The Pastor’s Pen

As Hazel and I were talking to Bobby Murphy, we got on the topic about divorce and how it is ruining Christians marriages. How Satan is out to destroy the family. Bobby ask us if we write what God put on our heart, so we did.

Is Anyone Sorry?
Then
Forgive. Please

My 22 year marriage ended in divorce. My mind was made up I didn’t want to ever be married again. I had been single for 6 years,when the Lord began to empress upon my heart He had something more for me. More for me Lord! I thought. I really hadn’t the slightest desire to talk, think nor could I even imagine getting married ever again. I couldn’t even pray about it. My heart had been wounded I thought beyond repair,but the Lord Jesus had the power to heal me. The Holy Spirit would want me to pray, all I had were tears. So guess what happened? No you’ll never guess. I’ll just have to tell you. The Lord called me to a forty day fast. Yes that’s right. You heard me. I had done many fasts before but never a liquid fast for 40 days. Oh I made it. I survived. On day 37 I woke up , my heart was changed, renewed, and all the hurt was gone. I felt clean and alive. The fast was over, God was with me all the way. He helped me to press through, I was free, and to this day I do not look back, or do I remember the hurt anymore. Praise you Jesus. For those He sets free are free indeed. I had a desire to get married.

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Ezek 40:3-6
3 He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. 4 The man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the house of Israel everything you see.” 5 I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high. 6 Then he went to the gate facing east. NIV

I want to take a walk in the book of Ezekiel. Let us look at chapter 40:1- 44:23. I want to show you or explain what God has revealed to me. First of all it starts with the East Gate and why the East Gate?…

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Power in the Tongue

De 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!

Prov 15:4 4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
NIV

There is mighty power in the tongue. There is creative power in the tongue. In the very beginning Gen 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. NIV God spoke our very being into existence. All of creation was spoken into existence by God just saying let there be and there was and still is and still to come. There was not one thing created that God did not speak into existence. Since we are created in His image we have the same power that He has to move mountains into the sea if we have faith. That is why it is very important in what we say to people or what we speak over them. How would you feel if a person’s soul was committed to hell just by your tongue? That is what happens when we tell a person “go to hell.” Some of you might think that I am going a little overboard but that is the reason why we must guard our tongue. We must be careful in what we say or what we speak over people. How many people’s destiny has been shaped or formed by what their parents have said over them. For example; “You won’t amount to anything. Your no good How come you’re so dumb? You’re so ugly.” When you and I speak negative words over our children and speak negative words over people you and I release curses over them. But when you and I speak positive words over our children and we speak positive words over people we are speaking blessings over them. For example; You are so smart. You are so beautiful. Do you know that you are a blessing from God and we love you? Do you know that you are created in the image of God. God has a plan for you. When you pray out loud you release the creative power of God to move in your life. When you pray out loud, you release the creative power of God to move in other people’s life.

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Forgiveness

De 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!

Matt 18:21-35
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like…

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De 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!”
Let us pray.
Dear Heavenly Father, as we come before you give us ears to hear and a heart to receive your word. Give us your eyes to see people as you see them. Give us your heart to love them and allow us to be your hands and your feet to serve them. In Jesus precious and Holy Name Amen and Amen.
Matt 20:21-28
21 “What is it you want?” he asked.

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2 Chron 34:14-34
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD that had been given through Moses. 15 Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book

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De 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!”
2 Chron 34:1-14
“1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year

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1-13-2008
God has written on the tablets of my heart the truth about Himself. Ps 50:23 23 “He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.” NIV He has never hidden anything from me, the future He has made clear….

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It is time for you and I to put the right perspective on Christmas. We are celebrating a holiday in which we give gifts and we expect to receive gifts. But at the time of Jesus’ birth the wise men brought gifts to honor his birth and they expected nothing in return but just to be able to stand before him. Just to bask in his glory and his purity of a simple birth. They came to honor and to respect him as the Messiah. What do you bring to him to honor his birth? Have you gave him your heart? Have you gave him obedience to his words and by living as his example? What have you gave to him and what do you expect in return? I want to drive something home. We have everything to give but we have no right to expect anything in return. Why should we celebrate this wonderful Holy day. It is like a math equation, A+B+C+D=E. A is the birth of Christ, Bis the life of Christ, C is the death Christ, D is the resurrection of Christ, and E is our gift of salvation. If one part is missing then the rest of the equation is false. We should celebrate the birth in which we receive his gift of salvation. By celebrating this wonderful miracle we give honor to his birth. By celebrating this birth we say thanks for what he has done for you and I. By giving gifts to people in need and expect nothing in return we can put the love back into Christmas.

I want to take a different approach or a different way at looking at the birth of Christ. I want to approach it from the aspect of kinsman redeemer.
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In this bleak economic time, the down sizing of corporations, the loss of jobs, and the loss of homes. People have lost their hope. People have lost their identity because their identity was in their 401k, in their savings account, in their checking account, in the security of their job, and in their status of their home. People are concern in the outward appearance not the condition of their heart. People seem to have lost their joy and their peace. That is because people have put their joy in their children and in the things that make them happy. Their peace is their ability to make money, to save money, and to invest money. We who are called by the name of Jesus Christ need to look up to where our help comes from and put our trust in him. Psalms 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills–where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD,the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip–he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD watches over you–the LORD is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day,nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will keep you from all harm–he will watch over your life; 8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
NIV

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