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That we might,  a powerful promise, that  expresses  permission, liberty, probability, possibility….  

We have permission, the freedom, the ability to become, or attain the following:

“that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.”

We might be the vehicle the Lord uses to bring someone to the knowledge of salvation.

“that we might live through him.”

We might find our peace, joy, comfort, guidence and direction throught Him.

“that we might be partakers of his holiness.”

We might be holy, sanctified, justified, forgiven, even blameless as we live through Him.

“that we might receive the adoption of sons.”

We might, and we have been adopted.

“that we might be justified by faith.”

It is just as if I never sinned,  I am justified.

“that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Jesus is our wisdom and righteousness.

“that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”

Too many never receive this promise, they do not understand the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and never receive the fullness of the Gospel.   So Sad…

“that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”

Again, another missed opportunity for many, we bury the gifts instead of increasing the church through them.

“that we might work the works of God?”

What is the work of God?  To know God is, and He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

When we refuse much that the Lord would have us to have, we end up with, powerless preaching, terrible teaching, problematic prophecies, pointless prayer.   Your choice.

We might, OR MIGHT NOT.

IT IS UP TO US.

  

Today, I am Jonah:  theunfetteredpreacher

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Jonah 4:1-3

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“But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.


Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Today,  I am Jonah.  I am exceedingly displeased, and very angry.  

Why?

Because, I have yet to learn, how to submit to, and obey the Lord.   I am full of pride, selfishness, and ego.  I am not humble, teachable, pliable…  

I am not a useable vessel for the Lord.

“Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”

If I am not yet a useable vessel, will I ever become one?

Jonah was sent to preach repentance, to a people who had fallen away.  He claimed to know better, that they would repent and therefore, there was no reason for him to go.

Truth is, he didn’t like those people, and really, who cares if they get  destroyed?

I believe I was sent to this UMC, to bring them into an understanding, that God is bigger, more personal, more powerful, more relevant in our lives.

I have fallen in love with this people, I want them to know the blessings of walking with the Lord.   The peace that passes understanding, the joy unspeakable and full of glory.

I am a failure.   Take me home Lord.  It is better for me to die than live.

Do I mean it?   Sometimes, but I get over it.  I repent, ask forgiveness, turn to the Lord, and cry help.

Someday, soon I pray, the Lord will see fit to allow me the pulpit, to share what He has taught me.

To grow His body, the church.  Aparently, my compassion is lacking.   lol

Pray for me, please.

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“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord.”

Is your heart tender?  Are you listening?  Have you humbled yourself before the Lord?

Do you understand where we are headed?  A country, that once revered Godly principles, morality, standards…  now, turning its back on the Lord.

Embracing sin, rejecting truth, denying  the Holy One and His love.  

Listen and live:

Kings 22:19
“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.”

The Lord will hear and answer the prayers of the righteous, the humble, those who plead for the lives of others.

Jude 1
“Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.   

And of some have compassion, making a difference:   And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”

We must pray for our country, that we would be led by Godly leaders, that they would walk in wisdom towards those without.

That they would lead us toward the Lord, instead of away.   

We may just delay the date of destruction,  we may be too far gone…  We must try, for our children and grand children.

“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord,”

We must hear, the Lords cry, and pray.

She hath done what she could:   theunfetteredpreacher

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Mark: 14. 8. 

“She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.”

She had brought an alabaster box of precious ointment, anointed Jesus with it.  There were some who were indignant at the waste of money.   (It could have gone to the poor).

She did what she could.   Have we?   She gave what she had, a treasure, precious, expensive, probably not easily replaced.   

What have we given?  He doesn’t want much, just our all.  He expects our tithe, a tenth of our earnings as His due.   Not because He needs our money, but so we receive the blessings of giving.

What He really desires is our life, given for  His pleasure, in Praise, Worship and obedience.   Building His body, walking in Faith, believing His Promises.   Speaking that which is not, into existence.

Abram, had his name changed to Abrahem, (Father of many Nations), before he received the promised child.  He would tell people his name, and speak it into existence.

He was willing to sacrifice, (kill the child), to be obedient to the Lords command.  Believing that the Lord could and would, raise him from the dead if need be.

He had this testimony:  “He believed God and it was counted for him as righteousness.”   Also when Sodom and Gomorrah were destinded for destruction the Lord said:  Genesis: 18. 

“And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;   Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?   For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”

“For I know him“….  Abraham gave his all also.

How about us?   Have we given our best?    Our all?   Has it cost us to serve the King?

My words;  they are life:  theunfetteredpreacher

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The words of the Lord, are life, unto those who find them.

Proverbs 4:20-22

King James Version (KJV)
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.”

Life, and health to their flesh,  Gods words…  

I have been at this little UMC for about 6 years.  I believe the Lord brought me there, for me to learn people skills.

(I am of the Dr Laura, school of counselling).  Why did you do that, could you not see where  that would lead?

I also believe, I was brought there to lead the Pastor to a deeper knowledge of the Lord.

I have failed in both areas.

I am in my 60’s and am one of the youth in the church.  lol..  

