LORD GOD-Almighty and Master, we find our eyes focused and ourselves fixed upon YOU. We recall Your Glorious Goodness throughout The Signs of the Times 2009 and rehearse the Lessons, Messages, and Revealed points that were shared. December is now dwindling down to being determined as done, so what we must do is hope ahead with a sweet treat- A Treacher's Treat that is!
As our Fall '09 semester series clincher, we purposed members to "Stand with me (ref. Acts 2:14)" in lieu of the Signs, promoting counter-Christian, lifestyles of our generation and Times. Yet though we "stood" in agreement with 2 Timothy 3 and Romans 1, I unfortunately did not leave us with the lasting taste to lead us toward Christ's exhilarating expectation of the new year.
Rom 2:4 provides us a sweetness that must become our acquired taste to touch the lives we speak of and read of in 2 Tim. 3 and Rom. 1:18-32. It states, "Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?" Mmmm our Stand with and for Christ, our sitting together in fellowship, and our serving others all with the intents of revealing and relating to others the Goodness of God that leads people to repentance. Just as Jesus drawn we ourselves. Please ponder this Truth as we bridge Christ's call for us all in two thousand ten.
Also in this year closing series. we revealed the prophetic relevance of the sons/princes of Issachar to ourselves. 1 Chron 12:32 "of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do..."; and Judg 5:15 AMP "And the princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar was faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. [But] among the clans of Reuben were great searchings of heart." These were people of God who understood the signs of the times and key was they knew what to do! We see this in the Judges text where they were courageous and recognized their role to give wisdom, communication, and counsel in the frontline of battle.
I, as The Lord's son and servant, lead the charge for us to individually seek The Lord Jesus to give us by The Holy Spirit understanding of the times of our lives and practical applications of what to focus on and do. Then pray for God to grant us power to rush forth with our brothers, sisters, and our local body into the spiritual battles of principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (ref.Eph 6:12) so that lives would be saved, set free, Spirit-Filled, and Sanctified!
Therefore, as we embark upon our corporate Daniel's 21 Day Fast (no meats, no sweets, no treats, no wheats meaning foods from grains- ref. Daniel 10) beginning Sunday January 3rd, may Jesus Himself Answer, Bless, Commune, become and give you the Desires of your heart. This message is our desired draft of a substantial platform and purpose to begin our Fast, Amen!
The three week dedicated fast of basically only fruits and vegetables is not designated for us in attempting to fulfill some Law or rules in order to achieve something from God, but much more rather out of of expressive and seeking first God from our hearts of Love and relationship with Him. Join us by Faith and let The Father show you His Faithfulness to Increase His Intimacy with you.
Stay tuned...And leave room for week 1's Fasting Focus coming soon...
Passionate pastor, Touching treacher, Love-Led leader, and a Serving son
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Treat: am i "Honoring" The Lord?
Earlier this morning in a sincere and deepened time of prayer, I found myself searching if I am truthfully "Honoring" The Lord with my life, intents, and motives. As this became my day's search and attentive observation of my actions, moreover the intents and motives behind them, I pursued to be pure before the Lord all the more. Sometimes convicted of not Honoring Him, sometimes succeeding, and sometimes having The Holy Spirit catch then correct me amidst my actions in order to Honor The Lord.
Thank The Lord Jesus Christ for helping and leading us to fulfill our prayers in and for Him!
Isa 58:13-14NLT "Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don't pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the LORD's holy day. Honor the LORD in everything you do, and don't follow your own desires or talk idly. If you do this, 14 the LORD will be your delight. I will give you great honor and give you your full share of the inheritance I promised to Jacob, your ancestor. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
Isa 58:13-14NKJV "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,From doing your pleasure on My holy day,And call the Sabbath a delight,The holy day of the LORD honorable,And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,Nor finding your own pleasure,Nor speaking your own words, 14 Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD;And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth,And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.The mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Notice the bold portions speaking to the search within myself? Careful to monitor am I pursuing my own interests or Honoring The Lord? Then this is the highlighter, "Honor The Lord in everything you do..." We may insert the definitions of Honor as we ponder this question together. Are you Honoring The Lord?
But now nibble upon this, by Honoring The Lord, Isa. 58:14 NKJV states then you shall delight yourself in the Lord! Well we often pray and encouragingly quote Ps 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Right?
Well this provides instruction and reveals not by me, but The Mouth of The Lord has spoken He will, "cause us to ride on the high hills of the earth, and give us the full share of the inheritance promised to Jacob..." When we Honor The Lord in everything we do, we delight ourselves in The Lord; God giving us the desires of our heart!
Honor The Lord=Delight yourself in The Lord=Given the Desires of your Heart (Him becoming our Delight & Desire)
Though I nor this did not start here wanting the end results, God always has a good ending. Start with the pure intents and motives and watch what God gives.
