A few thoughts on salt from my husband

I was thinking the other day about Matthew 5:13a, “You are the salt of the earth,” focusing on the word salt. It’s interesting to me how God used salt to describe how we are to make people thirst for Him. In John 4:13-14, Jesus said that if you drink of His water, then you will never thirst again. We see God telling us to go out and make the thirsty seek Jesus.

People without Jesus are thirsty for peace and love. They are walking everyday incomplete and searching for someone to love them. Even the most hard-headed people thirst!

Our job is to make these people thirst a little more, hoping they will seek Jesus’ water. If we don’t give them enough salt, then they don’t even notice much of a difference. If our words and actions are weak, then our salt is weak. Matthew 5:13b, “But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.” If we give them too much salt, then the overload will strangle them! If we are too pushy, we judge them, and are arrogant, we strangle the Word of God. So how are we to use our salt? Here’s a recipe that works wonders for making people want Jesus! First of all, we allow Jesus to show Himself in our daily lives. Secondly, we witness in love and truth so that our salt dosage is just enough-- careful that we don’t add too much. Basically God spells this winning method out in His Word:

We pray. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
We prepare. Ephesians 6:10-18
We love. 1 John 4:21
We witness. Romans 10:8-15

There you have it-- a sure way to live a Christian life and win souls to Jesus!

Now get out there and make ‘em thirst for Jesus!

In Christ,
David J.

Our son accepted Jesus Christ!

This is the email David sent to our pastor's assistant last night. I just had to share! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!
--Lindsey

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Subject:	Braxton accepted Jesus Christ as Lord!
Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:17:09 -0400

I just wanted to share with all of you that my son, Braxton, accepted Jesus Christ as Lord. I am so excited and so thankful that I’ve got to see the first of my three children accept our Lord Jesus Christ!

I asked him what he meant by "accepted Jesus" during supper. He answered my questions lining up with Romans 10:9-10. I know with children, we cannot coach them, which is why I let him talk. All I can say is that he has it! He knows who Jesus is and why he will be going to Heaven!

I want to send a thank you to Pudge for being an example to my oldest son! I also want to thank all of you for building a church were souls some first.

I talked to Braxton about being baptized, and I explained what it means. He wants to be baptized. Just let me know when we are going to make this happen.

I’m so beside myself right now! My son is saved at age 10!

My prayer is now that God would use him for His service and use him to reach his friends and our community for Christ.

Truly it has been a wonderful day!

In Christ,
David

America Needs a Vision!

I keep hearing Christians saying they don't care about the candidates' ideas on taxes, education, or abortion. All they want is "a vision." I have to ask... just what do you mean by that? Without knowing what the candidates believe and want to implement on the issues, just what vision will we get? How can we know their vision without knowing their beliefs and policies? Let's just look at a couple of items: taxes and abortion.

TAXES: My vision for America is that she remain a capitalistic republic, not a socialist society. The idea being pandered by Senator Obama is that the federal government has the right to "spread the wealth" of the hard-working providers to those who have less. My friends, that is pure unadulterated Marxism. Distributing the wealth is a core value of socialism and communism. To some Christians, helping our fellow man is an obligation. While I do believe we should help one another, I do not believe the federal government has the right to take from one person to give it to another. Unlike the children's story most of us heard, even Robin Hood didn't take from the rich and give to the poor. He took from the government and gave to the poor. What America needs is for government to be made smaller and for the individuals to be encouraged to work for what they have. Americans need to be proud to be Americans everyday!

ABORTION: My vision for America is that ALL people have "the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" granted in our Constitution. How can we claim to be a civilized nation when we allow children to be murdered?! That child cannot have the first of the 3 rights granted by the Constitution as long as a woman is allowed to hire a thug... er, doctor... to murder the child. Once the sperm joins the egg, life has begun for the child. No amount of medical terminology can change that fact. The question now is simple: without protecting human life, how can a candidate have a vision for America? If we continue to murder our children, there will be no America for which to have a vision.

