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This blog will be a way for me to share where Christ is speaking to me, and how my relationship with Him is growing. My desire is to encourage you in your walk with Christ as the only Way. John 14:6 "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the father but through me."

Oh crap; they are up!

16 Sep

Oh crap; they are up!

Mark 9:23-24 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

I struggle with memory greatly, and that might be the understatement of the year. I can read something, comprehend and be moved by it, and when I am done with it, I cannot recall it to you. I do believe stress is a great factor in this struggle with all of us, and I pray that the DNA in my family line with ALZ is not coming to play an early role. This is one of those underlying fears that shapes me; no different from you in what makes you who you are. A good friend of mine on a mission trip told us, “There is more to see, than what you see.” A few words in a short sentence that have very deep meaning to us all.

In the passage above, Jesus was about to heal a boy possessed by a demon spirit. The disciples had not been able to, and the boys father was pleading to Jesus through tears to help his son. Jesus saw the faith of the father and the boy was healed! Doubt was coming into play in this situation, and Satan was at work greatly in it, but who has the power over him? Jesus does, and if you are a child of God you must come to fully understand that whatever struggle you are dealing with is passing through His hands. 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Satan is worming his way into your life through doubt, which is rooted in fear, which is not from God. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Satan may be content with letting you believe a little, but he is determined to limit the level of your belief because that threatens him and his kingdom. Satan is content with you feeling good about yourself on Sundays, but he fears one who spends every day seeking God in prayer and His Word. Does the alarm in hell go off every morning when your feet his the floor?

God gave me this passage in prayer time just after 5am out on my front porch. I go there most mornings for peace and solitude with him to start my day. I was talking to God about some big things going on in my life and how memory affects it. The Holy Spirit reminded me of this passage in Mark. As I came in and spent time in the Bible digging deeper into that passage, my faith was strengthened. He will do the exact same thing for you; there is nothing special about me. When you are in doubt, spend time with the One who stomps out that fear welling up inside of you. This is a daily battle; that means seven days a week; not just Sunday.

 
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Posted by on September 16, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

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Sermon Link: Eternal Nourishment

14 Sep

Sermon Link: Eternal Nourishment

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdv32j97ztutpn1/I%20am%20the%20Bread%20-%20into.docx?dl=0

 
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Posted by on September 14, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

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Bubbles in briar-patches

11 Sep

Bubbles in briar-patches

Matthew 3:1 (John the Baptist saying) “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

Are you paying attention to the world in which you live, or do you choose to live in your own little world feeling unaffected by it? Do you choose to not be bothered by events in other countries; wars and rumors of wars, for they have gone on forever? How will they affect you in your bubble? Today marks the anniversary of your bubble popping just over 10 years ago. Today we remember thousands of innocent lives lost on OUR soil by those wars that do not affect us. We have had time to “heal”; our president claims we are no longer a Christian nation; we have become weaker than likely any point in our history in leadership and military strength. Your bubble is floating in a briar-patch.

The Bible is full of the prophets of God calling for turning from sin and their need to repent of it. John the Baptist was proclaiming that the Messiah had come; heaven was among them and it was time to repent! Read the Old Testament prophets and how God used them to call nations that had slid into idolatry and great sexual sins to repent before the judgement of God came upon them. Do you remember Sodom and Gomorrah? If you look outside your bubble at the nation you live in, do you see how we as a nation have slid into idolatry and sexual sin just as in Old Testament times? We have become a nation that pursues “stuff,” and we judge each other by the amount of our prized possessions. We have become a nation that glorifies, legalizes, and now even our churches facilitate homosexual marriages!

Do you see all the signs of nature pointing you to the power of the God who controls it? Do you see all these earthquakes, solar flares, meteorites, floods, droughts, and if we are looking at them, also famines and diseases? We are not in control of anything; HE IS! He is giving us all types of signs to repent for the kingdom of heaven is near! Philippians 2:9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Today as we remember the tragic events that occurred on this date in 2001, let us also look at the signs God is giving us as a nation, and a world that He is in control of it all. Is is time to repent an turn from our sins.

 
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Posted by on September 11, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

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Sermon Link – The Great “I AM”

07 Sep

Sermon Link

The Great I AM

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7bn6ymtt4a1gz4/Great%20I%20AM.docx?dl=0

 
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Posted by on September 7, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

Because He said so

05 Sep

Because He said so

Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

This summer has been one of the toughest seasons of my life. I have been torn at the seams both physically and emotionally with the struggles of bi-vocational ministry. The little energy I have left from the physical work, has left me struggling to find my alone time with God, and study time for sermon preparation. It is a struggle that few understand, but no different from what you are struggling with also. Where do we go for encouragement? Not down the road of dealing with it, but encouragement for the other side of whatever we struggle with. Godly counsel and wisdom from God’s Word himself is my humble advice to you. Exodus three, where God places his call upon Moses’ life, is always a great encouragement to me. Moses received what we all want, a clear sign from God through the only burning bush in the Bible. God gave clear instructions and Moses still wavered; do you see how far we are from God when we even question him at his spoken call? God even gave Moses miraculous signs that proved to Moses, and would prove to those that saw them, that God had placed a call on Moses. These signs should also place deep faith in the prophecies that Moses was proclaiming. How could there be any doubt?!

We are a fallen world; we are a creation that fell at the beginning of time into the snare of sin. Satan roars every time we lack the faith to proclaim our faith in the One who saved us from the hell that was created for him. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Satan roars every time we work late and sleep late to recover and do it all over again. Satan roars every time we pour families into sporting events that turn into our idols or our Gods. Satan roars every time we lack enough faith to share our faith because we have not pursued God daily in prayer and his Word. Satan trembles at worn out Bibles and calloused knees who understand that he is a defeated foe. 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. The more time you spend with God every day, the more you are prepared for every, single, day. The same God that spoke to Moses in a burning bush has given you his written word for every thing you face in life. There is no struggle you face that God cannot encourage you in his Word. You will only realize this, when you make time for God in your schedule. How can you afford not to?

