Thursday, September 30, 2010

 

BY THE SPIRIT

Zech. 4:1-6 (ESV)
And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. [2] And he said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. [3] And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left." [4] And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" [5] Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord." [6] Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE TO WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN AND IS DOING.
DO WE EVER ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO CONTROL US?
WHAT DOES GOD'S SPIRIT WANT US TO DO?
THINK ABOUT IT, AND DO SOME BIBLE READING-PASTOR JOE.

ART CLASS TONIGHT-I START A PICTURE OF A HORSE FOR A FRIEND.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

 

SOON



A DAY OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS COMING SOON.
THINGS WILL IMPROVE, AND GOD WILL DO IT.
ARE WE READY-IT COULD BE TODAY.
IT WILL SURELY COME TO PASS.

THIS COPY DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO THE PICTURE I PAINTED-TOOK MUCH LIGHT ON THE CANVAS.
ENJOY ANTWAY-PASTOR JOE

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

 

BAD PEOPLE DOING BAD THINGS

Zeph. 3:4-7 (ESV)
Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
her priests profane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.
[5] The Lord within her is righteous;
he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
each dawn he does not fail;
but the unjust knows no shame.
[6] "I have cut off nations;
their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
without a man, without an inhabitant.
[7] I said, 'Surely you will fear me;
you will accept correction.
Then your dwelling would not be cut off
according to all that I have appointed against you.'
But all the more they were eager
to make all their deeds corrupt.
THIS IS A SCARY PASSAGE.
IT ISW SCARY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MORNING PAPER ABOUT US NOW.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
GOD HELP US.
PLEASE REREAD THIS PASSAGE, AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
WILL WE LISTEN TO GOD? PASTOR JOE

TODAY I HAVE THE FUNERAL OF A FRIEND JOHN NEELY.
GOD BLESS THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Monday, September 27, 2010

 

YET EVEN WITH ALL MY PROBLEMS...

Habakkuk 3:18-19 (ESV)
yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
[19] God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes me tread on my high places.

REJOICE BECAUSE WE HAVE MUCH TO REJOICE ABOUT.
COUNT OUR BLESSINGS AND REJOICE.
SMILE AND BE HAPPY-HEAVEN AWAITS.
YOU SAVED? SHOUT FOR GREAT JOY.
LET GOD HELP US.
HE LOVES TOO.
PASTOR JOE

WHAT A JOY TO PREACH YESTERDAY AT SALUDA HILL.
I HAD GREAT FREEDOM.
I HAD A GREAT CROWD.
GOD BLESS AS THEIR HEARD THE WORD.
THANK YOU LORD.

Friday, September 24, 2010

 

EVERY ONE ANSWERS TO GOD

Nahum 3:18-19 (ESV)
Your shepherds are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
your nobles slumber.
Your people are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
[19] There is no easing your hurt;
your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands over you.
For upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?

EVERY NATION, AND EVERY PERSON ANSWERS TO GOD.,
WHY DO I BELIEVE THAT?
THE BIBLE SAYS SO.
YOU AND I ANSWER TO GOD.
GET READY NOW-LIVE AS THE BIBLE TEACHES.
THE MESS THE WORLD IS IN IS CAUSED BY PEOPLE LIVING WICKEDLY.
LET'S TRY IT GOD'S WAY-PASTOR JOE....

LATER TODAY OR MNDAY I WILL ADD MY LASTEST PAINTING TO THIS BLOG.
SUNDAY 11 AM I PREACH AT SALUDA HILL NEAR TABLE ROCK-EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

 

Better Days Are Coming

Micah 4:1-3 (ESV)
It shall come to pass in the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
[2] and many nations shall come, and say:
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
[3] He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall decide for strong nations afar off;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore;

There are better days ahead.
Jesus is coming back, and things will change for the better.
To know Jesus as savior is so important for He may come now or today.
We can be ready.
For the saved better days are coming.
For those who do not know Jesus as savior bad days are ahead.
That is what the Bible teaches.
Believe it-PASTOR JOE

ART CLASS TONIGHT-HOPE TO FINISH tABLE ROCK PAINTING.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

 

Lying to God

Jonah 4:1-4 (ESV)
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. [2] And he prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. [3] Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." [4] And the Lord said, "Do you do well to be angry?"


