ZIONWORKS NEWS JULY 20, 2023

 From: Zionworkz

Zionworkz@protonmail.com

ZIONWORKS NEWS JULY 20, 2023

COLLATERAL EFFECTS AND SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER

In Zion and in the processes of making the kingdom on earth a reality, we know that God’s word and will cannot be compromised. It’s a comfort to know that that safe and loving environment is a reality awaiting our commitment. Consider this endeavor like a marriage. The scriptures refer to this as a marriage—the “church” (hopefully you and I among the rest of Christ’s faithful) as Jesus’ bride. You are familiar with the 80-80 or 100-100 concept. Wise counsel instructs us that we don’t enter a marriage for what we can get out of it, but that we should expect to give more than our 50%, we should give 100%. A marriage is a lot of work and none of us knew what blessings and trials to expect when we promised to “love and to cherish”, “in sickness or in health” and “til death do us part”, but we promised. AND, we learned as the years went by and never stop learning, much or most of it the hard way.

Our first parents had to learn faith, dedication, obedience, discernment, intelligent responsibility, true love and endurance the hard way. Adam had to live by the sweat of his brow, to say the least—providing for a family and carrying the responsibility to set precedent for all generations to come. Eve was told she would experience the pains and burdens of childbirth—there are several volumes that can be said about that short statement. They both were probably instructed with what would take tomes to record. And a full account of their experiences and acquired wisdom would take tomes more. It wasn’t a fairytale marriage…the horror of a son murdering his brother; wind, weather, vicious and deceptive reptiles; the deep care for their children and grandchildren for a long lifetime and probably til now and beyond. Yet, love triumphed, both the innocent love at the initial promise to love and to cherish and the hard-earned, high scale, multi-dimensional love that developed over a life time.

We claim to be destined for the ultimate marriage. Maybe we shouldn’t think that the bridegroom will whisk us away yet to eternal bliss just for belonging to the “right church” or for being super faithful. Preparing for the kingdom on the earth and making a place of safety and refuge for the beleaguered innocents of the world, and learning to get along with each other on earth as it is in heaven is not an easy task. It’s a tough task, applied through tough times, great coming trials, tribulations and heartbreak. The promise is that love will triumph, innocent love and hard-earned love, eternal love. And then we can justifiably claim the uncompromised joys of heaven on earth.

So, to explain collateral effects—by God’s miraculous grace and by his instruction, the efforts of this growing group, Zionworks, to establish the means to survive and thrive through tribulation has been accompanied by outpourings of the spirit, blessings and even healings. We went into this with a 100% attitude (it’s not a part-time attitude) and though we didn’t ask for these blessings, we received them. God needs faithful and dedicated individuals for this task. Each of His children have their gifts, talents and needs.

CONTACT

For questions, contact 816-690-8464, 816-694-2284, 816-838-1593
zionworkz@protonmail.com
or
yyeoman@protonmail.com

You may ask for the welcome and preparedness guide, they’re free, and ask for the talents and needs form.

CALENDAR

Meetings: 1st and 3rd Sundays at 2:00 pm. Workdays: 2nd and 4th Saturday mornings, typically

WORKDAY this coming Saturday, July 22nd, , 8:00 AM at Jim and Laurie Huseby’s, 38403 E. Truman Rd., Oak Grove. We will be picking up limbs from the storm and converting a couple downed trees to firewood. Tools needed will be chain saws, buck saws, tough gloves, axes and rakes. I think lunch at a nearby Mexican restaurant, El Maguay, sounds good.

NEXT MEETING: July 30th at 2:00 at Central Branch, 919 S. Delaware, Independence. Bring an interesting, intriguing, nutritious or useful item to barter if you wish. Plan on enjoying some friendship and some serious cooperative planning.

NEEDED

Your photography of Missouri scenery, farms, gardens, etc. for the website. Articles for the website having to do with all aspects of living independent of Babylon. Your personality, your skills, your questions, your friendship.

QUOTES

Quoted by Denny Sharier, ”God is not a cosmic Santa Claus…”

“We don’t understand the foreigners gathering. This isn’t an invitation just for us saints. It’s a personal challenge. The foreigners must be welcomed and handled on Christ’s terms.” Ken Danko

“The real thing is community. CONNECT with each other.” Edward Glazer

With Christ as our bond,
Your friends at Zionworks