Roots by the River

To all of the Saints on the West side, The Lord willing I will be in Mountlake Terrace from March 3rd through March 10th teaching in different places. We will start off with a UI/WSU Christian alumni reception at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd, at Calvary Fellowship, 23302 56th Ave., Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043. Here is a website to track my schedule: http:///www.gordyandjana.com_jims_schedule.html I may not know some of you or remember those I should know. I am 84, shorter and fatter, so you should be able to find me. Pass the word on to friends. Please pray for me. Jim Wilson

Here is a political statement made by Charles Dickens in 1859 about per-revolutionary France in 1775. It was made in The Tale of Two Cities: "France, less favored on the matters spiritual than her sister of the trident and shield, rolled with exceeding smoothness downhill, making paper money and spending it.” From Dickens' perspective, the United States is also less favored spiritually. We have the symptoms of per-revolutionary France. We are rolling with exceeding smoothness down hill, making paper money and spending it.

By Bessie Wilson The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. (2 Chronicles 16:9, KJV) For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. (NIV) Asa, king of Judah, had been a reformer. According to 2 Chronicles 14 he was actively engaged in removing idolatrous practices from Judah with a call to his people to “seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to obey his laws and commands” (14:4). Asa’s army was victorious over the Cushites, and his prayer before the battle explains why in verse 11 of chapter 14: Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, you are God; do not let man prevail against you. In the fifteenth year of his reign, his reforms continued even to the extent of