A Little Walk With God

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  • Give a fish or teach to fish, what does that have to do with Jesus? -Episode 7-24, January 24, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. I’m sure you’ve heard that saying many times. That old piece of wisdom popped into my head as I read Jesus’ words today. Let me tell you why.
    3. Scripture
      1. John 4:8-18
      2. Jesus: Would you draw water, and give Me a drink?

    Woman: I cannot believe that You, a Jew, would associate with me, a Samaritan woman; much less ask me to give You a drink.

    Jews, you see, have no dealings with Samaritans.

    Jesus: You don’t know the gift of God or who is asking you for a drink of this water from Jacob’s well. Because if you did, you would have asked Him for something greater; and He would have given you the living water.

    Woman: Sir, You sit by this deep well a thirsty man without a bucket in sight. Where does this living water come from? Are You claiming superiority to our father Jacob who labored long and hard to dig and maintain this well so that he could share clean water with his sons, grandchildren, and cattle?

    Jesus: Drink this water, and your thirst is quenched only for a moment. You must return to this well again and again. I offer water that will become a wellspring within you that gives life throughout eternity. You will never be thirsty again.

    Woman: Please, Sir, give me some of this water, so I’ll never be thirsty and never again have to make the trip to this well.

    Jesus: Then bring your husband to Me.

    Woman: I do not have a husband.

    Jesus: Technically you are telling the truth. But you have had five husbands and are currently living with a man you are not married to.

    1. Devotional
      1. So, you’ve heard the old sage’s wisdom many times in your lifetime, I’m sure. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
        1. Simple logic when you think about it
        2. Fill his belly once yourself or teach him to fill it every day on his own
        3. Too many times we are satisfied with giving someone a fish instead of teaching him to fish
      2. Why is it so easy to feed instead of teach?
        1. Takes much more time
        2. Must invest yourself in the person’s life
        3. Must understand their strengths and limitations
        4. You must know how to do it in the first place
      3. Why would Jesus’ words bring me to these thoughts today?
        1. God-sized hole in each of us
        2. Easy to try to fill it with worldly pleasure; like giving a person a fish, it doesn’t last
        3. Jesus wants us to dig deep into His word
        4. Study what He tells us
        5. Put it into practice
        6. Learning from God how to fill that God-sized hole His way satisfies for eternity
    2. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    8 min
  • Nicodemus learned a lot from Jesus one day - Episode 7-21, January 21, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

     

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Do you ever take what we know about life in the Spirit for granted? Do you ever even think about life in the Spirit and what it’s all about? Nicodemus got a pretty good lesson one day. We can learn a lot from what Jesus said to him that day.
    3. Scripture
      1. John 3:10-15
      2. Jesus: Your responsibility is to instruct Israel in matters of faith, but you do not comprehend the necessity of life in the Spirit? I tell you the truth: we speak about the things we know, and we give evidence about the things we have seen, and you choose to reject the truth of our witness. If you do not believe when I talk to you about ordinary, earthly realities, then heavenly realities will certainly elude you. No one has ever journeyed to heaven above except the One who has come down from heaven—the Son of Man, who is of heaven. Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. In the same way, the Son of Man must be lifted up; then all those who believe in Him will experience everlasting life.
    1. Devotional
      1. Put yourself in Nicodemus place 2,000 years ago. What would you think about the conversation you were having with Jesus? Do you ever take what we know about life in the Spirit for granted? Do you ever even think about life in the Spirit and what it’s all about?His Spirit came to live in us after His departure.
      2. Important concept Jesus talked about often in His ministry.
        1. The promise He gave His disciples and the power He gave them to live the way He wanted them to live
        2. Before Jesus left He talked a lot about what God’s spirit would do for us and in us, so the conversation He begins with Nicodemus is important
        1. But Nicodemus, like many, chose to reject the truth Jesus spoke.
          1. Responsible to teach faith - a rabbi
          2. Didn’t understand the necessity of life in the spirit.
          3. We cannot live the life Jesus wants us to live apart from His spirit in us
          4. It takes faith and acceptance of His guidance, lordship in our life
        1. World doesn’t agree
          1. Self made man
          2. What’s in it for me
          3. What do I gain
          4. Selfish motive is the world’s answer
          5. Servanthood is Jesus’ goal
      1. Nicodemus came to learn and based on later events in his life it appears he learned well the lessons of life in the Spirit. History gives credence to His coming to Christ and being one of the dissenters in His trial and crucifixion. He may have been in the upper room on the day of Pentecost. He learned his lessons
      2. The question for you and me, will we learn from the Master? Will we believe the evidence of His words and His actions? Will we believe in Him so we may gain the everlasting life He promises? It’s up to you.
    2. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    8 min
  • What's it like being born? - Episode 7-20, January 20,2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Do you remember what it was like being born? I don’t and it’s probably a good thing. But maybe we should remember some of it so we can understand what it’s like to be born again. The Christian life isn’t all fun and games if that’s what you’re looking for.
    3. Scripture
      1. John 3:3-8
      2. Jesus: I tell you the truth: only someone who experiences birth for a second time can hope to see the kingdom of God.

