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Friday, May 5,
2023
Slab City
Welcome "Center"
"Repairing
The Foundation"
Travel
note: We
are back in
San Diego
after a visit
to the desert
this week.
Tomorrow we
will
participate in
our friend
Marilyn's
celebration of
life service
and then visit
with her son
and family on
Sunday. We
will return
home on
Monday.
Message
summary:
Let us boldly
stand for
truth and
righteousness
as we seek to
repair and
maintain the
foundation,
both in our
own lives and
the nation we
live in.
Note:
Due to travel
our podcast is
not prepared
for this
message.
"When
the
foundations
are being
destroyed,
what can the
righteous do?"
(Psalm 11:3).
Yesterday we visited Slab City, so named for the concrete slabs remaining from a military base in the desert, that was abandoned in the fifties. When the base was decommissioned they tore down the metal buildings but left the concrete foundations (slabs). This area has become home to an interesting group of of grid settlers: many who express faith, most notably seen at Salvation Mountain (more about that in a future message). This area is not for those who enjoy luxury, since temps reach 130 degrees, there is no water or electricity, and the roads are quite rugged.
Yesterday we visited Slab City, so named for the concrete slabs remaining from a military base in the desert, that was abandoned in the fifties. When the base was decommissioned they tore down the metal buildings but left the concrete foundations (slabs). This area has become home to an interesting group of of grid settlers: many who express faith, most notably seen at Salvation Mountain (more about that in a future message). This area is not for those who enjoy luxury, since temps reach 130 degrees, there is no water or electricity, and the roads are quite rugged.
The
early settlers
used the slabs
that remained
from the
military
reassignment
and closure as
foundations
for their
houses and the
area became
known as Slab
City.
Today
let's consider
our own slab:
that is, our
foundation. Let's
especially
consider this
foundation in
regards to our
nation and we
do so as US
citizens.
We
have all built
a foundation
in our own
life, in our
church and in
our nation.
Again I urge
our
international
readers to
apply this
message to
their own
nation as I
believe what I
write is quite
similar
regardless of
where you may
live.
There
are many
destructive
elements
chiseling away
at the
foundation of
our nation
which is
increasingly
more like an
army of
jackhammers or
wrecking
balls. Day by
day there are
new efforts to
tear the
foundation
wall down.
But I consider how this has always been the case to some degree. America has never been a 100% Christian nation, although many of the founders were devoted believers. They were guided by the Bible and Christian principles by which we have lived for over 200 years. But there have always been unbelievers and those opposed to the ways of the Lord and a Bible-based foundation. All along there have been varying efforts that chisel away at the biblical foundation.
But through much of our history there has been an army of Christian soldiers just as strong who are at work repairing the foundation, keeping up with the necessary maintenance, so to speak: preachers standing up for righteousness and holiness, individual Christians earnestly following their Lord, scores of local churches and para-church ministries shining as lights in their communities. It’s always been a battle, but for centuries the repairers of the wall have kept up with maintenance on the foundation.
In my observation the last generation particularly (I suppose I mean my own) has gotten sloppy with the maintenance since the deteriorating foundation can easily be observed.
Thank God for those who take up the mantle of faith and boldly declare the truth; the truth based upon the unchanging truth of God’s holy Word, not the ever changing politically correct position as deemed by Washington or elsewhere.
But I consider how this has always been the case to some degree. America has never been a 100% Christian nation, although many of the founders were devoted believers. They were guided by the Bible and Christian principles by which we have lived for over 200 years. But there have always been unbelievers and those opposed to the ways of the Lord and a Bible-based foundation. All along there have been varying efforts that chisel away at the biblical foundation.
But through much of our history there has been an army of Christian soldiers just as strong who are at work repairing the foundation, keeping up with the necessary maintenance, so to speak: preachers standing up for righteousness and holiness, individual Christians earnestly following their Lord, scores of local churches and para-church ministries shining as lights in their communities. It’s always been a battle, but for centuries the repairers of the wall have kept up with maintenance on the foundation.
In my observation the last generation particularly (I suppose I mean my own) has gotten sloppy with the maintenance since the deteriorating foundation can easily be observed.
Thank God for those who take up the mantle of faith and boldly declare the truth; the truth based upon the unchanging truth of God’s holy Word, not the ever changing politically correct position as deemed by Washington or elsewhere.
In
the midst of
our traveling
schedule we
were unable to
participate in
our local and
county wide
National Day
of Prayer
yesterday. But
we prayed for
those who did
and that a
mighty revival
would sweep
our nation as
people from
all kinds of
church
backgrounds
came together
with one voice
to plead for
the needs of
our country,
to intercede
for the family
unit and for
educational
and political
leaders to
honor God with
their lives
and in their
leadership
roles.
Let us take a
bold stand for
truth and
righteousness
as we seek to
repair,
maintain and
fortify the
foundation,
both in our
own lives and
the nation in
which we live.
Be
encouraged
today, (Hebrews
3:13)
Daily
prayer:
Father, You
laid in Zion a
sure
foundation, a
Stone. That
tried but
proven Stone
is Jesus, one
whom the
builders
rejected, yet
a precious
Cornerstone to
those of us
who are
building our
lives upon
this Rock. It
is only in
Him, our solid
Rock, that we
can anchor our
soul so that
it does not
drift
aimlessly by
the strong
winds, the
fierce storms
or rising
waters, nor
the mirages
that
counterfeit
the reality of
Your timeless
truths as
revealed to us
in Scripture.
Help us to be
on guard
against false
prophets and
keep us in
growth and
maintenance
mode, no
matter how
much we may
feel like
giving up. For
it’s not the
one who runs
the swiftest,
nor the one
who runs for
just a day,
but the one
who endures to
the end who
shall be
saved. Amen.National
Day of Prayer
Note:
Email we
received today
from our local
leader, Nancy
Shonk,
regarding the
MJNDOP (Mount
Joy National
Day of Prayer)
- "It was
another huge
success!
Everything ran
smoothly, 103
people in
attendance.
The prayers
lifted up were
beautiful
&
meaningful....
I came home on
a high, very
thankful"
Personal
Note: We
saw a lot of
interesting
sights while
in the desert
this week but
will prepare
photos to
share when we
return home.
It's hard to
do this
working on a
small laptop!
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