Where one or two are gathered in my name...

I did not make it to church today although I had planned to go. I woke up this morning with the same annoying pain in my back, right hip and knee that I've had for the past couple of weeks. It was so bad last week that I had to go to the pharmacy to get some medication for it. It was more of a spasm. The Robaxisal that I got seemed to have helped somewhat, until it started again this morning. I don't like taking medication for too long unless it's absolutely necessary.

Therefore I decided to have my own little service in my home, minus the congregation, just me and my mom. "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them" - Matthew 18:10.

We listened to some gospel DVDs as we sang along. We also listened to a sermon on the 10th commandment. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's." - Exodus 20:17. It's a DVD that a friend had given to me on the Ten Commandments series that was held in Chicago. Even though I enjoyed the preaching and singing, it's never the same like going to church.

It's a beautiful day outside. A bit breezy but lots of sunshine. I wanted to take a drive down to the lake with my mom, but knowing my mom, the weather has to be perfect for her to go. It's difficult getting her to go anywhere.

A friend later phoned me and asked if I had gone to the camp meeting in the West end. I had forgotten everything about it. I didn't feel that bad after all because I am sure the church was almost empty since a lot of people had gone to the camp meeting.

I always associate camp meeting with tent and outdoor. I don't know why they would now have it in a hotel. It's just not the same. I used to enjoy camp meetings when it was held in Oshawa under a very large tent. At lunch time most families would set up their own little pic-nic area under the trees and have lunch there. Some would have lunch at friends' homes. Some in their vehicles. After lunch, some would even fall asleep under the trees. By the time the afternoon program is ready to begin, everyone's appetite is satisfied and they are relaxed.

I don't know if the conference would ever have it here in the East end like they used to every year for the past number of years. When I moved to this area three years ago, I thought I would be closer to the camp meeting site. But now that they've moved it in the West end, it's even farther from me. I definitely won't be attending.

It was a beautiful Sabbath day!

GOD's Ten Commands

Exodus 20 KJV:

1. "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me"

2. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:"

"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments"

3. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain"

4. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, they manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:"

"For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it"

5. "Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee"

6. "Thou shalt not kill"

7. "Thou shalt not commit adultery"

8. "Thou shalt not steal"

9. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour"

10. "Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's house; Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's"

The Ten Commandments are like a chain. If one link is broken the chain is not complete. God wrote all Ten Commandments himself.

Some people say that the Sabbath was nailed to the cross. There is nowhere in the Bible where it states that. What was nailed to the cross was the sacrificial or Moses' laws. God never did and never will change any of his Commandments because he said in Matthew 5:18 - "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." That's why God wrote them on tablets of stone

Some people believe that the Sabbath was made for the Jews, but God said in Matthew 2:27 - Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath"

Galatians 3:28 - "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus"

Daniel 7:25 - "He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time"

Hosea 4:6 - "my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge"

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