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ARE WE SECURE?
Psalm 112:1-10
Headline News September 11, 2001 “The New York Times
“ :
Horror, Alarm and Chaos Grip Downtown Manhattan
Sep 11, 2:56 PM ET
``This
is the most horrifying thing I've ever experienced,'' said Jim Zamparelli, 54, as he stood near the school just after
the southern tower collapsed, watching the northern tower burn. ``Look - Oh
my God, look - there's a person falling. I can't watch. Don't watch.
Hijacked
Planes Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon; Thousands Feared Dead
I. Torn between security and freedom.
A. Dhahran Saudi Arabia, TWA #800
bombing, Atlanta Olympics and now the Terror in New York and Washington.
1) Can we ever be truly safe?
2) One nut with a bomb can
paralyze a nation, ruin
it for
the rest of us.
3) Even with a cop on every
corner, could terrorism be
eliminated?
B. World's way to security.
1) Beef up police.
a) (Visiting White House in
1960's - fewer guards, no
metal
detectors.)
b) Now plane flights will
take much longer.
2) Limit freedoms.
a) New laws expands wiretaps, police powers.
3) Fear everyone.
a) Paranoia has a strong tradition
in America.
b) But the more afraid we
are, and the tighter we protect
ourselves,
the less secure we are.
II. We live in a dangerous world.
A. Horrible people are all around us.
1) Christians don't believe
everyone is basically nice.
a) Some are quite evil.
b) Even we have tendencies
toward evil lurking inside us.
2) Love doesn't change everyone.
a) We are called to
sacrificial love but there is no
guarantee
our enemies will be converted.
b) We must accept the
possibility of pain and suffering
throughout
life.
B. Horrible things can happen.
1) In a fallen world, tragedy can
occur at any time.
2) Psalm 112 is very optimistic
about the situation of
the
righteous, but even it mentions darkness.
Ps 112:4
3) Only our souls are eternal -
our bodies can be destroyed,
and
easily. Luke 12:4-5
C. Fear is a rational attitude.
1) If we are honest, most of us
would have to admit we
have
fears of our own.
2) Some are crippled by it.
3) Others make money at it.
a) Home security:
Call this week from
Westinghouse Security Systems,
"absolutely free."
b) Big-time security:
John Demeter runs
"Spy Shops International" in Miami.
His store sells sniper scopes,
telephone scramblers, and
a
low-slung automobile he calls the "Supermobile."
The car has a jet
propulsion boost, a night-vision
system,
and a gadget that drops tacks on the road.
When the store is busy,
customers take a number
attached
to a hand-grenade pin.
John says he has two
religions.
The first is personal
defense.
The other is Christianity.
He was born-again in
1987.
Anytime he sells weapons
or surveillance gear he also
throws
in a tract called "Eternal Security."
He describes God as the
ultimate bulletproof vest.
He preaches to his
customers and prays for them, even
the
ones he knows are drug runners.
But we must remember the words of II
Timothy 1:7 where
it says “For God hath not given
us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
III. God's way to
security.
A. Acknowledge that He is in charge.
1) "Greater is He in us than
he in world." 1 Jn 4:4
a) We know who holds the
future.
2) When God saves us, he keeps us
forever.
a) No human can touch us.
b) Satan cannot touch us.
B. Can we trust in Him when we can't
even see Him?
A burst of thunder sent a
three-year old flying into her
parent's
bedroom.
"Mommy, I'm scared," she
said.
The mother, half-awake and
half-unconscious, replied,
"Go back to your room.
God will be there with you."
The small figure stood in the
unlit doorway for a moment
and then said softly,
"Mommy, I'll sleep here with
Daddy and you go in there
and
sleep with God."
1) Trusting God in times of difficulty shows your real faith.
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths.”
C. We can know for sure.
1) Plane travelers can never be
sure.
2) We have confidence, because
based on God's promises.
a) Jesus - "No one can
snatch you from my hand." John
10:28
b) He can keep us from
falling.
c) "Once saved, always
saved."
