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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Tuesday, October 15, 2024 "Keep Running Well!" Message summary: May the Lord help us all to continue to run well and one day be able to declare like Paul "I have finished the race". If any of you realize you were running well but have gotten off course identify what is hindering you and get back on the right course! Listen to our message on your audio player.
"You were
running well.
Who hindered
you from
obeying the
truth?"
(Galatians
5:7). There are people we associate with regularly such as those we see in our churches, classes and small groups. But there are also those we see only periodically, perhaps only every two or three years. In a caption yesterday I mentioned Daryl Leisey whom I met right after moving to Lancaster County in 2001. He worked as a Human Resource manager in a company we served as chaplains and for a short time we saw each other regularly as we shared our mutual faith. It seems I recall praying with him in his office. But
within a few
years we both
no longer had
that company
association so
we only see
each other
periodically.
As I watched
him MC the
event the
other night I
considered the
blessing of
running well,
that is,
staying
faithful in
our obedience
to Christ over
the long haul
of life. In
many years of
writing these
messages
(since 1996)
we have often
referred to a
Biblical
illustration
of living the
Christian life
as "running
the race".
It's all
through the NT
such as "let
us run the
race with
perseverance"
in Hebrews
12:1 or "So
I do not run
aimlessly"
in 1
Corinthians
9:26. What
especially
jumps out is
the word
"were", the
past tense of
"are". They
had been
running well
which implies
they had been
doing well in
matters of
faith and
obedience. The
specific issue
here is a
doctrinal
matter in that
they had
fallen for a
false
doctrine. We
know people
who were
running well
but fell for a
false doctrine
contrary to
the Holy
Scriptures. Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily prayer: Father, we learn throughout Scripture that it's not the one who runs the swiftest, nor the one who runs for a day, but the one who endures to the end that will be saved. Even for those who endure there may be a fall along the way, yet the Psalmist assures us that we are not cast down for You uphold us with Your righteous right hand. You never let us out of Your sight, but watch over and gently woo us back through the working of Your Holy Spirit. Keep our eyes on the goal of living for Christ and our feet planted firmly on the righteous path before us in His name we pray. Amen.
One of the
common burdens
we hear in our
chaplain work
is a parent's
heartache
regarding
wayward
children,
which of
course also
includes grown
children. I
consider a man
I visited with
for a number
of years whose
grown son had
a longstanding
addiction
battle. He was
back in rehab
again and
again. At
various times
during our
discussions he
had been doing
better which
was so
encouraging to
his hopeful
parents.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources "Finish Well" Listen on YouTube Karen Peck & New River
Friends
gathering with
friends at our
ABF gathering
of sixty
people on
Saturday
evening.
Valarie is
making a point
to Cindy in
this photo and
the gentlemen
to the left
were looking
at Ester as
she was taking
many photos.
It
was good to
see friends
who stopped in
to surprise me
on my 70th
including
Bunny and Peg
O'hare. Bunny
has served as
chaplain to
truck drivers
for 30 years
or more. In
Ester's
attempt to
surprise
Stephen on his
70th she did a
lot of
planning for
the party
including the
collage of
Stephen over
his life span
of 70 years.
Last
night I had my
"free"
birthday meal
at the Shady
Maple
Smorgasbord,
known as the
largest buffet
in the USA.
The line of
serving
stations is
200 feet long
and the
restaurant
seats 1200. It
was full last
night with a
long line
waiting to get
in. The
birthday meal
is free with a
paid guest so
Brooksyne took
me.
Any
idea what this
is? * See
below for the
answer.
We
had dinner
with Jay and
Lu last
evening. Jay
shares the
same birthday
but is two
years younger
so Lu took him
out as the
paying
customer so he
could get his
free meal and
of course
Brooksyne did
the same for
me. She taught
their two
younger sons
in Sunday
School and one
of them has
worked at
Sight and
Sound for many
years.
We
were able to
encourage
Emily, our
outgoing
hostess, who
has a personal
relationship
with God and
has been going
through some
challenges so
we have placed
her on our
prayer list.
She told us
briefly of her
adoption at
four years of
age and that
she was raised
by a Christian
couple who
also
homeschooled
during her
school years.
*
Photo above is
marinated
chicken
hearts.
Brooksyne
tried one and
said it tastes
like chicken.
Me... well it
was steak
night so I
stuck with
that.
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