"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Copied directly from the Constitution of the USA, do you notice a common thread running through the words, even unwritten it jumps off the page at you. Let me help you out a little, it is idea that we, the American people have a common interest and a common goal as a whole community. The writers believed that Americans were bound together by a common purpose and a general goal and that thought created a community of commonality. People were concerned about their welfare and that of their families, but would also be concerned about the welfare of their neighbor and community and country. They were individuals bound together by a common purpose and belief and that bond created strength and unity of purpose. People would put their differences aside to defend America, did they sometime disagree politically, yes and strongly, but when needed they would stand together.
I would submit to you today that America in made of individuals that do not regard themselves as having anything in common with anyone outside of their family. We have become a nation of "me's" and "I's" and that is all that is important. What is in it for me? Why should I care about someone in a different part of the town where I live or the country for that matter. We are no longer united in commonality of mission, everyone wants their piece of the pie and the devil with everyone or everything else. The government should give me what I want and provide for me, I don't think I should pay taxes, or fees, I should have a new house and car at the expense of the government. No I don't want to work and do my share for someone I don't know. The "me" generation has given way to most self centered least informed and least caring group of Americans ever.
Not to different in the Christian church today, there is division over important and unimportant issues. People of faith seem to forget that we are bound together by Jesus and He told us to go and teach what He taught, make disciples and baptist believers, lay hands on the sick, cast out demons and speak in unknown tongues. That is a combined teaching from the last chapters of the Gospel of Matthew and Mark. There is a common theme that runs here and to make it very simple, three things are important: Make disciples, teach what He taught, and baptist people. Simple and common goals for all churches.
The preamble to the Constitution is pretty simple too, and clearly gives the goals for the American people. It is time that the people of America returned to the simple plan of the Constitution and the people of Jesus returned to the simple plan He gave us.
You are free because someone paid for your freedom with their blood and life. Jesus paid for your sins and you can be free through Him and the American military paid for your freedom with their blood so you could live freely.
Blessing to you.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Government Vs God...God's Response
With so many people in American society today claiming that the government must do something about anything they view as a problem, I think a quick review of government role and God's role in our personal and public lives is in order.
The role of the American government is to clearly delineated in the opening statement of the Constitution:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
The people gave limit power to an elected body to pass laws to accomplish the above objective. The elected body is Congress and state legislatures and these governmental bodies are suppose to pass law that work for the good of the people. Now a law is nothing more than a rule that one must follow, or be held accountable by the government and fined, jailed or both. Most laws completely remove your right to choose or grossly limit that right. For example you have the ability to drive a vehicle at 100 mph, yet the government(for the general good) limits you to a speed limit. You really don't have much of a choice. In some circles there are people who feel the government should control your choices from the time you are born until you die, (it is referred to as cradle to grave government care). For example there has recently been put out to the public, the idea that obese children are being abused by their parents feeding them to much and that the government should step in and do something like take custody of the children. The government now tells you that you must purchase health insurance or you will be fined or taxed into submission. I do not think this is what is meant by "promote general welfare", just as I suspect that government "entitlements" were not what was thought of this was written.
So to sum this up in a simple sentence: Some people in the government don't think you are smart enough to manage your own life and therefore they must provide for you everything and what you receive from them is what you must be happy with. We are from the government and we are going to help you.
Compare that to God, who says, I love you and want what is best for you. I have made a way for you, but you are certainly free to refuse my way and go your own. I gave you everything that you needed and then provided a way to live a mostly happy, healthy and prosperous life. Through Jesus I provided you a free way out of sin and death, all you had to was accept it. By putting My kingdom first and using your talent, time and money, I will bless you and you will prosper, but you are free to refuse my offer. If you put my Kingdom first and give of your finances, I will give more back to you, no it will not be instant, but it will come. If you serve me I will make you a light in your world for freedom and grace. You will have the chance to tell people about what I can do and how many blessing are in your life because you serve me. No it will not always be easy and sometimes it will be scary and difficult, but it will never be boring. I even can provide healing for your physical body when needed, no health insurance required and no co-payment needed. That being said, I created it all and I keep it all going and moving in the right direction, if I take my hand off of something it spins in to chaos. Take a look at the countries that have turned their backs on me, how did it work out for them?