IV. Fear not.
A. Some Christians don't feel secure.
1) Lack of faith.
2) Worrying seems realistic.
3) But it ends up being a form of
slavery.
B. Don't let your fears limit your
witness.
1) Uptight Christians are not
very convincing.
2) Be trusting,
positive and forward-looking.
Ps 112:7-8
V. Put your confidence in God, no matter
what.
A. Central
Tanzania, Africa. August 5, 1995.
Lined up on their knees were three Southern Baptist
missionaries
and two of their children.
"Are we going to shoot them
all together or one at a time?"
the
kidnapper asked his two helpers.
He pointed an AK-47 assault rifle
at them.
The gunman grabbed missionary
Sandy Harrington from the
line
and forced her to kneel five feet away.
She was absolutely terrified, and
her fear had been
escalating
throughout the whole ordeal.
But even then, there was a
calmness in the midst of her
terror
-- a sense of heaven-wardness.
"If they killed me, I'll be
with God,' she thought to myself.
But she said to the gunman,
"Please don't shoot me."
They all grabbed one another's
hands and tensed up,
expecting
the bullets to hit.
One of them prayed, "Lord,
put your angels around us, but
if
it's time for us to go, then it's time.
Do your will."
He felt that everything was
surrendered to God.
Sandy Harrington felt a similar peace.
She remembered the Bible verse in
the book of Romans saying
nothing could separate them
from the love of Christ --
not
even death."
Her 10-year-old daughter said,
"When I saw the gun, I felt
scared
at first.
But I knew I would go to heaven if
I was killed, and that
was
better than being alive ... so, I didn't care."
Lined up, kneeling, their backs to
the gunman, holding hands
and praying
aloud, the five expected to die.
Then one of the abductors leaned
down and asked one of the
men a
question.
"Are you a pastor?"
"Yes, I'm a pastor, a
Baptist missionary."
The kidnapper forced them all to
take a drugged liquid.
When they woke up, their car
was gone but they were alive.
After the ordeal was over, one of
the missionaries said,
"We crossed a line, the five
of us, that most people
don't
cross.
I had peace because I knew Jesus
Christ and knew that he
was
my Lord and Savior.
I've been someplace in my life
that most haven't been, and
I'm going to tell them about
it.
Then I'm going to ask them if
they can say the same thing
about
Jesus that I can say".
B. Can you say this?
We here at Asa-Ministries link up with Christians everywhere to
Unite in Prayer for all those who lost loved ones in this horrific event
that has over shadowed our lives. We stand in prayer for our President and
ask God to send down his Holy Spirit upon him as well as upon the Senate
and all those in authority to give them the Wisdom needed to overcome this
evil with good. We must not allow ourselves to be led by the flesh, but to
allow God to direct our footsteps in a Godly way to bring back that Peace
that Passes All Understanding that can only come from God.
Here is a partial list of those who have lost their
lives.
Please pray for all the victims families and friends as well as our
Nation!
Please forward this list on so they can have continued support
Partial Lists Of Terror Victims
a.. Victims' Names, Broken Down Into Lists
American Airlines Flight 11,
Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center
CREW:
John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain
Thomas McGuinness, 42, Portsmouth, N.H., first
officer
Barbara Arestegui, 38, Marstons
Mills, Mass., flight attendant
Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant
Sara Low, 28, Batesville, Ark., flight attendant
Karen Martin, flight attendant
Kathleen Nicosia, flight attendant
Betty Ong, 45, Andover, Mass., flight attendant
Jean Roger, 24, Longmeadow, Mass., flight attendant
Dianne Snyder, 42, Westport, Mass., flight attendant
Madeline Sweeney, 35, Acton, Mass., flight attendant
PASSENGERS:
Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Mass.,
David Angell, 54, Pasadena, Calif.,
Lynn Angell, Pasadena, Calif.
Seima Aoyama
Myra Aronson, 52, Charlestown, Mass.,
Christine Barbuto, 32, Brookline, Mass., TJX Co.
Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress and photographer
Carolyn Beug, 48, Los Angeles
Carol Bouchard, 43, Warwick, R.I., Kent Hospital ER secretary
Robin Caplin, Natick, Mass.
Neilie Casey, 32, Wellesley, Mass., TJX Co.
Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Mass., security analyst for Compaq
Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Mass.
Thelma Cuccinello, 71, Wilmot, N.H.
Patrick Currivan
Andrew Curry Green, Chelmsford, Mass.
Brian Dale, 43, Warren, N.J.
David DiMeglio, Wakefield, Mass.
Donald Ditullio, 49, Peabody, Mass., Smith and
Nephew
Albert Dominguez
Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Mass.
Carol Flyzik, 40, Plaistow, N.H.
Paul Friedman
Karleton D.B. Fyfe, 31, Brookline, Mass., John
Hancock
Peter Gay, 54, Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon Co. plant manager
Linda George, 27, Westboro, Mass., TJX Co.
Edmund Glazer, 41, Los Angeles, chief financial officer,
Lisa Fenn Gordenstein,
41, Needham, Mass., TJX Co.
Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Mass., spiritual
counselor
Peter Hashem, 40, Tweksbury,
Mass., salesman
Robert Hayes
Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Mass., consultant
John Hofer
Cora Holland, 52, Sudbury, Mass., Our Lady of Fatima Church
Nicholas Humber, 60, Newton, Mass., owner of Brae Burn mg.
Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass.
John Jenkins
Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Mass., computer programmer
Robin Kaplan, 33, Westboro, Mass., TJX Co.
Barbara Keating, 72, Palm Springs, Calif.
David Kovalcin, 42, Hudson, N.H.
Judy Larocque, 50, Framingham, Mass.,
Jude Larson, 31, Los Angeles
Natalie Larson, Los Angeles
N. Janis Lasden, 46, Peabody, Mass., General
Electric
Daniel John Lee, 34, Los Angeles
Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai
Technologies
Susan MacKay, 44, Westford, Mass., TJX Co.
Chris Mello, 25, Boston, analyst
Jeff Mladenik, 43, Hinsdale, Ill. interim
president at E-Logic
Antonio Montoya
Carlos Montoya
Laura Lee Morabito, 34, Framingham, Mass.,
Mildred Naiman, Andover, Mass.
Laurie Neira
Renee Newell, 37, Cranston, R.I., American Airlines customer service
Jacqueline Norton, 60, Lubec, Maine, retiree
Robert Norton, 82, Lubec, Maine, retiree
Jane Orth, 49, Haverhill, Mass., retired from
Lucent Technology
Thomas Pecorelli, 31, Los Angeles, cameraman for
Fox Sports and E!
Entertainment Television
Bernthia Perkins, 53, Wellfleet, Mass., actress
and photographer
Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, Dover, Mass., former
ballet dancer
David Retik, Needham, Mass.
Philip Rosenzweig, Acton, Mass., executive with
Sun Microsystems
Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Mass. the Ross Group
James Roux, 43, Portland, Maine, attorney
Jessica Sachs, 22, Billerica, Mass., accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers
Rahma Salie, 28, Boston
Heath Smith
Douglas Stone, 54, Dover, N.H.
Xavier Suarez
Michael Theodoridis, 32, Boston, consultant
James Trentini, 65, Everett, Mass., retired
teacher and assistant principal
Mary Trentini, 67, Everett, Mass., retired
secretary
Mary Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah
Kenneth Waldie, 46, Methuen, Mass., Raytheon Co.
