Wed 9/9/09

Box seats

Who nailed Jesus to the cross?

My sins, and what about yours?

9/9/09 Wisdom and Folly
Recently I have encouraged many of you to read a proverb a day to keep the devil away. There are 31 Proverbs so each day read the proverb for that date. Today is the ninth the proverb speaks of wisdom and folly.
Notice both wisdom and folly call out from a high point of the city, both offer food and drink, wisdom offers her food that she has prepared freely. Folly offers stolen water and food eaten in secret with a promise of pleasure.
This reminds me of our temple it is meant to be the home or dwelling place of the Holly Spirit. Many times we have surrendered it to the woman folly. Then of our own power we attempt to clean it up and leave it vacant, thinking we will have rest. However folly returns with many of her friends and our condition is worse than when we started. The scriptures tell us we need to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of our sins and we will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38
Folly and Wisdom call out to you today which one will win the place in your heart? The one you feed.
Last night we showed the Passion of the Christ, We set the projector up on a small hill and showed the film on the side of a small store. Several people came and sat on the hill to watch the graphic story of the crucifixion of our Lord. This is a powerful, difficult movie to watch.
Many times we complain about our economic or physical sufferings, we have not yet suffered to the point of death!

Yesterday I met a man with a tee shirt that said Riverside Church of Christ. I’m not sure where the shirt started from, but it ended up here. The owner was at the movie last night, we hope to speak more with him today. The Little boys continue to ask Miss Carol if she will read to them from the Bible, they have never been disappointed. The scripture says train up a child in the way they will go and when they are old they will not turn from it. We need to stop complaining about the behavior of our children, grandchildren and neighbors and start training.
Everyday 90% of the people we see are Haitian, most of the service workers are Haitian, we have made many contacts and hope to find someone that would be willing to start a church in there home please pray for this.
Lord willing we may travel to Haiti Saturday for three days to encourage the brethren there. Jeff and Carol