Listen as Pastor Rick begins an ongoing series based on Tedd Tripp's book titled "Shepherding a Child's Heart." This relevant series on Biblical parenting will encourage and challenge you.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Shepherding a Child's Heart
Listen as Pastor Rick begins an ongoing series based on Tedd Tripp's book titled "Shepherding a Child's Heart." This relevant series on Biblical parenting will encourage and challenge you.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Reality of Man
Monday, July 16, 2012
The Reality of God
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Letting Down the Nets
Sunday, July 8, 2012
ADOPTED!
Inspired by friends and the Apostle Paul, listen as Pastor Rick elaborates on the beautiful picture of our relationship to God, portrayed through the act of adoption. Are you part of the family?
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Is God?
Listen as Pastor Rick shares his personal creed about his beliefs in God, how they were formed, and how they impact his life. You will be challenged and blessed!
The Finest Declaration in the History of the World (Beside the Gospel!)
I love this document!
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen
in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and
to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station
to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments
long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;
and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed
to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train
of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a
design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards
for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of
these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to
alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present
King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations,
all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny
over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid
world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should
be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend
to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large
districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of
Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and
formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records,
for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his
measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause
others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of
Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise;
the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of
invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for
that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners;
refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and
raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign
to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent
to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders
which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring
Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging
its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument
for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries
to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun
with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the
most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized
nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas
to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their
friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured
to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian
Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction
of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in
the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only
by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every
act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free
people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We
have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to
extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of
the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured
them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations,
which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We
must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our
Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in
War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America,
in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the
world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by
Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and
declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free
and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to
the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and
the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and
that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War,
conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all
other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And
for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the
protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our
Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Sin & Its Solution
Listen as Pastor Rick shares a serious message about our understanding of sin and how to find a solution to sin in our lives. If you would like a copy of the notes from this sermon, please see below.
Sin & Its Solution Sermon Notes
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SIN & ITS
SOLUTION
Sin
is the great predicament of humanity.
You’ve felt it and its effects in your life, just as I have in
mine. Our children feel it even before
they can understand it or even be held accountable for it. But the world today does not like to admit
that sin exists. They would rather say
that people are “sick.” However, the problem of evil confronts us everywhere
and reminds us that sin is very real and needs a solution.
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Most
rational minds admit the existence of evil.
Former Los Angeles Police Chief, Daryl Gates dedicated an entire chapter
of his autobiography to the subject. (Gates, )
He wrestled with the topic that has confounded man through the
centuries. That evil exists is
indisputable. From Nazi Germany to
Darfur, we see its indelible imprint upon history as nations continue
perpetrating crimes such as genocide. We
see its specter in the news nearly every day with headlines like “Infant Rape
Crisis Jolts South Africa (CNN.com).”
The crimes of Charles Manson, Edward Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy,
and countless others like them are appalling.
(Layder, 99) That these actions were influenced by external factors and
environment is quite probable. Yet, no
rational mind can for one moment entertain the idea that these actions were
legitimate or justified.
R. H. Cantrell wrote, “All the great
dramatists have recognized the existence of sin in their portrayal of remorse,
disillusionment, penalty, forgiveness and reconciliation. Historians describe the reality of sin in
depicting the struggles of mankind.
Government with its stress on the necessity of law and protection, is an
acknowledgement of the presence of evil.
Philosophers have wrestled with the problem of evil in man’s existence.”
(Purkiser, 200) Thus, while psychiatrists wrestle with what is sickness or sin,
and relativists say sin is only a matter of perspective (there is no right or
wrong), humanity shuffles on ever perplexed by its own depravity.
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While
their solutions are many and varied, most major religions also agree that evil
exists and that man must deal with it at some level in the form of sin. Buddha chose to ignore the source of evil or
“suffering” and focus rather on its assuagement. (Koslowski, 14) Mohammed “regarded sin as a mere external
pollution…capable of being washed off by certain rites” (prayer, pilgrimage,
almsgiving). (Adams, 142) Catholics have an entire system of the “Means of
Grace” whereby one performs various rites to be justified or absolved of his or
her sins. (Jackson, 294) The Protestants
contend that one is justified “by Grace through Faith in Jesus Christ.” (Hastings, 921)
This message today
however, is not to debate the merits or flaws of various religions. Rather we want to examine sin in its Biblical
perspective and most importantly its role in the New Testament. Disagreement about its origins may be hotly
debated and its cure subject to much dispute.
