an excerpt of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Speech, which we may find quite revealing:
A Decline in Courage [. . .]
may be the most striking feature which an outside observer notices in the West in our days. The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, each government, each political party and of course in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling groups and the intellectual elite, causing an impression of loss of courage by the entire society. Of course there are many courageous individuals but Continue reading “A Decline in Courage”