Tuesday, August 31, 2010

 

UPSET

Esther 4:1 (ESV)
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry.

THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO BE UPSET.
THERE ARE FOOLISH REASONS FOR BEING UPSET.
GOD CAN GET GLORY WHEN WE SHOULD BE UPSET.
HERE A GREAT MAN DID GREAT THINGS THAT BLESSED MANY ALL BECAUSE HE GOT UPSET,
AND HONORED GOD.
WHEN DID WE LAST GET UPSET?
DID IT HONOR GOD?
THINK ABOUT IT-PASTOR JOE

STEVE WILL HAVE HIS OPERATION THURSDAY-3 OR MORE BYPASS-PRAY ABOUT IT,PLEASE.

Monday, August 30, 2010

 

OPPOSED TO THE WILL OF GOD

NEHEMIAH 4:1 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, "What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble--burned as they are?"

SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW GOD'S WILL, BUT DON'T.
SOME ARE WRONG.
THEY DARE TO OPPOSE GOD'S WILL.
SOME THINK MY WILL IS GOD'S WILL.
THEY ANSWER TO GOD HIMSELF.
WHAT A WASTE THEY ARE.
PRIDE IS A DANGEROUS COMPANION.
BE CAREFUL-PASTOR JOE

Sunday, August 29, 2010

 

I AM BACK

I GOT ANOTHER VIRUS-COST $129 TO HAVE IT FIXED, AND IT TOOK 3 DAYS-BOO!!!
STEVE DOESN'T YET KNOW WHEN HIS OPERATION WILL BE-MAYBE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
IT WILL BE 3 OR 4 BYPASS AT ST. FRANCIS. PRAY FOR HIM AND THE FAMILY.
TODAY WE VISTITED ANOTHER CHURCH-EVEN SANG IN THE CHOIR.
BUDDY PREACHED SO WELL.
WE HAD LUNCH WITH MICHELE-LOVE THAT GIRL.
TOMORROW I AM TO SEE THE DR. ABOUT MY ANKLE-HOPEFULLY BE RELEASED.
GOD HELP US ALL AS WE SEEK YOUR WILL-PASTOR JOE

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

 

ENEMIES OF GOOD AND GOD

Ezra 4:1-2

1. Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;
2. Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

I SHALL MAKE SOME TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS-READ CAREFULLY.
WHEN WE DO GOD'S WILL WE WILL HAVE THOSE WHO WILL BE AGAINST US.
SOME PEOPLE LIE-THEY DO.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WRONG-THEY ARE.
BE CAREFUL-SOME ARE AGAINST US DOING GOD'S WILL AND WORK.
GOD HELP US TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND WHO TO LET HELP US.

STEVE WILL BE IN THE HOSPITAL UNTIL THEY DO OPERATE AND DO 3 OR MORE BY-PASSES.
THEY ARE GIVING HIS HEART SOME TIME TO HEAL.
HE HAS MANY BLOCKAGES.
PRAY FOR HIM,THE FAMILY AND THE MEDICAL STAFF.

TODAY IS MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY. SHE IS ZZZZ YEARS OLD. I LOVE HER SO, AND SO DO MANY OF YOU-THANKS-PASTOR JOE

Monday, August 23, 2010

 

JESUS-THE HEALER

ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT JESUS IS THAT HE IS THE HEALER.
MONDAY AT 2 AM WE GOT THE CALL THAT LOUISE'S BROTHER STEVE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY EMS.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.
STEVE DID HAVE A HEART ATTACK, AND A HEART CATHE.
HE HAS MANY BLOCKAGES, AND TOMORROW AT 7 AM WE LEARN WHEN HIS OPERATION WILL BE.
PROBABLY IN 2 OR 3 DAYS.
PLEASE PRAY FOR STEVE,THE FAMILY, AND THOSE INVOLVED-DRS AND ALL.
NOW YOU KNOW WHY MY BLOG IS SO LATE.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS-PASTOR JOE

Friday, August 20, 2010

 

A SPECIAL PLACE

2 Chronicles 4:1-2

1. Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2. Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

THE PLACE OF WORSHIP IS AND SHOULD BE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
ONLY THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR IT.
WE SHOULD COME TO WORSHIP HIM.
IT IS NOT TO BE IGNORED FOR IT REFLECTS HOW WE FEEL ABOUT GOD.
THINK ABOUT IT-PASTOR JOE

Thursday, August 19, 2010

 

FAMILY MATTERS

1 Chron 4:1-3

4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
KJV

WE HAVE BECOME SO SELF-CENTERED THAT FOR MOST FAMILY DOESN'T MATTER.
FAMILY MATTERS FO GOD-IT SHOULD TO US.
OUR SPIRITUAL FAMILY SHOULD MATTER,TOO.
ARE YOU MY BROTHER OR SISTER?
PASTOR JOE

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

 

USE WHAT YOU HAVE

2 Kings 4:1-7

4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

KJV

WHAT A GREAT STORY.
HER NEEDS WERE MET BY A LOVING GOD THROUGH A MAN OF GOD.
WHAT DO WE LEARN?
WHAT WE HAVE GOD CAN BLESS AND USE TO HELP US.
WE ALL NEED HELP.
WE HAVE THINGS.
WE HAVE GOD.
GOD PLEASE DO HELP US-PASTOR JOE

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

 

THE KING

1 Kings 4:1-3

1. So King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2. And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; ETC....