Here Jonah is lying to God and himself.
Excuses don't cut it.
Jonah is wrong.
His excuses don't hold water.
His anger has messed him up.
Should he be mad? NO
He should be glad they are saved.
Lord help me to think more like You-PASTOR JOE

Last night I heard a great message from Roger Couch-what a blessing, plus I saw once again some of the wonderful people from Jones Ave.
God is good.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

 

WHAT MAKES US HAPPY?

Obadiah 1:12-15 (ESV)
But do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
do not boast
in the day of distress.
[13] Do not enter the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity;
do not gloat over his disaster
in the day of his calamity;
do not loot his wealth
in the day of his calamity.
[14] Do not stand at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.
[15] For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.
As you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.

SOME PEOPLE LOVE IT WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO OTHERS.
BE CAREFUL-GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO TAKE PLEASURE WHEN OTHERS FAIL.
WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OTHERS.
WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN TO TRY TO HELP THEM.
THIS IS SOME DEEP STUFF.
REREAD THIS PASSAGE SEVERAL TIMES-PASTOR JOE

GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY MORNING AT SALUDA HILL-11 AM.

Monday, September 20, 2010

 

SIN HURTS

Amos 4:1-2 (ESV)
"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan,
who are on the mountain of Samaria,
who oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!'
[2] The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
when they shall take you away with hooks,
even the last of you with fishhooks.


I love that the Bible tells it like it is.
We need to be warned sin hurts us now and later.
God's ways are best.
To live wrong causes bad things to happen.
Pay attention-God is trying to help us.
He always does. Praise Him-PASTOR JOE

YESTERDAY WAS A WONDERFUL DAY OF ENJOYABLE WORSHIP.
WHAT A GREAT CHURCH JONES AVENUE IS.
I WAS SO BLESSED.
WE WORSHIPPED.
I LOVE THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

Friday, September 17, 2010

 

WHY WAR?

Joel 3:9-12 (ESV) the LORD SPEAKS:
Proclaim this among the nations:
Consecrate for war;
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
[10] Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, "I am a warrior."
[11] Hasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
[12] Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.

SIN IS THE CAUSE OF EVERY PROBLEM.
EITHER OUR SIN OR THE SIN OF SOMEONE ELSE.
IN THIS WORLD THERE WILL BE WAR UNTIL JESUS TAKES US TO HEAVEN.
THERE NO MORE WAR, JUST WORSHIP.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DEAL.
BELIEVE ON JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR AND BE READY-PASTOR JOE

PRAY FOR ME SUNDAY-I WILL BE AT JONES AVENUE 10:30 AM AND 6 PM-MAY GOD BLESS FOR HIS GLORY....

Thursday, September 16, 2010

 

WHEN GOD HAS A PROBLEM

Hosea 4:1-2 (ESV)
Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and no knowledge of God in the land;
[2] there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

SIN IS REAL.
EVIL IS REAL.
GOD HAS DESIRES FOR US.
IT IS FOR OUR GOOD.
HE IS ON OUR SIDE.
HE IS FOR US.
HOW ARE WE LIVING?
PASTOR JOE

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

 

THE REAL KING

Daniel 4:1-4 (ESV)
King Nebuchadnezzar to all peo- ples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you! [2] It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.
[3] How great are his signs,
how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and his dominion endures from generation to generation.
[4] I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace.

