Sunday 1st September 2013 - Life's Most Important Issues - Martin Kedian

KLC SUNDAY 9/2013 LIFE’S MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES A BOSS WAS TALKING TO HIS EMPLOYEE ABOUT SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS AND HE SAID THE MAIN THING TO REMEMBER IS REPETITION IS THE KEY REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION IF YOU HAVE A PRODUCT TO SELL KEEP HARPING ON ABOUT IT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY BUT DON'T FORGET REPETITION REPETITION REPETITION IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET RESULTS THE EMPLOYEE SAID. YES SIR BOSS. NOW WHAT WAS IT YOU CAME IN TO SEE ME ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE REPLIED. A RAISE IN SALARY. A RAISE IN SALARY A RAISE A RAISE A RAISE WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY IN LIFE OR WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES IN LIFE A SALARY RAISE FOR MANY THAT IS WHAT THEIR GOAL IS MONEY MONEY MONEY MAT 16--26 WHAT GOOD WILL IT BE FOR A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD AND FORFEITS HIS SOUL OR WHAT CAN A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL ILL - THE FOUNDER OF MC DONALD'S RAY KROCK WAS ONCE ASKED WHAT HE BELIEVED IN HE SAID I BELIEVE IN GOD MY FAMILY AND MC DONALD'S BUT WHEN I GET TO THE OFFICE I REVERSE THE ORDER MC DONALD'S FAMILY AND GOD ON A TRACK BUT THE WRONG TRACK !! THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE MIXED UP OR WRONG PRIORITIES 2 TIMOTHY 3 SAYS THERE WILL BE TERRIBLE TIMES IN THE LAST DAYS PEOPLE WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES LOVERS OF MONEY AND LOVERS OF PLEASURE RATHER THAN GOD FOR MANY THE PRIORITY IS LOVE SELF MONEY AND PLEASURE AND THEY ARE WRONG. IN THE EYES OF. GOD THEY ARE WRONG !!!!!! LET ME ASK AGAIN WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES WHAT DO WE BELIEVE IN MOST OF ALL WHAT DO WE VALUE MOST OF ALL WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE SAY HOW DOES IT READ WHAT DO OTHERS SEE AS YOUR PRIORITIES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT DOES GOD SEE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I THINK OUR PRIORITIES AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE IN LIFE OR LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT ISUES 1/. FAITH 2/ FAMILY 2/. FUTURE SOUNDS LIKE A BT ADD 1/ FAITH ::: WE MUST LIVE BY FAITH HEB 11--1 NOW FAITH IS BEING SURE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR CERTAIN OF WHAT WE DO NOT SEE HEB--11::6 AND WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD BUT ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM MUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXISTS AND THAT HE REWARDS THOSE WHO EARNESTLY SEEK HIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE WE LIVING BY FAITH FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR US GOD DESIRES WE LIVE IN FAITH IN HIM IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE TO TRUST HIM IN ALL THINGS 2 COR 5 WE LIVE BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS DO YOU BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE. LET ME HEAR IT MY NEXT QUESTION IS THEN DO WE BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART THAT FATHER GOD CAN TAKE CARE OF ANY AND ALL PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE IN LIFE NOW THAT'S ANOTHER THING IS IT NOT MOST OF US BELIEVE THAT JESUS WENT TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR US YET WE SOMETIMES DOUBT HE WILL MAKE A WAY FOR US IN THE HERE AND NOW. IT MAKES NO SENCE THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN CONFRONTED BY MANY SITUATIONS AND PROBLEMS AND THESE NEED TO BE DEALT WITH BY FAITH IN OUR LIVING ALL POWERFUL GOD HE MAKES A WAY WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY NO TASK TO HARD FOR HIM IN FAITH RECEIVE FROM HIM PROV 