Sermon Notes - Grace Church - A Battle Cry

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Grace Church

Rob Yandian (Youth Minister)

Feb 18, 2007

Role of youth pastor is to back up the parents. Parents are not to dump the children off on Sunday morning with a list and pick them up later with all problems resolved. Who were the youth pastors in the Bible? The parents. The Bible does not say 'children obey your youth pastor,' it says obey your parents.

Ron Luce wrote a book, A Battle Cry for a Generation. He says 4% of youth are Christians today. They are a vocal group tough.

Parents need to be the moms and dads that are called to be. We are not to be their friends.

Luk 15:3-7 KJV
(3) And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
(4) What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
(5) And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
(6) And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
(7) I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

One percent of the sheep are gone and the Shepard goes after them. We as adults even if we do not have kids should be involved in sheparding the youth. Yes we are to go into all the world and it starts in your neighborhood. Will you let the neighbor's teens got to hell. We are in a war. What happens when a solider gets hurt, do they leave them behind. No, then why do we do so with the teens.

Rom 12:4-5 KJV
(4) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
(5) So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

1Co 12:20-26 KJV
(20) But now are they many members, yet but one body.
(21) And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
(22) Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
(23) And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
(24) For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked:
(25) That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
(26) And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Each member needs each other. Teens you need your parents. Adults need teens. Parents have experience that youth need to hear. Even if times have changed, things have not changed that much that the experiences are not worth comparing to youths needs. Parents, you know what MySpace is? Parents can use the energy of the youth.

Instruction in the word of God is for the most part is aimed at parents. For the youth there is one main command, Children obey your parents. Youth, parents are not perfect, they will make mistakes. Parents, when you make a mistake, apologize to your children. Teens want to be respected parents. They are sons and daughters of the Lord, just as you are. Talk down to them and you come off as superior and that will cause them to shut you off. Do not show them fake respect. A boss treats you with respect and you feel good, if they tread you bad you feel bad. You are not much different than your teen. Teach them to hear the voice of God and follow it. It will do well with them when they are free.

Responsibilities

• Pray
  2Ch 7:14 KJVR
  (14) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
  Pray to see if you should get involved.
  Eze 22:30 KJVR
  (30) And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
  Pray for the youth. Of your home, your neighborhood, your city, etc.
• Lay down the house rules and keep the. Children should not have a choice if they go to church. You should go and they should go with you. They knew about that exam they had to study for. They need to plan their time better. They do not need a friend, they need an authority figure. Authority means you tell them what the consequences are going to be when they break the rules and then follow through on them. Authority is not about yelling, it is about getting people to follow the rules. It can be a calm word that does it, not yelling. Enforce rules about their computer use, including their MySpace page and other online things.
  

Elders need to mentor the younger people.

Teflon Juan

Montoya gesture could result in Busch Series penalty:

"AVONDALE, Ariz. - NASCAR will look into whether Juan Pablo Montoya violated any of its rules by using an obscene gesture that was telecast by a Speed in-car camera during the final Busch Series practice Friday, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston confirmed."

Looks like Teflon Juan is having some of his Teflon wear off. Though I think he is a good racer, he has done a lot of stupid stuff. Hope NASCAR does something and that this is a wake up call for the driver.

From the 'He ran me over ' department

Earnhardt Jr. finishes race in car that wrecked him:

"FORT WORTH, Texas - Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car suffered heavy damage in a crash on lap 252 of the Samsung 500 when he was rammed from behind by an apparently blinded Kyle Busch.

But when Busch left the track after a 'miscommunication' with his Hendrick Motorsports team, guess who drove Busch's car to the finish?

Yes, Earnhardt Jr."

Now that is a class act. Drive the car of the guy who ran over you to take you out of the race so that he can pick up points in the standings. Just hope it does not come back to bite him later.

Tulsa in the newss...

FOXNews.com - Crowd Throws Rocks at Police During Apartment Standoff With Murder Suspect - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News:

"TULSA, Okla. — A murder suspect surrendered to police following a three-hour standoff at an apartment complex that was complicated by a crowd of bystanders who threw rocks at police, authorities said."

Great, Tulsa gets noticed again! Unfortunately it is for throwing rocks at police men trying to do their job. What makes this worse, and what they do not tell you here is that not less than a month ago, the people of this area of town were screaming for police protection when a drive by shooting fired into a crowd of youth. Now, the police are trying to protect them and they get rocks thrown at them. If I was a cop, I am not sure I would want to go into that area either.