It has been a struggle for me,  I desire, they be healthy, strong and joyful, and quite frankly, I am not sure what or how to pray for the ravages of time.
3 John 1:2
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

I cannot stop time, but I trust their souls can prosper.  There are 5 or more folks who are in poor health.

I had the brainstorm, to give them, Charles Capps book, “God’s Creative Power For Healing.”

He gathers scriptures about healing, all in one little booklet.  I have gotten and studied several of his pamphlets, (In Him, Finances, ect).

They are wonderful ways to learn Gods word. 

 You read them out loud, over and over.  You build up your faith, by hearing the word spoken.  

Suddenly His words are in your eyes, ears and heart.   They are life and health unto those who find them.

I gave them out today.  I really have little hope  that they will even read them once.   They have not been taught the Word has Power.

They are comfortable, in their salvation and with the small God they allow to move in their lives.

I am heart broken….   I will be praying these scripures for them though.  In Faith that God can touch and enlighten them.

Lord, send Your Spirit of Truth, to  this place You have planted me.   Amen

Outside the Main Stream:  theunfetteredpreacher

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Jesus, is the only way to Salvation, the only path way to the Father.   It is by His blood I am saved.

He died for “ME.”  If I was the only man on earth, He would have given His life, so I could have a personal relationship with Him and the Father, by the Power of the Holy Spirit.

I am a child of God, because “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son,that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

That being said,  I know, I am not, in the  Mainstream, Evangelical Christian school of thought, as it concerns the Gifts of the Spirit.

Even in the Charismatic or Pentecostal Church, we may hear  a message and interpretation in Tongues, but not nearly as often as we did in the 80’s.

We don’t explain which gifts are on display in the Old Testiment, Prophecy, Faith, Words of Knowledge or Wisdom, Miracles, Discerning of Spirits, ect…

They are not explained for what they are.   The Power of God at work in our midst.  We are not told to seek them, we don’t really believe they are available to regular people, sinners like us.

We have placed the great men of Faith, on a pedestal.

We think they had a special anointing from God, and they did.  It is an anointing available to whosoever will seek it.

Psalm 27:8
“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.”

Is that you or me?  Or does this discribe us better?

Ezekiel 34:6
“My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.”

Are we wandering, scattered all over the face of the earth?   Jesus did search us out, He knocked at the door of our hearts, we answered by inviting Him in.

Since then, instead of drawing close, we have wandered afield.  Far away from the place of Power.

We don’t seek His face, we seek stuff.  We don’t enjoy His presence, we want His presents.

We seek healing, financial blessings, we cry out: “touch me O’ Lord.”   

When the Word tells us in Mark 6: That when Jesus came to town:  

“They ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.”

“As many as touched HIM, were made whole.”

We need to learn to touch Him, SEEK HIS FACE, to become one with Him, in obedience, in love, in grace to others.

Jeremiah 29:13
“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

Lord, create in me a clean heart, a heart that SEEKS ONLY YOU.  Amen

The Sad State of My Country: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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I have strong Christian, Conservative veiws. 

This blog was birthed out of a desire to share the love, mercy and grace of my Lord.  I find it unfortunate, that this issue needs to be addressed.  I feel compelled.

In September of 1944, a young women asked Winston Churchill if he had any complaints about the United States.  He answered:

“Toilet paper too thin, newspapers too fat!”

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But First: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Luke 17:25
“But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.”

Matthew 6:33
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

Have you ever looked at these two verses together? 

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Jesus, must first suffer many things and be rejected.   He did all that and more. 

What are we told to do first?  To suffer?  Be rejected?    These things will happen.   At the rate our country is falling away from God it will probably be sooner rather then later.

“But seek ye first”

Is how we will make it through any trials and tribulations we will encounter.  As a matter of fact He promises we will be persecuted for His Names sake.

So, I sincerely suggest we learn to:
“seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;”

How do we seek “the kingdom of God“?

He told us it is at hand, today, right here on earth, within us, without us, available to whosoever will.

We must turn our face towards God, learn of Him, Walk with Him, hunger and thirst for His Righteousness.  Desire Him, more than the air we breath. 

Request all He has for us.  Learn from and obey His Holy Spirit…Jesus healed all that were afflicted.   He has sent us to do the same.

His book is filled with promises.  They are ours today, if we will learn to touch the hem of His garment.  Take up His Yoke.  Learn to walk in the light.

I know I am a skipping record, playing the same song… So Be It. 

I do not care…  I long to be closer.  I long to be used.  I long to see souls saved, the sick healed, the dead raised.

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Jesus promised we would.  I am seeking this God, the God of Power, Might, Mercy and Love.

The Lord and Savior I love.  Help me Lord.
Amen

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Our current path: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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In the book of Judges we read our story.   ” Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”

Everyone does what thay want, it is all good, all normal, all excepted in the eyes of man.  Men with men, women with women,  Man is women. …

We have even gone so far as to find a man of God to Bless our folly:

” Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.”

We can always find someone to validate our behavior.   They can even claim to have the mind of God in the matter.   Watch out, that boat won’t float.

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” Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.”

When the man you are following, is not a man of God, do not expect the Lord to give you the victory in whatever you plan or attempt.  

