Daily Encouragement (1/30/20) "A Dangerous Trap4"
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Plymouth Rock
We walked around
the Plymouth Harbor on Monday and had a seafood lunch on the fishing
pier. Plymouth is looking for a very busy summer with the 400th
anniversary of the Mayflower landing this fall.
"A Dangerous Trap4"
"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction" (1 Timothy 6:9).  We often receive
edification and inspiration from church signs. We
were pleased to see the church we served in New England is maintaining
their sign with thought-provoking messages.But I have seen church signs that really don't edify me and a few that are just plain offensive. The all time worst church sign I've ever seen was a church that had bingo (inexcusable for any true church of Jesus Christ in my view). The name of the church was Holy Ghost _________ Church (I won't identify the denomination). The large marquee sign along the highway advertised bingo night with this phrase, "Holy Ghost Bingo". What a shameful witness for the third person in the divine, holy Trinity! It's sad when churches and the state get into gambling. Here in Pennsylvania the state-sponsored gambling scheme is aggressively marketed. One can hardly go into any store without being bombarded with lottery sales. Advertising abounds on TV, print and on billboards. One perverse ad (I can't recall whether it was Pennsylvania or another state) actually marketed the lottery to the poor as "the way out." We have seen a steady expansion of other forms of gambling in our state as well, telling us it will lower taxes. I marvel again at the timeless relevance of God's Word. In 1 Timothy 6 Paul has warnings to both the rich (17-19) and those who desire to be rich (6-10). We surely benefit from the warnings that Paul gives to the rich. You may say, "well, that's sure not me!" Well, it probably really is. Most of us have far more of this world's goods than the vast majority of the world's people. Yet we also still need the solemn warning in our daily text that Paul gives to "people who want to get rich". You see, it seems no matter how much you have, you always want more! Let's just consider one word in our Scripture text this morning. The word "trap" has the root meaning "fastened by a noose". Wow, isn't that the case? A noose is loose at first but gets tighter and tighter. Isn't that the nature of sin in general and covetousness in particular? There's an appeal, such as the bait set in a trap, but going down that road indeed leads to ruin and destruction. Let us heed the Scripture's warning today! Be encouraged today, Stephen & Brooksyne Weber  Daily prayer:
Father,
Joe and Goretti
Damaso are a faithful Portuguese couple who have attended the church we
served in the nineties for many years. Taunton and all of Southeast
Massachusetts has a lot of Portuguese people.
 Brooksyne's
favorite New England store was the Christmas Tree Shops at the entrance
to the Cape right after crossing the Sagamore Bridge.
 Ester and I took
a tour of the Cape Cod Potato Chip factory in Hyannis, MA. We even got
a free sample bag!
 We spent our
final night in New Bedford near the whaling museum before returning
home early Tuesday morning. New Bedford is still a very busy fishing
port and I had a conversation with a scalloper who just returned after
five days at sea. Being a commercial fisherman is some of the hardest
and most dangerous work there is.
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