Servias Ministries Blog

We continue to receive funds to help those out who lost their houses and possessions in the Moore tornado.

If you want to donate by way of credit card, you can donate at www.unity153.net and on the Book page there is a Donate button. If you put .08 in your amount, we will know that this is specifically for the Moore victims. Example: $10.08, $20.08, etc.

We will look to give directly to victims rather than through some organization. I have friends in Moore who surely know those who lost everything and I will personally see that the money gets to those in need.

Thank you for thinking of those who have lost everything in the rare EF5 Tornado.

As I was reporting during the event… it was epic!

How would you like to go to work at 8AM and come home to this at 5PM?  Truly tragic!

As I listened to a Hispanic friend talk to her sister-in-law in their native tongue, I wondered what was so interesting.  Communication is the essence of social contact and the iPhones and Smartphones are dumbing us down in a rapid fashion.  LOL!  Oh, that means “laugh out loud” for those antiquated baby boomers.   Sorry, you didn’t hear me giggle as I wrote it, too bad.

The desk phone is coming to an end.  So is the separation of work from home life.  We continue to maintain a “land line” or regular phone line in our house for reliability and safety.  By the way, a Federal judge recently ruled that tapping your cell does not require a warrant, a land line does.  But wait, what if I call a cell phone from my land line?  There are so many ramifications to the loss of the desk phone that it will be too late before we realize the impact of that loss.  We all need downtime after a full day’s work.  Our Heavenly Father is the ONE who created the Sabbath rest.  Our body needs down time for rest and repair.  So does our mind.

I am not an advocate of frequent texting.  Don’t beat me up for that statement.  I use texting sparingly when it is simply to send a quick piece of information to the recipient.  However, trading texts for 5 minutes when a 2 minute phone call would have satisfied the need seems a little inefficient.  But moreover the blessing of hearing the other person’s voice is the real treat.  Texting does not communicate voice inflections that are critical in understanding the emotional state of the other person.  What if they are distraught and need a kind word but don’t want to impose?  Texting robs us of the interpersonal contact and need we all have.  Am I not important enough for a phone call?  Are you too busy to dial my number?   Does texting satisfy the needs of “self” at the expense of others?  That is the question you must answer for yourself.  We must balance efficiency of need with ministry of Love to others.

We are heading toward “Communicative Isolationism”… I just made up another new buzz word.  Would you rather get a text from Our Lord Jesus Christ or would you rather hear Him in an audible voice?  Our society continues down the road of complexity.  Now which password do I need to buy that song from iTunes?  Is the password “letmein” or “helpmesomebody”?  No, I have to attach a number????  Now we have to remember passwords to access our bank accounts when before we simply wrote a check and the bank had to verify our handwritten signature.  Now, they don’t spend any time verifying a signature, it’s all electronic.  We made it cheaper for them and took on another burden so they could make more money.  Sweet!

Would you rather get a text from Jesus “IRS!” or hear His Voice tell you “I’m returning soon!”?

See: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-14/thanks-iphone-demise-of-the-desk-phone-means-no-end-to-the-workday.html

Text: DSTM  or “Don’t shoot the messenger”.  Selah!

Do you still Love me?

We have received funds to help those out who lost their houses and possessions in the Moore tornado.  If you want to donate by way of credit card, you can donate at www.unity153.net and on the Book page there is a Donate button.  If you put .08 in your amount, we will know that this is specifically for the Moore victims.  Example: $10.08, $20.08, etc.

We will look to give directly to victims rather than through some organization.  I have friends in Moore who surely know those who lost everything and will personally see that the money gets to those in need.

Our local businesses and families are displaying selfless Love, how refreshing!

Romans 12:2   And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The three major feasts of the year are Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles.  The bread of Passover is unleavened bread and it corresponds to the “good” will of Our Heavenly Father.  When the earth was created, it was called “good”.  When leaving Egypt or the world influence, this is also good.  The next feast is Pentecost and the bread of Pentecost was leavened.

Lev 23:17   You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD.

Leaven is associated with sin and the doctrine of the Pharisees.  The Age of Pentecost has been know for sin in the church and when Our Heavenly Father gave the Law at Mount Sinai, sin became exposed.  The Law provided a means to judge ourselves of our lawlessness.  Our flesh needed to be exposed so that it could be dealt with.  Without the Law, there would be no righteous standard to judge fruit against.  The Law of equal weights and measures provides a standard by which all actions can be compared.  Our Heavenly Father knew that this period would be one of failure and would require a maturing process with some painful lessons to be learned.  Some would die in the wilderness due to their unbelief for faith cometh by hearing and responding according to HIS Word.  The faithless generation would not enter the Promised Land.  Yes there are giants in the Promised Land but those giant pale in comparison to Our Heavenly Father’s ability to deliver.  During this time we operated in HIS acceptable will during the training phase.  Acceptable relates closely with meeting minimum requirements but there is a higher calling.

The third feast is the fall feast of Tabernacles.  Once again unleavened bread is used.  There is no sin found in the bread to be offered.  This feast represents the maturing of the saints who are now able to walk in the Perfect Will.  This perfection comes through the revelation of Love.  Perfection only occurs after the refining by fire occurs and there is a purity of intent found in the heart.  The apparent harsh training brings forth a mature son who knows the character of Our Heavenly Father and can properly represent HIM in all matters of importance.  The son has been tutored through the maturing process by The Most Holy Spirit.  The taking of the Promised Land requires a circumcision process to occur, a process known for its pain.  That process requires time to be healed and until then you are not ready for battle.  Though you were allowed to be in an uncircumcised state during the training phase in the wilderness, the taking of the Promised Land requires a higher level of commitment.  The flesh needed to be removed from you.  To go from good to acceptable to perfect is not for everyone.  Yes, many are called but few are chosen to walk in the Perfect Will.  As the Love is perfected in you, the fear of the giants will no longer be an issue:

1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.