Many will die thinking they have won doing as they please.  More toys, money, fame.  Image the disappointment,  when they hear:

” depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

When we should have been ourselves saying :

“Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.”

” How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him:”

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What God wants 4 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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God is looking for Love.

There are 3 kinds of Love:  Agape :  This is Gods love for us. A love like I have for my child and you for your children. You would jump in front of a train to save their life. “No greater love is there, than a man giving his life for another.”

Then there is Phillio love : or brotherly love, a love we have for those we care for, brotherly love.

Eros love:  Lust, our favorite, which eventually wares off and we end up with devorce.

Gods love is such that He kept trying to find a people who would love and obey Him.

Many years later, we find Abram,  who becomes Abraham because he believed the promise of God,  At 100 years old he would Father many nations.

He did and the Old Testament is full of the stories of the Hebrews  or Jews, The Lords chosen people.   They loved the Lord, fell into sin, began to be enslaved by this sin. Cried out to the Lord.

The Lord forgives them and sends Moses, Joshua then Judges to save them: Best known are Gideon,  Samson  and 10 others, this goes on for hundreds of years.  Love God, fall away, troubles, cry out to God, God saves, Love God….repeat …….again and again.

Then the people want to be like all the other Nations and have a king.  Saul, David (a man after Gods own heart), a sinner who knew how to repent.  Solomon  and many more, love God, fall away, (repeat over and over) untill He sent His Son.

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John 3:16-17
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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

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The early followers  of Jesus were only called Christians, in derision by the heathens.

They were called by Jesus, Desiples.

A Desiple is someone who studies Gods Word and attempts to follow His precepts, a person who comes to a love relationship with Jesus.

Who have one thing they absolutely   know:  GOD IS LOVE.

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To explain this love it is really best to go back to creation.  To put it simply God made man in His image to have some sort of relationship.   He would walk in the garden in the cool of the day,with Adam and Eve.

I know you have heard this but I feel I must elaborate.  At that time thete was no death, no work, no pain, just fellowship with God.

Man could do anything and eat anything  except the fruit of the tree of knowledge.   They knew no sin, shame or guilt until they ate of tree of knowledge of good and evil.

At that point death came into the world.  For that one little, stupid act.

 Disobedience of God.  Now people lived almost a thousand years before physical death but Spiritual death was immediate.   No more relationship with God.

God didn’t give up.

 

 

 

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Why Abram?

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  • Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

  •  This is our introduction to Abram,  it is the same invitation we received to know the Lord.

  • The Lord had said;
  • How many times has the Lord called out to us before we finally get our act together?
  • Get out of there:
  • We must repent, turn away from our old ways and embrace the Way of the Lord.
  • To a land I will show you;
  • The Lord has made a plan and place just for us, if we will allow Him to bring us there.

I believe that the Lord introduced us to Enoch,  Noah and Abram so we could see the potential for our own lives.   These men were incredibly special,   distinct from the rest of the world in their life times.   Not because the Lord called out to them.

 

They were special and different and distinct from the rest of the world because they were obedient to what the Lord was speaking to them.

 

They were not any different then we are.   They just purposed in their hearts to seek the Lord,  to walk in His ways.  To live their lives to honor and obey the Lord.     Abram believed in the Lord and the Lord counted it for righteousness.

 

Enoch, Noah and Abram all believed and acted on their beliefs,  that is why the Lord used them.  The Lord will also use us as we accept the measure of faith available to us.

 

 

Why unfettered?

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Growing up in the Catholic Church I knew that Jesus Christ died on the cross and  rose from the dead to save my soul.  I also knew the Bible stories that every Christian teaches their children.   What I did not realize was that Jesus is alive and well and available to all,  for the asking.

 

When I finally asked Him into my life and entered Bible School I started to mark my Bible,  what scriptures was I taught today?  Did it line up with yesterday’s teaching?   What verses did they skip?  Why? How does it line up with what I  thought was true?   What to believe?

 

God truly blessed me by bringing me to Christian Retreat in Florida to learn of Him.  We had multiple teachers and teachings.   I lived and worked there for three years and left with a good understanding of how to study the Bible.

 

All of that said,  It wasn’t until recently, while seeking more of Jesus that He opened His Word anew to me.   The eyes of my understanding suddenly saw what the Word had always said, not what I had taken for granted. I had always thought of the Lord God as one member of the Trinity.   He was the Father God of the New Testament in the Old Testament.

 

We had the Lord God and the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament and Jesus made His appearance in the New.   I knew Jesus was there (in the Old Testament),  somewhere but silent, invisible waiting for His cue to appear.

 

Then I remembered that the Lord noticed that Moses turned aside to see and God said.  That Noah found grace in the Lords eyes and Noah walked with God. The Lord said “Have you considered my servant Job, he hates evil and fears God. ” There are so many examples if we will just open our eyes to see.

 

If we look at the Spirit of the Lord and compare to the Spirit of God the Nature s of the Father and Son stand in stark contrast.   I needed to further study the Old Testament to understand what the Lord is showing me.   This blog is my attempt to teach what I am learning to whosoever will, to help in their walk with God.  Is anyone interested?