Memorial Service for Whitney Houston

I have just watched the main part of the memorial service for Whitney Houston.

Naturally family and close friends want to remember Whitney as their "church girl" - the little girl that grew up in their church.

I watched and listened to the preacher. I'm not a fan of how some of the "preachers" (black or white) preach - their voice inflections and dramatics. But points of his message were good: 1. There is a purpose for each human being on earth. 2. God does not want in the overall, anyone to be "broke" as we think of being broke in physical ways. 3. We are to PRIORITIZE our lives. Put first things first.

He read Jesus' words in the last part of Matthew 6. We are to seek the Kingdom of God first AND His RIGHTEOUSNESS!!

He said no more.

It should be clear in looking at the life of Whitney Houston that after her fame and fortune, somehow she lost sight of seeking first God's Kingdom and His righteousness. She was they say, trying to make a "comeback" both in her life and her singing. For whatever or however she did not make it, but her life ended before she was able to walk fully down the "comeback road."

I have done an 11 minute sermonette on all of this.

You can find it on my Youtube - 1horsesrcool

It is under "The book of 1 Corinthians #15"

Normally I would not be saying much if anything about an "entertainment star" and their death. But with Whitney I am because she did have this huge background of growing up in "the church" and the family and "church friends" doing the memorial service made it abundantly clear that Whitney was "their church girl" - they wanted to tell the world, make it clear to the world, Whitney was one of them - a "church girl." Hence it is fitting for me to comment about her life and how that even growing up in the church does not mean you cannot fall away into a life style that is far from "the church" and the ideals of God's way of life, Jesus' way of life, as given to us in the Bible.
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