I found out not too long ago that the UPC does not have retirement pensions for pastors. I know of one other denomination that does. Some even have retirement homes. Maybe it's too expensive. But I think there should be something that organizations do for the pastors and missionaries.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
In the last year I have witnessed 3 or more young men who served God die tragic deaths before their 45th birthday. Some leaving their wives and children in precarious and uncertain situations.
One who passed recently had very direct links to this very forum .... just last summer.
I lost friends recently ..... named Sammy Rios who passed yesterday at the age of 28 and Edwin Santiago, 30 something, in the spring.
We've read of a handful here on AFF.
We often tell those who survive we are praying for them but what do we do after we've said our brief piece with God.
The Word instructs us:
"Be kind to strangers, widows, and fatherless children." Genesis 22:21-22
"It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow."
Be kind to widows, orphans, fatherless children and strangers. Share whatever you have with them. Deuteronomy 24:17-21
"Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked." Though this seems to be directed at other gods, it is good advice for humans as well. Psalms 82:3-4
In a day in which extended family is not the norm we should take note of Paul's advice and command in 2 Timothy when he says:
Shall a man rob God? In Malachi, God specifically speaks to the priests and ministry for taking from the food in the storehouse that was not just for those who served in the Temple but a bulk of which was many times intended for the widows and fatherless. (Deuteronomy 26:12)
The priests were keeping the tithe that belonged also to those in dire need which stirred His divine ire and a reminder of a divine promise.
It's time we, a holy priesthood, reach out and share. We are linked to them on Facebook .... but are we linked to them in practical Christian love?
Reminded tonight that we will never outgive God! He owns the cattle of a thousands hills...
Find someone to bless because it is better to give than receive.
This is TRUE HOLINESS. This is the kind of holiness that "holiness" people, and all people of God need to get ahold of..
EXCELLENT POST, DA
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Originally Posted by DAII
In the last year I have witnessed 3 or more young men who served God die tragic deaths before their 45th birthday. Some leaving their wives and children in precarious and uncertain situations.
One who passed recently had very direct links to this very forum .... just last summer.
I lost friends recently ..... named Sammy Rios who passed yesterday at the age of 28 and Edwin Santiago, 30 something, in the spring.
We've read of a handful here on AFF.
We often tell those who survive we are praying for them but what do we do after we've said our brief piece with God.
The Word instructs us:
"Be kind to strangers, widows, and fatherless children." Genesis 22:21-22
"It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow."
Be kind to widows, orphans, fatherless children and strangers. Share whatever you have with them. Deuteronomy 24:17-21
"Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked." Though this seems to be directed at other gods, it is good advice for humans as well. Psalms 82:3-4
In a day in which extended family is not the norm we should take note of Paul's advice and command in 2 Timothy when he says:
Shall a man rob God? In Malachi, God specifically speaks to the priests and ministry for taking from the food in the storehouse that was not just for those who served in the Temple but a bulk of which was many times intended for the widows and fatherless. (Deuteronomy 26:12)
The priests were keeping the tithe that belonged also to those in dire need which stirred His divine ire and a reminder of a divine promise.
It's time we, a holy priesthood, reach out and share. We are linked to them on Facebook .... but are we linked to them in practical Christian love?
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"Resolved: That all men should live to the glory of God. Resolved, secondly: That whether or not anyone else does, I will." ~Jonathan Edwards
"The only man who has the right to say he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ." ~Dietrich Bonheoffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
I had car trouble a couple weeks ago and the couple that helped me reminded me that this is what Christians do - - it was very refreshing to know people feel that way and to be the recipient of such kindness.
This act was NOTHING like what you are talking about, however, it touched me because I was alone in dealing with my problem.
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What an excellent depiction of Godly Holiness Dan. If this were emphasized as much as all the other definitions of holiness the body would be much healthier.
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