America was born from the desire of men and women to be free and to be able to worship Me and serve Me, I guided it and I blessed it and I prospered it. Now the government want to claim the credit and the people who don't want Me in their lives deny what I did for America some of them even deny that I exist. I will remove my hand one day and if you think it is bad now, just wait. The other option is better, repent, turn from your wicked ways and I will heal your land. The choice is yours, choose wisely. I love you.
FATHER GOD, JESUS the SON and HOLY SPIRIT, all three in one.
The role of the American government is to clearly delineated in the opening statement of the Constitution:
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
The people gave limit power to an elected body to pass laws to accomplish the above objective. The elected body is Congress and state legislatures and these governmental bodies are suppose to pass law that work for the good of the people. Now a law is nothing more than a rule that one must follow, or be held accountable by the government and fined, jailed or both. Most laws completely remove your right to choose or grossly limit that right. For example you have the ability to drive a vehicle at 100 mph, yet the government(for the general good) limits you to a speed limit. You really don't have much of a choice. In some circles there are people who feel the government should control your choices from the time you are born until you die, (it is referred to as cradle to grave government care). For example there has recently been put out to the public, the idea that obese children are being abused by their parents feeding them to much and that the government should step in and do something like take custody of the children. The government now tells you that you must purchase health insurance or you will be fined or taxed into submission. I do not think this is what is meant by "promote general welfare", just as I suspect that government "entitlements" were not what was thought of this was written.
So to sum this up in a simple sentence: Some people in the government don't think you are smart enough to manage your own life and therefore they must provide for you everything and what you receive from them is what you must be happy with. We are from the government and we are going to help you.
Compare that to God, who says, I love you and want what is best for you. I have made a way for you, but you are certainly free to refuse my way and go your own. I gave you everything that you needed and then provided a way to live a mostly happy, healthy and prosperous life. Through Jesus I provided you a free way out of sin and death, all you had to was accept it. By putting My kingdom first and using your talent, time and money, I will bless you and you will prosper, but you are free to refuse my offer. If you put my Kingdom first and give of your finances, I will give more back to you, no it will not be instant, but it will come. If you serve me I will make you a light in your world for freedom and grace. You will have the chance to tell people about what I can do and how many blessing are in your life because you serve me. No it will not always be easy and sometimes it will be scary and difficult, but it will never be boring. I even can provide healing for your physical body when needed, no health insurance required and no co-payment needed. That being said, I created it all and I keep it all going and moving in the right direction, if I take my hand off of something it spins in to chaos. Take a look at the countries that have turned their backs on me, how did it work out for them?
America was born from the desire of men and women to be free and to be able to worship Me and serve Me, I guided it and I blessed it and I prospered it. Now the government want to claim the credit and the people who don't want Me in their lives deny what I did for America some of them even deny that I exist. I will remove my hand one day and if you think it is bad now, just wait. The other option is better, repent, turn from your wicked ways and I will heal your land. The choice is yours, choose wisely. I love you.
FATHER GOD, JESUS the SON and HOLY SPIRIT, all three in one.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
What Would Jesus Say About Same Sex Marriages?
Recently a friend of mine sent me a link to a magazine article from a Christian magazine and the article was written by a pastor who was concerned about the legalization of same sex marriages in New York; with the question WWJD or what would Jesus do? I have thought about that and prayed about that for a few days and I here now offer my humble opinion on that topic. I make no apologies that I write this from a Pentecostal Christian view point, one might could subtitle this "What should the Christian Church Do About Same Sex Marriages".
God delivered to Moses a large body of laws for the people of Israel to live by, some of these laws were for spiritual living and holiness, some of them were for general health of physical living, and some of them were for moral health and all were important.
Now Jesus fulfilled the spiritual laws required for holiness and salvation, and you and I are no longer under the Old Covenant that requires an animal sacrifice for the atonement of sin, Jesus paid that price once and for all. PETA would down our throats if we were still doing animal sacrifices.
Jesus did not abolish the Laws of God, He completed and fulfilled them. Matthew 5:17. Jesus made it clear that the moral and physical health laws that God gave Moses were not to be abolished. They were for the good of the nation, now I know some of them seem silly today, because we now have chemicals to kill mold and drugs to treat diseases, so maybe some of the physical life laws don't apply as much today as they did 4000 years ago.
