How much are you worth? Do you struggle with that? Do you struggle with self-forgiveness? Do you understand the concept but simply cannot seem to apply it in your life? And, does this hold you back sometimes from being an effective minister for the Lord? Where does that come from? Does it come from the enemy? Perhaps it comes from your dysfunction? Or, perhaps it comes from a combination of both? Is it simply the devil taking advantage of your dysfunction? We will endeavor to look at this subject and address these questions but know this, it does not come from God.
Archive for September, 2011
Its worth exactly how much someone is willing to pay for it
Posted by appolus on September 24, 2011
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The Church that will stand in the coming storm!
Posted by appolus on September 23, 2011
Hi Guys, please click on the link for a 20 minute sermon on the end time Church. This message was delivered on our Tuesday night prayer call which all are welcome, the number can be found at the top of my website. This was a simple yet profound message on what the end time Church will look like. It was delivered by Pastor Brian Long who is a personal friend of mine and who has been featured on this site before. Please listen, the recording is of our whole prayer meeting, but the first 20 minutes is the sermonnette http://www.box.net/shared/7nbkcoiz0qvvjn7jol4r
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Perpetual desolation
Posted by appolus on September 19, 2011
The poem that I wrote below is based on Psalm 74. There are many out there who know the pain of destruction, who know the agony of failure. Their failure has allowed the doors of destruction to be open and in pours hell and all of its fury. And when the enemy comes on he comes in without mercy. He wreaks havoc and tears down everything, things that took a lifetime to build, perhaps generations to establish, this is the nature of the enemy, he is a destroyer. He takes that which is precious and crushes it. Now while this is very true on a personal level, this is also true on a national level. This Psalm is a lament. It laments invasion. It cries out to God from a hopeless place. It remembers its past victories and cries out to God to remember His covenant. Brothers I believe that there is such a time coming to Christendom, a time of perpetual desolation, a time of losing everything that has been precious to us, a stripping down until we stand naked before God and all that is left is what is truly valuable to us, our relationship with Him. Stand fast in the days ahead brothers and sisters. Press into God now, fill your lamps with oil now for the darkness comes, the darkness comes. In this place of desolation we can find Gods glory. For even the darkness is light to Him, praise God.
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Are we lovers or prostitutes?
Posted by appolus on September 14, 2011
The Question That Changed My Life, by David Ryser
A number of years ago, I had the privilege of teaching at a school of ministry. My students were hungry for God, and I was constantly searching for ways to challenge them to fall more in love with Jesus and to become voices for revival in the Church. I came across a quote attributed most often to Rev. Sam Pascoe. It is a short version of the history of Christianity, and it goes like this:
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Stoking the fires of the culture wars!
Posted by appolus on September 12, 2011
Quote from ” Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”
” Karl Bonhoeffer’s conclusions may have been different from his son’s, but his respect for truth and for other human beings of different opinions formed the foundation of a civil society in which one might disagree graciously and might reason together civilly and productively. In the years ahead this would be seriously attacked, and the Nazis would stoke the fires of the culture wars (Kulturkamp) to play their enemies against each other. They would brilliantly co-opt the conservatives and the Christian churches, and when they had the power to do so, they would turn on them too.” (page 96)
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The Psalms and poetry
Posted by appolus on September 10, 2011
The Lord has laid it upon my heart to write a poem for every Psalm. I was somewhat overwhelmed by this throught. Writing a poem about a poem. My hope is that if anyone reads these poems then it will lead them to the corresponding psalm. What I have realiszed in writing these is that what I write is like a crumb that falls to the floor from a magnificent banqueting table, a veritible feast of beauty and truth and honesty. We can truly see in the Psalms why David was a man after Gods own heart. Here is the first ten………………………
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Hardened and Tempered
Posted by appolus on September 5, 2011
Hardened and tempered
Refined of all dross
Hardened and tempered
Whatever the cost
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A Call To The Remnant 