Anchor Missionary & Pastor's Retreat

GLEANING FROM GOD'S BOOK OF WISDOM Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. ~ STRIFE VS. LOVE ~... HLG: Tucker Carlson did a short interview with Mr Shelby Steel on his Carlson Fox Program on 06/09/2020 (we encourage you to look it up and view it) in which he mentions that the 75% of black babies are born out of wedlock! And his instruction is that this is The Main Problem among black youth today! NO FATHER FIGURE IN THE HOME! We will not claim ownership of this but we are constantly telling young couples that the most basic right of any child is BOTH a Father & Mother in their home and in their lives! So the question might be: How does this fit in with our text (but we suppose many readers have already figured it out)? Hatred (ANGER) stirreth up strifes! There are so man angry youth today! Youth who do not even know their father and therefore have not been told how to deal with their anger AND anger because they feel deserted (by the one who should be there for them!). Now back to Tucker Carlson for the past two programs he has done a sort of monologue for this entire program AND IT HAS BEEN POWERFUL! We are in trouble IF our elected Republicans don’t get some GUTS and stand up to the Left! And do their jobs, the jobs we elected them to do! Almost (we say almost) all of them the Republicans have shown themselves to be GUTLESS! And Carlson points this out very well! What a terrible thing: That moral people would even think about dismantling the POLICE! Speaking of anarchy! That my friend is an invitation to it! So what is the answer? Re-Read our text verse we will look at that for a moment. Albert Barnes' Notes: Love covereth all sins - i. e., First hides, does not expose, and then forgives and forgets all sins. Matthew Poole's Commentary: Ver. 12. Hatred stirreth up strifes upon every slight occasion, by filling men with suspicions and surmises, whereby they imagine faults where there are none, and aggravate every small offence. Love covereth all sins; either doth not severely observe, or doth willingly forget and forgive, the offences or injuries of others, and so preventeth contention and mischief. PS. We do not pretend to be an authority on anything. We do have some knowledge of Scripture and have been a student of the Bible for well over 50 years. We have been involved in an effort to keep couples together for well over 30 years. During our time of this effort, of the many couples we have ministered too, we only know of 3 cases where the marriage didn’t survive! If couples will follow instruction given, we will guarantee a 100% success rate! Now quickly, may we say WE CANNOT FIX ANYTHING! But we know ONE who can and will if (yes that word again).

RE-POST, too good not to do so! Preachers ...

Dear Preacher/Pastor Friend: "What if, for the time being, you are in heaviness? There is a needs-be that you should be in heaviness through manifold temptation, and you will come out of it. You are not the first child of God who has been depressed or troubled. Ay, among the noblest men and women who ever lived, there has been much of this kind of thing. I noticed in the life of Sir Isaac Newton, probably the greatest mind that God ever made apart from his own dear Son, the great Sir Isaac Newton, the master and teacher of the truest philosophy, during the middle part of his life was in great distress and deep depression." Spurgeon Anchor Ministries is a place of "REST & RESTORATION" - come apart for a time ... or there is a danger you will "come apart."

On Discouragement by my friend Chris Stephens. WOW! Chris Stephens, this article is "Spot On" as we say Down Under! Thanks for sharing this - we wish it could be eradicated but ... IT STILL COMES BY on occasions!... Discouragement can be found everywhere. We see it in politics, schools, churches, homes, and in individuals. It is a thief stealing our vitality, zeal, joy, peace, and contentment. When life is tiring, when we are struggling, when we don’t understand, we get discouraged and before long Discouragement’s friends show up. Do you know who Discouragement’s friends are? They are Fatigue, Hopelessness, Despair, Self Pity, Depression, Doubt, and even Bitterness. These unwanted friends walk through our door and take up residence. Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust for the future. It begins, when we fail to realize just how big our God is and that what He has promised to do, He will do. It is a lack of faith. Most of the time, it shows up, when we try to figure things out on our own, instead of following God by faith. The best way to battle discouragement is to walk by faith, believe God’s promises, and rest in His love. We need to be aware of His presence, trust His promises, and seek His will. When we feel we have nothing to rely on, when we forget His blessings and look to the circumstances instead of the Savior, we have opened the door to discouragement and have given a place to the devil. The prophet Isaiah said in Isaiah 26:3, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee. The Apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippians, Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Philippians 4:6) Paul told the Philippians that instead of relinquishing their joy, they should REJOICE in the Lord always! (Philippians 4:4) He stressed the importance of rejoicing by repeating the command, and again I say Rejoice.

GLEANING FROM GOD'S BOOK OF WISDOM Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.... ~ DEEP WATER COUNSELING ~ HLG: Over these soon to be 24 years we have seen all degrees of NEED in our Anchor Ministry Guests! We have seen many who just needed a friend to share with and time together fixed that. Perhaps on the lake with a rod & reel or sitting in fellowship over a good cup of coffee! Then, we have had others who had been beaten down by ministry (or we should say people who wanted their way in the church). Or by a CARNAL CHURCH who had terminated their Shepherd (under-shepherd) their Man of God and the couple were hurting so badly, they thought they were just FINISHED! They were the Deep Water ones described above. With some (few) we had to Draw it out as stated MOST just needed a friend. And we were that person! During these years, we had had some few come and just wanted to see what this ministry was about. They were thinking about doing something very much like it. However, some we were able to discourage, due to the fact to be effective the person bust be but a man of understanding and willing to LISTEN (which by the way is an art) and then will draw it out. From 8 Benefits - Yet being a good listener isn’t always easy. Studies have shown that the average person can only remember 50% of what they’ve heard straight after they’ve heard it. Another study has shown that only 10% of the initial message communicated is retained after 3 days. The reason for these shocking stats is that most of us think of listening as a passive process that requires no effort. Often, we listen to the words being said without truly grasping the meaning behind them. This is usually because we’re focused on our own internal dialogue rather than what the speaker is actually saying. Sometimes we don’t pay attention because we’re daydreaming while someone is talking we all have so much on our plates that it can be difficult to quiet our minds long enough to really listen to someone. Or we may have a pre-conceived bias against either the speaker or the topic that shuts our ears to what’s being said. See: https://www.eskill.com/blog/art-listening/ Pulpit Commentary: Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water. The thoughts and purposes of a man are hidden in his breast like deep water [Pr 18:4] in the bosom of the earth, hard to fathom, hard to get. But a man of understanding will draw it out. One who is intelligent and understands human nature penetrates the secret, and, by judicious questions and remarks, draws out, Septuagint) the hidden thought.