Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Clay to the Potter
Since We Have Been Born
We Copy Others
The Problem Is
We Blend In......
That Was Never God's Intent.....
He Created Us For So Much More
We Have A Unique Purpose
We Have A Specific Plan
We Have A Divine Calling
God Doesn't Need Carbon Copies.
He Needs Originals
That Through Us He Can Be Seen And That The World Can Be Transformed
"don't be conformed to this world
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Romans 12:2
Like I always say if He wanted us to be the same he need only have created one. We are all different works in His plans being used to further His Mighty Kingdom.
We Copy Others
The Problem Is
We Blend In......
That Was Never God's Intent.....
He Created Us For So Much More
We Have A Unique Purpose
We Have A Specific Plan
We Have A Divine Calling
God Doesn't Need Carbon Copies.
He Needs Originals
That Through Us He Can Be Seen And That The World Can Be Transformed
"don't be conformed to this world
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
Romans 12:2
Like I always say if He wanted us to be the same he need only have created one. We are all different works in His plans being used to further His Mighty Kingdom.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Celebrating 24 Years of Ministry
The Oneida-Laurel Creek Church of God Worship Center has been an organized Church
for 24 years and we will be celebrating this special event on Sunday, August 12.
for 24 years and we will be celebrating this special event on Sunday, August 12.
Pastor Joey Burns had a calling from God to start a new Church of God in the small
community of Oneida, Kentucky, which began August 7, 1988. Many wonderful things
have happened since this humble beginning. The congregation started in an old log cabin
in the center of Oneida. Shortly thereafter, they moved into a storefront building where
they continued to have services until an old pastor, Brother Squire Davidson, invited this
small, but determined church family to move into his church building and combine the two
churches. Pastor Joey accepted his offer and the two churches became one.
They worshiped together in this small church from about 1989 through February 1991,
when a new church building was erected. The first service in the new church consisted
of approximately 200 people. Everyone was so excited! They continued to work for
God the next 13 years until seating and parking became a huge problem. God had
blessed the church so much that Pastor Joey began praying about expanding. The
only problem was there was no more property to expand where they were, so God
gave Pastor Joey a new vision for the church. This would require an unexpected plan
from God, but the congregation was willing to move when God said move.
A God-ordained plan came to Pastor Joey to move the congregation up the road a few
miles to the community of Laurel Creek where an Elementary School was being
closed due to low attendance. God spoke to Pastor Joey and told him that He had
a new plan for him and the church. Through miracle-after-miracle, God opened every
door to purchase this building for the congregation. This was accomplished and the
first service in this new building was held on December 31, 2004.
God has been moving and adding new members to the church as He has ordained
since that time, and the congregation has grown to just under 500 in membership, and
still growing! We will be celebrating this wonderful 24th anniversary on Sunday. There
will be a Pastors Appreciation service during the AM worship with a wonderful home-
cooked meal after the service.
We invite you to be a part of this wonderful event. Come on out and join us in
celebrating what God is doing at the COGWC!!
Through the years.
A Three-Fold Chord Is Not Easily Broken
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
9- Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10- For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11- Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Some have said that they see no need to actually going to Church, that they believe they can be saved and not have to go to Church. They look on Churches in general and see nothing more than the faults of those in the Church as an excuse for not being involved in a Church. They believe that they can do better for themselves alone than when going to Church. But, I have been there, it is NOT good to as the Bible says, "forsake the assembling of ourselves together."
Yes, there are those in the Church that make mistakes daily, we all do. No one is perfect in how they live or how they act, we are ALL struggling with the temptations of life. Thus is the need for Jesus and His sacrifice, so that we do not have to struggle to earn our way into Heaven. But the Church is more than a place to throw your hands in the air once a week, it is more than a place to go to the alter and pray. While these things are good, being involved in Church is as much for our support and help in our daily struggle to live for Jesus and to prevail against the temptations of this life.
When you become active in Church, when you begin to become a member of the "Family" of Christ, you are then able to know and depend on the fact that you not only have the support of the members of the Church to help guide you through whatever life throws your way, you can also be used by God to help others make it through things that you have already experienced in your life. Being a part of a Church Family means that in your time of trouble, need or temptation, you have others to depend on to help you through.
Going to Church also provides accountability in your walk with Jesus. You see, left to ourselves, it is easy also forsake time spent with God, or to fall away from our Faith in general. But when we are a part of a Church, combined with seeking God daily, God will provide ways for us to be useful to the Church FOR HIM. In providing ways for us to be useful for His Purpose, He also helps us to be more accountable in our daily walk with Him. We become Believers that can be depended on when others need help with the struggles of life. We all go through them, although many times they are never the same for any two people, God provides a way for us to not be alone in life when we give into the calling to be a part of a Church Family.