That being said the moral life laws, I believe are still as applicable today as they were when they were given. Leviticus chapter 18 gives clear instructions about sexual relationship(whom you are NOT suppose to have sex with), verse 15 clearly refers to homosexual relationships. Matthew 5:27-28 deals with adultery and then 29-30 instructs us to take serious action to avoid sin and temptation. Matthew 7:1-5 deals with judging others when you yourself have sin issues to deal with. I have put down a foundation lets build a clear statement from this.
We have no record of Jesus ever officiating a wedding service nor a funeral. We do however have Jesus confronting the church leaders for not doing good on the Sabbath, and being hypocritical towards the laws of God. Jesus healed on the Sabbath and His disciples picked grain to eat on the Sabbath all in direction violation of the tradition of the elders of the temple. I have never found a law in the Bible against healing or feeding yourself or someone else on the Sabbath, yet church leaders condemned Him for healing people on the Sabbath.
Jesus confronted the church leaders for this type of action, condemning others while in sin themselves, that is why we have Matthew 7:1-5, please note that Jesus was not saying "Do not judge the difference between right and wrong", He was referring to passing judgement on other people and their sin, while you are neck deep in your own sin. For many years this piece of scripture has been thrown at anyone (include the Christian church) who commented on someone else involved in sin or wrong doings. I have had that thrown at me in the past. I think Jesus is going to confront the church leaders about not speaking out about this sin issue and all the others.
Jesus would be calling the church to stand up and speak the moral and Holy Truth to this issue. No more namby pamby, don't won't to hurt your feeling, everyone must feel good preaching. The truth is God finds it to be an abomination to His holiness and Jesus is God. The message is clear and should be loud and strong, NO! Turn from you sin, confess and be healed, flee from this or the end result will be a devil's hell for you.
Alexis de Toqueville a French political thinker and historian wrote the following in his analysis and description of American life, Democracy in America, published in 1835.
I think Jesus would ask "Where is my Church?" "Where are my people?" Then He would weep as He did for Jerusalem. Yes I think Jesus would call it what it is, a sin and then He would call the sinner to repentance and tell them to go and sin no more. Yes Jesus loves the sinner and hates the sin, what a great example to the church today. Love the sinner and hate the sin, stand strong for holiness and God's loving law. Be loud and strong, preach the truth in love, but never back down.
May God richly bless you today.
God delivered to Moses a large body of laws for the people of Israel to live by, some of these laws were for spiritual living and holiness, some of them were for general health of physical living, and some of them were for moral health and all were important.
Now Jesus fulfilled the spiritual laws required for holiness and salvation, and you and I are no longer under the Old Covenant that requires an animal sacrifice for the atonement of sin, Jesus paid that price once and for all. PETA would down our throats if we were still doing animal sacrifices.
Jesus did not abolish the Laws of God, He completed and fulfilled them. Matthew 5:17. Jesus made it clear that the moral and physical health laws that God gave Moses were not to be abolished. They were for the good of the nation, now I know some of them seem silly today, because we now have chemicals to kill mold and drugs to treat diseases, so maybe some of the physical life laws don't apply as much today as they did 4000 years ago.
That being said the moral life laws, I believe are still as applicable today as they were when they were given. Leviticus chapter 18 gives clear instructions about sexual relationship(whom you are NOT suppose to have sex with), verse 15 clearly refers to homosexual relationships. Matthew 5:27-28 deals with adultery and then 29-30 instructs us to take serious action to avoid sin and temptation. Matthew 7:1-5 deals with judging others when you yourself have sin issues to deal with. I have put down a foundation lets build a clear statement from this.
We have no record of Jesus ever officiating a wedding service nor a funeral. We do however have Jesus confronting the church leaders for not doing good on the Sabbath, and being hypocritical towards the laws of God. Jesus healed on the Sabbath and His disciples picked grain to eat on the Sabbath all in direction violation of the tradition of the elders of the temple. I have never found a law in the Bible against healing or feeding yourself or someone else on the Sabbath, yet church leaders condemned Him for healing people on the Sabbath.
Jesus confronted the church leaders for this type of action, condemning others while in sin themselves, that is why we have Matthew 7:1-5, please note that Jesus was not saying "Do not judge the difference between right and wrong", He was referring to passing judgement on other people and their sin, while you are neck deep in your own sin. For many years this piece of scripture has been thrown at anyone (include the Christian church) who commented on someone else involved in sin or wrong doings. I have had that thrown at me in the past. I think Jesus is going to confront the church leaders about not speaking out about this sin issue and all the others.
