David Murphy’s Next Steps
The key to life is encouragement, whether you see a child strike out at a little league game or an addict seeking recovery, or graveside praying with an unexpected loss.
The key to life is encouragement, whether you see a child strike out at a little league game or an addict seeking recovery, or graveside praying with an unexpected loss.
One morning at 3 a m I was on a bridge getting ready to jump. Just then I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard a voice saying, “ Not yet my son. I’m not ready for you to leave this world. I have big plans for you”.
I have come to realize that there are many different types of chaplains who basically all do the same tasks but in different locations and in different matters and represent different people and backgrounds in even odd places.
I also plan on ministering to those unable to step foot inside of church doors due to the inability of doing so because of a disability, illness, being bedridden, in hospice or a nursing home or where ever may be neccesary. I want to be the church beyond the walls and lead others to Christ.
At the age of 6 months, I was adopted by a very loving Christian family who welcomed me into their home.
For myself, knowing that God is just is a very reassuring bit of knowledge. I can fully expect Him to be fair and impartial in His assessment and judgment of my life and motivations.
I want to serve. I want to be closer to Jesus and bring others with me. Being a biker Chaplain is a way to reach out to a group of people who may be closed off to God and His teachings. I hope to become more involved with this mission.
Things started going well as a motorcycle missionary. I wondered if God was leading me to open a biker church. I took a year to research and pray in this direction. I went to biker churches around Louisiana to see how they did church.
Though I struggled internally through this study the main point that I got was that I had to do something. Like tires spinning in the mud but getting no where. Which lead to my “come to Jesus moment.”
The theology of Job and his contemporaries in the book begins with the understanding of the retribution principle as a complete theology of God’s motives towards mankind. As the book progresses, Job’s understanding of God’s motives is changed as he suffers through the pain and agony of incredible loss.