Welcome the `good times' by returning thanks to God.(Culture, Et Cetera)(The Capital Pulpit)

The Washington Times | July 17, 2000 | Copyright

Excerpts from a sermon given yesterday by the Rev. Harold B. Hayes Jr. at New Liberation AME Church in Landover.

Often it is more difficult to be believer during good times than in bad times. Tough times push us toward God. When we are going through it, we can get real religious. Something happens, though, when everything is hunky-dory.

It's when you are going through good times that you have to guard your relationship to God. Why, you just can't stop folks from coming to church when the boss is on their nerves, or the children are swinging from ...

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