“‘HERE I STAND.

First Samuel 12: 3

Intr.:

Testify against me in the presence of the LORD and his anointed.

1.  Whose ox have I taken?

2.  Whose donkey have I taken?

3.  Whom have I cheated?

4.  Whom have I oppressed?

5.  From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes?

End:

If I have done any of these, I will make it right.'”

“What happens if you can no longer make decisions?”

That’s what it says on the front page of the Age Concern  New Zealand brochure. There are more questions in the pamphlet. The next question is: Do you have an enduring power of attorney (an EPA)?”

We find the answer to the first question in the Bible:

“Remember your Creator

Ecclesiastes 12:1-5

Intr.:

in the days of your youth,

1.  before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, ‘I find no pleasure in them’ –

2.  before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars  grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain;

a.  when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop,

b.  when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the window grow dim;

c.  when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding faints;

d.  when men rise up at the sound of birds, but all of their songs grow faint;

e.  when men are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets;

f.  when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and the desire no longer is stirred.

End:

Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets.”

“But be very careful

Joshua 22:5

Intr.:

to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you:

1.  to love the LORD your God,

2.  to walk in all his ways,

3.  to obey his commands,

4.  to hold fast to him and

5.  to serve him with all

a.  your heart and all

b.  your soul.”

End:

“The LORD

Deuteronomy 31:8

Intr.:

himself

1.  goes before you and

2. will be with you;

3.  he will never leave you

4.  nor forsake you.

End:

Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

This is the MESSAGE we have heard from him and declare to you:

First John 1:5-10

Intr.: 

GOD IS LIGHT; IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.

1.  If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in darkness,

a.  we lie and

b.  live not by the truth.

2.  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,

a.  we have fellowship with one another, and

b.  the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

3.  If we claim to be without sin,

a.  we deceive ourselves and

b.  the truth is not in us.

4.  If we confess our sins,

a.  he is faithful and

b.  just and

c.  will forgive us our sins and

d.  purify us from all unrighteousness.

5.  If we claim we have not sinned,

a.  we make him out to be a liar and

b.  his word has no place in our lives.”

End:

“But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you,

Numbers 33:55,56

Intr.:

then those you let remain of them

1.  shall be as pricks in your eyes,

2.  and as thorns in your sides,

3.  and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell.

End:

And as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you.”

“The LORD

Numbers 14:11,12

Intr.:

said to Moses,

1.  ‘How long will these people treat me with contempt?

2.  How long will they refuse to believe in me,

in spite of all the miraculous  signs I have performed among them?

End:

I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.'”