Father God I ask for you Holy & Righteous Blessing be upon the meeting Sunday night. It is only by your grace and power that lives can be changed and souls saved. Be with us, surround me with your Spirit, fill me with your presents, use my lips, my tongue, my voice to tell of your everlasting love and your total forgiveness of sins. Teach us to Love You As You Loved Us. In Jesus Holy Name, Amen
I never go to the jail feeling satisfied in my efforts to prepare for the service. I always go in complete satisfaction that God has it under control, Praise His Name.
My intended subject is "Regeneration". The word is mentioned twice in the KJV, once in several other versions and not at all in the CEV. Regeneration, ReBirth, Born Again are life changing words.
God teach us how we must be Born Again so we can be Regenerated. Amen
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Can I really be used by God?
Most Christians think in a very negative way.
1. I don't have time to be in the ministry.
2. I'm not qualified.
3. I'm afraid I'll fail.
4. I don't know what to do.
5. I'm afraid of rejection.
There are more but lets stop at these for now and I will attempt to address these issues that Satan puts in our minds and conveniences us that they are real problems.
1. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a single day. Seems there are days when we just can't get it all done though. Doesn't matter if you're single, married, no children, w/children, retired, widower or widow we seem to be to busy for anything else.
The problem isn't with time it's with What You Think Being In The Ministry Is. As a believer in Christ your MINISTRY has to do with Mat 28:18-20 Jesus came and told His disciples, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Your ministry is everyday, every task, where ever you are at any moment in your "LIFE". You are involved in the ministry when you wake up, as you relate to those around you at the breakfast table, to the guys in the car pool, the folks at work, in the gym, the neighbor as you work in the lawn.
2. The only qualification you need is to be BORN AGAIN and the testimony of what Jesus has done for you. Study his word, attend a Evangelical Believing Church, Participate in a Group Bible Study. God is your source for Knowledge and Wisdom.
3. Rom 2:4 Don't you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you see that His kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? If Jesus is with you who can be against you. Remember that your definition of success may not be the same as Gods. Stumbling is a means by which our gracious Lord Grooms, Styles, Shapes and Molds us into that which he has designed for us.
4. Mat 22:37 - 40 Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." Living these verses are the keys to everything we are. LOVE HAS BEEN AND WILL EVER BE GOD'S Message to us.
5. You may be scorned, put down, lied about, even stoned but Joh 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.
Rom 8:38-39 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1. I don't have time to be in the ministry.
2. I'm not qualified.
3. I'm afraid I'll fail.
4. I don't know what to do.
5. I'm afraid of rejection.
There are more but lets stop at these for now and I will attempt to address these issues that Satan puts in our minds and conveniences us that they are real problems.
1. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a single day. Seems there are days when we just can't get it all done though. Doesn't matter if you're single, married, no children, w/children, retired, widower or widow we seem to be to busy for anything else.
The problem isn't with time it's with What You Think Being In The Ministry Is. As a believer in Christ your MINISTRY has to do with Mat 28:18-20 Jesus came and told His disciples, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Your ministry is everyday, every task, where ever you are at any moment in your "LIFE". You are involved in the ministry when you wake up, as you relate to those around you at the breakfast table, to the guys in the car pool, the folks at work, in the gym, the neighbor as you work in the lawn.
2. The only qualification you need is to be BORN AGAIN and the testimony of what Jesus has done for you. Study his word, attend a Evangelical Believing Church, Participate in a Group Bible Study. God is your source for Knowledge and Wisdom.
3. Rom 2:4 Don't you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you see that His kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? If Jesus is with you who can be against you. Remember that your definition of success may not be the same as Gods. Stumbling is a means by which our gracious Lord Grooms, Styles, Shapes and Molds us into that which he has designed for us.
4. Mat 22:37 - 40 Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." Living these verses are the keys to everything we are. LOVE HAS BEEN AND WILL EVER BE GOD'S Message to us.
