I appreciate you taking the time to read the blog. I love to write and appreciate the opportunity to comment on culture as well as proclaim the answer to culture – JESUS! I try to blog daily peppering it often with personal thoughts on lots of things. I also use the blog as another touch with the beautiful people that I serve at Kings Point. Thanks again for reading it when you can.
Well, the Giants just beat the Patriots again. Go Eli!
Great day today. Good services. Good crowd this morning in spite of having many families out this morning. Tonight we took six new families into church membership. Please lets continue to remember Sister Sandra Pendley in our prayers.
Everyone have a great week!
Pastor
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Thursday February 2, 2012 - Church Splits (A Must Read!)
A spiritual leader I know had a large congregation. Everything seemed fine until one of his top staff members—one of his key assistants—decided he could do things better. The assistant took more than 30 percent of the congregation and started his own work. Needless to say, it was a painful split. (When this type of thing occurs, questions are asked. The armchair quarterbacks begin their second-guessing: “If only the leader had been more connected with his staff, this wouldn’t have happened.” Or, “If only the leader had developed a better relationship with his congregation, such a large percentage wouldn’t have been susceptible to being pulled away.”)
After the split, the leader maintained his work with the part of the congregation that remained, and it was still a good-sized group. But the leader also decided to go ahead and pioneer a new work—another congregation in a different location. Like most new works, this one was small, very small in fact, but the leader saw great potential in this fledgling group. This time, a split did not occur. It was worse. This time, the leader lost his entire congregation. The leader later did some things that enabled him to recapture some of that lost congregation and to rebuild it even larger, but the whole process was not without and setbacks. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into the rebuilding process.
This first leader had a close relative who also went into the ministry. He had a true shepherd’s heart and was an excellent teacher. The Spirit’s Presence was with him in a remarkable way, and he got great results. However, he also faced challenges in his leadership. He had a lot of turnover—people came and went on a regular basis. He had retention problems, and on one occasion there was a mass exodus from his congregation. This leader also had challenges with his staff. His top staff members didn’t always get along well. They were competitive and had periodic arguments among themselves. It was later discovered that he had a staff member who was actually involved in embezzling ministry funds. He had another staff member who was known for being impulsive in both word and deed. This individual “lost it” one time under pressure and actually assaulted another person.
There are some questions I’d like you to consider: • Would you want to work on the staff of one of the aforementioned leaders? • Would you want to work for a leader who loses more than 30 percent of his congregation, then starts a new work and has the whole thing go under (at least temporarily)? • Would you want to work for a leader whose staff doesn’t always get along well and where there’s a high turnover rate among the congregation?
Who are these leaders? The first leader I described is God the Father. The second leader is Jesus. I shared their history in a slightly veiled and disguised way on purpose. We would all agree that God the Father and Jesus are wonderful—perfect in every way. Yet they both encountered problems in their leadership. God’s archangel Lucifer rebelled against Him and took one-third of the angels.
Later, Adam and Eve (God’s second “congregation”) turned against God, and as the representative heads of the human race broke relationship and fellowship with Him. Of course, to say that Jesus’ disciples were rough around the edges is to put it mildly. Were the problems we described problems of leadership, or problems of follower-ship? Was it that God the Father and Jesus failed to exercise good leadership, or that others failed to exercise good follower-ship? Again, we know that God and Jesus are both perfect and infallible. Therefore, their leadership skills leave nothing to be desired. But good leadership can’t achieve optimum results without good follower-ship.[ Excerpt taken from Tony Cooke's "In Search of Timothy."]
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Wednesday February 1, 2012 - Wow...What a Awesome January!
Good things are happening at KP in 2012. Seriously, January was one of the greatest months we have experienced. Maybe not in attendance and financially, but spiritually and in ministry we flourished. The Businessmen's Luncheon, Plant 12 in 2012, 21 Days of Consecration, and now we have an opportunity to do a Women's Encounter at Owensville Methodist Church. God is enabling us to spread the vision to different groups...that's exciting to me!