3::16 TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND DO NOT LEAN ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING IN ALL YOU WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE DIRECT YOUR PATHS LIVING IN FAITH IN THE LORD IS THE KEY TO VICTORY WE WALK BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT FAITH IS THE CURRENCY OF THE KINGDOM IT IS MONEY ON DEPOSIT AWAITING INTEREST 1/ FAITH. WE MUST LIVE BY FAITH 2/ FAMILY 1/ FAITH WE MUST LIVE BY FAITH 2/ FAMILY WE MUST NOT DOUBT OUR HONOURED PLACE HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BOY WHO ATTENDED CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT HE REPLIED I LIKED THE MUSIC BUT THE COMMERCIAL WAS TO LONG I HOPE TODAY COMMERCIAL IS OK EVERY ONE NEEDS A PLACE TO BELONG THAT FITS LIKE YOUR FAVOURITE JEANS THAT'S WARM AND WELCOMING LIKE YOUR MUCH LOVED CHAIR AT HOME WE WERE NOT MADE FOR ISOLATION TO BE ALONE BUT TO BE ON A JOURNEY TOGETHER EXPERIENCING LIFE WITH OTHERS WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A NATION OF STRANGERS AS A NATION WE ARE ANOREXIC FOR FELLOWSHIP FOR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY MANY ARE LONLY ISOLATED AND DEPRESSED EVERY WEEK THIS SWEET OLD LADY CUED IN LINE AT THE POST OFFICE FOR STAMPS ONE DAY AS SHE GOT TO THE COUNTER THE CASHIER TOLD HER YOU DON'T HAVE TO CUE YOU CAN GET THEM IN BOOKS OF TWENTY FROM THE MACHINE OVER THERE THE LADY REPLIED YES BUT THE MACHINE DOESN'T ASK ABOUT MY ARTHRITIS. WE LONG TO BE CONNECTED THERE'S A CHAIR OVER THERE THAT IS JUST MY SHAPE WHEN I CAME TO FAITH IN CHRIST I WAS ADOPTED IN TO A FAMILY I DISCOVERED A NEW SENCE OF BELONGING A COMMON VISION I FOUND THESE THINGS STRENGTH THE POWER OF TEAMWORK SUPPORT SPIRITUAL WARMTH LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE EVERYONE NEEDS A PLACE TO BELONG WHERE YOU ARE GREETED WITH A SMILE AND A SEE YOU SOON WHEN YOU LEAVE GOD DOESN'T CALL US JUST TO BELIEVE HE CALLS US TO BELONG 3/ FUTURE WE MUST LOOK TO THE FUTURE DO WITH JOY THE WORK BEFORE YOU BUT ALWAYS CARRY ETERNITY IN YOUR HEART MY FUTURE IS IN HEAVEN YOUR FUTURE IS IN HEAVEN I WANT TO DANCE ON THE STREETS THAT ARE GOLDEN THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT WE WILL GET THERE BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD AND HEAVEN IS WHERE OUR HEARTS AND OUR HEADS SHOULD DWELL I HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THIS LIFE I HAVE ENJOYED THE BEAUTY AND BLESSING OF MARRIAGE THE JOY AND EXCITEMENT OF HAVING CHILDREN THOUSANDS OF GREAT MEALS PERHAPS A FEW TO MANY AND SEASONS OF GREAT JOY I HAVE TASTED LIFE'S GOODNESS AND ALSO SIPPED A LITTLE FROM THE CUP OF SADNESS BUT MY HEART IS A HEART THAT IS SET ON PILGRIMAGE OH LORD YOU KNOW THIS WORLD IS NOT HOME MY TREASURES ARE LAID UP SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE BLUE MY SAVIOUR BECONS ME FROM HEAVENS OPEN DOOR AND I CAN'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE THE BEST IS YET TO COME AND I AM LOOKING FOREWORD WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION TO THAT BEST IN HEAVEN I WONDER WHAT THE MENU WILL BE FOR THE WEDDING BANQUET IN HEAVEN WHEN JESUS RECEIVES HIS BRIDE WOW COL 3--1:3 SINCE THEN YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST SET YOUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS FOR YOU DIED AND YOUR LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD I BELIEVE THAT FATHER WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO ENJOY ALL THE GOOD THINGS HE HAS GIVEN US IN THIS LIFE BUT LETS NOT BECOME SO ABSORBED WITH THIS TEMPORARY PASSING TIME THAT WE DON'T LOOK FORWARD AND UPWARD TO THE BEST OF THE BEST SOME DAY THIS BRIEF LIFE WILL BE OVER AND THE NEXT LIFE WILL BE FOREVER WE NEED TO BE BUILDING A LIFE THAT PREPARES US FOR THAT LETS STORE UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN BY BUILDING THE KINGDOM ON EARTH AMEN