Jesus would be calling the church to stand up and speak the moral and Holy Truth to this issue. No more namby pamby, don't won't to hurt your feeling, everyone must feel good preaching. The truth is God finds it to be an abomination to His holiness and Jesus is God. The message is clear and should be loud and strong, NO! Turn from you sin, confess and be healed, flee from this or the end result will be a devil's hell for you.
Alexis de Toqueville a French political thinker and historian wrote the following in his analysis and description of American life, Democracy in America, published in 1835.
I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her ample rivers - it was not there; in her fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there; in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits ablaze with righteousness did I meet the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.
Americas' pulpits need to be ablaze again, the fire has died in many places to a very low coal barely burning and in other places the coals are completely cold. This the real tragedy in this whole story.I think Jesus would ask "Where is my Church?" "Where are my people?" Then He would weep as He did for Jerusalem. Yes I think Jesus would call it what it is, a sin and then He would call the sinner to repentance and tell them to go and sin no more. Yes Jesus loves the sinner and hates the sin, what a great example to the church today. Love the sinner and hate the sin, stand strong for holiness and God's loving law. Be loud and strong, preach the truth in love, but never back down.
May God richly bless you today.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
More Tax Revenues and Less Crime or the Way to Solve the Mexican Drug War and reduce the American National Debt
This is to simple and I know others have thought of this, but I am going to put it out there and get booed and hissed at by some and others will love the idea. Let's face a few simple facts first.
1) The American national debt is freaking out of control and no one is willing or able to stop it.
2) Illegal drugs will not go away, no matter how much is spent on enforcement or education people are still going to use, buy and sell drugs. During the 1930 when the United States completely prohibited the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages, there was a huge illegal business in that exact thing.
3) The government (state and national) want more tax money and the people in control are willing to take that money from you.
4) The problems in Mexico are being blamed on the USA, because we are the biggest user of the drugs they supply, no we do not supply the guns to the cartels, no matter what the ATF or any government idiot tells you.
The USA should legalize all drugs, from marijuana to the hardest opium based drug, I am talking about all of the drugs. The next step would be to tax the usage of these drugs, much like liquor and cigarette taxes. I can promise you this businesses would start making these high quality clean drugs, regulate how they are sold like smokes, liquor and other controlled items and let the users purchase and use them. It goes with out saying that working and driving and things that are prohibited while under the influence of any intoxicant would remain so.
Once manufactures started producing cost effective and safe drugs the illegal trade would decrease greatly and the tax base would increase greatly. Those folks who are employed trying stop the drugs could simply start managing the manufacture, sale and regulation of the new legal drugs. I know that there will always be someone who wants to sell, manufacture and distributed drugs illegally and therefore we will need some enforcement people for combating that group.
I know this is a wild idea, but I think it would work, we will never win the war on drugs until we cut of the money supply and the way to do that is redirect it.
1) The American national debt is freaking out of control and no one is willing or able to stop it.
2) Illegal drugs will not go away, no matter how much is spent on enforcement or education people are still going to use, buy and sell drugs. During the 1930 when the United States completely prohibited the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages, there was a huge illegal business in that exact thing.
3) The government (state and national) want more tax money and the people in control are willing to take that money from you.
4) The problems in Mexico are being blamed on the USA, because we are the biggest user of the drugs they supply, no we do not supply the guns to the cartels, no matter what the ATF or any government idiot tells you.
The USA should legalize all drugs, from marijuana to the hardest opium based drug, I am talking about all of the drugs. The next step would be to tax the usage of these drugs, much like liquor and cigarette taxes. I can promise you this businesses would start making these high quality clean drugs, regulate how they are sold like smokes, liquor and other controlled items and let the users purchase and use them. It goes with out saying that working and driving and things that are prohibited while under the influence of any intoxicant would remain so.
Once manufactures started producing cost effective and safe drugs the illegal trade would decrease greatly and the tax base would increase greatly. Those folks who are employed trying stop the drugs could simply start managing the manufacture, sale and regulation of the new legal drugs. I know that there will always be someone who wants to sell, manufacture and distributed drugs illegally and therefore we will need some enforcement people for combating that group.
I know this is a wild idea, but I think it would work, we will never win the war on drugs until we cut of the money supply and the way to do that is redirect it.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Time to Overhaul the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
The more I watch the news about the BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives) and the Fast and Furious, Gun Runner investigation, the more I think it is time to overhaul the Federal law enforcement agencies.
