Just A Thought 07-10-2009

²⁹They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, ³⁰slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; ³¹they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ³²Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.  Hmm, sounds familiar doesn’t it?  Just a thought

Blog 07-10-2009

Friday

PRaP 07-10-2009

 

“Here Have Some Milk” (Caution may have big chunks)

 

I gave you meat and now I want to give you a little milk to wash it all down with. 

 

Romans 1:18-32

¹⁸The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, ¹⁹since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. ²⁰For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

 ²¹For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

 ²⁴Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. ²⁵They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

²⁶Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ²⁷In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

 ²⁸Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. ²⁹They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, ³⁰slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; ³¹they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. ³²Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

 

OOPS that had chunks of meat in it didn’t it.  Well enjoy it.  At least it wasn’t sour milk.  Well maybe some of you tasted it like it was displeasing to the palette because it hit you square in the nose.  Do not worship the created things but the Creator whom created all these things.  False prophets are everywhere today and they worship the images of God and not God Himself.  I could write a book and make millions but what would it get me?  I could ask you guys for money and many of you would send it but what would it get me?  Why do you call upon His name and deny Him in your next breath?  Oh look at the pretty this and the pretty that.  Do you desire the thinks that are created or do you desire the One who created them?  Tread lightly with your hearts desires for they should be for Him and Him alone.  God will give you the things He thinks you NEED, and some that He knows you want but never mix up a want and call it a need for it will not come to fruition. 

 

Romans 1

 

Key Verse:

Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Romans 1:27-29 (in Context) Romans 1 (Whole Chapter)

 

Jesus Bless,

Pastor Steve

Just A Thought 07-09-2009

Taking a trip and I don’t even need to pack a bag.  When Jesus returns He said He is coming for those who belong to Him.  Do you belong?  Is your name on His invitation list?  Just a thought.

Blog 07-09-2009

Thursday

PRaP 07-09-2009

 

“I Feel Like Havin A BBQ” (Part 2 time to cook!)

 

In the scripture we read yesterday (Genesis 10:10-14) we had the headwaters of four rivers that watered the Garden of Eden and science says that those headwaters were in the vicinity of Iraq somewhere.  Now we also discussed the Living Water (Multiple Scriptures from Old and New Testaments) which is the Holy Spirit of God flowing.  Here comes the sizzle as we flip this big old hunk of meat.  Let’s put on our spiritual glasses.  Their are 4 main religions in the world, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Pagan, all of these religions have one common place that is considered Holy Ground.  Where do all of these meet?  One other science note here.  One of the four rivers that was supposed to meet at the headwaters is not really  close to the other three so that 4th river was very controversial.  But their Holy places are all condensed into the city of Jerusalem at the temple mount.  For Christians the Church of the Holy Septicure, for the Jews it is the Wailing Wall, the Muslims the Temple that covers the rock that Abraham was to sacrifice his son Isaac.  They all are within a few yards or feet in some cases of one another and there has been hundreds of years of conflict over whose is whose.  They all have a common belief in a One and all Powerful God and we all disagree on bits and pieces of our Holy books.  Now let me get something straight right now.  I believe that the Holy Bible is the final authority in all things and God breathed.  Time to turn the meat.  All religions recognize Jesus as either, Savior, prophet, teacher, or good man.  I think that in end times the headwater will again appear but not where science is saying.  I believe that Jerusalem is the headwaters because who is the Living Water?  The headwaters is where Jesus was hung on the cross and resurrected from the dead.  The Living Waters flow from Him who was slain.  The end and the beginning the Alpha and Omega.  You see the Garden of Eden was closed permanently because of our sin and God made it so.  We will never again be allowed to enter it.  BUT, God does promise a NEW Garden and in this garden there will be a Headwater that the Living Water will flow from freely.  So as you are in your prayer closet ask the LORD to enlighten you on where He is planning to put His new garden.

 

Revelation 21

 

Key Verse:

Revelation 21:1
[ The New Jerusalem ] Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
Revelation 21:1-3 (in Context) Revelation 21 (Whole Chapter)

 

Jesus Bless,

Pastor Steve

Just A Thought 07-08-2009

I like a good BBQ, especially when the meat has been marinated over night.  My favorite is Texas BBQ because down here in Texas we don’t need a reason to bring out the pit we just do it and slap on whatever meat product we have available.  Just a thought.

Blog 07-08-2009

Wednesday

PRaP 07-08-2009

 

“I Feel Like Havin A BBQ”  (Part 1 the marination)

 

Genesis 10:10-14

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin [e] and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. [f] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

 

We haven’t had a good ole Texas BBQ in a while and I usually just whip out the pit and start cooking but this time I want to marinate the meat.

