Finding Community Service
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This takes you step-by-step in finding places to fulfill your court-ordered community service. It’s a realistic, practical guide.

Ours is not a sometime or two year commitment. We dedicate our lives to Jehovah to do his will. That is a huge difference from other religions. It is the same thing Jesus spoke of about rejecting those who did do many fine works in the name of Christ and of God. Yet he rejected them as being sons of Satan. Why? He answers:

“Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ 23 And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness." (Matt. 7:21-23)

What they failed at was, " but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will." So they were condemned for doing their own will instead of doing God’s.

If so, why do tv and radio ministries solicit financial support from people other another pastor/ministry?

Tithe is an individual conviction to God, it is not between you and a Pastor or Church, it is between you and God.

A person should tithe where they are being fed. this *should be at your church and can be elsewhere or both.

Remember that tithe and giving are two different things as well.
"God loves a *cheerful *Giver".

If one tithes or gives feeling obligated/without proper desire, they are wasting their money, God does not want it.

Thanks!!!

I am a music therapist, and trust me, it is not a "waste of time." Although it is challenging, it is an extremely fulfilling career. It also depends what population you want to work with (for example: children vs. adults in a nursing home, individuals with autism, etc.).

Both youth ministry and social services are fields that focus on helping people. Music therapy also is a career that helps. If you have an interest in psychology, and music is an essential part of your life, you may want to look more into the field. Go to musictherapy.org (the American Music Therapy Association website); it has a lot of information, including schools that may be in your area. You may be interested in going to an open house or inquire if you can observe/volunteer/spend a day with a music therapist who works with the same population in which you’re interested.

In college, I faced the same dilemma and initially was a theology major. I completed internships during the summers in local churches and discovered the field wasn’t for me. Experiencing things for myself and working/talking with others in the field definitely helped me more than textbooks and classes ever could. But during my various internships, I met a music therapist, and participating with her groups and really experiencing what the field was all about showed me just how perfect it was for me. For me personally, being a music therapist goes beyond a "career" to that it is my vocation and my calling.

Good luck to you on your journey!

I have been considering different options of careers to go into, and after recently turning my life back to God, I have considered the possibility of going into music ministry. What do you need to look into for that career path? I am going for about a year and a half to the local junior college to finish up some college I started years ago but after that, where would I need to continue my education at to make a career out of music ministry? I have been told that the private universities actually have a music ministry program or possibly degree. Any information on this would be great.

I am a Saxophonist/pianist/guitarist, and I enjoy arranging music for groups to play which is part of why I have considered this.

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The two witnesses are two of the most dramatic characters found in scripture and yet there are several different interpretations of who they are, and no one seems to be able to identify them with any certainty.

Scripture states that Revelations two witnesses cannot be killed by man and that they can devour their enemies by fire coming from their mouths, (Revelation 11:5) they have the power to shut up the heavens from rain, power to turn any water to blood and send plagues upon the earth as often as they please. (Revelation 11:6) But when they have testified, the beast comes out of the bottomless pit and kills them. (Revelation 11:7) Scripture than informs us that their dead bodies will lie in the street for three and half days and will be seen by people from nations all over the earth. (Revelation 11:8-9)

This is certainly an intriguing chronicle of events that unfold and these two witnesses are said to have very unusual and miraculous abilities.

Many of the above points are focused on in an attempt to identify these two witnesses but most fail because they miss one very crucial point in understanding symbolic time periods in Bible prophecy.

Some believe they are Moses and Elijah because Elijah’s prayer stopped rain and resulted in a drought in Israel for 3.5 years. (1 Kings 17:1; 18:1; James 5:17) Moses because of the ten plagues that came upon Egypt. Moses by the power of God turned water into blood. (Exodus 7:17) And not forgetting of course Elijah bringing down fire from heaven (2 Kings 1:10-14) in regards to the fire that comes from the mouths of the two witnesses. (Revelation 11:5)

Then you have Revelation 11:4 that says, “These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks.” When Zechariah asked the angel, “who are these two olive trees?” The angel replied that, “These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.” (Zechariah 4:11:14)

Elijah and Enoch are also identified as they were both miraculously taken by God. (Genesis 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11; Hebrews 11:5) Then there is also the view that these are just two unknown people of God that are called by Him to be witnesses at the end of time.

So are Revelations two witnesses literal people or could they be symbolic? The majority of the Book of Revelation can be found in the Old Testament and it certainly holds all the information we need to identify these two witnesses. But note also that the majority of Revelation is symbolic, and you will note that there is a lot of symbolism used in Revelation 11. The “beast” for instance is symbolic of a kingdom according to Daniel 7:17 and 7:23, and on close examination of this passage we find there is much more symbolism used.

And what about the three and a half days? All reputable theologians know and will tell you that when prophecy is symbolic that the day for a year rule applies. (See Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34) So is the time period symbolic in Revelation 11?

It is also very significant that 3.5 years is often represented as a time of trouble in scripture and that three and a half years is mentioned 7 times in Bible prophecy in different ways. For example: The two witnesses are said to prophesy, “a thousand two hundred and threescore days.” That is of course also three and a half years as told in Revelation 11:9 that states “three days and an half.”

This time period is one of the most significant time periods in history and is found in Revelation 11:2; 13:5 as “42 Months,” which = 3.5 Years or 1260 Days, and in Revelation 11:3; 12:6 as “1260 Days,” which = 3.5 Years or 42 Months, and also in Daniel 7:25; 12:7 and Revelation 12:14 as been written in slightly different ways as “time, and times, and half a time,” which = Time = 1 Year, times = 2 Years and half a time = .5 Year = total 3.5 Years which = 42 Months or 1260 Days.

So what is this time period as it identifies the time that the two witnesses testify and hence is the best piece of evidence we have to their identity?