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Remeber that God is oue Everything
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Monday, August 06, 2007
Paul Washer on You Tube.
There is also a longer sermon of his that you need to check out. Follow Jokermans's BLog link to find it.
It is powerful.
-M
Sunday's Sermon
A friend of mine asked me to post one of my sermons. Currently we do not have a away to do audio or video of my sermons. We are hoping by 2008 to be on the net. So here is this last weeks sermon posted for you to read. All scripture is taken from the ESV
-IW
Who’s your Daddy? John 8:37-47
August 5, 2007 Pablo, MGJ
Introduction:
· Which parent do you look more like?
· Your mom or your dad?
· Who do you act like?
· Most of us pick up tendencies from watching our parents.
· How we talk, different facial gestures,
· Even how we pronounce words.
· The title of this week’s sermon.
· Who’s your daddy?
· It is a very important question to ask.
· Who is my daddy?
· Who do I look like, whom do I sound like?
· How do I resemble my father?
· Can you tell by looking at me that I am father son?
· When you get to meet my earthly Father Paul,
· You will get to see some resemblance.
· When you look at my girls, you know that they are mine.
· Like the girls look like me, and sometimes even act me.
· We need to be the same thing.
· With our Heavenly Father.
· People are going to judge God by the way we behave.
· Just like people judge us, on the way our kids behave.
· So who’s your daddy?
· What’s his name?
· Is he rich like me?
· How well do you know the Father?
· Jesus makes it clear in the section of Scripture either you’re a child of God, or you are a child of Satan.
· How can we tell?
· Who do you act like?
Let’s Read
37” I know that you are the offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and do you what you have heard from your father.
39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’ Children, you would be doing what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing what your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father----- even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God was your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is lair and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
1.Jesus draws a dividing line:
· Remember last week, how the Jews were saying they were offspring of Abraham?
· Jesus does not argue with them.
· He says I know that you are the offspring of Abraham.
· Notice that he does not say that they are children of Abraham.
· He says offspring.
· He means offspring.
· Children have relationships and follow their parents.
· Offspring.
· You might come from the same seed, but that does not mean that you are close.
· Yes these men are part of the nation of Israel.
· Yes, Abraham is the father the Judaic faith,
· But they are not following it, nor do they have the faith like Abraham.
· It’s someone calling him or her a Christian, but not living it.
· We have a world for that we call them hypocrites
· You might say you’re a Christian.
· But are you living it?
· It’s easy to say you believe
· Do your actions, words, and thoughts back it up?
· Can people tell that you follow the Father?
· And this is what Jesus is getting at.
“Your offspring of Abraham, yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you”
· We know that through Mosaic Law that we are not supposed to murder people.
· Yet that is what they want to do.
· To murder Jesus.
· Because they are not hearing the words, in their hearts.
· They might hear them in their ears.
· But that is the last place they are going, because they are not open to hear from God.
· They do not like what God is saying to them.
· There are times in our lives that we do not like what God saying to us, and that is time for you to repent.
· Because God is right and we are wrong.
· And what we are about to see is a classic of example of people dealing with the truth in their lives.
· They accept it, and change their lives to it.
· They will fight it and find any reason to ignore it.
· Much like I did about worshipping with instruments.
· They will put up defensives and start attacking the person that brings the truth of who they’re to them.
· Jesus does not let them live in their fantasy world about who their true father is, and he will not lets live in ours either.
2 So Jesus shows the line of which daddy do you follow?
I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you heard from your father
· Notice the difference in your bibles. My Father has a capitol F, while your father has small f.
· This is giving God the proper respect he deserves.
· The difference is amazing,
· Jesus is telling them once again, I speak what I have seen with my FATHER
· That means that Jesus is spending time with God, that He is Encountering God.
· Then he tells them you do what you heard from your father.
· Meaning the DEVIL!
· Act like the Devil, talk like the devil, then you belong to the devil.
39 They answer him “Abraham is our father” Jesus said to them, “If your were Abraham’s children, you be doing what Abraham did, but now seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing what your father did.
· We have to see what Abraham did
· He followed God.
· He left home and family to follow God.
· He was willing to offer up his son Isaac as a sacrifice.
· Trusting that God, who gave him a son in his old age, could fulfill the promise of many descendants.
· I guess God will just bring him back to life.
· He is God after all, and can do what he wants.
· He created this world; he can choose who lives and who dies.
· And he can bring people back from the dead if he wants to.
· Abraham followed God, even when he did not understand everything was going on.
· We need to do the same things.
· My Friend Pastor Wayne used to tell me this all the time.
· Mike sometimes God moves to point A, to B, to point C, just to prepare us for point D.
· Do I wish that I went through all of the garbage in Texas and NM NO!
· I don’t wish that on anyone.
· Legalistic, non-scripture following supposed Christ followers
· Churches built on man, instead of Jesus.
· No way.
· But knowing that I had to go through that to get here.
· Looking back it is well worth it.
· Did not like it going through it,
· Still healing from some of it
· Just some of you are still healing from the garbage that has happened here.
· When we look back at life, God takes through a variety of things to prune us, to teach us lessons, show our hearts and to draw us closer to Him.
· How we react in this situations that show other and us people who we truly belong to.
· Are we turning to God and trying to look like Jesus?
· Or do we look more Satan
· Do people see Jesus alive and well in us, or do see the very sins
· That we are told separate us from God?
· That Jesus died on the cross to set us free from?
· It’s what we talked about last week.
· Are you controlled by Christ Jesus or by sin?
· Jesus came to set us free from sin,
· And we should strive to live like it.
· Instead of listening to Jesus and the proper response of repenting of their sin.
· They do the classic cowardly move and
· They decide to attack Jesus
41b They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father –even God”.
· This is an attack on the character of Jesus
· It is what people do.
· It is wrong and yet it still happens today.
· You don’t like what someone says to you.
· So you attack them.
· Try to discredit them, instead of facing your issues
· Here they are attacking Jesus claiming that he does not know who his daddy is, because Mary had a child before Joseph slept with her.
· They do not believe in Christ divine origin.
· Slow they try to slap him in the face with the worldly views that your mom is an adulterer and your dad a fool.
· But Jesus is talking about Spiritual things.
· We are spiritual beings, and too often we let this world dictate what we believe and what we do.
· We allow the influence of Satan and the world to form us, instead of God the Father.
· We need to remember that while we live in this world, IT is not our home, and we are just passing through.
3. How to know; who your father is.
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me”
· This is real simple:
· If God is your Father, you would love me.
· If God is not your Father, you do not love me.
·
· Kind of like
· If you abide in my word you are my disciples
· If you don’t abide in my word you are not my disciples
·
· Those who are baptized will be saved.
· Those who are not baptized will not be saved?
·
· We can do that with a lot of scripture
· If you love Jesus you keep his commandments.
· If you don’t love Jesus, you won’t keep them.
· It’s the process of asking a question. “And if I don’t, what happens”
· It’s a debate practice. Let’s take this to polar opposite and see what it says.
· We do this with the commands and teachings of Jesus, it is pretty scary
· If I don’t forgive other, I won’t be forgiven.
· And Jesus is talking them to Polar opposite of God being their Father.
· He is taking them to truth that their actions and thoughts lead to the fact that Satan is their father.
· They think that God is their Father, but in reality they act more like Satan than God.
· The old saying. “The apple does not fall from the tree” applies here.
· And it should be wake up call for us.
· Because we are told that we are going to be judged, that our idle words are going to be brought into judgment
· And we serve a just God.
Let’s continue reading at 43
43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
· Jesus makes it clear that the reason they do not understand his words
· Is because their father is the devil.
· How would you feel if someone said that you?
· Seriously how would you feel
· If someone who has healed people in front of you, who has over turned tables, who people have tried to arrest, and they do not.
· Stands in front of you and says you do not understand me, because you are children of the Devil?
· You do not understand the things of God, because you are not his child.
· Because you are a child of the devil.
· And this is what he looks like.
· He is a murderer
· He wants nothing to do with truth, because it is not in him
· He is liar – it is his character.
· He is the Father of lies.
· That is what Satan looks like.
· He also is described as roaring lion, looking for someone to devour
· That is how Satan is describe a lying, murderer who is hungry to devour others.
· Nice guy, yet many people in the church look more like him, then they do Jesus Christ.
· It is estimated by “The Way of the Master” only about 10% of the people sitting in the pews on Sunday mornings
· Are honestly following Jesus.
· That means that 90% of the people keeping a pew warm, are not thinking like Jesus,
· And are not “Always doing the things that are pleasing to God”
· That Scares ME!
· IT should scare you.
· Because you are either part of the 10& or you are part of 90%
· And God knows, and other people do to by your actions, words, and deeds who you really belong too.
· People much like these Jews who claim to be religious, who claim to follow Jesus.
· Have murderous hearts
· They want their own ways, and they will do whatever it takes to get their own way.
· In the Book of James we are told that is why we have quarrels and fights in the church.
· To the point of death.
· People want what they want, not caring about what the Bible says, or the under shepherds of the church have to say.
· They do not even listen to the Sr. Pastor of church – Jesus Christ has to say about things.
· They forget that church is not about them.
