Well, sorry I have not posted anything in a while, but...ok, no excuses this time.
I did, however, want to remind everyone of the worldview weekend this Friday night from 6pm-9pm. We will be viewing the documentary, Beyond the Gates of Splendor, which recounts the martyrdom of five missionary men in 1956, and then shows how the Lord used their work and the work of their families after them to reach the Waodoni people with gospel of Christ. It is truly an amazing testimony of God being in control of all that takes place and of forgiveness.
We now have this reminder up on our youth web page at centralbible.org and there is an icon you can click on to have the opportunity to find information out about this documentary. So go and check it out and see what you can find.
And we look forward to seeing our Jr. Highers, Sr. Highers and Parents at the church on Friday night to view this documentary. Don't forget we're having sandwiches and chips. By the way, some of our college group is going to join us too. It is going to be a great night. Hope to see you there.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Happy...Belated...New Year!
Well, I am really late in posting a Happy New Year, but better late than never...right? I guess so. I hope everyone is enjoying this New Year that is upon us. It seems like just a few weeks ago we were celebrating the beginning of 2005, and now we are in to 2006. Wow, I'm getting old. Time is flying by...and it seems to only go quicker the older you get.
So by now most people have broken their "resolutions". Some may still be going. But here is one of many awesome things about being a believer, about having a relationship with our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ. God never breaks HIS promises and He never changes. So while we change from 2005 to 2006 God is still the same God He has always been. And while we make promises and resolutions and fail to keep them many times, God always is faithful and truthful. He never falls short when it comes to His end of anything. And I have a personal relationship with a great God, and so do you, if you have placed your faith in Jesus Christ. A personal relationship...that means God cares intimately about everything taking place in my life. He is not some far off immortal being that cares nothing for His creation. He cares for me as His child, and that is why we call Him, Father. You see God is always in the same place, He never changes. Many times we are not taking advantage of this personal relationship with God. We ignore our greatest friend ever. We don't spend time with Him, and our relationship with Him does not grow. That is because of our failures, not God's. That is because we are not taking advantage of the greatest relationship we could ever build. We fall short. Can I encourage you to take advantage (not in a bad way) of your relationship with God. Cultivate it so that it will grow. This takes a renewed mind, a new focus. This takes a mindset that is focused on and sees the priority of spending time with the Heavenly Father. You cannot see Him, but we know He is there...we believe this by faith, we take God at His Word. Get to know Him. He is the only One who will always be there for you and who will never change. And He loves you, and He loves me.
Now that is awesome and is good to be thinking about as we start a New Year that we have no idea what it holds. But God is always the same and is there for us in any and every situation. How great it is to be a child of God.
Happy New Year, y'all.
So by now most people have broken their "resolutions". Some may still be going. But here is one of many awesome things about being a believer, about having a relationship with our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ. God never breaks HIS promises and He never changes. So while we change from 2005 to 2006 God is still the same God He has always been. And while we make promises and resolutions and fail to keep them many times, God always is faithful and truthful. He never falls short when it comes to His end of anything. And I have a personal relationship with a great God, and so do you, if you have placed your faith in Jesus Christ. A personal relationship...that means God cares intimately about everything taking place in my life. He is not some far off immortal being that cares nothing for His creation. He cares for me as His child, and that is why we call Him, Father. You see God is always in the same place, He never changes. Many times we are not taking advantage of this personal relationship with God. We ignore our greatest friend ever. We don't spend time with Him, and our relationship with Him does not grow. That is because of our failures, not God's. That is because we are not taking advantage of the greatest relationship we could ever build. We fall short. Can I encourage you to take advantage (not in a bad way) of your relationship with God. Cultivate it so that it will grow. This takes a renewed mind, a new focus. This takes a mindset that is focused on and sees the priority of spending time with the Heavenly Father. You cannot see Him, but we know He is there...we believe this by faith, we take God at His Word. Get to know Him. He is the only One who will always be there for you and who will never change. And He loves you, and He loves me.
Now that is awesome and is good to be thinking about as we start a New Year that we have no idea what it holds. But God is always the same and is there for us in any and every situation. How great it is to be a child of God.
Happy New Year, y'all.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Everyone have a Great Christmas
Hey Y'all. I hope everyone has a great Christmas this year. I am actually typing this from my parents computer in Mississippi. We are here for a few days to spend Christmas with our family and to visit with some friends. And the weather...WOW! I am actually wearing short sleeves outside because the temps are in the 60's. Whew...its getting kind of hot! We do miss the snow, though.
So have a great Christmas remembering and celebrating the birth of our Savior who was miraculously born in human flesh. He humbled or emptied Himself and gave up the splendor of heaven to take on our human flesh and live on this earth and then die on the cross for sins He had not even committed. Now that really deserves a WOW!!! That is definitely the greatest gift we could ever receive. So please don't forget Christ's birth this year as we celebrate one of the most awesome events (if not the most awesome) to ever take place in the history of mankind. And what great hope we have because Christ rose from the grave on the third day and now is in heaven preparing a place for us and will soon return to take us HOME. It is going to be great when we get HOME to heaven and spend eternity with our ginormous (thats the gigantic and enormous combo) family of believers. WOWSERS!! That will be awesome. And we are confident that Christ will return. Just as many prophecies were fulfilled when Christ was born in Bethlehem that night many years ago, so too, we can be confident that the prophecies dealing with Christ's return will also be fulfilled. Our HOPE is a CERTAINTY!!
