tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76448574543827640372012-02-16T21:40:21.794-06:00"Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person." Colossians 4:6Steven O.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792425900488235836noreply@blogger.comBlogger1231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644857454382764037.post-4573060136718956052011-05-05T09:52:00.006-05:002011-05-05T11:18:24.047-05:00

"While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who had heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 'Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who

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And he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.For who is the greater, one who reclines at the table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who

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Today this thought came to me and I am asking this as a question.Where is the unity of one faith that is spoken of in Ephesians in today's modern church?Considering that in most of the American churches there seems to be a competition between each group trying to get the most people even if it means taking from the others congregation.What are your thoughts on this?

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Every year I try to start the new year off by reading through the whole bible.Old Testament all the way through the New Testament.Some may ask why bother reading the Old Testament when we have all we need in the New Testament?And to that question I will give this scripture:"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in

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I wanted to present the word slave from the biblical perspective and present what the bible has to say about being a slave or slaves.How many of us live our lives without realizing that we are subservient to something? Whether it is a certain vice, or idol. For instance I used to be a slave to alcohol. Then it went from that to sodas.Some people are slaves to other things. A certain lifestyle

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"Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerety and in faithfullness. Joshua 24:14".....And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve........" Joshua 24:15"But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15b"....we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning

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Being a Christian means you are apart of a family. The family of God.I want to bring out some definitions of some words starting with family. And then see they apply to our daily walk with other believers.Family: a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head. A group of persons of common ancestry. A people or group of people regarded as deriving from a common

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The answer is in the following scripture:"May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God." Romans 15:5-7Jesus our only hope in this dying world would

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In our Christian walk we usually hear certain words used concerning why we should meet. Men in pulpits urge the people "not to forsake the assembling of ourselves".Of which I agree that we as believers must be willing to meet with other believers. And in saying that I would like to show some of the words that are associated with what we do when we meet. Along with them I will post the definitions

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Feel free to comment on this statement if you want, but I will show you from the word of God that the only place the devil is bound in the scripture is found in Revelation. Even then it is done by Jesus and not us.Too much is biblical error has been around concerning this unbiblical practice of binding the devil and his demons.If this was truly a biblical reality then why didn't Paul do it when

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Lately I have been truly struggling to seperate my drive for the gospel from my drive for politics.I have been trying to truly focus on the Lords work and not worry about the political landscape here in the U.S. .What happened is I can't! It can't be separated no matter how hard you try.Let me say this before I go further into this.I am not a Democrat nor a Republican!Now that I got that out of

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"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit." John 15:1-2In this scripture Jesus states who he is. He is the true vine! And his Father is the vinedresser.Do we really believe this? You see as people meet, there are those who bear much fruit and there

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"My soul, wait silently for God alone. For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength. And my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62:5-8 I love the quote of A.W. Tozer as it is definately a

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I have been laying off the blog a lot lately. My comments and thoughts have mostly been posted on my facebook page.I have so much in my heart to talk about and blog yet I haven't taken the time to really sit down and put it on here.Today I just happened to pick up the book Spiritual Authority, by: Watchman Nee. Love him or not he has lots of great insight into the work of the Lord.Though not many

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The other day I was with a group of believers and the question was asked, "does anyone have a song they'd like to sing?"Of which the first thing in my mind is they don't want me to sing, because I would scare everyone off! Yet, as I sat there and thought some more the Lord reminded me that for those who are not gifted at singing can recite the Psalms. After all they are all about bringing glory

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I was going to title this post..."I am a heretic and have been for 15 years." You see the original defintion of heretic was someone who used to be a Roman Catholic and leaves, then no longer believes what that group teaches. Of which I did leave it in 1995 after being in it for 25 years. Later on that same year I wrote to the Ft. Worth diocese and told them to take my name off the list as I no

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The cross that Jesus died on was Bloody and Stained!Jesus took the wrath of God upon Himself for those who believe in HIM!That same wrath is still held upon the lost!And quite frankly what we have done to cheapen the gospel to one of only love is what has lead us into the dispair we now have that we call Christianity.Jonathon Edwards saw the hypocrisy that beladened his congregation and knew that

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"Now, what significance does this have to do with our daily lives? Perhaps this awful subject may awaken those who remain unconverted in the church, for what you have read is the case of everyone is out of Christ.If you are not a child of God, that world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone, is extended abroad under you.Below you is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God;

