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Friday, October 8, 2004
THE BOERNE Star & Hill Country Recorder
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Religion:
Religion is a terrible thing.
Before the apostle Paul met
Jesus on the Damascus road
and was converted, he was
known as Saul. As Saul, he
hated Jesus and his followers.
He was commissioned by the
religious establishment to hunt
down Christians and throw
them in prison. He actually
held the coats of the men who
stoned Stephen to death for his
of good standing with God.
The message of Jesus Christ
had changed everything. He
L1 th.
errible
King
Saul and resulted in the birth of the living Christ. When certain determined to destroy them
the greatest Christian theolo- men attempted to reduce Chris- first.
gian and missionary the world tianity to just another legalistic There was a time when 1 got
taught that a man pamie rpeppAti, has ever code, Paul scolded them with my sense of self worth largely
cannot achieve PRODIGAL S PERSPECTIVE seen. Saul an anger than can only be de- from my standing in my reli-
met the scribed as true righteous indig- gion. When I was in high
risen Christ nation. His letter to the Galat- school, I actually received a
Tom Lanier face to ian Christians is perhaps the plaque from the Optimist
PASTOR, face. He angriest book in the Bible. The Clubs of San Antonio recog-
FAITH BIBLE changed object of his wrath?—religion! nizing me as an "outstanding
CHURCH his name to It's obvious to me that Saul youth in the field of religion!"
A Paul and had hated Christians before his Ha! It has taken years for me
-------:— became the conversion because they threat- to see that the only identity that
premier ened his very identity. He was counts for anything is my iden-
Have you ever wondered why jected by the religious estab- statesman for the gospel of someone big in Judaism. He tity in Christ.
Saul hated Jesus and his fol- lishment of the day who even- Jesus Christ. The ascended had made a reputation for him- Being "religious" is nothing,
lowers so much? I believe it is tually had him put to death. Christ tutored him personally self as a young zealot, a leader Being a "minister" or a "pas-
because Saul knew that Jesus Saul was determined to con- and used him to author much in the legalistic ways of his tor" is no big deal. Being a
was out to destroy religion, tinue what his fellow religion- of the New Testament. faith. If Jesus and his follow- friend of Jesus Christ is the
Saul was religious, through ists had begun. He was devot- Paul, who had been one of the ers were to continue their only credential that counts for
right standing with
God by keeping a
set of rules. He
taught that a man
is made right with
God by what God
has done for man
brave confession of personal through His son.
faith in Jesus.
Jesus was thus re-
and through. His religion, Ju- ed to eradicating the followers most religious men in the teachings, Saul's entire way of anything--and it counts for
daism, was like all the other le- of Jesus from the face of the world, now abandoned religion life, his religious identity and everything!
galistic plans endorsed by men earth. Something happened, with its legalistic demands for sense of self importance, Like Paul, God had to destroy
in order to achieve a position however, that forever changed an intimate relationship with would be destroyed. So Saul my religious identity before I
Finding joy in all the rig
Q: I no longer seem to have LORD, you RESPECTFULIV YOURS Psalm 85:6-7 joy on those who do right,
joy. I know as Christians we’re alone are my in- Will you not (NLT)
supposed to have joy so how heritance, my Ason revive us God is LORD and we are not-
s : again, that Psalm 100:1-3
benkbel your people Shout for joy to the LORD, all
RELATIONSHIPS may rejoice in the earth. Worship the LORD
a SPEAKER you? Show us with gladness; come before him
does God want us to get joy? cup of blessing. t
. A: Maybe you have been look You guard . all .
mg for joy in all the wrong that is mine, t "
places. God is the true source of The land you ■ |
joy, so get God! Here are the have given me .
reasons HE brings us joy: is a pleasant tomes
God’s provides and protects - land. What a ------------------
Psalm 4:6-8 wonderful inheritance! (NLT)
Many people say, "Who will Psalm 84:11-12
show us better times?" Let the For the LORD God is a sun
smile of your face shine on us, and shield; the LORD will give
LORD. You have given me grace and glory; no good thing
greater joy than those who have will He withhold from those
abundant harvests of grain and who walk uprightly.
