A Message from Bro. Beauregard from July '09

Nahum 2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I asked the Lord for guidance for this week’s bible verse and message. My heart aches when I am led to these, as I am more and more these days, because I see this country turning the way of Sodom and Gomorrah. I see the Lord coming to us, judging and passing sentence as He said in this verse to Nineveh. The same as he proclaimed to Sodom and Gomorrah. There is a time when His vengeance will not be stayed. Intercessory prayer will be to no avail and the great and terrible day of the Lord will arise.

The Prophet Nahum came some time after Jonah, who had warned Nineveh before. They had repented, giving God pause in His wrath against them. But they turned once more from Him, and now the time had come. The above verse says it all. Will the gates be opened against our country? Verse 1:6 asks “Who can stand before His indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of His anger?”

The hope comes in Verse 1:7 “The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him.”

We have hope that, even though we may see his anger, He will keep us safe.

A Moment of Truth (In a secular song)

As I set down to do this month’s front page of the July edition of the newsletter, the lyrics of a song I once said was my “theme” song were going trough my head over and over. The words always seemed to ring true; that is until I finally gave into the calling of Jesus and accepted Him into my life. But why today? Why now? I’ve got to get my mind on God and the scriptures for a message! AAARRRGGGHHH!

But then I get it! Because it is God’s message for this month! The lyrics are from a song the Eagles did back in the ‘70’s called “Desperado” This month we will hear a lot of talk about freedom from a lot of politicians, as they erode them away behind our backs. But God’s message comes through loud and clear in my mind with this lyric:

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin' Your prison is walking through this world all alone

How many millions of Americans will celebrate the 4th of July never really knowing the sacrifice our veterans gave or the sacrifice Jesus Christ gave for freedom. I want you to really think about this thing called freedom this month.

Our forefathers and our soldiers gave everything for today’s country. But as the speeches are given, as the song says, “Your prison is walking through this world all alone”

Without Christ, there is a part of everyone missing; that relationship with God the Father. We are made for fellowship with God, but sin put a barrier between us and our Heavenly Father. Jesus shed His blood as the only sacrifice acceptable to restore that relationship. No matter how much family and friends we have around us this holiday, if we don’t have Jesus in our lives, we are walking through this world alone.

We have the freedom to choose and accept the truth, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6, or we can deny the truth. Are you “walking through this world all alone”?