notes from last friday night by the fire

Posted by Justin Parker on May 11, 2011 at 11:30pm

Taking the land of Purity and Holiness:

Saving the harlot!

For by Grace...

Prevenient Grace or Convenient Grace

It is not by chance that the first battle to be fault on the other side of the jordan was the battle of jericho. It is also not by chance th

Nurtured by Green Hope

Posted by James Ronald Ross on May 11, 2011 at 10:16am

"Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy; fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!" Romans 15:13, The Message, emphasis mine.

Green hope-wow, w

Nurtured by Your Salvation

Posted by James Ronald Ross on May 10, 2011 at 8:34am

"But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that (the junk B.C....before Christ). It was all his doing: we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out

Nurtured by Resurrection

Posted by James Ronald Ross on May 9, 2011 at 12:25pm

“I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ
personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering,
and go all the way with him to death itself. If there was any way to get in on
the resurrection from the dead, I want

The Battle behind the Battle

Posted by Jill Behan on May 9, 2011 at 12:15pm

If you don't believe in the devils existence, just try resisting him for a while--Charles Finney.

We live in a time where there is an unpresidented amount of of information, and teaching of God's Word. Modern technology informs us at such a fast rate

Understanding spiritual warfare.

Posted by James Anderson on May 7, 2011 at 9:34am

Often when trying to accomplish your purpose in God, the enemy will send a litany of diferent temptations, delays, frustrations, offenses and even great opportunities. The more subtle plans of satan are detectable by the self-righteous and prideful

The Love of Jesus

Posted by Jared Odhiambo Ngare on May 7, 2011 at 5:34am

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at their church, the Pastor and his 11-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the s

Believing the Invisible God Begins

Posted by Steve Scroggs on May 6, 2011 at 4:50pm

This morning I had some thoughts. Do you ever meditate on the person and presence of God? What do you think God is like?

Does your mindset reflect the eternal God? And what might that look like?

I deal with people all the time that question the wor

Nurtured by the Call

Posted by James Ronald Ross on May 6, 2011 at 4:03pm

"Jesus called twelve of his followers (and now us as well) and sent them into the ripe fields. He gave them power to kick out the evil spirits and too tenderly care for the bruised and hurt lives...Go to the lost, confused people right here in the n

Nurtured by Hearing and Seeing Hearts

Posted by James Ronald Ross on May 4, 2011 at 5:32pm

“You’ve been given insight into God’s Kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them.Whenever someone has a ready heartfor this, the insights and understanding flow freely. But if there is no r

Tribulation

Posted by Jill Behan on May 4, 2011 at 9:24am

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak--G.K.Chesterton

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of

the time of great hope

Posted by James Anderson on May 3, 2011 at 4:04pm

Love and Faith were two things that God first reveled to me when I became a Christian. But then once in awhile there was a surge of divine grace in my heart that was sorta like an outpouring of many attributes of The Lord AT ONCE...It was as if ever

"It's time to anoint the average Joe's" -JA

Posted by James Anderson on May 3, 2011 at 4:02pm

I think sometimes how that we as Christians need to listen to the folks around us and listen to there hearts as it pertains to God, many people will only listen to someone if that some one is at the highest level of credibility and clout. King David

Nurtured by An Epiphany Heart

Posted by James Ronald Ross on May 3, 2011 at 2:05pm

Nurtured by An Epiphany Heart

Continuing our theme of looking at the heart that Jesus has given us, we need to discuss a heart that can process and impart an epiphany-An Epiphany Heart. But first, let’s define the word 'epiphany'. The most useful

Blindsided by the Call by Paul David Powers

Posted by Paul David Powers on May 2, 2011 at 9:00am

When I first began in ministry in the early seventies, I was young had just married a woman I met in Bible College, was full of zeal without much common sense. I didn't have any real job training because before Salvation in 1972, I was a hippie, deep

Looking Forward / No Regrets

Posted by Jill Behan on May 1, 2011 at 11:25pm

Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our

transgressions from us.

This verse is farther than we are able to imagine, and reaches into infinity. He has put them entirely away.

This wonderful promise can be corroded by

Friday night by the fire

Posted by Justin Parker on May 1, 2011 at 11:02pm

For those who were at the meeting friday night, as I felt the struggle of proclaiming a truth that I felt God had given to me, God finds a way to confirm it in a shocking way. In response to the passing of our brother David Wilkerson, I spoke on the

The Path Of Life

Posted by Alan Smith on May 1, 2011 at 6:02am

The Path of Life

By: Alan Smith

Ps 16:11: You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (NIV)

The path of life: there is so much revelation here! It means that li

Nurtured by a Prodigal Heart

Posted by James Ronald Ross on April 30, 2011 at 7:50am

What? Are you sure about that? How can our heart become ‘prodigal?’ It would help to define the word ‘prodigal.’ In the common street language of the first century, ‘prodigal’ is defined as “lavishly abundant” or “wastefully extravagant.” In the para