So, if you are one who has been saying all you want is a vision from Senators McCain and Obama, please explain exactly what it is you want. Using the term "a vision" doesn't tell me what you really want. Help me understand what is more important than saving the unborn children and keeping America free?

Timely Article for American Voters

Jack Wheeler is a brilliant man who was the author of Reagan's strategy to
break the back of the Soviet Union with the star wars race and expose
their  inner weakness. For years he wrote a weekly intelligence update
that was  extremely interesting and well structured and informed. He
consults(ed) with  several mega corporations on global trends and the
future, etc. I think he is in  semi-retirement now.  He is a true patriot
with a no-nonsense approach to  everything.  He is also a somewhat well
known mountain climber and adventurer.  ---BRYAN K. OLIVER

Subject: Dr. Jack Wheeler Regarding Obama 

The O-man, Barack Hussein Obama, is an eloquently tailored empty suit. 
No resume, no accomplishments, no experience, no original ideas, no
understanding of how the economy works, no understanding of how the  world
works, no balls, nothing but abstract empty rhetoric devoid of real
substance.

He has no real identity.  He is half-white, which he rejects.  The rest of
him  is mostly Arab, which he hides but is disclosed by his non-African
Arabic  surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply
proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya.  Only a small part of
him is African  Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is
exclusively.

What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is 'African-American,' the
descendant  of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave
ships.  He hasn't  a single ancestor who was a slave. Instead, his Arab
ancestors were slave  owners.  Slave-trading was the main Arab business in
East Africa for centuries  until the British ended it.

Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of slaves, he is the
descendant  of slave owners.  Thus he makes the perfect Liberal Messiah.

It's something Hillary doesn't understand - how some complete neophyte
came out of the blue and stole the Dem nomination from her.  Obamamania
is beyond politics and reason.  It is a true religious cult, whose
adherents reject Christianity yet still believe in Original Sin,
transferring it from the evil  of being human to the evil of being white.
 
Thus Obama has become the white liberals' Christ, offering absolution from
the  Sin of Being White.  There is no reason or logic behind it, no faults
or flaws of  his can diminish it, no arguments Hillary could make of any
kind can be effective  against it.  The absurdity of Hypocrisy Clothed In
Human Flesh being their Savior  is all the more cause for liberals to
worship him: Credo quia absurdum, I believe it  because it is absurd.

Thank heavens that the voting majority of Americans remain Christian and
are in  no desperate need of a phony savior.

His candidacy is ridiculous and should not be taken seriously by any
thinking American.

Proud to be an American

A friend sent this to me via email, and I wanted to get the word out. God bless our troops and our nation!

Largest Re-enlistment Ceremony - Ever

I'm sure you already know about this.

It was shown over and over on TV, right!?

OK, so maybe it wasn't shown over and over,

but surely it was shown on TV at least one time...

wasn't it ?

This was the largest re-enlistment ceremony ever held in military history. The ceremony was held on the 4th of July, 2008 at Al Faw Palace, Baghdad , Iraq . General David Petraeus officiated. This amazing story was ignored by the 'mainstream' media.

For those who have been in the Al Faw Palace, you'll have a better appreciation of the number of people crammed around the rotunda supporting the re-enlisting soldiers.

American men and women volunteering to stay longer in Iraq, so that when we leave, the new democracy will have a chance of surviving, is the exact opposite of what the media wants you to think about Iraq. If only a bomb had killed 5 civilians in a marketplace - now that's the kind of news the media is eager to tell you about.

A pizzeria in Chicago donated 2000 pizzas that were made and shipped to Baghdad , and were delivered on the 4th.

The media did report that 2000 pizzas were sent to Iraq on July 4th... The only part they left out of the report was the event for which the pizzas were sent.

I can't help but wonder...

What would the opinion of Americans be if they weren't getting such obviously biased 'news?'

Pass this on and we will do the work for the Media.