    Nicodemus: I am a grown man. How can someone be born again when he is old like me? Am I to crawl back into my mother’s womb for a second birth? That’s impossible!

    Jesus: I tell you the truth, if someone does not experience water and Spirit birth, there’s no chance he will make it into God’s kingdom. Like from like. Whatever is born from flesh is flesh; whatever is born from Spirit is spirit. Don’t be shocked by My words, but I tell you the truth. Even you, an educated and respected man among your people, must be reborn by the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God. The wind blows all around us as if it has a will of its own; we feel and hear it, but we do not understand where it has come from or where it will end up. Life in the Spirit is as if it were the wind of God.

    1. Devotional
      1. Born again. You’ve probably heard that term all your life if you grew up in the church or around Christian people. Those in the Christian community know what it means. Or at least they think they do.
        1. Dying to self
        2. New life in Christ
        3. Reborn into a new way of life with God’s plan and purpose in mind
      2. Have you ever thought about how this sounds to someone outside the church?
        1. Nicodemus
        2. Question wasn’t unreasonable
        3. How would you explain this relationship you have with God
        4. What is being born again like?
      3. Too often we talk just about the happy moment of forgiveness and forget the rest
        1. Make people disillusioned when they begin their Christian walk
        2. Childbirth is hard for both mother and baby
        3. First breath is great, but come out into a cold, brutal world
        4. Times of joy when held in mother’s arms
        5. Times of fear, aloneness, inability to express thoughts and feelings, unable to communicate
        6. So much unknown
        7. So much to learn
      4. Jesus tells us to weigh the cost
        1. Christian life is a hard one
        2. Costs everything
        3. Misunderstood and hated
        4. Unbelievable reward in the end
    2. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    9 min
  • Is it our problem when people are about to embarrass themselves? - Episode 7-19, January 19, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Is it our problem when someone forgets or miscalculates or does something that will cause them embarrassment? Jesus asked that questions, and then answered it with actions instead of words.
    3. Scripture
      1. John 2:4
      2. Jesus: Dear woman, is it our problem they miscalculated when buying wine and inviting guests? My time has not arrived.
    4. Devotional
      1. So what do you think about Jesus’ conversation with His mother?
        1. I would have been slapped silly or told “wait til your father gets home!”
        2. Feminists cringe at His language
        3. Have a hard time getting past the way Jesus addresses His mother
        4. Different day and time
        5. Jesus was an adult male in a male dominant society
        6. Mary addressed Him in public which was pretty taboo in His culture
        7. Gentle but reminded her of the culture, Dear woman!
      2. Let’s get past the address between Jesus and Mary and look at the next piece
        1. Is it our problem they miscalculated?
        2. Is it our problem they ran out of wine?
        3. Is it our problem they can’t get their act together?
        4. Is it our problem they will embarrass themselves in front of all these guests?
        5. Reminiscent of Cain’s question to God, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Do I need to be responsible for him? Do I need to bail him out when he’s in trouble? Do I need to be accountable for his actions as well as my own?
      3. You might think Jesus brushes her off with His comments to His mother, but she knows Him well.
        1. We know the rest of the story
        2. First miracle
        3. Mary tells the servants to do whatever Jesus tells them to do
        4. She is confident He will take care of the wine problem
        5. She is confident He will keep the host from embarrassment
        6. She is confident He will take care of the needs He finds around Him
      4. What lessons should we learn from Jesus’ encounter
        1. Don’t address your mother the way He did, that was a cultural difference your mother will probably not tolerate, nor should she in this country and this time
        2. Like Mary, we should be sensitive to the needs of those around us
        3. Like Mary, we should take those issues to Jesus whether we created the problem or not
        4. We can help others learn from their miscalculations, but we can also help and keep them from embarrassment, failure or worse
        5. Jesus shows us we are our brothers’ keepers
      5. Go do something good for someone today
    5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    6 min
  • Are you a truth-teller? - Episode 7-18, January 18, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Do people know you as a truth-teller? How can they tell? And do you know who is looking? Is it just your boss? Your family? Your pastor? Who might be looking that you don’t know about?
    3. Scripture
      1. John 1:47-51
      2. Jesus: Look closely, and you will see an Israelite who is a truth-teller.