Another highlight in January was KP taking the opportunity to help encourage and strengthen some smaller churches around us. Pastors Sam and Mary Beth Garner brought there church over to join us in worship one night. Not only were we able to give them a great offering but we were able to continue to minister to the Garners through ministry and fellowship in the weeks to come. We also were able to give a much needed financial gift to the Rock of Refuge Hispanic church. Finally, we also worshipped with Lighthouse Fellowship and blessed them too with a financial love gift. As you know, this church has a powerful presence in downtown Cincinnati where the needs are great.
This is only the surface of all that God did in January. What a great start to 2012. A big thank you to everyone that came out to the 21 Days of Consecration. Lets keep it going in February!
I just got in from the hospital visiting Margaret Pelfrey. God has been healing Margaret since she came into the hospital Friday evening. I thought she looked really good. Please keep her in your prayers. She should be getting out of the hospital tomorrow.
As I mentioned this morning, we have many people that we need to remember in our prayers. Becky Bishop's mother, Elizabeth, did pass way this evening. Please remember Becky and her brothers and sister in your prayers. We will be sending out funeral visitation information sometime tomorrow.
Also, pray for Pastor Ron Smith, Carol Georgiton, Dolly Jett, Stella Short, and Verneda Maloney.
Great services today. Tonight's showing of "Courageous" was an awesome time. What a powerful movie and message. Raising up Spiritual Fathers and Spiritual Sons is a theme of ours this year at KP. You will be hearing more in the weeks to come.
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Tuesday January 24, 2012 - Pat and Shirley Boone's Advice for a Successful Marriage
Written by Debbie Morris (Debbie and her husband, Robert, serve as pastors of Gateway Church in Texas.
Advice from a sage can often keep us safe if we adhere their instructions. In December, I had the unique opportunity to attend an event at the home of Shirley and Pat Boone in Beverly Hills, California. After the event, several couples gathered in the foyer of Pat and Shirley’s home. Graciously they allowed us to probe into their lives.
In case you are too young to really know Pat Boone, let me give you a few facts:
He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top 40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies.
According to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s just behind Elvis Presley.
He still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
The Boone’s have been married 59 years, which is an eternity in Hollywood. Marveling over that major milestone we asked what is the secret. Shirley without hesitation rattled off five things it takes to have a marriage that endures time. Wouldn’t it be great if I could remember? I thought it was such great advice that when I got back to the room I wrote it down.
Pray always
Love unconditionally
Forgive completely
Laugh un-controllably
Work tirelessly
That is good advice for anyone wanting a marriage that last.
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Tuesday January 24, 2012 - Laying our our Bigger Baskets
Sunday's message was entitled "Bigger Baskets." If you missed it, you need to hear it. As mentioned Sunday, KP Plant 12 in 2012 Partners planted a church in Cuba this month. In other words, through our financial support a church planter will now be able to launch his church plant in Cuba beginning immediately. Fifty full gospel, Spirit-filled pastors are waiting for financial support now ready to begin their church plant - 49 now.
Next month, we will plant a church in China. If you would like to partner with us, go to the "give" page on this website and after registering click on the "Plant 12 in 2012" fund. From there, just put in your amount. Its that easy!
Tomorrow we will launch our Businessmen's Luncheon ministry. For our first one, we have a really nice crowd of men signed up to attend including many businessmen in the area. Of course, our objective is to share the gospel with men. Please join us in prayer for this new, exciting ministry!
Even though the ice kept some people away Sunday morning, we had a wonderful service. There was great liberty in the service. The Lord released me to preach a message called "Bigger Baskets" that he gave me weeks ago. It was a fun message to preach. At the close of the message, I was impressed with nearly 100 percent of the church coning forward committing to trust him with "bigger baskets" to fill in 2012.
Sunday night was great! We had a communion service in the sanctuary while the youth relaunched Thrive 2.0 in the fellowship hall. Over forty students attended the service where two received Christ as Lord and Savior. Afterwards, 4Trinity and Burning Bush, both rap artists, put on concerts in the newly renovated fellowship hall. It looks great! Super job by Josh and Krista Burgess in leading the renovation efforts.
