FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK

"WASTED THINGS"

Scripture reading (Psalms 150:6) Let everything that hath breath Praise the Lord. Praise ye the lord.

Waste: To use up : make bad use of : to fail to take advantage of.

1) We are a very wasteful nation of people. We often make bad use of things and we take advantage of things, but that all could change if we are not careful. People who are use to everything, always having things so convenient and therefore we have become so wasteful.

2) We waste time: We spend precious time on things that never amount to anything and we have always heard the saying that "Time is running out" and it is true for all of us. So let us not waste valuable and precious time.

Jesus said Luke 19:13 " And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds and said unto them occupy till I come"

Occupy: To keep busy

3) When we are not busy we become idol and an idol mind is the Devils play tool. There is always needs to be met. One of the greatest weapons the enemy has used on people is Idleness. It works on the mind.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 - Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might: For there is no work nor device nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest.

4) That's why God has designed a plan that young people should get saved while they are young because time gets wasted.

Ecclesiastes 12:1- Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth, While the evil day come not, nor the years draw nigh. When thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

We waste money- We buy things we don't need, We've gotten so far in debt and have nothing to show for it.

6) We waste breath.

Genesis 2:7- And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life : and he became a living soul.

7) If I were to scoop up a handful of dirt and blow into it, all I would get is a dirty face. But when God did it he got a living breathing human being capable of thinking , feeling , dreaming, loving, reproducing and living forever.

8) As one of those human beings I speak of " catching my breath" "Holding my breath" or saving my breath. that's just some things we say.

9) I cannot save my breath for use at a later time. If I don't use the one I have now I'll lose it, and I may even lose consciousness!

10) When God breathed into Adam he gave more than life, he gave a reason to live; Worship!

Psalms 139:14 I will praise thee: for I am fearful and wonderfully made; marvelous are thy works: and that my soul noweth right well.

11) It's a comforting thought to know that we are not a terrible mistake but a very special creation" born in Gods thoughts.

12) This means that we waste our breath when we use it for something that doesn't honor the one in whom we live and move and have our being.

13) Although we cannot blow life into a handful of dirt, we can use our breath to speak words of comfort, to sing songs of praise, and to run to help the sick and oppressed. When we use our breath to honor our creator with our unique combination of talents, abilities and opportunities we will never be wasting it.

Sincerely His Servant,

Pastor Robbie Conn