I Hope you had a chance to click on the previous post to hear other voices speak out against ungodly forces at work in Norway.
If you want to know more about this situation, click on Delight in Truth’s blog in my blogroll. At the moment, his focus is on this problem and you can learn much about it there. It is nice to see the church coming together to fight injustice.
I’ll share two things that I read this week. I hope this helps you in our upside-down world that is not the Christian’s home:
1 Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?
2
The kings of the earth take their stand
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
3
“Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”
4
He who sits in the heavens laughs,
The Lord scoffs at them.
5
Then He will speak to them in His anger
And terrify them in His fury, saying,
6
“But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
7
“I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8
‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.
9
‘You shall break them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”
10
Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, O judges of the earth.
11
Worship the Lord with reverence
And rejoice with trembling.
12
Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
– Psalm 2
And…
1 My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
2
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
4
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5
Then you will discern the fear of the Lord
And discover the knowledge of God.
6
For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8
Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
9
Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
10
For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
12
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
13
From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16
To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
17
That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
18
For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;
19
None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20
So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For the upright will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
22
But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
-Proverbs 2
WEEKLY WRAP-UP FOR 3-12-2016
March 12, 2016Most of this week’s posts dealt with a world that is hanging in the balance. Because of allergy problems I’ve never experienced before, I had Monday off. Thus, the extra posts this week.
I encourage all of you to get over to Delight in Truth’s blog to learn a bit about major problems with Norway’s government.
Also, if you haven’t ever been to Deborah Ann’s blog, you really should tap into that. Deborah is waiting like I am for the Lord’s return and her blog is a constant blessing of encouragement.
It was also nice to hear m’kayla interviewed here. I had never heard her voice before though I’ve been following her blog for some time. Her comments are very insightful regarding the new age movement and certain Christian themed films that are recent.
And then there’s THE STORY of the Christian postgraduate father of four, who was studying to become a social worker who was ordered to hand back his student ID and library card because of Christian comments he made on Facebook. This happened in England and was covered by the press there.
Oh, and while you are at that story check out the website it’s on. I’ve never been to Voice of the Persecuted before, but it looks very good at first glance. I’ve been back once to check out a few links and so far so good.
In fact, I decided to reblog what I thought was an excellent VOP article about 2015 being the worst year on record for worldwide Christian persecution.
I’ve been busy this week and don’t intend to put this much material up before each Saturday wrap-up. There’s a lot to choose from here though and I think that all of it is accurate and up to date.
God’s blessings…
Chris Reimers
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