Understanding the times

So I know I just posted a blog on this, but I believe this subject to be so fitting and relevant that I want to say a few more things about it...

Not only does understanding the times refer to the big picture, but I believe it also refers to the detailed picture, for example, say you are witnessing to someone about Jesus, you will definetly need discernment or an understanding of the time or season of life a person is in, in order to effectively witness the Gospel!

All of this comes through prayer and fasting, you will not be effective in preaching Jesus until you have spent time with Him and that is really what will set us apart the understanding that time is limited and the more time we spend with God the more of an understanding we will have of our times!

God Bless,
Nathan


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An Understanding of the Times

I was reading 1 Chronicles just a couple of days ago and came across this verse that caught my attention and I want to share it with you...1 Chronicles 12:32 - of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do...

Ok, so you have to understand that they are going through and counting the men that they had for war, and when they came to the sons of Issachar they said, Hey these are the guys that understand the times we are in and they know what we should do...Wow!! Can you imagine, there were hundreds of thousands of men that were being counted and prepared to go into war and the Bible says that these are the guys that understand the times!!

Why is that such an awesome verse, because that is what we all desire, to understand the times we are in, because when you understand that, you will be able to minister more effectively! So when you pray, pray that God would give you an understanding of the times...if we the church, Christians, do not understand the times we are in, or what is going on around us, how are supposed to be able to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ in an efficient and effective manner?

God give us an understanding of the times, give us wisdom to know how to effectively build your kingdom in this hour, in the last days!!

God Bless,

Nathan

Prayer, you can't live(spiritually) without it!!

You know the more I pray the more I realize that it is such a vital means of communicating with God, the other vital part of that is reading His Word and while reading the Word of God is an opportunity for us to hear what God would like to say to us, prayer is a way for God to speak to us as well. But most importantly it is the way we are able to talk to God. It is how we can tell him about the things going on in our life, not that He doesn't already know, I mean He is God!

I mean can you imagine trying to carry on a conversation with someone and you are the only one talking or they are the only one talking? That conversation would not be very long and it would probably end in someone getting aggravated! You couldn't expect to continue a relationship with someone if the talking was just one-sided...the same can be said of our relationship with God. If all we do is talk to Him and tell Him about everything going on in our lives and we don't listen to him then things aren't going to go the way we want, after all if we don't listen to Him how can we expect to know what He expects from us?

God is speaking to you, are you listening?

God Bless,

Nathan

The Presence of God

I love to be in the Presence of God and our Pastor Jim Laudell explained the Presence of God in such a powerful way that I have to share it with you today, there are times where you hear message after message on a certain subject and you get it, but the light bulb doesn't quite come one, well @ Life Church yesterday the light bulb came on for all of us!!

There are a few people that I would trust with my credit card, I can give it to them and know that if I said bring that back to me next Sunday they would bring it back, they would make sure that card stayed in their wallet, they would probably even open their wallet a few times a day to make sure it was still there, they would make sure that card came back to me next Sunday!! If I told them to go to the store and get one specific thing with the card, but nothing else they would get just that, they would not buy things for themselves, take their friends out for dinner, buy themselves clothes, no they would do just as I said. They would not abuse what I had given them and they would make sure and keep it with them all throughout the week!!

This is the way we should be with the Presence of God!! It should be with us all throughout the week, we should make sure and check our hearts and make sure we have not done something that would grieve the Holy Spirit and cause him to remove His Presence from our lives! We should make sure that we don't listen, watch, or say things that would make him want to leave our presence!!! God's Presence should be treasured and kept with us at all costs! More of you and less of ME!!!

God Bless,

Nathan

April 14th

Mark it down on your calendar....this will be the date for the Without Dilution Purity Conference in Bentonville for 2010. I am expecting great things from God, as we work with the area youth pastors and churches to reach teenagers with a message of salvation, forgiveness, and purity!!

My God is a God of second chances and I am so glad that we are going to be able to let some young people know that God loves them, he died for them, and he wants them to live a life that is above all that they could ask or think!!!

God Bless,

Nathan

Without Dilution Conference '10

We were recently asked by a network of youth pastors here in Bentonville, Ar to host a "Without Dilution Purity Conference" in April and we couldn't be more excited!!! This is a door that God has opened and I love the fact that there are multiple denominations coming together to make a stand for purity!! I cannot wait to see what happens when the body of Christ comes together with one goal in mind, the one goal above all....Purity in Heart!!!

God Bless,

Nathan