However, its existence is the fundamental reason the Christian religion
exists. Time and space also limit us
from discussing all the relevant factors of theology influencing and impacted
by the theology of sin, such as the roles of grace, faith, and works. We have no time discuss atonement or the propitiation
for sin, or explore the factors of the expiation of sin. There is so much more. From this discussion we desire to scratch the
surface by discussing sin and its solution as presented in the New
Testament. So without further ado, let
us consider the “human predicament”: the reality of sin. (Harris, 356)
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What
is sin as it is seen in the Bible? The
Hebrews of the Old Testament used several words that English translators
rendered “sin.” Chattaah, the most commonly used word, meant “an offense (sometimes
habitual sin). This came from the root chata’ which meant, “to miss, offend, or
trespass.” The word che was also used, which meant “crime.” In the book of first Kings, the writer used
the word ‘avon which meant
“perversity, i.e. (moral) evil.” The
writer of Proverbs used the word ‘asham
which meant “guilt.” (Strong) Addressing this diversity of sin perspectives in
the Old Testament, R. H. Cantrell quoted A.B. Davidson, who wrote, “In the
sphere of religion, sin is idolatry; in the sphere of speech, truth is
righteousness and sin falsehood; in the sphere of moral life, justice is
righteousness and sin is injustice; in the sphere of the mind of man, sin is
the want of sincerity, either toward God or man, guile; purity, [is] the
opposite of this, being purity of heart, simplicity, openness, genuineness.”
(Purkiser, )
The
New Testament writers used three variations of one Greek word hamart from which translators directly
translated the word sin: hamartia meaning, “offence;” hamartano meaning to “miss the mark (and
not share in the prize), to err especially morally;” and hamartema simply meaning “sin.” (Strong)
The
English definition of the word sin,
is general, “an offense against religious or moral law,” and specific, “a
transgression of the law of God” or “a vitiated state of human nature in which
the self is estranged from God.” (Merriam-Webster, Online)
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Theologians
further divide sin into two categories, original
sin and actual sin. The ninth article of the Church of England
stated, “Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians
do vainly talk), but it is the FAULT and corruption of the nature of every man
that naturally is engendered of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from
original righteousness, and is, of his own nature, inclined to evil, so that
the flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit, and therefore IN EVERY PERSON
BORN INTO THIS WORLD IT DOTH DESERVE GOD’S WRATH AND DAMNATION.” (R. J. Cooke,
89)
This
is scripturally supported in various places.
The prophet Jeremiah exclaimed, “The heart is deceitful above all
things, and desperately wicked: who can know it (Jeremiah 17:9)?” In the New Testament, Jesus indicated that
such was the case when He stated, “For from within, out of the heart of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness: all these evil things come
from within, and defile the man (Mark 7:21-23).”
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This
concept however, finds its clearest exposition in the writings of the Apostle
Paul. His treatise to the Romans
describing how by one man sin entered the world and how, by one man (Jesus
Christ), the consequences of that sin could be rendered null and void is one of
the fundamental doctrines of Christianity (Romans Chapters 5,6). Also, in a letter to the Ephesian Church Paul
wrote, “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according
to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience: among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and
of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others
(Ephesians 2:1-3, emphasis mine).” The Greek word Paul uses here for the phrase
“by nature” is phusis which means,
“by lineal descent or natural disposition.” (Strong) Thus we see that Paul believed and taught
that there was a “nature” of sin or a predisposition toward sin, as though a
once straight steel rod had been permanently bent then passed on intrinsically
in the character of every man in every generation.
Additionally,
we recognize that there are direct actions motivated by this corrupted inner
nature. The list Jesus gave of things
that “come out from within” (listed above) is indicative enough of this
idea. Saint Thomas Aquinus discussed the
inevitable transmission of that corrupt inward nature to the outward members by
the choices of will. (Aquinus, 669) Pope
Innocent III wrote in a letter to the Archbishop of Arles in 1201, “Sin is
twofold, original or actual; original sin is contracted without consent, actual
sin is committed with consent.” (Murdoch, 55)
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The
existence of sin therefore implies three things. First it implies a moral authority somewhere
that dictates what is and is not sin.
