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Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
Chaplain Ken Odom Newsletter 1Q2009
“Blessings from beautiful Canon City, Colorado”
The weather at Canon City has been great and the opportunities for discipleship even better! Just four days ago our offenders recognized a day of Prayer in which over 30 men spent an entire day crying out to God for Him to “break them” so they can be better used for His service. God answered and one man trusted Christ, while many others interceded for not only those in the facility, but also for families around the world.
Even in the midst of many trials that have come our way lately, God has proven faithful. We have linked with a wonderful church, began a new President’s Council which continues to grow and the rapport with our community at large also continues to grow.
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The Divine Foundation of Authority
by R.C. Sproul
“You’re out!” “I’m safe!” “Out!” “Safe!” “Out!” “It’s my ball, and it’s my bat, and I say that I’m safe.” This is how we settled disputes over plays in our pickup baseball games played without the benefit of a referee or umpire. When a disputed play could not be resolved through reason or through yelling, the one who possessed the equipment usually determined the outcome. It was a child’s game in which might made right. It was the nascent expression of the cynical statement: “He who owns the gold, rules.”
These illustrations indicate that at some level ownership is involved in authority. The very word authority has within it the word author. An author is someone who creates and possesses a particular work. Insofar as God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is the foundation upon which all other authority stands or falls.
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 Things I Have Learned
By John Piper
Since my father died on March 6, I have been looking through his papers. I found a small sheet with the following fifteen counsels, titled “Things I Have Learned.” He didn't make most of these up. Some of them go back to his college days when he was absorbing the pithy wisdom of Bob Jones Senior. They have again confirmed the obvious: I owe my father more than I can ever remember. The comment after each one is mine.
Things I Have Learned
1. The right road always leads to the right place; therefore, get on the right road and go as far as you can on it.
My father was totally persuaded that wrong means do not lead to right ends. Or, more positively, he was persuaded that living in the right way—that is, doing the right things—are means that inevitably lead to where God wants us to be. This is why he told me, when I asked about God’s leading in my life, “Son, keep the room clean where you are, and in God’s time, the door to the next room will open.”
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