    Nathanael (overhearing Jesus): How would You know this about me? We have never met.

    Jesus: I have been watching you before Philip invited you here. Earlier in the day, you were enjoying the shade and fruit of the fig tree. I saw you then.

    Nathanael: Teacher, You are the One—God’s own Son and Israel’s King.

    Jesus: Nathanael, if all it takes for you to believe is My telling you I saw you under the fig tree, then what you will see later will astound you. I tell you the truth: before our journey is complete, you will see the heavens standing open while heavenly messengers ascend and descend, swirling around the Son of Man.

     

    1. Devotional
      1. Do people know you as a truth teller?
        1. Jesus saw Nathanael from a distance and told those around Him that he was a truth-teller.
        2. Announcement sounded like truth-tellers were rare.
        3. Something about Nathanael made him different than others around him.
        4. Can you tell the difference when you see truthers versus liars? Can they see the difference in you?
      2. Jesus saw Nathanael under the fig tree enjoying its shade and eating its fruit.
        1. Truthers enjoy the simple things in life
        2. Recognize the beauty of creation in and of itself
        3. Find pleasure outside the norms of society, within the norms of nature
      3. Watched him interact with others while sitting under the tree
        1. Shade at a premium so a gathering place for discussion
        2. Others seek out people who speak the truth in love
          1. When they need real answers to problems
          2. When they need help
          3. When they want to know God
        3. Others avoid those who are not truth-tellers
          1. Flat out liars
          2. Half truths
          3. Truths that only help themselves and not the asker
          4. Speak truth, but in condemnation and judgment
        4. Expect Nathanael provided truth from scripture, experience, wisdom freely but with love
        1. Can others see you as a truth-teller?
          1. Provide wisdom from life experience
          2. Provide support from God’s word
          3. Share truth with love and grace
      1. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    8 min
  • What does McDonald's and the Post Office have to do with our spiritual walk? - Episode 7-17, January 17, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. We have developed a real problem today when it comes to building a relationship with God. Our problem is related to McDonald’s, Intel, and the Post Office. Stick around and see why those things cause us problems in our spiritual walk.
    3. Scripture
      1. Luke 24:41-49
      2. Jesus: Do you have anything here to eat?

    They hand Him a piece of broiled fish, and He takes it and eats it in front of them.

    Jesus: I’ve been telling you this all along, that everything written about Me in the Hebrew Scriptures must be fulfilled—everything from the law of Moses to the prophets to the psalms.

    Then He opens their minds so they can comprehend the meaning of the Hebrew Scriptures.

    Jesus: This is what the Scriptures said: that the promised Anointed One should suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, that in His name a radical change of thought and life should be preached, and that in His name the forgiveness of sins should be preached, beginning in Jerusalem and extending to all nations. You have witnessed the fulfillment of these things. So I am sending My Father’s promise to you. Stay in the city until you receive it—until power from heaven comes upon you.

