Enjoy His Bounty!

“Can you leave the choice with your King and trust him to plan what's best for you? Emmanuel knows what's best for you, lad, and if you leave the choice to him, he will give you what's best. Many times we seek our own happiness rather than seeking to please the King and we miss out on the life of joy and fulfillment that he has planned for us… Emmanuel’s children miss the Banquet of Joy because they scramble for the scraps and crumbs of their own happiness, rather than yielding to the will of their King and enjoying his bounty!” (The Quest for Thunder Mountain, by Ed Dunlop p. 154)

"The Greatest Book Ever Written."

I have the best “job” in the world. I had the opportunity to preach to a total of about 1,000 students in 3 schools this morning (2 of them public schools). The third school was a first time invitation in the village of Belo. More than 400 students in one room – and you could hear a pin drop for close to an hour (30 min. video plus 30 min message). More than 300 kids responded to the Gospel invitation! Praise God! We also gave every student and teacher a NT in this school. You should have heard the cheers, applause and shouting that erupted when the principle announced they would all be receiving “a free copy of the greatest book ever written – the Bible.”

God is and does good - ALWAYS

“Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances… Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good.” ~ C.H. Spurgeon

Ouch

"Neglect of prayer signals serious deficiencies in a ministry even if other signs of success have not diminished. We must always remember that popular acclaim is not necessarily the same as spiritual effectiveness." ~ Bryan Chapell (Christ-Centered Preaching)

Preach and Preach!

"It is no use , my son, to walk anywhere to preach unless we preach everywhere as we walk!" ~ F.W. Boreham

Who defines marriage?

I would just like to take this moment to say that when an Individual creates something, He has the right to name it and define it. God created marriage in Genesis chapter 2. Because God created marriage, He defines it. No state or court has the right to redefine it. 
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Matt 19:5 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
The redefinition of marriage WILL open the door to heretofore, unimaginable new types of marriage. Mark my words. People-Pet Marriage, People-inanimate objects, consensual adult-minor marriages, are already being consummated and argued for. These things already exist! Tell me why the people who have married inanimate objects do not also receive federal benefits.
Let me be clear, I love homosexual people as much as I love heterosexual people (and so does Jesus). Hate and/or equal rights are not the issue. All people in America have equal rights to marry anyone according to the Creator’s definition (opposite gender). However, man does not have the right to redefine, or declare moral, what God has declared immoral (Lev 18:22-24). I just wanted to remind us that no matter what the supreme court rules or declares, they are not the Supreme Definer of marriage. The Creator of marriage is its ultimate definer – and He never changes (Heb 13:8).

Oh, I Wonder...

“My heart was so full of joy [at the service of the first 12 baptisms on the island of Anawa] that I could do little else but weep. Oh, I wonder, I wonder, when I see so many good Ministers at home, crowding each other’s heels, whether they would not part with all their home privileges and go on to the Heathen World and reap a joy like this – ‘the joy of the Lord.’” ~John Paton