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WHY GOD AND HOW LONG LORD? (Questions from Habakkuk to God) Whether we are discussing events in the Old Testament or in the early New Testament church there were two certain questions for which it was hard for people to get an answer to from God, and it is the same in our present-day situation. Those two questions - WHY has God done something (or not done something) and asking God WHEN he is going to do something. The answer we usually get from God is WAIT – AND YOU WILL SEE!  In due course God will let us know why the timing was the way it was and why you had to wait, and why he allowed things to happen. But there is one thing that you can know for certain – and that is that God IS at work in the situation and that we must never give up trusting him to bring about his will for us.  No matter what the situation happens to be, God is telling us to live by faith, trusting him totally. We can't trust God totally and be anxious at the same time. He wants us to bring our anxieties and doubts to him but at some point we have to be able to laugh at our own anxiety. What God wants us to get is a greater revelation of who he is, not just a better explanation from him of what he is doing (show me the science please Lord – the formula - so that I can be confident about pulling this off myself when I need to). No, he always gives us what he wants us to know, not always what we want to know. We get a new view of God and we grow in faith and trust – but we learn to hang in there and endure and be patient and have a living hope. On the journey of patience he shows us his goodness and what he is doing by the many little things that happen - the odd happenstances. He guides us with his eye. He then doesn't have to drag us along like a horse or a mule (Psalm 32:8).  There is the story in the Old Testament of a man called Habakkuk. Everything seemed to be going wrong and the prophet thought that God had forgotten them. They had been terrified by the cruel oppression of the Assyrians and come through with God but now he could see that Babylon who had defeated the Assyrians were now going to come and attack them… He still believed in God but the circumstances caused doubts to come into his mind. Habakkuk was writing just before the rise of Babylon (Chaldea) and God was using Babylon to discipline and correct Judah. The big question of Habakkuk is, why does God use a wicked nation such as Babylon for his divine purpose? And how long till Babylon is judged. He could not understand all the strife and injustice that was happening in the nations round about him, nor could he understand the way God's own people had become unfaithful in breaking God's laws. This is very much what we see happening around us today. What happened to Israel is always a message for the Church and always a personal message for us Habakkuk 1:1 O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; and justice is perverted. He wanted a move of God but he was told by God that God's plan of action would be revealed at an appointed time and ‘It would surely come and it would not be late'  Habakkuk comes to realize that though God's ways are sometimes hidden, his people shall live by his faith as they wait. These words are quoted three times in the New Testament (Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38). Habakkuk 2:3 ‘the revelation is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not be late… For the just shall live by faith. God understood that Habakkuk had doubts and God was waiting for Habakkuk to ask some tough questions. God always wants us to go to him when we have doubts, and he knows we will have them. He lets us know that he is at work in the situation in his way and he asks us to wait and have faith in him. God answers tough questions with direct answers. When Paul wrote to the Hebrew Christians they were having the same problem – they were doubting whether God was going to rescue them from the persecution from the Romans (and Jews) that was going on in Jerusalem at the time. This was written just a little while before The Roman armies destroyed the temple in Jerusalem, which was prophesied of by Jesus [Matthew 24:1-3] and which was fulfilled in 70AD.  (Why Lord? how long Lord?). Many of the Hebrew Christians wanted to give up but Paul quoted the same Scripture that God gave to Habakkuk – ‘Don't give up, just wait!'  Hebrews 10:32 remember when you were first enlightened by God and you went through persecution and affliction and insults and stayed the distance. Some of your friends even went to prison (some at the hands of Paul himself) and you had compassion for them, then your possessions were plundered but you knew that you had a far more precious and abiding possession on the inside than all of that. Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but my upright and faithful one shall live by faith, but if he shrinks back, I will feel disappointed in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are rendered useless (go to waste - ap??leia), but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. This is exactly what God had said to Habakkuk. Our discouragement will always say ‘Will God come and help, and when?' The answer of faith will always be ‘Yes, wait for him and trust in him' The very next verse in Hebrews is the beginning of a new chapter (11) which says that ‘faith is the basis of our hope, the assurance that God is at work on our behalf in the world of the unseen (the evidence of things – pragma – not seen).  