Imus the Martyr

ESPN.com - NCW - CBS fires Don Imus from radio show:

"CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.

Imus initially was suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team 'nappy-headed hos' on the air last week, but outrage continued to grow and advertisers bolted from his programs."

I think that CBS in particular and MSNBC to a less degree have made a mistake. And all the people crying for his ouster also did. Jessie Jackson has to go back and remember his Hymie-town remarks before he goes pointing any fingers at anyone.

What they have done is make Imus a martyr for a lot of people. When people think of reverse discrimination, this will be the case that gets pointed out. As I said, the critics cannot really point fingers, they say worse. I had to laugh as I watched rapper M1 try to defend the use of the same words in rap music by saying white people made them say it. I am not defending what he said, it was wrong. But he is/was a shock jock, has been since I lived in the Boston area in the 70's. He was a shock jock before the term was created.

Imus will land on his feet and get another job, CBS and MSNBC will have made him a martyr in the process.

No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts | Tech News on ZDNet

No end in sight to hacking of 'WoW' accounts | Tech News on ZDNet:

"There are more than 8 million WoW players, so even if tens of thousands are finding their accounts compromised, that's still a very small percentage of the total.

But for the hackers, the rewards can be substantial. That's because many players hoard gold, weapons, spells or armor worth a lot of money on the open market. Even though Blizzard doesn't officially allow players to buy or sell those goods, there is a thriving market for them (and that's in spite of the fact that eBay, one of the most popular venues for such transactions, recently decided to ban them)."

I tried to tell my students that there was a black market in things that did not really exist but they did not believe me. It is crazy isn't it.

Air Force Tries Something Amazing with Mobile, Bluetooth · MarketingVOX

Air Force Tries Something Amazing with Mobile, Bluetooth · MarketingVOX:

"Cellphone-toting NASCAR fans at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend will get pinged with a mobile recruitment pitch from the United States Air Force, reports AdAge.

The mobile extension of the Air Force's 'Do Something Amazing' campaign is developed by GSD&M. Bluetooth transmitters setup around the racetrack will find suitably equipped mobile devices and send messages encouraging the recipient to stop by the Air Force presence at the racetrack."

This is not a good idea. Did they think that they might get people too old to join maybe. Or people who do not want to join. When did a phone stop being mine and being a way for them to send ads (and I do not mean just the Air Force on that)? At least it is Bluetooth and not SMS. The former cost nothing but can be annoying and a way to spread cell phone viruses (Yes the do exist). The latter cost money even if you do not want the messages.

What do you see?

Here is an interesting picture I found on the web. If my students are reading my blog (I doubt it) they need to pay close attention.



I got this from the Sixwise web site which I stumbled upon by accident. It has many other double message images. So what did you see. Did you see teach? Did you see learn also?

As a adjunct instructor I teach my students. They of course reflect what I teach them by what they have learned.

Sermon Notes - Grace Church - Healing Hindrances

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Grace Church

Bob Yandian

Healing Hindrances

Feb. 14, 2007

God has given the healing power. We have the problem if we are not getting healed. It is no different than salvation, all are supposed to receive it.

Unbelief

Mat 13:58 KJV

(58) And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Mat 17:20 KJV

(20) And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Unbelief is the opposite of faith. Faith comes from hearing and hearing the word of God. Unbelief is listening to the reports of the world. We cannot escape them, but we have to decide which report to believe, God or the worlds. Faith is the gas pedal and unbelief is the break.

Unforgiveness

Mar 11:23-25 KJV

(23) For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

(24) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

(25) And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Jam 5:16 KJV

(16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Unforgiveness will block so many areas of your life. It can rob the reward that you can have in your giving. Like that, it can also hinder your healing blessings. Job got his healing, at the end of the book, when he forgave his friends.

Harboring Sin

Psa 66:18 KJV

(18) If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

God can not hear you if you have sin in your life. You cannot justify sin to God. If you are in sin, God will not hear your prayers for healing. This is unconfessed sin.

Jam 4:3 KJV

(3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

If what you are asking for is something that you will use for your own lust. God does not care what you have as long as it does not have you. You need to be sold out to God.

You do not have fervency in your life

Heb 11:6 KJV

(6) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

God wants us to ask Him diligently. It is not something that we just flippantly ask for something. You need to be that way to stand up against what the devil fervenantly is throwing at you. God was diligent in seeking you, you need to do the same with Him. The people cried out to Jesus for healing, and He heard them over the crowds. That was not some quiet prayer.

