Reading the Manuel

Written by Joyce C. Lock


There shall be no lying or deceit ...

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand withrepparttar wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

The majority does not rule ...

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

There shall be no judging, only love ...

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou seerepparttar 126772 ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Thou shalt not wrestrepparttar 126773 judgment of thy poor in his cause. Keep thee far from a false matter; andrepparttar 126774 innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justifyrepparttar 126775 wicked.

Do not allow yourself to become obligated ...

And thou shalt take no gift: forrepparttar 126776 gift blindethrepparttar 126777 wise, and pervertethrepparttar 126778 words ofrepparttar 126779 righteous.

Compassion is a requirement ...

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye knowrepparttar 126780 heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers inrepparttar 126781 land of Egypt.

Until you are refreshed, your job is to rest ...

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather inrepparttar 126782 fruits thereof: Butrepparttar 126783 seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; thatrepparttar 126784 poor of thy people may eat: and what they leaverepparttar 126785 beasts ofrepparttar 126786 field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and onrepparttar 126787 seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, andrepparttar 126788 son of thy handmaid, andrepparttar 126789 stranger, may be refreshed. And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention ofrepparttar 126790 name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Then, it is time to follow ...

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee inrepparttar 126791 way, and to bring thee intorepparttar 126792 place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee ... and I will cut them off.

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This verse includes God's description of His angels ...

Blessrepparttar 126793 Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening untorepparttar 126794 voice of his word.

(Psalm 103:20)

On earth, as it is in heaven.

You can know them by their fruit.

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God does not change.

Stop following, serving, and worshipping teachers/leaders/preachers (whomever you give first place to) to letrepparttar 126795 Lord be your only God, and He will feed and heal you.

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. And ye shall serverepparttar 126796 Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away fromrepparttar 126797 midst of thee.

Exodus 23:1-9, 20-25

~ Preparingrepparttar 126798 Way ~

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inheritrepparttar 126799 land whichrepparttar 126800 Lord thy God giveth thee.

And Elijah came unto allrepparttar 126801 people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? ifrepparttar 126802 Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. Andrepparttar 126803 people answered him not a word. But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and allrepparttar 126804 upright in heart shall follow it.

The way ofrepparttar 126805 wicked is an abomination untorepparttar 126806 Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seekrepparttar 126807 Lord: look untorepparttar 126808 rock whence ye are hewn, and torepparttar 126809 hole ofrepparttar 126810 pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. Forrepparttar 126811 Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert likerepparttar 126812 garden ofrepparttar 126813 Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, andrepparttar 126814 voice of melody.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to knowrepparttar 126815 Lord: his going forth is prepared asrepparttar 126816 morning; and he shall come unto us asrepparttar 126817 rain, asrepparttar 126818 latter and former rain untorepparttar 126819 earth.

~ Cleaning Your Garments ~

(by following)

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preachingrepparttar 126820 gospel ofrepparttar 126821 kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease amongrepparttar 126822 people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that hadrepparttar 126823 palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

When he was come down fromrepparttar 126824 mountain, great multitudes followed him. And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and Johnrepparttar 126825 brother of James.

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus inrepparttar 126826 way. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh inrepparttar 126827 name ofrepparttar 126828 Lord: (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

6 Keys to Successfully Screening Church Staff and Volunteers

Written by Glen M. Johnson


Whether you are inrepparttar process of formulating a screening policy for your congregation, or already have a screening program in place, here are some tips to help you with your efforts to protect your church family.

1. Get your house in order.

a) Decide who will overseerepparttar 126771 screening process and keep track ofrepparttar 126772 paperwork. This person must be well respected inrepparttar 126773 congregation, be trusted to handle confidential information, be well organized and if possible have human resources and management experience. Recognize this ministry withinrepparttar 126774 life ofrepparttar 126775 congregation. Place an announcement inrepparttar 126776 Sunday bulletin and blessrepparttar 126777 ministry withinrepparttar 126778 Sunday liturgy.

b) Set up a filing system. All screening documents should be stored in a locked file cabinet (withinrepparttar 126779 congregation or offsite) for an indefinite period of time. Files should never be left out inrepparttar 126780 open or in a readily accessible location.

2. Assess risk and determinerepparttar 126781 screening requirements forrepparttar 126782 position in question. Assessrepparttar 126783 level of power, authority and control of those who minister,repparttar 126784 level of vulnerability of those being ministered to, andrepparttar 126785 risk that harm could be committed by sexual harassment, exploitation, assault, emotional, verbal, physical, spiritual or financial abuse. Screen appropriately forrepparttar 126786 level of risk inherent inrepparttar 126787 position.

3. Gather information from those to be screened, includingrepparttar 126788 following:

a) A well crafted Application Form that contains key questions concerning past incidents of inappropriate behavior.

b) A Reference List of allrepparttar 126789 candidate's schools, employers, congregations, and religious supervisors overrepparttar 126790 last five years. A minimum of three references should be checked.

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