Sunday Sabbath February 7 2016  MY DAY OF REST

Writing a blog is not always a piece of cake to do.  Especially when I think I should come up with something enlightening to write about; something that will cause others to pause and think about.  365 days in a year.  365 different topics. Or…with a mind as old as mine, I probably forget about what I’ve written in the past.  Then I just write something on the same topic again.  And if I do, it probably won’t matter, because not everyone reads it every day.   I can just hope that if my blog is a repeat, the reader either hasn’t read it before, or has a mind like mine, and just forgot that it had already been written.

Well, today it won’t be a repeat.  Being Sunday I have new fodder; today’s sermon.  And what a message it was.  We had a guest speaker, Ed Ainsworth, who spoke on the topic, “I MUST”.  He was a passionate and dynamic speaker.  His sermon may be listened to by going to:  citychurchonline.org

The sermon touched on how we, as Christians, sometimes settle living our lives with an “I should” mentality, when God desires and directs us through His Word, that we should live, with an “I MUST” mentality.  There are values in our lives that WE MUST do instead of making excuses by saying I SHOULD do.  Ainsworth is a global speaker with a message to the young.  He actually is a guest speaker in public schools speaking on the values of living a life of sexual purity.  Below is his web address and an excerpt from his web page.  If you have children or grandchildren growing up in today’s environment of “anything goes” perhaps you should listen to some of what he says for ideas on how to teach sexual purity to your adolescents and teens.  He has some very interesting videos and resources you may find helpful.

http://www.whiteheartcommunications.com/

The mission of Whiteheart Communications for the last fifteen years has been to help students make the choices that will make their lives better.  Ed (Sex Ed as he is known) and Connie Ainsworth have devoted the last twenty-six years of their lives to the youth culture.  Traveling over the United States and to other countries, Ed has found that teens are dealing with the same issues everywhere.   Ed and Connie believe that students will make choices that will make their lives better if they are given the right information and the right motivation.

If I had more time today I would outline his sermon here but I think you would receive much more benefit by listening online.

MY DAY OF REST

By Kathleen Martens

February 7, 2016

Today is my day of rest

To worship my God and King,

Our Father who art in heaven

Are words to Him I sing.

So holy is His Name.

Into this world His kingdom will come,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Through His blessed son.

He provides daily

For all of our needs,

Both physical and spiritual

From His hand we feed.

And He forgives

All of our sins,

As we forgive

Friends and kin.

He leads us not into temptation

And delivers us from evil.

For His is the kingdom,

And He overcomes upheaval.

And He will reign forever

In His light and His glory!

And on the Sunday Sabbath

Generations will share His story.

I now will go and continue my day of rest.  May you all be blessed, on this day of our Lord.