I don't know who had a better time during the rap concerts, the students or the adults. I seen some dance moves from some adults that looked painful...just kidding. Everyone had a good time worshipping and having a great time of fellowship. What a great day!
Pastor
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Friday January 20, 2012 - What a Great, Great Three Weeks it Has Been!
What a great, great three weeks we have shared together as a KP family. Looking back this morning, the climb has been long but worth it. God has done so many great things in lives as we have come together the past three weeks. As a body of Christ, I don't think we will ever know all that God has done this past nineteen days as we have worshipped together. Its been rich and fulfilling!
This weekend we will close out our 21 days of Consecration with a great Lord's Day together. Pastor Josh and Krista have been working hard leading the charge for the big Thrive relaunch this weekend. Burning Bush will be concert Sunday evening at 7.30 pm. Everyone is invited to this Thrive event. Please come and see the new stage, lights, sound booth, and all the other stuff that will make up the Thrive Worship Center. You will feel young again!
Its be a great Sunday! Come ready to experience the power and presence of Almighty God!
Great day of worship. Tonight's service was really good. Pastor Winkler preached a powerful message. It was great to worship together with the Lighthouse Fellowship church. Lighthouse is a very strong church. Patrick and Kim have done a wonderful job planting and leading this church. It was a honor to have their beautiful congregation with us tonight.
Be sure to join us beginning Tuesday through Thursday evening at 6.30 pm. Pastor Sam Garner from the Blue Ash Church of God will be ministering Tuesday evening.
Have a great week!
Pastor
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Wednesday January 11, 2012 - The Importance of Praying for Marriages
The prayer meetings this week so far have been good stuff. We have had two different crowds for each one. But both couples, Dave and Joyce, and Tim and Teresa; have done a great job leading us. Last night's emphasis on marriages and families should be a prayer priority in the church today. However, I am afraid the need to pray for marriages in the local body is being neglected...and it shows. As a pastor, it has been my observation that one of the most trying periods in many marriages happens with couples in their thirties. There is just a great deal of pressure on married couples today like never before. Please make a point of praying for married couples when God brings them to your mind. Don't look for red flags before you will pray. Just pray for them when they come to mind...God will honor, hear, and answer your prayers.
This week as you come to prayer, we are taking time to nail prayer needs to the cross. I encourage the KP body to go to the cross often throughout 2012 and pray over these needs. The "old rugged cross" is still the answer!
I appreciate Fred preaching for me Sunday evening. Still battling the cold thing. Thanks for the prayers everyone. Have a great week!
Pastor
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Saturday January 7, 2012 - "For me to live is _____________?
From the moment we confessed our sins and the Holy Spirit came in and changed us, we began to live in Christ Jesus. Jesus is to us the one pearl of great price, for whom we are willing to part with all that we have. He has so completely won our love, that our heart beats alone for Him only; to His glory we would live, and in defence of His gospel we would die; He is the pattern of our life, and the model after which we would sculpture our character. Paul's words mean more than most men think; they imply that the aim and end of his life was Christ - his life itself was Jesus.
Wow, I don't know about you, but I feel so far from that reality. When I read our text recently, my first reaction was to repent and confess that times I live for me - not Christ. I pray that God would help me to die to Randy and this world daily and to live in Christ. How about you? Is your life in Christ?
Public Bible reading has really been good this week. Its sad that there isn't a greater love for the Word of God in the church today. I had a seminary professor tell me once that years ago he would teach in the classroom Monday through Friday and on Saturdays he would teach God's Word in a local church where a great crowd would gather to study. He said today churches won't even consider such classes saying people are too busy to attend.
Unfortunately most churches and Christians have never heard of just coming together to read God's Word publicly even though Paul told Timothy "Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them " (I Timothy 4:13).
One thing I have really enjoyed this week is young children reading the scriptures. Another highlight for me is watching everyone follow along in their bibles as we together take turns reading the scriptures. It really is very intimate and a great exercise in unity.
Overall, after three consective nights of reading the scriptures, I really feel that my generation and the one after me has missed out. We have let television, and other forms of entertainment rob us of so many blessings and opportunities to grow our faith and as the body of Christ ("...faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Word of God, " Romans 10:17).