· It’s about Jesus.
· And our lives transforming to become more like his.
· People lie, it’s the same thing that Satan did to Adam and Eve.
· Go ahead and eat the fruit.
· Nothing will happen to you.
· God is lying you won’t taste death.
· He just does not want you to be as smart or wise as him.
· And that is what Satan is doing today.
· He is still lying to us.
· That sin that is controlling your life.
· It doesn’t matter.
· Of course the bible really doesn’t mean what it says.
· Everybody is doing it.
· You don’t want to be considered a Jesus freak do you?
· Nobody will know.
· Just do it once it won’t anything.
· The Bible is just another book.
· Jesus wasn’t real.
· All good people go to heaven.
· Those are all lies of Satan.
· And he is good at it.
· We forget that he wants to destroy us.
· That Satan is Lair; there fore he lies to us.
· He lies to the world.
· And the only way to combat lies and liars is with the truth.
· And that truth is Jesus Christ.
· We need to make sure that we are listening to Jesus and not Satan.
· Because What Goes into the Mind, comes out in the Life.
· And quite frankly, what comes out of mouths, according to Jesus is what is in our hearts
· The world needs people with the love of Jesus coming out of the mouth, not the lies of Satan.
· We need to be a people,
· Who are about the truth of Jesus Christ.
· That shows the world through our actions and our words the Love of Jesus Christ.
· If we are not showing them Jesus whom are we showing them?
· Because if we are not showing them the truth, then we must be showing them something that is corrupted by the devil
· Or the devil himself.
· And Jesus nails them with this.
· He has already told them that their real father is the devil, and not God so he continues on.
· Challenging them on who they listen too
4. The final dagger
“But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 48 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
· How do you personally respond to that?
· Basically Jesus is saying, “You listen to lies, and refuse to believe the truth.”
· The sad part there are million of people that claim to follow Christ Jesus that are so used to garbage
· They are offended by God’s word, and refuse to follow the Bible, and settle for the teachings of man.
· We are not called to follow man; we are called to follow Jesus.
· And when we have a hard time following Jesus,
· We need to turn to him for help, not discount him.
· We need to say “Jesus can you help here?
· Please help me.
· Jesus telling the truth should put us on notice.
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
· Which lead me to ask this question.
· Are you honestly hearing the words of God?
· Are you listening to what God is saying to you?
· Are you following What God is saying?
· Because if we are of God,
· Then we hear God.
· And if we are not God.
· Then we are not hearing God.
· And that scares me to death to think that people who are part of my flock.
· Are not hearing God.
· That they are listening to the lies of Satan, and following after his teachings.
· Instead of the truth of Jesus Christ, and becoming followers of Jesus Christ.
· In the end it does matter who you follow.
· In the end you will either be with Satan in the lake of burning sulfur
· Or you will be dancing with Jesus.
· Those are the two choices,
· There is no door number #3.
· There is no “Do over”
· It’s either you lived for Jesus, or followed the lies of the devil.
· I ask you today
· Are you living for Jesus,
· Are you transforming to look more like him
· Or are you listening to and following the lies of Satan?
· If you are listening to Satan.
· Then stop it.
· Seek help; get support, pray until something happens.
· Ask Christ for forgiveness.
· Put a stake in the ground and say with all of you being
· Today I will follow Jesus and stop following Satan.
· Today and everyday for forward I will follow Jesus.
· And I will look like my Father in heaven.
· In the words of Joshua “choose this day whom you will serve, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord”
· And because we are serving the lord, we will look more like Jesus, then the Father of Lies, and the devil.
Wrap it up and invitation
As yuo can tell I am little intense. I desire to be Holy,a nd have the people who claim to be Christ-followers to live Holy lives as best they can. Prasie God for his grace adn mercy when we do mess up!
-IW
Who’s your Daddy? John 8:37-47
August 5, 2007 Pablo, MGJ
Introduction:
· Which parent do you look more like?
· Your mom or your dad?
· Who do you act like?
· Most of us pick up tendencies from watching our parents.
· How we talk, different facial gestures,
· Even how we pronounce words.
· The title of this week’s sermon.
· Who’s your daddy?
· It is a very important question to ask.
· Who is my daddy?
· Who do I look like, whom do I sound like?
· How do I resemble my father?
· Can you tell by looking at me that I am father son?
· When you get to meet my earthly Father Paul,
· You will get to see some resemblance.
· When you look at my girls, you know that they are mine.
· Like the girls look like me, and sometimes even act me.
· We need to be the same thing.
· With our Heavenly Father.
· People are going to judge God by the way we behave.
· Just like people judge us, on the way our kids behave.
· So who’s your daddy?
· What’s his name?
· Is he rich like me?
· How well do you know the Father?
· Jesus makes it clear in the section of Scripture either you’re a child of God, or you are a child of Satan.
· How can we tell?
· Who do you act like?
Let’s Read
37” I know that you are the offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and do you what you have heard from your father.
39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’ Children, you would be doing what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing what your father did.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father----- even God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God was your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is lair and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
1.Jesus draws a dividing line:
· Remember last week, how the Jews were saying they were offspring of Abraham?
· Jesus does not argue with them.
· He says I know that you are the offspring of Abraham.
· Notice that he does not say that they are children of Abraham.
· He says offspring.
· He means offspring.
· Children have relationships and follow their parents.
· Offspring.
· You might come from the same seed, but that does not mean that you are close.
· Yes these men are part of the nation of Israel.
· Yes, Abraham is the father the Judaic faith,
· But they are not following it, nor do they have the faith like Abraham.
· It’s someone calling him or her a Christian, but not living it.
· We have a world for that we call them hypocrites
· You might say you’re a Christian.
· But are you living it?
· It’s easy to say you believe
· Do your actions, words, and thoughts back it up?
· Can people tell that you follow the Father?
· And this is what Jesus is getting at.
“Your offspring of Abraham, yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you”
· We know that through Mosaic Law that we are not supposed to murder people.
· Yet that is what they want to do.
· To murder Jesus.
· Because they are not hearing the words, in their hearts.
· They might hear them in their ears.
· But that is the last place they are going, because they are not open to hear from God.
· They do not like what God is saying to them.
· There are times in our lives that we do not like what God saying to us, and that is time for you to repent.
· Because God is right and we are wrong.
· And what we are about to see is a classic of example of people dealing with the truth in their lives.
· They accept it, and change their lives to it.
· They will fight it and find any reason to ignore it.
· Much like I did about worshipping with instruments.
· They will put up defensives and start attacking the person that brings the truth of who they’re to them.
· Jesus does not let them live in their fantasy world about who their true father is, and he will not lets live in ours either.
2 So Jesus shows the line of which daddy do you follow?
I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you heard from your father
· Notice the difference in your bibles. My Father has a capitol F, while your father has small f.
· This is giving God the proper respect he deserves.
· The difference is amazing,
· Jesus is telling them once again, I speak what I have seen with my FATHER
· That means that Jesus is spending time with God, that He is Encountering God.
· Then he tells them you do what you heard from your father.
· Meaning the DEVIL!
· Act like the Devil, talk like the devil, then you belong to the devil.
39 They answer him “Abraham is our father” Jesus said to them, “If your were Abraham’s children, you be doing what Abraham did, but now seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You are doing what your father did.
· We have to see what Abraham did
· He followed God.
· He left home and family to follow God.
· He was willing to offer up his son Isaac as a sacrifice.
· Trusting that God, who gave him a son in his old age, could fulfill the promise of many descendants.
· I guess God will just bring him back to life.
· He is God after all, and can do what he wants.
· He created this world; he can choose who lives and who dies.
· And he can bring people back from the dead if he wants to.
· Abraham followed God, even when he did not understand everything was going on.
· We need to do the same things.
· My Friend Pastor Wayne used to tell me this all the time.
· Mike sometimes God moves to point A, to B, to point C, just to prepare us for point D.
· Do I wish that I went through all of the garbage in Texas and NM NO!
· I don’t wish that on anyone.
· Legalistic, non-scripture following supposed Christ followers
· Churches built on man, instead of Jesus.
· No way.
· But knowing that I had to go through that to get here.
· Looking back it is well worth it.
· Did not like it going through it,
· Still healing from some of it
· Just some of you are still healing from the garbage that has happened here.
· When we look back at life, God takes through a variety of things to prune us, to teach us lessons, show our hearts and to draw us closer to Him.
· How we react in this situations that show other and us people who we truly belong to.
· Are we turning to God and trying to look like Jesus?
· Or do we look more Satan
· Do people see Jesus alive and well in us, or do see the very sins
· That we are told separate us from God?
· That Jesus died on the cross to set us free from?
· It’s what we talked about last week.
· Are you controlled by Christ Jesus or by sin?
· Jesus came to set us free from sin,
· And we should strive to live like it.
· Instead of listening to Jesus and the proper response of repenting of their sin.
· They do the classic cowardly move and
· They decide to attack Jesus
41b They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father –even God”.
· This is an attack on the character of Jesus
· It is what people do.
· It is wrong and yet it still happens today.
· You don’t like what someone says to you.
· So you attack them.
