Never Judge A Ministry

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Here is something that I found by an unknown author that I wanted to share.

When Peter preached, 3,000 got saved.

When Stephen preached, he was killed.

Don’t judge ministry by results, but by faithfulness.

Wait a minute! When Stephen was stoned, Saul was watching and when Saul became Paul, he remembered how Stephen stand even in death when he was also stoned in Damascus. Stephen had no idea that his death (impact) was a factor of Paul's success in the ministry afterward, he had no idea that he would wrote so many epistles for the churches in Asia minor.

Lesson: Be faithful even unto the end!

William James Roop

Roop-Crappell Ministries

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

Brother Roop teaches the Bible

Two Covenants

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Here is a story from an unknown author that I found interesting.

Two Men Named Mephibosheth

There were two men named Mephibosheth living in David's kingdom at the same time; an uncle and a nephew. One, the son of Saul; the other, the son of Jonathan. 

Saul's action against the Lord caused the rebellion of the Gibeonites. They wanted blood for the actions taken against their family. David agreed to give them their request. 

Jonathan's actions to preserve his friend and "brother" David established a covenant that would last a lifetime. 

Uncle Mephibosheth was sent to his death at the hand of the Gibeonites because of the actions of his father Saul. Nephew Mephibosheth's life was saved because of the actions of his father Jonathan. 

Uncle Mephibosheth died because of a covenant his father broke before he was ever born. 

Nephew Mephibosheth lived because of a covenant that was made before he was ever even born. 

Some of us need to realize that we are walking in promise because of covenants that precede our timing. Others need to realize that by our honored or broken covenants, we are creating the circumstances our children will face after we're gone.

William James Roop

Roop-Crappell Ministries

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

Brother Roop teaches the Bible