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"Truly truly, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal." John 6: 26-27My heart breaks! My heart is breaking for all of those who are looking for food from those who

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Greed for money is at the bottom of much of our sad plight.Men make a profession of dispensing the water of life which God has freely given to all.They then inaugurate a special caste to minister in this profession and demand support from the rest of God's children.Others see an opportunity to make gain and seize power by instituting organizations to produce and train the professional

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In my journey walking with Christ I have never been the "normal" sit in your pew kind of Christian. I have always been the type of Christian that was hungry for the word and wanting to know more. My heart has always been striving for that goal that Paul mentions in the scripture. I have not and will not waiver! That is not to say that I haven't sinned or will not continue to sin in the future.The

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"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty." 2 Timothy 3:1Paul wrote this to Timothy so he could be prepared.Here we are in the 21st century and how true this word is for Christians today.There is difficult times going on right now for thousands of believers everyday. Around the world there are believers being beaten, in prisoned, and killed for what they

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"In Massachusetts Village of Northampton, a black gowned Congregational minister of God knelt in prayer. He was burdened for the 1100 souls of the little town who, he was convinced, were afllicted with the deadly spiritual disease of the day." Excerpt from the book America's Great Revivals The story of Spiritual Revival in the United States. 1734-1899 That man was Jonothan Edwards. The man who

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"I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling." 1 Timothy 2:8Gentlemen, it is time to pray! It is time to take up the mantle that God has put upon us as leaders of our families! It is time to stop the quarreling and bickering! It is time for us to stop cowering down and start rising! We need to be less prideful and more humble!We need to be

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I would like to start this off by saying there has been a lot of things being brought up concerning the issues stemming from our government from Christians. I was one of those people. I got carried away as I always do in the political situation going on. I had a brother in Christ call me out on this in a gentle way. Of which I truly accepted as correction in love. So that said, I would like to

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"To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men." A. W. TozerThis is something we who are hungering for the truth must face everyday. Even to the point of death. We must be willing to always please God and not worry about what man thinks.As we embark on what the Lord is showing

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"And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come to proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing except Christ and Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in

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I wanted to share a valuable insight I got into the heart of the Lord Jesus: 25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but

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BigGrace.com - Home of Raven Ministries International Restoring A Vision & Evangelizing Nations - About UsI met this gentleman on Facebook. He is on fire for the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. I just want to let people see there are men and women who still go out and preach the truth in love.

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"How then will they call on him whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear with no one preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?" Romans 10:14-15This is one of my favorite scripture verses.We ALL are called to preach!...."The word of God says how are they to hear if no one preaches?""It doesn't say how

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"Then I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that know one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called it 'THE WORD OF GOD'." Revelation 19: 11-

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To be a Christian you must be willing to suffer for the things of Christ.You must be willing to be used of God to proclaim, minister, serve and die for Jesus.This is not a social club religion.It is a life! And it is not your own life.It is the life of Jesus Christ who lives inside of you.Go out and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of Jesus.

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"So in the present case: I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail, but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!" Acts 5:38-39This man did not realize how right he was.The new move that was taking over Jerusalem was of God and it has not failed. It will not fail,

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"Do you not know that you, are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroy's God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple." 1 Cor. 3:16-17 If you are a Christian then "you" are the "temple" of God! Take care of that temple as we are who God dwells in not buildings.Consecrate yourself to be holy and not a building.I am not advocating

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www.alanknox.netThe birth and growth of a church June 23, 2009 By: Alan Knox

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The following comes from Keith Giles who had posted this on another site.I just found it interesting as we need to be understanding the truth about the Truth of the Word.The Myth of the Pastoral Epistles by; Keith Giles"Search it up on Wikipedia.org and you'll find a brief entry about how 1 and 2 Timothy and the book of Titus (and sometimes Philemon) are referred to as the Pastoral Epistles of

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Hebrews 10:24b gets a lot of attention in the body of Christ on Sundays. Most of my days during the assembling of the saints the pastor would always mention "Forsake not the assembling of yourselves." All in the name of getting people to continue to meet.Which there is nothing wrong with that, except they usually skip verse 24a."And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good

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"For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.: Romans 12:3 How many of us do the opposite of this word? How many of us think of ourselves more highly than we should think?We are to think with sober judgment, according to the

