I had a call this week from the daughter of a couple that lives near our church. Many of you would recognize her parents name. Seems her parents have been living together the last 20 years or so and never got married. Now they are thinking about making it legal and are looking into having [...]
Archive for August, 2009
What Makes the Church and Why Be a Member?
Posted: August 31, 2009 in Church, Church Leaders, Clare Tompkins, Covenant, god, God's Kingdom, Gospel of Christ, Grace, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Power of God, Seeker Church, Uncategorized, witnessTags: Altar, Baptism, Church, church covenant, church membership, covenant relationship, Holy of Holies, Jesus Christ. petros, Jim Clare Tompkins, join church, lively stones, Matthew 16:18, Peter, petras, Pleasant Prairie Baptist Church, power, power of church
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Now That I’m A Christian…What Now?
Posted: August 25, 2009 in Abide, Abundant Life, Commitment, Confidence in God, Conviction, Cross, Gospel, Gospel of Christ, Holy Spirit Power, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus is My Life, Life, light, power, Power of God, Power of Holy Spirit, Power of the Holy Spirit, Prayer, Relationship with God, Revival, Salvation, Sin, Trials, Victory, World, WorshipTags: Baptism, Bible Study, Born Again, Carnal, Christian, Christian Life, Church, Faith, Follow Christ, Forgiveness, Gold, Growth, Holy Spirit, New Believer, Path, power, Prayer, repentance, Salvation, Spiritual Growth, Temptations, Testing, Trials, Walk
Congratulations! You have made a life-changing decision! Perhaps you are asking, “Now what? How do I begin my journey with God?” The Six steps mentioned below will give you direction from the Bible. 1. Make sure you understand salvation. 1 John 5:13 tells us, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the [...]
How Do We Deny Jesus and Become Ensnared by the Devil and Other Hard Questions
Posted: August 17, 2009 in AntiChrist, Church, Commitment, Conviction, Cross, Devil, Divine Revelation, Faith, Fear of God, god, Hell, Jesus Christ, Life, Power of God, Revelation, Revival, UncategorizedTags: 2 Tim 2:26, 2 Timothy 2, 2 Timothy 3, AntiChrist, comatose, Deny Jesus, Devil, Dishonor, drunken stupor, Ensnare, Eph 2:10, False God, Flee Youthful Lusts, form of godliness, god, Good Works, Great House, Hard Questions, Hell, Honor, Idols, Impotent God, Jesus Christ, John, last days, Patmos, Repent, Revival, revive, revivere, Satan, slain in the spirit, Vessels of Dishonor, Vessels of Honor
Today I want to open the Word of God and answer Four Hard Questions that I believe God wants us to ask ourselves. How Do We Deny Jesus Christ? How Do We Become Vessels of Honor? How Do We become Ensnared by the Devil? How Do We Worship a god of our own making? The [...]
Do You Insist on Livers and Onions? A Parable of “Pretend Love”
Posted: August 17, 2009 in Abundant Life, Bride of Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus is My Life, LoveTags: Bride of Christ, Contrition, Gomer, Heart Love, Liver and Onions, Obedience, Pretent-Love, rebellion, Robert Kent Reed, Ruth, Sin, Stench
A man loved a woman. As is common, he wooed her and courted her. During their courtship, on occasion, he met with her after she supped with her father & family on liver and onions. On these occasions, though he loved her dearly, even the scent of her breath repulsed him. He spoke to her [...]
Do You Need a Vision of God?
Posted: August 13, 2009 in Cross, Death, Fear of God, god, Hell, Isaiah, Lawless One, Resurrection, Revelation, Sin, VisionTags: Flesh, Hell, Isaiah, Isaiah 6, Lake of Fire, Lost, Repent, Selfish, Sinful, Unrighteous, Uzziah, Vision, Woe, Woe is me
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. [...]
The Stone of Witness
Posted: August 10, 2009 in Uncategorized, Power of Holy Spirit, Commitment, Cross, Joshua, Inheritance, God Wars, Jordan River, Communication, Faithfulness, ObedienceTags: Holy Spirit, Commitment, Victory, Inheritance, Promise, Faithfulness, Stone of Witness, Obedience, Joshua 24:15, My House, Anne Sullivan, Alexander the Great, Faithful God, Joint-Heir, Family, Communication, Altar of Witness, Serve the Lord, This one thing you lack, Eternal Life, Self Confidence
We have traveled back in time through the eyes of Joshua. It is now time for him to pass on to his eternal reward. Over the last four months we have seen that of ultimate importance to God is the inheritance He has promised His Son. The journey of the Hebrew children is for our [...]
Need a Place to Get Away?
Posted: August 3, 2009 in Cities of Refuge, Jesus Christ, Jesus is My Life, Joshua, Uncategorized, WorldlinessTags: 2 Cor 12_20, accidental death, backbite, Bezer, blasphemy, church place of refuge, Cities of Refuge, Colossians 3, Devil, enmity with God, Ephesians 4, evil speaking, God's Plan, Golan, Heart Matter, Hebron, James 4, Kadesh, katalalos, Levites, manslaughter, murder, New Man in Christ, psithyrismos, Ramoth, reprobate mind, revenge, Romans 1, Shechem, shed innocent blood, slander, Speech, walk worthy, whisperer, Worldliness, Worldly Christian, worldly church, Worldly Heart
From the early beginning of the world God made provision for those who shed innocent blood. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.” Genesis 9:6 You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and [...]
