tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751016003734012817.post846820687531207555..comments2023-08-24T06:28:11.663-05:00Comments on DeeDee's: More on FreedomDeeDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269559132137311315noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751016003734012817.post-49434738859875678142007-07-16T20:45:00.000-05:002007-07-16T20:45:00.000-05:00so glad to hear from all of you... Thank you for...so glad to hear from all of you... Thank you for reading and responding. <BR/><BR/>Jessica R - the bruises will heal ... but maybe the memory will not :)<BR/><BR/>Jessica K - I will be praying with you about where God wants you to go. And by the way - I love your blog! :)<BR/><BR/>Vicki - You are right--- it is like Babylon. I can hardly wait for our next study :)<BR/><BR/>Barbara - So glad to hear from you. I am praying with you....thanks for visiting with me here. <BR/><BR/>Blessings to you girls ! :)DeeDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269559132137311315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751016003734012817.post-36772710062221788752007-07-16T16:53:00.000-05:002007-07-16T16:53:00.000-05:00Hey DeeDee!Jessica gave me your blog address. We h...Hey DeeDee!<BR/>Jessica gave me your blog address. We had a preacher from Nigeria named Sunday Adalaia, who has been a missionary in the Ukrane for the last 20 something years, speak at our church a few weeks ago. He is really appalled at how so many in our wonderful country use the word freedom as a license to do anything or act any way they feel like at the time. He said true freedom, freedom in Christ, means the freedom to do the right thing. That is pretty deep when you get to thinking about it. We do still have the freedom to do the right thing in our country but if we don't protect and guard it, I don't know how much longer we will have it. Even now, in the media, you can say anything about anyone as long as it is not a Christian saying anything about Jesus, or absolutes of right and wrong, or coming judgement if we don't repent. I am reading a book called "Get in the Ark" by Steven Farrar right now. He tells of being in a hotel room across the street from a civic center where he was to preach the next day and hearing a loud cracking sound. He looked out the window and saw the whole building begin to collapse under the weight of the snow that had been accumulating on the roof for many days. He said he felt God saying to him that this is like the USA. The weight of the sin that our country so eagerly embraces will soon cause it to collapse if something doesn't change. All it takes for evil to abound is for good men to do nothing. Pray with me II Chr. 7:14. We can make a difference, one humbled, repentant, praying Christian at a time!Barbara Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189423763730548814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751016003734012817.post-11045499327483471722007-07-13T18:23:00.000-05:002007-07-13T18:23:00.000-05:00Amen and Amen! I think we are guilty of taking lib...Amen and Amen! I think we are guilty of taking liberties with the knowledge that the Sabbath was made for man and not man made for the Sabbath. We think of it as a day of rest "self relaxation" instead of resting in the Lord and being renewed with the worship of our Almighty God. Hmmmm Sounds a bit like Babylon. May God help us be faithful.<BR/>VickiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751016003734012817.post-11846600153642759712007-07-13T08:58:00.000-05:002007-07-13T08:58:00.000-05:00That is so true, and something I really needed to ...That is so true, and something I really needed to hear. We are having a VERY hard time finding a home church, which makes it easy to avoid the subject on Sunday rather than visit yet another church we don't belong to. It also makes it easy to hang onto that tithe money since we don't have a home church to give it to. Thank you for telling the truth on a couple of unpopular topics!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1751016003734012817.post-85480792260253175002007-07-12T21:01:00.000-05:002007-07-12T21:01:00.000-05:00Ouch! I'll need a moment to recover from my toes ...Ouch! I'll need a moment to recover from my toes being stepped on. :) But, in all seriousness, this is the kind of honest talk and confrontation of the issues that our churches seem to lack today. We all need to be reminded from time to time where our priorities should lie. We have been bought with a price, and anything we could "give up" in order to lead discreet lives certainly pales in comparison to the sacrifice which purchased our freedom--the blood of Christ. <BR/><BR/>Now back to my toes...guess I'm thinking that maybe we should have made other arrangements for seeing a Brave's game instead of missing church in a couple of weeks to do it. The tickets are already purchased for this one, but perhaps the bruises on my toes will still be there next year to remind me to plan differently....<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to Part II of this discussion on being "discreet."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com