about common sense, folks.
Before the federal government started shelling out billions of dollars in federal aid every year, we took care of each other when natural disasters occurred. We have to learn to love each other and take care of each other again. We shouldn’t be looking to the states and federal governments to bail us out. If we rely on the government for everything, it will only keep getting bigger and bigger to take care of the 320 million people who are screaming for help every time something bad happens. That’s where socialism and communism come from. We look toward the government instead of God, and we don’t take personal responsibility for our actions and decisions.
A person who hears Jesus’ words and obeys them is the kind of person who built his house on solid ground. Of course, He is the rock, the rock of ages. When the floods come, the man who obeys Jesus’ words is up on high ground. He’s on rock, so when the winds come, they won’t blow his house down. Jesus said a person who does not listen to Him and obey His words is the kind of person who builds his house on sand. When the waters and winds come, his house will be swept away and come down with a crash.
Listen, folks, it’s the difference between being wise and foolish. The federal government is doling out trillions of dollars in bailouts, whether they’re to a failed bank, an automobile manufacturer, or some guy who pressed his luck by building a house on the sand of the New Jersey shore. They’re actually matters of personal responsibility and making the right decisions.
In the autumn of 2013, a couple from New Jersey came to West Monroe, Louisiana, to speak at White’s Ferry Road Church. Miss Kay and I sat among the congregation to hear them give their testimonies. The man said that before they turned their lives over to Jesus, they never gave any thought to God. In fact, the man said there wasn’t a godly bone in his entire body, not one. He’d never read the Bible and didn’t know anything about Jesus Christ.
After the man and woman were married, they built their home on the sands of the Atlantic Ocean. When Hurricane Sandy hit the New Jersey shore in October 2012, the man and his wife decided to ride it out. Hurricane Sandy was so ferocious that weathermen called it “Superstorm Sandy.” It did more than $65 billion damage in the U.S. alone, most of it in New Jersey and New York. There were 115-mph winds coming, but it never entered this guy’s mind to evacuate! As the night started progressing, the man and his wife sat in their home looking at the ocean, and the water just kept coming. The waves kept getting closer and closer and bigger and bigger. Eventually, the basement of their home flooded, stuff wasbanging around and breaking windows, and their washer and dryer floated away.
Well, after the roof of their home was blown off at about three o’clock in the morning, they finally decided it was time to leave the premises! They grabbed their dog and used the top of their carport as a boat. A wave crashed against them, knocking their dog off the metal roof they were floating on. They floated to their neighbors’ house, and fortunately the top floor of their home wasn’t yet flooded. The man knocked on the door, and their neighbors let them come inside to ride out the storm.
The next day, after the waters of the Atlantic Ocean finally receded, the man and his wife were standing where their house once stood, picking through the debris that was left. The wife told her husband that she couldn’t live on the beach anymore because she didn’t want to rebuild her life again when another storm came. And she was certain another one would come. She never wanted to walk on the sand or swim in the Atlantic Ocean again.
As they argued, an older man walked up to what was left of their house, and they started sharing their problems with him.
“Well, at a time like this, when it’s all gone, you need to hear about somebody
Before the federal government started shelling out billions of dollars in federal aid every year, we took care of each other when natural disasters occurred. We have to learn to love each other and take care of each other again. We shouldn’t be looking to the states and federal governments to bail us out. If we rely on the government for everything, it will only keep getting bigger and bigger to take care of the 320 million people who are screaming for help every time something bad happens. That’s where socialism and communism come from. We look toward the government instead of God, and we don’t take personal responsibility for our actions and decisions.
A person who hears Jesus’ words and obeys them is the kind of person who built his house on solid ground. Of course, He is the rock, the rock of ages. When the floods come, the man who obeys Jesus’ words is up on high ground. He’s on rock, so when the winds come, they won’t blow his house down. Jesus said a person who does not listen to Him and obey His words is the kind of person who builds his house on sand. When the waters and winds come, his house will be swept away and come down with a crash.
Listen, folks, it’s the difference between being wise and foolish. The federal government is doling out trillions of dollars in bailouts, whether they’re to a failed bank, an automobile manufacturer, or some guy who pressed his luck by building a house on the sand of the New Jersey shore. They’re actually matters of personal responsibility and making the right decisions.
In the autumn of 2013, a couple from New Jersey came to West Monroe, Louisiana, to speak at White’s Ferry Road Church. Miss Kay and I sat among the congregation to hear them give their testimonies. The man said that before they turned their lives over to Jesus, they never gave any thought to God. In fact, the man said there wasn’t a godly bone in his entire body, not one. He’d never read the Bible and didn’t know anything about Jesus Christ.
After the man and woman were married, they built their home on the sands of the Atlantic Ocean. When Hurricane Sandy hit the New Jersey shore in October 2012, the man and his wife decided to ride it out. Hurricane Sandy was so ferocious that weathermen called it “Superstorm Sandy.” It did more than $65 billion damage in the U.S. alone, most of it in New Jersey and New York. There were 115-mph winds coming, but it never entered this guy’s mind to evacuate! As the night started progressing, the man and his wife sat in their home looking at the ocean, and the water just kept coming. The waves kept getting closer and closer and bigger and bigger. Eventually, the basement of their home flooded, stuff wasbanging around and breaking windows, and their washer and dryer floated away.
Well, after the roof of their home was blown off at about three o’clock in the morning, they finally decided it was time to leave the premises! They grabbed their dog and used the top of their carport as a boat. A wave crashed against them, knocking their dog off the metal roof they were floating on. They floated to their neighbors’ house, and fortunately the top floor of their home wasn’t yet flooded. The man knocked on the door, and their neighbors let them come inside to ride out the storm.
The next day, after the waters of the Atlantic Ocean finally receded, the man and his wife were standing where their house once stood, picking through the debris that was left. The wife told her husband that she couldn’t live on the beach anymore because she didn’t want to rebuild her life again when another storm came. And she was certain another one would come. She never wanted to walk on the sand or swim in the Atlantic Ocean again.
As they argued, an older man walked up to what was left of their house, and they started sharing their problems with him.
“Well, at a time like this, when it’s all gone, you need to hear about somebody
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