Page 6, Portland Observer, January 20, 1988
RELIGION
Scripture
of the Week:
HEBREWS Chapter 11
What Are You Doing
With Your Freedom?
Ours For Free
So many things in life are far
Beyond our meager means,
A long hoped for vacation,
Just for a change of scenes.
A penthouse with a terrace
That boasts a lovely view,
A cottage by the sea side,
...Justdreamsformeand you.
by Mattie Ann Callier Spears
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"Free at last! Free at last!" —
the Immortal words taken from Mar
tin Luther King's speech, "I Have a
Dream."
January 18, 1988 has passed,
and all the celebrating of the day
and its themes are ringing in our
ears, our hearts and our minds
There are 364 days until next
year's celebration — or are there?
As Dr. Hosea Williams said, "Use
this time to rededicate yourselves to
the dream" - the full meaning of
the dream.
Freedom — is liberation from the
control of some other person or
some arbitrary power; liberty; in
dependence. I now ask the ques
tion — "W hat are you doing with
your freedom?"
King says, "God is interested in
the freedom of the entire human
race.” Do you know that you can
lose this wonderful freedom that
you have because of ignorance and
apathy? Yes! You can continue to
go on through life with a false
euphoric sense of gratification —
doing nothing — saying nothing.
You get a great big nothing out of
life. So . . . if there is nothing
being done when you stick your
head outside, don't complain. In
stead, ask yourself, "W hat did I
do?" You can lose your freedom
when you don't care. You surren
der leadership to other forces; you
let others call the shots.
You can lose freedom when you
have no self confidence. If we want
Jesus as a friend, we must first see
in us what Jesus sees in us.
Freedom! Oh! Freedom! What
are you doing with it?
Are you abusing it? The Bible
says that the wages of sin is death,
and the gift of God is eternal life.
Are you abusing your freedom with
sinful ways and deeds? Are you
lying, cheating, stealing, physically
and mentally hurting others,-and
still expecting to be free? If your
answer is "Y es", then you need
spiritual help.
Are you giving excuses for ans
wers that sound like: "Yes! After
I . . . " ; "Yes! When I . . . " ; "Yes!
As soon as . . .
and/or "Yes!
B u t. . . "?
God has given us a gift to choose
when making a decision on "Free
dom ." We are free to win. We re,
also, free to go to hell — if we
choose to. We must accept the re-
sponsibility to think and to live.
God has given us marvelous free
dom. I am free to make my world
that which I choose it to be. Today,
consider carefully the effect of youi
thoughts, words, and actions on
your life, your world, and the people
in it. Choose to help make your
world the one that God created it to
be.
Ask God for guidance and
strength in making decisions, know
ing that God never fails us.
Yes, right choices are ours to
make. We must choose to listen to
divine guidance; choose to act as a
peacemaker, showing compassion
and understanding to those in
need of a friend. We must choose
to share a portion of our abundance
with others and to deal honestly
with all people - no matter what
race they may be.
Then, we must choose to help
make this world the one God creat
ed it to be Choose the Kingdom of
God and divine righteousness.
Divinely guided in making right
choices, we become a blessing to
our world, and we re blessed in re
turn.
"Be not conformed to this world;
but be ye transformed by the re
newing of your mind, that ye may
provewhat is that good and accep
table, and perfect, will of God."
(Romans 12:2)
You must say to yourselves, "I
will not be controlled or mesmerized
by fads of the day," - especially
the teenagers. We can allow our
selves to become trapped by cul
tures and fads.
You choose your values. Yet the
question lingers — "H ow can I be
assured that the world will be a little
better when I'm gone?" How? Use
your freedom wisely. Don't abuse
it.
We have been saved by Jesus'
unselfish death; and, when He rose
again, He sent the comforter that
we might not go through life con
fused and distressed, lost or in tur
moil.
We will never lose what we al
ways use. You can lose an invest
ment, but never a gift.
Everyone has the freedom to be
a Christian, to go to hell, to be a
good person, to go to heaven, or
just sit out life and do nothing.
What are you doing with your
freedom?
Carney New
GPAE President
Rev. Glandion Carney was elec
ted president, and Dr. Leo Thorn
ton was elected vice president, of
the Greater Portland Association of
Evangelicals which met Thursday at
Warner Pacific College.
Former
President Randy Roth has accepted
a pastorate in California.
The Association includes more
than 100 churches and ministries.
It is affiliated with the Oregon
Association of Evangelicals, and
with the National Association of
Evangelicals which was organized
in 1942 and includes 43,000 chur
ches from 70 denominations.
Carney is senior pastor of Mara-
natha Community Church in Port
land.
He succeeds the late Dr.
John Garlington. He is also chair
man of Leadership '88, working
with author Rebecca Pippert to or
ganize what they say will be "an
historic
conference to energize
emerging Christian leaders for the
next four decades."
Before he
came to Maranatha, Carney was
director of Christian Leadership De
velopment for World Vision, U.S.
He also has directed inner-city work
for Youth for Christ International,
and pastored an Illinois church. He
is the author of a book on urban
ministry.
Thornton is the retired president
of Western Evangelical Seminary.
And every bit as beautiful,
Within each passing day,
That only costs us something,
...If we let it slip away.
Very much within our reach,
And meant for us to share,
Once-in-a-lifetime moments,
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TOW ELS
have also been received from in
mates at the Oregon State Peni
tentiary, who have expressed their
thanks for the programming receiv
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be confined to a specific church
buiding or by a specific medium,"
says Rev. Houston.
Rev. Houston is completing work
on his bachelor's degree in Theo
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minary and serves as the adminl:
strative assistant to Rev. Johnny
Pack, IV, at the Fellowship Mis
sionary Baptist Church. He is also
a nationally-known preacher. He
has preached throughout Oregon,
Washington, California, Arizona,
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Loui
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ston held positions within the Na
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ca Youth Department.
J.W . Friday and the Rev. Robert
E. Houston, Sr., wish to encourage
the community to listen and support
the KBOO "A ltar Call" program (at
91.7 on your FM radio dial).
KBOO radio station has begun a
new program, "A ltar Call", featur
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be heard every Saturday night.
This portion of the program is a
part of "Black Rock '88" program
ming hosted by J.W . Friday.
During the 11:00 p.m. - 11:30
p.m. portion, contemporary gospel
music is played, and then from
11:30 to midnight, the Rev. Hou
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the hour.
"A ltar Call" was originally con
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commitment to Jesus Christ. In the
past few months, he has played
strictly gospel music during that
time frame.
Beginning on 12-19-87, the Rev.
Houston was added to give the pro
gram a totally spiritual outreach and
ministry. Since Rev. Houston be
gan his radio ministry, telephone
calls (over 100 per program) have
been received from the Portland
area, Washington State, and as far
south as Salem, Oregon. Letters
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by Mattie Ann Callier-Spears
A tender smile, a gentle touch.
Night wind through the trees,
Sunrise, sunset, autumn
leaves,
What can compare with
these?
Flowers by a roadside,
A treasured memory,
I think the very best in life,
Is what God gives for free.
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Or sail across the ocean,
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