Many of the men and women who work for these agencies are great and honorable people who have dedicated their lives to public service and law enforcement and I salute them and say thank you.
However it would appear that as certain individuals move up through the ranks they develop a sense that they know better what needs to be enforced, than the law they are sworn to enforce. I will grant that some laws are stupid and should not be enforced, however when administrators in a law enforcement agency decide to violate the law to pursue a political agenda something has to be done. It is time for the US Congress to take a long hard look at the Federal Law Enforcement agencies, of which there are many.
Is it possible that some agencies have out lived there useful life and need to be abolished or merged with another agency to stream line enforcement. The BATFE has long history of trying to go undercover into motorcycle gangs that trade in firearms, good idea, but the FBI has a very effective organized crime unit and motorcycle gangs that traffic guns are organized crime. The BATFE has a group that looks for smugglers of all types weapons, explosives, alcohol, tobacco, yet the are limited to working with in the USA and have a very small presence out side the borders of America. The DEA engages in anti-smuggling operations on a regular basis and we have operators with the DEA around the world. Trust me on this guns and drugs go together.
I could list many more examples, but I won't take up your valuable time. The question arises, what can I do about all this, simply put: write, call or email your elected Congressional Representative and Senator and ask them to investigate. You are slowly losing your freedoms unless you stand and stop the theft.
Many of the men and women who work for these agencies are great and honorable people who have dedicated their lives to public service and law enforcement and I salute them and say thank you.
However it would appear that as certain individuals move up through the ranks they develop a sense that they know better what needs to be enforced, than the law they are sworn to enforce. I will grant that some laws are stupid and should not be enforced, however when administrators in a law enforcement agency decide to violate the law to pursue a political agenda something has to be done. It is time for the US Congress to take a long hard look at the Federal Law Enforcement agencies, of which there are many.
Is it possible that some agencies have out lived there useful life and need to be abolished or merged with another agency to stream line enforcement. The BATFE has long history of trying to go undercover into motorcycle gangs that trade in firearms, good idea, but the FBI has a very effective organized crime unit and motorcycle gangs that traffic guns are organized crime. The BATFE has a group that looks for smugglers of all types weapons, explosives, alcohol, tobacco, yet the are limited to working with in the USA and have a very small presence out side the borders of America. The DEA engages in anti-smuggling operations on a regular basis and we have operators with the DEA around the world. Trust me on this guns and drugs go together.
I could list many more examples, but I won't take up your valuable time. The question arises, what can I do about all this, simply put: write, call or email your elected Congressional Representative and Senator and ask them to investigate. You are slowly losing your freedoms unless you stand and stop the theft.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Freedom Under Assault
Our freedoms in America are under a slow, steady, sneaky assault, not just one, but all. It is important to understand that there are individuals in the current government that want to regulate one of your rights for the well being of the mass population, and they will try to regulate all of those rights. How do they do this you might ask? Let me share some thoughts with you.
If someone wants to restrict one of your rights, they first must make you believe and think it is for your own good, and the good of everyone. For example, if the government wants to restrict what a pastor can say in his or her pulpit, they simply must make people think that any statement disagreeing with current politically correct thought or verbiage is hate speech and must be outlawed. It makes no difference if the statements are true or factual, these statement offended some overly sensitive individual and there fore it must be hate speech. The next step must be making sure that everyone with differing views on anything, (most importantly those that agree with the power brokers) have equal or more time to make their case in the media. Finally the the last step is to have complete control of the media(radio, television, and print), thus eliminating the right of free speech. If you would like to see how that plays out take a look at the countries in the Middle East of late. State run TV and news, communications shut down by the state, only what the power brokers want on the news got there. Complete control of the freedom speech, really means no freedom of speech.
Gun control supporters use the same type of plot. I read a quote from and Egyptian citizen the other day and he made the statement: " I always thought gun ownership was just an American thing, after the police left the streets I got a gun from my grandfather and now I have it all the time, it is a good thing to be able to protect my family. Now I understand the American thing about guns." Make no mistake about it your Second Amendment rights are under attack also.
The First Amendment is under attack on the religion side of things also. The government will someday wish to tell you what you can believe in and worship, my bet is it will be the "god" of Environmentalism and "green". Soon, if the current administration in the USA has its way there will be a tax on operation of your private vehicle. How about that for restrictive.
What can you do about this? Good question, I have few answers.