· Try to discredit them, instead of facing your issues
· Here they are attacking Jesus claiming that he does not know who his daddy is, because Mary had a child before Joseph slept with her.
· They do not believe in Christ divine origin.
· Slow they try to slap him in the face with the worldly views that your mom is an adulterer and your dad a fool.
· But Jesus is talking about Spiritual things.
· We are spiritual beings, and too often we let this world dictate what we believe and what we do.
· We allow the influence of Satan and the world to form us, instead of God the Father.
· We need to remember that while we live in this world, IT is not our home, and we are just passing through.
3. How to know; who your father is.
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me”
· This is real simple:
· If God is your Father, you would love me.
· If God is not your Father, you do not love me.
·
· Kind of like
· If you abide in my word you are my disciples
· If you don’t abide in my word you are not my disciples
·
· Those who are baptized will be saved.
· Those who are not baptized will not be saved?
·
· We can do that with a lot of scripture
· If you love Jesus you keep his commandments.
· If you don’t love Jesus, you won’t keep them.
· It’s the process of asking a question. “And if I don’t, what happens”
· It’s a debate practice. Let’s take this to polar opposite and see what it says.
· We do this with the commands and teachings of Jesus, it is pretty scary
· If I don’t forgive other, I won’t be forgiven.
· And Jesus is talking them to Polar opposite of God being their Father.
· He is taking them to truth that their actions and thoughts lead to the fact that Satan is their father.
· They think that God is their Father, but in reality they act more like Satan than God.
· The old saying. “The apple does not fall from the tree” applies here.
· And it should be wake up call for us.
· Because we are told that we are going to be judged, that our idle words are going to be brought into judgment
· And we serve a just God.
Let’s continue reading at 43
43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
· Jesus makes it clear that the reason they do not understand his words
· Is because their father is the devil.
· How would you feel if someone said that you?
· Seriously how would you feel
· If someone who has healed people in front of you, who has over turned tables, who people have tried to arrest, and they do not.
· Stands in front of you and says you do not understand me, because you are children of the Devil?
· You do not understand the things of God, because you are not his child.
· Because you are a child of the devil.
· And this is what he looks like.
· He is a murderer
· He wants nothing to do with truth, because it is not in him
· He is liar – it is his character.
· He is the Father of lies.
· That is what Satan looks like.
· He also is described as roaring lion, looking for someone to devour
· That is how Satan is describe a lying, murderer who is hungry to devour others.
· Nice guy, yet many people in the church look more like him, then they do Jesus Christ.
· It is estimated by “The Way of the Master” only about 10% of the people sitting in the pews on Sunday mornings
· Are honestly following Jesus.
· That means that 90% of the people keeping a pew warm, are not thinking like Jesus,
· And are not “Always doing the things that are pleasing to God”
· That Scares ME!
· IT should scare you.
· Because you are either part of the 10& or you are part of 90%
· And God knows, and other people do to by your actions, words, and deeds who you really belong too.
· People much like these Jews who claim to be religious, who claim to follow Jesus.
· Have murderous hearts
· They want their own ways, and they will do whatever it takes to get their own way.
· In the Book of James we are told that is why we have quarrels and fights in the church.
· To the point of death.
· People want what they want, not caring about what the Bible says, or the under shepherds of the church have to say.
· They do not even listen to the Sr. Pastor of church – Jesus Christ has to say about things.
· They forget that church is not about them.
· It’s about Jesus.
· And our lives transforming to become more like his.
· People lie, it’s the same thing that Satan did to Adam and Eve.
· Go ahead and eat the fruit.
· Nothing will happen to you.
· God is lying you won’t taste death.
· He just does not want you to be as smart or wise as him.
· And that is what Satan is doing today.
· He is still lying to us.
· That sin that is controlling your life.
· It doesn’t matter.
· Of course the bible really doesn’t mean what it says.
· Everybody is doing it.
· You don’t want to be considered a Jesus freak do you?
· Nobody will know.
· Just do it once it won’t anything.
· The Bible is just another book.
· Jesus wasn’t real.
· All good people go to heaven.
· Those are all lies of Satan.
· And he is good at it.
· We forget that he wants to destroy us.
· That Satan is Lair; there fore he lies to us.
· He lies to the world.
· And the only way to combat lies and liars is with the truth.
· And that truth is Jesus Christ.
· We need to make sure that we are listening to Jesus and not Satan.
· Because What Goes into the Mind, comes out in the Life.
· And quite frankly, what comes out of mouths, according to Jesus is what is in our hearts
· The world needs people with the love of Jesus coming out of the mouth, not the lies of Satan.
· We need to be a people,
· Who are about the truth of Jesus Christ.
· That shows the world through our actions and our words the Love of Jesus Christ.
· If we are not showing them Jesus whom are we showing them?
· Because if we are not showing them the truth, then we must be showing them something that is corrupted by the devil
· Or the devil himself.
· And Jesus nails them with this.
· He has already told them that their real father is the devil, and not God so he continues on.
· Challenging them on who they listen too
4. The final dagger
“But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 48 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
· How do you personally respond to that?
· Basically Jesus is saying, “You listen to lies, and refuse to believe the truth.”
· The sad part there are million of people that claim to follow Christ Jesus that are so used to garbage
· They are offended by God’s word, and refuse to follow the Bible, and settle for the teachings of man.
· We are not called to follow man; we are called to follow Jesus.
· And when we have a hard time following Jesus,
· We need to turn to him for help, not discount him.
· We need to say “Jesus can you help here?
· Please help me.
· Jesus telling the truth should put us on notice.
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
· Which lead me to ask this question.
· Are you honestly hearing the words of God?
· Are you listening to what God is saying to you?
· Are you following What God is saying?
· Because if we are of God,
· Then we hear God.
· And if we are not God.
· Then we are not hearing God.
· And that scares me to death to think that people who are part of my flock.
· Are not hearing God.
· That they are listening to the lies of Satan, and following after his teachings.
· Instead of the truth of Jesus Christ, and becoming followers of Jesus Christ.
· In the end it does matter who you follow.
· In the end you will either be with Satan in the lake of burning sulfur
· Or you will be dancing with Jesus.
· Those are the two choices,
· There is no door number #3.
· There is no “Do over”
· It’s either you lived for Jesus, or followed the lies of the devil.
· I ask you today
· Are you living for Jesus,
· Are you transforming to look more like him
· Or are you listening to and following the lies of Satan?
· If you are listening to Satan.
· Then stop it.
· Seek help; get support, pray until something happens.
· Ask Christ for forgiveness.
· Put a stake in the ground and say with all of you being
· Today I will follow Jesus and stop following Satan.
· Today and everyday for forward I will follow Jesus.
· And I will look like my Father in heaven.
· In the words of Joshua “choose this day whom you will serve, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord”
· And because we are serving the lord, we will look more like Jesus, then the Father of Lies, and the devil.
Wrap it up and invitation
As yuo can tell I am little intense. I desire to be Holy,a nd have the people who claim to be Christ-followers to live Holy lives as best they can. Prasie God for his grace adn mercy when we do mess up!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
A Letter from a Friend
This letter was written to me and others from a friend of mine. He is over in Iraq helping our forces defend the US, and to bring Liberty and freedom of religion over in the Middle East. Please continue to pray for the brave men and women who are over there, no matter your views on this war.
hey, what's up?
So, may I tell you a story? As you know I'm in Iraq fighting for America's interests, freedom, especially the freedom to worship God freely. I'm a combat medic and have the responsibility of maintaining my guys' health. This is one of my stories:
One night I was called to go downstairs and meet an Iraqi soldier who was having an unknown medical issue. As I wait I see 4 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers carrying one of their own who seems to be somewhat combative. So much so that we needed 4 guys to hold him down while I evaluated him. 2 things came to mind and were brought up as suggestions as to what the problem may be: epilepsy or seizures,or tetanus. At this time the man was young and most likely in his mid 20's struggling against all of us. Shouting things in Iraqi that I couldn't comprehend. I did my evaluation and found no physical signs of bruising, cuts, open wounds, etc. And I asked how many times this has happened. His captain stated that this is the second episode. The first episode happened 15 days ago. And I asked if he has been in any accidents that may cause head trauma and seizures. He has been in a car accident, but it was the morning of the same day he was brought to me. So trauma to the head couldn't have been the cause. Nor tetanus because his joints were not locking up. As obviously stated, he was freely combative, either indirecly of directly at us. Vitals were normal for someone under stress . . . . .
To make a long story short, I came to the conclusion that he was possessed. He was making gestures suggesting that he couldn't breath, but he could shout. He was definitely struggling at something. So 20 minutes into it I was praying, and praying loud. Now during this time my comrades outspokenly suggested that this guy must be faking it big time to get out of this place. I would agree with them if they could explain to me why his pupils are dilated for the most part of the ordeal. We held him down for a good 1 1/2 hr before he fully came to and was able to stand up on his own. With my LIMITED medical knowledge I couldn't find anything wrong with him. He was normally working the next day.
I asked one of our chaplains what he thought. He agreed. And believe me, I would rather believe that he was faking it. I've never experienced anything supernatural in my life and never wanted to. I'm not afraid to say that I'm a freakin fraidy cat when it comes to ghosts and demons etc. Ask my mom and sis ^_^.
