A pril 21, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
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Scripture O f J fie ~ls)eef
God Is Alive & Well
D uring th e late 6 0 's and the early gun (they sprung-up every w here) and
'O s, there w as a great spiritual seam situated in open fields or on lav ish,
;oing on T he w ord was out. "G od is secluded estates. Young people aban­
lead!" And w ouldn’t you believe it. doned upper m iddle class an d wealthy
here were a lot of stupid people who family env ironm ents.tradcd-ina Rolls
cally believed th is foolishness. Infaet. Royce for an old dilapidated trailero u t
i lot of people allow ed their spiritual/ in the bushes somewhere All because
they liad been con­
Z hnstian guards
vinced that they
low n, and. they
were lost(and they
loubted
w ere) a n d they
T his w as m u­
needed som eone
sic to S atan’sears
¿y Matlie
or so m eth in g to
During this sam e
Ann
assist them in their
p e rio d , m a n y ,
Callier-
quest. And, their
many cults were
p a r e n ts d i d n ’t
Spears
borne. T h is is the
hav e the answ ers.
reason C hristian
The verm in came and conquered
Believers m ust have faith-bccause.
all there needs to be is the slightest the m inds and the souls o f our young
crack in the w indow and evil w ill step people They used m indbindingdrugs.
right on in. plant, cultivate and liter­ such as: LSD (acid), angel dust, yel-
svi-up
low-jackets, reds, quaaludes. ntari-
ally set-up house
Do you rem em ber the story o f juana. hashish and some stuff they
ner w alking on the w ater? Do you
earned dollars hiring psy chotherapist;
in an attem pt to reclaim their ch il­
dren. T he psy chotherapist specialized
in undoing the brain-w ashing. B u t -
first they had to hire someone who
would sneak into the cam ps or com ­
munes tokidnapthcyoungpcrsom hold
them in a special area; restrain them
under lock and key; som etim es behind
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liam s o f T exarkana. A rkansas Rever­
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our A nnual Y outh Revival the w eck of
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our m istakes. L et’s not waste our
energy’ by sitting in our dism ay but
replay the scenes as often as it takes,
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As I sat later on w atching a
finished m ovie product, I reflected
on the previous show ing and w as
impressed at how smoothly and natu-
ral the finished film seemed to be If
one had not w itnessed how a movie
is actually put together, you would
nev er guess how m uch trouble an d
work goes into the m aking and pro-
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W hen we become frustrated and
disappointed in our failures, and our
‘bloopers’, we should rem ind our-
selves o f the m ovie m aking process,
an d say to ourselv es that our lives are
still in the production stage and that
w e are going to m ake many mis-
takes. “ L et’s do it again, G odw his-
pers, “till we get it right,
L et’s lean on the fact that God
will edit out the ‘goofs and t e
finished product will be natural and
beautiful. Also, that the pain and
frustration w ill disappear, leaving
only the scriptw riter’s story.
L et’s not punish ourselves for
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1 w as w itc h in g a T V show about
the way m ovies arc m ade. 1 laughed
w hen the actors and actresses had to
"takc” an d "retake" the scenes until
thev got them right, but you could
tell it certainly was not funny to
them. It was frustrating and em bar-
rassing, not to m ention tim e con-
sum ing. “L et’s do it ag ain ,” the
director w ould yell, “till we get it
right.” He was patient, but he kept
after the actors and actresses to do
their best He d id n 't send anvonc
away, or cut out any parts, he ju st
kept on pushing until he got w hat he
w anled
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Study and Prayer
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A n d -o n an d on it went
How did all o f th is come to be?
T his kind o f phenom enon could only
occur because Believers doubted or
because there w as no faith or belief, in
the first place
T he only way Satan can enter
in to the cam p, o f your soul, is
w h e n so m e o n e “ B r e a k s - ra n k
S om eone m oved. Y ou sec—w hen
the enem y is cam ped outside the
f o rt, e v e ry b o d y in s id e is sa fe .
B u t—w h e n s o m e o n e c a r e le s s ly
leaves the backdoor ajar, for w hatever
th e reason, the enem y is able to
w alk am ong you. w ho w ere once
safe, leant your weaknesses, report
this valuable inform ation and return
to destroy w hat w as once safe and
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Youth Revival
Week
bars.
made in hidden laboratories.
Some even used the Holy Bible;
em entber who his focal point was
but,
they
had used their ow n interpre
)o y ou rem em ber the reason why he
tation
of
the scriptures. Some, self
egan to sink? Doubt! Jesus stretched
proclaim
ed
leaders, called them selves
orth his hand, caught Peter and said.
O thou o f little faith, wherefore didst “Jesus the C hrist" To the confused
young people, this was really convinc­ sound.
hou doubt.’"
Someone moved. Someone got
T he young adults, w ho are: im - ing. If anything was going to con the
weak.
Someone got careless T hink
ircssionablc. naiv e, open to anything, young people, that statem ent did it.
o
f
th
is:
No one ca n get th ro u g h
The disease was not lim ited to
tlways looking for som ething n e w -
th e b ric k fen ce w h en th e fen ce
one
race
o
f
people.
Its
reach
w
as
far
ust always looking p eriod-they were
is b ra n d new a n d th e m o rtar is
he pri m a n targets o f that widespread flung T here w ere many self-pro­ n v i.il a..».
fre s h a n d h as _____
d rie d ___________
r o c k -h a rd
claim
ed
pulpits.
There
were
many
so-
:ancer. T he disease called “doubt
H o w ev er-y ears dow n the road, if
called
preachers,
gods,
gurus,
m
as­
pread w ith the quickness o f a dry
y o u 're not on your jo b and y o u 're not
ters. “the m an” .
»rush fire.
Parents had to spend th eir hard w atchful. cracks may appear unno-
C am ps and com m unes w ere be-
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Sunrise Service b am/f ree Breakfast
Sunday School Service 9:30am
Morning Worship 11:00am
Evening Service 7:00pm
Pastor Raymond Edwards
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Sunday School
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Evening Service
7 :0 0 p m
Pastor, Re. JamesC.E. Faulkner
Theme: Whatever your going to do for the Lore, do It now.
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