THE GOOD LORD GIVES US A LIST OF THE KING AND HIS HELPERS.
WHY?
THEY MUST BE IMPORTANT.
THEY NEEDED PRAYER.
THEY NEEDED GOD'S HELP.
PEOPLE NEEDED TO KNOW THEM.
PEOPLE NEEDED TO RESPECT THEM.
FATHER, WE TOO HAVE LEADERS.
THEY NEED YOUR HELP-BLESS THEM-PLEASE-SO
THEY CAN BLESS US, AND HONOR YOU-
PASTOR JOE

GOT TO VISIT SOME PRECIOUS BUDDIES YESTERDAY.
WHAT A JOY TO VISIT SOME SHUT-INS.
NONE WOULD LET ME SAY GOODBYE.
FRIENDS ARE THAT WAY.

Monday, August 16, 2010

 

A GREAT MAN IS MISSED

2 Samuel 4:1. And when Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart, and all Israel was troubled.

ABNER WAS A GREAT LEADER, AND HE WAS DEAD AND THEY MISSED HIM.
HE HAD MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES-WOW!
DO WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
WILL WE BE MISSED?
LET'S BE DIFFERENCE MAKERS.

THIS WEEKEND WE HAD ALMOST 5 INCHES OF RAIN.
SUNDAY, LOUISE AND I WORSHIPPED AT HOMECOMING WITH DEAR FRIENDS AT HILLSIDE.
WE WERE BLESSED BY THE PREACHING OF A 85 YEAR YOUNG PREACHER-CARLOS WATSON-WOW!!!
WE ALSO HAD A NICE MEAL THERE.
SUNDAY NIGHT WE WORSHIPPED WITH THE YOUTH AT MY FORST COUSIN'S CHURCH.
WE ENJOYED BEING WITH BILLY AND ROSEMARY LOOPER AND THE PEOPLE OF SALUDA HILL.
HAVE A GOOD ONE-PASTOR JOE

Friday, August 13, 2010

 

BAD THINGS DO HAPPEN

1 Samuel 4:1-2

1. And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
2. Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

CAN GOD BLESS US?
DOES GOD NEED TO PUNISH US?
IS THERE SIN IN THE CAMP?
WHAT IS GOD UP TO?
THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
THINK ABOUT THESE TODAY-PASTOR JOE

PERSONAL NOTE-SINUS PROBLEMS ARE NO FUN.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

 

IN LOVE

Ruth 4:1-2

1. Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, "Come aside, friend, sit down here.'' So he came aside and sat down.
2. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, "Sit down here.'' So they sat down.

HERE WE HAVE A STORY OF A MAN IN LOVE.
HE DOES THE RIGHT THING TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES.
GOD BLESS HIS EFFORTS.
THEY MARRIED.
GOD STILL BLESSES REAL LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
YES THERE WAS A BABY CARRIAGE LATER.

HAVE A SINUS INFECTION-WENT TO DR. YESTERDAY.
HAVE A GREAT ONE-PASTOR JOE

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

 

ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Judges 4:1. When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.

I LOVE TO STUDY ABOUT EHUD. HE WAS LEFT HANDED AS I AM.
HE DID WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO HELP HIS PEOPLE STAY GODLY.
BUT, WHEN THE DAY COME WHEN EHUD DIED,LOOK OUT.
EHUD MADE A DIFFERENCE.
SO SHOULD WE.
GOD HELP US TO BE A FORCE FOR GOOD AND GOD.
LORD, HELP US TO MAKE THINGS BETTER-PASTOR JOE.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

 

REMEMBER

Joshua 4:1-6


4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
KJV

SOME THINGS WE NEED TO REMEMBER.
THE LORD IS GOOD TO US.
THE LORD BLESSES US.
REMEMBER THIS.
PRAISE HIM FOR IT.
WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE DO WE HAVE TOWARD THE LORD?
IT IS IMPORTANT.
THINK ABOUT IT-PASTOR JOE

Monday, August 09, 2010

 

DID WE MISS IT?