1) Pray to God that our country will be a light on a hill for Jesus, and all those that disagree with this idea will see the love of Jesus in His followers.
2) Work with in the system to vote into office defenders of freedom.
3) Stop asking the government to do things that the government should not worry about, no the government can not take care of your every need or want from the cradle to the grave.
4) Demand the governing people return to the Constitution of the United States.
5) Demand that the United State withdraw from the United Nations, and stop funding that organization.
Your continued freedom or lack there of depend upon what you do.
If someone wants to restrict one of your rights, they first must make you believe and think it is for your own good, and the good of everyone. For example, if the government wants to restrict what a pastor can say in his or her pulpit, they simply must make people think that any statement disagreeing with current politically correct thought or verbiage is hate speech and must be outlawed. It makes no difference if the statements are true or factual, these statement offended some overly sensitive individual and there fore it must be hate speech. The next step must be making sure that everyone with differing views on anything, (most importantly those that agree with the power brokers) have equal or more time to make their case in the media. Finally the the last step is to have complete control of the media(radio, television, and print), thus eliminating the right of free speech. If you would like to see how that plays out take a look at the countries in the Middle East of late. State run TV and news, communications shut down by the state, only what the power brokers want on the news got there. Complete control of the freedom speech, really means no freedom of speech.
Gun control supporters use the same type of plot. I read a quote from and Egyptian citizen the other day and he made the statement: " I always thought gun ownership was just an American thing, after the police left the streets I got a gun from my grandfather and now I have it all the time, it is a good thing to be able to protect my family. Now I understand the American thing about guns." Make no mistake about it your Second Amendment rights are under attack also.
The First Amendment is under attack on the religion side of things also. The government will someday wish to tell you what you can believe in and worship, my bet is it will be the "god" of Environmentalism and "green". Soon, if the current administration in the USA has its way there will be a tax on operation of your private vehicle. How about that for restrictive.
What can you do about this? Good question, I have few answers.
1) Pray to God that our country will be a light on a hill for Jesus, and all those that disagree with this idea will see the love of Jesus in His followers.
2) Work with in the system to vote into office defenders of freedom.
3) Stop asking the government to do things that the government should not worry about, no the government can not take care of your every need or want from the cradle to the grave.
4) Demand the governing people return to the Constitution of the United States.
5) Demand that the United State withdraw from the United Nations, and stop funding that organization.
Your continued freedom or lack there of depend upon what you do.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mission Trip Support
May 18, 2011
Dear Christian Brother and Sister,
It is my prayer and hope that this letter finds you well and living in the love of God through Jesus Christ our Savior. I understand that your time of valuable, and therefore I will not ask you to labor through a great deal of introduction as to the purpose of this letter.
The Bible tells us in the Old Testament and the New Testament that evangelism is one of the most important works in which we are to be engaged. Proverbs 24:11 tells us to “rescue those being led away to death” and 12 tells us that “each person will be rewarded according to what he has done”. Jesus gave us commands to teach others what He taught us, Matthew, Mark and Luke all have the theme of evangelism in the last writing of each book.
I have been afforded the opportunity to go on a short term mission/relief trip to Haiti this summer. As you know that little island country is one of the poorest in the entire world and for years suffered one disaster on top of another. Hurricanes, earthquakes and sickness have ravaged the population of this tiny country. This poor nation does not have the government or the resources to rebuild and is in great need of help; the people are at the point of losing all hope of ever recovering.
The cost of this trip is 1800 to 2000 dollars, depending upon air fare prices; I have the personal goal of taking 500 dollars of over the counter medical supplies to several clinics there. I also would like to take with me 500 dollars worth of wrapped candy to give to the children of this country. I truly believe that the Lord has commission me to make this trip. In order to make this trip and provide medical supplies and candy I am in need of 3000 dollars total.
I am sending out 30 letters asking for support for this trip. I believe that God will lay it on your heart to support me with a minimum gift of 100 dollars from each letter and prayers. I understand that these are tough economic times and we all struggle with rising prices for everything. I don’t need to tell you that God honors offering and gifts to expand His kingdom, prayerfully consider supporting me as your representative on this mission trip. Please be in prayer for me and this mission trip.
If you would be interested in helping support me in this mission trip please email me at dick.bowiebuilders@gmail.com for details. I need support in by June 20
Thank you in advance for your help.
In His Service,
Dick Bowie
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