5. You may be scorned, put down, lied about, even stoned but Joh 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.
Rom 8:38-39 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Man's UnBelief
I went to the jail for my monthly service tonight. There were about 25 men at the Annex Service. God is very much seen at those services. The men are truly struggling to walk with Lord. These men are the trustees and easier managed inmate.
In the day-room of the old jail we have a different type of inmate. These men are charged with the more serious crime. They too struggle to walk with the Lord. I also find that more of them confess they are not saved.
Tonight none of the annex men stated unbelief but in the old jail 7 admitted they were lost and on their way to hell.
The first step in salvation is that the Holy Spirit has to "Draw" you to the saving grace of God. This is also proof of Gods selection of the elect and of our predestination. Just because tonight the Holy Spirit didn't draw them gives you or I an excuse to stop witnessing to them. Pray fervently, continuously that God will work his wonderful grace in the hearts of these men
In the day-room of the old jail we have a different type of inmate. These men are charged with the more serious crime. They too struggle to walk with the Lord. I also find that more of them confess they are not saved.
Tonight none of the annex men stated unbelief but in the old jail 7 admitted they were lost and on their way to hell.
The first step in salvation is that the Holy Spirit has to "Draw" you to the saving grace of God. This is also proof of Gods selection of the elect and of our predestination. Just because tonight the Holy Spirit didn't draw them gives you or I an excuse to stop witnessing to them. Pray fervently, continuously that God will work his wonderful grace in the hearts of these men
Thursday, June 10, 2010
God is speaking everywhere; we can help others listen.
“But if there is a personal Creator, if God is, then His creation can reflect His character; it can reveal God’s purposes for us. Our lives instantly gain meaning. The world becomes a means of knowing God as well as our dwelling place. We can truly be the reasoning, imaginative, creative persons we believe ourselves to be.”
-Chuck Colson, The Faith
“The divine substance is not visible to the eye, and the miracles of the divine government of the world and ordering of the whole creation are overlooked because of their constancy.”
-Augustine, Sermon on John 6:14
“If then a man wishes to know the deepest ocean of divine understanding, let him first if he is able scan that visible sea, and the less he finds himself to understand of those creatures which lurk beneath the waves, the more let him realize that he can know less of the depths of its Creator…Understand the creation, if you wish to know the Creator; if you will not know the former either, be silent concerning the Creator, but believe in the Creator.”
-Columbanus, Sermon I
“For this reason God even impressed a religious expression on the whole of unconscious nature – on plants, on animals and also on children. ‘The whole earth is full of His glory.’ ‘How excellent is Thy Name, God, in all the earth.’ ‘The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth His handiwork.’ ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast ordained praise.’ Frost and hail, snow and vapor, the abyss and the hurricane – everything does praise God.”
-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism
“On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.”
-Psalm 145:5-7
-Chuck Colson, The Faith
“The divine substance is not visible to the eye, and the miracles of the divine government of the world and ordering of the whole creation are overlooked because of their constancy.”
-Augustine, Sermon on John 6:14
“If then a man wishes to know the deepest ocean of divine understanding, let him first if he is able scan that visible sea, and the less he finds himself to understand of those creatures which lurk beneath the waves, the more let him realize that he can know less of the depths of its Creator…Understand the creation, if you wish to know the Creator; if you will not know the former either, be silent concerning the Creator, but believe in the Creator.”
-Columbanus, Sermon I
“For this reason God even impressed a religious expression on the whole of unconscious nature – on plants, on animals and also on children. ‘The whole earth is full of His glory.’ ‘How excellent is Thy Name, God, in all the earth.’ ‘The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth His handiwork.’ ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast ordained praise.’ Frost and hail, snow and vapor, the abyss and the hurricane – everything does praise God.”
-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism
“On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.”
-Psalm 145:5-7
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Letters for Help!
