Well, the Ducks did it! After 15 years they are now going to the Rose Bowl. Very Cool.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Well, the Ducks did it! After 15 years they are now going to the Rose Bowl. Very Cool.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
My Pastor John Stumbo
click on title to watch!
www.salemalliance.org/home/091108/stumbo.php
My Pastor has been very sick for the last year. He is slowly but surely doing better. God is moving in his heart and he is back preaching on November 7th on Acts 3 and the Holy Spirit!
Ironic or Divine plan? We just looked at Acts 3 this last Sunday and it was about the same story.
Letting the Holy Spirit have full reign. Or as John puts it, "we are full of cracks and we need to be daily filled with God's Spirit! Amen!!!!
www.salemalliance.org/home/091108/stumbo.php
My Pastor has been very sick for the last year. He is slowly but surely doing better. God is moving in his heart and he is back preaching on November 7th on Acts 3 and the Holy Spirit!
Ironic or Divine plan? We just looked at Acts 3 this last Sunday and it was about the same story.
Letting the Holy Spirit have full reign. Or as John puts it, "we are full of cracks and we need to be daily filled with God's Spirit! Amen!!!!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sacred Service by Oswald Chambers
November 9, 2009
Sacred Service
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ . . . —Colossians 1:24
The Christian worker has to be a sacred "go-between." He must be so closely identified with his Lord and the reality of His redemption that Christ can continually bring His creating life through him. I am not referring to the strength of one individual’s personality being superimposed on another, but the real presence of Christ coming through every aspect of the worker’s life. When we preach the historical facts of the life and death of our Lord as they are conveyed in the New Testament, our words are made sacred. God uses these words, on the basis of His redemption, to create something in those who listen which otherwise could never have been created. If we simply preach the effects of redemption in the human life instead of the revealed, divine truth regarding Jesus Himself, the result is not new birth in those who listen. The result is a refined religious lifestyle, and the Spirit of God cannot witness to it because such preaching is in a realm other than His. We must make sure that we are living in such harmony with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in others those things which He alone can do.
When we say, "What a wonderful personality, what a fascinating person, and what wonderful insight!" then what opportunity does the gospel of God have through all of that? It cannot get through, because the attraction is to the messenger and not the message. If a person attracts through his personality, that becomes his appeal. If, however, he is identified with the Lord Himself, then the appeal becomes what Jesus Christ can do. The danger is to glory in men, yet Jesus says we are to lift up only Him (see John 12:32).
Sacred Service
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ . . . —Colossians 1:24
The Christian worker has to be a sacred "go-between." He must be so closely identified with his Lord and the reality of His redemption that Christ can continually bring His creating life through him. I am not referring to the strength of one individual’s personality being superimposed on another, but the real presence of Christ coming through every aspect of the worker’s life. When we preach the historical facts of the life and death of our Lord as they are conveyed in the New Testament, our words are made sacred. God uses these words, on the basis of His redemption, to create something in those who listen which otherwise could never have been created. If we simply preach the effects of redemption in the human life instead of the revealed, divine truth regarding Jesus Himself, the result is not new birth in those who listen. The result is a refined religious lifestyle, and the Spirit of God cannot witness to it because such preaching is in a realm other than His. We must make sure that we are living in such harmony with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in others those things which He alone can do.
When we say, "What a wonderful personality, what a fascinating person, and what wonderful insight!" then what opportunity does the gospel of God have through all of that? It cannot get through, because the attraction is to the messenger and not the message. If a person attracts through his personality, that becomes his appeal. If, however, he is identified with the Lord Himself, then the appeal becomes what Jesus Christ can do. The danger is to glory in men, yet Jesus says we are to lift up only Him (see John 12:32).
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Suffer
Jesus told us that we would not be comfortable. That if we decided to follow Him, we would go through difficulties. So sometimes, we get frustrated and we wonder and then wander. Our mind thinks irrationally. We sometimes allow our feelings to get the best of us and we wonder; "Why I am going through crap." Then we wander. It is so easy to walk away. We think that it is going to be better but it makes it worst. Facing our struggles, our suffering will make us into a better person. Let's become gold, bring those struggles on!
I Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
I Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The beginning
We have started this journey with you in Sweet Home and are delighted that you invited us. We anticipate great things ahead!
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