Questions you should ask Yourself?

Perhaps we should ask ourselves some question about our Christian walk.

• If I know Jesus do I show it?
• Would it be hard for me to prove to other that I know Jesus?
• Do I ever read the Bible God's Holy Word when I'm not in church?
• Do I ever thank my Lord Jesus for saving my soul?
• Do I only pray when I am in trouble?

If there is no evidence that I know God, or that I love God's people, I may need to examine my relationship with God.

Fishing or Church?

A christian was asked by a friend to go fishing with him on Sunday. This man answered, " I am unable to go on Sunday it is the Lords day; I go to church. But I would love to go with you any other day, but not Sunday."

His friend asked him another question, "Do you really go to church every Sunday?"

This Christian answered, " Yes I sure do, every Sunday, as a matter of fact I also go Sunday night, and Wednesday night also. You see these people at my church are like my family. I love them, I want to be with them. They mean a lot to me."

The new converts in Jerusalem were like that, they loved God, & Gods people, & loved to be around them. This was a wonderful part of being a Christian. When other see, when the world sees God's people happy, joyful, & excited, this often whets their appetite for Jesus. It would be hard to prove that you & I love God's people, if we have any excuse to stay away from the one place where God's people are. And that is of course AT CHURCH.

Acts 2 : Vs 44 - 46 Love for God's People SS 01/31/10

Vs 44 And all the believed were together, and had all things common;, Vs 45 And sold their their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

Believers were so knit together, they "had all things common." Can that be said about you or your church have all things common, everyone gets along. First of all it says all that believed were together, do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, Have you trusted HIM as your personal Saviour? Has there been a time in your life when you saw yourself as a sinner on your way to Hell. If you cant remember that conviction you need to check up, If you cant remember the Holy Ghost having conviction on you, then check up. There has to be a point in your life, when you believed Jesus is the Son of God that, Jesus is God. He went to Calvary for you and I, have you believed.

Believers were so knit together, they "had all things common." They sold their possessions and gave the money to those in need. They sold their belonging, & their properties or lands that they had, & divided among the bretheren those that had a need.Their giving was testimony to God's love. For their sharing possessions was voluntary, not compulsory. No one was forced, or pressured to give.

Verse 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, & breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, verse 47 Praising God, & having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Daily, the believers met, going to the Temple they were at church everyday, during revival meetings, missions conference, where are you believer , sharing meals, always having fellowships. We baptist like to fellowship alot, not party, fellowship. Do you get along with all the bretheren show Gods Love. Sharing meals from house to house, enjoying fellowship, and praising God. When was the last time you praised HIM? Everyone saw how happy, and joyful they were, which gave them favor with those not in church. We need to be happy about our salvation about being in church, if we are not happy about those things why would the lost want to come to church. This gave them opportunities to witness. We always have opportunities to witness, Question is do we do it?. The result for the believers doing this, the LORD added daily to the church, those that were saved, we have failed miserably. When was the last time we invited someone to church, some one we know, Why don't we want them to get saved, have we stopped praying. Have we ever wept for a soul, poured out our heart to God?

Ephesians

CH 1 Verse 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus;

Paul - means little - an apostle - ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ - Apostle, messenger, he that is sent. The word Faithful there is meaning true. True Christian in Christ Jesus

Matthew 5:18 KJV

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till it be fulfilled. Jot in Greek ee-o-tah- from the Hebrew origin, the 10Th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; "iota", the name of the8Th letter of the Greek alphabet, put(fig.) for a very small part of anything:-jot. Luke ch16 verse17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. In Greek Ker-ah-yah something horn like i.e. spec, the apex of a Hebrew letter (fig. the least particle): - tittle

A tittle

The dot over the letter i is called tittle.

jot

1. An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.

Proverbs 29:15-25

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law happy is he. I am sure our pastor has a vision of where our church is going, & where he wants it to be. What is your vision do you see yourself in church for a season of for a lifetime. What vision do you see you life at? So read Proverbs 29: 15-25

" Leadership is important. A church with good leadership begins new ministries, & promotes individual growth. However, a church with poor leadership eventually diminishes & possibly even closes its doors.
The loss of vision doesn't sneak up on you. It's a process. The mishandling of correction is the seedbed for failure. Employers have found correction to be necessary. Employers address problems & apply necessary measures of correction to get back on track. You wouldn't be the person you are today if you hadn't been corrected. Failure begins with leniency which grows into a lack of respect for authority. When you don't allow correction you take yourself out of the watch care of what is intended to keep you safe. Man has been driven to fear man, which the Bible says is a snare. Christian parents fear correcting children because of Child Protective Services feels they know more about raising children than the Bible does. Children have a right to be protected but parents should have the right to raise their children according to biblical principle. The snare, the fear of man, destroys the home. When lawlessness exists, rebellion will set in & doom is certain.
Where there is no vision there is idleness. You no longer move forward & the world will pass you by. Where there is no vision the people perish. Have you stripped yourself of God's armor & blessing, exposing yourself to the fierce attacks of Satan? Be careful how you handle your correction. Pastor Wes Rigdon, Lester Baptist Church, Lester, WV"

