Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 27, 2005
What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see. – Hebrews 11:1
A doubter says, "I’ll believe it when I see it!"
We "believers" must say, "I believe it – period!"
Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." – John 20:29
Seeing or not seeing has nothing to do with believing.
Faith is a thing of the heart and not the head or eyes.
You believe with your heart before you can confess with your mouth.
Begin right now to be the best "believer" that you have ever known!
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 20, 2005
Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much. – Theodore Roosevelt
As the south Floridians realize today (as they prepare for yet another hurricane – Wilma)…time is of the essence.
I have resolved that my TODO list will never be finished. There is too much to do.
We must do all we can today not because "tomorrow may never come", BUT people need what you have. They are waiting for you.
You are valuable and important. Created on purpose with a purpose. To be a blessing and answer to someone’s prayer.
Set your mind to do more than you thought you could do, TODAY!
May God give you the strength and supernatural ability to do more.
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 19, 2005
Plain and simple.
No conventions to attend and no fees to pay.
The life of Jesus was and is a success. Look at what He said.
Jesus replied, "I assure you, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does." – John 5:19
"…For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is true." – John 8:26
Doing and saying what the Father would do and say 24/7/365. Jesus did it and because the same Holy Spirit lives in us we can do it also.
Apparently Jesus remained in such close contact with His Father that He was able to see what the Father was doing and saying all the time.
Let’s be imitators of Jesus and have good success!
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 14, 2005
Here is a heavyweight quote from a heavyweight Pastor. What insight!
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company …a church …a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past …we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude …I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you …we are in charge of our attitudes."
-Charles Swindoll
What can be or needs to be said after that?!
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 13, 2005
Why do you do what you?
In our daily quest to follow the Master, we do what He would do in each situation. (WWJD –> Doing What Jesus Does)
We can be imitators of Christ, but why?
Why did Jesus do what He did? Because of the joy that was set before Him.
The joy of knowing that in the end you will hear your Heavenly Father say, "WELL DONE! Faithful servant."
Knowing that we are pleasing God produces a supernatural (more than natural) joy within us that will cause us to move forward and do more!
There is BOTH immediate and future joy in obedience.
Can you hear the Father saying, "well done."?
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 12, 2005
Don’t just stop at praying for God to bless you and yours.
One of the most powerFUL prayers is, "Lord, make me a blessing!"
Be someone else’s answer to prayer today. Begin to be moved with compassion and look for opportunities to be a blessing.
Being blessed is great, being a blessing is greater!
Focus on helping to meet the needs of others and your own challenges become easier.
God created you to give and to be vessel of His love, power and blessing to the world!
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 6, 2005
Surely you have met people that live in the past.
The kind of people that constantly talk about what they DID, what they HAD or where they WENT five years ago. Most everything that proceeds from their mind and mouth is "stale" or dated.
It is too easy to live off of yesterdays accomplishments. We were not designed to take the easy route.
We must let go of yesterday if we want to discover tomorrow. (the good and the bad)
Don’t waste the moment talking about yesterday. Move on! Make plans and make them BIG!
I have a couple of friends that constantly challenge me by asking me, "What is God saying to you today?" These type of relationships keep us sharp and growing.
Seek out people who are more interested in doing something today and tomorrow than what they did yesterday and last week.
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 5, 2005
"If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll only have what you’ve always had."
There are a number of ways that I have heard that principle quoted, but it is true regardless of the exact words that are used.
We all have the tendancy to become complacent. So we all must push, press and challenge ourself to go higher and do more!
Paul told Timothy – Stir up the gift of God (within you)!
It is true that there are many gifts of God within each of us, but we must develop them and keep them stirred up and producing fruit!
Stir yourself today! Do something that you haven’t done in a long time, OR do something that you have never done before. DO SOMETHING!
Give to someone that has no way to pay you back. Be a blessing. Get stirring!
Posted by Pastor Bruce on October 2, 2005
Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
The act of