 
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Posted by on September 5, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

Unspoken

04 Sep

Unspoken

Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

When you can’t
He will.
When life is moving so fast
He manages to remain still.

Distractions seem endless
They come in many ways,
Before long you realize
You haven’t talked to God in days.

You sit at His feet
You wonder what to say,
Your mind changes gears
All the things to do today.

The looming tasks list
All the things to get done,
The feeling of Mary and Martha
The need to concentrate on just ONE.

Satan is really good
At excuses of what you must do,
But the burden that lies
Is a privilege to you.

God just wants to hear
What is on you heart today,
He wants to be alone with you
He wants to hear what you say.

He has given you the breath
To live another day,
There is nothing you face
For which He has not prepared the way.

When you are struggling
Just sit quietly alone at His feet,
Sometime the best prayers
Are unspoken when you meet.

 
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Posted by on September 4, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

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Sermon Link – How can we not be passionate?

24 Aug

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwjcaod0fttyk1e/How%20can%20we%20not%20be%20passionate%3F.docx?dl=0

 

 

 
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Posted by on August 24, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

Heartlamp

21 Aug

Heartlamp

Zephaniah 1:12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, ‘The LORD will not do good, nor will he do ill.’

My heart is troubled, for I am seeing those in the circle of influence that God has given me becoming hard hearted, and yes even complacent as the prophet Zephaniah speaks of here. God has been putting people before me that are angry with society, angry with life, even angry with God. He has been putting before me those that place everything higher on their priority list than their relationship with God. He has been putting before me those that are complacent in their faith or lack thereof. He has been putting before me those that are all but uttering the words of denial…….my heart is troubled. I am not perfect; I have experienced all of these traits at some time in my life except the denial of God. Even at my lowest points, pinnacles of sins, I knew I was sinning but Satan had me convinced of the temporal pleasurable pursuits of it. I hang my head in repentant shame for all those paths I ran; ran from God into sin.

The book of Zephaniah is a prophecy book of God’s impending judgement on the sins of Judah. It is a book that uses the term “the day of the Lord” more than any other book (Judgement Day). I don’t know how you could be breathing and not see the similarities of how steep our nation is in sin. We live in a double standard spineless society that seeks to please everyone and bends the truth to fit everyone. We have lost the ability to say, “wrong is wrong” and uphold the moral laws that originated on two stone tablets. God will hold us accountable for all our actions at a future time determined by Him. Philippians 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Oh how I pray that God will use me to encourage you to draw closer to Him. My prayer is that you respond with a humble repentant heart that seeks to abide in Him. My prayer is that you focus on your relationship to God more than any single other pursuit in life. There is nothing else in your life that has eternal consequences. Judah was being judged for their pursuits of idolatry too; their pursuits of “stuff.” Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth. Pray to God today to show you what stands before Him in line; ask Him to reveal it to you and to give you the heart and strength to put Him first. A humble heart before Him will be a changed heart through Him. He knows your heart; his lamp brings to light every, single thing.

 
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Posted by on August 21, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

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Sermon Link: Psalm 46

17 Aug

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yheon20s8io2wwv/Psalm%2046.docx

 
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Posted by on August 17, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

A pill or the Gospel?

13 Aug

John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Many of us this week have been affected when one of our stars fell with Robin Williams committed suicide. He was truly one of the greatest comedians ever, and brought laughter to us when we may have needed it most. Laughter is many times the best medicine for whatever troubles us, but even the one who was so gifted, battled inner demons that brought about addictions and depression resulting in suicide. His smile hid an inner indescribable pain that only a few knew. I have heard the argument of which came first, which fed the other, the addictions or the depression. I have been open about my struggles with anxiety and depression, for I have seen how many people seem to want to hide it. I do understand that only others with these struggle can comprehend these struggles. Over and over again I hear “I don’t get it”, but to those that share your struggle, it is an open door to share and encourage each other. I look back at my life before Christ with all the partying in so many ways; I do believe I too was hiding my problems and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. By the grace and mercy of God I walked away from that lifestyle when I was set free through understanding what Jesus Christ did for me on the cross. That does not mean I still do not struggle with anxiety and depression, it means that I deal with it differently than hiding from it by any means of bad habits; I go to God with it in prayer and his Word. He is allowing it in my life for a reason; that reason may be for me to see my need for him in my life; you cannot do life alone.

The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. What is worry anyway? Worry is truly about a future event that may NEVER happen anyway. This worry can lead you down that dark road to depression and means to cope with that worry. Depression can be described as a dark cloud looming; many times it lies on the horizon and seeks to cover the sun. What disperses clouds; what do meteorologists tell us day after day? “When the sun finally burns off the clouds or the fog”. Light dis-spells darkness; the two cannot co-exist at the same time and place. When the darkness rolls in, and it will, you must seek God in prayer and his Word to strengthen the Light living inside of you to burn through the clouds. Depression is fought in the Word of God!!!!!!!! I fully understand there is clinical depression, and modern medicine has a pill for everything, but you must seek help; you cannot do life alone, and Satan’s dark cloud will seek to rob you of the joy of life. If you battle depression, if you are unhappy with life, seek FIRST the only thing that can eternally change you; the Gospel. True change only begins with Jesus Christ. You may find a pill that makes you feel happy for your time here, but your soul needs the Healer to last an eternity.

 
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Posted by on August 13, 2014 in Daily Devotions

 

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