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Schedule for “I Exist” Demonstration
Health and weather permitting, I will be present at the corner of Sardou Ave. and Porubsky Dr. in Topeka, displaying my “I Exist” sign (pictured above) from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the following dates:
Tuesday, November 25
Wednesday, November 26
Tuesday, December 2
Wednesday, December 3
Thursday, December 4
Pray for All Believers in Christ Together Taking Up the Same Armor–The “belt of Truth”
When the battle comes to us, we are commanded only to “stand” our ground together. We are to have prepared each other beforehand by arming ourselves for the battle. The first item mentioned is “truth.” We are to have fastened the “truth” securely all around us… The “truth” which holds us together as a Body, and which holds our armor together, goes far beyond never telling a lie. It is a sincere mind and a character which continually listens to God’s truth and rejects even the thought of speaking on its own, without God directing, or of being deceptive. It is this truth as a frame of mind that we are to fasten all around ourselves before battle…
Pray for All Believers in Christ because We ALL Wrestle Against the Same Darkness
The command to pray for all believers is given in the context of the command to be armed, and to arm each other, with the full armor of God. We need to stand together in God’s armor because we are all wrestling with the same darkness and cannot stand against it on our own and without God’s strength.
Pray for All Believers in Christ, including any brought to mind
Ephesians 6:17-18 commands us, together, to do something both for ourselves and to and for each other. If I am praying for every believer close to me and every believer to which my concern is drawn, and I am listening to the Spirit and praying in the Spirit for every believer who comes to mind, I will have done my part. The Spirit will also be guiding other believers in my world, who will be praying for the people I missed and for me. My part is to listen and pray as directed and to not omit or refuse to pray for anyone God places before me or on my mind.
Salt is Something We Are, Not Something We Do
We, together, are the salt of the earth. We season our world, making it taste good to God. And individually we are to have salt in ourselves–the salt of peace within and among ourselves. Salt is something we are, not something we do. And salt that has lost its flavor is sand in the saltshaker, It was never salt in the first place.
Adiós a mis amigos, Mayo 2025
Adiós por ahora, mis amigos
Hay mucho que todavía yo no sé.
Habrá cosas que yo no puedo saber.
¿Si otra vez nos volveremos a ver?
De cierto, hay mucho que nunca sabré.
¿A dónde nuestras vidas nos llevarán?
¡Eso es el rompecabezas más grande!
Viendo mañana, nadie ahora rinde
Ni si al buen lugar nos traerán.
Pero sí, conozco a mi futuro
Entero a sí mismo él me traerá
Aunque él me da un camino duro.
Debo creer que completos nos hará
Que confían en su amor seguro
Y en su amor mis amigos guardará.
Una bendición para algunos queridos amigos que me han rechazado, y para mis compañeros de la Universidad este semestre.
I must handle anger better than the most religious people!
I must live more righteously than the most religious people, the people who make a show of keeping all of the rules in their own strength. Jesus’ first example of this is that I must handle my anger better than the most religious people do, and better than the traditional interpretations of the Law of Moses prescribed. I am responsible not only for letting the Spirit control my anger, but for doing what I can, led by the Spirit, to avoid giving a brother or sister an occasion to develop a grudge against me. If I love my brother or sister, I will try to reconcile with them promptly when I know I have aroused their anger.
Greatness in the Kingdom: Doing versus Breaking the Law
If I am truly living in the Kingdom of the Heavens, living under the direction and power of the Holy Spirit, God will be fulfilling the purpose of the Law through me, the same way Jesus did during his earthly ministry. But If I use my freedom as an opportunity for my flesh, to mistreat or exploit my fellow believers, I am breaking the Law. If I bite and devour another believer, I have broken the whole Law–and I should fear being bitten and devoured myself. If I teach others that there are exceptions to the Law of Love, I am teaching others to “break” God’s commandments and am the least in the Kingdom. Whenever I let the Holy Spirit do his walking through my feet, his work through my hands and his speaking through my mouth, I am free from the Law, free to do whatever the Spirit directs. I won’t be doing what the flesh tells me to do, biting and devouring my fellows. The Spirit then fulfills the Law in me, and I am free.
Not Abolishing the Law But Fulfilling It
Not the smallest piece of the Law has ever been abolished. But its summary, and its fulfillment, is its command to love my neighbor as myself. If I love myself as I should, and love others in the same way, I will fulfill the Law. But I must come to Jesus to be taught the way of love and to be given the power to love as he does. Then he will fulfill the whole Law through me, in the love he shows others through my life.