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Dear Brothers and Sisters in
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(ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly sabbath. I hope this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in the service of the Lord. I have found lately that I get a lot of comfort and strength from songs. Keeping a song in my mind is a way to focus my thoughts. The latest song is:
I'm learning to lean,
I am struggling to learn what it really means to submit my will to God. How to give it a concrete application in my life. This quote from Desire of Ages gives me the clue that part of it is obedience to the law of God. "Take My yoke upon you," Jesus says. The yoke is an instrument of service. Cattle are yoked for labor, and the yoke is essential that they may labor effectually. By this illustration Christ teaches us that we are called to service as long as life shall last. We are to take upon us His yoke, that we may be co-workers with Him. {DA 329.2} The yoke that binds to service is the law of God. The great law of love revealed in Eden, proclaimed upon Sinai, and in the new covenant written in the heart, is that which binds the human worker to the will of God. This quote has helped me with my continuing concern for where I will be living next month. God leads us only one day at a time. "Be not therefore anxious for the morrow." Matt. 6:34, R. V. We are to follow Christ day by day. God does not bestow help for tomorrow. He does not give His children all the directions for their life journey at once, lest they should become confused. He tells them just as much as they can remember and perform. The strength and wisdom imparted are for the present emergency. "If any of you lack wisdom,"--for today,--"let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5. {DA 313.4} I saw a fantastic presentation by Kenneth Cox Wednesday night on 3ABN at the opening of the camp meeting. I wish I had taped it. It would be valuable to review. The theme of the camp meeting is "Revival and Reformation". Cox said that criticism and judgmentalism in the church is the major hurdle to revival in the church. I was strongly impressed to realize that I am guilty at times of anger, bitterness, criticism, selfishness, and fear. These lingering sins are a major roadblock to my having a closer walk with the Saviour. The major problem with these sins is that they are not clear actions which might be controlled but feelings which hide in the soul until they burst out when you least expect them. These feelings often result in words which you don't realize their effect until long after they are spoken. The Bible warns that the tongue is a most unruly member and it is my greatest struggle. Words are so easily spoken and they are a direct conduit to the innermost feelings of the heart. James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Feelings are not as easily controlled as actions. It will require the power of the Holy Spirit to change my heart. These quotes from the Bible offer the only hope and the only solution. Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. My constant prayer is for the power of the Holy Spirit. James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. The time is short my friends and the devil is working very hard for he knows that his time is short. Revelation 12:12 Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Over and over the Saviour warned us to watch, pray, and not sleep. Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mark 13
Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. The Lord is coming! Are you ready? May we all find peace and unity in the soon coming of IAUShUO (Ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God. Shabbat Shalom
Frank T. Clark
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