"Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez"
Let the Good Times Roll
|
saint paul community church |
|
| And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. |
Free DHTML scripts provided by As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up. John 3:14
I asked for strength— FROM THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL JOB, AN INDIAN CHRISTIAN MEDICAL STUDENT WHO WAS KILLED IN JUNE OF 1999 BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER’S EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES
|
Mission of Saint Paul Community ChurchEphesians 4:13-15
This ministry is for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children , tossed to and fro, and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow
up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
|
Life is Sacred
Escambia County, AL Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:5 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Psalm 127: 3-5
The ultimate rebellion of humanity against God. Killing babies made in the image of God? May God have mercy on America...
"Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me" Martin Niemoller
Who will speak for those who can't speak for themselves?
Abraham Lincoln in the 19th Century said: "No one has the right to do what is wrong."
The Hand of God
|
|
This section is dedicated to our brothers and sisters who are suffering at the hand of our adversary the devil. Be thou faithful unto death, and Christ will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2:10 |
|
More persecution—more growing! FAVORITE QUOTE OF PASTOR SAMUEL LAMB—A CHINESE HOUSE-CHURCH PASTOR WHO HAS SPENT TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS FAITH Thomas Hauker, a bright, well-favored, good-looking young gentleman, would not deny his personal relationship with Christ. For this he was sentenced to die at the stake. Days before his execution, Thomas’s friends came to his English prison cell. One said, “I’ve heard that God gives a special grace to those who die in the fire that enables them to bear the flames. For your sake, that I might be able to bear this cruelty to you, can you give us some sign of it? Without knowing this, I don’t believe I can bear that day.”
“I can’t take it anymore.” How often we catch ourselves expressing frustration at the least little trial. A crying child. A stuck doorknob. A late-night project deadline. However, the story of the martyrs haunts our petty thoughts when we are tempted to give up under pressure. We often overstate our problems and underestimate our ability to bear up under them. In fact, God promises he will not allow anything into our lives that will be more than we can endure. Thomas, hands upraised in worship, signaling his triumph over the flames, is evidence enough. When you think you can’t take much more of a certain situation, remember Thomas. And remember God’s faithfulness. He knows exactly what you can and cannot take. vom-extreme.devotion Dec 10.2008
|
|
We have learned that suffering is not the worst thing in the world— disobedience to God is the worst. A VIETNAMESE CHRISTIAN PASTOR IMPRISONED FOR HIS FAITH A martyr is, he who has become the instrument of God, who has lost his will in the will of God, not lost it but found it, for he has found freedom in submission to God. The martyr no longer desires anything for himself, not even the glory of martyrdom. T.S. ELLIOT—MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL “O most merciful Christ,” John Huss wrote while awaiting his execution, “give us a courageous spirit, so that it may be ready. And if the flesh is weak, may your grace go before it, for without you we can do nothing, and above all, without you we cannot face a cruel death. Give us a bold courage and upright faith, a firm hope, and perfect charity, that we may give our life for you in all patience and all joy. Amen.” |
|
During the last war we were taught that, in order to obtain our objective, we had to be willing to be expendable. . . . We know that there is only one answer when our country demands that we share in the price of freedom—yet when the Lord Jesus asks us to pay the price for world evangelization, we often answer without a word. We cannot go. We say it costs too much. . . . Missionaries constantly face expendability.... NATE SAINT, A MISSIONARY MARTYRED IN THE ECUADORIAN JUNGLE IN 1956 |
|
|||
| Christians In Crisis | |||
| Gospel For Asia | |||
| Mission India | |||
| Open Doors International | |||
| International Day of Prayer | |||
| Voice of the Martyr | |||
|
A martyr is, he who has become the instrument of God, who has lost his will in the will of God, not lost it but found it, for he has found freedom in submission to God. The martyr no longer desires anything for himself, not even the glory of martyrdom. T.S. ELLIOT—MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL vom- extreme devotion
Barto was on the brink of starvation. Once a Communist Party official and prosecuting attorney, he was now considered expendable by the same party. He was sentenced to labor in a Romanian prison camp. His stomach, once full, was now wasting away. He wondered how much longer he could go on.
Seeing Barto’s frail stature, a fellow prisoner came up to him and offered to share his rations of food.
“Thank you, my friend,” he
said to the other prisoner. “How long must you be here?” Barto asked as
he woofed down the food.
“Twenty years,” replied
the prisoner. His eyes seemed to question Barto.
“What crime did you
commit?”
