Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:
   
Before the Passover celebration, Jesus
knew that his hour had come to leave
this world and return to his Father. He
had loved his disciples during his
ministry on earth, and now he loved
them to the very end.
John 13:1, NLT

Reflection:
   
Jesus knew he would be betrayed by
one of his disciples, disowned by
another, and deserted by all of them
for a time. Still he "loved them to the
very end." God knows us completely,
as Jesus knew his disciples. He
knows the sins we have committed
and the ones we will yet commit. Still,
he loves us
 
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT
KIND OF LOVE?   

Scripture:

Then he said, "Beware! Guard against every
kind of greed. Life is not measured by how
much you own." Luke 12:15, NLT    

Jesus says that the good life has nothing
to do with being wealthy, so be on guard
against greed (desire for what we don't
have). This is the exact opposite of what
society usually says. Advertisers spend
millions of dollars to entice us to think
that if we buy more and more of their
products, we will be happier, more
fulfilled, more comfortable.    

How do you respond to the constant
pressure to buy? Learn to tune out
expensive enticements and concentrate
instead on the truly good life--living in a
relationship with God and doing his work

(from Life Application Daily Devotion)

It's time for you and I to talk!
Not about meaningless things,
but about something that means
everything to you and I.  Let's
talk about all these people who
are demonstrating in some of the
bigger cities of this country.

LET'S TALK ABOUT GREED!
THAT'S RIGHT .....GREED!

To all of you, especially my
"Christian" brothers and sisters,
THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE! 

This is a moral issue that has been
made into a political issue.   The
greedy are in control. Wall Street
is ruining our lives.  As Christ
threw the "money changers" out
of the temple, we need to throw
the "money changers" out of our
government, not by violence, but
buy peaceful demonstrations, and
most of all....by voting.  Many of the
people who are running for political
office and control of our lives are
they themselves controlled by the
"money changers"!  Not since the
Great Depression have we seen
and have been affected by such
greedy people.  People who care
only for themselves and for their
self indulgent lives!

Please, Please, don't be fooled!
They will call themselves good
Americans, they will call themselves
good Christians, and they will call
themselves good and decent
people.  THEY ARE NOT!!  THEY
ARE FOR ONLY THEMSELVES.
This is directly opposite of the life
and teachings of the "One" of
whom they claim to have faith.
This is the very opposite of Jesus
Christ.  You cannot, I repeat
cannot, care about your neighbor
and only love yourself.  You cannot
make other lives better when you
only care about the betterment of
your own life.  Isn't that why we go
through this process of voting, to
place control on people who care
about the betterment of all our
lives. 
So please get out into the streets,
talk to your friends and neighbors,
and most of all, "VOTE FOR
PEOPLE WHO CARE!"

Pastor Kim