"Am I my brother's keeper?" (Part 5 Let's go out to the field)

 

 

This is the four hundredth year of the Bible.

Read the bible and you will see the suffering of Christ, His trials, condemnation, crucifixion, death, and resurrection for you and me. Read the bible, open your mind, for even the vilest person can set and dine. The bible will open the mind to righteousness, and show how to live in it percepts. The Bible will open new channels to all who read, and make plain to the inquiring mind many sacred and important truths indeed. If you read the bible your mind will be illuminated with the authors’ Himself. So open you’re Bible, and you’ll be favored from above.

 

 

This is the 200^th letter:

 

 

Text for the day: Genesis 4:8 (New International Version, 2010)

 

 

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

 

 

 

Our Theme for the day: “Am I my brother's keeper?” (Part 5 Let's go out to the field)

 

 

Our Devotional

When was the last time you went out and sat down in the open field? Now I am aware that we are still in winter in some places around the world. But to those areas around the world where the grass in green and the trees are blooming or just coming to themselves. When was the last time you stepped into the beauty of the Lord? I can testify when my wife and I go out to the beach and sit on the high rocks and talk of God’s goodness around us it is like heaven here on earth. But when we steal away in the open fields and take out time for each other and watch nature at its best, it’s like being in the very throne room of God.

 

In Genesis 4:8 according to the New King James Version of the Bible it says, “Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.  Some have asked questions like, “Why did Abel go with Cain to the field anyway? Or did he not know that his brother was angry with him? To answer these and other questions we must look at the text closely. When you read the first part of the text you see that Abel saw nothing wrong with going for a walk with his brother. After all this was not their first walk together in the open field.

This first murder on planet earth, Cain killing his brother Abel, would have great adversities on mankind. As news got back to Adam and Eve they where broken up. They could not contain the weight of the lost. This would be a great blow to the human family, and a lost that God Himself would feel. How many of us think about the consequences of our actions, and how it affects not only you but others?

 

According to the Bible God condemns hatred, because it leads to murder.

 

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:15)

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:9-11)

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. (Proverbs 15:17)

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:17-18)

 

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. (Proverbs 10:12 “The King James Version”)

 

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. (The New International Version, 2010)

 

Hatred starts fights, but love pulls a quilt over the bickering. (The Message)

 

Hatred stirs up contentions, but love covers all transgressions. The Amplified Bible)

 

To the many they will never openly kill anyone, but we must all watch our words, because they can kill. “We should choose our words with care, honoring the gift of speech. Words matter. Whether spoken, written or, nowadays, typed into a computer, words have the power to transform lives — sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse…… God put our tongues behind a cage of teeth and a wall of cheek. Tongues create words, and words can be very dangerous. Words can also accomplish good things, of course. We all know how a simple "thank you," a greeting, or some other kind word can transform an otherwise dark day into a joyful one. In short, words play a huge role in determining our character.” The Seattle Times published Friday, January 28, 2011

The six Commandment commands us to not kill, in deed and word. (Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17; Matthew 19:18)  Finally, let us put away our hatred because “Hatred stirs up trouble; and love overlooks the wrongs that others do. (The Contemporary English Version) Let us so love today, even as God loves us.

 

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This letter was written by Elder Kevin Santucci

 

 

 

Join us next time for another ray of sunshine from Garden Ministry when we shall look at, “Am I my brother's keeper?” (Part 6 Where is your brother?)

 

 

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Our Prayer for today:

 

Lord, know my heart and lead me in a plan path. Take my mind and make it yours.

Take my tongue and use it for your glory that all who hear,

may speak of your goodness today, in Jesus name Amen.

 

 

Prayer Request

 

Community / International Prayer

 

Ø     Update on Sister Winifred Dunkley from Bermuda who is sick in Boston. She is in a rehab, up and walking a bit. She will be having future test in a few days. Let us keep her in prayer.

 

Family prayer:

Ø    For Noel Dunkley, Chay Dunkley, Selina Dunkley, Anjula Burgess, Robert Sr. and Robert Jr. Trott, and Sherry Roberts who is in the hospital. They are the children and grand-children of Winfred and Elder Kenneth Dunkley

 

 

Ø    Prayer is asked today for Sandra Reaves-Phillips who is in need of surgery for joint diseases. The operation is set for February 25. Let us pray for the surgery room and team of doctors, so God can prepare them now for this surgery if needed. New York City

 

 

Around the world:

 

Ø    Prayer is asked for the people of Tanzania where a blast kill at least 20 people in Dares Salaam.

 

Ø    Let us pray for the comfort of the family of a US immigration and customs agent who was killed, and a second wounded in an attack on their car in Mexico. Officials say the pair were shot "in the line of duty" on a road in San Luis Potosi, between Mexico City and the northern city of Monterrey.

 

 

 

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