“I was tried and sentenced
for giving food to a fugitive pastor who was being chased by the
police,” the man stated calmly. Barto noticed his voice didn’t carry
bitterness like Barto had heard from so many others.
“Who gave you such a harsh
punishment for doing a good deed?” demanded Barto.
The prisoner replied
humbly, “Sir, you were the state prosecutor at my trial. You don’t
recognize me now, but I remember you.”
Mar 24 '10 When we love our enemies, those that spitefully use us, that really confuses them... matthew 5:44 |
|
當 心 邪 惡 的 宗 教 耶 穌 基 督 "There are some among us teaching there will be no tribulation, that the Christians will be able to escape all this. These are the false teachers that Jesus was warning us to expect in the latter days. Most of them have little knowledge of what is already going on across the world. I have been in countries where the saints are already suffering terrible persecution. In China, the Christians were told, "Don't worry, before the tribulation comes you will be translated – raptured." Then came a terrible persecution. Millions of Christians were tortured to death. Later I heard a Bishop from China say, sadly, "We have failed. We should have made the people strong for persecution rather than telling them Jesus would come first. Tell the people how to be strong in times of persecution, how to stand when the tribulation comes – to stand and not faint." Corrie Ten Boom
|
Please pray for the persecuted church. One day we will need them to pray for us. Prayer Request Updated April 02, 2010
Religion Block |
May God send prophets and pastors that hear the "voice of God" and are
"bold" to speak the truth of God without wavering. I heard a dear brother in Christ tell me recently: "You must bring the people to the Cross or
they will crucify you!" How true! There are uncrucified "Judas" in every fellowship.
Why The Church Of America Is Failing This message is not for the dull of hearing!
|
Featured Article The Spirit of Mardi Gras- Russell Tardo "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez" Let the Good Times Roll
|
|
|
|
|
Anything that one imagines of God apart from
Christ is only
useless thinking and vain idolatry.
"To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect." John Owens III. 433
|
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:. Revelation 3:17
We see things not as they are, but as we are! |
"We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets…" - Andrew Bonar
|
|
Thoughts on Eternity “If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence..? You’d be bored to tears in heaven, if you’re not ecstatic about God now" - Keith Green "Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire." - Vance Havner |
Religion Is A Formidable Enemy Of The Cross Religion does Not Know God... It crucified His Son....
SermonIndex.net Newsletter: Greg Gordon Tribulation Coming To America? 'The Church That Would Not Suffer' WARNING! A Wicked And Perverse Generation
GodThoughts Wired!- Brad Reiches Nov 12, 2007
"You can be in church every
single Sunday and still not be spiritually in tune with God...It's more |
"The invasion of the Church by the
world is a menace to the extension of Christ's Kingdom. In all ages
conformity to the world - John R. Mott
"We must not suppose that if we succeeded in making everyone nice we should have saved their souls. A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world." C. S. Lewis |
|
The saddest observation I can
make about most of the religious communication activity of the Western
world is this: Little if any, of this media is designed to reach
unbelievers. Almost all is entertainment for the saints.
K.P. Yohannan Revolution in World Missions
No Cost - No Obligation |
SOME SAY THE CHURCH IS 'ALIVE AND WELL' IN AMERICA TODAY? The church in Laodica saw themselves as 'alive and well' yet her Lord saw her in quite a different light.....
Delusion -- an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Revelation 3: 17-18 Isaiah 56:10-12 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his own gain, from his quarter. Come ye, say they, and I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. |
The American Church in Crisis
As Our Nation Rejects God the Church is Immersed in Apostasy |
|
A Wakeup Call for the Church...
Modern American
Christianity (video)
view
/
download
-
Paul Washer humbly yet with boldness speaks a
very pointed sermon that cuts through the overlay of false
profession in the Church.
Video made available by
SermonIndex.net
|
I have a dear Christian brother who is born again. Both he and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. He and I were talking one day and he said he posed this question to his wife..... "Do you consider yourself a Christian first or a Catholic first? To which she replied...... a Catholic" To all those who consider themselves Catholic's first and foremost, please consider pressing the button above. This link is posted in the love and mercy of Yeshua ha Massiach (Jesus the Messiah) Catholic Priests also come to a saving faith in Christ Jesus!
|
|
Good News For Catholics gnfc.org
The differences between 'Biblical Christianity' and 'Catholicism' from the voice of experience.
|
|
Ray Comfort |
"Sinners in the hand of an Angry God" Jonathon Edwards |
Charles LaCroix |
Felicitas AD 164 |
Excellent Electronic Bible Study Tool |
|
A “gift” to celebrate Idul Fitri?