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I have been getting the urge to take a break from the blogsphere. I have gone from one end of the Christian spectrum to the other. All along the way leaving casualties. My heart is to edify and glorify the Lord. That hasn't always been the case the last few months.Yesterday another brother in the Lord told me to listen to God and take a break. He also has done this and I felt it was a timely word

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"For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power." 1 Corinthians 1:17"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18"For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and the discernment of the

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Last week my wife told me about an article in the New Yorker. It was about a gentleman from India who took over his 12 year old daughters basketball team. He didn't know anything about basketball and the kids were new to it also. He watched how the other teams would play. He noticed that all the teams would play just one side of the court. Meaning their goal was to get to the other side of the

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Yesterday morning while I was taking my daughter to school there was a little squirrel out in the middle of the road. I was coming on it and slowed down. Another car was coming from the other direction. That little guy tried to go forward. And at the last minute turned back. He ended up getting killed when my back tire caught him. There was nothing I could do. It was in his paws to make the

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As we go on in our life in the United States it is becoming more and more obvious ,all of the different belief systems. I say systems because that is just what they are. They are systems created by fallen man to justify why they live the way they do. We have different sects and movements in this country. This used to be a taboo subject and nothing was said. Meaning you couldn't tell who was a New

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I just want to touch on some contriversial issues for a moment. Because I feel the truth needs to be proclaimed. There is too much false doctrine and deception being brought up in Christian circles. Most of our children are getting in doctrinated with New Age religious issues and other areas we are not called to get involved in.You may already be thinking that this guy is crazy. Yes, I suppose I

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Lately there has been a lot of talk about discipling and what it should look like.I am here to tell you that if you're looking for answers from me then your on the wrong blog.You see discipling can look different and be different between each believer. God doesn't have a one size fits all way of discipling another. That is something unique. Given to each believer as he or she has need. Each of us

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The Lord is continuing to bring me back to the place of being still and waiting. During this time He has reminded me of the importance of constant prayer and communication with HIM.In my walk through the years I was taught that prayer is more than us talking about our problems to God. Or more than us doing all the talking and then just walking away as if we don't care about what God wants to

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This morning my wife and I were speaking about something she dreamt about. It was a dream she feels from God. I agreed as the scripture the Lord spoke to her was one the Lord has given me a lot in my life."Be still and know I am God" Psalm 46:10This goes along way with me. Especially as of late. I have been really trying to stay focused on what the Lord has for me and my family. A lot has changed

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Where would we be if we were to spend more time communing with God instead of talking about Him?I am a fanatic when it comes to the move of the Holy Spirit in the scripture and the old rivivals of the 1800's. I love to read about the things that happened after people were willing to sacrifice their time to pray and seek God for His move.There has been no significant move of God in over 100 years

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As I continue to see the Gospel in 3-D it makes me realize how Agonizingly Honest Christianity should be.Especially when you have a faith Like A Mustard Seed. All along while Reimagining Church.So How Can I Be Silent when it comes to the Assembling of the Church.Whether you are a Woman on the Vine, Douglas Weaver or the M Blog. I would still be Hungering for God in Conway Ar. as my Street Sign

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Early this morning during my prayer time the thought came to my mind; We can't have a love or joy without the Spirit.How many of us Christians walk around everyday with a sour look on our faces? Or we say we can't love this or that person?The reason being is our lack of walking in the Spirit. Our whole life should be centered around God and His way of supplying us. He sent His comforter for us.

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Does anyone in the body realize that we are all on a journey? I mean how many who are born again end up just staying in one place all of their life without ever reaching out to others. Or how many just want to continue on with the same group of people and never explore what the Lord may have for them? Once Jesus went to heaven and He sent the Helper what did the disciples do?They were baptized

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I just wanted to provide a link to a fellow brother's website. It is called www.GraceforNepal.orgHe and some others went to Nepal this last December. They went to teach some of the new ministers and also check out the orphanages.Please check it out and pray about maybe supporting this ministry. I don't usually plug situations like this except that I know that any donations will actually go to

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"I Paul, myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who am humble but bold toward you when I am away!--I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our

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"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." Psalm 51:17 ESVThis is one of those scriptures I love to just read and reflect on. There is so much in that word.Think about it. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart...How is our spirit broken? Through the Lord showing us that we are wretched and in need of a

