Music is powerful in many lives – in fact, there’ll be souls in hell who wouldn’t give up “Wally-wally-Bing-bang” (“musi-noise”). With some it was jazz. With others ‘twas show tunes. With some country/bluegrass, with still others it was dance/mood music. Believe it or not, some were so wrapped-up in “christian music” that God was not first place. Do you control your music or does your music control you?
– eab, 1/17/18
A PRAYER
Grant Lord that the lines I write
Alone, up, in the middle of the night
May find their way in your fine hour
To a needy soul snared in sin’s power
Let them see what satan tries to block
That Christ is the way, their defense, their rock
And hope is not gone, help is not lost
Redemption is free; Christ paid the huge cost.
– eab, Jan. 2016
If ever the holiness church needed discernment it’s now. If you have a degree of discernment, thank God. If you think you have none, ask God to give enough to protect you & those of church (if you’re a pastor), of family (if you’re a parent). Having suspicions about everybody isn’t discernment; taking everybody at face value isn’t either. When you have a “gut feeling” X isn’t “true blue” listen to that feeling. “But everybody thinks X is the greatest.” Do not broadcast the reservation you feel, be kind to them, but keep a distance.
– eab, 1/16/18
“…get rid of the idea that faith is a matter of spiritual heroism…There are heroes of faith but faith is not for heroes. It is a matter of spiritual manhood. It is a matter of maturity.”
– P T Forsyth, quoted by Leonard Ravenhill
Parents, when you attend a convention, revival, camp, tell your children Who is scheduled to speak, give a brief bio & if possible have them shake hands with him before service. I probably heard T M Anderson, one of the greats of 20th century holiness speak – but, sadly, I can’t prove it. My parents drove to Circleville Camp, year after year. I found later that Bro. Anderson was a “fixture” there, summer after summer; I may have heard him – wish I knew. Parents, let your child know this is someone they’ll want to remember.
– eab, 1/18/18
Luk 18. 8
“…When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”
Ordinary collectors (antiques, books, cars, etc.) leave their collections this side the grave. You can do better – Collect Truth. Admittedly some earthly “truths” may remain here, but the Prime Truths will go with you to heaven, where He who is Truth (Joh 14.6), welcomes Truth, & where all lies are forever excluded.
– eab, 1/12/18
“The simplest way to live more than an average life
is to add an hour to the fresh end of the day.”
– Bruce Fairchild Barton, fr his /The Man Nobody Knows/
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