Be Radical!

 

Everywhere we look you see it and hear it times are changing. Many of these changes are not for the good just changes. The church has also changed, but mostly for the bad. Jesus told us to go out into this world and reach people. Well that’s just to radical I mean that’s what the preacher is paid to do “right” Wrong this is all of our jobs.

 

 "But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do His work and speak out for Him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference He made for you—from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. Friends, this world is not your home, so don't make yourselves cozy in it."

1 Peter 2:9-11, Message

 

It’s time that the church “We the body of Christ” Became radical.  Have you met the radicals? They are full of crazy ideas! Beware of the radicals! Everywhere they go they are preaching radical ideas like...

Ø Jesus loves you.

Ø Love your neighbor.

Ø The Bible is God's Word.

Ø Be generous.

Ø Love is patient and kind. Love covers.

Ø Forgive anyone for anything.

Ø Male and female He created them.

Ø The two shall become one.

Ø Flee immorality.

Ø Sex within the context of marriage is God's idea.

Ø An unborn baby is a person.

Ø Pray always—even at school.

Ø In God we trust.

Ø God bless America.

Ø Merry Christmas.

Ø Honesty is the best policy.

Ø Don't covet your neighbor's wife or stuff.

Ø Don't cheat or steal.

Ø There is a real heaven and a real hell.

Ø God's last name isn't "Damn."

Ø Worship God.

Ø Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

 

Listen it’s ok if you want to be a radical. Jesus will understand.

 

God Bless you

Pastor Todd

 

You Get What You Pay For!

It's  True

You  get  what  you  pay  for !

 

"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?"

Luke 14:28, NIV

 

 

Everything has a price. Sometimes, it's smart to evaluate the costs. Like...opportunity costs and financial costs. There's the high price of discipline, sacrifice and sleep. The cost of relationships, health and wellness.

It all depends on what you want...

Some people want to ignore God and be successful, rich and famous. There is a price attached to that desire. They may have to pay the price of working 80 hour weeks, not attending their kids' school functions, being away from home, traveling on business, being stressed out, feeling empty, troubling their own marriage and opening themselves up to temptations they are not prepared to resist. In the end…they'll get everything they paid for.

Some people want to worship themselves, their kids, material things, athletics and the like. There's a price attached. They may have to pay the price of forking over thousands of dollars for the desired toys, tickets, equipment, registrations, camps and tournaments. They may have to pay the price of dissatisfaction, family fragmentation, foregone family vacations and other things due to a busy "keeping up with the Joneses," competitive schedule. Mom, dad and the kids may not be able to attend church or cultivate deep friendships due to their priorities. One day…they will get a return on everything they paid for.

Some people want to party, get high, be popular and run with the "in" crowd. There's a price. They may have to pay the price of doing things they don't really want to do. They may have to compromise on their personal values. They may discover their kids have become just like them. They may have to pretend to be someone they are not. In time, they'll receive the things they've paid for.

Some people want to develop a strong Christian family with tight bonds. There is a price. They may have to pay the price of spending quality time together and developing patterns of good communication. They may have to establish habits and make sacrifices for the good of the family. Parents have to figure out how to navigate all kinds of things and they must pay a price to be good role models and set the example. Kids have a price to pay in being obedient and flowing with the family plan. As the years go by, the family will get exactly what they paid for.

Some people want to know God, be full of faith and impact eternity. There's a big price. They may have to pay the price of being alone with the Lord and His Word for an extended season (or a few decades) in order to know Him and be equipped so they have something to give to others. They may have to give up doing what they want to do on weekends, during school breaks, or during holidays. They may have to serve and lead even when they feel unqualified. They may have to believe when they don't feel like it, fight the fight of faith when they want to quit and do uncomfortable, selfless things—especially when it's not convenient. In due season, God will see to it that they reap exactly what they've sown.

There are a thousand more examples of the simple law of economics at work in our lives every day. It's really true—there is a price for everything. Today, as you look at your future, may you be encouraged as you answer these important questions: What do you want? What price are you willing to pay?

 

 

God Bless!

 

Pastor T

A Word On Faith

God Bless you Folks, this year has already started out great souls have already been saved & added unto the church. Knowing what we have in front of us we have to get in with all we have & run this race knowing that what we start we also must finish strong. But through our faith in God we will prevail in all that we do.

 

 "Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]."

Hebrews 11:1, AMP

 

 

Is faith a leap? Not really.

Faith is the assurance. Faith is the proof. Faith perceives.

A leap implies the unknown. A leap lends itself to hit or miss. Faith is not a leap. Faith is a fact. The God-kind of faith…

...takes God at His Word, because it has spent time with God to hear His voice, because it knows that God is not a man that He should lie, so if He said it, He must have meant it.

...is fully persuaded that God is able to perform the very thing He promised because it knows that heaven and earth will pass away before God's Word will pass away.

...trusts all of its weight on the living and active Word which is able to divide between soul and spirit and effectually work within us, knowing that God watches over His Word to perform it.

Faith is not a leap. Anything other than faith IS a leap…anything other than faith is a roll of the dice;  it's a 50/50, a fatalistic experience or a "gee-willy I hope so" existence.

The Bible is clear: faith—the God-kind of faith—is a known commodity, not a leap. "And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him." (1 John 5:14-15, AMP)

 

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