http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml The Pastor's Page: Blog Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:33:50 -0600 http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/63b8f81bc001722cfedc04a49599267e_47651b2e.writeback Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:33:50 -0600 Tim Tebow, quarterback for the University of Florida, became the first sophomore in history to win the coveted Heisman Trophy as the best college football player in the country. With 29 passing touchdowns and 22 rushing touchdowns, Tebow displayed the kind of versatility and athleticism for which every football coach prays. However, if doctors had had it their way, Tebow wouldn't be here today, according to the Gainesville Sun and lifenews.com. Pam Tebow and her husband Bob were Christian missionaries in the Philippines in 1985 and they prayed for their child even before Pam became pregnant. When she did, she contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in contaminated food or drink. As a result, Pam entered into a coma. The treatment for the medical condition required strong medications which would cause irreversible damage to her unborn son and leave him with devastating disabilities. Doctors advised her to have an abortion. Pam Tebow refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians predicted. She ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and, eventually, gave birth to a completely healthy baby in August 1987. "The combination of Timmy's God-given talent, hard work, character and leadership have made a mark on and off the football field," said Pam. Former New York Giant Chris Godfrey shudders to think of the millions of Tim Tebows who aren't here today. "You just have to wonder how many good things did not come into our world because of our unwillingness to say 'Yes' and to trust in God," he said. "Of the 49 million who never lived to realize their potential, imagine the number of future leaders, inventors, doctors - and, yes, even Heisman Trophy winners - among them," said Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. "[We] pray that [Tebow's story] helps persuade other women of the inherent value of their unborn children and the great promise that lies within." http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/fe87605e759e37d74ad014fcc22146d3_4749bd1e.writeback Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:21:18 -0600 You would probably immediately answer "YES" to the question above, but if that is true why do we follow him so dispassionately. We trust him to save us but but we do not trust him enough to lead us, the we wonder why we never find still waters. We say HE provides for all our needs, then we fear giving him more than our spare change. Expecting him to glean from the the corners of our fields like a beggar and thank us for our charity. We say HIS thoughts are higher than our thoughts and that HE is all knowing and then we follow our own counsel because we feel that HE doesn't understand our situation or HIS word doesn't apply because of our special circumstances. We become outraged because the government does not want to display HIS word in public, yet we spend so little time with HIS word in private. They've outlawed prayer in school, but we've abandoned prayer at home. A good school should teach reading, writing and arithmetic. A good home should teach ask, seek and knock. This year we've heard more about Black Friday than Thanksgiving. "Thank you, LORD. Now give me more." Does GOD have your best interests in mind? Don't just answer yes, with your mouth; answer yes, with all your heart, mind and soul. http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/38bd1d97ac4170498a53b6e159eab07b_474981d5.writeback Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:08:21 -0600 Everyone it seems wants GOD to work miracles in their lives but no one wants to suffer through the misery. Before almost any miracle found in the Bible suffering occurred. Before anyone was raised from the dead, they had to die. Before sight was given, there was a period of blindness. The woman suffered many years before Jesus dried up the issue of blood. We are more than willing to be blessed but are we willing to suffer? http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/c5ebc32ac5616faa9c58cd9eb0c1e0e8_471902e0.writeback Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:17:52 -0500 1. When I look at the world and it's future *** I can tell that it's dark and it's drear *** Oh, but I have a hope **** It's the way that I cope*** And I can see my house from here....chorus: And isn't it clear, the time is near, for the precious Holy One to appear... I got a mansion so bright behind the gates of pearly white, and I can see my house from here. Yes I can see my house from here._________________2. There's a peace that passeth understanding*** We're not given to the spirit of fear*** When this world seems so wrong, I know where I belong and I can see my house from here._____________________(TAG) Come up hither, Come up hither, Those are the words I long to hear. I got a heavenly home, where my GOD is on the throne. And I can see my house from here. Yes, I can see my house from here. http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/af91a669b74af0413228bd1e037e08bb_46d0f44a.writeback Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:32:26 -0500 I have no reason to boast, I'm just a sinner at most, But my FATHER loves me and here's how I know He sent his SON............................. In Adam our race became lost; and death was the terrible cost. but what was the price JESUS paid on cross? He shed his Blood........................... It was the blood that gave me life, because the life is in the blood that flowed from the precious SON of GOD..................... When I come to the end of my days and I stand before the one who will judge, If he asks me what I've got to say. I'll plead the blood http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/f99a72e3fe40c7eda906a2d742fe4b1b_467d598f.writeback Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:34:07 -0500 WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? "What must I do to be saved?" was the question asked to Paul and Silas in Acts 16:30. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..." was the reply. Paul (by direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit) wrote in Romans 10:9,10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. This faith is not a mere intellectual acknowledgement of the facts, but a life changing faith which will transform an individual (2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new), and save him eternally (John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life). Why not call in faith upon the Lord Jesus Christ and be eternally saved (Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved). http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/b2332485858c80bfee5826dafe34b1b9_4641a0c5.writeback Wed, 09 May 2007 05:21:57 -0500 "If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." ... Ronald Reagan --"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem." --also by Ronald Reagan http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/c1419e35ed8e92256648a14c263c749d_46314eab.writeback Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:15:23 -0500 If your prayer life is more petition than praise, that's greedy prayer. If it's more "Please" than "Thank You", that's greedy prayer. http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/3960b30efc293a4ffc65fceec9a8a7c5_45b27aa7.writeback Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:25:11 -0600 Ever wonder if God has a sense of humor? Look at the case of Jacob. Jacob presented himself as his brother Esau in order to trick his father into giving him the blessing which should have been Esau's. Taking advantage of his father Isaac's poor eyesight, Jacob disguised himself as Esau and Isaac gave him the blessing meant for Esau. Jacob took the blessing and fled to escape Esau's wrath ending up in the household of Laban. Jacob fell in love with Laban's daughter, Rachel. Jacob agreed to work for seven years for Laban in order to receive Rachel for his wife. Taking a page from Jacob's book, Laban veiled Rachel's sister Leah, to trick Jacob into marrying the wrong sister. Jacob had to work an additional 7 years to marry Rachel also. In spite of all this duplicity, God in his sovereignty used their actions to build the nation of Israel. If Jacob had married Rachel first, he would have never married Leah and would only have had two sons. The twelve tribes would have only been two. In addition, one of Leah's sons, Judah, was the ancestor of Jesus. Not only did Jacob's brand of trickery come back to bite him, God used it to give us the Savior. Pastor Keith Duncan http://thepastorspage.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/55a8b0b2f412562c4c815ac8604ce13b_4569f247.writeback Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:00:07 -0600 Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets