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SARGE Says...
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Happy New Year All Y'all.

If you want to be added to our occasional ping list, let us know.

[The Mayor]

December 31, 2006

Fear Escape

READ: Proverbs 1:1-7

You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. —Psalm 115:11

In our increasingly dangerous world, think of what we have to fear: Ominous terrorist threats, frightening crime rates, increasing natural disasters, sobering energy crises, . . . God.

Yes, God. Ironic, isn’t it, that in a world full of fearful things, the single source of our refuge and safety is also the One we are instructed to fear?

Consider Solomon’s words: “In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge” (Prov. 14:26). Then look at the next verse: “The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life.”

We try to avoid life’s fearful things because they interrupt our peace. Yet we are told to move toward fear—the fear of God. For those who “fear the Lord, . . . He is their help and their shield” (Ps. 115:11).

Our faith in God can deliver us from the fears of the world (Ps. 23:4)—but only because our faith relies on a fear that is different from worldly fear. Proverbs 29:25 says, “The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.”

To fear God is to sense His awesomeness. When we acknowledge that greatness and trust in Him, we no longer want to sin against Him. He becomes our refuge from the fears of this world. In Him we find peace.

Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then
Have nothing else to fear;
Make you His service your delight;
Your wants shall be His care.  —Tate & Brady

Those who fear God need not fear the world.

Bible in One Year:   Malachi 1-4; Revelation 22

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Snippy. How's it going?

Happy New year to everyone at the Freeper Foxhole from E.G.C. of Southwest Oklahoma.

[Samwise]

Make sure you give Sarge a big doggy treat for working so hard. BTW, I had a dog named Sarge once... Sargent Shriver was his whole name. Make your own joke. :^)

[Don W]

Good morning, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my fellow foxholers!

A special thanks goes to Snippy for all the work she puts in to these threads. A big Bravo Zulu to you for that, Snippy.

All of you take special care, and I'll see you next year < BG >.

[Humal]

Happy New Year, Snippy, Sam and Sarge too.