For us personally in whatever are our present-day circumstances the answer to how long means that Jesus will arrive in time to reveal to us that he is there NOW and that he has a plan of action. Our faith is not confidence in what we can do, but confidence in what Jesus IS doing. Be still and know that he is God – IN ACTION! (Ezekiel 37:3 the switch from the natural to the supernatural) He wants us to have an opportunity to get to know him in a greater way through this warm and familiar experience of hope and faith and to learn that we can share our hearts and minds with him in any situation.  We can be assured that he hears us and brings about the will and purpose of The Father into our lives.  Habakkuk finally gave glory to God by accepting the fact that it was not about how he could deduce or determine the solution about what he saw going on around him, but it was the fact that he believed that God was at work in a great way – and he said ‘I am going to laugh AND sing about this'. He finishes his message with a great statement of faith. Habakkuk 3:17 Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor there be no fruit on the vines; Though the labor of the olive fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls—Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,  I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD my God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. His message has the following footnote: A note to the Chief Musician. ‘'Accompany with stringed instruments.”       1  

Are you battling with "Why LORD, Why" themed questions? 'Why did I lose my loved one? Why did this bad thing happen to me? Why didn't GOD answer my prayer the way I wanted Him to? Why did I lose my job in the middle of a pandemic?' If you're in a season where you're crushed, hurt, and broken, this sermon by John Giftah will inspire and encourage you to continue to trust GOD and to have the right perspective over your season by looking at it from the Kingdom perspective. Thanks for dropping by! Would love to hear from you - Stay connected through any of the below ways :) You can buy my new bestselling book, UNVEIL YOUR PURPOSE (a #1 Newly Released Bestseller on Amazon) here: India: https://www.amazon.in/UNVEIL-YOUR-PURPOSE-John-Giftah/dp/B08K2CJKP2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=john+giftah&qid=1611990618&sr=8-1 Global Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Unveil-Your-Purpose-Complete-Created-ebook/dp/B08L7XX9PJ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=john+giftah%27&qid=1611990705&sr=8-2 You can stay in touch with me through these platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/johngiftah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johngiftah Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sjohngiftah/ Website: https://www.johngiftah.com/ If you're blessed by this sermon, don't forget to share it with someone, and please do rate/ review the podcast so that it will help us reach more people with the message of hope. #JohnGiftah #christian #christianity #jesuschrist #hope #salvation #faith #grace #Bible #Biblestudy #ChristianInspiration #ChristianMotivation #ChristianSermons #Sermon #Sermons #WhyLORDWhy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-giftah/message

Bible Seeds: When one of our loved ones dies today, do we say, "Why Lord"?If you had been here, my loved one wouldn't have died. She would have been cured of the cancer that took her life! Or He wouldn't have died in the auto accident from a drunk driver! Or They wouldn't have been the victims of a senseless shooting!And what might Jesus say if he answered your question today 'I have been here for you and your loved ones all of your lives! Where have you been?

El Guateque, revista de música que despierta recuerdos en Onda Regional de Murcia (orm.es; domingos, 22,00h. Hoy a las 18,05) saluda a las novias de la primavera, las chicas de la cruz roja (Ana María Parra).La primavera ejerce un poder muy especial en todas las personas. Es la época del año con más estímulos visuales, siendo un poderoso factor en el brote del deseo. La influencia de la naturaleza es indudable:estimula nuestro deseo de alcanzar la plenitud emocional, de vivir. Y de esto sabe un rato un bon vivant, mitad truhán, mitad señor, como es Julio Iglesias.Luis Gardey fue el gran “crooner” español de los sesenta. Su maravillosa voz y su presencia en el escenario le convirtieron en un verdadero triunfador. Sus EP's lograron éxito tras éxito.Era el año 1968, y Tommy James & the Shondells pasaba por su mejor momento musical. En una azotea les vino la inspiración cuando Tommy James observaba un cartel luminoso que estaba en el famoso edificio M.O.N.Y ( Mutual of New York Building).The Mamas and the Papas nació en marzo de 1965 por iniciativa del guitarrista y compositor John Phillips y de su esposa Michelle Phillips quienes junto con Denny Doherty y Cass Elliot formaron una de las agrupaciones emblemáticas de la contracultura hippie en la Costa Oeste de los Estados Unidos. La primavera es el tiempo del amor, tiempo de amigos y de la aventura. Lo sabe bien Françoise Hardy. Hablar de Nicola Di Bari, es hablar del cantante italiano más conocido para aquellas generaciones de españoles que crecieron en los años 60 y 70. Algunos lo llaman “El último romántico". "I'm Alive" escrito por Clint Ballard, Jr. fue grabado