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Sunday, January 31, 2010
The main goal of man In 2 Peter 3:18, Simon Peter makes
a remarkable statement, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory
both now and forever.” Early in his first letter he says this, “Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated
spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it in [your] salvation, since you have tasted that the Lord is good. Peter’s
emphasis is in growing and the eighteenth verse gives us the way to grow. The key is glorifying God. The 17th century
Puritan Catechism stated this, ”What is the chief end of man? The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him
forever.” Psalm 19:1 states, “The heavens declare the glory of God.” The vastness of space declares
His glory. Isaiah 43:20 you hear Isaiah say, “The beast of the field shall give me glory.” All of creation the heavens
and the beast of the earth give God the glory. At the birth of Jesus a heavenly host of angels proclaimed, “Glory
to God in the highest.” The book of Revelation, the great summation of history comes together, God’s redeemed, His people
are there and they respond like this, “Hallelujah! Salvation, glory and power belong to our God.” We are to “Glorify
God now and forevermore!”
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Our Happiness No
one desires our happiness in this life more than the heavenly Father. Jesus Himself taught,” If you then , being evil
, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those
who ask Him.” (Matt.7:11) Knowing this, why should any of us want to settle for any of the cheap, fleeting substitutes
of instant gratification that Satan offers. I read recently a news article that the only two areas not severely hit by the
bad economy was the entertainment sector and restaurants ( eating out). Which means in some cases there are those who still
try to find happiness in the external rather than the internal. Our Heavenly Father desires our happiness and He has shown us how. Jesus clearly presented
it to us in what we call the Beatitudes. The word blessed can also be used this way “ Happy are…”. Happy are the poor in spirit… Happy are those who mourn Happy are the meek… Happy are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness… Happy are the mercy… The character and attitude describe in Matthew 5:3-12 is unattainable
by self-effort, but is obtain through the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Paul said, ”Be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Traveling through Mexico
This past week Sandra and I went to San Antonio,TX to do several things that we needed
to do. We had boxes of material sent to a church, where we pick them up. We shopped at two Christian bookstores and of course,
Target and Wal-Mart. It is interesting that the last two visits to SA it has rained. SA is not a place where it rains often.
After taking care of what needed to be done there we headed back down to Mexico. It rained and rained until right outside
of Laredo. We made our way to Saltillo to spend the night and the next morning when we got up, it was pouring down rain and
it was cold. Here again, another rare sight in Northern Mexico, particularly this time of year, in the dry season.
That morning, Friday
we headed south toward Mexico City, soon we were driving through snow after the deluge. There is a mountain pass on the quota
and we began noticing this white stuff at the higher elevations and sure enough it was snow. Then when we got to the highest
point the landscape was beautiful dusted with snow. The fir trees and the cactus were covered with snow. We just had to get
out and look at it and even take a few photos. This is a rarity for that part of the country. When it is normally cold enough
to snow there is not enough moisture. After our stop we continue on and then we hit rain again along with hail. Following
the rain and hail we encountered high crosswinds for the remainder of the trip. We battled that until we arrived in Mexico.
When we got to one of the toll booths outside of MC we had to wait over thirty minutes to get through that and then when we
got into MC it took us over an hour to got six miles. Surprisingly so, we made it in and was not extremely tired. It may have
been the adrenaline that kept us going to the end. Sleep came easy that night. Praise God!
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
“Now may the God of peace Himself
sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul and body be persevered blameless at the coming of our Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Your whole spirit… The great work of the Holy Spirit is done mostly in the deep recesses
of the being we cannot reach. Do you believe that God can fortify and protect our thought processes far beyond the where we
can go? “… the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” ( 1 John 1:7)
This
means that through the blood of Jesus Christ , His blood penetrates even the deepest levels of our soul to cleanse even that
we may not be aware of. The person who has been dulled by sin will say he/she is not even aware of it. But the cleansing of
sin we experience will reach the heights and depths of our spirit if” we walk in the light as He is in the light.”
The same Spirit that fed the life of Jesus Christ will feed the life of our spirit. Don’t be dull of heart but “be
filled with the Spirit.”
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit,
soul and body be persevered blameless at the coming of our Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Your whole spirit…
The great work of the Holy Spirit is done mostly in the deep recesses of the being we cannot reach. Do you believe that God
can fortify and protect our thought processes far beyond the where we can go? “… the blood of Jesus Christ His
Son cleanses us from all sin.” ( 1 John 1:7)
This means that through the blood of Jesus Christ , His blood
penetrates even the deepest levels of our soul to cleanse even that we may not be aware of. The person who has been dulled
by sin will say he/she is not even aware of it. But the cleansing of sin we experience will reach the heights and depths of
our spirit if” we walk in the light as He is in the light.” The same Spirit that fed the life of Jesus Christ
will feed the life of our spirit. Don’t be dull of heart but “be filled with the Spirit.”
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely;
and may your whole spirit, soul and body be persevered blameless at the coming of our Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Your whole spirit… The great work of the Holy Spirit is done mostly in the deep recesses of the being we cannot
reach. Do you believe that God can fortify and protect our thought processes far beyond the where we can go? “…
the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” ( 1 John 1:7)
This means that through the blood
of Jesus Christ , His blood penetrates even the deepest levels of our soul to cleanse even that we may not be aware of. The
person who has been dulled by sin will say he/she is not even aware of it. But the cleansing of sin we experience will reach
the heights and depths of our spirit if” we walk in the light as He is in the light.” The same Spirit that fed
the life of Jesus Christ will feed the life of our spirit. Don’t be dull of heart but “be filled with the Spirit.”
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Don’t Miss
God’s Answer “ Is there anything
too hard for the Lord? No!” Genesis 18:14
The God of surprises strikes
again… God does that for the faithful. Just when the womb is too old for babies, Sarai gets pregnant. Just when the
failure is too great for grace, David is forgiven…
The lesson ? Three words. “Don’t give up.”
Is
the road too long? Don’t stop.
Is the night black? Don’t quit.
God is watching . For all you know right at this moment … the check may be in
the mail.
The apology may be in the making.
The
job contract may be on the desk.
Don’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
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Pastor Lynn Sasser has served several years in Mexico. He
has lived in the United States and served there @ several churches as a Youth Minister and also served in Costa Rica
as a missionary. He served in the Toluca area as a missionary before being @ CCBC.
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