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Jon: Yesterday (Good Friday, ironically) was “Earth Day” across the world.  Unfortunately, many people on this planet forget about or openly dismiss the creator of the earth.

At BMR, while we focus on opportunities to build wealth within the speculative junior Gold market in particular, we also recognize that money, as important as it is, should never take precedence over our creator.  If your happiness is dependent on the value of your portfolio, if money is controlling you rather than the other way around, you should probably step back and ask God for help.  He’s available 24/7 and you never have to book an appointment.

Nothing is more important in my view than one’s relationship with God through Jesus.  He is the creator of all things and has also provided us, through His precious Word, all the guidance we need for our daily lives, even how we should approach the handling of money and investment matters.  God has nothing against the accumulation of great wealth – examine the lives of Abraham, Joseph, King David, Solomon and many others.  Money is not the root of all evil but the love of money is a dangerous and potentially devastating trap.

This Easter weekend is a great opportunity for each of us to put some time aside and reflect on what Easter is really all about and why we celebrate it.

We wish all of our readers a very special and joyous Easter.  Below is Terry’s Easter Message.

By Terry Dyer

Have you ever asked someone a question and then also asked, “Do you want the good news first or do you want the bad news first?”

I took my car into the garage the other day to have the brakes done.  When the technician called me with the quote he asked me that very question, “Do you want the good news or the bad news?”  He told me that the brakes were only going to cost me $500 but in the next breath he told me that my ball joints needed replacement.  The good news and the bad news.  This Easter we look at both.

Let us look at the bad news first.  We all have sinned and fallen short in the eyes of the Lord (Romans 3:23, New International Version) and since we have sinned we are destined to die “for the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).  We are all sinners and death is our payment for our sin.

When someone offers employment to an employee he offers him a set amount of money to work for him.  Maybe twenty dollars an hour for every hour that employee works.  It is a contract.  It is also a contract when you break the law.  If you are driving your car and you do not stop at a stop sign a police officer will write you a ticket and you will have to pay a set fine.  It’s a penalty for not stopping at the stop sign.  This is true in God’s world as well.  When we sin we are destined for spiritual death.  It is both the wage and the penalty.  Sin is awarded death.

Some may ask what is spiritual death?  Spiritual death is an eternal separation from God.  In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 13, we are told that there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  In the book of Revelation we are told that death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.  Spiritual death is a bad place to be in and we are told that we are all destined for this.  The apostle Paul writes, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23, NIV).  That is the bad news.  We are all sinners and by the sin that we commit we are destined for Hell.  It doesn’t get any worse.

But wait – there is still the Good News.  Jesus came to the earth fully man and fully God.  When Jesus willingly went to the cross He carried the sin of the world, past, present and future, so that those that believe in Him will be saved from an eternity of death, pain, anguish, and separation from God.  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”(John 3:16-18, NIV).

Jesus paid the price for your sin, for my sin, and for the sin of the world.  All you have to do is accept Him, put your faith in Him and allow Him to be Lord of your life.  Turn away from the world, your old ways, and toward Jesus.  It doesn’t matter what you have done with your life up until now.  There is no sin too big for Jesus.  All one needs to do is say with a heart of repentance, “I am sorry, Jesus, for what I have done.  Today I ask you into my life. Come and make me whole. I turn toward you.”

This Easter I invite you to accept Jesus into your heart or to renew your commitment to Him.    If you have never prayed to Jesus take a moment now and turn your heart to Him.  If you already know Jesus but want him in your life in a greater way, then by all means pray for that too.  Invite Him into your life in a bigger way.

Let us pray:

Lord Jesus, thank you.  Thank you for this day you have provided.  Jesus, thank you that you willingly went to the cross for my sins, past, present and future.  Jesus, thank you that you paid the price for my sin.  I was destined for a life in eternal punishment and you saved me.  Thank you, Lord Jesus, this Easter Sunday we celebrate your day, the day that you rose again, and the day that you defeated death some two thousand years ago.  Thank you that you love me so much.  You are an awesome God.

“Jesus, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that you died for my sins, that you were resurrected from the dead, that you are alive today and that you’re hearing my prayer. I invite you, Jesus, to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Your name I pray, Amen.”

From all of us here at BMR I would like to wish you a very Happy Easter.  May your day be full of love and blessings.  I thank you for your support of BMR as we strive to be of service to you.  From my home to your home, Happy Easter.

Terry Dyer

Publisher/Owner, Langley, BC

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