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As I present this post I am asking my brothers and sisters in the Lord for prayer. I also feel I must preface this post with the following:I want to say that this post is in NO WAY meant to be hurtful to ANYONE. Apart of what this blog is about is to present things that happen along my Christian walk along with present the issues of the bible.In the scripture in John 16:2 Jesus was warning his

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Through all of my years as a Christian there was one area that I never lacked. Prayer.If someone said we are having a prayer meeting I was there. When a pastor would ask who wants to pray? My hand would be raised. If someone would ask to be prayed for, yes there I was.Also when someone felt the need to pray for others I was in the line wanting prayer.When I moved here to Arkansas from Texas I had

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One afternoon in 1998 at my house in Texas I presented God a prayer.My prayer was Lord I want to be like Paul. I loved reading all that he went through and how he had the desire to do nothing else but preach Christ and Him crucified. So when I prayed that prayer I was wanting that same desire. Later that evening we went to our weekly home church meeting. During that night we were waiting around

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Years ago in my single years when I was a wild savage in the world. I had a really good paying job and lived a carefree life. I was a non-practicing Catholic, self proclaimed ladies man and a weekend drunk.So what does all of this have to do with seeking God?I wanted to present a picture of myself before Christ. I also wanted to show how I wasn't seeking after God. I was seeking a worldly

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In the very first verse of Isaiah 53 those words ring volumes.How many of us have been out witnessing about the things of Christ and have had people look at us like we are crazy? Sometimes it may even be from people who claim to be Christian.What we believers have is truly the greatest opportunity ever given. That is to be a witness for what Christ did for us. Telling friends, loved ones,

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Well, with this Sunday coming up I felt a need to blog about what we are celebrating. Plus why do we put so much emphasis on one day over another when it concerns the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?Coming from the Catholic faith years ago I used to take the Easter celebration real seriously.It was one of the top holy days of the church. Even as I left the Catholic faith and

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"Every eye open and every head looking up. Now pray this prayer after me. Our Father who is in heaven praise to your holy name. I ask that your kingdom come into my life right now just as it is in heaven. Forgive me my trespasses and sins as I should forgive others.Give to me this day your grace to say yes to Jesus. Who died on the cross for my being a wretch of a person that I am. I realize you

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A question for you. Are you walking worthy of your calling? Or are you acting just like the world?My heart is breaking today for the fact that as we call ourselves Christians most of us don't walk or act as if we even know who Jesus is. In fact I feel we get caught up in the things of this world and in turn look like fools. Granted we are to be fools for Christ, but not act like them.In

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The last few days I went through some books I had on the shelf to do some research.I went through one in particular and ended up on some statements from a gentleman named Frank Bartleman.He was writing about the great Azuza revival. In this book I came upon the following;"Beloved, when we stop going forward, we go to milling around. When an individual stops going forward for God, he begins to go

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Words of the bible. Build and stir.Who is the wise master builder?Who is the one who will build HIS church?Why do we come together in our meetings?How is it that when you come together each of you has.....!You see Jesus will build HIS church. Not mine or yours or anyone elses. He is building HIS!In doing that we are to come together in HIS image to build and stir each other up.Why? Why do we have

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I would like to start this post by saying this, there seems to be so much controversy on what one person or church believes over another. Which in turn has caused so many "new" buildings and denominations to be built.Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 1:9-17 "God who is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name

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The link for the 501c3 status is www.hushmoney.orgI would like to add also that a friend of mine did check with a legitimate CPA on this very issue.The CPA showed him where the church is NOT required to register. Because they already have tax free status.

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I have a question to ask. How many pastors and the like realize that a church or ministry doesn't have to be a 501c3? I searched this out about 6 months ago. Just one of those random questions that came up on why do they do this and can it be avoided without penalties?What I found was astounding. I will provide a link that will better suit any questions that may be raised as to the legitimacy of

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I hear people quite a few times ask the question, what is God's will for my life?Well, those are some good questions. Sometimes they go on not ever being answered, because most would not know what to say to that person. I can't help, but to think of what the scripture says in 1 Thessalonians 4:3. "For this is the will of God, your sanctification..."He is sanctifying us all in order that we would

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I just wanted to post a shout out to someone so beautiful inside and out that I feel like the most blessed man in the world for being able to call her my wife.I won't mention her name for the sake of where she works, so I will just say my wife.My wife is a public school teacher in a big city school with a big mixture of cultures and backgrounds.My wife is a Christian who loves Jesus and believes

