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Insecure Securities

You did not have to see the Global Financial Crisis coming. Jesus gave you warning 2000 years ago.

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Matthew 6:19-21.

The moth is the destroyer, the natural predator, the drought, the storm, the locust that ruins crops and cargo ships that are wrecked. The rust is depreciation, just as mildew, or obsolescence, or copyright or fair wear and tear. What cost a million dollars yesterday is next to worthless today. The thief is dishonest, be it extortion, graft, lying, cheating, nationalisation or plain simple burglary.

These three asset assassins are silent killers. You can’t see them coming. You can’t hear them working - but they are eating your heart out. All you have left is the shell. Destruction, depreciation or deception, the result is the same - asset depletion. Just to ensure you understand Jesus repeated His list.

You can’t take it with you. You can’t keep it safe down here. Why, said Jesus, don’t you expend your energies building up treasure where it is 100% government guaranteed, the Government of Heaven.

Pray for a Better Election 2010

Little by little the heritage and traditions of the Christian way of life in Australia is being eroded as antagonistic forces push atheistic humanist values upon our people. Access Ministries tells us that the Chaplaincy Program is under threat in the new government to be initiated into Canberra.

We refer from their letter telling us that whereas Kevin Rudd was a great advocate of the Chaplaincy program the new Labor Party plans to convert it to a secular counselling service. The Greens’ Party also favour this model. If these parties hold power after August 21, the Chaplaincy work in the schools is probably lost. The Liberal Party alone have indicated that they will continue, but not expand the work. The work is good and needs to be expanded to all schools, especially in this evil day.

We are told in 1 Timothy 2: to pray for rulers and all those in authority. Paul is emphatic. He says supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving, indicating that this kind of prayer can affect the outcome. There is much about the current election presentation that feels like we are being sold a used car. Be careful we will get some old patched up wreck, just poorly resprayed. Talk to your pollies, talk to your friends, but most of all talk to your God.

Access Ministries is found at Level 2, 695 Burke Road Camberwell Vic 3124.

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