ONE OF THE GREAT MEN OF HISTORY MEETS UP WITH ONE GREATER-GOD.
WHO IS IN CHARGE?
WHO IS THE BOSS?
WHO IS IN CONTROL?
GOD, OF COURSE.
HE STILL IS.
AND HE LOVES US AND HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO TO HEAVEN THROUGH FAITH IN HIS SON-JESUS.
WHO IS GREAT-GOD.
HAVE A GOOD ONE-PASTOR JOE

ALEX'S DAUGHTER HAS DONE WELL-VERY SERIOUS OPERATION-NOW OVER-LONG RECOVERY-GOD THANKS-PLEASE CONTINUE TO BLESS.
DAVID HOME AND BETTER.
STEVE DOING WELL.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

 

SIN CAUSES BAD THINGS

Ezekiel 4:1-2 (ESV)
"And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. [2] And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

OFTEN WE ASK WHY?
OFTEN THE ANSWER IS SIN CAUSES BAD THINGS.
SIN HURTS ALWAYS.
I HOPE WE CAN LEARN IT IS BEST TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD-NOW AND LATER.
THINK ABOUT IT-PASTOR JOE

CHERYL'S SON ALEX'S DAUGHTER IS HAVING SERIOUS OPEN HEART OPERATION AT CHARLESTON-PLEASE PRAY-OPERATION AT 11.
DAVID PORTER ONE OF MY BROTHER IN LAWS IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH A BLOOD CLOT-PRAY FOR HIM.
A FRIEND MARTIN WILL HAVE 2 TOES REMOVED TODAY.
JAMES GILLESPIE-ANOTHER DEAR FRIEND IS 93 TODAY-WOW!

Monday, September 13, 2010

 

THANK YOU LORD

LOUISE, MICHELE, JUSTIN AND KYLE WENT WITH OUR PRECIOUS FRIENDS BILL AND TONYA TO PETERS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH FOR HOMECOMING YESTERDAY.
TONYA SANG SO WELL AND THEY ENJOYED HER SO MUCH. SHE WAS ANGELIC.
THEN I SHARED A MESSAGE FROM PHILLIPPIANS 1:1-6 ARE WE A GOOD CHRISTIAN? GOD BLESSED- THE SPIRIT WAS THERE. WE WORSHIPPED.
THEN WE EAT A FEAST-WOW!!!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
THANK YOU LORD-PASTOR JOE

Friday, September 10, 2010

 

the important things are not important anymore

Lament. 4:1-2 (ESV)
How the gold has grown dim,how the pure gold is changed!
The holy stones lie scattered
at the head of every street.
[2] The precious sons of Zion,
worth their weight in fine gold,
how they are regarded as earthen pots,
the work of a potter's hands!

We should be in tears for the important things are not so important as they should be.
So sad but true.
Should the Bible matter?
Should church matter?
Should living right matter?
We are so messed up.
Where is God on our list?
Or is He even on it?
We can do better-start now-PASTOR JOE

THIS SUNDAY I WILL PREACH AT PETERS CREEK IN DACUSVILLE.
I AM BOOKED FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS IN 5 DIFFERENT CHURCHES-GLORY TO GOD.
MY NEPHEW ALEX KELLY HAS A DAUGHTER THAT NEEDS OUR PRAYERS-SHE IS A NEWLY BORN THAT STOPS BREATHING-GOD BLESS HER AND THE FAMILY...

Thursday, September 09, 2010

 

WE CAN DO BETTER

Jeremiah 4:1-2 (ESV)
"If you return, O Israel, declares the Lord,
to me you should return.
If you remove your detestable things from my presence,
and do not waver,
[2] and if you swear, 'As the Lord lives,'
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then nations shall bless themselves in him,
and in him shall they glory."

GOD DESIRES TO BLESS AND USE US FOR HIS GLORY.
WE CAN STOP BAD CHOICES.
WE CAN REPENT.
WE CAN RETURN TO BEING RIGHT WITH GOD.
WHAT WE DO AFFECTS OTHERS.
WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE WE SETTING?
THINK ABOUT IT-PASTOR JOE

FOR THE NEXT 5 SUNDAYS I HAVE 5 DIFFERENT CHURCHES TO PREACH IN-PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AND THEM. THIS SUNDAY I WILL BE AT PETERS CREEK IN DACUSVILLE AT 10:30.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

 

THINGS WILL GET BETTER WHEN....

