Chance (5 Sep 2021)
"Is Your House On Solid Rock?"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
 
But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell.  And great was its fall."
 
Matthew 7:24-27
 
Today many of us are facing storms of one kind or another.  If we have our trust and faith in Him.  If we follow Him - we can take the winds, the floods, the storms.  Our House will stand.  
 

(601) The Parable of the Two Builders ~ Animation - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt5PBQINfBc
run time 5:46
 
When the storms of life hit, if our lives are built on Him and His Truth, we will not be 'washed away'.  The 'winds' and 'floods' will not overwhelm us.  We will stand and take the storm.
 
And from looking around at neighbors, family and friends - these storms are coming one after the other and many times, one on top of the other!  I think this is just a sign of the times in which we live.  The devil knows his time is short and soon he'll have a specific set number of years to do his worst!
 
Build your house on The Rock!   Many of you may remember singing this song in Sunday School - good to refresh your memory!  

(601) The Wise Man and The Foolish Man - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDhaAWHjVRM
run time 2:04
 
I've been following "The Two Preachers" youtube channel - with Chris Birdgen and Reza Afshar.  They compile natural disaster videos from around the world.  I can not remember a time with more storms, fires, floods, etc. all at once - in such diverse places!  One after the other; sometimes on top of each other!  We see how easily businesses, homes, vehicles, lives are destroyed in a matter of seconds sometimes.

(601) What just happened ????? Part 21 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VavhK0GUu40&t=723s
run time 13:47
 
(601) WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED ????? PART 25 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJvZHNfEgyE&t=611s
run time 13:17
 
It sure looks like the birth pains are increasing in intensity and frequency!  
 
Storms are raging in people's personal lives and in nature.  We can't stop hurricanes, rain storms, firestorms...but we CAN make sure our lives are secure in Christ.
 
The Solid Rock 
The Solid Rock > Lyrics | Edward Mote
 
  1. My hope is built on nothing less
    Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
    I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
    But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
    • Refrain:
      On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
      All other ground is sinking sand,
      All other ground is sinking sand.
  2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
    I rest on His unchanging grace;
    In every high and stormy gale,
    My anchor holds within the veil.
  3. His oath, His covenant, His blood
    Support me in the whelming flood;
    When all around my soul gives way,
    He then is all my hope and stay.
  4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
    Oh, may I then in Him be found;
    Dressed in His righteousness alone,
    Faultless to stand before the throne.
 

(601) The Solid Rock. A track from the album 'Hymns - My Life' by Crystal Lewis - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlWENxj3hQ
run time 4:24
 
 
Things are only going to get worse until we hear that last trumpet blast!  
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance