Hello Family let us pray together,
Dear Heavenly Father, creator of all within this wonderful
universe, we offer thanks for the blessings we experience on this day. Father we pray for those who struggle for
whatever reason with things in their life and pray You can be the answer for
their needs be it health, marriage, financial, or what have you, You know their
needs better than anyone and we pray You stand with our brothers and sisters to
make their life good again. Jesus thank
You for the great sacrifice that You made to set us free, those of us who know
You as Lord and Savior. Your wonderful
teachings are a treasure in our lives today just as they were for those who
experienced them first hand with You so many years ago. We are thankful for the Word that has
preserved Your ministry after all these years, thankful to those men and women
who helped to carve our early church into a successful entity for us to find
sanctuary and peace within. There is no
feeling like having the Holy Spirit come into one’s body and heart, what a
fulfilling experience to know and realize that God You walk so closely with us
as the Spirit indwells within us. Our
days are forever changed when we come to realize the closeness we share with
You God, no matter where we are, there You are as well. Be with us on this day Lord and keep us
strong as we stand as Your servants seeking to help whoever You send our
way. In the name of Christ Jesus, we
pray….AMEN.
Welcome again Family, it is another weekend we can share
with one another. I know the time is
near that we will find ourselves shaking hands, offering hugs, and greeting one
another face to face, soon I am hoping and praying….what a glorious day that
will be.
Sometimes we get caught up in the things that are going on
in our lives and we discover that perhaps we are living a little too much in
the past. Worrying over things that have
happened, wondering how they will impact our future, or how we should have done
something differently, responded to a family member or friend in a different
way and the list goes on and on.
When we spend too much time in our past we can tend to be
drawn downward and even backward from those incessant thoughts. For sure we need to learn from our past but
not dwell for extended periods of time on the past. After all we live in the present and we have
the future to plan for and hopefully look forward to as we grow and mature in
many ways.
Think about it this way, for those of us who know how to
drive, and I suspect that is almost all of us, we are trained to periodically
look in our rearview mirrors. I know I
used to teach scanning your mirrors every 3 to 8 seconds. The keyword there was “scan”…..don’t dwell on
what you see in the mirror though. Why
is that? Well if you are driving down
the road and you allow something in the mirror to grab your attention, can you
imagine how far your vehicle travels while your attention is diverted to the
mirror if you do more than just scan or glance at it. Your attention being pulled from the front of
the vehicle’s path creates a big safety hazard for you. Thus the need to stay focused on the present
and looking forward to anticipate what is coming towards you.
We need to do the same with our past…..reflect on it, but
don’t get so focused on it that we miss the things going on in our lives
currently. Use what you’ve learned from
the past to better prepare you for the future.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36
Go in Peace
Blessings to you all
Aloha
Randy