por The Hollies el 5 de mayo de 1965 y lanzado en el sello Parlophone en el Reino Unido e Imperial en los Estados Unidos, convirtiéndose en su primer éxito número uno en el Reino Unido. “La plus belle pour aller dancer” es seguramente una de las canciones más recordadas de la década de los 60, que escuchamos a través de la linda interpretación de Karina. Los Beatles grabaron una versión de "Take Good Care Of My Baby" durante su audición para Decca Records el 1 de enero de 1962, con George Harrison como voz principal.. Conexion fue un gran grupo que en 1973 grabó un álbum, "Harmony", con temas y arreglos de Luis Cobos. Luis tocaba el saxo tenor, flautas, mellotrón y piano. La Semana Santa permanece invariable, al menos, en apariencia. A causa de la pandemia no hay procesiones, pero se repiten las mismas imágenes religiosas, las mismas penitencias, las mismas costumbres, los deliciosos potajes y torrijas... la Pasión, los Pasos, la mona de Pascua y el tradicional mal tiempo. Adecuado momento para recuperar Jesucristo Superstar', que fue llevado al cine por Norman Jewison, adaptado al español por Nacho Artime y Jaime Azpilicueta, y grabado con las voces de Camilo Sesto como Jesús, Teddy Bautista como Judas, Angela Carrasco como María Magdalena, Alfonso Nadal como Pilatos, entre otros. El primer éxito internacional de Los Pop Tops "Oh Lord, Why Lord" alcanzó en noviembre del 68 el nº1 de las listas españolas. Fue la primera canción pop que usó el Canon de Pachelbel.

Coach Chelsea talks with Daryl Jones about his take on Servant Leadership. Listen as we travel through his career at The University of Miami, and being drafted into the NFL.. Jones speaks of the STORY and the GLORY, now a Pastor, Husband, Father and Author of "Why Lord, Why?" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chefranjohn/support

Ob "Streets of London", "Go West" oder "Oh Lord, Why Lord" - all diese Songs gehen auf den barocken Kanon eines Komponisten zurück, der schon eine Generation vor Johann Sebastian Bach lebte: Johann Pachelbel schrieb unzählige Orgelwerke, doch Musikgeschichte schrieb er mit einer Akkordfolge, die sich bis heute als Hit-Rezept bewährt hat... (Autor: Dominik Mercks)

What is going on in the world? There are so many terrible things we fear. We have so many questions. Where do we turn? Why has God allowed this to happen to us? Join us for today's broadcast asking the question “Why Lord?” Billy Lambert will be sharing insight from God's word.

Remember God to Enjoy Your Life and Your Death I don’t know about you, but Ecclesiastes has proven to be even more of a blessing than I had anticipated when we first dove into this book. First of all, let’s just stop for a minute and see the goodness of God’s providence in bringing this book to us to be explored, read, studied, and applied during this uncertain season. Think about it, none of us could have predicted what 2020 had in store for us with the COVID-19 pandemic. In an instance we had our ability to meet stripped away, our favorite stores and shops closed down, an economic downfall was on our hands, and at the beginning of all this was a fairly ludacris shortage of toilet paper that I’m still trying to process. It has undoubtedly brought more uncertainty and unprecedented polarization within our nation that we frankly weren’t prepared for, whether physically, emotionally, relationally, or spiritually. Ultimately, we saw how quickly all that we trust to make our lives function properly and go off without a hitch halted in an instance, and there was nothing we could do about it. I suppose you could say we saw more clearly than expected this year the vanity or smokescreen that is our life and existence and it is against that backdrop that God sovereignly led us into the book of Ecclesiastes. How good He is!!! Throughout this book, we’ve seen themes that speak directly to our life and living. In a cursory overview we’ve seen: • The tragic reality of the fall • The “vanity” of life • Sin and death • The joy and the frustration of work • The grateful enjoyment of God’s good gifts • The fleetingness of all contained in these themes because life is coming to an end Now here we are at the end of the book and Solomon gives us his final words of wisdom for how we ought to live in light of all of this. Here are his three pieces of instruction for the reader: • Remember your Creator in your youth • Fear God • Keep His Commandments This morning we are only going to look at the first of these three points from Ecclesiastes 12:1-8, and Kirk will bring us home next week as we look at the fear of God at the end of this book. But before we begin reading, I’d like to draw our attention to two reasons Solomon tells the reader to remember his Creator in the days of his youth and why that is wise living. Here's why: Because… • Death is certain • Death is final So, let’s start now by looking at the first five verses of Ecclesiastes 12 and see what Solomon has to say about the certainty of death. "1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, 3 in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed, 4 and the doors on the street are shut—when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low— 5 they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets." If you haven’t figured it out by now, these eight verses that we’ll be looking at this morning are extremely poetic. And while I love poetry especially as an artist and musician, it can definitely