which is the [H]ead of all principality and power:"

(Col 2:6-10, KJV)

On LORD's Day Sunday, July 6th, in between worship services, we were led to visit a nearby Memorial Park/Cemetery. We drove past a distraught woman weeping after leaving flowers at a grave. We then parked the car at another section and walked through a portion of the cemetery. We read the inscriptions of a few gravestones, and tried to search for ones with Scripture references, or at least references of Our Lord Jesus. It was sad to see a clustered section under a tree for the graves of infants. As we looked at all the graves surrounding us, we remembered and discussed the Second Coming of Christ ~when all His people will be raised up and caught up together to meet Him in the air and shall ever be with Our Lord.

It was a blessing to find a handful of gravestones with specific references to the Bible or Our Lord Jesus. As we walked back to the car, we stopped and stood for a moment together, so that I could read out loud and meditate upon Psalm 23 from my Bible. Another woman who had just visited a grave saw us do this, and she began to cry as she drove away. We walked back to the car and sat there for some time, realizing that our time on earth is so short.

Dear ones, there are many souls yet to reach. May God help us reach them with the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus...

before it is too late.

Right there and then, I was led to make plans for my own gravestone, the Lord willing. I made an initial illustration of it inside my sermon notebook and showed my dear husband. I pray for God's wisdom to chose the exact Scripture references to be inscribed. And I pray and trust that someday in God's timing and will, God's Word on my gravestone would continue to be a bright testimony, witness, and blessing to others after I have long passed away. 

Isaiah 47:8 (KJV)

"The grass withereth,

the flower fadeth:

but the word of our God

shall stand for ever."

~~~

A sermon on setting your house in order before death:

Transition to a God-Made City

1) Abraham's last years (Genesis 25:1-4);

(2) Abraham's house set in order (Genesis 25:5-6);

(3) Abraham's death (Genesis 25:7-10).

{Caution - Please be very careful and use biblical discernment if clicking on any other videos from YouTube, and remember these Bible verses:

~ Psalm 101:3 KJV "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me."

~ Proverbs 4:23 KJV "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.}

As Posted From: http://nathaneshelman.blogspot.com/2008/05/banner-singing-and-preaching.html

May 28, 2008

"Here is a video of the singing at the Banner Conference. It is wonderful to hear all these ministers, elders, and students praising God and crying out to him for help on their ministries and the Church universal. It is worth hearing!"