But I am not giving up. Maybe we are establishing a new trend in the church. Hopefully, one day we will be so hungry for God that Christians will desire to come together just to hear the raw Word of God.
This is a great word from David Wilkerson. I hope you receive as much from it as I did. Make it a wonderful last week of 2011!
Pastor
People who have endured suffering and proven God to be faithful are strong, mellow and patient. They have the gentleness of Christ. I love to be around such people! They encourage my spirit! You will come through your trial and be of great help to others if you will trust God through it! You will see it happen on your job, in your family, in your church. People will be attracted to you because they know what you have gone through and they have seen you gain the victory through the power of God alone! Many believers who suffer never learn anything from it. As a result, they never know God as their comforter or consoler. To hear them talk, you would think God was hard, spiteful, uncaring. They ask, “Why me?” Then they doubt God’s love and begin to turn away from Him. They moan, groan and murmur, and all their joy fades. Soon they grow bitter and hard. I have a pastor friend who for years had a very successful ministry to troubled people. But today he is deep in sin, drug-addicted and totally backslidden. His wife left him and he has taken up with a drug-addicted woman. When you ask him what happened, he blames it all on how others let him down. His wife left him; God didn’t answer his prayers; other ministers disappointed him. He says, “I really tried, but I just couldn’t take it. There were too many pressures and there were so many hypocrites. I was misjudged and I couldn’t handle that.” The apostle Paul, even in the worst hour of his sufferings, blessed the name of the Lord. He knew the Father was full of mercy and the Source of all his comfort. He did not question God or become bitter; in fact, he praised Him in the midst of it all! The best teachers in any church are not the ones in the pulpit. Rather, they are sitting in the pews right next to you—people who have suffered and yet still worship the Lord. The language of those who learn through suffering is praise!
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Saturday December 24, 2011 - Highlights of Christmas at KP in 2011
Feeding 120 homeless men and women at the Gospel Mission on Christmas Eve.
Providing a delicious meal, a bag of groceries, shoe box gifts from the ladies ministries, a fresh $100 bill, and lots of prayer to thirty of our widows and widowers.
People saved during the "Christmas 2021" illustrated sermons.
Hope Breisford and Emma Wagner's worship dance at the Church Christmas Fellowship on Sunday night.
Fred Huntzinger's balancing a table and a vacuum cleaner on his chin during the widow's Christmas dinner.
Children's Christmas feast on Sunday morning.
Thrive's Rapture drama on Sunday morning.
Lots of great food, fun, caroling, and fellowship at our annual Anglers (Senior Adult) Christmas Banquet.
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Join us for a wonderful time of worship Christmas Sunday morning at 10.30 am. Come and bring your family and friends!
On the cross , God treated Jesus as if He had committed every sin ever committed by every person who would ever believe. Did you get that? God treated Him as if He committed, personally, every sin ever committed by every person who would ever believe though the fact is He committed none of them. That’s the great doctrine of substitution. And that’s the first side of imputation. God imputed our sins to Him. He was guilty of none of them. God treated Him as if He committed all of them. And He just unloaded His fury for all the sins of all the people who would ever believe in Him in the history of the world. He unloaded all His fury against all their sins on Christ.
To borrow the language of Leviticus 16 , Jesus became the “scapegoat.” The scapegoat was guilty of nothing. But the High Priest, as it were, laid all the sins of the people on the scapegoat and sent him away. He was without sin. But sin was credited to His account as if He had personally committed it and then God punished Him though the fact is He never committed any of it. That’s imputation.
Have you ever asked yourself the question, “When Jesus came into the world why did He have to live all those years?” If I was planning the plan of redemption I’d have had Him come down on Friday, die, rise on Sunday and go back to Heaven Monday. Why 30 years? Why 30 silent years?
Jesus lived a full life was that He might live a complete life fully righteous. That He might live a complete life absolutely without sin, absolutely perfect, so that that perfect life could be credited to your account. That’s the backside of imputation. On the cross, God treated Jesus as if He lived your life so He could treat you as if you lived His life. That’s the Gospel. That’s substitution.