be a hurdle in understanding the point of the text. But it can also be a tool used to really paint a picture and drive a point home in a way that a linear, more literal approach can’t. And that’s ultimately what Solomon is trying to do here. He is metaphorically telling his young listener, “Hey listen to me! Don’t wait to reconcile with God until later. Remember your creator now in your youth because the evil day is coming! What evil day? That’s another way of saying 'the days of death and dying.'" Look at the beginning of verse 2. He says to remember your Creator before the light of the sun and the moon and the stars are darkened. In other words, remember your Creator before the lights go out. Often, youth is compared to the dawning of light, and old age is compared to twilight. Solomon is saying, “There is a fading capacity for joy in this life as the sun sets and the stars and moon grow dark.” This might seem obvious, but this life can only be enjoyed, well, while you’re living in it. This means that the joy that comes from simply existing and experiencing the things this life brings can only produce a figure of joy that is passing away. I mean if there is one thing we are certain of, it is that death is imminent because it is immanent. It is imminent in the sense that it is nearer than any of us realize. Solomon has been preaching this to his young listener the whole time. From the very beginning, the tone has been vanity of vanities. It’s that Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, literally referring to a “mist”, “vapor”, or “mere breath”, and metaphorically to something fleeting or elusive. Remember Jason brought out that great example of breathing out and trying to catch your own breath vapor in your hand. Solomon has been saying all along life is like that! Elusive, fading, and unstable. We continue to see that in verses 3 and 4. Solomon compares the deterioration of life to that of the deterioration of a house. The idea here being the “keepers of the house” as referring to the arms and hands that shake in old age, “the strong men” as the legs that once supported this frame but are now bent and crippled underneath it, and “the grinders” as the teeth that once were strong and competent to chew good food but are now ground down and practically not useful anymore. We see this metaphor perhaps in our own homes, right? I mean stuff simply deteriorates faster than we’d like it to. It’s this very principle that keeps Home Depot and Lowes alive and well and extremely busy even during a crisis. Not that we needed any more poetry than what we have to uncover in this passage, but I found this portion from C.H. Spurgeon helpful when approaching our text this morning: "How brief the distance between life and death! In fact, there is none. Life is but death's vestibule, and our pilgrimage on earth is but a journey to the grave. The pulse that preserves our being beats our death march, and the blood which circulates our life is floating it onward to the deeps of death. To-day we see our friends in health, to-morrow we hear of their decease. We clasped the hand of the strong man but yesterday, and to-day we close his eyes. We rode in the chariot of comfort but an hour ago, and in a few more hours the last black chariot must convey us to the home of all living. Oh, how closely allied is death to life… Empires rise and flourish, they flourish but to decay, they rise to fall. How often do we take up the volume of history, and read of the rise and fall of empires? We hear of the coronation and the death of kings. Death is the black servant who rides behind the chariot of life. See life! and death is close behind it." Verse 5 takes us another step closer from deterioration to the very nearness of the funeral, in other words, life is almost at its end. Let’s look at verse 5 again together. He’s talking about the very vigor and excitement that leaves us in old age and compares it to the fear of heights and "terrors in the way" or as the NASB says, "terrors in the road." Things that may have not been a hurdle for a young man now become intimately more difficult. We see this in some of our elderly friends and family. It’s harder getting in the car and venturing out into society the older you get. Things that were so easy, like a trip to the store at night when the kids go down to bed, isn’t the same as when you were young. Solomon then moves to the physical appearance of the deteriorating life as he compares it to the almond tree blossoming, the grasshopper losing its bounce, and the man's desires failing. I’m sure you know this but an almond tree is a white blossoming tree, and similarly, the hair loses its pigment. The grasshopper that once jumped and flew with such strength and dignity now painfully drags himself from place to place. All that delighted man's soul and that he desired so vehemently in his youth, like food, drink, music, and sex fail him as his old body fails him. All these things that produced life and desire fade with age. And then at the end of verse 5, Solomon makes this claim that moves us from the certainty of death to the finality of death when he says all of this is because “man is going to his eternal home." This brings us to our second point that verses 6-8 reveal to us; death is not only certain, but it is also final. Let’s look back at verses 6-8. "6 before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity." Here we really get two pictures of the