    1. Devotional
      1. How impatient have you become in this technological age?
        1. TR 80
        2. Apple iiC, 128 kb memory
        3. Transmissions measured in bytes per second, not megabytes or gigabytes
        4. Open programs, get coffee
        5. Now complain if more than 15 - 20 second start-up
      2. Fast food grew up with McDonald's and Wendy’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken
        1. No long waits in restaurants
        2. Short menus
        3. Already mostly cooked
        4. Warmed up and served
        5. Not very nutritious, not very good, but fast
        6. Happy because we don’t wait
        7. Complain if it takes five minutes to get food
      3. Complain about speed of delivery
        1. Used to expect seven days for a letter
        2. Ten to fourteen days for a package
        3. Now expect not more than two day delivery, even on weekends and holidays
        4. Can’t wait that extra day for delivery even though it’s something you probably never had before and don’t really need
      4. Need to get over our impatience when it comes to knowing God
        1. Stay until
        2. Pray until
        3. Wait until
        4. Until what
      5. You are as close to God as you want to be. How long does it take to get as close as you want to be to Him?
    2. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    7 min
  • Did you ever try to teach someone and fail? -Episode 7-16, January 16, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Have you ever tried to explain something to someone and they just didn’t get it? How did it make you feel? I bet Jesus got pretty frustrated at times, too. Particularly when His time was running out.
    3. Scripture
      1. Luke 24:25-26
      2. Jesus: Come on, men! Why are you being so foolish? Why are your hearts so sluggish when it comes to believing what the prophets have been saying all along? Didn’t it have to be this way? Didn’t the Anointed One have to experience these sufferings in order to come into His glory?Jesus: Why are you upset? Why are your hearts churning with questions? Look—look at My hands and My feet! See that it’s Me! Come on; touch Me; see for yourselves. A ghost doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you can see that I have!
    4. Devotional
      1. Sometimes I’m a really terrible teacher. I enjoy teaching most of the time, but occasionally I’ll teach a subject that comes pretty easily to me and I think it should to everyone. I forget that it doesn’t. All of us have things like that, of course.
        1. I’ve had people try to teach me how to fix cars. It’s a hopeless cause.
        2. Plumbing is the same way
        3. I’ve learned to hire others to do some of those things around the house because it’s a lot cheaper than doing it myself
      2. When I think something should be crystal clear and it isn’t
        1. Try to restate in other ways
        2. Try to review in ways to solidify in memory
        3. Try to relate to things they know and understand
        4. If unsuccessful, patience runs thin
      3. End of the story with two men Jesus met on road to Emmaus
        1. Talked on the road
        2. Knew the news about crucified Galilean
        3. Knew rumors of Messiah
        4. Jesus kept hinting about the tie in between the prophecies and the Galilean they heard about
        5. Connect the dots
      4. Are you guys stupid? What have you already said? Wake up!
        1. Finally put things together
        2. Finally understood
        3. Then recognized Jesus for who He was
        4. We sometimes think these guys are stupid. Why didn’t they recognize Jesus?
          1. Weren’t expecting to see Him
          2. Maybe saw Him on the cross, broken and bleeding
      5. How different are we?
        1. We have all the evidence of who He is, but don’t recognize Him
        2. We don’t believe what He says
        3. We don’t trust His words
        4. Are we stupid or something?
        5. Maybe we need to pay more attention to His classes
    5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    7 min
  • Trusting to the very end - Episode 7-15, January 15, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. A bet all of us use to play a game when we were little that helped us learn about trust. Jesus showed us how to trust to the very end. Listen to what He said.
    3. Scripture
      1. Luke 23:46
      2. Jesus (shouting out loudly): Father, I entrust My spirit into Your hands!
    4. Devotional
      1. I remember playing a game with my dad as a kid that I played with my kids as a dad and I’m sure it’s one that many dad’s have played for centuries. I’d stand on the stairs or porch or couch or something that I knew was as high as the Empire State Building. Dad would hold out his arms, and I would leap into space with full confidence I would not hit the floor. I knew my dad would catch me. My kids knew the same thing. They knew I would catch them every time.
        1. You’ve probably played the game
        2. Common around the world
        3. Meant to build trust in those we love
        4. Heard of a few bizarre parents that let their kids fall to the ground to teach the opposite
      2. We are built for relationship
        1. God created Adam, the first human, for a relationship with Him
        2. Created Eve, the second human, for a relationship with both Him and Adam
        3. Told the two of them to populate the world and gave them a desire to live in community
        4. We break that fellowship and community when we disobey God’s commands for us
      3. Jesus came to help us reignite that relationship with God
        1. Watch His life from the beginning
        2. Announcement of His birth - Spirit came upon Mary, God coming to man
        3. At twelve, in the temple doing His Father’s business
        4. Continually found alone in prayer
        5. Surrounded by others
        6. Welcoming children
        7. Depending on the Father for everything
        8. Any wonder He would announce from the cross - “I entrust My spirit into Your hands
      4. What can we learn from Him?
        1. If we are to be like Him we must:
        2. Build relationship with Him
        3. Build relationship with others
        4. Trust the Father with everything we have and hope to have
        5. In every circumstance, no matter how grim or glorious, entrust our whole self to God
    5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    9 min
  • What is paradise, anyway? - Episode 7-14, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Did you ever wonder where Jesus and the thief on the cross went when they died that day? Jesus said they were headed to paradise that day. Well then, what is paradise anyway?
    3. Scripture
      1. Luke 23:43
      2. Jesus: I promise you that this very day you will be with Me in paradise.
    4. Devotional
      1. Have you thought much about Jesus’ comment to the thief hanging next to Him at Golgotha?
        1. Criminal
        2. Evil enough for crucifixion
        3. Cruelest form of execution
        4. Today join Jesus in paradise
      2. Paradise
        1. Wikipedia - Paradise is the term for a place of timeless harmony. The Abrahamic faiths associate paradise with the Garden of Eden, that is, the perfect state of the world prior to the fall from grace, and the perfect state that will be restored in the World to Come. in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, a land of luxury and fulfillment.
        2. Is it heaven?
        3. Has the thief already faced judgment and entered into eternity with the triune Godhead around the throne?
        4. Does John’s Revelation and other eschatological writings agree with or refute what Jesus says to the thief?
      3. Arguments by believers and non-believers alike
        1. Does everyone go here awaiting judgment or just believers?
        2. Is this like the lobby to heaven where you get the appetizers before dinner?
        3. If Jesus talks about a judgment day, then what is paradise? A place between death and heaven?
        4. Will good people, but non-believers stay here instead of hell?
        5. Is this the opposite of purgatory for those who earn a better place than the flames or eternal separation from God?
      4. No one knows this side of heaven. We do know some things.
        1. Death is not the final victor, there is something after that - Jesus talks about that
        2. There is a heaven and hell - Jesus talks about both
        3. There will be a judgment day - Jesus talks about that
        4. We determine by our faith and actions now whether we will spend eternity in heaven or hell - Jesus talks about that
      5. What is paradise? We don’t really know this side of the curtain we call death. But for believers, whether we are ushered into an anteroom of heaven with Jesus awaiting the judgment that He called paradise when He talked to the thief, or whether we face judgment immediately, or whether time just stops and doesn’t matter anymore once we pace from this life to the next, does it really matter? As long as we are with Him, who cares? We don’t need to be concerned about what paradise is or when it is or what it looks like or if it’s part of heaven or not. Who cares? Just be ready when He comes and you’ll hear Him say, “this very day you will be with Me in paradise.”
    5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