Just wanted to share that. I don't know why God of all places and time to let me experience that but His will be done. I am now more ridiculed because of what happened. Mocked behind my back. But hey, oh well, God is good. If these are the things that God is preparing me for, then I really don't wanna know what happens next. 'sigh'. . .
So please pray for me. I'm trying hard and have finally decided to follow the path God laid for me. (mumbles: which kinda sucks for a lot of things . . . haha, oh well) ^_^. Take care and God bless.
Joshua 1:5,6,7,9 "Be strong and courageous . . . " x3
Hosea: 6:6, Matt 9:13, 12:7 "I desire mercy than burnt offerings" = He said it twice in Matthew so far, as I'm reading the book. How many times we offer ourselves, our tithes, our gifts to God, but fail to show kindness, love, mercy to others? Especially those people that have angered us, friends who've hurt us, betrayed us, poor people who asked for something to eat, our ex's, co-workers, supervisors who constantly raise our blood pressure. How can I go to church and put it tithes and sings songs of praise and worship when just the day before I could've have shown kindess to THAT person. But who knows right? That could'nt have been Jesus. Jesus wouldn't come to us as a poor man or woman or lost child, just to find out what's really in our hearts.
Many of us, soldiers, hate these people who kill not only us but their own. But I can't, and I won't becuase they need Jesus more than I do.
^_^ take care and God bless. May God be with you today at work, in school, at home. May He be the foundation of your friendships, relationships, and may He bless you always. Keep you safe always. Love you always.
In Faith,
Frank
hey, what's up?
So, may I tell you a story? As you know I'm in Iraq fighting for America's interests, freedom, especially the freedom to worship God freely. I'm a combat medic and have the responsibility of maintaining my guys' health. This is one of my stories:
One night I was called to go downstairs and meet an Iraqi soldier who was having an unknown medical issue. As I wait I see 4 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers carrying one of their own who seems to be somewhat combative. So much so that we needed 4 guys to hold him down while I evaluated him. 2 things came to mind and were brought up as suggestions as to what the problem may be: epilepsy or seizures,or tetanus. At this time the man was young and most likely in his mid 20's struggling against all of us. Shouting things in Iraqi that I couldn't comprehend. I did my evaluation and found no physical signs of bruising, cuts, open wounds, etc. And I asked how many times this has happened. His captain stated that this is the second episode. The first episode happened 15 days ago. And I asked if he has been in any accidents that may cause head trauma and seizures. He has been in a car accident, but it was the morning of the same day he was brought to me. So trauma to the head couldn't have been the cause. Nor tetanus because his joints were not locking up. As obviously stated, he was freely combative, either indirecly of directly at us. Vitals were normal for someone under stress . . . . .
To make a long story short, I came to the conclusion that he was possessed. He was making gestures suggesting that he couldn't breath, but he could shout. He was definitely struggling at something. So 20 minutes into it I was praying, and praying loud. Now during this time my comrades outspokenly suggested that this guy must be faking it big time to get out of this place. I would agree with them if they could explain to me why his pupils are dilated for the most part of the ordeal. We held him down for a good 1 1/2 hr before he fully came to and was able to stand up on his own. With my LIMITED medical knowledge I couldn't find anything wrong with him. He was normally working the next day.
I asked one of our chaplains what he thought. He agreed. And believe me, I would rather believe that he was faking it. I've never experienced anything supernatural in my life and never wanted to. I'm not afraid to say that I'm a freakin fraidy cat when it comes to ghosts and demons etc. Ask my mom and sis ^_^.
Just wanted to share that. I don't know why God of all places and time to let me experience that but His will be done. I am now more ridiculed because of what happened. Mocked behind my back. But hey, oh well, God is good. If these are the things that God is preparing me for, then I really don't wanna know what happens next. 'sigh'. . .
So please pray for me. I'm trying hard and have finally decided to follow the path God laid for me. (mumbles: which kinda sucks for a lot of things . . . haha, oh well) ^_^. Take care and God bless.
Joshua 1:5,6,7,9 "Be strong and courageous . . . " x3
Hosea: 6:6, Matt 9:13, 12:7 "I desire mercy than burnt offerings" = He said it twice in Matthew so far, as I'm reading the book. How many times we offer ourselves, our tithes, our gifts to God, but fail to show kindness, love, mercy to others? Especially those people that have angered us, friends who've hurt us, betrayed us, poor people who asked for something to eat, our ex's, co-workers, supervisors who constantly raise our blood pressure. How can I go to church and put it tithes and sings songs of praise and worship when just the day before I could've have shown kindess to THAT person. But who knows right? That could'nt have been Jesus. Jesus wouldn't come to us as a poor man or woman or lost child, just to find out what's really in our hearts.
Many of us, soldiers, hate these people who kill not only us but their own. But I can't, and I won't becuase they need Jesus more than I do.
^_^ take care and God bless. May God be with you today at work, in school, at home. May He be the foundation of your friendships, relationships, and may He bless you always. Keep you safe always. Love you always.
In Faith,
Frank
I recieved the following letter from my friend Frank. He was one of my college volunteers when I was the YW for FACC. Frank is now defending American, fighting for Liberty, and freedom of Religion over in Irag.
Please keep our troops in your prayers
hey, what's up?
So, may I tell you a story? As you know I'm in Iraq fighting for America's interests, freedom, especially the freedom to worship God freely. I'm a combat medic and have the responsibility of maintaining my guys' health. This is one of my stories:
One night I was called to go downstairs and meet an Iraqi soldier who was having an unknown medical issue. As I wait I see 4 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers carrying one of their own who seems to be somewhat combative. So much so that we needed 4 guys to hold him down while I evaluated him. 2 things came to mind and were brought up as suggestions as to what the problem may be: epilepsy or seizures,or tetanus. At this time the man was young and most likely in his mid 20's struggling against all of us. Shouting things in Iraqi that I couldn't comprehend. I did my evaluation and found no physical signs of bruising, cuts, open wounds, etc. And I asked how many times this has happened. His captain stated that this is the second episode. The first episode happened 15 days ago. And I asked if he has been in any accidents that may cause head trauma and seizures. He has been in a car accident, but it was the morning of the same day he was brought to me. So trauma to the head couldn't have been the cause. Nor tetanus because his joints were not locking up. As obviously stated, he was freely combative, either indirecly of directly at us. Vitals were normal for someone under stress . . . . .
To make a long story short, I came to the conclusion that he was possessed. He was making gestures suggesting that he couldn't breath, but he could shout. He was definitely struggling at something. So 20 minutes into it I was praying, and praying loud. Now during this time my comrades outspokenly suggested that this guy must be faking it big time to get out of this place. I would agree with them if they could explain to me why his pupils are dilated for the most part of the ordeal. We held him down for a good 1 1/2 hr before he fully came to and was able to stand up on his own. With my LIMITED medical knowledge I couldn't find anything wrong with him. He was normally working the next day.
I asked one of our chaplains what he thought. He agreed. And believe me, I would rather believe that he was faking it. I've never experienced anything supernatural in my life and never wanted to. I'm not afraid to say that I'm a freakin fraidy cat when it comes to ghosts and demons etc. Ask my mom and sis ^_^.
Just wanted to share that. I don't know why God of all places and time to let me experience that but His will be done. I am now more ridiculed because of what happened. Mocked behind my back. But hey, oh well, God is good. If these are the things that God is preparing me for, then I really don't wanna know what happens next. 'sigh'. . .
So please pray for me. I'm trying hard and have finally decided to follow the path God laid for me. (mumbles: which kinda sucks for a lot of things . . . haha, oh well) ^_^. Take care and God bless.
Joshua 1:5,6,7,9 "Be strong and courageous . . . " x3
Hosea: 6:6, Matt 9:13, 12:7 "I desire mercy than burnt offerings" = He said it twice in Matthew so far, as I'm reading the book. How many times we offer ourselves, our tithes, our gifts to God, but fail to show kindness, love, mercy to others? Especially those people that have angered us, friends who've hurt us, betrayed us, poor people who asked for something to eat, our ex's, co-workers, supervisors who constantly raise our blood pressure. How can I go to church and put it tithes and sings songs of praise and worship when just the day before I could've have shown kindess to THAT person. But who knows right? That could'nt have been Jesus. Jesus wouldn't come to us as a poor man or woman or lost child, just to find out what's really in our hearts.
Many of us, soldiers, hate these people who kill not only us but their own. But I can't, and I won't becuase they need Jesus more than I do.
^_^ take care and God bless. May God be with you today at work, in school, at home. May He be the foundation of your friendships, relationships, and may He bless you always. Keep you safe always. Love you always.
In Faith,
Frank
Please keep our troops in your prayers
hey, what's up?