If you are hurting, struggling with the troubles of this life, know this one fact. The people in your local church may not be perfect, but if you get your eyes off of them and onto Jesus and become a part of the Church, God can use you to help others through and He can also provide the help you need when you have struggles. We are not as strong on our own as we are when we have others that care for us and are willing to help see us through the troubles of life.
Dear Father in Heaven, I want to thank you today for the Church Family that you have provided for me and my family, I thank You for the support and encouragement that comes from the people you have brought into my life. Please help those that read this post today to find a a Bible Believing Church, and to know the Love and Support that being in that Church can provide them while they make their way through this life. In Jesus Name, Amen.
9- Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10- For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11- Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Some have said that they see no need to actually going to Church, that they believe they can be saved and not have to go to Church. They look on Churches in general and see nothing more than the faults of those in the Church as an excuse for not being involved in a Church. They believe that they can do better for themselves alone than when going to Church. But, I have been there, it is NOT good to as the Bible says, "forsake the assembling of ourselves together."
Yes, there are those in the Church that make mistakes daily, we all do. No one is perfect in how they live or how they act, we are ALL struggling with the temptations of life. Thus is the need for Jesus and His sacrifice, so that we do not have to struggle to earn our way into Heaven. But the Church is more than a place to throw your hands in the air once a week, it is more than a place to go to the alter and pray. While these things are good, being involved in Church is as much for our support and help in our daily struggle to live for Jesus and to prevail against the temptations of this life.
When you become active in Church, when you begin to become a member of the "Family" of Christ, you are then able to know and depend on the fact that you not only have the support of the members of the Church to help guide you through whatever life throws your way, you can also be used by God to help others make it through things that you have already experienced in your life. Being a part of a Church Family means that in your time of trouble, need or temptation, you have others to depend on to help you through.
Going to Church also provides accountability in your walk with Jesus. You see, left to ourselves, it is easy also forsake time spent with God, or to fall away from our Faith in general. But when we are a part of a Church, combined with seeking God daily, God will provide ways for us to be useful to the Church FOR HIM. In providing ways for us to be useful for His Purpose, He also helps us to be more accountable in our daily walk with Him. We become Believers that can be depended on when others need help with the struggles of life. We all go through them, although many times they are never the same for any two people, God provides a way for us to not be alone in life when we give into the calling to be a part of a Church Family.
If you are hurting, struggling with the troubles of this life, know this one fact. The people in your local church may not be perfect, but if you get your eyes off of them and onto Jesus and become a part of the Church, God can use you to help others through and He can also provide the help you need when you have struggles. We are not as strong on our own as we are when we have others that care for us and are willing to help see us through the troubles of life.
Dear Father in Heaven, I want to thank you today for the Church Family that you have provided for me and my family, I thank You for the support and encouragement that comes from the people you have brought into my life. Please help those that read this post today to find a a Bible Believing Church, and to know the Love and Support that being in that Church can provide them while they make their way through this life. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
There is more to it than you can see.
I used to think the book of Job is in the Bible because it presents a rare and extreme case of human suffering. “Look at this worst case scenario. If you can see the truth here, then surely in your comparatively small problems . . . .”
Now I think the book of Job is in the Bible because the story is so common. Many are thinking, “What on earth has happened to me? I can’t see what I’ve done that explains this devastation. Where is God in this?”
Enter Job’s three friends. They were cautious at first. But with their tidy notions threatened by his untidy realities, the moralism started pouring out of them: “Come on, Job, get real with us. You must have some dirty secret that explains all this. Admit it, and this misery will start going away.” Their finger-pointing oversimplifications intensified Job’s sufferings, and this too is a common experience.
I don’t think the book of Job is about suffering as a theoretical problem — why do the righteous suffer? I think it’s about suffering as a practical problem — when (not if) the righteous suffer, what does God expect of them? And what he expects is trust. When the righteous cannot connect the realities of their experience with the truths of God, then God is calling them to trust him that there is more to it than they can see. As with Job, there is a battle being fought in the heavenlies.
Trust in God, not explanations from God, is the pathway through suffering.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
You Need All The Pieces
When I first saw this I thought about how when you get something at a store and have to bring it home and put it together that you have to have all the pieces in order for whatever it is to work properly. Sometimes when we don't follow the directions we end up with extra pieces or not enough. Later on down the road our work begins to fall apart because we didn't use all the pieces that were supplied to us correctly. Point being you better use all the pieces. lol
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