[tonybones2112]

Originally Posted by Luke

I just had to sit through a chapel service at school. I remembered today why I stopped going.

Rev. Ann Thompson () gave the "talk". It was about how god (I use little g, her god is not my God) is calling the churches to live peacably with his creation, and how this is god's will for our lives. She quoted Genesis 1, from the "Ann Thompson" version, which removed every single reference to day, and added in day 5 being good, despite God not saying that it was. Then she talked about some "walk for life" for 10 minutes, which is some environmental rubbish. My whole school is turning into an environmental circus. I felt like standing up and saying "this is all well and good, but I think God cares more about your soul than his earth, since he BURNS IT UP in Revelation 20". I need to get a Bible study started here or something. It's something I have been praying about for a while. I am in good favour with the principal, so I need to speak to her about it.

1Co 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
2Co 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
Col 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

It sounds to me like either you will either leave this school or it will leave you. I think you should redeem the time you have to do as much as you can. That don't sound very "positive", does it brother? I think a door has been opened to you, perhaps for change. I don't believe in fate, absolute predestination, Kismet, whatever. I don't believe God is a Big Puppeteer either, pulling people's strings. But I think He has opened a door for you to go through.

One day a Sunday School teacher named Edward Kimball made a decision. He had a young teen student, very inquisitive young man. Kimball got up and went into the shoe store this young man worked in. He witnessed the gospel of Christ to this young man, who accepted it.

The young man was Dwight Moody.

We throw a rock in the pond and we don't see the ripples always.

I'll pray for you.

Grace and peace.

Tony