 

I want you to pray about the scriptures above and then let me give you a side order of something to think about while praying about that. Add the scriptures below as a big ole bowl of potato salad and all the other fixins we would have at the BBQ.

 

Jeremiah 2:13
“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 2:12-14 (in Context) Jeremiah 2 (Whole Chapter)

Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.
Jeremiah 17:12-14 (in Context) Jeremiah 17 (Whole Chapter)

Zechariah 14:8
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.
Zechariah 14:7-9 (in Context) Zechariah 14 (Whole Chapter)

John 4:10
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
John 4:9-11 (in Context) John 4 (Whole Chapter)

John 4:11
“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
John 4:10-12 (in Context) John 4 (Whole Chapter)

John 7:38
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”
John 7:37-39 (in Context) John 7 (Whole Chapter)

Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 7:16-17 (in Context) Revelation 7 (Whole Chapter)

 

Jesus Bless,

Pastor Steve

Just A Thought 07-07-2009

If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land I’d hammer out danger I’d hammer out a warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land.  Just a thought.

Blog 07-07-2009

Tuesday

PRaP 07-07-2009

 

“Where Am I?”

 

Standing up looking around and not knowing where I am or where I am supposed to be going or what I am supposed to be doing when I get there.  Have you ever been there?  Maybe not in the physical but in the spiritual?  I have been there on several occasions in the spiritual and ok once or twice in the physical I am not getting any younger LOL, right Pastor Mary?  Even when I hit the wall spiritually I have to keep hitting the wall and hitting the wall and hitting the wall until it comes crashing down.  But watch out because sometimes that wall will fall backwards upon you.  Then you might get amnesia from the head trauma of the wall falling on top of you.  Been there too, spiritually speaking of course.  Spiritual walls are built to be knocked down and depending on how you knock it down will then either clear the way so you can see clearly or there could be another wall lurking behind the first wall.  Now some walls are so high and so thick it takes a team of people to knock it down so if you have one of those walls that need to be knocked down don’t try to do it on your own because when more than one come into agreement in the name of Jesus it will be done.  So Jesus we come to you today to help us knock down those walls that block our path to You, Lord we ask that you bring jack hammers and sledge hammers and one of those big wrecking balls to help knock down those walls that are keeping us from following the path that you have laid before us.  Lord help us see, understand, and fulfill Your will and not that of our own so that we can spend eternity with You.  Lord we ask this in Jesus name Amen.  And everyone reading this today say, “I agree in Jesus name”, Amen

 

Matthew 21

 

Key Verse:

Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Matthew 21:21-23 (in Context) Matthew 21 (Whole Chapter)

 

Jesus Bless,

Pastor Steve

Just A Thought 07-06-2009

When is it coming?  Where will it be?  How long will the LORD be patient with us?  When will the next swing connect?  Just a thought.

Blog 07-06-2009

Monday

PRaP 07-06-2009

 

“Disturbed”

 

As I was surfing the TV channels to try and find something that might possibly be worth watching because all my favorite channels were just showing reruns I saw the title “16 and Pregnant”.  Needless to say my jaw dropped.  This wasn’t some TV program telling kids that their lives would be really messed up if they went there but it was a show seemingly glorifying teen pregnancy.  It was even sponsored by a web site called itsmysexlife.com.  I was floored by this and appalled by the fact that this world has fallen so far away from God’s plan for marriage and sex that it made me cry.  I think what disturbed me most was the fact that a Bed and Breakfast allowed these two 16 year old children have a room together for the weekend.  I was so disturbed by this that I wanted to make you parents aware of the garbage that is being allowed on TV today.  What really makes it bad is that the TV station this was showing on is supposed to be about music videos.  Then I found another program on another one of these unbelievable channels called “14 and Pregnant”.  What is going on with this society that they are finding it so interesting to glorify children having children?  Please parents monitor what your children have access to on TV and the Internet.  Turn off the TV and unplug the computers if you have to.  The evil ones poison is spreading like wild fire and quickly getting out of control.  The line of morals between non believers and believers is getting so blurred now that you really can’t tell the difference between them.  How long do you think we can continue down this path before God steps in and says enough is enough?  Isn’t what we are going through with our economy enough for you guys to stop?  The next swat will be one that you will not soon forget.

 

Genesis 18:

20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

 22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. [e] 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare [f] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge [g] of all the earth do right?”

 26 The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

 27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?”
      ”If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

 29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”
      He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

 30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”
      He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

 31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”
      He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

 32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”
      He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”

 33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

 

We all know what happens next, right?  If you don’t I will fill you in.  God didn’t even find ten people so He destroyed Sodom and Gomorra.

 

Genesis 18

 

Key Verse:

Genesis 18:32
Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:31-33 (in Context) Genesis 18 (Whole Chapter)

 

Jesus Bless,

Pastor Steve