(December 4, 2009)

Prayer House News!

RPM was good last night. Its great to have a group of men to stand in prayer with you.

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This morning is our Men's Breakfast at Bonnie's Diner. See you at 7:00am

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Remember to bring food for our pantry this weekend when you come to church.

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Unshakable Kingdom

Shaken

Please note: I began this series in August of 2001. I felt God telling me that something was going to happen to us and a nation. A month into this series the 9/11 tragedy hit our nation. This message was preached the Sunday following - on Sept 16, 2001

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

This is the first verse that came to me as I watched the terrorists destroy much of New York City and the Pentagon. It made my blood boil as I watched how underhanded they were by stealing our own planes, killing our own citizens, and destroying our property.

I thought to myself, that is exactly the devils M.O. The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy however, this verse really refers to the soul of man more than anything else. That is what the devil is out to get. He is not out to simply bring physical destruction to our nation however, if in the midst of the physical destruction he can capture the soul of a man then he will do just that.

The great tragedy of this past week was not the destruction of the World Trade Centers or even the Pentagon. The great tragedy were the souls that died without Christ. I remember when I was flying regularly I used to board the plane and I would say, “God have mercy on me,” then I would get looking around and I would definitely see people who didn’t know God.

I once was sitting on a plane and the man across the aisle from me was reading a Playboy magazine and I thought, “Great, I just asked God to have mercy on me and to bless this flight and here’s a guy reading something that I am quite sure God is not going to like.”

Then it hit me. I don’t need to ask God to have mercy on me. I need to ask God to have mercy on those that don’t know Him. That became my little strategy. I thought if I ask God to bless those that don’t know Him then He will keep the plane safe for their sake.

Why should he keep it safe for my sake, if something happens to me I would simply go to heaven. BUT, that is just the issue I want to make here. As I watched the plane fly into those buildings my first thought was what about the guy reading the playboy, what about the person cheating on their mate, what about the individual on that plane that has hatred and bitterness in his heart. What about them?

The devil came, he stole, he killed, and he destroyed.
If anything is going to make your blood boil it should not be towards the Muslims. It should be towards the devil and what he does to deceive men. The terrorist were deceived just like many on the plane were. The devil has their souls now. That’s tragedy.
Don’t say you trust in the same God whose altars you have destroyed. If you are going to worship God you must come to this altar.
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Medication: A Merry Heart

Clone

In light of the consideration of human cloning, we must ask the hypothetical question:

If you pushed your naked clone off the top of a tall building, would this be:

a. Murder?

b. Suicide?

c. Merely making an obscene clone fall?