finality of death. In the first picture, we see this golden bowl that’s attached to a silver cord. The cord is snapped or broken and the bowl shatters and breaks and Solomon is saying, “Death is the breaking point. It’s this moment when the function of the cord ceases and the object at the end of the cord comes crashing to its end. If you’ve ever seen something precious and fragile shatter, that’s the end of it. There’s no coming back from it. You can try and superglue the thing back together, but the actual integrity of the object has been removed and is no more." The second picture we see is a pitcher lowered down a well. When the wheel breaks, the pitcher crashes, and the life-giving water that pitcher once carried is no longer available or renewed. It served its purpose and now that it has crashed down to the bottom it no longer has any function. Then in verse 7, he moves from the metaphorical, abandoning the imagery and says, “All this deterioration leads you back to one place, the dust. And the spirit of that soul onto its eternal destiny." Solomon's telling his young reader, “That’s it! Future fixed, death is final in this life, there’s no coming back from this. Vanity of Vanities, you’ve deteriorated to where you’ve been headed this whole time, right? We were born to die!” At first glance, what a devastating reality for a young man. He has all this life in front of him and this old preacher is saying at the end of his you’re born and then you blink and then you die. And why is this the young man might ask? Or he might think, “This seems unfair, I’m so alive right now why does it have to end like this!?" Answer: because like we said at the beginning, if there is one thing we are certain of, it is that death is imminent because it is immanent. We’ve spent the last bit talking about the imminence of death but not the immanence of death, and if you’re not careful you’ll miss one letter that changes the entire idea. You see, while our homes deteriorate due to a design flaw, our bodies are imminently deteriorating to death because the sin that resides in them is immanent. This is a bit of a grammar lesson but the difference between the words imminent and immanent is crucial here. Imminent means to draw near, but immanent mean to dwell within, and both are accurate descriptions of our death problem. While we see that deterioration is happening faster than we can perceive, it is important that we see that it’s been happening since we were born. This is our greatest problem! Because of the fall, sin has been killing us, not just physically, but spiritually since we were born and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it! But this is where the gospel comes to the rescue in our Ecclesiastical dilemma. This is what the preacher is telling his young reader. He’s saying all is vanity and there is nothing you can do about it, so remember your Creator while you're young and know that He is the only one that can do something about this condition! As we’ll see next week, what’s the wisest thing you can do in light of this imminent death? Fear God, and keep His commandments, in other words, remember and bow the knee to your creator, the only one who can save you from this fate! Don’t wait because you don’t know how quickly this deterioration might take place! For some, it will be gradual, but your house may deteriorate in a fiery car crash today, or in an unforeseen heart attack, and since the certainty and finality of death are fixed, you’ve returned to dust, and returned to your Creator that will either serve as your judge or your savior! But this is joy for the believer! Here is the third and final point that we didn’t mention originally. Why remember your creator? Because: • Death is certain • Death is final • AND DEATH IS LIFE FOR THE BELIEVER! Matthew 10:28 says, “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell." Again we’ll hear more about this next week. Don’t you see, Solomon is saying “Hey young man, remember your Creator, fear Him, love and keep His commandments and live!" This is the hope of the Christian! There are two deaths and two resurrections that we have to look forward to! Please listen to this resurrection life we have in Christ! “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Romans 6:5-11 This is the gospel! We were made to live with God! We die to our sin when we remember our creator and cry out to God like the man in Luke 18 “God be merciful to me a sinner!” We see our desperate need for a savior, repent, believe, and trust, and live! Yes, we remain in sin's ugly effect, but we are freed from its power to newness of life. When this gospel transformation becomes our reality, even our physical death is a means to live! Yes, this is the second resurrection. We die and go through the deterioration process, but we pass from this life and go home! And why is heaven home? Because our Christ is there! The one whom we have loved and toiled for, the one whom we’ve sinned against and felt a deep sorrow thereafter, the one who forgave us that sin by his blood, the one we’ve sung about, talked about, prayed to, rejoiced in, the one we’ve loved because He first loved us, is living there and has prepared a place for us! Can you believe it? Why Lord why? Because He loves us! Listen one more time to Spurgeon: “There cannot be heaven without Christ. He is the sum total of bliss; the fountain from which heaven flows, the element of which heaven is composed. Christ is