Good morning and Happy Saturday. As we continue with these teachings in the month of Character in January based on Ruth 1:15-17 and John 6:64-66 when I used to go to school in Piney Woods I began a business of selling cigarettes to the people that stayed on campus. Contraband of this kind was forbidden in the school but there was a need for them and I wanted to supply those who did smoke these products. Now to get to the place to get the cigarettes and other things such as candy and peanut butter and jelly I had my friend and roommate, Jerome H., walk with me. Now this was at least a 3 hour walk just to get there and another 3 hour walk to get back to the school and we had to get there and back before meal time and it got dark. It was dangerous especially in the south going through the woods but we made it there and back each time. I asked Jerome who I did share the profits with and gave little to any of the food I bought why he went with me and he had one simply phrase. He said, "Fred, I Am Down For You.
We as believers of God must get into the mode of being down not only for God but for those who believe the same things we believe. There seems to be so many of us who do not share things such as
ideas to advance the kingdom of God, intellectual property and finances that we can fall behind. If I not helping my faith based brother how does it look to the world who really needs our help but we look down on them. There is always someone looking for someone who will tell them, I Am Down For You. This teaching will be coming from the 1st base scripture, Ruth 1:15-17.
As we begin this teaching of I'm Down For You I begin in Ruth 1:15. In this verse Naomi has bid farewell to one of her daughter-in-laws and attempts to do the same with Ruth. See people can see
that a situation such as be dire and would rather go through it alone rather than involve you. But we as a people of faith how to have look at things honestly and see what we can do. I'm Down For You.
As we continue in Ruth 1:16 for this teaching of I'm Down For You we see where Ruth is to the point where she does not want to leave Naomi for anything and is willing to serve God, who she does not
have a relationship with. We as the people of God have to begin to have the courage to show others in actions that no matter where they are in life we will be there for them as well. I'm Down For You.
In coming to the end of the Biblical portion of this teaching of I'm Down For You I go to Ruth 1:17. In this verse we see where Ruth continues to tell Naomi that she is going to weather the storm with
Naomi and be there with her until death. When times get tough for the people of God we need to continue to have integrity to be there with other believers and those who do not believe. I'm Down For You.
In conclusion Naomi had to go back home because her sons had died and there was no one to take care of her family. Ruth could have had went anywhere like Orpah did but she showed character by Being Down For Naomi and trusting that the God we serve will make things so much better. Honesty is going to have be one of the ways we have to look at how we treat others and make corrections. Again we have to have the courage to put aside theological differences and come into what God really wants us to do. But it has to be done with integrity so that believers and non-believers are going to want to know about our God. Character is saying to others and mean it, I am down for you. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching. Please join me Monday for a yet untitled teaching. Have a fantastic weekend.
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. This past month I was riding with my friend Angela Francis. On this particular day she had to go get her hair done and her friend Roxanne' shop. I had done this numerous times in the past so when I was getting ready to leave I told Angela I was going to the forest preserve to sit and wait as she got her hair done. At the forest preserve I would be able to do two things while I was there. I would be able to think of ideas for my blog, my radio show and my daily postings on Facebook. When you attempt to write you sometimes get writer's block and need to get to a different atmosphere ( Hmmm Writer's Block may be a blog soon LOL ). The other reason I wanted to go to the forest preserve is because it was hot that day and I needed some shade. So as I approached the forest preserve I put on my left turn signal and waited for traffic coming southbound to clear. After
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. Growing up we used to love to take pictures. Maybe not myself because I had a self confidence problem, but everywhere you went there was someone taking pictures. In grammar school we took pictures every week. In high school we took them every year. At church we took pictures. In the club we took pictures as a group to show we all went to a party. Most of the pictures we took were with a Polaroid camera which had great quality then. But if you wanted the best pictures you wanted the photographer to take your pictures. This was one of the coolest professions back then because all the ladies who wanted to be models or actresses had to go to the photographer to get that photo to take to the different agencies to show how they look. So in order to get the best quality the photographer had to go someplace where he could get the best results. It was his Dark Room. This is the na
Good morning and Happy Friday. The summer is now beginning and the weather is now reaching its highest temperatures. It has reached a high point of 90's so far in the Chicagoland area and it appears to be nothing in sight to relieve us of these conditions that are almost drought like. As the summer gets ready to start in earnest next week we anticipate the warmest temps of the year after a winter that saw a little snow but the hawk, ( that's what we call the wind in the CHI ) was in full effect. But the sun has been out daily and we need a little moisture in our lives. We expect things to get wet in order for us to not only cool off but to wash away some things and bring a freshness of new things in our lives. The hotness of the weather coincides with the hotness in our lives. We need things to cool off a little bit but need some things to come down so we can enjoy the things in our lives that is promised to us as Christians. We are faithful and trusting in his Word. So as we
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