The Mississippi enterprise., 1963-04-20

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April 21, 1868
By Rev. George A. Harper
511 Avenue c.,
Greenwood, Miss.
PSALMS IN WORSHIP and
LIFE: :
Scripture Lesson = Psalm
lis; 73 Print - Psalms lis.
MEMORY SELECTION: -
My flesh and my heart faileth:
but God is the strength of my
heart, and my portion forever.
psalm 1926 Everything
earthly and material will fall,
but God never fails. 1t is good
to know that God remembers
our frame, that is, our ply
sical bodies are dust. BY rea-
son of sin, there will come a
time In every persons life
when flesh and heart will fail.
1t is good to have a hope and
trust in God Who never fails,
that in time when heart and
flesh do fail and everything
earthly fades away to have a
foundation that will hold in
the dying hour. The hope of
the believer will be as true
and real in death as it has
been in life. But best of all,
the hope of saint in God
will be ternal, and with this
hope will come eternal resur-
rection life.
THE BLESSEDNESS OF A
LIFE WHOLLY COMMITTED
TO GOD: Here we get a pic
ture of man who had com
pletely committed his whole
life to God. This committed
life found it impossible to do
things contrary to the will of
God. He would not sit down
with men who sneered, jeered
and scoffed at the truth and
at things holy and sacred.
These are the things which
the man did not do. But this
life was not a life of mega
tives, it was also a life of posi-
tives. There were the things
which he did do. 1t was be-
cause of the positives in his
life, that he was able to do
the negatives. This man was
lost in the commandments and
laws of God. This is where he
found strength for his day and
nourishment for his soul. He
constantly kept his heart and
mind on God and Gods law
both day and night. This made
him like the stately and sturdy
palm tree whose roots went
deep into the earth to secure
its supply of nouriShment
thus sustaining its life and
freshness. Becaus the man
had his roots deep in God he
was steadfast, secure, vital,
fresh and fruitful. The same
is true of all men who COM
NIT their whole life to God.
THE TRAGEDY OF A LIFE
WITHOUT GOD:
A hopeless life is life with.
out God. This section of our
printed text depicts the un.
godly life. Here we have a
man who had decided he did
not need God. He wanted to
run his life his own way. He
had decided to fulfill his own
will and not the will of God.
The outcome of this life was
complete destruction. He
could not endure because he
had nothing to build on. His
foundation was built on sand
and when the rains and floods
and winds of life came he
was carried away with the
flood. He had no roots in
God. He did not build on the
solid rock, thus he could not
stand, for he could not pass
the test in Judgment. His
ways and his life were outside
the will and purposes of God.
God did not know his way
so he perished. Any man who
leaves God out of his life has
committed suicide.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE
WORTHY WORSHIPER:
The Psalmist describes the
type of worshiper and the
qualification the worshipeT
must possess to have citizen
ship in Zion. The one who
seeks to dwell on Gods Holy
Hill must possess the highest
moral, ethical and spiritual
standards. He must be a per-
son of integrity. His life and
his walk must be blameless.
He must be a man of justice.
He must be just in his deal.
ings with all men. He must
be truthful. He must not only
the truth, know the truth, but
also he truthful He does not