Isaiah 4:1-4 (ESV)
And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach."
[2] In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.
[3] And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,
[4] when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.

THERE IS COMING A BETTER DAY.
YES IT IS COMING.
BEFORE IT GET HERE JUDGEMENT WILL COME.
SIN AND WRONG SHALL BE DONE AWAY.
ARE WE READY FOR THE LORD TO COME?
FOLKS GET READY IT COULD BE SOONER THAN YOU THINK-PASTOR JOE

STEVE IS NOW AT HOME-HE IS DOING SO WELL.
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIS RAPID RECOVERY-THANKS

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

 

REAL LOVE OR LUST?

Song 4:1-3 (ESV)
Behold, you are beautiful, my love,
behold, you are beautiful!
Your eyes are doves
behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
[2] Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
all of which bear twins,
and not one among them has lost its young.
[3] Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR REAL LOVE.
COURTSHIP
MARRIAGE
LOVE GROWS
CHILDREN
LOVE GROWS FOR GOD AND EACH OTHER.
GOD BLESSES THIS PLAN-TRY IT PASTOR JOE

STEVE IS DOING VERY WELL-MAY SOON GO HOME FOR TREATMENT.
BEEN RETIRED OVER A MONTH-HASN'T SLOWED DOWN YET-DOES IT EVER?

Monday, September 06, 2010

 

DO WE GIVE A HOOT?


Eccles. 4:1 (ESV)
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

SOME HAVE THE MAJOR BLUES. SOME SEEM TO HAVE NOBODY WHO CARES-DO WE?
IN A BUSY SELF-CENTERED WORLD DO WE CARE?
ARE WE TOO BUSY?
GOD HELP US TO HELP OTHERS.

THIS SUNDAY I SHALL BE AT HOMECOMING AT PETERS CREEK IN DACUSVILLE ABOVE EASLEY. STARTS 10:30 TONYA WILL BE IN CONCERT AT 10:30. GOD DESIRES TO BLESS. PRAY FOR US ALL.

Friday, September 03, 2010

 

CAN WE LEARN?

Proverbs 4:1-2 (ESV)
Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
[2] for I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.

CAN WE LEARN?
CAN WE LISTEN?
DO WE KNOW IT ALL?
SOME ARE GIFTED BY GOD TO TEACH-LET'S LEARN FROM THEM-PASTOR JOE

STEVE HAD 2 BYPASSES.
HE IS DOING WELL.
HE HAD A VERY BAD ATTACK.
CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR HIM.
HE HAS A LONG ROAD BACK.

Thursday, September 02, 2010

 

RELIEF NEEDED

Psalm 4:1 (ESV)
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

GOD HEARS ALL PRAYERS,
BUT SOMETIMES HIS ANSWER IS TO WAIT.
SOMETIMES HE SAYS NO.
PRAISE HIM HE IS THERE AND OFTEN SAYS YES.
PRAY FOR STEVE, LOUISE'S BROTHER TODAY AS THEY HAVE TAKEN HIM FOR A
3 0R 4 BYPASS OPERATION.
WE, THE FAMILY ALSO NEED YOUR PRAYERS AS WE LOVE HIM SO.
PASTOR JOE

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

 

IT COMES HOME

Job 4:1-5 (ESV)
Then Eliphaz the Temanite an swered and said:
[2] "If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
[3] Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have strengthened the weak hands.
[4] Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.
[5] But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
it touches you, and you are dismayed.

TROUBLE HAS A WAY TO COMING TO OUR HOME FINALLY.
ONE DAY IT WILL BE OUR TURN.
WILL WE BE READY?
WILL THE LORD HELP US?
WILL WE HONOR HIM THROUGH IT ALL?
CAN WE LISTEN TO THE ADVICE OF OTHERS?
IS THEIR ADVICE WORTH LISTENING TO?
THINK ON THESE MATTERS-PASTOR JOE

TOMORROW AT 8 AM STEVE HAS HIS OPERATION.
HE IS MY YOUNGEST BROTHER-IN-LAW.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF US-PASTOR JOE

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