    7 min
  • How do you grieve? - Episode 7-13, January 13, 2017

    A daily devotional through the recorded words Jesus spoke while He walked alongside us. Our website http://alittlewalkwithgod.com.

    1. Thanks for joining me today for "A Little Walk with God." I'm your host Richard Agee.
    2. Jesus told the onlookers at His march to Golgotha not to weep for Him but for themselves. How do you grieve and are you ready to avoid the grief that will come at His return?
    3. Scripture
      1. Luke 23:28-31
      2. Jesus (to the people in the crowd): Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me. Weep instead for yourselves and weep for your children. Days are coming when people will say, “Blessed are the infertile; blessed are the wombs that never bore a child; blessed are the breasts that never nursed an infant.” People will beg the mountains, “Surround us!” They’ll plead with the hills, “Cover us!” For if they treat Me like this when I’m like green unseasoned wood, what will they do to a nation that’s ready to burn like seasoned firewood?
    4. Devotional
      1. Military travel gives opportunity to observe various cultural differences in the grieving process
      2. Native-American
        1. Tribes are different
        2. Some burial is not important and may not even bury the body but let nature dispose of remains
        3. Some bury observing the importance of a circle symbolizing the circle of life
        4. Most are not concerned about preserving the body, so embalming is not a concern but mutilation is taboo. Asking for native american to donate organs may be seen as disrespectful
      3. Asian-American
        1. Very concerned about the body
        2. Watertight casket
        3. Warm clothing
        4. Stoic so might be depressed from internalizing grief
        5. Picture or plaque of the deceased along with personal items kept in the home as a memorial or shrine
      4. African-American
        1. Family and friends gather
        2. Might express great emotion
        3. Cremation not as readily accepted as in other cultures
        4. Sharing meals with loved ones
        5. Wear white as symbol of resurrection
        6. Integration of church observances
      5. Haitian-American
        1. Family and friends gather at home of deceased
        2. Wear dark clothing to funeral and as sign of mourning
        3. Share meals before and after the funeral
        4. Express great emotion
      6. Hispanic-American
        1. Dependence on priest for arrangements
        2. Gathering of family and friends
        3. Many family and friends participate in procession and in service
        4. Family members often make promises in name of deceased
        5. Money gifts common to help defray expenses
      7. European-American
        1. Family and friends comfort family at home of deceased
        2. Funeral director or clergy help in arrangements
        3. Dark clothing although now more color to mark celebration of the life of the deceased
        4. Funerals usually more somber
        5. Gather at home of survivors for meal or refreshments after funeral service and interment
      8. Lots of forms of grief, Jesus says don’t grieve for Him, but for us. He’s coming back and we need to be ready when He comes. Imagine what that day must be like if those who are left will be asking the mountains to fall on them rather than face the events God has in store for them. We might grieve in different ways, but don’t be caught needing to grieve on that day. It won’t be a pretty sight grieving for yourself.
    5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don't, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for "A Little Walk with God."

     

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A daily devotional walk through the Bible spoken as if God is speaking with a modern Adam and Eve walking in the garden at the east of Eden. Our website is http://alittlewalkwithgod.com or…