Deuteronomy 4:1-2

4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
KJV

GOD DESIRES THAT WE BE BLESS BECAUSE WE LIVE AS HE SAYS.
AND HE MEANS IT.
SO MANY AREN'T BLESSED, BUT FAIL TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S PLAN-LIVE IT AND BE BLESSED.
IT PAYS TO LIVE AS THE BIBLE SAYS.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS PASSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE ARE NOT TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY FROM THE BIBLE.
SOME HAVE ADDED TO THE BIBLE.
SOME ONLY USE PART OF IT-WRONG.
GOD'S WILL IS FOR US TO LIVE AS THE BIBLE TEACHES. TRY IT.

YESTERDAY WAS WIERD, I LISTENED TO MY FIRST COUSIN PREACH, AND HE IS GOOD AND THEIR CHOIR WAS GOOD, BUT GOD CALLED ME TO PREACH-EVEN RETIRED.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.PASTOR JOE

Friday, August 06, 2010

 

WORK FOR ALL TO DO


Num 4:1-4
Numbers 4

4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
KJV

THE GREATEST THING WE CAN DO IS OUR WORK FOR THE LORD.
WHAT DOES GOD DESIRE THAT WE BE DOING?
HAVE WE SOUGHT THAT OUT?
ARE WE DOING IT?
IS HE PLEASE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING?
PASTOR JOE


LAST NIGHT I WENT BACK TO ART CLASS-HAD A BLAST-DID CREEK IN THE WOODS-I CALL IT-JUST RELAX

Thursday, August 05, 2010

 

UNINTENTIONALLY SINNING

Lev 4:1-3
Leviticus 4

4:1 The Sin Offering Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying:'If a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and does any of them,

3 if the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without blemish as a sin offering.
NKJV

SIN IS REAL AS IS EVIL.
THE DEVIL IS REAL AS IS DEMONS.
BAD IS REAL AS IS GOOD.
IF WE SIN BUT WERE NOT AWARE OF IT UNTIL LATER, THEN GOD FORGIVES THAT SIN,TOO.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WE LEARN THAT JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS FOR ALL OF OUR SINS IF WE BELIEVE ON HIM-GLORY.
LORD FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS-THANKS-PASTOR JOE

PERSONAL NOTE- YESTERDAY, I MET A PERSON IN A BOOK STORE THAT I AM NOW PRAYING FOR AS SHE RECOVERS FROM ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, AND I AM PRAYING FOR HER TO GROW IN HER FAITH.
MAY HER DAUGHTER DO WELL.
I AM WALKING BETTER-STILL SORE SOME.
SURE WAS ODD NOT TO PREACH LAST NIGHT.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

 

GOD CAN

Exodus 4:1-4

4:1 Miraculous Signs for Pharaoh Then Moses answered and said, "But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'"

2 So the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."

3 And He said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.

4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail" (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
NKJV

WE NEED SOME MIRACLES TODAY.
WE NEED GOD TO MAKE SOME REAL HEROES.
WE NEED SOME LIKE MOSES WHO WILL DO AS GOD SAYS.
WE NEED GOD NOW.
LORD USE ME.
LORD USE THESE THAT READ THIS-PASTOR JOE

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

 

WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE DO WE HAVE TOWARD OTHERS?

Genesis 4:1-8

4:1 Cain Murders Abel (Luke 11:51; Heb 11:4; 12:24) Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have acquired a man from the LORD."

2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD.

4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering,

5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

6 So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."

8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
NKJV

CAIN HAD A BAD ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS BROTHER.
IN THE END THIS ATTITUDE EVEN HURT CAIN GREATLY.
LET'S WORK ON OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS-PASTOR JOE

Monday, August 02, 2010

 

RETIRED

LAST NIGHT WAS A BIG NIGHT.
117 CAME TO WISH LOUISE AND I WELL AS I RETIRED AS PASTOR OF REFUGE AFTER 9 YEARS THERE.
IT WAS SAD, AND IT WAS FUN.
I PREACHED A VERY SHORT SERMON.
SEVERAL SAID NICE THINGS.
A PLAQUE WAS GIVEN.
GIFTS WERE SHARED.
THEN THE CROWD WAS FED-WOW!!!
SO HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE RETIRED.
NUMB STILL.
IT HASN'T HIT ME YET.
I AM LOOKING FOR CHURCHES THAT NEED A FILL IN, OR
A GUEST SPEAKER.
PRAY FOR US AS I ENTER THIS CHAPTER OF MY LIFE.
TODAY, I SHALL PAINT A PICTURE,READ SOME, WRITE SOME ON MY NEXT BOOK,
AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS.
AS I TOLD THOSE LAST NIGHT-YOU CAN STOP ME FROM BEING YOUR PASTOR,BUT NOT YOUR FRIEND.
MY BLOGS SHALL CONTINUE-PASTOR JOE

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