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Edwards challenges LC students to be the Jesus generation, change the world

By Brian Blackwell Message Staff Writer PINEVILLE – Evangelist Dave Edwards challenged Louisiana College students to be a part of the Jesus generation on the first day of the school’s fall revival September 11. “The idea that you and I are called to live like Jesus can seem like an unattainable task,” said Edwards, founder of Dave Edwards Speaks in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “We become more aware of our weaknesses when we think about that. We become more aware of our inconsistencies and the contradictions in our life.” Edwards said members of the Jesus generation are controlled by the Father’s desire, committed to faithfully disciple other believers and consumed by a future dream that one day the presence of God will cover the earth. He encouraged all students to ask themselves the same question that forever changed his life as a high school student … what does God want for them? “What’s the eternal significance of your major?” he said. “What’s the point of your athletic ability? It can’t just be to put points on the board or get people’s respect. There’s got to be something deeper than that. “To any person who is bold enough to ask this question, the spirit of God begins to place the desires of God into your … [Read more...]

Scripture’s cure for anxiety

By Joe McKeever “Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you” (Psalm 116:7). Want to see anxiety demonstrated?  Get on any highway in the country during morning rush hour traffic.  One out of every ten drivers is either running late, in a hurry, under the gun from the boss or the school kids, and taking it out on every other motorist on the road.  They’re not wicked, just stressed. They’re anxious. A friend wrote to thank me for an article on depression.  “I’m not really depressed,” he said, “but anxious.  I have a lot of problem with anxiety.” I could write a book on that subject myself.  (A friend, Dr. Larry Kennedy–now in Heaven and a member of the great cloud of witnesses–did just that.  I told him he might have thought of a more uplifting title than Down With Anxiety, but he felt the play on words worked.) I’ve been anxious.  It seems to go with the job of pastor. Ask any pastor how well he sleeps on Saturday night. Let’s not add to the misery of those battling anxiety by calling them unbelievers.  Anxiety may well be the norm for those who live in uncertain times.  And yet there is a Scriptural answer for it. Perhaps we should think of anxiety not so much as … [Read more...]