MY HANDS
1Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

MY FEET
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

MY EYES
John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

MY EARS
Mark 4:2-9 And he taught them many things … and said … He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

MY MOUTH
Psalm 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

MY HEART
1Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

MY MIND
Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself

Tags: Consecration, surrender

This is an excerpt from a sermon by Charles Spurgeon on November 26, 1876 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. It blessed my heart and goes along with yesterday’s message.

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel”—Genesis 3:15

THIS IS THE FIRST gospel sermon that was ever delivered upon the surface of this earth. It was memorable discourse indeed, with Jehovah himself for the preacher, and the whole human race and the prince of darkness for the audience. It must be worthy of our heartiest attention.

Is it not remarkable that this great gospel promise should have been delivered so soon after the transgression? As yet no sentence had been pronounced upon either of the two human offenders, but the promise was given under the form of a sentence pronounced upon the serpent Not yet had the woman been condemned to painful travail, or the man to exhausting labour, or even the soil to the curse of thorn and thistle. Truly “mercy rejoiceth against judgment.” Before the Lord had said “dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return,” he was pleased to say that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent’s head. Let us rejoice, then, in the swift mercy of God, which in the early watches of the night of sin came with comfortable words unto us.

Tags: Salvation, Sin, Spurgeon

God Wants to Hear You Sing

This past year we have seen some good people go on to be with the Lord, and others in our church have suffered real problems, setbacks and burdens. I hope this song will lift your spirits in the Lord! - Pastor

Published by Rick Beckmanon

Rodney Griffin (Songs of Greater Vision [BMI])

Just click the arrow to hear the song.

Their chains were fastened tight
Down at the jail that night
Still Paul and Silas would not be dismayed
They said, “It’s time to lift our voice, sing praises to the Lord
Let’s prove that we will trust Him come what may”

God wants to hear you sing
When the waves are crashing ’round you
When the fiery darts surround you
And despair is all you see
God wants to hear your voice
When the wisest man has spoken
And says, “Your circumstance is as hopeless as can be”
That’s when God wants to hear you sing

He loves to hear our praise
On our cheerful days
When the pleasant times outweigh the bad, by far
But when suffering comes along
And we still sing Him songs
That is when we bless the Father’s heart

Tags: Encouragement, Music, praise

Steve King, along with his daughter, own and operate ElkayMedia. They have recently won a prestigious national award for their work on a church history video.

Here is the excerpt from the Business News section of the “Northern Virginia Daily.”

ElkayMedia, a video production company in Edinburg, has received a 2008 Telly Award for its work in documenting the Hopewell Church of the Nazarene’s 50th anniversary. The half-hour video features interviews with former pastors, charter members and other parishioners, as well as dozens of old photographs. Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards honor outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions.

They didn’t mention their names, but you can read all about them at their website:

www.elkaymedia.com

Congratulations on an excellent job!

Tags: awards, good work, video

Happy Mother’s Day! Here is a poem that I will use in my sermon this morning. What a great thought this is:

A MOTHER BUILDED A TEMPLE

A builder builded a temple,

He wrought it with grace and skill.

With pillars and stones and arches

All fashioned to work his will.

Men said as they saw its beauty,

It shall never know decay.

Great is thy skill, O builder,

Thy fame shall endure forever and shall never fade away.

A mother builded a temple

With loving and infinite care,

Planning each arch with patience,

Laying each stone with prayer,

None praised her unceasing efforts,

None knew of her wondrous plan,

For the temple the mother builded

Was unseen by the eyes of man.

Gone is the builder’s temple,

It’s crumbled into dust,

Low lies each stately pillar,

Now just consuming rust.

But the temple the mother builded

Will last while the ages roll,

For that beautiful unseen temple

Was a child’s immortal soul.

– Author unknown

Tags: Mothers, poems, Special Days

Wasn’t our children’s choir great during the meeting with Byron Foxx? What a nice looking group of young ladies and gentlemen.

God bless them for their effort and enthusiasm singing God’s Word!

Children’s Choir

The Children's Choir Singing April 22, 2008	Byron Foxx with the Children's Choir
Byron playing and singing!

Isn’t it great to sing praises to our God?

Tags: Children's Choir, Music, Special Meetings

Have you ever thought that your work for the Lord just isn’t enough? Perhaps you teach a Sunday School class of young kids, and you wonder if your work has any eternal value. It may be that you don’t feel like you have seen any “results” or “harvest” in the work.

This song was written by Rodney Griffin of the Southern Gospel group, Greater Vision. I hope these words he wrote are an encouragement to you. As another song states “Little is much when God is in it.”

FACES

I DREAMED MY LIFE WAS DONE. I STOOD BEFORE GOD’S SON.
IT WAS TIME TO SEE WHAT MY REWARD WOULD BE
WITH LOVE HE REVIEWED MY LIFE TO COUNT WHAT WAS DONE FOR CHRIST.
FOR THAT IS WHAT WILL LAST ETERNALLY

SEE I’D DONE MY BEST TO SHARE THAT JESUS REALLY CARES
AND HE WOULD SAVE IF THEY JUST BELIEVE
OH, BUT SELDOM DID HARVEST COME AND SO FEW DID I SEE WON
UNTIL THE LORD SAID, “TURN AROUND AND SEE.”

CHORUS:
THEN HE SHOWED ME THE FACES OF THE ONES WHO’D COME BECAUSE OF ME.
SO MANY FACES THAT MY LIFE HAD LED TO CALVARY
ALL THOSE YEARS I THOUGHT NOBODY SAW AS I LABORED IN LOWLY PLACES
THAT’S WHEN JESUS SMILED AND SHOWED ME ALL THE FACES.

HE SAID THOUGH YOU DID NOT SEE THE YIELD, YOU WERE FAITHFUL TO PLOW THE FIELD
AT OTHER TIMES YOU HELPED ME PLANT THE SEED
NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE TASK, YOU DID JUST AS I ASKED
AND THANKS TO YOU THESE SOULS HAVE BEEN SET FREE.

CHORUS:
THEN HE SHOWED ME THE FACES OF THE ONES WHO’D COME BECAUSE OF ME.
SO MANY FACES THAT MY LIFE HAD LED TO CALVARY
ALL THOSE YEARS I THOUGHT NOBODY SAW AS I LABORED IN LOWLY PLACES
THAT’S WHEN JESUS SMILED AND SHOWED ME ALL THE FACES.

I appreciate every Sunday School teacher, every Children’s Church teacher and worker, and everyone who has the privilege of watching over infants in our nursery. Only God knows the impact you are having on their lives!

Pastor Art

Tags: Encouragement, Music, Song