The Bible says we are to give glory unto the Lord (1 Chronicles 16:28-29): Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. [Read more…]
As Pastor Joshua was finishing up the first message of the night, three Muslims came up and started talking to us. The young man that did most of the talking said at one point that all roads lead to God. We politely tried to tell him that all roads do not lead to God. Jesus said that He is the way, truth and life and no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). Jesus is very exclusive and He is the only Savior. [Read more…]
I willingly bow my knee to King Jesus. Do you? Is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior tonight or do you think that you are still in charge? Who or what is first in your life? We all serve someone or something. If Jesus is not the supreme ruler of your life, then you are serving Satan, your fleshly lusts or the world. [Read more…]
My fellow Christians, are you aware of the spiritual battle going on right here in Springfield, MO? Yes, we live in the Bible Belt, but that doesn’t mean everyone is saved, not even every professing Christian. Not only that, but Satan is hard at work luring young people farther and father into sin. There is a real battle going on. Are you aware of it? Are you in the battle? [Read more…]
My oldest daughter is getting married in a couple of months. She’s all excited and her fiancé is excited too. When we talk about the coming day, the big day, we all know which day we are talking about. We are looking forward to the coming day, the wedding day. [Read more…]
Friday night was another fairly quiet night witnessing downtown. Three of us brought messages, several more sang and handed out tracts, but overall it was quiet. Kelly had one mocker yell “Hail Satan” while he was open-air preaching. Earlier when Rich was nearly finished with his message, a guy drove by right in front of him and flipped Rich off with both hands, leaving no hands on the wheel. [Read more…]
Romans 8 contains some wonderful Bible verses, but tonight I want to concentrate on the first verses that deal with no condemnation no fear. I’m very partial to Romans 8:1 because this is the Bible verse that God used to convert me, to save me. I absolutely love Romans 8:1. [Read more…]
Every Friday night street witnessing is different. We never know what we are going to encounter. Sometimes mockers, other times encouragers and periodically both. Last week there were many of us witnessing and this week only two of us. But I realized on the way home Friday night that it really is a blessing to witness with other believers because we get in an extra night of fellowship. [Read more…]
The other day I was reading the Bible, specifically Luke 1 and the words “tender mercy of our God” jumped out at me. The tender mercy of our God. These are extremely wonderful, beautiful words. Our God is so merciful that tonight I want to talk about the tender mercy of our God. [Read more…]
It is a real privilege and honor to lift up the name of Jesus in the open-air with Kelly, Conner and Pastor Joshua and it’s been great having Rich join us witnessing while he’s visiting from China. Every now and then we get accused of being too harsh and preaching too hard. But Friday night I believe we had Spirit-filled, hot preaching. [Read more…]