So, may I tell you a story? As you know I'm in Iraq fighting for America's interests, freedom, especially the freedom to worship God freely. I'm a combat medic and have the responsibility of maintaining my guys' health. This is one of my stories:
One night I was called to go downstairs and meet an Iraqi soldier who was having an unknown medical issue. As I wait I see 4 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers carrying one of their own who seems to be somewhat combative. So much so that we needed 4 guys to hold him down while I evaluated him. 2 things came to mind and were brought up as suggestions as to what the problem may be: epilepsy or seizures,or tetanus. At this time the man was young and most likely in his mid 20's struggling against all of us. Shouting things in Iraqi that I couldn't comprehend. I did my evaluation and found no physical signs of bruising, cuts, open wounds, etc. And I asked how many times this has happened. His captain stated that this is the second episode. The first episode happened 15 days ago. And I asked if he has been in any accidents that may cause head trauma and seizures. He has been in a car accident, but it was the morning of the same day he was brought to me. So trauma to the head couldn't have been the cause. Nor tetanus because his joints were not locking up. As obviously stated, he was freely combative, either indirecly of directly at us. Vitals were normal for someone under stress . . . . .
To make a long story short, I came to the conclusion that he was possessed. He was making gestures suggesting that he couldn't breath, but he could shout. He was definitely struggling at something. So 20 minutes into it I was praying, and praying loud. Now during this time my comrades outspokenly suggested that this guy must be faking it big time to get out of this place. I would agree with them if they could explain to me why his pupils are dilated for the most part of the ordeal. We held him down for a good 1 1/2 hr before he fully came to and was able to stand up on his own. With my LIMITED medical knowledge I couldn't find anything wrong with him. He was normally working the next day.
I asked one of our chaplains what he thought. He agreed. And believe me, I would rather believe that he was faking it. I've never experienced anything supernatural in my life and never wanted to. I'm not afraid to say that I'm a freakin fraidy cat when it comes to ghosts and demons etc. Ask my mom and sis ^_^.
Just wanted to share that. I don't know why God of all places and time to let me experience that but His will be done. I am now more ridiculed because of what happened. Mocked behind my back. But hey, oh well, God is good. If these are the things that God is preparing me for, then I really don't wanna know what happens next. 'sigh'. . .
So please pray for me. I'm trying hard and have finally decided to follow the path God laid for me. (mumbles: which kinda sucks for a lot of things . . . haha, oh well) ^_^. Take care and God bless.
Joshua 1:5,6,7,9 "Be strong and courageous . . . " x3
Hosea: 6:6, Matt 9:13, 12:7 "I desire mercy than burnt offerings" = He said it twice in Matthew so far, as I'm reading the book. How many times we offer ourselves, our tithes, our gifts to God, but fail to show kindness, love, mercy to others? Especially those people that have angered us, friends who've hurt us, betrayed us, poor people who asked for something to eat, our ex's, co-workers, supervisors who constantly raise our blood pressure. How can I go to church and put it tithes and sings songs of praise and worship when just the day before I could've have shown kindess to THAT person. But who knows right? That could'nt have been Jesus. Jesus wouldn't come to us as a poor man or woman or lost child, just to find out what's really in our hearts.
Many of us, soldiers, hate these people who kill not only us but their own. But I can't, and I won't becuase they need Jesus more than I do.
^_^ take care and God bless. May God be with you today at work, in school, at home. May He be the foundation of your friendships, relationships, and may He bless you always. Keep you safe always. Love you always.
In Faith,
Frank
Monday, July 30, 2007
Need Some of this.
Wow,
What great two weeks I had at camp. 3 Kids had their sins washed away as they were baptized into Christ Jesus, and about 5 others are talking with their families, and pastors about giving their life Christ.
As I sit here today, I am tired and worn out. I have two weeks of office stuff to catch up on, and the heat is draining the life out of me. I did not move to the great NW to be in 100+ degree weather.
I also feel a lot like Elijah. I need some inspiration. I have visited blogs I enjoy, and even listened to a sermon. Still I am wanting more. I feel lonely, and a little depressed. Yesterdays; sermon was about Abiding in Christ, and that Jesus set us free from sin. It seemed to hit people in the heart.I think thatI am just in funk like Elijah was after Mt. Carmel. I know God loves me, that My church loves me, and that I was used for the last two weeks to share the Good news of Jesus Christ with a bunch of kids ranging from 4-9Th grade. Shouldn't that be enough?
I mean I've been used by God to touch his people, and yet today I am looking to be touched myself. I want to be inspired, I want to uplifted, and challenged. I want to feel Jesus in new ways. I want to be used for the kingdom, and yet I feel that I am alone out here in God's country.
One warrior, fighting the battle against Satan and his dark forces. One Warrior looking around to see who will join him, and then being reminded that God is in the gentle whisper. That HE has called others to stand and fight beside me, behind me, and in front me.
I am not alone.
I am a warrior, who is fighting a battle to show the love of Jesus into the darkness of this world.
I am a warrior commissioned by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to battle against the lies of the Evil one.
I am a warrior whose outpost is in the wilderness, and yet has support of other warriors around this world.
I am a warrior, an imperfect Warrior, who is trying to please his King.
I am an imperfect Warrior of the Cross of Christ Jesus. I stumble, I fall and I get on my knees and pray, and the Lord sends me out once again to do battle, because He has designed me, to be a Warrior.
-M
What great two weeks I had at camp. 3 Kids had their sins washed away as they were baptized into Christ Jesus, and about 5 others are talking with their families, and pastors about giving their life Christ.
As I sit here today, I am tired and worn out. I have two weeks of office stuff to catch up on, and the heat is draining the life out of me. I did not move to the great NW to be in 100+ degree weather.
I also feel a lot like Elijah. I need some inspiration. I have visited blogs I enjoy, and even listened to a sermon. Still I am wanting more. I feel lonely, and a little depressed. Yesterdays; sermon was about Abiding in Christ, and that Jesus set us free from sin. It seemed to hit people in the heart.I think thatI am just in funk like Elijah was after Mt. Carmel. I know God loves me, that My church loves me, and that I was used for the last two weeks to share the Good news of Jesus Christ with a bunch of kids ranging from 4-9Th grade. Shouldn't that be enough?
I mean I've been used by God to touch his people, and yet today I am looking to be touched myself. I want to be inspired, I want to uplifted, and challenged. I want to feel Jesus in new ways. I want to be used for the kingdom, and yet I feel that I am alone out here in God's country.
One warrior, fighting the battle against Satan and his dark forces. One Warrior looking around to see who will join him, and then being reminded that God is in the gentle whisper. That HE has called others to stand and fight beside me, behind me, and in front me.
I am not alone.
I am a warrior, who is fighting a battle to show the love of Jesus into the darkness of this world.
I am a warrior commissioned by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to battle against the lies of the Evil one.
I am a warrior whose outpost is in the wilderness, and yet has support of other warriors around this world.
I am a warrior, an imperfect Warrior, who is trying to please his King.
I am an imperfect Warrior of the Cross of Christ Jesus. I stumble, I fall and I get on my knees and pray, and the Lord sends me out once again to do battle, because He has designed me, to be a Warrior.
-M
Thursday, July 12, 2007
The Problem with the Church
Before we begin I want to let you know that I will be gone for the next 2 weeks. The Joys of summer camp. While I might be able to post, please do not count on anything from for the next two weeks.
I think I have figured out atleaset the heart of the issue, of why there are some many problems with our churches. People have stopped wanting to be like Jesus. We look and act more the world than we do the man who died on the Cross for our sins.
This needs to stop. Where there is gossip,lies and slander- we need to praise, where there is hatred, anger, we need to love and where thier is sexually impurites- we need to become pure. The world looks at the church and says "HYPOCRITS!". They are right, they see the exact same thigns from Christ' followers that themselves are doing. "Why would I worship Jesus, if you are no better than I am? If you behave the way that I do?"
That is not what we are suppossed to be doing, we are suppossed to be like Jesus, not the town drunk, wifebeater, gossip, theif, liar etc.
Todd Agnew wrote the song "My Jesus".
My Question for you this week is "Do I look more like Jesus or do like the world?"
I think I have figured out atleaset the heart of the issue, of why there are some many problems with our churches. People have stopped wanting to be like Jesus. We look and act more the world than we do the man who died on the Cross for our sins.
This needs to stop. Where there is gossip,lies and slander- we need to praise, where there is hatred, anger, we need to love and where thier is sexually impurites- we need to become pure. The world looks at the church and says "HYPOCRITS!". They are right, they see the exact same thigns from Christ' followers that themselves are doing. "Why would I worship Jesus, if you are no better than I am? If you behave the way that I do?"
That is not what we are suppossed to be doing, we are suppossed to be like Jesus, not the town drunk, wifebeater, gossip, theif, liar etc.
Todd Agnew wrote the song "My Jesus".
My Question for you this week is "Do I look more like Jesus or do like the world?"
Monday, July 09, 2007
You have to listen to this!
I was forwarded this by a good friend of mine. I hope that you it brightens your day.
http://denimandlace.50megs.com/1bigone.html
http://denimandlace.50megs.com/1bigone.html
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Time for a change
I have been thinking that I need to change something to this blog, in my life. As many know that I am a pastor. One thing that many of us forget is Holy Living. Are we practicing it? are we challenging and encouraging our flocks to be Holy? Do Christ-followers even want to be Holy?
