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The Road Map will provide a communications link consisting of articles and examples of better ways to navigate the road map of life. The publication will also provide a listing of church events, concerts, and programs as well as feature articles. It will available free at Christian bookstores and Churches that request them. Advertisers are welcome. Donations are needed. Please submit church events for publication. Road Map Ministries goal is to become a ministry that brings His people together a ministry that builds relationships a ministry that helps those less fortunate a ministry that helps organize praise and worship events and a ministry that enlarges the Kingdom of God.
Tinker's Tidbit
As the deadline for this issue approached, I had been given no clear topic to address and I couldn’t quite figure out why. Within a half hour, it became clear that God wanted to use my occasional gift of poetry to share with you.
I believe that God is trying to speak to one of you and as I have said many times that if one person’s life is changed by any of our efforts to minister the love and Truth of Christ… all is worth it.
I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend our next event… FFH and a full day of ministry at the 150th Bureau County Fair on August 27th.
I have to share something that bothers me every time I hear it. If people only knew what this sounds like when responding this way. Here’s the typical dialogue…
Stan: Hey, Bill, I hope that you can make it to this next concert! We have a great group coming to share God’s word with us. What a great chance for us to have an excuse to gather together and worship God and let the world know just how great it is to be one of God’s sheep (pssst….hint… sheep gather together).
Bill: You know, Stan, I have never really heard of FFH and the only music that I really like is southern gospel. I doubt this music suites my tastes so we won’t be coming. (pssst… missing the point).
I am sorry to say that this is very much many of our attitudes.
The only difference is the blank we fill in may be “we like only the old hymns”, or “we like only the upbeat hard rock”. Need I go on?
We have an opportunity to WITNESS FOR CHRIST in a public place and let the world and our community know that following Christ can be an option for them also.
We will be gathering together to fellowship and to support each other and let the love of Christ flow throughout the fairgrounds for an entire day.
It is our privilege as Christians to do some things that we may not ordinarily do to uphold the name of the Lord and becoming more like Him. Kind of like… washing others feet.
We need to do more together ecumenically as Christians. Satan is attacking our communities and our Churches. It’s time that we gather together, gain strength through our numbers, and be shrewd in our dealings with Satan. I believe that we are being called to gather and pray together as Christians who know the Truth.
Please join us this year at the fair.
Poem
It is true that God speaks
Through you and through me.
I pray that today
He speaks clearly for you to see.
Christ’s “Church of today”
Well, what can we say
I have this feeling it’s become not Christ’s, But The American way.
We have freedoms for this
And freedoms for that
“No one can tell us
It’s not righteous to do that.”
Go back to the scriptures
Truth is the truth
It’s right there before us
Yet we interpret...and that’s uncouth.
Bright Hope and a future
The promise it is there
That the gate’s very narrow
And to watch out for the snare
Of a lurking liar called Satan
Oh, yes he lurks there
To catch you napping and convincing
you that God isn’t fair nor does God care… about you.
The Church as we know it
Is under attack
By Satan and his forces
It’s an obvious fact.
How can huge shifts occur
By adjusting the intent of scripture
It says what it says
Through tomorrows, yesterdays and today’s.
When up on the rooftop
There will arise such a clatter
Perhaps it is God
Handing you a ladder.
You see ladders can be used
to go up or go down.
The choice being yours…
Smile in Light… or in darkness frown.
There are thousands of ways
To communicate today.
This is just one
Do you suppose it is the Lord that is saying
Wake up, you who are sleeping living life as a gamble
This is your wakeup call!
I invite you to be my sheep
And avoid yesterday, today and tomorrow’s scramble.
To be “who you are”
And do what “ you want to do.”
That’s siding with Satan and when you do,
You make endless trouble for yourself and those around you.
God’s way is The Way
Of that there’s no doubt
He tells us that clearly
In His Word so sincerely
That we have no reason to miss it
And before we do kiss it
Goodbye forever
And live in the never...never-land of self.
Back to those churches choosing to twist the scripture
I am not sure what they’re reading
But here is the picture…
Revelation 22:18-21 (NLT) says things quite clearly.
“18 And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone removes any of the words of this prophetic book, God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.
20 He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you all.
