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David L Powell Jr

Male. Lives in Euless, United States. Is married.

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David L Powell Jr

September 30, 2025 4:12 pm

Good words from Kansas . Servants of God, "We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation... View MoreGood words from Kansas . Servants of God, "We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done." -Psalm 78:4 Each generation must be taught the truth about God if the church is to do its duty. Children must be taught that they are great sinners and that God is a great savior or the gospel message can degenerate into a self-help message for those looking for a spiritual pick-me-up. Unless Christians clearly teach in each generation the awful truth of the fall and the beautiful truth of God's mighty deeds in sending a savior, the church loses its cutting edge. Perhaps God, in mercy, is granting us a window of opportunity. I believe the memorial service of Charlie Kirk may indicate that God has placed a great opportunity before American Christians. Will we grasp the opportunity that is now set before us? Or will we go back to sleep spiritually? Will we live "carpe diem"? That Latin phrase literally means to pick or pluck the present opportunity like a skilled harvester picks a perfectly ripe fruit. Fruit picked when it is fully ripe yields the best flavor and texture. Anyone who has picked fruit too early or too late will grasp the metaphor. God sent Jesus into the world when time was ripe. Not a moment too soon or a day too late. Christ came in the fullness of time (Galatians 4:4). Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for Charlie Kirk's memorial service. Millions, around the world, viewed. They heard speaker after speaker testify to the good news about Jesus. Have you been praying for a great spiritual awakening in our land? If so, you probably know that only God can bring that awakening. In the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire, there is a scene where a coach says to an athlete "Well, we have a saying in my game, son. You can't put in what God's left out." In sports, coaches are always trying to figure out just how high a performance he or she can get out of a particular athlete. Conditioning, nutrition and technique can improve performance, but only to a point. A fallen human being can do only so much. Humans have limits. Some have greater gifts and potential than others. Sadly, most of us fail to consistently live up to our God-given potential. Humans can't put in what God has left out. But Christians can faithfully seize the day and evangelize and teach and serve a rising generation. These young men and women appear to be hungering for something more than a college degree a no obligation but regular sex partner and plenty of beer to drink and marijuana to smoke. The testimony of many Christians is that once they grasped that God is sovereign, they were free to work as hard as possible to make that truth known. Once they grasped that salvation is all of grace, they were freed to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. When a Christian truly believes that truth brings freedom, he or she is willing to speak truth. The world works as it does because certain things are true. They are real. When we can grasp this, we can begin to figure out the world around us and our place in it. I might want deeply to change the world, but unless I understand how God says that is possible, I will miss the mark (sin) in whatever I undertake. The founding generation of America was swimming in a Christian moral context. That did not mean they were all Christians, but it did mean they had the advantage of a sense of the presence of Almighty God and an awareness that human sin was a terrible evil that required a perfect sacrifice to make things right. God, in love, gave his only begotten Son to die as a substitute for fallen humans. Humanity needed help greater than any mere human could provide. Our current broken culture testifies to a people who believed the lie that humans are accountable only to themselves. Fifty years ago the line "If it feels good, do it!" was popular among rebellious teenagers. Far too many believed that lie. We are witnessing the bitter fruit of what happens when feelings trump facts. Will the political assassination of a vibrant young Christian man like Charlie Kirk be the key that opens the gate to the path back to God? Time will tell. Those of us who believe the gospel know that God changes individuals who change families and communities. If enough families and communities believe and practice truth, a nation can be turned. Let us pray and work. Perhaps America has reached a true turning point. Blessings, Pastor Coram Deo

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