Thought for the day

"Generation to generation to generation two things happen: First the faith of one is revealed to another and second the false beliefs and faithlessness of one is revealed to another. There is a process that takes place in each generation that each of us participate in, knowingly or unknowingly. Each generation of: Clergy - Philosophers - Teachers - Politicians - Fathers & Mothers, rear its leaders and arms them with the most profound truths that they have experienced. If the generation before us experienced the presence of God, their experiences can provide us with a strong foundation on which to build our faith. On the other hand, if the generation before us did not experience the presence of God, their experiences do little more than confuse us.

2 Timothy 2:15-16 "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth. But shun profane and vain babbling: for they will increase unto more ungodliness."

From the experiences of those before us religion is borne. But, in and through our own experiences religion must be set aside:

• If we are to go further than those before us
• If we are to pick up the torch and represent the truth
• If we are to commune with God and respond to God
• If we are to hear the voice of God
• If we are to be in what God is doing in our generation"

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010