Walk with God and be used by God (Isaiah)

This coming Sunday, I have been invited to preach/teach at one of the church plants of Good News. I am excited because I have not visited this church plant in a couple of years. Many of the members there are very dear to me. This was the first church that I visited while in Moldova, many years ago. I am excited to be able to go and study the Word of God with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I would like to share the message here in written form before we study it as a church. The lesson comes from a study written by Dr. Wayne Barber. The name of the study is “Walking with God”. Lesson 2 covers Isaiah’s walk with the Lord. This message is relevant to the 21st Century because Isaiah’s culture is not too different from ours today.

The Sermon on the Mount (part 5)

I just returned home from teaching a session on Missiology based on the Sermon on the Mount. I have decided to continue writing on this subject. This is an amazing message because it sets in contrast the righteousness of man and the righteousness of God. The characteristics of the righteousness of God have been covered in the previous articles. Once a person encounters God

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Ministry update from Moldova

This has been a busy week on the mission field. I absolutely love serving the Lord day in and day out in the country of Moldova. It is not easy and is quite exhausting most of the time but also so fulfilling.

The week began on Sunday at Good News. The medical team that was to work in a village arrived at church and I was their translator. It was a great service. They shared and encouraged us and then we all prayed for the upcoming week’s activities. They were about to go and work in a village that has a long history of animosity toward the Gospel. God answered our prayers and worked in a mighty way among the people of the village.

Is it important to have a profession?

I went to teach my two 8th grade classes yesterday and the theme of the lesson was the importance of choosing a profession. After finishing the Bible study “What does the Bible say about sex”, I have been invited to add a Biblical perspective on the topics covered over the course of the rest of the semester during civics class. Yesterday’s topic was careers, as I have already mentioned. I would like to share some of the truths from the lesson here.

What happens to a nation that forgets God?

We live during days that are very similar days to the days of the prophet Joel, even though many centuries separate us, our cultures are very similar. At one time during the history of the USA, there was a very healthy fear of the Lord. Children used to pray at school even if they did not come from families that were faithful to God. Many children learned how to read using the Bible as their guide. Bible stories were once the bedtime stories that children heard from their parents. Somewhere along the way, people stopped seeking fellowship with God. It did not happen overnight. It happened little by little until social/secular life became separate from spiritual life and many just completely moved away from spirituality. This discretion is a mirror image of what happened in Israel during the life of the prophet Joel. Society was falling apart then as it seems to be doing now. I would like to examine the root of the problem and see what solution God offers to right was has been made wrong by us, the people.

Passionate for God, passionate for success

This Friday night, I will be leading a study on accomplishing great things for the Lord during your teen and young adult years. We live in an age of extreme selfishness, where most people are trained to be successful for themselves. We teach our children that the world revolves around them and they carry that idea into their teen and young adult years. They are ready for great accomplishment and many of them are successful yet they end up being unsatisfied with their accomplishments because their motives and priorities are not correct. This generation does what it does for selfish reasons because that is they way that they have been trained. Or, others, unfortunately many more that I would like, end up being so self-centered that they become apathetic to life and end up accomplishing nothing because they are so self occupied in what makes them “happy” or brings temporal pleasures. I see this among the “gaming” crowd. They sit around all day or all night, playing virtual games, attaining temporal pleasure but really accomplishing nothing useful. The entire world revolves around them, their wants and desires. As people, God created us for greatness, under His guidance and leadership of course, yet so many young people do nothing for the Lord and very little to help their fellow man. This should not be the “norm” yet that is the status quo of the day. I really believe that this can be changed if we “train up our children” the way that God teaches us. It is not too late. God wants to use us, the older generation, to invest in the younger generations to train them in His ways so that their character and attitudes will change and they will be passionate for God and passionate for success in this world, success that will leave them satisfied instead of disappointed.

Homosexuals never miss an opportunity to promote and impose their lifestyles on others

I have not written much about the homosexual agenda here lately. I wish I never had to write about it. If there were not continual promotion on their part, imposing their lifestyle on the public and spreading their propaganda then I would not have to write. I know that they will never stop because their manner and actions have already been described in the Word of God. I have written about how homosexuality is openly promoted in the public schools. There is much proof and you can read some of the articles here.

How to have a winning year in 2013

As I prepare to teach this Friday night at our youth group’s first meeting of the New Year, 2013, I want to encourage the youth to prepare themselves to have a winning year. What I mean by winning year is, when you look back over 2013, you can say that you accomplished many things for the Lord by serving the people around you. Many people just live their lives day by day with an attitude of mediocrity. They are satisfied with the “status quo”.

Can one man really make a difference?

As a pastor, I enjoy sharing the Good News of the Gospel with the people around me as well as counseling believers and nonbelievers alike. As I speak with people about the difference one person can make in this world I usually end up hearing something like, “what can one person really do to make a difference in this big world of ours.”. I leave it as a statement instead of a question because from the tone of voice and body language, it is obvious that the person in making a statement instead of asking a question. I want to share about the impact that two people have had on this world by impacting the lives of many, many people.