{"id":660,"date":"2008-10-10T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T13:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/pantinghart\/?p=660"},"modified":"2008-10-10T06:24:55","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T13:24:55","slug":"secure-safe-sure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/2008\/secure-safe-sure\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure, Safe, Sure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=150 border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor=\"#003300\" align=right align=texttop>\n<tr>\n<td><b><font color=\"#339933\">Reading:<\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"#ffffff\">Proverbs 18:1-12<\/font><br \/>\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>American and global economic structures have sure taken a pounding the last two or three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance companies, mortgage companies, banking companies, credit companies, auto companies &#8212; who else has been shown to be unstable, weak, and cracking?<\/p>\n<p>This week in particular, stock markets have trended overall downward. The plunge from record highs has been stunning and breath-taking. Today is the last day of the business week &#8212; will they regain lost ground or will they collapse into a pile of financial rubble?<\/p>\n<p>How does this or how will this impact me and my family?<\/p>\n<p>Will this fear-inducing display of economic gravity take down <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptistbooks.com\">Anabaptist Bookstore<\/a> with it?<\/p>\n<p>In what or whom will we find rest and peace?<\/p>\n<p><b><font color=brown>&#8220;The rich man&#8217;s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit&#8221;<\/font><\/b> (11).<\/p>\n<p>So many people thought they were secure and safe and sure in their investments, in their savings, and in their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Those strong cities have been besieged. Those strong walls have been breached.<\/p>\n<p>Now what will they do?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/pantinghart\/wp-content\/richmanswealth-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pantinghart\/wp-content\/richmanswealth-s.jpg\" alt=\"[The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit (Proverbs 18:11)]\" title=\"The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit (Proverbs 18:11)\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Proverbs 18:11<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/pantinghart\/wp-content\/andissafe-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pantinghart\/wp-content\/andissafe-s.jpg\" alt=\"[The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe (Proverbs 18:10)]\" title=\"The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe (Proverbs 18:10)\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Proverbs 18:10<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>A little bit more from Proverbs 18:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/cgi-bin\/webbbs\/lift\/lift.cgi?read=8716\"><font color=green>Before<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading: Proverbs 18:1-12 American and global economic structures have sure taken a pounding the last two or three weeks. Insurance companies, mortgage companies, banking companies, credit companies, auto companies &#8212; who else has been shown to be unstable, weak, and cracking? This week in particular, stock markets have trended overall downward. 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