John Wenckus, 46, Torrance, Calif., tax
consultant
Candace Lee Williams, 20, Danbury, Conn., student
Christopher Zarba, 47, Hopkinton, Mass., software
engineer at Concord
Communications
United Airlines Flight 175,
Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center
CREW:
Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield
Township, Pa., captain
Michael Horrocks, first officer
Robert Fangman, flight attendant
Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, R.I., flight
attendant
Amy King, flight attendant
Kathryn Laborie, flight attendant
Alfred Marchand, 44, Alamogordo, N.M., flight
attendant
Michael Tarrou, flight attendant
Alicia N. Titus, 28, San Francisco, flight attendant
PASSENGERS:
Alona Abraham, 30, Ashdot,
Israel
Garnet ``Ace'' Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Mass., director of pro scouting, Los
Angeles Kings
Mark Bavis, 31, West Newton, Mass., Los Angeles
Kings scout
Graham Berkeley, 37, Wellesley, mass., Xerox Corp.
Touri Bolourchi, 69,
Beverly Hills, Calif.
Klaus Bothe, 31, chief of development, BCT Technology AG, Germany
Daniel Brandhorst, Los Angeles, PriceWaterhouse lawyer
David Brandhorst, 3, Los Angeles
John Cahill, Wellesley, Mass.
Christoffer Carstanjen,
33, Turner Falls, Mass., computer research specialist
at University of Massachusetts
John ``Jay'' Corcoran, 44, Norwell, Mass., merchant marine
Dorothy Dearaujo, 82, Long Beach, Calif.
Gloria de Barrera
Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., sales and marketing
associate
Ronald Gamboa, 33, Los Angeles, Gap store manager
Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Mass., Putnam
Investments
Francis Grogan, 76, Easton, Mass., priest at Holy Cross Church
Carl Hammond, 37, Boston
Peter Hanson, 32, Groton, Mass., software salesman
Susan Hanson, 35, Groton, Mass., student
Christine Hanson, 3, Groton, Mass.
Gerald Hardacre
Eric Hartono
James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass., chief financial officer of Netegrity Inc.
Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass., salesman
Ralph Kershaw, 52, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., marine surveyor
Heinrich Kimmig, 43, chairman of BCT Technology
AG, Germany
Brian Kinney, 29, Lowell, Mass., PriceWaterhouse
Cooper auditor
Robert LeBlanc, 70, Lee, N.H., professor emeritus of geography, University
of New Hampshire
Maclovio ``Joe'' Lopez Jr., 41, Norwalk, Calif.
Marianne MacFarlane
Louis Neil Mariani, 59, Derry, N.H.
Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, New London, Conn.
Ruth McCourt, 45, New London, Conn.
Wolfgang Menzel, 60, personnel manager, BCT
Technology AG, Germany
Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket, R.I., American
Power Conversion
Patrick Quigley, 40, Wellesley, Mass., partner at PriceWaterhouse
Cooper
Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., physician
James M. Roux, 42, Portland, Maine
Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Mass., off-duty flight attendant
Kathleen Shearer, Dover, N.H.
Robert Shearer, Dover, N.H.
Jane Simpkin, 35, Wayland, Mass.
Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass., business consultant
Timothy Ward, 38, San Diego, Rubio's Restaurants executive
William Weems, 46, Marblehead, Mass., commercial producer
American Airlines Flight 77,
Washington to Los Angeles, crashed into Pentagon
CREW:
Charles Burlingame, captain
David Charlebois, Washington, first officer
Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, Md., flight
attendant
Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant
Kenneth Lewis, 49, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant
Renee May, 39, Baltimore, flight attendant
PASSENGERS:
Dr. Paul Ambrose, 32, physician
Yeneneh Betru, 35,
Burbank, Calif.
MJ Booth
Bernard Brown, 11, student, Leckie Elementary
School in Washington
Suzanne Calley, 42, San Martin, Calif., employee
of Cisco Systems Inc.
William Caswell
Sarah Clark, 65, Columbia, Md., sixth-grade teacher, Backus Middle School
in
Washington
Asia Cottom, 11, student, Backus Middle School in
Washington
James Debeuneure, 58, Upper Marlboro, Md.,
fifth-grade teacher, Ketcham Elementary School in
Washington
Rodney Dickens, 11, student, Leckie Elementary
School in Washington
Eddie Dillard
Charles Droz
Barbara G. Edwards, 58, Las Vegas, teacher, Palo Verde High School in Las
Vegas
Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, Md.,
director of research at ECOlogic Corp.
