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Fishing and Temptation

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In our series at church called “God Has An App For That” we just finished week number three, talking about “overcoming temptation”. In this blog I will post a five minute video clip from that message. This video discusses NOT blaming God for our temptations. And of course if you want to know the number one tool, to help overcome temptation, it’s simply reading and studying the word of God.

A great study is to read Psalm 119 and then list on a sheet a paper the number of blessings that result from reading and knowing God’s word. If you do a diligent study and list all the blessings of Psalm 119, you would then understand the value and victory that comes from spending time in the greatest book ever written.
So, either start today and immerse yourself in the word or get ready to fail to the temptations that Satan throws your way.
I’ll be praying you make the wise choice!
Go to www.GodHasAnApp.com to see the rest of the lessons.

It Makes Zero Sense. Sheen, Sin, Oil and the Moon.

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I don’t understand why every time I wash my car it rains. i.m.z.s.

I don’t understand why the United States of America would rather be dependent upon oil from the Middle East, which is a ticking time bomb, than drill for oil in our own country and have cheaper gas. i.m.z.s..

I don’t understand how we can put a man on the moon yet I can’t seem to find a garage door opener that works. i.m.z.s.

I don’t understand how politicians, on both sides of the aisle, got our nation into 14.5 trillion dollars worth of debt and continue to keep their jobs. i.m.z.s.

I don’t understand how Charlie Sheen has 1.5 million followers on Twitter, in a few days, for being a lunatic and I have 1000 followers after 6 months and have a good head on my shoulders. i.m.z.s.

I can’t understand why every pro-choice person wouldn’t “pay it forward” for their parent’s choice, to NOT terminate your life. It just seems if someone CHOOSE NOT to abort YOU, that after you have enjoyed life, you would want others to have the same right to experience what you have experienced. i.m.z.s.

I can’t figure out how the spotted owl has more protection and more rights than a child within his/her mother’s womb. i.m.z.s.

It doesn’t make any sense to me that artist, writers and musicians wouldn’t want to use their gifts, ever day, to simply bring honor to God by creating music that is “heavenly” and not “worldly” i.m.z.s.

It makes ZERO sense, why any adult, would hurt any child, in any way knowing that Jesus said “It would be better for you to have a millstone tied around your neck and be thrown to the depths of the sea, than for someone to hurt a child.” i.m.z.s.

I don’t understand why going to a football game, which last 3 hours long and cost hundreds of dollars while sitting next to some guys that drink till they’re drunk is not a sacrifice, yet going to church for an hour and bringing an offering to God and sitting next to people of faith, preparing for heaven seems like a most painful experience. i.m.z.s.

It seems a tad bit strange that we would cry over a movie that is all smoke and mirrors (acting and Hollywood) and yet not shed a tear over the millions that are lost and who do NOT know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. i.m.z.s.

I will never understand how God desires to love you and forgive you of all of your sins and take you to eternity to live with him forever, yet most would rather remain locked in their sin and have choosen to reject his love and provision (John 3:16) and spend an eternity is hell. I.M.Z.S.

I can’t figure out why any person, for any reason, would every say no to Jesus. I.M.Z.S.

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Recall Notice

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The Maker of all human beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed “Subsequential Internal Non-Morality,” or more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed.

Some other symptoms include:
1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental Component
7. Fearfulness
8. Idolatry
9. Rebellion

The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is providing factory-authorized repair and service free of charge to correct this SIN defect. The Repair Technician, Jesus, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is: P-R-A-Y-E-R. Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus, into the heart component. No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with:

1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control

Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E . (Believers’ Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes. WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded.

DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that facility. Thank you for your attention! You may contact your maker any time by “kneemail.”

Ted Haggard

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It’s really early in the morning and I woke up and I’ve been trying to find the right words to express the emotions of my heart. As you can probably tell, I never wanted to put things in my blog that make people’s hearts sad. In fact, I wanted to use this blog to bring joy and laughter into people’s hearts I figure there is a lot of pain in the world and because of that I wanted this to be a place of encouragement. Having absolutely NO IDEA who would be reading through this blog, and being that the particular subject of this title had so many sordid details, I just wasn’t sure I wanted to discuss any of it in my blog spot. However, I wanted to share several things that have been running through my mind.

First, I have never met Ted Haggard and I’ve never heard him preach and I’ve never been to his church. So everything I know about him I learned through the media. My initial thoughts are that I do NOT know what’s true and what’s not true concerning his life. I did log on to his church website and I read his letter of resignation: http://www.newlifechurch.org/TedHaggardStatement.pdf

Having read his letter I know several things–first and foremost that God’s heart breaks when ANY of us commit ANY sin. You see, my heart is crushed over this situation. It is sooooooooo sad to hear of a Leader falling like this, yet it is why God sent his only son JESUS to die on the cross. It was for OUR sin that he died. Surely the heart of God is as devastated as ours when we hear of stories like the story of Ted Haggard or any other church leader (or church member) who falls. Secondly, I have absolutely NO IDEA how Ted Haggard got involved in these kinds of sins. I don’t know how he was raised. I don’t know who his parents were. I don’t know who influenced him as a child. I know NONE of these things. What I do know is that Satan has about a million ways to deceive us and to lure us. Somehow and in some way all of us have given into his lies. The Bible makes it very clear in Romans 3:10-23 that ALL OF US have sinned. All of us have battled with right and wrong and we know of this war within our own members. As I read through his resignation letter, Ted mentions that he has been at war with these particular issues for most of his adult life. I believe him when he states that. I believe that he knew it was wrong and wrestled with these sins for most of his life. James 1 and Romans 3 talks about how sin takes a hold in our lives and how it leads to death.

The more I think through this story it’s difficult for me to even understand how he could get involved in such terrible things, especially because he is a fellow pastor and church leader. How do any of us get involved in the sins of the flesh? (Galatians 5:16-26) It happens when we allow the things of the world to creep into our lives and all it takes is taking our eyes off of Jesus. And when we do that, we are in the cross hairs of the devil himself. He is waiting for all of us to fail and Jesus is LONGING for us to follow in His footsteps, so to speak, and resist the enemy and his temptings.

We all must guard our steps and our hearts lest we too be swept away and lose our witness and our testimony to the world.

I may come back and write some more later, but as I close this lengthy entry, I want to encourage you to pray for Ted Haggard and his family. That might be difficult for some of you, but they need us to lift them up before the Father. The damage done in unimaginable. The hurt and pain in unbearable. We all feel a sense of betrayal. We wish that this had never happened. But we still need to pray for them. We are devastated by this story but think about how devastated the family must feel. Only God can sustain them through this difficult time. You see, I’m not giving up yet. God has rebuilt and restored MILLIONS who have fallen. It is His specialty. Ted Haggard has preached against sin and he has preached about the Love of God and the forgiveness of God most of his life. Although he was swept away by his own choices and his own weaknesses the Love of God is greater than ANY sin and greater than ANY failure. Ted will probably never lead a church again, but I believe that God can restore his life and give him victory over his failures. (Romans 5:8 and 1 John 1:9) You know what it says…and that’s how God restored YOU and that’s how God restored ME.

Lastly, (do we need any other reminders?) as Christians, we are to put our faith and trust in GOD. Never in man. Never in the minister. Only ONE is PERFECT. Only ONE is absolutely PURE. Only ONE can redeem mankind.

Look! THERE is the LAMB of GOD that taketh away the SINS of the WORLD. (John 1:29)