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The words of Peter spoken from Solomon's Portico."What God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring

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Ok here we go for another round.Abraham was called the "Father of Faith" (Gen. 15, Romans 4:16-18)Jesus Christ is the Author, perfecter and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2)Abraham the Father of many nations was willingly going to sacrifice Isaac his son. (Genesis 22:2)God our Father was willing and did sacrifice His only begotten Son. (John 3:16)Isaac had faith in his father Abraham as he

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When we hear the Old Testament story of Noah's ark what comes to mind?Usually we think about a kids story. Yet the whole story is about a type of Christ.The Ark (Christ body), the flood, (baptism), the rainbow (the promise of a new covenant).When you start to see Jesus in the Old Testament the books become more than good moral stories, they become alive.Noah was like a "second Adam" in a sense.

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Adam was the first person in this creation. Jesus is the first person in the New Creation (1Cor. 15:23) Adam was God's administrator. (Gen. 1:28) Christ is God's Annointed who is King (Matt. 1:16) Adam was the head of the human race. (Gen. 3:20) Jesus is the Head of the New Creation (Rom.5:12-24) Adam's actions brought sin and death. (Gen. 3:16-19) Jesus' actions inputes righteousness for those

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I have been wanting to find a biblical example of the sinners prayer. You know what? There is none.None, zip, no inkling of anyone ever repeating a prayer after someone. Because that is not how Jesus nor the apostles did it. They simply said "REPENT", "BELIEVE" and "FOLLOW". The earliest form of the sinners prayer began about 500 years ago. Wow, did some feel that the word of God wasn't enough to

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Well, it being Saturday I have finished the series of thoughts and issues I started on Monday. That said I was wondering where to go from here. Guess what? As the Lord would have it He has given me an opportunity to bring about the lighter side of me courtesy of Alan Knox from "The Assembling Church". Thank you Alan I needed this....LOL!!!Here are the rules: Google your full first name (not your

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I have been struggling for a while now on the tithing issue. Last year around this time the thought of why tithe came into my heart. I was constantly being asked by a fellow brother to go to an Indian reservation to witness. I kept thinking, I can't because I don't have the money. So I kept telling I would if I could. After the tithe, every of dollar we made was being used to pay for our kids,

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Lately I've been thinking, what is my role in the kingdom. I woke up Tuesday having a sense of anger and frustration. It's something that at first I couldn't put my finger on.Then later I realized it was God dealing with me. He was showing me some areas that I needed to let go of.Doing ministry work in the field is really wonderful then there are times you feel just alone. I've also been really

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The following is a dream my wife got in 2006. I must warn it talks of amputations...It is very interesting and reflects what seems to be happening today in the body of Christ. Again I don't place this higher than the Word of God."I had a dream that the government made a statement. They were going to take some sort of action if a certain result from a 'previous plan' doesn't occur the way they

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The following is a word my wife Carla recieved from the Lord on 3-28-04. I again would preface this as to say that the Lord speaks to my wife in dreams and sometimes puts scripture on her heart and then gives her a word for it. I do not equate any prophetic word with the scriptures nor do I feel it is an adding to them. So please take the time to read what is being said and pray about it."See to

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Well, here I go on a topic that has been on my heart for a while. As I stated in my previous post this is something I felt the Lord gave me in September 2003. I was of all places taking a bath. I apologize for that, but it must be brought up. As I was relaxing I felt the words "before revival there must be reformation" come into my mind. Then a lot of scriptures followed. I knew it was from God

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I want to preface this post with the following. I am a firm believer in the gifts of the Spirit. I believe they still operate today for all believers. I don't believe the canonization of the scriptures is the perfect spoken of in 1 Corinthians. I believe the scripture is speaking of Jesus Christ and perfect love. Which if you read from the beginning of the text it starts out talking about "love".

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On my way home today I was listening to a radio station. A young man from the Air Force who is stationed in South Korea called in to talk. After the conversation the D.J. said, "Thank you for serving." In which the young man replied, "Someone has to do it."Those words resinated in my heart. Someone has to do it. Do what? Serve!The police motto is "To Protect and to Serve." What an awesome motto

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The words of Jesus still live on:"Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 'The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so practice and observe whatever they tell you--but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do

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2. SCOPE OF MUTUAL MINISTRYWhat was to be done mutually, or reciprocally, in the primitive community of the saints? In his wonderful thesis on the unified functioning of the divine organism, the apostle Paul points out that there are varieties of gifts, service, and working, although proceeding from the one source. The purpose of the gifts is thus described, “To each is given a manifestation of

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1. IS “MUTUAL MINISTRY” SCRIPTURAL?The King James translators render the words of Paul in Romans 1:12, “For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established, that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.” The RSV has it, “That we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.”