Second, if sin indeed exists in violation of some just code or person,
there is an implied responsibility to that authority be it code or person. Third, if we must indeed shoulder
responsibility and reap consequences for our transgressions against that code
or person, then the necessity of somehow satisfying the justice demanded
becomes clear.
In
the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus left the startling command, “Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew
5:48).” It is clear the Apostles
believed this truth that God is the ultimate moral authority. In his first General Epistle, the Apostle
John stated, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John
1:5) The Apostle Peter invoked the
Torah, quoting the writer of Leviticus: “But as he which hath called you is
holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye
holy; for I am holy (1 Peter 1:15,16,).”
The Apostle Paul agreed that God calls us unto perfection when he wrote
to the Thessalonians, “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto
holiness (1 Thess. 4:7).” This
unequivocal agreement between writers assures us that they believed God to be
the ultimate moral authority.
If
God is then the ultimate moral authority of the New Testament and is holy and
perfect demanding obedience, then violation of that holiness and perfection,
whether in nature or action, must be construed as “sinful” (missing the mark,
committing a crime, etc.). If therefore
sinful, it is in need of reconciliation else consequences inevitably must
follow.
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Paul
very simply stated that “The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).” He also stated that “All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).”
This leaves all men without any hope of life unless something is done to
correct their position in relation to God Who is the ultimate authority. “As violating that [divine] law and thus
incurring guilt and meriting penalty, sin must have its consequences endured
and its guilt expunged from the record.
When this is done, the claims of the Lawgiver himself are met.”
(Purkiser, 221,222)
The
exact methodology and through what varying measures of grace, faith, and works
this reconciliation is accomplished has been the result of much serious debate
and frankly has resulted in the plethora of “Christian” churches we have
today. This paper will not address all
the theologically debated questions concerning this formula. However, I see some simple concepts worth
considering.
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As we
have already established, there are two facets of the sin problem that need
resolution. Let us discuss them in
reverse order they were presented. First
is actual sin, those outward actions
generated from an inner corruption.
These acts are criminal violations
of the ultimate moral authority for which there must be an accounting.
Man
in his fallen state is unable to atone for his wrongs. Regardless of what penance he might perform,
his corrupt nature merely continues to generate a steady flow of
wrongdoing. Though he may with violent
will control his tendencies, his very nature precludes his ability to utterly
change himself. This would be an
insurmountable problem except that “God commends His love toward us in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) In other words, when we were incapable of
providing justification for ourselves Jesus Christ submitted Himself as a
sinless sacrifice in our stead to satisfy the demands of perfect justice. The only part we play, according to the
Apostle Paul in his letter to the church at Ephesus, is acceptance by faith:
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8,9)
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However,
this only deals with one part of the problem.
If one’s committed sins have been absolved, what about the catalyst that
prompted those actions? This returns us
to the root problem of original sin. If
it remains intact, the logical conclusion is that it will re-infect the
justified life from within. Can anything
be done about this second facet of sin to eliminate its inescapable corruption
of our outward lives?
Jesus
commanded some whom He healed to “Go and sin no more.” John wrote in his first General Epistle,
“Whosoever abideth in him [God] sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen
him, neither known him. Little children,
let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is
righteous. He that committeth sin is of
the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son
of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
for his [God’s] seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of
God.” (1 John 3:6-9) These seem to be
pretty plain statements indicating that we cannot continue in a pattern of sin
once we are reconciled to God. However,
if we are still interwoven with intrinsic corruption, it is inevitable that we
will sin again. There must be more to
the solution.
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The
disciples (though devout followers of Christ and his teachings) found
themselves unable to stand with Christ when he faced the cross. There was some fundamental change needed to
enable them to abandon themselves to the message of Christ, whatever the
consequences might be: to look beyond their own inherent selfishness. This is the reason Jesus commanded them to
wait in Jerusalem after His ascension until they were endued “with power from
on high.” () After the day of Pentecost
when they received the outpouring of the Holy Spirit we see them preaching
without fear or favor. Something had
happened to their nature. Somehow they
had been empowered to “put off” the old selfish man that always forced them to
act according to their own lusts and fears.
