"July 2010"

"Liberty"!

"I pledge allegience to the flag, of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation UNDER GOD indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!  Kind of says it all. Where is your focus?  God bless and Happy 4th of July!

June 2010

"A Desire to Love God"

I was reading something that Wes Daughenbaugh sent me years ago. It was powerful and I shared how it inspired me in my messages Sunday morning and evening. God had spoke to Wes many years ago on how to love him. He had given Reverend Daughenbaugh five ways to love him:

1.  Love me like Mary who sat at my feet (love God's Word)

2.  Love me like John who leaned on my breast (hear God's heart in prayer)

3.  Love me like the good Samaritan (love the hurting and suffering)

4.  Love me like the women who annointed my feet (love God's 5 fold ministers)

5.  Love me like Abraham who always obeyed me

Let's meet God's needs and minister to Him the way He wants to be loved on a daily basis, Where is your focus?

                                      "April 2008" ( This was important information to keep)

"Why We Come to Church! "

I was teaching out of Ecclesiastes 5:1 last Sunday where the beginning scripture tells us to "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God. What this is telling us is to watch our self when we go to Church. And to be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil.  Pride and foolishness go hand in hand. Well then, how should we come to Church? The Lord gave me 7 things to come to Church for:

1.  COME TO WORSHIP.... Psm 29:2 Give unto the Lord the glory His name worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness.

2.  COME TO GIVE..... Psm 18:49  Give thanks with a grateful heart. Give God His tithes and His offering, they are Holy unto the Lord.

3.  COME TO CELEBRATE..... Psm 122:7  I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto the house of the Lord. To be a true Believer coming to Church is a time of joy. Remember Communion is a celebration.  We aren't mourning His death we are celebrating His ressurection.

4.  COME TO LEARN.... Psm 119:11  Thy word O' God have I hid in my heart that I would not sin against thee.

5.  COME TO LOVE.... In the upper room Jesus gave his disciples a new commandment. To love each other as He loved them. The God kind of love. We see this again in 1John 4:7-8

6.  COME TO HONOR.... Psm 26:8 Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Honor God, honor each other.

7.  COME TO TAKE HOME... what you have learned to apply to your life. What was taught in the Synagogues was taught and practiced at home.  Where is your focus?