heaven and heaven is Christ. Oh, to think of heaven without Christ! It is the same thing as thinking of hell.” Can you see it, smell it, taste it? It’s the aroma of Christ that is worth living for and Solomon is saying, “Hey young person, you don’t want to waste your life, you don’t want to watch yourself and all you’ve worked for and heaped up for yourself deteriorate, you don’t want to get to the end and realize Vanity of Vanities? Then remember your Creator while you're young! Remember that death is certain, death is final, but for the one who remembers his Creator and worships Him, death is life! There is one reality that is a shared reality for every living creature. Human beings both saved and unsaved share this experience, plants, animals, protoplasm, viruses, micro bacteria, macro bacteria, anything that has an existence shares one reality. What is this reality? Death. For the human race death truly is the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter how much you had or didn’t have, how much money you made or didn’t make, if you were a CEO or a janitor, believed COVID was a conspiracy or an imminent doom, what side of the aisle you fell on politically, none of it will matter! What will matter is if you remembered your Creator and said take my life! I want to die with you so that I rise with you! So, this morning if you are young and hearing this, heed the words of the wisest old fool in history at the end of his life and don’t throw away your life thinking you’re invincible. Your life is deteriorating at a rapid pace and eternity awaits you and that is all that truly matters! And if you are old and hearing this right now, and have lived a life not remembering your Creator, know this, you're still breathing if you can hear this. So run to Him now! Confess your need before deterioration has its way, and rest that your best years are ahead of you in eternity with the God who loved you and gave Himself for you! Man. God help us in this way. So, remember your creator in your youth so that you cherish him in your death. Yes, enjoy good things, work hard, pursue wisdom, do all that the preacher commends to his reader throughout this book. But ultimately, remember that all of that is coming to an end and if those are the things you ultimately loved, you will be supremely disappointed when death comes knocking. But, if you enjoy those things all the while anticipating that the giver of those things is your ultimate reward, that you will see Him one day and stand before Him in His likeness and forever be satisfied, then death and deterioration become close friends and not to be feared. Death no longer is the grand disappointment and disaster but rather the means to your greatest end, which is ultimately your eternal beginning. I don’t know about you, but I was totally undone last week listening to Claire’s “Story Of Faith” that Jason shared. So simple yet so profound that I thought I would share one more time his piece of advice he said he’d give every young person. This is what he said: "Fall in love with Jesus Christ. Do pay too much attention to the actual works that you do but fall in love with him and do everything you can to obey Him. The only one thing the Lord asked us to do is to love Him. That’s what He wants. He wants us to love Him because He knows if we love Him we will obey Him and if we obey Him we will have a happy life regardless of circumstance." You may be sitting here thinking, or watching at home thinking. This feels impossible. My heart seems to fall in love with everything in life but God. And you’re right, it is impossible left to yourself. But again listen to the words of this dear 99-year-old man who said, “One of the prayers I would suggest every young person pray is this: Sovereign Lord, you will never leave us or forsake us.” You see, it is God who works this love into your heart, it is His Spirit that leads you to remember your Creator in your youth, and He won't fail you! This is why you remember your Creator in your youth, fear God, keep His commandments and live, “For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” This morning I’d like to close us with a prayer from this little book called, Prone To Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration that seemed to appropriately sum up my heart's cry and hopefully our hearts' cry as a church as we go to God and ask Him to work these things into our hearts. So please pray with me and then will sing in response to God’s great word.

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Welcome back to another Indeed Podcast, back from ECCC. To all the folk who join us, Thank you and we can;t wait til next year. Or maybe PAX Prime. Who knows. Creepy or Cool we step back in time to the era of great ships and even greater disasters, as we relive a trip on Titanic. Just without the sinking and dieing part. So we see the building and setup of this and the future launch in 2015. then we look at repacking old items into new. Is it a good thing? On to a Music review with Keefe on the new album from Spock's Beard. Finally let the screaming begin. SIM FAIL. YES.....WHY oh WHY Lord do you let Origin live? Sit back, Relax, and Let your city burn. Curse you Origin, you broke my heart. Thanks all who listen and keep us going, remember to email us with questions or comments at indeedpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook, iTunes

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