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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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"A Never-Dying Soul To Save"
Message summary: "Soul" is used all through the Bible to describe the inner, non-physical component of who we are.
My
first plane
ride, as a
child, was
flying over
the farm
fields of
southern
Missouri in a
private single
engine plane.
In high school
I had my most
notable flight
in a WW2 era
P-51 Mustang
fighter plane
(right) where
I experienced
as many G's as
I probably
ever will
unless we
experience
them at the
rapture!Over 30 years ago I was a Civil Air Patrol chaplain. My role was to provide moral and spiritual support to the members of the squadron and I was blessed to have a commander who valued that role. We were trained to assist in any type of air disaster although we never had one while I served.
I don't know the derivation of why this term "soul" is used but it is a sobering reminder of the immortal value of each human; we are more than just flesh and bones.
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky;
To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill:
O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master’s will!
"Soul" is used all through the Bible to describe the inner non-physical component of who we are. Deuteronomy 6:5 commands, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength".
In the daily text Jesus asks two sobering questions. He does not answer them for the answer is evident:
Answer: It's not good at all! You can gain all but it's worth nothing if you lose your soul!
Answer: Nothing, there is no exchange value for the soul!
May God help each of us to give primary attention to the condition of our souls.
Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, there
is no
comparable
value on earth
like that of
our eternal
soul, worth
more than
anything in
the world or
the world
itself. We
will not
forfeit our
eternal soul,
by disloyalty
to Christ, to
gain any
earthbound
fortune, fame
or position.
When our hope,
ambition and
focus is fixed
on this life
only we
forfeit all
that awaits us
in heaven -
that which
lasts for all
eternity.
While we
patiently wait
for that
glorious day,
guard our
souls from
that which
would sway us
to forfeit the
fortunes of
heaven for the
pittance of
earth. In the
name of Jesus
we pray. Amen.
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"A
Charge to Keep
Have I"
Listen
on YouTube
The Master’s
Seminary
Chorus
"My Soul Will Wait" Listen on YouTube Sovereign Grace Music
"Where the
Soul Never
Dies"
Listen
on YouTube
Ricky Scaggs
Near sunset yesterday our neighbor's son was tilling a field here on Kraybill Church Road. From a very young age our neighbor's sons have been active in working with their team of mules, as is common among the Amish.
I've had this Kember print since I began my ministry in the seventies.
What a solemn reminder from our Lord!
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