When is the Time to Trust?

When is the time to trust?
Is it when all is calm,
When waves the victor's palm,
And life is one glad psalm
Of joy and praise?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when the waves beat high,
When storm clouds fill the sky,
And prayer is one long cry,
O help and save!

When is the time to trust?
Is it when friends are true?
Is it when comforts woo,
And in all we say and do
We meet but praise?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when we stand alone,
And summer birds have flown,
And every prop is gone,
All else but God.

When is the time to trust?
Is it some future day,
When you have tried your way,
And learned to trust and pray
By bitter woe?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is in this moment's need,
Poor, broken, bruised reed!
Poor, troubled soul, make speed
To trust thy God.

When is the time to trust?
Is it when hopes beat high,
When sunshine gilds the sky,
And joy and ecstasy
Fill all the heart?
Nay! but the time to trust
Is when our joy is fled,
When sorrow bows the head,
And all is cold and dead,
All else but God.
--Selected

Self Causes Brotherly Love to Suffer

"Let brotherly love continue." -Hebrews 13:1

You know when it says, "Let brotherly love continue," there's some assumptions there. One of the assumptions is that there already is brotherly love.

And I'm not sure exactly how to say this other than ... I really feel that there is brotherly love yet.

And i'm not sure of the right way to say it, but I guess I'll just say from my heart ... I'm somewhat fearful that it's suffering.

You know we can't blame the world around us for what we are. But sometimes it does have effects and influences. And as the world around us becomes more focused on self, if in any way that has an impact on us, it is going to be that brotherly love is going to suffer. You just can't love yourself and love other people.

And you'll tell me, "Well, that's not true." We can say that. We can. We can say it that way.

But really, if you love someone and others, you have to sacrifice self. Self cannot be promoted.
--Sermon Excerpt: Bro. G.B.

Satan's Attacks

Loved ones, we have so much. And satan is going to attack us as he attacked the children of Israel. They had so much. Satan doesn't go where there isn't anything to take away. He doesn't attack those that are already his. But he is going to attack us.

You can see where all the confusion is today, in the churches that exist. Satan does not just attack the Apostolic Christian Church, but all of the faiths. They have been striving in the past to serve God. Satan knows he has very little time. That Jesus might appear even today. He finds a way to attack God's people.

Let's stand fast. Let's rely on the almighty God. Let's pray to God, that we can come to fruition, each one of us, that we can bear the fruit of the Spirit, so that God can be pleased.
--Sermon Excerpt: Elder Bro. P.P.

May Thy Light Dispel the Darkness

Come Thou, Shepherd, faithful One;
May Thy light dispel the darkness!
From Thee and Thy little fold
Erring lambs have strayed so helpless.
Little flock, now cease to weep;
Jesus will His promise keep.
Jesus will His promise keep.
--Zion's Harp #119 vs. 3