Wow, wow, and wow! "Christmas 2021" was great! Really, we didn't know how it was going to go. We prayed and believed God was going to use it. Be sure to watch it online if you weren't there to see it the past two Sundays. I am sure the video won't do it justice. I am so thankful for God's anointing. I know we put a lot of time and effort into it, but without his anointing it falls on its face. Special thanks to the choir, band, youth drama, and everyone who helped us get out the message.
The Widow's Christmas fellowship was great today. A little over thirty widows and widowers. They were blessed with a delicious lunch, a sack of goodies, a gift basket from the ladies ministries, a fresh $100 bill from their KP family, and finally a time of prayer for God's blessing upon their lives and families. Thanks to everyone that made it happen...Pastor's Council and their families; along with out staff and their families. It gets better every year!
Super, super weekend! KP...your the greatest! Everyone have a wonderful week!
Pastor
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Thursday December 15, 2011 - Are We a Solomon Church?
What an accurate word this is to describe the church today. As I read this, I prayed God help us stay on our face and be broken before you. Help us to have a heart after you like your servant David.
“Now Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and exalted him exceedingly” (2 Chronicles 1:1). The church of Jesus Christ today has been strengthened and blessed by God. Provision has been made for endeavors of all kinds. Consider the big, beautiful edifices being built in the land. Consider also the church’s great financial blessings. Millions are spent on televangelism, books, records and tapes, missions, institutions, colleges and parachurch ministries of all kinds. When all these works began, each one had something of God’s anointing. Indeed, most started out with the same blessings that God poured out upon Solomon. Solomon was well organized and much more educated than his father, David. He did everything bigger and better than any previous generation ever could have conceived. The driving force behind Solomon was wisdom and knowledge. This was his heart-cry to God: “Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?” (2 Chronicles 1:10). Isn’t this a wonderful prayer? It sounds so good and God was pleased that Solomon did not ask for selfish gain. Yet there’s a problem: This prayer is totally man-centered! This very talented, self-confident king was saying, in essence, “Just give me the tools, God, and I’ll get the job done. Give me wisdom and knowledge, and I’ll set everything in order among this people. I’ll accomplish it all!” Solomon’s prayer was not the prayer of his father, David, a man who was after God’s own heart. No, Solomon’s prayer was that of a new generation—an educated people with new ideas and skills. His cry was, “I need wisdom and knowledge!” I believe Solomon represents the spirit and nature of the last-day Laodician church. This church is headed for the same ruin Solomon faced! Solomon had a head full of wisdom and a mouth full of songs. He could preach and teach with incredible skill. He had a well-organized operation, with talented leaders. Everything about his church appeared to be decent and in order. But everything Solomon did ended up in the phrase, “All is vanity and grasping for the wind” (Ecclesiastes 1:14) The Solomon church has all the answers. It looks great on the outside but it is absolutely lifeless! And it ends up in vanity, idolatry, sensuality, emptiness and despair. [David Wilkerson]
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Tuesday December 13, 2011 - Unbelievable...Looking Like Sodom!
