The Road Less Travelled

standing at the crossroads

Even if youre on the right track, youll get run over if you just sit there
Will Rogers

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standing at the crossroads

This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask which paths are the old, reliable paths. Ask which way leads to blessings. Live that way, and find a resting place for yourselves.
Jeremiah 6:16 (Gods Word)

"The Road Not Taken"

by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I was sorry I could not travel both, And as a traveler, long I stood, and looked down one lane as far as I could. Then I took the other, it was just as fair, and perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear. Though as for the passing there had worn them both about the same. I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence, Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference!

The Road Less Travelled

Graeme Connors
In a world that grows More confused each day The temptation gets stronger For an easy way To cut that corner Play the lottery Bend the rules a little When no one can see But it gets us nowhere Cause the truth within Says its not the being there but the journey That matters in the end Take the road less travelled Take the long way round Let your life unravel As you cover that ground

The Road Less Traveled

George Straight
There's a road a winding road that never ends Full of curves lessons learned at every bend Goin's rough unlike the straight and narrow It's for those who go against the grain Have no fear dare to dream of a change live to march to the beat of a different drummer And it all might come together And it all might come unraveled On the road less traveled For the road less traveled ain't for the faint of heart For those who choose to play it safe and never stray too far Me I want to live my life and one day leave my mark And it all might come together And it all might come unraveled On the road less traveled

the road most taken

conspicuous compassion
so many outpourings of feeling today is precisely that they are little more than public displays behind the public statements, petitions, badges and ribbons, nothing else is going on not genuine compassion for others but mere indulgence of the self outward and visible demonstrations of feeling that we care

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perpetual adolescence
A culture where adults remain children and where children have no desire to become adults adolescence lasts well into the adulthood years our children suffer because their parents are emotional adolescents contemporary culture's youth obsession

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affluenza
we are richer but unhappier spending to save working longer to enjoy less fever of affluence a growing and unhealthy preoccupation with money and material things

Jesus said
Dont look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Dont fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to lifeto God!is vigorous and requires total attention.
Matthew 7:13,14 (Message)

the road less travelled

acting justly
deaths in custody - whos pursuing justice for these people and their families? mental health - whos looking after the mentally ill? asylum detainees - whos fighting for their freedom? religious vilification - whos being persecuted for saying what they believe?

the road less travelled

loving mercy
band-aid - Bono, Bob Geldof tsunami appeal - Father Chris Riley Udayan Rehabilitation Centre and Orphanage Steven Waugh integrated approach to development in rural communities in Cambodia - David Cowled Asian Aid - Maisie Fook

the road less travelled

walk humbly with your God
the biggest decision most of us had to make this morning was which dress, shoes or tie to wear and what to have for breakfast Jesus asked us to be there - not be here - the great commission is to go and make disciples His practice may have been to be at the synagogue but His time was always spent with people who needed help - its still the same today

the road less travelled

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
(NIV)

the pattern on this world

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. 12:2 (NIV)
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Col. 2:8
(NIV)

Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules Col. 2:20 (NIV)

the pattern on this world

Ownership and control
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. All this I will give you, he said, if you will bow down and worship me.
Matthew 4:8-9
(NIV)

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Ownership and control Hierarchy and superiority
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. If you are the Son of God, he said, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Matthew 4:5-6
(NIV)

the pattern on this world

Ownership and control Hierarchy and superiority Competition and winning
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish. John 11:50 (NIV)

the most excellent way

Stewardship and sharing
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:5-8
(NIV)

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Stewardship and sharing Egalitarianism and unity
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave not free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galations 3:28 (NIV)

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.

Matthew 20:16
(NIV)

the most excellent way

Stewardship and sharing Egalitarianism and unity Cooperation and compassion
All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.
Acts 2:44,45
(NIV)

at the crossroads
This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask which paths are the old, reliable paths. Ask which way leads to blessings. Live that way, and find a resting place for yourselves.
Jeremiah 6:16 (Gods Word)

the choice is yours

Even if youre on the right track, youll get run over if you just sit there
Will Rogers