People preoccupied with watching their symptoms

2Co 4:18 KJV

(18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Do not look at the circumstances but look upon God. If you focus on the temporary, you cannot receive the eternal. This does not mean to not look at the symptoms, but you thank God that they are changing.

Discouragement while waiting, cast away confidence

Heb 10:35 KJV

(35) Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

You will have a great payday (recompense) coming from your heavenly boss. Why do you have confidence in your earthly boss and not the Godly one?

Heb 3:14 KJV

(14) For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

All the things we trust God for after salvation is the time of our confidence. Keep eye on word of God. Confess it every day.

Many believe they are healed when they see it and that is not the way it works

Mar 11:24 KJV

(24) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

You believe when you pray, not when the symptoms disappear.

Failure to make the word of God personal

The word is as much for us as it was for the people that it was written to at the time. Mark 11:24 points to you.

Sermon Notes - Grace Church

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Desperate Households – Divorce and Remarriage

Grace Church Sermon notes

Pastor Bob Yandian

Feb. 11, 2007

Mat 19:3-8 KJV

(3) The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

(4) And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

It is quite clear here how man was made, male and female, not two of the same gender. That is what marriage is.

(5) And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh

(6) Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

(7) They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away

(8) He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

The religious people had found a loophole in the Law to permit divorce. They tried to trick Jesus. They felt any reason was good enough for divorce. Religious people today go the other way, divorce is the sin not permitted. Both extremes are wrong. Divorce and remarriage are permitted in the Bible, under certain conditions.

In the beginning God made Adam and Eve. When they fell into imperfection, they were still married. Yes you should try to restore the fellowship with your spouse. You are not the only one having these problems. Many others have the same problems. If they can make it through them so can you. Remember that you cannot change the other person’s life; you only can change your own. Divorce is usually for petty small reasons that can be worked out. Marriage is a covenant.

God hates Divorce.

Mal 2:16 KJV

(16) For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

God does not condone murder and adultery. God hates divorce but it is not a sin. It is not God’s best. He did not want a King for Israel, but he permitted it. Divorce is permitted in the Word. When you miss God’s will or plan, God still has plan B. God divorces Israel because they had hardness of heart.

Many churches will not let you serve if you are divorced. They use 1 Tim 3:2 and Titus 1:6. They say husband of one wife means no divorce. Paul would have meant one wife only, not polygamy.

Moses most likely was divorced. He had married and went to lead the people out. When the family went, he took ill and God said go no further till his son was circumcised. She hated him for that and left him. Moses later married and Ethiopian woman. In other words, the one who wrote the laws on divorce was himself divorced and remarried. There is a career after divorce. It is not the best plan. Even if the divorce is your fault, God can turn it around. Talk to people who have been divorced and see the pain that they have gone through.

Deu 24:1-2 KJV

(1) When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

(2) And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.

She can go and be another man’s wife. Not him. She was the problem, she had the uncleanness. God forgives sinning. People will search the scripture to make it mean what they want it to. We walk in faith. We choose to walk in love. This is a covenant. Uncleanness was the loophole, they knew what the law said about being clean and unclean and they would wait till the wife was in an unclean state and divorce her. Unclean here means a sexual affair that she will not turn from. There is no such thing as a better or perfect person. Note in the scripture that divorce and remarriage are permitted by God.

Scriptural reasons for divorce (hardness of heart)

• Adultery (sexual perversion as well)
  Mat 5:32 KJV
  (32) But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery
  Mat 19:9 KJV
  (9) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
  Only used when mate will not turn from their ways. Hardness of heart going from one to the other is not good. If someone truly repents you should try to work it out.
• Abuse or brutality
  Mal 2:14-16 KJV
  (14) Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  (15) And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
  (16) For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
  
  Hurting of the wife is the abuse or brutality.
• Desertion
  1Co 7:15 KJV
  (15) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Paul also mentions some others.

1Co 7:27 KJV

(27) Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Do not make putting one away and quickly finding another. Spend time with God.

1Co 7:28 KJV

(28) But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

You will bring problems in another marriage, it can be worked out. Paul says you can remarry.

1Co 7:10-11 KJV

(10) And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

(11) But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Even after divorce, things can be worked out. We need to make up our minds that divorce is not an option. We have a covenant.

Pro 13:10 KJV

(10) Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Pride is where the problems begin.