Odem

Went to Odem, TX this weekend, had a blast. First I left to pick up my boy Johnny from school, while I was waiting to pick him up, I asked the lady there if a noncustodial parent would be able to receive my sons report card, she told me yes which was so great. I saw my son walking to me, & he actually smiled. Came home picked up the family then left, got to Odem about 6pm. We had a great fellowship, with the Yanez family also with the Laccardis (i pronounce it Lashardi). Well we stayed up till like 2 am, then got up for visitation by 10am, I got to go with Bro. Paul Laccardi (don't even know if I'm spelling that right, he he. Man Bro. Paul is a praying man, so full of the Holy Ghost, I was ashamed of my Christianity, of where I need to be. Then they had there fall festival, i got to help out i ran a team we came in last, boo. then again we stayed up a little late again, I had to preach to the teenagers, i thought i went pretty good, We had a good sermon, holy spirit was not quenched in the services HE still showed up, Amen. Then Bro. Paul asked me if i was going to preach for him that night, he had already asked me, but i was intimidated by him, What can i preach on that he cant do better, was my thought. Well i made excuses that Johnny had to be back to go to school the next day. I was fighting all by myself on the way home. My wife asked me what the matter was, I had no peace about leaving, my heart was literally hurting. She asked if i was alright due to the fact i was going like 10 miles per hour slower than the speed limit. I mean if you know me you know how I drive. Next thing i know i was in Robstown, going under the freeway doing a u-turn on my way back to Odem, TX. I preached last night all i can say God is so good, it was all God. Then we had some fellowship at the nearest Dairy Queen, left home about 9 pm, it is a 2 hour drive to get home. Dropped Johnny of then came home, I was on fire stayed up till 1 - 1:30am reading my bible, just getting into Glory, Oh how wish you could experience the Glory HE has just for us. And that was my weekend in Odem Texas.

What's in a name?

Well this Sunday in my Sunday School the teenagers said they need a name for the youth group. So we are on a mission, & we need your help in coming up with a name for the youth group. If you could help think of a name for the group just post it on here so we can take it into review. As soon as we can come up with a name then we decide on the color for the T-Shirts. I get excited when the teens seem so interested in things that we are doing as a church group. Thanks we shall see what we can come up with, put a lot of prayer into it, & a lot of thought a lot of heart, thanks Again

Just Plain Honest

As I did my deliveries for the day on Monday I was coming from Hidalgo, TX, heading north on 10Th street towards Expressway 83, I came up to the intersection to turn to get on the freeway. As I pull up to the light I see a man with a buggy, & a sign, & this is what it read.

Sure it was funny, I said to myself, "self, this is the kind of stuff that gets forwarded on those chain emails." So of course I took out my camera phone, & took a picture. As soon as I took the picture , the man noticed, so he flicks his cigarette, & waves his hand up high as to say "Hi". No shame really, well he was honest, truth of the matter is, i wouldn't doubt it if the world gave him money to buy his beer. Just thought this picture would be blog worthy.

The Ducks

Three women die together in an accident

and go to heaven.

When they get there, St. Peter says,

'We only have one rule here in heaven:
don't step on the ducks!'

So they enter heaven, and sure enough,

there are ducks all over the place.
It is almost impossible not to step on a duck,

and although they try their best to avoid them,

the first woman accidentally steps on one.

Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw.

St. Peter chains them together and says,

'Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to
spend eternity chained to this ugly man!'

The next day,

the second woman steps accidentally on a duck

and along comes St. Peter,

who doesn't miss a thing.

With him is another extremely ugly man.

He chains them together

with the same admonishment as for the first woman.

The third woman has observed all this and,

not wanting to be chained
for all eternity to an ugly man, is very,

VERY careful where she steps...

She manages to go months

without stepping on any ducks,

but

one day St.Peter comes up to her

with the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on

.... very tall, long eyelashes, muscular.

St. Peter chains them together without saying a word.

The happy woman says,

'I wonder what I did to deserve being
chained to you for all of eternity?'

The guy says,

'I don't know about you,

but I stepped on a
duck.

Wallbanger's Joke of the Day, Got my attention.

The boss was concerned that his employees weren’t giving him enough respect, so he tried the old fashioned method of persuasion: He brought in a sign that said “I’m the Boss” and taped it to his door. After lunch, he noticed someone had taped another note under his. “Your wife called. She wants her sign back!”

Making a Friend

The other day we went to Mikes baseball game, & of course David went dressed up in his Dodgers uniform. He then met this little boy dunno what his name was, but David told me that the baby wanted to play. So then I told him why he didn't play with him, he ended up telling me he didn't want to hurt him. I told him just to make friends, you never know you might need someone to play with someday, & someone will be there. So he ended up making a friend, he was also teaching this little boy how to catch, & throw.