Ok, so I hope that encourages you a little. I am encouraged just thinking about all of these things and knowing that I am a secure child of God. I hope everyone reading this also has that security. If not you certainly can. Just ask me how, its simple, it is simply faith in Christ.
All right, y'all have a great Christmas!!
So have a great Christmas remembering and celebrating the birth of our Savior who was miraculously born in human flesh. He humbled or emptied Himself and gave up the splendor of heaven to take on our human flesh and live on this earth and then die on the cross for sins He had not even committed. Now that really deserves a WOW!!! That is definitely the greatest gift we could ever receive. So please don't forget Christ's birth this year as we celebrate one of the most awesome events (if not the most awesome) to ever take place in the history of mankind. And what great hope we have because Christ rose from the grave on the third day and now is in heaven preparing a place for us and will soon return to take us HOME. It is going to be great when we get HOME to heaven and spend eternity with our ginormous (thats the gigantic and enormous combo) family of believers. WOWSERS!! That will be awesome. And we are confident that Christ will return. Just as many prophecies were fulfilled when Christ was born in Bethlehem that night many years ago, so too, we can be confident that the prophecies dealing with Christ's return will also be fulfilled. Our HOPE is a CERTAINTY!!
Ok, so I hope that encourages you a little. I am encouraged just thinking about all of these things and knowing that I am a secure child of God. I hope everyone reading this also has that security. If not you certainly can. Just ask me how, its simple, it is simply faith in Christ.
All right, y'all have a great Christmas!!
Monday, December 19, 2005
Super Cold Caroling was Super
Thanks to all who came out to carol this weekend. We caroled with the youthies and their families on Saturday night and that was great. I think the folks that we caroled to really enjoyed the carols and next time we will either not sing Ring the Bells or we will practice it beforehand. So thank you very much for getting out in the cold and spreading some Christmas joy to folks from our church who can't be with us every week at our worship services. It was a great time.
And of course it was a great time afterwards when we had some good food and a warm place to meet and even some good laughs around the karaoke machine and playing games and exchanging ornaments. It was a long night...but it was a super fun night too! So thanks.
And then we sang some more on Sunday night at the church wide caroling event. And if you thought it was cold Saturday, you missed out on what cold was all about. This time we were walking and not driving and by the time we got to the third or fourth house I couldn't feel my face anymore. So hopefully my mouth was moving and carols were coming out of my mouth. But we also had a great time Sunday night caroling to our neighbors close by the church and passing out calendars (great job Becca passing out the calendars). It is very important for us to be a testimony to our neighbors and minister to them as often as we can. Who knows what impact passing out a calendar, a note, and a gospel tract might have on someone's life. At least we have given them an opportunity to read and hear the gospel. And that is the most important thing of all. Not that we are cold or tired...but that we share the good news of Jesus Christ with others. So thanks to all who came out for that.
And today...well it is even colder today. So nice and sunny as you look out the window...so freezing cold when you walk outside. Hey, its not even really winter yet. Its still fall. Maybe this will be a warm day in a couple of months. BURRRRR!!!
And of course it was a great time afterwards when we had some good food and a warm place to meet and even some good laughs around the karaoke machine and playing games and exchanging ornaments. It was a long night...but it was a super fun night too! So thanks.
And then we sang some more on Sunday night at the church wide caroling event. And if you thought it was cold Saturday, you missed out on what cold was all about. This time we were walking and not driving and by the time we got to the third or fourth house I couldn't feel my face anymore. So hopefully my mouth was moving and carols were coming out of my mouth. But we also had a great time Sunday night caroling to our neighbors close by the church and passing out calendars (great job Becca passing out the calendars). It is very important for us to be a testimony to our neighbors and minister to them as often as we can. Who knows what impact passing out a calendar, a note, and a gospel tract might have on someone's life. At least we have given them an opportunity to read and hear the gospel. And that is the most important thing of all. Not that we are cold or tired...but that we share the good news of Jesus Christ with others. So thanks to all who came out for that.
And today...well it is even colder today. So nice and sunny as you look out the window...so freezing cold when you walk outside. Hey, its not even really winter yet. Its still fall. Maybe this will be a warm day in a couple of months. BURRRRR!!!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Let's Go Caroling...
We are going to go caroling and have a Christmas party on December 17th for the Sr. High and Jr. High as well as their families. Our desire is to carol to some folks in our body at CBC who are not able to get out very much and who cannot join us at church all that often. It is important that we do not forget these precious ones who are a part of our body.
So we will meet at CBC at 4pm on the 17th and we will divide into two groups and take off caroling. Don't forget to dress warm, I think it will be pretty chilly!
After we are finished caroling (around 6:30 - 7:00), we will meet back at the church for a snack, some Christmas karyoke, a carol battle, and an ornament exchange. I would ask that each family bring a snack to share, and that each person would bring a wrapped ornament for our ornament exchange. We should be finished with everything by 9pm. It should be fun.
I hope you are able to come. Please let me know ASAP if you are coming so I can make necessary arrangements. Thanks!
So we will meet at CBC at 4pm on the 17th and we will divide into two groups and take off caroling. Don't forget to dress warm, I think it will be pretty chilly!
After we are finished caroling (around 6:30 - 7:00), we will meet back at the church for a snack, some Christmas karyoke, a carol battle, and an ornament exchange. I would ask that each family bring a snack to share, and that each person would bring a wrapped ornament for our ornament exchange. We should be finished with everything by 9pm. It should be fun.
I hope you are able to come. Please let me know ASAP if you are coming so I can make necessary arrangements. Thanks!
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