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Last night I had the pleasure of going to a local fellowship and eating free pizza. Plus getting a chance to win an Xbox 360. I went because my kids came home from school with about 12-13 tickets that advertised this special gospel meeting. It was an outreach for the youth. A gentleman from Ft. Worth, Texas was brought in to evangelize to the youth and adults.I actually had a good time. The pizza

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Well, to my surprise I actually had someone comment on the previous post titled: What I believe about ecclesiology. So this will be a continuation of that post with some answers to questions that were brought up.I titled this like I did to remind the people that what Martin Luther started has not been finished. Unlike the canonization of scripture God is continuing to build His church. Not by

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I have gone through a lot of transition in the last year. My way of doing church became away of being the church. I no longer can hold onto some of the traditions brought on through the I.C. .In saying that I in no way am saying they are not Christian or that they are wrong in all ways of thinking.No, I just feel there has been a lot of mis-representation of the scriptures throughout the years

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Here I go again on another rant. This time it is the "sinners prayer" or otherwise known as the "invitation system".People there are a lot of wrong teachings out in the Christian church and this is probably on top of the list.I am amazed at all of the people that get "saved" at youth rally's and big evangelistic outreaches every year and yet you never hear from them again. I have been involved

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I feel I know the answer to this question. I would just like to hear from some others on what you think.

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The words speak for themself. How awesome was it of Jesus to ask the Father to forgive the very people who were going to crucify Him! Is this something we could do when faced with a situation?We are told in the scripture to forgive one another and that if we don't then the Father won't forgive us.Before we even start to pray to the Lord we are told if we have anything against another we are to

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"Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch of yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."Last week I went over to pick up a friend and take him to our Saturday night home fellowship supper. I brought my family along since we would be going straight over to

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I just feel like I need to clarify about somethings that I put in my post titled, "I can't take it anymore."I stated that I have been lied to for over 40 years by those who love me.I would just like to add that I also had lied to people over those same issues. I believed that way also. So it is not a oneway street. I still feel that we need to stop imposing Old Testament laws on New Testament

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For 40 years of my life I had been lied to by people who love me.Not my family, but the institutional churches.You see the first 26 years of my life was spent in the Catholic faith. After I was married my wife and I got back into going to the Catholic Church. It was some years later that I started questioning why we baptize infants. I could not get a straight answer. Then after she and were youth

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I am now on Facebook. What a scary thought. Allowing myself to have one more thing to keep me busy. Though I have already found some cousins and old friends. The main reason for me to sign up is to witness. What an opportunity to have the ability to proclaim the name of Jesus on the internet. Plus you plug your blog spot. Which again is to help in witnessing. Thank you Jesus.I urge all Christians

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How many Christians struggle? Jesus said that we would have tribulations on this earth. He didn't promise us a peaceful life. He warned us that persecution would come. I am somewhat frustrated with evangelist on the tv. saying come to Jesus and you will have a wonderful life. Or come to Jesus and He will...you name it. They don't tell you that when you come to Jesus yes at first you will

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Check out the blog post on www.realchristianity.wordpress.comIt has a video on How to make your child a false convert.It is really good.

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That is a question on my heart. It seems it is more glorious or spiritual to go overseas to preach and reach the lost, when people in our own neighborhoods and cities are dying without Jesus.How much money goes out to missions overseas to the detriment of our own nation? Granted not near enough money is being given to missions as a whole, but that is another topic. I want to focus on the fact

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I've been burdened with this scripture lately. Along with Colossians 4:6 "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person."In Ephesians 5:1f We are told to be imitators of God as beloved children. We are to walk in love as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us. We are warned to not even have sexual immorality and all impurity

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Well, I did it. I have been pondering changing the name of my blog. I want it to reflect more of what I blog about. The other title is what I try to do and this is what I want to say.Plus there were some other sites that had titles similar to mine and I just want to be different.This hopefully will more represent things I go through as I live out the Christian life and pursue the cause of Christ.

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