wine. I will lie down in peace God’s forgives and restores -
and sleep, for you alone, 0 Psalm 51:12
LORD, will keep me safe. Restore to me again the joy of
(NLT) your salvation, and make me
Psalm 16:5-6 willing to obey you. (NLT)
your unfailing with joyful songs. Know that the
love,OLORD, LORD is God. It is he who
------------ and grant us made us, and we are his; we are
your salvation. (NIV) his people, the sheep of his pas-
Psalm 126:4-6 ture. (NIV)
Restore our fortunes, LORD, God is Truth -
as streams renew the desert. Jeremiah 15:16
Those who plant in tears will Your words are what sustain
harvest with shouts of joy. They me. They bring me great joy and
weep as they go to plant their are my heart's delight, for I bear
seed, but they sing as they return your name, 0 LORD God
with the harvest. (NLT) Almighty. (NLT)
God rewards - God heals and delivers -
Psalm 97:11 Malachi 4:2-3
Light shines on the godly, and "But for you who fear my
FBC to host Destiny Girls Conference
The First Baptist Church Stu- worship with an all-girl worship morning talk show tackling the SAGE Ministry gift and a T-shirt,
dent Ministry is getting the word band. i 00080i issue of modesty in a fun and on Registration is available
*Two large group session - Fri- honest way, through the First Baptist Church
out about a girls conference that
is taking place at FBC Oct. 22
and 23. It’s called the Destiny
Girls Conference and is for sev-
enth through 12th grade girls.
This event is for the entire south
Texas region. More than 400 girls
are expected to attend.
The conference will include:
* Intimate time of praise and
day and Saturday afternoon
*Breakout seminars covering
important issues affecting
teenage girls. Sample topics:
Suicide/Depression, Eating Dis-
orders, Self-Worth, Friendships,
Sexual Purity, Setting Standards,
Mission, etc.
*Wake-Up With Meg, Saturday
honest way.
*Video Testimonies, real-life
testimonies of teenage girls fac-
ing the tough issues of today and
finding God’s promise for their
destiny
The cost of the conference is
$45, which is designed to cover
all aspects of the conference -
materials, lunch on Saturday, a
Student Ministry. Contact Alyssa
Mantooth at (830) 249-2527 or
by
at
amantooth@fbcboerne.org. The
SAGE Ministries web site is a
good place to find more informa-
tion about them and the confer-
ence
go
www.sageministries.org.
to
Upcoming church events in the area
St. Helena’s
garage and
bake sale
St. Helena’s Episcopal
Church’s annual garage and
bake sale will be from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16 at
the Alamo Fiesta RV Resort on
the I-10 Frontage Road.
varies in price from $25 (Satur- listen to, true prayer is words
day, only) to $88, dependent that God may utter through you
upon room occupancy. that you voice or feel in the si-
Register via e-mail: Lraffer- lence.
ty@ klsmarketing.com <mail- Prayer is not conditioning
to:Lrafferty@klsmarketing.co God with our needs, but condi-
m> or phone: 210-447-8157. tioning our lives with the activ-
Retreat information can also ity of God. Prayer is self-Real-
be found at our web site,
www.curreycreek.org. =========================-====--=-=-=--=-=-=-=======
ization, self-expression. It is
getting re-centered within, and
re-establishing ourselves in the
flow of the infinite creative
source.
Send church news to
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Currey
Creek
Baptist
Currey Creek Baptist Church
will host the Women's Retreat
on October 22nd - 23rd, at the
Best Western Hotel in Kerrville.
Registration includes meals, and
Unity
Church
of Boerne
Discussion Group will con-
tinue October 10th with Rev.
Edwards leading the book:
"The Universe is Calling" by
Eric Butterworth
"Your prayer is not for God to
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could experience the unspeak-
able joy of knowing Jesus. Re-
ligion brings death, but reli-
gion, itself, dies slowly. May
the risen Christ, who turned re-
ligious Saul into Paul, the the-
ologian of grace, also deliver
you from religion to a personal
relationship with Him. Then
you will know what Paul meant
when he said, "I consider
everything a loss compared to
the surpassing greatness of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,
for whose sake I have lost all
things. I consider them rub-
bish, that I may gain Christ and
be found in him, not having a
righteousness of my own that
comes from the law, but that
which is through faith in
Christ.....I want to know
Christ..." (Philippians 3:4-14)
Me too, brother Paul. Me, too.
t places
name, the Sun of Righteousness Dear friends, don't be sur-
will rise with healing in his prised at the fiery trials you are
wings. And you will go free, going through, as if something
leaping with joy like calves let strange were happening to you.
out to pasture. On the day when Instead, be very glad-because
I act, you will tread upon the these trials will make you part-
wicked as if they were dust ners with Christ in his suffering,
under your feet," says the and afterward you will have the
LORD Almighty. (NLT) wonderful joy of sharing his
God is in control - glory when it is displayed to all
James 1:2-4 the world. Be happy if you are
Dear brothers and sisters, insulted for being a Christian,
whenever trouble comes your for then the glorious Spirit of
way, let it be an opportunity for God will come upon you. (NLT)
joy. For when your faith is test- God wants us to be joyful and
ed, your endurance has a chance He gives us many reasons to be.
to grow. So let it grow, for when Think on these things to renew a
your endurance is fully devel- joyful relationship with Him.
oped, you will be strong in char- Respectfully Yours
acter and ready for anything.
(NLT)
7 Peter 4:12-14
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