I believe that we have settled to be "good enough". To be more somewhere in the middle between the world and Christ. "If I look too much like Christ, then people will find me weird" and the idea of "I became all things to all people, so that I might save a few" becomes our mantra.
While we need to share the love of Jesus with everyone, we do not need to become everyone or walk like everyone. I do not need to sell my body on the streets on to share Jesus love with a street walker. I do not need to get high on crack, to show a crack addict, that he is destroying his life. What I need to do is to learn to see people as God sees them.
Are they His child? Do they want to be His Child? Have they ever been his child, and now are out walking in the wilderness?Does God want me to share His love to them or has God decided to give them over to their own desires (Romans 1). How can I show them Christ' love? Getting high won't help out, sleeping with them won't help out, condemning them won't help out.
What will? Getting them to know them, hearing their story, and sharing with them our story, our faith walk with the Holy One of God, the One who releases us from our bondage and our sins.
The challenge is doing this, while staying pure, set apart, while being an alien, a stranger in this land, to make sure that I do not become corrupted my self.
As we share the Love of Jesus with others, let us remember that the same love that saved me, is the same love that wants me to be Holy.
I believe that we have settled to be "good enough". To be more somewhere in the middle between the world and Christ. "If I look too much like Christ, then people will find me weird" and the idea of "I became all things to all people, so that I might save a few" becomes our mantra.
While we need to share the love of Jesus with everyone, we do not need to become everyone or walk like everyone. I do not need to sell my body on the streets on to share Jesus love with a street walker. I do not need to get high on crack, to show a crack addict, that he is destroying his life. What I need to do is to learn to see people as God sees them.
Are they His child? Do they want to be His Child? Have they ever been his child, and now are out walking in the wilderness?Does God want me to share His love to them or has God decided to give them over to their own desires (Romans 1). How can I show them Christ' love? Getting high won't help out, sleeping with them won't help out, condemning them won't help out.
What will? Getting them to know them, hearing their story, and sharing with them our story, our faith walk with the Holy One of God, the One who releases us from our bondage and our sins.
The challenge is doing this, while staying pure, set apart, while being an alien, a stranger in this land, to make sure that I do not become corrupted my self.
As we share the Love of Jesus with others, let us remember that the same love that saved me, is the same love that wants me to be Holy.
Monday, June 25, 2007
What might have been
Sorry for Skipping out on you last week.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been thinking about "What might of Been". Every once in a while I wonder what would of happened in my life, If I would of stayed in Nashville, TN instead of moving to AZ and then to Seattle. I wonder who I would of married, and what I would be doing. Would I have kids, a dog? Would my friend Jon, his wife and I, still be building Lighting Design Concepts, would we be working with Ardre Design Group or would I be workign wtih Tennessee Coffee Comapny?
Part fo thinking of what of been brings me to think of my college frieds. Espcailly the Posse. Two of my closest friends in the world (besides my wife)are found in this group of people:, Lisa, La, Marla, Steph, Duff, Brady, Kim, Dana, Crag and a few others. Dana has cool website that I need to add to my links. It's called "Think Pink" She is a cancer survior, and shares her and Craigs Story.
The one person that I have kept up with the most is Lisa. Her and I e-mail back and forth every once in a while. We were extremly close in college and we shared apartment when we lived in Seattle. If it was not for Lisa I doubt I would of ever gotten to Seattle and meet my wife Heidi. Even though she is a teacher at Private School on the other side of the country, she is still on of my closest friends. It is cool to see the changes in our realtionship through out the years. From two people doing theater together, to each others counselor, and now we live across from each other. She is a teacher in a private school in the Carolinia's and happily married, and I am a pastor in the Great North West. Over the years we have become more like brother and sister, then just friends. Someday I look forward to visiting back east and meeting her husband and friends.
Another of my closest friends in the group in La. La is just one those specail people in my life. She us funny, good humored and put up with a lot of garbage that life and I threw at her. Along with Lisa, she is one of the people that kept somewaht sane during my adventures in Nashville. I think at one point everybody expected us to be married. At think at couple of different points in out lives, if we would of started dating instead of just being great friends, we would be married, or ruined a great friendship. La is married to wonderful guy named Jon, they are living in Tennessee and have one daughter. I love Jon, and he and I were good friends during our time togethers.
I cannot be more happy ofr La and John and Lisa and her man; It's just every once in while I think "What might of been?"
Where would I be if I never left Nashville? What would of happened if I dateed Lisa or La? Honestly I most likly would be working for a stage-lighting or scene design company. I might of gotten into radio work, or something else to do with big events(concerts, theatre productions, movies, etc). I do not know if I would of even been a youth minister, or church planter and now the pastor of a great small church in the Mission Valley of MT. I know I would of not met my bride Heidi (8 years in July), and have two wonderful daughters, that run up and hug me when I get home from the office. I doubt that I would be blogging and meeting intersating people on the OOZE and CCT. I doubt that I would be able to speak the Word of God, with the freedom I now enjoy (1 hour this last Sunday). We rent pillows for our youth fund raiser. :)
Even though I loved my past working with shows, and I dearly love Lisa and La. Sometimes it is hard not to think about what might of been. I think that sometimes we are all like that. "what if" and it is at this time that I need to remember to count my blessings of WHAT IS . I can't live in the past and continue to wonder "what if" and "what might have been's", because our God has called me to live in the present, to press on to the goal, and to be used for His Kingdom; NOW!
As the Apostle Paul states " I have forgotten the past, and press on to the goal." My goal is to get to heaven, and to be used by God to preach his word, to be Holy, to write devotionals, to sing his praises, and equip his saints to walk the Narrow Road.
While I love my posse and all that they bring to enrich my life, I need to remember that they are a huge blessing from God , to show me how much I am loved by Him.
To the Posse I love you guys, and canot wait to sepnd time with you again. If I have to wait until heaven, than I better see you there. :) To everyone else I hope that while loving people from the past, will learn to count your blessing's of today, and lets' not wonder "what of been"
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been thinking about "What might of Been". Every once in a while I wonder what would of happened in my life, If I would of stayed in Nashville, TN instead of moving to AZ and then to Seattle. I wonder who I would of married, and what I would be doing. Would I have kids, a dog? Would my friend Jon, his wife and I, still be building Lighting Design Concepts, would we be working with Ardre Design Group or would I be workign wtih Tennessee Coffee Comapny?
Part fo thinking of what of been brings me to think of my college frieds. Espcailly the Posse. Two of my closest friends in the world (besides my wife)are found in this group of people:, Lisa, La, Marla, Steph, Duff, Brady, Kim, Dana, Crag and a few others. Dana has cool website that I need to add to my links. It's called "Think Pink" She is a cancer survior, and shares her and Craigs Story.
The one person that I have kept up with the most is Lisa. Her and I e-mail back and forth every once in a while. We were extremly close in college and we shared apartment when we lived in Seattle. If it was not for Lisa I doubt I would of ever gotten to Seattle and meet my wife Heidi. Even though she is a teacher at Private School on the other side of the country, she is still on of my closest friends. It is cool to see the changes in our realtionship through out the years. From two people doing theater together, to each others counselor, and now we live across from each other. She is a teacher in a private school in the Carolinia's and happily married, and I am a pastor in the Great North West. Over the years we have become more like brother and sister, then just friends. Someday I look forward to visiting back east and meeting her husband and friends.
Another of my closest friends in the group in La. La is just one those specail people in my life. She us funny, good humored and put up with a lot of garbage that life and I threw at her. Along with Lisa, she is one of the people that kept somewaht sane during my adventures in Nashville. I think at one point everybody expected us to be married. At think at couple of different points in out lives, if we would of started dating instead of just being great friends, we would be married, or ruined a great friendship. La is married to wonderful guy named Jon, they are living in Tennessee and have one daughter. I love Jon, and he and I were good friends during our time togethers.
I cannot be more happy ofr La and John and Lisa and her man; It's just every once in while I think "What might of been?"
Where would I be if I never left Nashville? What would of happened if I dateed Lisa or La? Honestly I most likly would be working for a stage-lighting or scene design company. I might of gotten into radio work, or something else to do with big events(concerts, theatre productions, movies, etc). I do not know if I would of even been a youth minister, or church planter and now the pastor of a great small church in the Mission Valley of MT. I know I would of not met my bride Heidi (8 years in July), and have two wonderful daughters, that run up and hug me when I get home from the office. I doubt that I would be blogging and meeting intersating people on the OOZE and CCT. I doubt that I would be able to speak the Word of God, with the freedom I now enjoy (1 hour this last Sunday). We rent pillows for our youth fund raiser. :)
Even though I loved my past working with shows, and I dearly love Lisa and La. Sometimes it is hard not to think about what might of been. I think that sometimes we are all like that. "what if" and it is at this time that I need to remember to count my blessings of WHAT IS . I can't live in the past and continue to wonder "what if" and "what might have been's", because our God has called me to live in the present, to press on to the goal, and to be used for His Kingdom; NOW!
As the Apostle Paul states " I have forgotten the past, and press on to the goal." My goal is to get to heaven, and to be used by God to preach his word, to be Holy, to write devotionals, to sing his praises, and equip his saints to walk the Narrow Road.