Honor The Lord
Thank The Lord Jesus Christ for helping and leading us to fulfill our prayers in and for Him!
Isa 58:13-14NLT "Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don't pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the LORD's holy day. Honor the LORD in everything you do, and don't follow your own desires or talk idly. If you do this, 14 the LORD will be your delight. I will give you great honor and give you your full share of the inheritance I promised to Jacob, your ancestor. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
Isa 58:13-14NKJV "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath,From doing your pleasure on My holy day,And call the Sabbath a delight,The holy day of the LORD honorable,And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways,Nor finding your own pleasure,Nor speaking your own words, 14 Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD;And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth,And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.The mouth of the LORD has spoken."
Notice the bold portions speaking to the search within myself? Careful to monitor am I pursuing my own interests or Honoring The Lord? Then this is the highlighter, "Honor The Lord in everything you do..." We may insert the definitions of Honor as we ponder this question together. Are you Honoring The Lord?
But now nibble upon this, by Honoring The Lord, Isa. 58:14 NKJV states then you shall delight yourself in the Lord! Well we often pray and encouragingly quote Ps 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Right?
Well this provides instruction and reveals not by me, but The Mouth of The Lord has spoken He will, "cause us to ride on the high hills of the earth, and give us the full share of the inheritance promised to Jacob..." When we Honor The Lord in everything we do, we delight ourselves in The Lord; God giving us the desires of our heart!
Honor The Lord=Delight yourself in The Lord=Given the Desires of your Heart (Him becoming our Delight & Desire)
Though I nor this did not start here wanting the end results, God always has a good ending. Start with the pure intents and motives and watch what God gives.
Honor The Lord
Today's Specials Are...on the Menu
Prayze be unto our Creator, Savior, and Life Maker, Jesus the Christ, Son of God! Bless every1one of the "cyber-saints" who we love and are established with in the Faith. I am overjoyed to share with us The Treacher's Treats.
I would like to introduce that Today's Specials Are...my creative format as Menu Titles items that shall be posted. Modeling our ministry after a five-star restaurant or dining experience, we want to serve The Treacher's Treats from a Menu so you will know what to choose and expect for the food and nourishment for your soul and spirit on any given blog entry.
Typically as a key, I will use Main Course or Entree as a posting of the Sunday's Message that we all know I so often do not complete. If there were simply some tasty topics I missed or skipped in the message, I will entitle these side dishes. Appetizers, mmm, will be items that give us leads into the message to come on Sunday or leads into something to come! Sweet-treats or desserts of course will be those points of wrap ups, closings that Christ can use to sweeten the lesson or give to go home with. Drinks and such have not yet been totally defined- probably something to sip or swallow from the Holy Spirit. Last, all other postings and entries will be called "Treats" as meditations, consecrated concepts, leadership principles, scriptural revelations, personal enlightenment, and/or prophetic prayers because The Treacher hopefully shares and serves treats that are eternally, spiritually, and inspirationally yummy for the innermost part of your tummy. And these are all "full course meals" because they would not fit the 140 characters on BCCtreacher's Twitter Tweets or "tweats" pun intended:).
So cyber-saints I will be out here treaching if you like some treats. Sorry if my opening blog was less meaningful, lacking content and depth, but those knowing pastor toran are fully aware of a hearty introduction before the meat. And when treats are served, Ps 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! See every1one @ mealtime.
I would like to introduce that Today's Specials Are...my creative format as Menu Titles items that shall be posted. Modeling our ministry after a five-star restaurant or dining experience, we want to serve The Treacher's Treats from a Menu so you will know what to choose and expect for the food and nourishment for your soul and spirit on any given blog entry.
Typically as a key, I will use Main Course or Entree as a posting of the Sunday's Message that we all know I so often do not complete. If there were simply some tasty topics I missed or skipped in the message, I will entitle these side dishes. Appetizers, mmm, will be items that give us leads into the message to come on Sunday or leads into something to come! Sweet-treats or desserts of course will be those points of wrap ups, closings that Christ can use to sweeten the lesson or give to go home with. Drinks and such have not yet been totally defined- probably something to sip or swallow from the Holy Spirit. Last, all other postings and entries will be called "Treats" as meditations, consecrated concepts, leadership principles, scriptural revelations, personal enlightenment, and/or prophetic prayers because The Treacher hopefully shares and serves treats that are eternally, spiritually, and inspirationally yummy for the innermost part of your tummy. And these are all "full course meals" because they would not fit the 140 characters on BCCtreacher's Twitter Tweets or "tweats" pun intended:).
So cyber-saints I will be out here treaching if you like some treats. Sorry if my opening blog was less meaningful, lacking content and depth, but those knowing pastor toran are fully aware of a hearty introduction before the meat. And when treats are served, Ps 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! See every1one @ mealtime.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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