Ponderments:

- Don't wait for tomorrow, be faithful in what He has for you today…

- It's not about stuff, it's ALL about people…

- God showed His love by getting involved. He is not a spectator! Are you?

- Are you a grace and truth dispenser or a worldly wisdom distributor…

- When man's search for wisdom relies totally on the wisdom of man we can be sure that problems will follow…

- Have you been blinded to the Light of Truth by the ways of the world…

- We know too much about what we want and too little about what God wants. (Wilkerson)

Oh Lord....

Oh Lord, our country struggles, our world is entrapped, the snare enlarges 
Mayhem and violence, division and ignorance, lies and decay 
Concern, confusion, fear, anxiety, distrust - they cling to us like a heavy, dense fog 
Even the earth groans about us... 
 
Are these the travails of birth pangs, are these the harbingers of Your return 
Must a time of delusion overtake us, must the wisdom of men be our captivity 
Must truth be held imprisoned while the enemy rages... 
 
How long will we turn from You, how long will we exploit Your grace 
How long will we seek after that which is not honorable, which does not glorify... 
 
Man, Your creation, pushes You away, seeking to justify himself, creating a world of his own making 
Lacking wisdom, having no understanding, holding to a form of knowledge lacking a foundation 
A striving after wind, surrendered to the lie, exchanging the eternal for that which is dust 
 
What can we do, how can we stand, where does our help come from... 
 
And the Lord God Almighty says to His children - stand firm in My truth, rest in My grace, trust in My loving-kindness 
For I know the lot of man, since the foundations of the world - My plan unfolding 
Salvation, redemption, restoration, new life... 
 
Yes, this world is perishing and man’s overt rejection of the truth makes his demise complete for the time of the Gentiles shall surely be fulfilled… 

To learn strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testings. 
George Müller 
(Christian evangelist and Director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England, cared for 10,024 orphans in his life) 

pondering the path of life

Our calling

They first gave themselves to the Lord;

Then to the building up of the body (the church);

Then to make known the Grace and Truth of God to the world…

Our goal

In holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world - our faith working through love.

The Truth creates friction with the flesh

But the spirit thrives on the Word of Truth

The Spirit of Truth has come and the flesh is at enmity with it

With the Spirit there is life

With the flesh there is death

And the flesh will persecute those of the Spirit

the gospel equation

God's Love = Grace + Truth

Grace + Truth = Our Redemption

Our Redemption = Faith + Hope + Love

Faith + Hope + Love = A Light to the World

A Light to the World = God's Love

Where is our battle, who is our enemy?

The darkness comes upon us, the wicked multiply

There is no fear of God among them

Torrents of ungodliness overtake the land

Deceit and treachery and death

Pride and arrogance and greed

The enemy's foothold grows in the heart of the weak

For where the darkness grows there is no strength

Lawlessness abounds

Evil pervades

Truth is rejected

Man's heart of stone is filled with wickedness

They delude themselves with their own wisdom

They call evil good and good evil for the darkness has overtaken them

How shall we embark upon this battle?

How can we fight against this enemy?

…be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 

Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. (Eph 6:10-13)

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.                 (2 Cor 10:3, 4)