Zoe Falkenberg, 8, University Park, Md.
Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park, Md.
James Ferguson
Wilson ``Bud'' Flagg, Millwood, Va., retired Navy admiral and retired
American Airlines pilot
Darlene ``Dee'' Flagg, Millwood, Va.
Richard Gabriel
Ian Gray, 55, Washington, president of healthcare consulting firm
Stanley Hall, 68, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Bryan Jack, 48, Alexandria, Va., senior executive at Defense Department
Steven D. ``Jake'' Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, Va., chief operating officer, Metrocall Inc.
Ann Judge, 49, Virginia, National Geographic Society travel office manager
Chandler Keller, 29, Boeing propulsion engineer in El Segundo, Calif.
Yvonne Kennedy
Norma Khan
Karen A. Kincaid, 40, lawyer with Wiley Rein & Fielding in Washington
Norma Langsteuerle
Dong Lee
Dora Menchaca, 45, Santa Monica, Calif.,
associate director of clinical research for biotech firm
Christopher Newton, 38, Arlington, Va., executive, Work Life Benefits
Barbara Olson, 45, TV commentator and lawyer
Ruben Ornedo, 39, Los Angeles, Boeing propulsion
engineer
Lisa Raines, 42, senior vice president of biotechnology firm
Todd Reuben, 40, Potomac, Md., tax and business lawyer
John Sammartino
Yang Shuyin
Diane Simmons
George Simmons
Mari-Rae Sopper, Santa Barbara, Calif., women's
gymnastics coash, UC-Santa Barbara
Robert Speisman, 47, Irvington, N.Y.
Hilda Taylor, sixth grade teacher at Leckie
Elementary School in Washington
Leonard Taylor, Reston, Va.
Sandra Teague
Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Md., Georgetown University
professor
John Yamnicky, 71, Waldorf, Md.
Vicki Yancey
Zheng Yuguang
United Airlines Flight 93,
Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest
Pennsylvania
CREW:
Jason Dahl, 43, Denver, captain
Leroy Homer, Marlton, N.J., first officer
Lorraine Bay, flight attendant
Sandra Bradshaw, 38, Greensboro, N.C., flight attendant
Wanda Green, flight attendant
CeeCee Lyles, Fort Myers, Fla., flight attendant
Deborah Welsh, flight attendant
PASSENGERS:
Christian Adams
Todd Beamer, 32, of Cranbury, N.J.
Alan Beaven, 48, Oakland, Calif., environmental
lawyer
Mark Bingham, 31, San Francisco, public relations firm owner
Deora Bodley, 20, Santa
Clara, Calif., university student
Marion Britton
Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, San Ramon, Calif., senior executive of medical
research and development company
William Cashman
Georgine Corrigan
Joseph Deluca
Patrick Driscoll
Edward Felt, 41, Matawan, N.J.
Colleen Fraser
Andrew Garcia
Jeremy Glick, 31, West Milford, N.J.
Lauren Grandcolas, San Rafael, Calif., sales
worker at Good Housekeeping
magazine
Donald F. Greene, 52, Greenwich, Conn.
Linda Gronlund
Richard Guadagno, 38, Eureka, Calif., U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service Humboldt
Bay National Wildlife Refuge manager
Toshiya Kuge
Waleska Martinez
Nicole Miller
Mark Rothenberg
Christine Snyder, 32, Kailua, Hawaii
John Talignani
Honor Wainio
World Trade Center:
Ray Downey, New York firefighter, chief of special operations command
William Feehan, First Deputy Commissioner of Fire
Department
Peter Ganci, Fire Department chief
The Rev. Mychal Judge, Fire Department chaplain
Yamel Merino, 24, Yonkers, N.Y., emergency
medical technician
Pentagon:
Terry Lynch, consultant for New York's Booz-Allen & Hamilton and former
Congressional staffer
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