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"God Is Not Running For God"
Message Summary: We conquer! "Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" ![]() “Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:22). "Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:57).
Now the iron bars are broken, Christ from death to life is born;
Glorious life, and life immortal, on this resurrection morn. Christ has triumphed, and we conquer By His mighty enterprise; we with Him to life eternal By His resurrection rise. ![]() Many now seem to be looking for a political savior. Regardless of party there are so many that express a practically worshipful attitude toward their favored candidate. A recent visual reminder of this was a photo I saw the other day of a man sitting holding a laptop with his favored presidential candidate's name plastered on the back of his computer as well as a photo of the candidate displayed on his socks!* ![]() On Easter our choir sang a song with a familiar tune but different words. It's written to Beethoven's tune, "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee", so the melody was familiar. "Alleluia! Alleluia!" was written by Christopher Wordsworth. The song has a line that especially blesses me. "Christ has triumphed, and we conquer by His mighty enterprise." Whenever we read of our Lord's suffering for our sin, we know the rest of the story - Christ has triumphed. But try to imagine what it would be like if we did not know the outcome. Although Messianic prophecy and our Lord Himself had promised His resurrection and victory we know the despondency and deep despair of His followers at the time of the crucifixion and before the resurrection. He spent His final hours with the disciples teaching, sharing His love and instituting the Lord's Supper. Later that evening Jesus prayed in the garden and then the definitive betrayal would follow. Knowing just this and the horrible events that follow is a heartwrenching story where we would cry out, "foul"!. But we know the rest of Story - Christ has triumphed! ![]() Yet we indeed conquer by His mighty enterprise. In life there is an overarching story, a meta-narrative, which supersedes all the confusion in the world that we presently observe with our physical eyes and may very well be personally experiencing. We conquer! "Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to heav'n and voices raise;
Sing to God a hymn of gladness, sing to God a hymn of praise. He who on the cross as Savior, for the world's salvation bled, Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, now is risen from the dead. Be encouraged today, Stephen & Brooksyne Weber ![]() ![]() Flowers are blooming! (Photo by Ester) ![]() Last night we rode our bikes along a new section of the Susquehanna River trail and passed this huge furnace of some type. Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources "God and God Alone" Video Appears to be a Chinese choir Pennsylvania Dutch folk art Today we will be joining the employees from JK Mechanical, one the companies we serve as chaplains, for a community service work day. * I am not kidding, for a photo of using socks to support your candidate see here. To receive the "Daily Encouragement" each Monday-Friday through email see this page to subscribe to our email list. You can also subscribe to the Wordpress rss feed or through a Wordpress email subscription. (See the email subscription on the right side after opening this page.) ![]() ![]() Permissions: Please feel free to pass on, reproduce and distribute any material on Daily Encouragement Net, in part or in whole, in any format, provided that you do not alter the wording in any way or charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction. It is our desire to spread this material, not protect or restrict it. I do request that you keep the contact, copyright and subscription information intact. Scripture references are from The Holy Bible: New International Version. © 1984 by International Bible Society; NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. and the King James Version. Personal Mission Statement: "I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have been redeemed and make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith and obedience and prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity." © Copyright 2016 Stephen C. Weber - All Rights Reserved Daily Encouragement Net - 495 Kraybill Church Road - Mount Joy, PA 17552 USA |