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RELIGION /columns, special events ..•—T'" ■ ,■ ■■ ... . Making right decisions gives life order, direction and purpose BY REV. HARRY SNYDER Retired Minister In the coming year each of us will be confronted with alternative choices, the making of resolutions — how and where we will prioritize our time and efforts. If we refuse to make clear-cut decisions, we will live aim lessly and we will be filled with anxiety. On the other hand, by making right deci sions our lives can have order, direction and purpose. What we need is an overarching criteria, a yard stick of values, by which we can judge with the right perspective. After God liberated the Israelites out of slavery-to Egypt and led them into the promised land, the Israelites lived among people who worshipped and served other .gods. Some of God’s people adopted these lesser gods to worship and serve. Conse quently, God’s servant, Joshua, assembled the lead ers, the judges and the heads of families. At this assembly, Joshua spoke the word of the Lord God to the Israelites and to you and me. Joshua gives us the key, the right criteria for making correct decisions. Compare the histori cal qualifi cations and the track record of the false gods whom people serve. Through Joshua, God re called for them how He had called Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to serve Him by taking an assignment.' In every case God promised to accompany them and to empower them to do His will. Then, God called Moses to serve with Him to liberate His ' people out of slavery to Egypt and to lead them to the prom ised land. There, God called Joshua to lead His people across the Jordan River into the promised land and to give them this land. Time after time, God was faithful to fulfill His promises. Today, we live among people who believe that man’s inventions of modern technol ogy make men and women sufficient unto themselves and capable of managing their own destinies. There is the powerful god of materialism, which, if we serve, can pro vide us with better, bigger and more things. However, can secularism and materialism change lives from being self-centered to being concerned for the well-being of others and for the common good? Can these gods provide, for a price, loving hearts and hope for life after death? No! We must choose the Lord God above lesser gods. Furthermore, we must put aside the competitive gods which are among you and me. Jesus says to us, “No one can serve two masters; for he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other (Matthew 6:24). God must be foremost in our lives by “serving him in sincerity and in faithfulness.” (Joshua 24:14) In the Lord’s prayer Jesus h.'i ' C taught us to pray for guid-'' « ance, “Thy kingdom come Thy will be done, on earth ds’ it is in heaven,” and to “seek first His kingdom and His ■ ' righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” (Matthew 6:10, 33) When we incline our hearts' toward the Lord God, He wild - bless us with the right per-' spective and the right mind to help us make the right deci- ' sions in the coming year. United with God’s will of love and goodness, we can help build a better world. The Lord Jesus comes not just during this Christmas season, but on every day .of every year. He is here today. /Cv ,vJ Ken Grimes Qazarr £ % COM Continual technical and software support at a low monthly cost. Edenton, NC 27932 Phone:482-6815 Fax:482-8105 www.Qazarr.com Email: QazarrtMail.com NEED COMPUTER HELP? 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Four in 10 people asked said, however, that they were preparing for the event anyway. “The few who do believe that the new millennium will bring disas ter are also attaching religious sig nificance to it,” said Robert Faris, a doctoral student at.UNC-CH. “Seventy-seven percent of those who anticipate a disaster also be lieve that the Bible predicts major changes for the year 2000.” Y2K fears also have deeper roots among conservatives, Faris said. At least half of “strong” conserva tives are preparing for Y2K ins ome -■ .. ■ ,1 i New Location: Old Nixon Paint Building New Items Displayed Daily — Weekly Sale Items — Mon.-Fri. 10 am to 4 pm Mens Clothing, Ladies & Children's Clothes & Household Items CLOTHING CLOSET way versus 33 percent of liberals. More than 43 percent of gun own ers, and 46 percent of Republicans are preparing, compared to 35 per cent of people who don’t own guns, and 38 percent of Democrats, he said. Non-mainline Protestants are significantly more likely than oth ers to find religious significance in the millennium and are also more likely to prepare for it. Of those, 38 percent make a biblical connection to Y2K, and 41 percent are getting ready. “While Y2K seems to have taken on greater significance for reli gious conservatives, the non-reli gious also take it seriously,” said Faris. “Nearly 60 percent of athe ists are preparing for the Y2K bug, compared to roughly 35 percent of other Americans. “In some ways, we are seeing an interesting convergence: both re ligious fundamentalists, who tend The Chowan Herald offers you the very best coverage of local news that is important to you! To subscribe, call us today at (252)482-4418 T.R. 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Samples were combined and weighted to produce national esti mates for the report. The sampling error was plus.or; minus 3.5 percent for the Southern sample, plus or minus 5 percent for the non-Southern sample and larger for comparisons between groups. Forty-four percent of. people asked agreed to share their; opinions with UNC-CH students, who called them. ‘Diversity’ is focus of video, new manual Help is now available for North’ Carolinians who would like to tafce' an active role in improving race relations in their own community. Thanks to the efforts of the Ncf Human Relations Commission^ a video and accompanying training manual provide tools that citizens can use to improve race and ethnic relations where they live. The video and manual, called “Responding to the New Diver sity,” were funded by a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, as part of its three-year support of the commission’s efforts to create a new generation of human rela tions programs. 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