I have prepared letters to 30 churches in our area. Baptist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ, Non Denominational, Lutheran, Friends they went to. God loves all those he has called by the Blood of his Son. Our Call to all these churches is for us to come together for the purpose of our first calling, To Disciple.
How can the World be fixed without the Church being fixed.
How can the Church be fixed without Families being fixed
How can families be fixed without the Man being fixed
How can a Man be fixed without him becoming a disciple
The Discipleship Conference being planned will be a blessing to all that participate. Men need to be taught, shown and lead how to live a discipleship life. The Holy Spirit does all those things through, by and in us. Have you taken the challenge.
Help us with this conference. We need leaders, doers, helpers and prayer worriers.
The challange is here are you willing to say "Lord Here Am I"
How can the World be fixed without the Church being fixed.
How can the Church be fixed without Families being fixed
How can families be fixed without the Man being fixed
How can a Man be fixed without him becoming a disciple
The Discipleship Conference being planned will be a blessing to all that participate. Men need to be taught, shown and lead how to live a discipleship life. The Holy Spirit does all those things through, by and in us. Have you taken the challenge.
Help us with this conference. We need leaders, doers, helpers and prayer worriers.
The challange is here are you willing to say "Lord Here Am I"
Friday, May 21, 2010
Praise For the web site
www.menofchrist.weebly.com is up and running. This has been a full three week project. It's not fancy but I hope it will be a blessing to you. There are a ton of features and information on it. Please visit it and give us your honest opinion of it. My desire is that it is INFORMATIVE and a BLESSING.
We have had a full week of activities along with designing the web site. Tuesday was our Men of Christ Fellowship meeting. There were four men there this week. Dr. Worley taught the second of a three part series called "Discipling Men's Hearts", "To Make a Disciple". We all recieved God's Blessing from the meeting.
Why You Need a Band od Brothers? This is a question on a hand out I have. When you read in Genesis 1, God says five times-at the end of each day "Good". Everything he made He said "it was good". Then He made man on the sixth day and said "it was very-good"
Now in Genesis 2:18 He changes to "..... it was not good" What was not so good? "It was not good for man to be alone."
Join us for our fellowship. Jesus in the person of his Holy Spirit is there. If you can't be there pray for us as we will pray for you.
We have had a full week of activities along with designing the web site. Tuesday was our Men of Christ Fellowship meeting. There were four men there this week. Dr. Worley taught the second of a three part series called "Discipling Men's Hearts", "To Make a Disciple". We all recieved God's Blessing from the meeting.
Why You Need a Band od Brothers? This is a question on a hand out I have. When you read in Genesis 1, God says five times-at the end of each day "Good". Everything he made He said "it was good". Then He made man on the sixth day and said "it was very-good"
Now in Genesis 2:18 He changes to "..... it was not good" What was not so good? "It was not good for man to be alone."
Join us for our fellowship. Jesus in the person of his Holy Spirit is there. If you can't be there pray for us as we will pray for you.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Troubled Marriage
One issue that surely breaks a marriage down is , when one partner puts the other down . It can be one sided or they can be doing it to each other. Either way it causes problems. When you criticise, your mate will start to build walls of protection. These walls were never meant to be just as the criticisms were never meant to be in a marriage.
Criticism is never to take the place of, an honest & open discussion. Criticism is truly a lack of respect and sensitivity. Self-centeredness is the root of the problem.
God in Heaven make us sensitive to our mates feelings. Forgive us for being so self-centered that all I care about is me. You gave your ALL for your love. Help us to be able to do likewise and give our all for our love. IN JESUS NAME
Criticism is never to take the place of, an honest & open discussion. Criticism is truly a lack of respect and sensitivity. Self-centeredness is the root of the problem.
God in Heaven make us sensitive to our mates feelings. Forgive us for being so self-centered that all I care about is me. You gave your ALL for your love. Help us to be able to do likewise and give our all for our love. IN JESUS NAME
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