[CS-FSLUG] NI: ECELLENT!!

Fri Sep 2 11:56:05 CDT 2005

While you're listening:

http://rzim.org/radio/radio.php

That's Ravi Zacharias. I really enjoy his points. They cut to the issues
and really make me think.

JSR/

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 21:16 +0100, .mash wrote:
> Fantastic!!!
> 
> Bookmarked the site, perfect listening for my nightshifts, 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 'Mash
> 
> On 9/1/05, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> > A WORD WITH YOU
> > By Ron Hutchcraft
> > #4864 - "What They Forgot to Tell Us Providers"
> > Ephesians 5:25
> > 
> > Listen to the audio broadcast!
> > http://www.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/ramhurl?p=pnm&f=/rhm/sounds/awwy/awwy4864.rm
> > 
> >         I was teaching at a training school for people entering youth ministry
> > when I learned about a call home that must have been heartbreaking for the
> > dad who made it. The school was three weeks long, and dad had already been
> > gone for over two weeks. He was seriously missing his wife and two-year-old
> > son, and they were missing him. After waiting patiently in the long line that
> > formed every day after classes at the lobby pay phone, he finally got to talk
> > to his wife. When he asked how his son was doing, she said, "Not too well,
> > honey. Yesterday he came up to me and said, 'Mommy, is Daddy dead?'" Ouch!
> > 
> >         I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about
> > "What They Forgot to Tell Us Providers."
> > 
> >         That little guy was reflecting what many a child feels, the
> > "missingness" of the man in his life. Not long ago I was talking with a
> > friend who has been looking for a job that wasn't seasonal and sporadic like
> > the work he's been doing, and something that would give him and his family a
> > better and steadier income. He was on the verge of committing himself to a
> > career opportunity that would mean better money but would take him away from
> > home for long weeks at a time. When I questioned the idea, he said, "Well, I
> > need to provide for my family." Well, we guys were raised on that.
> > 
> >         My friend was right about being a provider for his family. In 1
> > Timothy 5:8, the Bible says, "If anyone does not provide for his relatives,
> > and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse
> > than an unbeliever." Strong words. But that's only part of the story. As my
> > friend was considering a career that would provide financially but take him
> > away from his family, he may have been missing a point someone forgot to tell
> > us guys about being the provider. It's about much more than providing
> > materially. Our word for today from the Word of God reveals the rest of the
> > provider story.
> > 
> >         Ephesians 5, beginning with verse 25, tells husbands, "Love your
> > wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make
> > her holy - and to present her to Himself as a radiant church, without stain
> > or wrinkle." God has established the man as provider, but of much more than a
> > roof and groceries. It's clear that he's to provide emotionally and
> > spiritually for his wife - to nurture her, to love and support and encourage
> > her - helping her become "radiant."
> > 
> >         A man is called by God to be the emotional and spiritual provider for
> > his children, as well. Ephesians 6:4 says, "Fathers, do not exasperate your
> > children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the
> > Lord." Dads are trusted by the Heavenly Father to be their child's coach, and
> > umpire, and biggest fan, and encourager. When my friend realized a new career
> > would rob his children of that, he changed his course to a job that would
> > provide, not just the things his family needs, but the man his family needs.
> > 
> >         For a man to be what the Bible calls a provider, he's got to give more
> > than money to his family - he has to give himself. To love, to nurture, to
> > develop, to stay in touch with their ever-changing needs, you have to be
> > there. Many a man has excused himself from the hard but rewarding work of
> > building his family by hiding behind the provider myth - that all is well if
> > I just provide materially for them. That's the easy part of being your
> > family's provider. The big assignment is to be consistently available for
> > what your family needs most: your hugs, your advice, your attention, your
> > praise, your laughter, your shoulder.
> > 
> >         Many a man who has paid the mortgage and stocked the fridge has, in
> > heaven's eyes and his family's eyes, failed as a provider because he didn't
> > provide himself to them. The past can't be changed, but the future is yet to
> > be written. Be the total provider your family so desperately needs, and make
> > the rest of your days together the best of your days.
> > 
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> > "A Word With You" by Ron Hutchcraft is a daily radio challenge, with
> > slice-of-life illustrations and insights - providing practical help on the
> > issues that matter most. If your local Christian radio station does not air
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> > 
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