While I love my posse and all that they bring to enrich my life, I need to remember that they are a huge blessing from God , to show me how much I am loved by Him.
To the Posse I love you guys, and canot wait to sepnd time with you again. If I have to wait until heaven, than I better see you there. :) To everyone else I hope that while loving people from the past, will learn to count your blessing's of today, and lets' not wonder "what of been"
Thursday, June 14, 2007
What are you about?
This is on my Sig line on two forums I enjoy:
I think there is important message to this. Jesus did not come preaching a gospel of hating your brother. In fact we are told in 1 John 2:9 (NIV)"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness."
Jesus draws us to love people. We might disagree with them, we might have different doctrines them and different faith journeys on our walk with Jesus. But that does not give us the excuse to hate others.
The church especially my movement has been earned the reputation that we do not love others. We hate other demo nations,and that we are the only ones going to heaven. To me that sounds more like hate, than love.
God loves the whole world. Jesus died for the sins of the World, not just yours, not just mines. Are doctrine important? Yes, and I believe that we need to find those doctrines from the Bible, not from what some man or woman wrote down.
However the two greatest commandments are to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind... and to Love your neighbor as yourself." All the Law and prophets hang on these two commandments." - Matthew 22:37-40
I think we should spend more time Loving God and loving each-other, than we do ignoring God as we fight each-other.
-M
I think there is important message to this. Jesus did not come preaching a gospel of hating your brother. In fact we are told in 1 John 2:9 (NIV)"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness."
Jesus draws us to love people. We might disagree with them, we might have different doctrines them and different faith journeys on our walk with Jesus. But that does not give us the excuse to hate others.
The church especially my movement has been earned the reputation that we do not love others. We hate other demo nations,and that we are the only ones going to heaven. To me that sounds more like hate, than love.
God loves the whole world. Jesus died for the sins of the World, not just yours, not just mines. Are doctrine important? Yes, and I believe that we need to find those doctrines from the Bible, not from what some man or woman wrote down.
However the two greatest commandments are to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind... and to Love your neighbor as yourself." All the Law and prophets hang on these two commandments." - Matthew 22:37-40
I think we should spend more time Loving God and loving each-other, than we do ignoring God as we fight each-other.
-M
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Changes
I hope that you are having a good week,
Have you ever noticed that the world is always changing? It is spring time here in God's country. On Sunday we had Temperatures in the 90's. Today it is raining and we are in the 50's-60's. This time last year I was living in Oregon in unfinished house, and unemployed. This year I am in new state, with a great church. Including myself I know about 5-10 guys that are either in new ministries this year, or not in the ministry all together. Change is happening everywhere.
My 23 month old daughter the other day came running our of her room in the morning giggling, as she did not have to wait on my wife or eye to get her out of the crib. It was the first time she slept in her bed. She now knows a since of freedom, that she never knew before. She is even trying to go potty on the potty instead of in diapers.
Change is happening all the time around us. Look at Gas prices if you don't believe me. However there is one thing stays the same. Jesus Christ. Do you know him?
There is a song by the group Tesla called "changes". It is describing how changes mess up our lives, how they re-arrange our lives. It's also a love song. I hope you enjoy it.
Changes are happen all around us. When I first heard that song, I was in the backseat of my brother's Camero. We were teenagers and did not get along then. 20 years later we get along and have no idea what happened to that old brown Camero.I drive a Sidekick,and he drives a Dodge Truck. We are both married, have families and we live in different states. Changes they are everywhere. They mess with our lives, they rearrange our lives. One of our young families from the church is moving this summer. They have lived here for over 10 years. Changes are happening everywhere.One of missionaries is coming back to the states, and it looks like they will be here for a year.
Jesus creates change in our lives. He likes to re-arrange our lives that put him as the focal point. He desires to be our lives, to be our North star, to be our compass, to be our Lighthouse and our GPS.
We are told in Colossians (mike's Paraphrase chapter 3) to put to death the following things: Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, lust, greed, anger, wrath, malice slander and obscene talk from our mouths. Instead we should put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. He desires us to change so that we look more Jesus. As we walk with the Lord, we need to die to ourselves, and change. We should look more Jesus day after day, year after year, then we do the person that sells herself on the street corner for drugs, or the man who beats his wife and kids. Shoot we should act more like Jesus than the people we are shown in the TV shows we watch. Changes, they are everywhere, just look at the weather, look at your own life. There are changes in it.
If you know my King, then you know that He wants to change you, to mold you, to make you into something more beautiful than the mountains or the sea. He wants to make you and me, like Him; He desires that when the world sees us, It sees Jesus.
We need to allow Jesus to change us, so that we can share the one thing that doesn't change: his unchanging love to the world that desperately needs it.
-M
Have you ever noticed that the world is always changing? It is spring time here in God's country. On Sunday we had Temperatures in the 90's. Today it is raining and we are in the 50's-60's. This time last year I was living in Oregon in unfinished house, and unemployed. This year I am in new state, with a great church. Including myself I know about 5-10 guys that are either in new ministries this year, or not in the ministry all together. Change is happening everywhere.
My 23 month old daughter the other day came running our of her room in the morning giggling, as she did not have to wait on my wife or eye to get her out of the crib. It was the first time she slept in her bed. She now knows a since of freedom, that she never knew before. She is even trying to go potty on the potty instead of in diapers.
Change is happening all the time around us. Look at Gas prices if you don't believe me. However there is one thing stays the same. Jesus Christ. Do you know him?
There is a song by the group Tesla called "changes". It is describing how changes mess up our lives, how they re-arrange our lives. It's also a love song. I hope you enjoy it.
Changes are happen all around us. When I first heard that song, I was in the backseat of my brother's Camero. We were teenagers and did not get along then. 20 years later we get along and have no idea what happened to that old brown Camero.I drive a Sidekick,and he drives a Dodge Truck. We are both married, have families and we live in different states. Changes they are everywhere. They mess with our lives, they rearrange our lives. One of our young families from the church is moving this summer. They have lived here for over 10 years. Changes are happening everywhere.One of missionaries is coming back to the states, and it looks like they will be here for a year.
Jesus creates change in our lives. He likes to re-arrange our lives that put him as the focal point. He desires to be our lives, to be our North star, to be our compass, to be our Lighthouse and our GPS.
We are told in Colossians (mike's Paraphrase chapter 3) to put to death the following things: Sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, lust, greed, anger, wrath, malice slander and obscene talk from our mouths. Instead we should put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. He desires us to change so that we look more Jesus. As we walk with the Lord, we need to die to ourselves, and change. We should look more Jesus day after day, year after year, then we do the person that sells herself on the street corner for drugs, or the man who beats his wife and kids. Shoot we should act more like Jesus than the people we are shown in the TV shows we watch. Changes, they are everywhere, just look at the weather, look at your own life. There are changes in it.
If you know my King, then you know that He wants to change you, to mold you, to make you into something more beautiful than the mountains or the sea. He wants to make you and me, like Him; He desires that when the world sees us, It sees Jesus.
We need to allow Jesus to change us, so that we can share the one thing that doesn't change: his unchanging love to the world that desperately needs it.
-M
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
A Part of the Bible, some people do not like
Have you ever read part of the Bible and thought "Do i really have to do that?", "Is that Really what God means?" "Why would God put that in there?" and of course "The Bible is talking to somebody els, I KNOW it's not talking to me!"
Unfortunalty for a lot of us when the Bible speaks we forget to listen. We forget to change, we forget to repeant, we forget that God reveals Himself to us through His Word. We like to pick and choose the parts that we read, that memeorize and that we follow. We like to be in charge and to control things.
However the joke is on us. We would be running around naked if God did not event animal skins,plants, cotton and sythentic fibers to be woven together so we could have clothes. We forget that we are dependant on Him. If don't forget we ignore that He gives every good perfect gift from above.
A passage I want to look at today found in Mark 16:15 "go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16 Whoever beleives and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemmed -NIV
Those are strong, authoritative words from Jesus about what the apostles need to be practising and teaching. I have had indebt conversations with a variety of people concerning the purpose of baptism in the recent months. When I point this scripture plus numerous others that show baptism is important and part of the salvation process: hear, believe, repent and baptism (Acts 2:38, Mark 1:4),plus submitting to and following Jesus, his teachings, and the bible. People have become violent towards me and the word of God.
It has lead me to write a paper (13 pages so far. Just started Pauls writings) about the historical (Jewish and EArly Church) and Scriptual Practice of Immersion. From the time of Exodus to 1st century Palastine and still today. What Peter preached in Acts 2:37-41, and what Paul Practised in Acts 22:16 is the proper view of baptism. It is to wash away our sins, and purify us before our God, plus the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Some would say that baptism is work according to John 6:29 "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.
If Faith is work, then everything else we do is our response in love and submission to Jesus.
If he is Lord and Savior, then we need to serve and submit to Him as our Lord and savior.
-M
Unfortunalty for a lot of us when the Bible speaks we forget to listen. We forget to change, we forget to repeant, we forget that God reveals Himself to us through His Word. We like to pick and choose the parts that we read, that memeorize and that we follow. We like to be in charge and to control things.
