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Matthew 10:16 New Living Translation
16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Well, I woke up today and realized that I had been “goofing off,” last night on my one of my websites. I really shouldn’t be doing that.
I was kidding about my time in a church in Missouri and was suggesting that perhaps I had been going to the Walmart after having a few beers after mid-night.
Sorry, but that didn’t happen. I don’t want to leave a bad example to anyone who is trying to live out a Christian life.
It is hard enough without someone embellishing stories about late night drinking times in their experiences as a follower of Jesus.
The truth is that during my four years in the community up there I lived an extremely dedicated life in following the Lord.
I was often “fasting,” and spent untold hours in a Prayer room where I spent as many as ten hours a day sometimes in the Prayer room just consistently praying in tongues non-stop.
The truth is that I actually worked at that Walmart for either three or four months as a “temporary” during their one-time renovation. I had come from Texas where I left a management position with Walmart in Cedar Hill, to check out the ministry in Missouri. This was why it was easy to get hired there.
Also, while spending my time in Missouri I also worked in a local grocery store in between the times that I wasn't driving a truck.
And I realized at the time that I could’ve joined the ___ ***** Fan Club, and then become “ordained” with a 501 C3 status as a “Prayer Missionary,” where I would’ve been able to sit around strumming a geetar, or banging on a drum or two while proselytizing mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, neighbor susie, their sons and daughters, their aunts and uncles in order to support my ministry of a “Prayer Ministry,” but instead I chose to work with my hands and feet. This way I wouldn’t forever be “bound,” in speech, actions or integrity.
But enough about me.
You see, I just wanted to explain that when I embellish, “my sinful life” that is all part of my “Preacher Shtick.”
You know, every Preacher has a “Shtick.”
You see, most preachers will embellish the stories about their converts, their accomplishments, and anything else which might give them a little more favor to the “Church world.”
Well, since I can’t keep up with all the lies talked about me, I am forced to embellish my “sinful ways,” else no one would believe me were I to claim that I wasn’t the world’s worst sinner.
They would think that everything that I write is lies.
I’m still not sure how it works, but I just know that if I don’t present my self as the world’s worst sinner, then no one believes me?
Anyway, I just wanted to set the record straight…
Also, I haven't drank and then "driven," in probably twenty five years or so.
From Google:
AI Overview
Jesus says, "Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves" in Matthew 10:16 of the Bible.
Explanation
The verse is a warning about the persecution they would face.
Jesus is advising his disciples to be careful, but also kind and good.
The dove symbolizes quiet innocence, while the serpent symbolizes shrewdness.
John 13:7 English Standard Version
7 ……. “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”
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