Mark Reiter

Christian • Husband to one • Father to ten • Plumber • Woodworker

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

@Thatbrian Amen!

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@megbasham @JoelWBerry Wow, still a free agent.

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@thisisfoster @CalebMPowers Welcome to the ten digit club!

[Tim Stephens @tim__stephens]

Join us in Edmonton on April 10 to hear about the Alberta independence movement through a biblical lens. There will be three talks followed by Q&A.

https://t.co/NUkXeK0WoW

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

@Pastor_Gabe Wow.
I’m curious, is that church plant he started still around?

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

The most basic form of government is self governance.

[John Moody 🇺🇬 @resisfertile]

There is a reason I am a bit leery of the heavy emphasis lately on nicotine, caffeine, alcohol and similar things in some young men's and Christian circles....

It's not because I am a tee-tootler or a stoic.
It's not because I think these things are sinful.

It's because of a simple principle.

It's very easy to create bad habits.
But it is very hard to break them.

And... conversely,

It is very hard to start good habits.
And it is very easy to break them.

It's one of the worst effects of the Fall.

It's hard to get in the habit of working out three or so times a week, and walking a few miles every day. But it’s easy to break that habit with a single week of vacation, sickness or similar.

It’s hard to get in the habit of reading for twenty or so minutes per day, but easy to break it.

It’s hard to get in the habit of eating with discipline 18 or more meals a week… and to avoid unhelpful snacks around and in between. And many of us know just how easy it is to break it.

At the same time, it's very easy to get into bad habits… like spending too much time on our phones, staying up too late, eating too many snacks and similar foods, spending too much time on media and more.

Most folks underestimate how quickly they can fall into bad habits and how much harder it will be to get out of them than they realize.

Even though the evidence is all around us.

And since bad habits take such great amounts of energy to break, and good habits take more energy to make, I always want to reduce my risk of having large amounts of energy sucked into breaking bad habits that I could have avoided in the first place…

Because that becomes large amounts of energy I don’t have available to build good ones

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

Needed this timely word as I’m layed up with a herniated disc.

[Michael Foster @thisisfoster]

Beware of the happy clappy vapidity of the overly-triumphal gospel and “no regrets” crowd.

Let me explain why...

Christians have lost the doctrine of the sorrows and miseries of this life. It’s a topic that comes up a lot in Scripture. Search “sorrow” and “misery” on a Bible app. Give those passages a read. It’s a prominent theme. The Puritans referred to it as “losses and crosses.”

I think this doctrine has fallen on hard times because the broader American culture teaches us that all consequences can be negated and overcome. It’s a lie that temporarily comforts but then coddles and impairs its recipients.

Evangelicals have absorbed this lie and it manifests itself in an over-triumphal truncated version of the gospel.

The gospel is good news for those who sorrow under crosses and losses. It lessens the weight, pain, and suffering of the troubles of this life. It, however, doesn’t eliminate them. Central to the good news is the hope of the resurrection and the renewal of all things at the end of the age.

Were you molested or raped?
Were you born blind or deaf?
Did your child die?
Do you have a chronic injury or disease?
Were you beaten as a child?
Did your spouse beat you?
Did you lose your house to a fire or flood?
Were you abandoned by your parents?
Did you grow up without a dad?
Did your spouse leave you?

It’s normal to feel a sense of loss from experiences like those above because something has been lost. Not only is it normal but it’s okay to continue to feel those losses to certain extents throughout this earthly life.

The same could be said of losses that you brought on yourself through your own sins.

Did you wrecked your liver through substance abuse?
Did you twist your sexual expectations through porn use?
Did you drive your children away through exasperation?
Did you waste your money on fleeting pleasures?
Did you waste your youth on foolish pursuits?
Did you divorce a good spouse and now are lonely?

It’s normal to feel regret. It’s even good.

But you must turn your eyes to Jesus. He won’t entirely lift the burdens of this life from you. He will lighten them.

Hence, Hebrews 12:1-3 says:

“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

There are real losses and regrets that we will endure in this life. You must bear them but you don’t have to bear them alone. Christ has made a way. He bore that which we never could. He will strengthen you and bring you to a place of perfect rest and restoration.

Beware the happy-clappy vapidity of the overly triumphal gospel and “no regrets” crowd. They are fools.

Life is tough. Losses are real.

But we shall be with Him forever in what will seem like a mere moment. Endure.

"And the ransomed of the Lord will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isa 35:10

[John Moody 🇺🇬 @resisfertile]

While you are doom scrolling or arguing on socials about inane topics often that have zero relevance to your actual life family church and community...

Some 42 year old guy is getting fit in the gym, adding 15 years to his life.

Some 28 year old dude is doubling his income by learning a new skill set. In six years, it will save his family from losing their house.

Some 32 year old man is about to make 3x his income investing this year in 15 to 30 minutes a day. It will let them adopt two kids and do all sorts of other good.

Some 45 year old dad is grabbing lunch with his father, who wont be here at the end of year. But he doesnt know that as they sit sharing stories.

Some 19 year old is about to start a business and in four years will be making 4x more than you.

Some 38 year old is taking a three week trip with his family that they will remember forever.

Brothers, don't get distracted from the things that actually matter to your real life

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

@BibChr Wish we could meet in the middle.

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

The below phrase used to be on our Canadian five dollar bill. A sad indictment on our Country.

The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places—the school, the church and the skating rink—but our real life was on the skating rink."

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

Never let your children believe that being devoted to sports practice and games is more beneficial for their personal growth and future than being enthusiastically involved in your local, Bible-believing church.

Sports are optional. The church is essential.

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

@BiblicalBeauty Sports should be like dessert. It should come after the main meal; never replace it. Unfortunately it has replaced the holy and sacred and families are running in all directions thinking this is what good parents do.

It’s the “golden calf” of our generation.

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

We need to start discriminating against Islam in this country before it’s too late.

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@BiblicalBeauty 💯

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

This memorial is the nail in the coffin of third-wayism. Praise God. No more lukewarm, inoffensive Christianity.

[Joe Rigney @joe_rigney]

This is remarkable on so many levels.
May the Lord Jesus continue to receive all the glory for what he is doing thru the life and death of Charlie Kirk.

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

@JustJenRX I’m a Canadian but that American Flag always gets to me.

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I can’t imagine hearing this type of message from our government in Canada.

[Virgil L. Walker @virgilwalker]

When have you heard words like these with such CRYSTAL CLARITY? This is the @SecWar no less. Wow!!! Thank you, @PeteHegseth.

[Mark Reiter @markreiter1689]

@postal_ker @WallStreetApes 😂

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