Monthly
News Letter
April
23, 2000
We
are digging our way out of the many requests we have had.
Unfortunately we have been swamped, not only with Guardian duties, but
also with personal, business and church duties.
As many of you know we have been traveling nearly once per month lately
to various locations. Our most recent trip was to Houston-San Antonio areas.
You may read my write-up of this event on our web site:
www.guardian-ministries.org/.
Our
next trip will be to Redwood City to visit the “Believers in Christ Church of
God” with Jeff Henderson, pastor. We
look forward to seeing many of our Brethren that we have known for the past 20
years and to meet others for the first time.
We plan to be there on May 6 (my birthday) to speak to the church.
The address is: Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood
City, CA. A map can be seen
on their web site @ http://www.biccog.org/directions/html.
The services begin at 11 a.m. All
are welcome.
Are You Happy?
“Happiness
is different things to different people” says the song.
The song goes on to point out events or material things that become
“happiness” to people in different occupations or circumstances.
However, all these are EXTERNAL sources of “happiness.”
I believe the song and much of the philosophy around the world has
confused “happiness” with temporary enjoyment or fun.
Therefore,
people believe, “I would be happy with a new home” or car, or more money, or
finding a mate, or having children. The
United States Declaration of Independence states that “all men are created
equal and endowed with inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty
and the
pursuit of happiness.” No
government can guarantee happiness. It
is reasonable to believe that the U.S. founding fathers did not know what
happiness was but they felt a government should guarantee a person’s right to
pursue what s/he believed was happiness.
Does
the Bible say anything about happiness? Is
the word used in the Scriptures? If
so, how is it used and just what IS happiness?
This time we are offering the first TWO sermons in a series of
seven on Happiness. The first sermon
in the series will take you through what the Bible says about the subject in
general and the Greek word most commonly used to mean “happy.”
Is
it possible to be happy and sad at the same time? How can this be? Most
people think one is only happy when s/he is smiling, laughing, and having a fun
time. But you will learn the great
secrets to happiness that can be an anchor to your life from now on. And you
will find these secrets to happiness right out of the mouth of our Savior, Jesus
Christ as His words are amplified and made plainer by other passages of
Scripture.
Not
only will this add to your contentment in this world of materialism, but it can
enhance your spiritual condition to enter the Kingdom of God!
PLEASE
TAKE TIME NOW
to fill out the enclosed form and send it in.
One thing that has put us so far behind is trying to fill orders for
sermon series when we have used all that were made up.
This has caused us to have to duplicate them by hand and send them out.
Our policy has been that when the current series is no longer available
we will not be able to send them out. So,
if you would like these two sermons, please let us know as soon as possible.
IF
YOU HAVE EMAIL
please be sure to fill in the email address on the response order form enclosed.
We promise not to bombard you with messages or forward you one thing
after another. But, from time to
time, you will receive important and updated information and special
announcements. Also, please let us
know when you change email addresses.
We
send a big THANK YOU to those of you
who have shown interest in the work of Guardian Ministries.
We are grateful for the
support you have given without even being asked.
We are well aware that there are many religious non-profit organizations. We appreciate the many fine comments that have been made
about our efforts in GM. Comments: “It was
well worth the wait to receive the sermon tapes we requested.”
And one gentleman put it like this, “Nobody delivers a sermon like
David Antion.” (I’m aware you
can take that two ways but I took it as a compliment.)
If
you would like to have the first two sermons on HAPPINESS, just fill
out the form below and return it as soon as possible so we can send your tapes
out to you. Remember to give us
your name and address so we can send the tapes you request.
With
God’s kind of love,
David L. Antion
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91115
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