Ads Urge California Parents to Rescue Children From Sexual Indoctrination
A California family values organization is running Web ads urging parents to rescue their children from a raft of laws that mandate admiration and support for "LGBT" lifestyles at every public school, behind the backs of parents. "The clock is ticking for dads and moms to rescue their children from unnatural and unhealthy homosexual-bisexual-cross-dressing role models coming January to every California public school," says Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, which promotes moral virtues for the common good. "Since there's no parental opt-out or opt-in, no child is exempt from this confusion. The only way to exempt your child from SB 48 and other sexual indoctrination laws is to exempt them from the entire government system." The web ads inform parents about SB 48 and seven other California state laws that require all public school instruction and activities to positively portray homosexual, bisexual and transsexual lifestyles to children as young as kindergarten. The ads link to RescueYourChild.com, a special site operated by SaveCalifornia.com. "The most in-your-face law that forces children as young as 5 years old to admire homosexuality, bisexuality, cross-dressing and 'sex changes' is SB 48, which goes in effect in January with its 'supplemental materials' mandate on every public school in the state," Thomasson explains. SB 48, passed this year in the Democrat-controlled legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, mandates that children from kindergarten through 12th grade, in all "instruction in social sciences," admire "the role and contributions of ... lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans." As of Jan. 1, California public school districts must implement the new requirements of SB 48 through supplemental "instructional materials" (i.e., handouts, homosexual biographies, classroom discussions, essays and other homework, outside speakers, videos, dramas, etc.); textbooks will come in a few years. As a result of SB 48, all public school districts in California are under the following orders: 1. Textbooks and instructional materials must positively promote "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans" as "role" models. 2. Children as young as kindergarten will be taught to admire persons who engage in homosexuality, same-sex "marriages," bisexuality and transsexuality (cross-dressing and "sex change" operations). 3. Because SB 48 requires "particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society," children will be taught to support the political activism of so-called "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning" (LGBTIQ) political groups. 4. Teachers will be made to positively portray homosexuality, same-sex "marriages," bisexuality and transsexuality, because to be silent can bring the charge of "reflecting adversely" or "promoting a discriminatory bias." 5. School boards will be required to select textbooks and other instructional materials that positively portray LGBT lifestyles, because to be silent on these subjects opens them up to charges of "reflecting adversely" or "promoting a discriminatory bias." 6. Parents will not be notified, nor will they be able to exempt their children, from this new core curriculum. As Thomasson sees it, because of the Democrats' social-engineering laws, children left in California government schools are guaranteed sexual brainwashing, but proficiency in reading, writing, and computing are not guaranteed at all. Parents who want the best for their children are recognizing these clear and present dangers, he says, and they're taking their children back from the government system to save their kids from being ruined morally, socially and academically. "These days, the only way to protect children from becoming sexually confused and dumbed down is to enroll them in a solid ch urch school or to do homeschooling, in order to raise up a productive, respectful and moral generation," Thomasson says. "
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Sunday December 11, 2011 - Sunday Wrap Up...Great Job Everyone!
Great, great Sunday! What a privilege to minister to the KP family today. Everybody, the band, the choir, the drama people, ushers, greeters, sound people, hospitality team, children's ministry team, youth ministry team, 8.15 am prayer intercessors, Sunday School administration and teachers - great job! Thank you so much for serving the Lord today through the ministry that he has given you!
Love and appreciate you all!
Pastor Randy
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Tuesday December 6, 2011 - Don't Give Up, God is Willing
God’s people in Judah had a problem. They doubted His willingness and power to redeem a people entrenched in apostasy and idolatry. “They said, ‘That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart’” (Jeremiah 18:12). Judah had given up hope, thinking, “We’ve gone too far—and now there is no going back. We have left the Lord, mocked Him, cast Him aside, abused Him. We are so deep into our sins, it’s hopeless. Not even God can bring us back!” After all my years in ministry, I still have to fight this kind of thinking. You may feel the same. Your husband may be an atheist, mean and godless. And you have convinced yourself, “All around me, people are getting saved but my husband is different. He is so hard!” The Lord said to Judah, “Is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?” (Isaiah 50:2). To shorten means to “chop off.” God was saying, “Tell me, has the enemy chopped off My mighty arm? Have I lost My power to save? No! My mighty arm dried up the Red Sea. It clothed the heavens with blackness. It opened blind eyes! You have seen that I will save to the uttermost. Why do you think I have lost My power to redeem you?” Beloved, when did God lose His power to save the vilest sinner on earth? When did He lose His willingness to deliver drug addicts, drunkards and prostitutes even when nobody was praying for them? Would God somehow decide not to save your family members, for whom you have fasted and prayed faithfully? Absolutely not! We must cry out to Him in faith, “Oh, Lord, You can save Wall Street. You can deliver the sinner in New York. You can redeem any Muslim in any foreign land and you can save any member of my family. Your arm is not too short. You can save anybody!” Don’t believe that His hand has been chopped off; instead, believe Him for the impossible! Get a vision of His love and mercy—of His mighty outstretched arm, all powerful to save! We are to pray and be patient and He will gather in our loved ones, one at a time! “‘Return, O backsliding children,’ says the Lord; ‘for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion’” (Jeremiah 3:14). [David Wilkerson]
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Saturday December 3, 2011 - Senior (Anglers) Christmas Dinner....Great Time!
