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April 3, 2020 by Douglas Kiser

Daily Encouragement “If I Had Known”

By Oswald Chambers

If you had known…in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. —Luke 19:42

Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly and the city was stirred to its very foundations, but a strange god was there– the pride of the Pharisees. It was a god that seemed religious and upright, but Jesus compared it to “whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness” (Matthew 23:27).

What is it that blinds you to the peace of God “in this your day”? Do you have a strange god– not a disgusting monster but perhaps an unholy nature that controls your life? More than once God has brought me face to face with a strange god in my life, and I knew that I should have given it up, but I didn’t do it. I got through the crisis “by the skin of my teeth,” only to find myself still under the control of that strange god. I am blind to the very things that make for my own peace. It is a shocking thing that we can be in the exact place where the Spirit of God should be having His completely unhindered way with us, and yet we only make matters worse, increasing our blame in God’s eyes.

“If you had known….” God’s words here cut directly to the heart, with the tears of Jesus behind them. These words imply a responsibility for our own faults. God holds us accountable for what we refuse to see or are unable to see because of our sin. And “now they are hidden from your eyes” because you have never completely yielded your nature to Him. Oh, the deep, unending sadness for what might have been! God never again opens the doors that have been closed. He opens other doors, but He reminds us that there are doors which we have shut– doors which had no need to be shut. Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you. God will turn what might have been into a wonderful lesson of growth for the future.

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March 31, 2020 by Douglas Kiser

Men’s Bible Study on” ZOOM”

Men’ s  bible study in still goin on through the app “ZOOM”. Download through your play store and join us Wednesday’s at 12 noon and Thursday evenings at 7pm.

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October 26, 2019 by Douglas Kiser

HOUR OF POWER PRAYER

EVERY SUNDAY EVENING AT FIVE PM WE HOLD A PRAYER SERVICE IN THE SANCTUARY, TO PRAY FOR OUR CHRUCH, OUR CITY, OUR NATION & IT’S LEADERS, ISRAEL, THE MISSIONARIES, ALSO THE SICK AND HURTING. COME AND UNITE WITH US AND LEAN ON THE LORD IN PRAYER, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNCERTAIN  TIMES. Now with the quarantine in place we are having prayer meeting through the app”ZOOM’. Download it through your play store and join in on the Hour of Power Prayer meeting! Prayer starts at 5pm.

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October 21, 2019 by Douglas Kiser

C E F Child Evangelism Fellowship

What do a cafeteria, art room, and a library have in common?         ANSWER:    GOOD NEWS CLUB!

Praise the Lord the good news club can meet in public elementary schools. Several schools of our area meet in cafeteria, art rooms and libraries. Ask the teachers: it is amazing to hear children singing with enthusiasm about Jesus. Some clubs even includes a pizza party {yes of coarse the children love it} and all clubs to include the gospel message. The best thing about GNC ? Children are believing in Christ as they’re Savior and God is changing lives.

If your church would like to partner with CEF and posted a good news club your community. Please call or email Sarah Carlson for more information: 765-376-4327, scarlson.laf.cef@gmail.com

Romans 1:6 “For i not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation, to all who believes…”!

 

 

 

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October 12, 2019 by Douglas Kiser

Devotional blog

Scripture states, the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps, a man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. See the Lord is the God of disruptions. He is in control of all things and he is the great Messer upper of human plans. Noah was going along minding his own business when God stepped in,  disruptive whatever plans Noah had and told him to build an ark to reboot the whole world. Hey Tower of Babel under Nimrod’s rule  the whole world had a plan believing they were building their own utopia, but God came down, messed up their plans and disrupted all of their lives with a humble restart. Abraham was chilling in his land of idolatry, until God disrupted his life of ease and told him to get going and keep going until the lord told him he’s arrived. Moses was enjoying his retirement hanging out with someone else’s sheep when God disrupted his life, messed up all his plans and sent him on an extraction mission in Egypt.  David was playing his music thinking about his next composition to guide his father’s sheepDavid was playing his music thinking about his next composition to guide his father’s sheep when the lord anointed him king and took him from leading sheet to shepherding the Lords chosen people. Mary was doing whatever she was doing in preparation of her marriage to be, when she was told that she had been chosen to give birth to the Messiah, Jesus God the son in the Flesh. And Saul was on his way to murder some more Christians when the Lord stepped in knocked him down, messed up all his plans, and changed his name to Paul. When the Lord brings disruptions, He alters the entire course of human history; however, it has not been since Genesis 11 that the Lord is messed up the plans of man at one time on a global scale. Right now the Lord is acting on a global scale according to his own plans and disrupting every plan of man. He’s destroying the idols and everything mankind trust for comfort, security, pride, and the illusion of power and control. Now that He’s gotten the world’s attention with the coronavirus, the Lord is calling us to look up, but He’s commanding true believers in Christ to unity and faithfully show the unbelieving world Jesus is the Way, the truth, and the life. And no one comes to the Father except through Christ Jesus.  The Lord created one race of humans and His heaven  will be fulfilled with nothing but true believers from every nation, tribe and tongue under the sun. The Lord through this virus is showing us that He is not interested in the color of your skin{ it’s dust}, He’s concerned about his glory. He’s not partial to our cultural traditions, He’s concerned about the truth of His word and salvation found in Christ Jesus alone He’s concerned about the truth of His word and salvation found in Christ Jesus alone. The Lord’s judgment begins first at the house of God and He’s calling us to forsake our idols,  our compromise, our pride, and slandering our brothers while trying to draw o our compromise, our pride, and slandering our brothers while trying to draw others to ourselves in an effort to build our own empires under the guise of being torchbearers of all that is right. John 13:35…” by this, all will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another”. Galatians 5:15-16…” But if you bite and devour one another, beware least you be consumed by one another! I say then: walking the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh”. So, we all have this choice, I can trust the devil I know and stay the person I’ve always been,, or I can trust God to become the person I’ve never known or have ever been. Sounds 34:8 says, “oh taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trust in him”! Jeremiah 17 :5 says,” blessed is the man who trust in the Lord and whose hope is in the Lord.”                                                                                                                                                          Pastor  Joe Bell

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