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May JDA Update!
Now that we have set up a business, I have a few people who are NOT Christians (some are EX-colleagues even!!!) who are
looking at our website i.e. TfT News! just to find out what we are up to & what we are doing. I am amazed how many
people find our life interesting but daren’t ask us questions face to face… I wonder why? PRIDE!!! This happens so often
among Christians we have met, that no longer have contact with us; they still like to know what we are doing, don’t you
think that is interesting? The more secretive we are, the MORE they want to know! I know of a Christian who phoned a
Christian ‘friend’ of ours just to ask “What are John & Donna up to these days?” He turned around & said “Why don’t you
ask them?” Anyway, for those of you who are interested in finding out what Donna & I are doing, just keep logging onto
http://www.timefortruth.co.uk/the-ministry-years/ & clicking on the latest newsletter. I’m thinking about starting a TV
series called ‘J&D’s Wonderful Life!’ or making a film called ‘The Adventures of JDA (AKA ‘TFT!’)!!!’
When things go wrong!
What is the first thing you do when things go wrong? It happens to all of us! But when a problem arises, whether large or
small, what is the FIRST thing we do? Have you sinned? Does your heart convict you? 2 Sam 24v10 And David's heart
smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have
done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. Ps 41v4 I
said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. Luke 15v18 I will arise and go to my
father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, Luke 15v21 And the son said unto
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Ps 25v18 Look
upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. Ps 86v5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 1 John 1v9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Ps 51v2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin. Prov 28v13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall
have mercy. We all make mistakes; some of us make huge mistakes & carry the burden of guilt with us for the rest of our
lives. When you mess up, in whatever shape or form, (& you will mess up at times!), you need to get alone with God
straight away & tell Him all about it & ask Him to forgive you & help you NOT make the same mistake again. It seems
impossible sometimes to get out of a situation, but God will always provide a way out & He always shows you that way. If
you are outside the will of God at present; if you are living in a backslidden state (even if others DON’T know!), then I
would get alone with God right now & pour out your heart to Him asking Him to guide your every decision from now on.
Get the Scriptures open & just pray & read, pray & read & stay there until God tells you your next step. No matter what
you have done, God will forgive you IF you ask Him; ‘confess & repent’ & throw yourself on His mercy, you won’t be
disappointed! But do it TODAY before the Devil distracts you!
Have you ever tried writing down what’s in your heart?
Have a go, it may surprise you! Ever written a letter to the Lord? Try it!
We’re family!
Listen, if you are SAVED, you’re my brother or sister IN the Lord, we’re family. You may not like me (which I can’t
understand!), but then again, who ‘likes’ everyone in their own immediate family? If one of you is struggling, the rest of
us should uphold you in prayer & support you the best we can. Today I received an email from Gail Owens in Northern
Ireland, she writes… Hi John and Donna, Could you please pray for Nigel, he has been ill for over a week, with chronic
diarrhoea. He is not eating or sleeping. He has lost a stone in a week. The Dr's are testing him for crones as well as bowel
cancer. Please pray for him. Blessings, Gail. Now Nigel & his wife Gail NEED our prayers, so let us all pray with & for
them. May God help them both in their hour of need!
The ‘Brethren Elders’ v the Scriptures! (Mark 7)
Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders… (v5) Boy I have had that implied on a number of
occasions to me from ‘the Brethren Eldership’; MY ANSWER?... because I would rather stay with the Scriptures & NOT
make the word of God of NONE effect! Look closely… Jesus says by DOING this (i.e. sticking with the tradition of the
elders) YOU are a HYPOCRITE (v6); YOU worship IN VAIN (v7); YOU’RE more interested in teaching commandments OF
MEN (v7) than you are in the DOCTRINE of the Scriptures, THE WORD OF GOD! (v7) Ain’t that truth brother!!! Jesus then
goes on to say that these HYPOCRITES lay aside the commandments of God (v8) to HOLD TO the TRADITION OF MEN! (v8)
He then goes on to say that they not only lay aside, but REJECT the commandment of God JUST TO KEEP their own
tradition! (v9) Boy what a mess these ‘Brethren elders’ are in, & boy what a roasting they get from our Lord Jesus Christ!
Many an elder in the Brethren Assembly will want to ‘lord-it-over-you!’ Next time one of these Nicolaitan-Brethren-Elders
gives you a hard time because you are following the Scriptures instead of their ‘futile-traditions’, just smile nicely & then
run them through with the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; remembering to be polite, courteous, & offering
to help them understand the Scriptures if they so wish! Some of these Brethren Elders are so SET-IN-THEIR-WAYS, they
are statues, & remember what happened to the statues during the Reformation, when the word of God was put FIRST!!!
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