Are you fully engaged?

Idle hands make idols

• First, that phrase is not Biblical, but is still a fundamental truth

• There is always someone who has still not heard the message of Christ, someone is still hurting, someone still needs to know someone else cares

Thousands of good causes

• Every nation, every state, every county, and every city needs help

• Overseas, within this country, within 5 miles of your home, there are organizations that need support

• Very direct charter issued in Luke 10:1-20

But when they were idle

• David was a mighty man of worship and of war against all that opposed God

• In 2 Sam 8, he defeated or subdued– Phillistines, Moab, Zobah, Syria, Hamath, Ammon,

Edom• In 2 Sam 10, he again defeated or subdued– Ammon, Syrians from Damascus and Syrians from

Zobah

At the time when kings go out to battle

• 2 Sam 11 – David’s idle hands found ways to build idols

• By the end of Chapter 11, he had quite the list– Peeping Dave– Adultery– Lying– Murder– Unethical orders to a subordinate

Another Example

• Luke 12:16 – 21• God has blessed us with an abundance• Our barns are full, our harvest is plentiful• The fools life was required of him that night.

His personal food bank was full, his spiritual one was empty

Galatians 6:6-11

• Serving creates a kindred spirit• If you sow toward His Kingdom, your benefit

will be a greater manifestation of His Kingdom• If you feed your flesh, the result is more flesh• You will be tempted to lose heart, but do not,

the reward is close at hand• If you have opportunity – and we have

opportunity

Berks Women in Crisis

• Women who still had the marks of those mistreated by the one that should have protected them

• Children without someone to show the true love of a father

• If anyone needs to hear a message of hope, One who can be trusted, someone who will return beauty for ashes, it is them

Cub Scouts Weekend Retreat

• Young kids spending quality time with their parents

• Adults sitting around a campfire building a stronger community

• Kids playing ping pong, four square, and foosball building friendships that fashion who they will be

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