Director's Desk

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Be Thankful

Philippians 1 verse 12 to 14 reads:

12Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. 13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly.

Bad things happen to good people.
Am I right or am I wrong? Yes I'm right.

When bad things happen I need only to know one thing:

Will it advance the gospel?

The knowledge of the purpose of an event (bad or good) comes by the Holy Spirit himself. In the midst of your bad thing, ask the Lord in prayer if it will advance the gospel.

If your ability to sense the leading of the spirit is off due to intense emotions, here is a litmus test:

What attitude is required of you to overcome?

Let's say it another way:

What manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit will the situation require from you in order for you to go through without losing your mind?

Whether through word or deed, seek to advance the gospel. Amen

Friday, July 20, 2007

Hossana - Hillsong

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Living a Life of No Regrets

If you were to look back in your past, is there some event or someone that you strongly wish you had handled differently?

In the late 60’s (69) Frank Sinatra came out with an album called My Way. And that album contained a very seductive signature hit single with the same name: “My Way”; - The song `My Way`` spent a record 124 weeks on the singles chart.

On a whole the is a song with it’s catchy phrase Ì did it My Way`` glorifies self-will. It glorifies a defiant resistant to guidance; a stubborn persistence in going one’s own way

The Bible clearly teaches that we have the power of choice.
Every individual has the ability to choose their own words, to decide what their actions will be. For the most part, we all have a faculty of self-determination in the sense that we select our own thoughts, words, and deeds. Man is free to choose what he prefers, what he desires. We are all responsible for our own moral behaviour.

Mat 12:33 AMP
(33) Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit.

Matthew 12:33 clearly teaches that a sound tree will bear sound fruit. Let’s say it this way, a sound life will bring forth sound decisions; decisions that will keep you from living a life of regrets.