Fellowship Hall

Psalms 51:8 "Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice." This was written by King David after Nathan, the prophet, had told him of his sin with Bathsheba. The joy that he had was now guilt and shame. When you are in sin, you tend to push back those feelings but when you are confronted with them, it hits like a brick. I know because I have been deceived by the enemy. In my heart, I loved God. I really didn't realize that I had been backsliding. The devil kept me so busy that I didn't have time to think about it. I remember a very old song written by a friend in North Dakota in the early 1900's.  She was a little Norwegian lady.  "I used to be a child of God, I used to to sing and shout and pray. But since I disobeyed God's voice, No more I feel this liberty. Chorus: O, bring me back this love of God. O bring, O, bring it back to me and fill my life with christian love, Then, O, so happy I would be." Nehemiah 8:10 says the joy of the Lord is our strength. The joy the Holy Ghost gives is so different than what the world gives. We have this joy, even in trials and tribulations. Hebrews 11 tells of the heroe's of faith. Without the joy of the Lord, they never could have gone through torture and death as they did. Yes, this christian walk takes loving God, faith, and knowing that all is well between you and the Lord. We are living in the last days. We need to be prepared to meet Jesus. Christians need to unite, pray, be of one mind and one accord. We have a president who is fighting for our rights. God's word tells us to pray for our leaders and we need to vote to uphold Godly Principles.