August 18, 2024
Greetings and blessings to all of you. In Psalm 45:6-7 “Your throne O God is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God has anointed You with the oil of joy above Your fellows.” Sometimes we experience so much anguish that it feels as the earth itself was collapsing on you. But God… he holds up the shield of faith and shouts with confidence that He is still in control. As you become more aware of the issues facing our nation which effects the Body of Christ because we are here…rampant inflation caused by the left policies and printing more money, the rise of “cancel culture” for active believers and the politically correct narratives that is leading our nation away from Christ, the massive crisis at our southern borders ignoring the mass influx of illegals, the insidious indoctrination of children in our public schools, defunding our police resulting in lawlessness in our communities. Everywhere you look you see our institutions and our values are under attack. The politicians openly support abortion calling zygote/embryo “a clump of cells” instead of a growing human being. In our state a Christian couple who has fostered kids for over 10 years has been denied renewal of their license. Why? Because our state wants to remove God out of everything. They told this couple their Christian faith will put them at odds with the ideologies and policies of the State; that is to affirm transgenderism and LGBT++ for minors. How can we as Christians preserve our values and principles? There are two organizations that you and I can support with contributions. Students for Life and the Heritage Foundation. Some people believe that Christians are “intolerant”. There is a negative emotional reaction in our culture towards “the Holy Ones” because the culture believes anything should be excepted if it makes a person happy; or allow for all views to flourish and to share. The problem occurs when the culture crosses the line for us as believers. We strive to live in our convictions from the Word and at the same time love others as Christ loves us. Our tolerance loves like Jesus and He did not tolerate SIN. Our culture does not accept that…Why? They don’t fear God.
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor ALC