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NO fear: Repentance
Pastor Robert Jordan // February 2nd, 2010
–We have to think in terms of the deeper causes of what we need to confess in our lives to save us from SUPERFICIALITY in repentance.
–Often we want to escape being specific, so we try to get by with generic one-size-fits-all confessions…
Its hard. To be open and honest enough with yourself and God to examine your life and see your sins. Its no easy task. In my repentance to God I was reminded of something as well. Often we reduce sin to only the acts of commission; things we DO that are sin. Those are most easy to pinpoint. But there are also sins of omission that are often rampant in our lives. Sins of omission are things we don’t do that we should; like loving our neighbors, serving our church and community, etc.
Let me challenge you for this week to do the hard work of examining your life for sins of commission and omission as we continue the practice of true repentance.
~Pastor Robert
iPhone Accountability
Pastor Robert Jordan // February 2nd, 2010
This week pastor mentioned how easy it is for us to pull up anything on our phones theses days. For those of you who have an iphone and are interested in accountability in this area, there is an iphone app designed specifically for that purpose. Simply goto the App store on your phone and search for the x3 watch app. Or it can be downloaded here:
This app is easy to setup and will automatically email 3 accountability of your choosing a report of your internet activity on your iphone…
There is also a PC and Mac version available through their main website: www.x3watch.com
Heroes
Pastor Jeff Williams // January 28th, 2010
Here some statements/quotes/Scriptures from our Tuesday morning Men’s Bible Study. We take all thoughts and directly relate them to men as husbands, fathers, and employees/employers.:
“Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:7 KJV
Firmly rooted means to become stable, be rooted, strengthened with roots and figuratively to be firmly fixed, thoroughly grounded.
The verb suggests stability, nourishment and life derived from contact with Christ.
“BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].” Psalm 1:1-3 AMP
Built up indicates the placing of one layer upon another; literally means to build upon, erect a superstructure… for the eternal importance of the correct building “code” and the consequences of utilizing “cheap” building materials.
And established in your faith means to make firm or reliable so as to warrant security and inspire confidence.
Men should inspire confidence in their family and co-workers
The message is clear: be established and keep growing.
As result of the fact that we are rooted and are being continually built up and established, we are to add be abounding with thankfulness.
That means you do not grumble, complain and criticize. You cannot have it both ways. To be thankful means to find something in every situation for which you can genuinely be grateful.
Imagine being given a bowl of sand containing tiny particles of iron, and you are told to remove the iron from the sand. You have two choices. You can pull your fingers through the sand, searching for specks of iron but finding very few. Or you can pull a magnet through the sand and watch it attract countless bits of iron.
Like the fingers in the sand, the grumbling heart finds very few mercies. But as the grateful heart moves through life, it finds countless blessings, just as the magnet finds iron.
Of all the choices we make in life, few affect us more powerfully than our choice between gratitude and grumbling.
Grumbling overlooks blessings, but gratitude finds blessings everywhere—even in dry, sandy places!
Jeff
Naked Fear
mcallis // January 25th, 2010
With all the great preaching on fear, I thought it appropriate to share something I experienced early this month. During a time of personal fasting and prayer, God revealed to me a very deep fear that I was not even aware that I had. The fear of being overtaken. I knew instantly what season of my life that it came from; but being the introspective person I am, I was rather amazed at the fact that a root had been hidden to me for so very long! Good gravy!
I was not chastised by the Lord for having had this fear or for the rather lengthy time it had been there. I was not yelled at or stamped “Reject” but instead… Before the Lord revealed it, He affirmed me with powerful words that told me of His great love FOR MEEE…pointing me out apart from everyone else. He esteemed me! And then gently, quietly, in a whisper allowed the Truth to come to the light.
How did the whole revelation come to take place to start with you might wonder… Well, prayer and fasting surely helped — me pressing in with a zealous determination praying for seemingly unrelated needs…but I think the biggest factor that led to this specific instance was because I asked the question: “Before I ask for any healing for any one else in my personal situation, IF THERE BE ANY WAY IN ME…?”
So, there that fear was – exposed, naked! So I sent that jaybird running! And I gave that perch to Gladness and Joy! Out of my mouth comes: “Gladness and joy will OVERTAKE me, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.” Isaiah 51:11
May God bless each of you as you release your flocks of fears and exchange them for The Dove!
Michelle
Brit Hume On Tiger Woods
Pastor Robert Jordan // January 23rd, 2010