Muslims are seeking the truth by the thousands. Visit Isa al Masih.net and learn about Hawrat Isa, dreams and visions of the "Man in White", the holy message of the Al-Kitab and more.....
Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all. - Augustine |
Repent: v, to turn away from sin, to sorrow or be pained for violating God's holy law, a dishonor to His character and government and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence. I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. --Hosea 5:15
"Freemasonry" Christian ? Or stronghold of Satan ! |
THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION Pastor Tom Browning A series of twelve messages preached at Arlington Presbyterian Church
BIBLE KEEPER . COM
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path....... |
|
|
IS PRAYER IMPORTANT?
History Of Man: |
|
The persecution of Christians is not about human rights, it is a rite of passage. STEVE CLEARY
“There are two freedoms: the false where a man is free to do what he likes; and the true where a man is free to do as he ought.” – Charles Kingsley 'LIVING IN THE MIDST OF A CULTURAL COLLAPSE' In Daniel Quinn's book, 'The Story of B' [1996 novel], Quinn uses the phrase “cultural collapse” to describe the point of history that we are living through today. He believes that circumstances have rendered the cultural mythology of the takers (those who rape and pillage our society) meaningless to its people. When this happens to a culture, Quinn states, things fall apart. "Order and purpose are replaced by chaos and bewilderment. People lose the will to live, become listless, become violent, become suicidal, and take to drink, drugs, and crime... laws, customs and institutions fall into disuse and disrespect, especially among the young, who see that even their elders can no longer make sense of them." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_B This acknowledgement of Quinn's writing is not an endorsement of his thought process. It is Quinn's opinion that this cultural collapse does not occur over night, it is very slow and subtle, liken to his analogy of the proverbial frog slowly and gradually being boiled to death. "If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out. But if you place it gently in a pot of tepid water and turn the heat on low, it will float there quite placidly. As the water gradually heats up, the frog will sink into a tranquil stupor, exactly like one of us in a hot bath, and before long, with a smile on its face, it will unresistingly allow itself to be boiled to death"... Although Quinn's writings and thoughts have no biblical foundation, one must agree with his assessment that we are seeing a 'cultural collapse' in America today. This cultural collapse that we are in the midst of are the results of a crumbling that began nearly one half century ago. The cracking and crumbling of a spiritual foundation has left us in an awful condition today. When the spiritual foundation of a nation crumbles, it has far reaching affects... the entire nation, both the people and the land suffers. The condition is not only a digressive one, but very subtle and persistent. The blame therefore rest squarely upon the people of God... the church. When those that are placed in a spiritual leadership role (pastors and teachers), do not see that spiritual light (TRUTH) is disseminated among the populace, the people (church) divert from the straight and narrow way and began to bask in error and are left to satisfy nothing more than one's own flesh. When the people of God (church) have no spiritual direction (LIGHT) the nation is left to the influences of the spirit of darkness, and he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth (cf. John 12:35). When a nation forgets God and turns their back on His Word, He withholds His blessing, and a people and a land void of God’s blessing is a nation most miserable and without hope. What we are seeing in America today is a 'wily enemy' that is taking full advantage of this spiritual vulnerability. Another Christian Fired for Upholding Biblical Convictions Monday, 29 March 2010 16:41 Marcia Walden was an employee counselor with the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. A lesbian employee approached Walden for relationship counseling, but Walden referred the woman to another counselor because she felt her Christian faith conflicted with the woman’s sinful lifestyle. Walden’s directors told her not mention her moral objections to homosexuality when referring patients, but Walden refused to be dishonest.After the lesbian complained that she felt Walden judged and condemned her, Walden was fired. So Walden sued the CDC claiming she was the victim of religious discrimination, the case is now on appeal.
Walden’s situation is one more example of Christians being denied the right to live and work according to their religious convictions because of they refuse to sanction immoral sexual behavior. We cannot sit by as Christians lose their jobs for upholding their Biblical convictions.
Alan Glasow said "temptation usually comes through a door that has deliberately left open". Church, it is time to close the door. We are in a spiritual warfare and we must heed the word of God... Ephesians 6:10-18...Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints... Pastor Dennis |
|
ClustrMaps- Current (2009) Visits |
[CLICK] Map Below for 2008 Archive
|
Check out the ministries that you are supporting! |
|
WEB DESIGN by the Pastor
Please email questions or comments about this site to. mail@saintpaulcommunitychurch.org
|