Thy Kingdom Come

I praise God for His wonderful Spirit that was with us today. He is always awesome! He moved and we were blessd.

I praise Connie for her wonderful spirit as she leads us in our singing. As always, the songs picked out were just what we needed. God used her in our service today.

Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

This was our main scripture for today. We have often went out in front of God expecting Him to bless what we are doing when in fact maybe we should be waiting on His Spirit.

We looked at Matthew 28:18-28 and released that we are all mandated to spread the good news about Christ. This is not so much about telling others, as living in front of them. Not everyone has the gift of evangelism, I am not sure but I think it is only about 10% of believers. But we all have the ability to witness, that is to tell and show people how God has made a difference in our lives.

That mandate is to all believers to witness to all unbelievers. Everyone in our lives that don't know Christ are watching to see if God really makes a difference in our lives. You can read the newspaper or watch the news to see that people are not happy in the world. They are looking for something that matters. That something is Christ living in us.

How does God use us? He uses our availability. We often have to look at our calendars and see what good things are stopping us from being availible for God. Is your day too full to be obedient to God? Then your day is too full. Daily, I have to take time to ask God to show me what His will for the day is. I can get so busy doing good, church, work, that I miss His will. Are you availabile?

He uses our experiences, prayers, pain and faith to witness to the world.

When it comes to financies, God wants us to meet the needs of people through giving. He asks us to give regularly, give wisely, give quietly (don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing), and give joyfully.

What a task. It seems impossible to live up to these mandates from God. But God being a good God, He has given us what we need. The key is in Acts 1:8. Many people have come to know Christ and have not come to let Him be Lord. What does that mean?

Letting Jesus be Lord means I will give every area I have spoken about in our lives to God, hold nothing back. God then asks us to give Him ourself. It is like writing a blank check and giving God permission to fill in our lives.

Today, would you like to do just that? Take time to stop where you are and praise God for the power to live without sin. He is stronger then sin. Give God your past, present and future. Then accept His sanctifing power in your life.

Today we had one gentleman do just that. He is Holy! God made him clean and He will do the same for you.

We prasie God for our guest today and her kind words about she felt that TBWC was a GREAT place to worship God.

Hea those of us that already attend TBWC, already know that.

PS

PS

Welcome to our new blog, PS. PS stands for Pastor Scott. Have you ever told someone something and then later remembered you for got something? I do. That is where PS comes in. I will be posting my thoughts and commentary on sermons. Join in anytime you like.

This last week I preached from our series One Family: The Sacred Blend. The subject for the week was Practicing Hospitality.

We often think of hospitality as only being entertaining. The deeper meaning is to serve one another. I don't get to entertain in my home that often. I am not the type to do a lot of visiting without being invited. If you want to have me and Kathy over anytime, just ask, we would love to come over we just don't invite ourselves often.

Even though I don't think of myself as being an entertainer, I do enjoy serving. I love to help other people with the gifts God has given me. I love to work on PCs. It gives me joy to get them working. I love to help people work on their vehicles when I can, I get joy by seeing the job complete. That is how God wired me. I love the finished product. I don't see that much in ministry.

Do you have the gift of entertaining, if so use it to the fullest. God wants to use you to help others enjoy life. If not, like me, let's see what we can do with the deeper meaning, who could you serve today?

Does hospitality inspire the unchurched to come to church? The Bible teaches we will be known by our love. We do Church in a way that anyone should be able to enjoy church. I had a teen this last week on Facebook tell me it makes her feel good to come to church, PRAISE GOD! Hospitality might get them to Church, but serving will keep them. Most people come to see what the church has to offer them, we at TBWC try to meet needs.

The greatest I ever hear about us is we do what we do with a great attitude, that is love. How did this happen?

We have heightened our spiritual sensitivity. We look through the eyes of Jesus, when we see someone hurting, we see an opportunity to help. When we see someone that is lost, we see an opportunity to show them the light. It takes being close to Jesus and allowing Him to control our thoughts.

We also show unparalleled generosity. What am I talking about? Not letting the right hand know what the left hand is doing! It is doing for others expecting nothing in return. Have you done a deed for someone today that you know can't repay you? If not, ask God to show you and then do whatever He asks.

I think I am going to like PS. Let me know your thoughts. Please write something from time to time so I will know you are reading.

Until next time,
PS