Don't miss what God is doing now.

Read- Genesis 15 Genesis 15:13 13Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain(O) that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and(P) they will be afflicted for(Q) four hundred years. I was thinking about the fact that it was part of the plan for God’s people in a particular generation to be in slavery for four hundred years. At the same time I think we all are prone to feel like we wished we live in a different time period and that we could have been a part of something God did in the past. Also, we focus on looking to the future and either way we often miss out on what God is doing now. Although slavery must have been horrible, God’s people still had a purpose. They were to glorify Him and teach and train future generations to be prepared for the journey of faith and to accomplish what was ahead. God is working in a mighty way right now and we have the opportunity to join Him in what He is doing.


Meditate-Are you making the most of what God is doing in this generation? Are you glorifying God in every way? Are you helping to prepare the next generation for what God has in store?

Act-Make the most of every moment and be used by God right now.

Talk-Talk to a friend about how the Israelites could have been used in the midst of slavery and how you can be used right now.

Must read quote of Abraham Lincoln

Words of Abraham Lincoln April 1863

"Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have beome too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, to proud to pray to the God who made us. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has grown, but we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand that preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us.... We have vainly imagined that all these blessings were produced by some superior virtue and wisdom of our own. It behooves us then to humble ourselves, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness."

I wonder what he would say today.

Tears of Joy

I start a new job in Baytown Texas on June 1 2010. Many of you know my journey and the struggle I have had ever since the end of Living Waters. I went through a process that led me back to researching what I believe about church and questioning my motives about why I do church and why I am a pastor. I have applied at thousands of churches over the last few years and God has slammed the door shut on all of them. Churches act like I have leprosy or something. I have learned to be content in my circumstances and that has been good for me. The best thing I learned is that my walk with God is not determined by my title in a church even though I love church. I was also drawn to missions more than I have been in the past and given a desire to take the church to the lost and hurting in places where the church is not reaching people. I have been given a job starting churches in Multi Housing Communities and it is beyond a perfect fit for me. God is good and it was well worth the wait. It is interesting how amazing it is to see Gods plan when it is finally revealed and see how all the peaces fit together. Thank you Jesus for my new job.

Today was the first time in many many years that I had tears of joy come to my eyes when I thought about my job.

Thank you to all of you who have been praying for God to give me a ministry job. Please be praying for our family and friends as we move. As excited as we are it is very bitter sweet to leave friends and family behind. 

Multitasking Mayham

I was talking on the phone with my wife and playing on the intranet at the same time. I had just got on the computer when she called so I tried to do both. I did not give all of my attention to my wife. It hit me that I was not giving all of myself to my wife but being selfish. I was taking care of my self and giving her my left overs. No one wants to be treated this way and yet we often do this to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He does not want us to live our lives doing what we want and giving Him our leftovers. Spending money how we want and giving Him our left overs. Worshiping every thing under the sun and giving Him our leftovers one hour a week. He wants our first fruits. He wants us to put Him first before every thing and He will take Care of the rest.

Genesis 4:1-6

Cain and Abel



1 Adam [a] lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. [b] She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth [c] a man." 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.


Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. 4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.


6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."




8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." [d] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

They both gave gifts to God but one gave with all of His heart. I did talk to my wife on the phone but I didn't really give her the time she desired.

It is not just about your offering. We are to worship God in every part of our life. We should give Him the best in every thing.

Share the Power

Romans 12
16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

Do we really believe that the gospel still has power. Do we expect it to change lives when we share it with others? The apsotles preached it in the streets and to every one that they could, knowing that it had the power to make them a new creation. What is the gospel?

The gospel is the good new that Jesus Chirst really was the Son of God who chose to leave Heaven and come to earth to take our place on the cross. Why would he need to do this.

Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,


This means that none of us are good or can please God by being good enough

Romans 6: 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.


Our sin deserves death and eternal punishment in the tormenting fires of Hell. Jesus loved us so much that He chose to take our place and die for us. Born of a Virgin He lived a sinless life and chose to be killed in the worst way possible because thats what it took to pay for your sin and mine. He then rose from the dead. It really di happen. The God who created the entire universe gave His only Son to die for you. The price has been paid the gift is ours to recieve.

The price was paid for you to be forgiven but you have to repent and except it.

Romans 10:9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Here is where the power comes in. You can be saved and recive a new life, a new heart, become a new creation to be used in Gods Kingdom to do His work. That is beutiful and exciting news that still changes lifes every single day. Have you experienced this power? Don't delay Cry oty to God and ask Him to save you from your sin and give you a new life. Once you have get involved in a bible believing church and get baptized and share this mighty power with others.

ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS

I took my kids to the park today and they were so excited to play. Logan had been waiting since before church to go to the park. Seven hours of waiting: after church, lunch and nap time I finally got him to the park. Some brats had totally messed up the jungle jim area. They took buckets of rocks and completely covered the entire play area so it was unsafe. The kids couldn't go up the stairs becuse it was hard to walk on all the rocks. I was so angry that these kids had violated the play area and ruined my kids ability to play. I have no idea who did this but I imediately began throwing rocks every where trying to get them off of every thing so my kids could play. As I was frustrated and relaized there was no way I could fix this I was reminded how anngry Jesus was when the people had violated the temple by turning it into a market rather than a hous of prayer.

Jesus at the Temple
Mathew 21
12Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,'[e] but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'[f]"
14The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.

16"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him.
"Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read,
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise'[g]?"

17And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

I have often found it weird to see Jesus so angry because he seems so different from His character. It was not wrong though it was a righteouse anger. Trufully it was His house to reorganize. Just as I was so angry that the playground that was made to bring joy to my kids was vilated Jesus was angered that His childrent were being robbed. Jesus wants the church to be a place of worship and a house of prayer. It breaks His heart when it is being used for evil and drawing His children away from what He wants for them. I hope that when we have church that Jesus is pleased and that we are doing what He intended with His church.

Faith like a child

We were having house church Sunday and we were talking about worry and how Jesus says not to do it.

Mathew 6 25 -34
Do Not Worry


25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b]?


28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.



Obviously it seems impossible not to worry and as you look at all the points from the sermon on the mount it seems like many of the things Jesus says to do are impossible. They are not impossible and we can do all things through Christ but they seem impossible because they are so opposite of the things our culture has taught us to do. A great example is worry. In America we are the most blessed nation in the world and yet we are constantly worried about every thing. We worry about money, food, clothes, jobs, the future and on an on and on.

The Holy Spirit pointed out two points to me that we discussed at home church.

One is that we should have faith like a child. I would be offended if Logan was sad or worried that I wouldn't provide for food or clothing for him. Logan doesn't worry about that stuff. He just plays and enjoys his toys because he know I will provide. He may not get every toy he wats but he knows that daddy will take care of his needs. I think it offends God when we don't know if He will take care of us and we are worried about what we will eat or drink in the future.

Second point
Jesus didn't just tell us not to worry He lived it. Jesus and His diciples din't know they were doing for food and money and how they would make it. They didn't have a buisness plan or a 401 K They simply woke up daily and Jesus let God lead them knowing God would provide.

If you are a child of God God expects you to trust Him. Has He not been faithful t you in the past. I am not saying has He made you a millionare because He doesn't promise that. I am asking has he ever let you starve or have to walk around naked for lack of clothes. God will provide. Worrying is a lack of faith and through Chirst we can trust God like Jesus did.

God help us in our lack of faith to grow to the point that we can obery every thing you ask us without question.