Throughout the New Testament we then see them propagate the idea that in
addition to being baptized unto the baptism of repentance, they should be
filled with the Holy Spirit Who would guide them into all truth. We see this demonstrated in the house of the
devout Roman Cornelius (Acts 10) and with the disciples in the coasts of
Ephesus (Acts 19).
Paul
told the Ephesians, “If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by
him, as the truth is in Jesus: that ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” (Eph
4:21-24) Now that one is in the position
of being reconciled to God, he is to “put off the old man, which is
corrupt.” This is an action which must
be accomplished through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit made available at
Pentecost.
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With
this twofold approach, we find a solution presented in the New Testament that
deals with the two facets of sin. One is
saved by faith in the work of Christ on the cross which constituted a gift of
grace freely given to reconcile us to God by pardoning the committed acts of
actual sin. Additionally one is cleansed
from the inner nature of original sin when he “puts off” the old corrupt nature
through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
This
does not preclude us from making mistakes or stop us from dealing daily with
the general degradation of the world and humanity. It does not remove the elements of sickness,
suffering, failure, stress, or physical death from our lives. These things remain consequent facts in a
fallen world. What it does present
however, is the opportunity to understand the human predicament in terms of a
problem and a solution. The accurate
“no-holds-barred” depiction of the state of man and the clear presentation of a
solution beyond ourselves at no real cost to humanity is unique to
Christianity. It presents a way in which
fallen men may be pardoned from the ultimate consequences of their failures and
empowered to live lives of pure motive guided by the Holy Spirit. This is an amazing perspective worth
considering. The writer of Jude
exclaimed, “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only
wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and
ever. Amen.” (Jude 24,25)
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This
is all very good. Now you share with me
a clear knowledge of what sin is at a very basic level. You now know that sin came into the world and
passed on to all of us. You recognize
its consequences still rippling across all the earth. And the wages of sin is death. But what does it mean very simply for you and
for me? It’s great to talk about all
these things and think about them in a theological or theoretical way. But that is not enough. You and I must be convinced of our own
sin. We must admit we are under the law
and face certain eternal damnation and darkness without God. We must personalize the responsibility and
recognize it was by the actions of our hands that Christ was nailed to the
cross. You put Him there. I put him there. And you may say, “I wasn’t even thought of
then.” Perhaps. Nevertheless, in your lifetime, have you not
also trampled under foot the blood of Christ and resisted His gentle voice upon
your heart through conscience or kindness?
Sure you have; as have I.
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Therefore
we all stand guilty in the courtroom of eternity and we are destined one day to
stand before the judge for sentencing.
And without some miracle of grace, we are destined for hell as certainly
as we breathe.
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But
the wonderful thing is that the condemnation need not remain. The words of Paul as he penned the book of
Romans did not stop with the declaration of sins penalty! Rather, I rejoice that they continued on with
the promise of life instead of death!
When
you recognize the seriousness of sin as it is in your heart, then come running
to the foot of the cross and exchange your burden of sin for true freedom! Let Christ shatter the shackles that bind
you. Submerge yourself in the river of
eternal life given freely via the purchase of His blood. Exchange your penalty for His purity. Trade sadness for joy and death for
life.
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Then
Run forward to the tarrying place and wait until your heart is filled with
power from on high – till you are filled with His Spirit which enables you to
live above sin, to walk in peace, to carry your cross without complaint, and
permits you to be presented blameless before Heaven’s throne on that great and
terrible day of judgment!
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Then
RUN forward to the tarrying place and wait until your heart is filled with
power from on high – till you are filled with His Spirit which enables you to
live above sin, to walk in peace, to carry your cross without complaint, and
permits you to be presented blameless before Heaven’s throne on that great and
terrible day of judgment! Then go on.
Don’t stop. This is just the
beginning. The dawning of a life of
service and fulfillment as you walk in obedience and grow in grace and share
this glorious message of hope for humanity’s greatest predicament: the solution
to sin.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Craving
Listen as Pastor Rick shares a message that quickly gets to what really matters in our lives. What do you CRAVE?
"Filled Full"
Listen as Pastor Rick shares a message about relevant holy living by being "Filled Full."
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