Deposits or Withdrawals??

Your bank statement just came in today. Unfortunately your account has an under-draft fee. Apparently you haven't made enough deposits into your account for the balance in your life to be positive and thus you have nothing saved up. How's your spiritual bank account today? Have you made enough deposits to God through prayer today....this week? Pray to save up your positive outlooks this week!

Ever wonder if you're being heard up in heaven? By God or by Jesus....or even maybe that guy who is standing at the pearly gates? So many times I hear younger Christians base their beliefs or lack there of on the fact that God doesn't make their "wishes" come NOW!! What about God's wishes for us? Do we ever stop and think about how much we attempt to "withdrawal" from God's grace account? How about the low balance of His mercy account? (Assuming there is a limit to mercy when there isn't)

Each time you pray, is it the same ol' same ol' way of talking to Him? Do you feel your eye lids start to heavy more as you think of the next creative word to use...thinking deep down you may stump God? Stop right now....STOP! Take a deep breath...and let it out SLOWLY.....and just LISTEN! Not for a second, ten seconds or even just one minute! LISTEN....for as long as God leads you to. Hear that still small voice....pay attention to the God deposits to your life all around you.

Once you take the time to check your balance of the deposits He gives, with NO withdrawals....you will realize how far behind you are in your deposits and you have just your lifetime to try and catch up!

Talk to Him. Talk to Him NOW and don't candy-coat it, don't fluff it up. Just say your peace, your hurts, your frustrations, your confusions, your sense of loss....He's listening and enjoying the deposits coming in!

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full." -Matthew 6:5 (NIV)

reViVe Services are a Blast!

Who Wants to be a Bible Superstar?

Well, reViVe service began a mere three weeks ago now after tonight and God is continually building our church's interest. The first two weeks there were 32 each night...tonight there were 38!! Tonight we played Bible Trivia and had lots of fun...you see your host below...."Pastor Chazzle" :)

God will continue to move and bless the excitement His followers show Him in fellowship and discipleship....won't you come join the fun?? :)

What are others painting about you?

Ever felt as if your life is already pre-destined? That somewhere in the clouds there is someone painting your life's picture? Well, if you are a Christian you already know the answer to that, but if you are not....you might be pondering more as you read this. Depending on your family upbringing, your life's "picture" can come out looking beautiful, bright, and full of life within its borders. Others, hold a shade of more darker, gloomier and lifeless colors; reflecting the foundation of sin played out by those you love.

Family is tough. The slighest "malfunction in the junction" can cause relational streaks in your portrait. Streaks that even the best painters cannot fix back to its original purpose. I experience that same style of streaks even today as a pastor for my family holds a section of my portrait with darker colors. Most believers in Christ have a desire to be loved and accepted, thus a reasoning for their conversion and life changing moments.

"But that's no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It's rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ's body we're all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself. Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don't use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don't stay angry. Don't go to bed angry. Don't give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life."

Ephesians 4:20-27 (The Message)

If you allow someone else, other than your Heavenly Father influence or control your life your painting of life will not look like the masterpiece that was intended for you. Take the brush, submit it to the Lord and let Him paint your way to Heaven's glorious gallery where all your previous streaks are covered by the Master's seal.