Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Our Time to Pray!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Our Time is Now!
Eight years ago, God began a work in this community through the birth our church here in Four Corners. We have seen over those years the purpose of meeting the specific needs of the people of this community. Today, we take the next step in this process as we announce the beginning of a campaign that will result with the purchase of land for a future Multi-Purpose Worship Center. As with any next step, there are details which will be discussed and revealed in the days/months to come, it is clear to our leadership team that Our Time is Now, to take this important step. We will be sharing this incredible vision in the weeks ahead and it is our goal for everyone to have a part of this campaign. Begin praying right now for God to do miracles in our midst! We truly believe Our Time is Now!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
How to Pray for our Nicaragua Team
1. Pray for God's favor
Without God's blessing, our efforts are nothing. Pray that God would make our path straight and that he would help us to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as we travel, minister and share.
2. Pray for people to respond to the gospel.
Nicaragua is a religious and Christian country, but many Nicaraguans lack the personal relationship with God in Christ. Pray that they will see the difference between religion and relationship.
3. Pray for Pastor Bruce as he preaches on Tuesday night
Last year, we had measurable amounts of opposition from other religious institutions in the city. Pray that God would give him the words to speak and that people would not be dissuaded from coming out to the service.
4. Pray for the national pastors to be encouraged
We will be training in the areas of Leadership, Counseling, and music. We want to not only provide them with training and materials, but we want to give them the encouragement they need as well.
5. Pray for the health of our team.
As our trip is only one week long, pray now that everyone on our team will be at their best for every day of the trip. It is vital that spiritual work is not hampered by physical ailments.
6. Pray for the safety of our team.
Traveling out of the country presents its challenges, and we ask that you pray for our transportation both in the air and on the ground.
7. Pray for the spiritual growth of those on our team.
One of the most amazing spiritual experiences is to take a missions trip. As we take this trip pray that our team will realize new levels of spiritual growth in their relationship with God. Pray that they will come back with a renewed sense of God's work in their lives.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
What you don't See
Monday, October 05, 2009
Steve Harvey Introduces Jesus
Steve Harvey, secular comedian, in front of a secular audience. He poses the question "How would you introduce God?" His response is amazing. Takes 3 minutes to watch. Well worth it.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Kideos
Josh Harris has a great link over at his blog for a new "filtered" version of Youtube for kids. My kids 11 & 8 love to get online and see all the funny videos, but it is a full time job for me to keep them from seeing the junk that is somehow related to the other "tame" videos. that said, there are two or three sites that may help....
1. Godtube.com - This site was set up as a Christian site, but anyone can post to it.
2. Kideos.com - These are mostly imported & filtered from Youtube by registered parents.
3. Totlol.com - This site requires a membership, and may provide a greater security for what they might see.
Though the web is a dangerous place, and you should never let kids roam freely online, these sites provide a less risky place for kids to enjoy.
Monday, September 21, 2009
You can't provoke me!
It seems that church people who don't get involved fall into three categories... the uninformed, the uninspired, and the unprovokable. Now, my spell checker is telling me that there is no such thing as "unprovokable", but I know because I have seen them with my very own eyes. Over the last few weeks we have been promoting our small groups with a great amount of success, and as it stands right now we have more sign-ups than we presently average in attendance. A feat that should not go uncelebrated, but along the way, I have kept a list of people who have not signed up yet. I realize that some people have busy work schedules, and others are just so disconnected from church that they are not aware of the amazing thing that God is doing in our midst, but forgive me for wondering what in heaven's name is going on with those few who come every week, see what God is doing, hear the testimonies, and still stay unprovoked. Now I need to be honest that there are only 2-3% of our people that I would categorize this way, but I am praying that God helps me to provoke them either in or out because the work is too great for mere observers.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
What you don't know...
11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ...
So God, in His infinite wisdom, gave us the church, and in the church he gave us pastors. Now as pastor is simply a shepherd who leads the sheep to where the good grass is growing. See sheep tend to wander and need a shepherd to lead them. God also gave them teachers. Teachers help us get from a place of ignorance by graduating us one level at a time. We need teachers so that we do not remain in immaturity. The old proverb says "What you don't know can't hurt you." but in reality what we don't know, hurts us deeply. Our own acts of selfishness and immaturity keep us from experiencing the life that God has for us. Our tantrums hurt other people and embarrass us. Our selfish ways cause us to always want the toys that the other kid is playing with and we are never satisfied.





