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2009 is History

Thursday, 31 December, 2009 14:19 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Yesterday is gone.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. – Phil 3:13-14 (KJV)

You cannot do a thing about 2009 except learn from it. Learn the lessons, forget the details. New Year, new chapter in your life.

The most important time in our lives is today. What we are doing with today will determine our tomorrow. Today we thank God for today and do all that we can to live in the very center of His will. The Apostle Paul in writing to the Church in Philippi said that he had not experienced all that God had for Him yet and because of that there is ONE thing that he did…”FORGETTING those things that are behind”.

Forgetting the past is a big key to accomplishing what God has for you to accomplish just ahead. It is a monumental task that requires the power of the Holy Spirit working in your life.

Check out this powerful word from The Word:

“This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”- Isaiah 43:16, 18-19

Move forward by leaving 2009 in 2009! Great things are just ahead – 2010 here we come!

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Built Solid

Friday, 04 December, 2009 09:36 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Going through a storm?

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. – Matthew 7:24-25 NKJV

Some storms you can avoid and others you can’t but it doesn’t matter when you have built your house on the rock! Preparation for the storm is key. What you do before the wind picks up and begins to blow. Before the rain starts to beat down and the flood waters rise. Your foundation is most important. It will be the determining factor in whether or not your house will be standing when the storm is over. (Isn’t it a comforting thought to know that the storm will not last forever?!)

The only way that we can be sure that we make it out of the storm on the other side (without losing everything that we have) is by being wise and building on the right foundation. BE A DOER of the Word of God! Find out what the Word says on a daily basis and do it! Quick to obey what Jesus said to do assures us of making it through every storm. You can do it, don’t look at the past, start today and build on the rock. Do the Word and don’t worry about the storm,…it came to pass!

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God’s Facebook?

Thursday, 20 August, 2009 08:13 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

He’s got one and it is huge! Look at this status update, “My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart” – Proverbs 4:20-21 NKJV

He insists that we keep our face in His book! And look at this, “But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).” – James 1:25 AMP

There is extreme benefit for spending time in the facebook of God, His Word. Back to Proverbs 4 it says that His words are life and health to our flesh. When we keep updated with God’s facebook we can expect an increase in LIFE and HEALTH! Keep His Book before your face!

When we continually look into the Word of God AND become an active doer we will have the blessing of God on our lives! This is His promise to us.

God was the first one to establish an account and He has been making updates to His status since the beginning of time. He doesn’t change and He is not up one day and down the next! And when He posts something for all to see it uplifts and strengthens all who read it. Let’s get into the Word and pay attention to God’s Facebook – the Bible!

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You Choose

Monday, 17 August, 2009 07:31 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

“Today I am giving you a choice. You can choose life and success or death and disaster.” – Deuteronomy 30:15 CEV

God has given us the choice for life or death. He is very straightforward and clear. You would have to find someone and pay them to help you misunderstand God. He just lays it all out there before us. What you see is what you get! He goes on the say…

[If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which] I command you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land into which you go to possess. – Deuteronomy 30:16 AMP 

We have a say so in our life. A responsibility to choose to do what God wants us to do or do what we want to do. I choose life.

Here’s a hint: choose life too, that you may succeed and be blessed by God! Go for it!

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The Word of God becomes a Word from God

Monday, 22 June, 2009 22:35 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Everyone that does something great for God always hears the voice of God. Just study it out for yourself.

You can hear the voice of God…“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. -Jeremiah 33:3 – KJV” God invites us to ask Him to speak to us.

We are extremely big on “getting into the Word of God” and “letting the Word get into you”…but we have to let the Word of God become a word from God himself to us personally before there is enough understanding in our heart that we act on it.

Joshua 1:8 – This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

We have everything to do with hearing the voice of God. God is not in the habit of knocking people off of a horse to speak to them…(notice that I did not say that He never does this…because He did with Saul..who became the Apostle Paul) BUT most of the time we must put ourselves in a place for God to speak to us. We have to seek Him before our ears are inclined to hear His instruction.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you! For sure! Let His Word become a Word from Him to YOU!

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