Annette and I attended the Anglers Christmas dinner last night. What a wonderful time we all had! Every year James, Geneva, and their support team, do a great job preparing for the annual Christmas dinner. And every year it gets better and better. Everyone had a great time singing, sharing, joking with one another, and sharing gifts. Of course, the dinner and the desserts were to die for. I had my favorite, lemon pie, and I had a second piece of chocolate pie. It was great!
Please pick up your Christmas 2021 post cards tomorrow. Lets get the word out and invite people to hear about what is really going on in the world today. Merry Christmas!
Pastor
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Thursday December 1, 2011 - Is there still hope for the American Church?
Can we be ready for revival if we believe that all hope is gone—that we have sinned away our day of grace and there is nothing left but judgment? Beloved, we cannot have faith for a revival until we are convinced that God still wants to pour out His Spirit upon us!
Why hasn’t America been judged? Why hasn’t Jesus come yet? It is because there is still a great harvest ahead and God is “. . . not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).
We see this great mercy of the Lord in a passage in Isaiah where God instructed the prophet to tell Judah: “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? For your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother has been put away. Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, when I called, was there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?” (Isaiah 50:1-2).
God had already divorced Israel, giving them “. . . a certificate of divorce” (Jeremiah 3:8). But now His attention was on Judah, a people who had cheated on Him and walked away from Him. God still had a heart for Judah, and He came to them crying to see the certificate of divorce (see Isaiah 50:1). He was saying, “Show Me your divorce papers! Prove to Me I ever put you away. It was you who walked away from Me! I did nothing to grieve or hurt you. I loved you the whole time. I came to you and I called you!”
Beloved, that is exactly what I see God doing with America right now. He is saying to us, “Show Me your divorce papers! Show Me I walked away from you! I have not yet removed my Holy Spirit. Rather, I am still at work all over this nation—still wooing, calling, coming to you!”The Lord is speaking this through many pulpits across this nation. He is speaking it through godly men and women who spend precious time seeking Him. He is calling America back to repentance—back to His own heart!
We have to be fully persuaded that there is still time, still hope, and that while we are praying, the Spirit is at work in all levels of society, calling and wooing people to Himself! [David Wilkerson]
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Wednesday November 30, 2011 - UnChartered Waters in 2012
I haven't been posting anything lately. The last five days have been very busy. I think I should get some breathing room tomorrow.
2012 is going to be an awesome year! I am really excited about the things that God is setting up for us in the year ahead. I am beginning to understand more and more why the enemy came against myself, my family, and KP throughout so much of 2011. This will be my fourteenth year serving as KP's Lead Pastor beginning January 1. The areas that God is leading us into in '12 are uncharted waters. They will require faith on my part and the church. But God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him according to Hebrews 11:6. It's going to be a great ride!
This Sunday we have one thousand "Christmas 2021" post cards to distribute to everyone. Please take some and give or send them to family and friends. Please do your best to get people to God's house on December 11th and the 18th. I am really expecting some great Christmas services like we have never experienced before.
Just a quick overview today. Really good time today in the house of God. Great freedom in the morning service. Great praise and worship! And I really enjoyed preaching on the Anointing.
Tonight, what a crowd at Shirley Hill's visitation. KP people were everywhere. What a response! I am so blessed to pastor such a caring and compassionate congregation.
We still need servers tomorrow for the funeral dinner. If you can help, please be at the church at 11:30 am. Thanks so much!
Have a great week. Please keep Shirley's family in your prayers.
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I appreciate you taking the time to read the blog. I love to write and appreciate the opportunity to comment on culture as well as proclaim the answer to culture – JESUS! I try to blog daily peppering it often with personal thoughts on lots of things. I also use the blog as another touch with the beautiful people that I serve at Kings Point. Thanks again for reading it when you can.