However the joke is on us. We would be running around naked if God did not event animal skins,plants, cotton and sythentic fibers to be woven together so we could have clothes. We forget that we are dependant on Him. If don't forget we ignore that He gives every good perfect gift from above.
A passage I want to look at today found in Mark 16:15 "go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16 Whoever beleives and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemmed -NIV
Those are strong, authoritative words from Jesus about what the apostles need to be practising and teaching. I have had indebt conversations with a variety of people concerning the purpose of baptism in the recent months. When I point this scripture plus numerous others that show baptism is important and part of the salvation process: hear, believe, repent and baptism (Acts 2:38, Mark 1:4),plus submitting to and following Jesus, his teachings, and the bible. People have become violent towards me and the word of God.
It has lead me to write a paper (13 pages so far. Just started Pauls writings) about the historical (Jewish and EArly Church) and Scriptual Practice of Immersion. From the time of Exodus to 1st century Palastine and still today. What Peter preached in Acts 2:37-41, and what Paul Practised in Acts 22:16 is the proper view of baptism. It is to wash away our sins, and purify us before our God, plus the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Some would say that baptism is work according to John 6:29 "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.
If Faith is work, then everything else we do is our response in love and submission to Jesus.
If he is Lord and Savior, then we need to serve and submit to Him as our Lord and savior.
-M
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Touch not My Anointed
A lot of my Cyber friends are ministers. As many of you know We are a unique group of individuals, with different talents, and ablities. A friend of mine "The other RWarren" is at new church this week. Many of us are at new churches within the last 2 years. A lot of the guys that I spend time with in the Mission Valley are new to the area. God is moving in our churches. He is bringing new life and new blood to HIS churches. However one thing reamins the same, there are some of our fellow warriors, that are churches that are hurting them.
I am the first to say that not all pastors are good men, and that there are some guys who never need to step foot in the pulpit or ministry again. This is not about them.This about the ones that are there to be servant leaders, and love their God, and thier thier flocks. This poem was given to me as I was serving at a church in turmoil, with satan attacking the leaders, with people who claimed to follow Christ Jesus and thier fruits proving otherwise.
Touch Not My Anointed
He gives us Apostles, prophets and pastors,
Evangelist and some who teach,
so we saints can grow in Him
And be equipped a lost world to reach.
Anointed and called by Almighty God,
By Great Love they're compelled to go.
Nothing on this earth can stop them.
It's not what, but Who they know.
Consumed by thier zeal for the Master
Aware night and day of His Call.
Longing to do whatever it takes,
Desiring to give Him their all.
They face great struggles and temptations,
Fear of failure and reproach from men,
the devil ever hot on thier trail,
shouting that HE'S going to win.
Sometimes these servants stumble and fall,
Their load being heavy to bear.
But the prayers of ther saints raise them up.
Thank you, Lord for the power of prayer!
Let us rejoice at all times and give thanks
For those that take care of His people.
It's folks Jesus went to the cross for.
Not the building adorned with a steeplw.
It's good that we pray for those He has called
For He's charged them with guarding our soul.
May God's people not help the devil.
Oh, God, let us not take that role.
Father, may we support, not oppose
Those You've called to do what they do,
For if we fight against those You've anointed,
We can't wing, for we fight against You.
-Judy Kelly - October 4, 2005.
In the Book of Hebrews we read "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you" 13:7 ESV
Are you a person that encourages your minister, and leaders or a person that tears them apart? Do you encourage and support them or are nervous when you come around? What type of person do you think they think you are?
I called a former a church last week, just to talk and pray for the man who replaced me. His first words "What happened to this church"? and after we talked for over and hour, I could tell he was breaking down as we prayed. A Man of God needing love from the people that he was serving and leading. Unfortunatly, He is not alone. There are many that are called "Pastor", who are alone, and hurting. Who have been struck, beaten and destroyed by the very person Jesus died for.
This week please, please, please lift up your leaders in prayer and support them by your words, actions and deeds. Don't caste stones at them, Pray for them!
I am imperfect and I serve Jesus and his people.
-M
I am the first to say that not all pastors are good men, and that there are some guys who never need to step foot in the pulpit or ministry again. This is not about them.This about the ones that are there to be servant leaders, and love their God, and thier thier flocks. This poem was given to me as I was serving at a church in turmoil, with satan attacking the leaders, with people who claimed to follow Christ Jesus and thier fruits proving otherwise.
Touch Not My Anointed
He gives us Apostles, prophets and pastors,
Evangelist and some who teach,
so we saints can grow in Him
And be equipped a lost world to reach.
Anointed and called by Almighty God,
By Great Love they're compelled to go.
Nothing on this earth can stop them.
It's not what, but Who they know.
Consumed by thier zeal for the Master
Aware night and day of His Call.
Longing to do whatever it takes,
Desiring to give Him their all.
They face great struggles and temptations,
Fear of failure and reproach from men,
the devil ever hot on thier trail,
shouting that HE'S going to win.
Sometimes these servants stumble and fall,
Their load being heavy to bear.
But the prayers of ther saints raise them up.
Thank you, Lord for the power of prayer!
Let us rejoice at all times and give thanks
For those that take care of His people.
It's folks Jesus went to the cross for.
Not the building adorned with a steeplw.
It's good that we pray for those He has called
For He's charged them with guarding our soul.
May God's people not help the devil.
Oh, God, let us not take that role.
Father, may we support, not oppose
Those You've called to do what they do,
For if we fight against those You've anointed,
We can't wing, for we fight against You.
-Judy Kelly - October 4, 2005.
In the Book of Hebrews we read "Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you" 13:7 ESV
Are you a person that encourages your minister, and leaders or a person that tears them apart? Do you encourage and support them or are nervous when you come around? What type of person do you think they think you are?
I called a former a church last week, just to talk and pray for the man who replaced me. His first words "What happened to this church"? and after we talked for over and hour, I could tell he was breaking down as we prayed. A Man of God needing love from the people that he was serving and leading. Unfortunatly, He is not alone. There are many that are called "Pastor", who are alone, and hurting. Who have been struck, beaten and destroyed by the very person Jesus died for.
This week please, please, please lift up your leaders in prayer and support them by your words, actions and deeds. Don't caste stones at them, Pray for them!
I am imperfect and I serve Jesus and his people.
-M
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The Wii saved my marriage
After saving up, and researching different games consoles my family and I bought a Nintendo Wii. My X-box died, and it was time for us to invest in game system that we all could play and that required you to move around. Last nigt we boxed, played Tennis, and baseball for 3 hours. The whole family was involved including the 4 and 18 month old.
Why do I say it saved my marriage? Becasue it gives a nother thing to do togeter as a family. No longer will sit there and play by myself. Now I can enjoy teaching, adn watching others play as I rest from the excercise I am actually getting. Not a lot, but more than just sitting on the duff and playing.
Plus we can teach life lessons abotu loosing, sharing, and takign turns. And there is nothing funnier than watching our 4 year old throw a fast ball, and have her cheer when the batter hits a home run.
Enjoy your family and friends,
M
Why do I say it saved my marriage? Becasue it gives a nother thing to do togeter as a family. No longer will sit there and play by myself. Now I can enjoy teaching, adn watching others play as I rest from the excercise I am actually getting. Not a lot, but more than just sitting on the duff and playing.
Plus we can teach life lessons abotu loosing, sharing, and takign turns. And there is nothing funnier than watching our 4 year old throw a fast ball, and have her cheer when the batter hits a home run.
Enjoy your family and friends,
M
Monday, May 07, 2007
The Most Beautiful Sound
I have decided what I beleive to the worlds best sound. It is better than the kiss of newlyweds, or a baby cooing while it is being snuggled. The voice of long lost friend or relative. compares to nothing. The Birds singing, and the symphanies we find nature are nowhere compared to this sound. It's even better than the saints singing praises to our God and King. The sound:
It is when God's people open their bibles. I love when I hear Bibles opening. I love the sound of the pages rustling, the sound of bible covers opening. I love the sound of relief when someone finds the verse, and the sound the pages make when you flip through the Bible.
Why do I love the sound of the Bible being opened? Because it means we are getting ready to hear from The HOLY. It means that people are interasted in hearing from God, and not jsut being force fed by thier pastor. In a day where we can have our Bibles on MP3', CD's online, and verses shot on the screen behind me. There is still no greater joy then hearing God's people open God's book.
Surprise your pastor this week and on Sunday open your Bible. Have your whole church open thier Bibles. Enjoy the sound of God's book being open, as his people begin to feed on His Holy Word
-M
It is when God's people open their bibles. I love when I hear Bibles opening. I love the sound of the pages rustling, the sound of bible covers opening. I love the sound of relief when someone finds the verse, and the sound the pages make when you flip through the Bible.
Why do I love the sound of the Bible being opened? Because it means we are getting ready to hear from The HOLY. It means that people are interasted in hearing from God, and not jsut being force fed by thier pastor. In a day where we can have our Bibles on MP3', CD's online, and verses shot on the screen behind me. There is still no greater joy then hearing God's people open God's book.
Surprise your pastor this week and on Sunday open your Bible. Have your whole church open thier Bibles. Enjoy the sound of God's book being open, as his people begin to feed on His Holy Word
-M
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