Pro 17:14 KJV

(14) The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Getting your two cents in is often where the contention starts.

Change yourself not your mate.

Psa 57:7 KJV

(7) My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

Fix your heart in the things of God.

Remember that in order for you to make a u turn down the road you need to put the breaks on now. Fix your heart on God.

Psa 112:7-8 KJV

(7) He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

(8) His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

Forget about what you could have had from the past. Your heart is not fixed if you do.

You may say that you do not love your mate anymore. Feelings are the last things that come when you walk in faith. You feel sick till you walk in faith for healing. You say that you love them and you walk in faith till you feel it.

Recent Events

Some things that have happened recently in no particular order:

Home Depot April 2007

Home Depot for April 2007. We built a roller coaster car. Of course the decals for it were for Six Flags. Neat advertisements I guess. Click on the link for the Picasa Photo album.

Easter Eggstravaganza 2007

Easter Eggstravaganza. Our Church, Grace Church in Tulsa, held their 'no chocolate cause it melts in the sun' easter egg and candy hunt. Door prizes were given and Israel even participated in the 'Hands of Grace' performance. Move in the album if you click on the link.

Baptism Annie and Izzy

Last month, Annie and Israel, as a sign of their accepting Jesus in to their lives chose to get baptized. Here are some pictures and even some movies of the event.

Lots of stuff happening in the house of Dr. Bob.

Playing with new tecnology

I have been experimenting with some new stuff. I can not say that I am impressed with any off it but I am not sure if it is just me or if there really is not reason to have them.

Twitter: While it seems like a neat idea, I just do not see why. The concept is that I can send a text message to it or update it there. It then tells people what I am doing. The concept is that if you want to follow what I am doing then you can either go to the page or subscribe to my feed by RSS or have it sent to you by text message on your phone. Since no one subscribes to my feeds I update it and no one sees it. Then because no one is seeing it I tend not to update it as much. I guess it is like blogging. I have a handful of people who read this on a regular basis, and the rest trip across it by googling some term (you should see some of the ways that they get here), so I am not what they call an A list blogger (more of a D or below list blogger). When I get enough people that would be interested in finding out what i am doing, then it makes sense, other wise it is a waste of time.

Tumblr: This is for blogging if you do not like to blog. You do not put up paragraphs of things like I do here. It would basically be quick links to other places, or images, conversations, Utube videos, etc. You can even cut and paste logs of IM conversations that you have. As you can see by my page I really am not sure what to do with it. I have been blogging on Blogger almost as long as it has been here. I have worked with these tools for so long and know what I am doing with them that to be brief does not seem to make sense to me. If you use it and like it let me know.

ImiFied: What I thought would be a neat idea has turned out to be a great disappointment. The theory is that I can use an IM program to update my Google calendar, one of many different blogs, other web based productivity tools from other sites and some from their own. I thought the blog one would be neat, I could IM and update the blog. Unfortunately they GTalk bot is down a lot, and when it is up, they only support the old Blogger API, not the new one. I have updated to the new one a while back (just before my surgery), so I am dead in the water with it. The other things are nice, but not something that I would do a lot. Any one have any luck with it?

Well, some things to look about and let me know what you think.

MacGyver Tip: CD spindle bagel tote - Lifehacker

MacGyver Tip: CD spindle bagel tote - Lifehacker

Got to love this idea. But the question is how much data can you store on that bagel? Thanks Lifehacker for a great idea (even if it is strange looking).

For those who do not love the car of tomorrow

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Only days after its long-anticipated, much-criticized Car of Tomorrow debuted to overwhelmingly negative reviews at the Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR responded to the wishes of competitors and fans alike by introducing the stylishly retro, technologically retrograde NEXTEL Cup Car of Yesterday
"This is exactly what everyone from race teams to race fans wanted all along -- a real American racecar," said Robby Gordon, standing in front of the Jim Beam '77 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme he will drive for the rest of the season. "To hell with things like spoilers, adjustable suspensions, disc brakes, shoulder belts, all that junk. People want to see us racing the cars they drive every day, and anyone who's seen the parking lot at a NASCAR race will tell you that's what the Car of Yesterday gives them."

Onion Sports: NASCAR Unveils New 'Car Of Yesterday' - CBS SportsLine.com

I do not usually care for the Onion as a source of humor, it is a little too crude for me.  But this is just too funny.  After all the complaining that came out of the drivers mouths last week, this is what they should be provided. 

technorati tags:NASCAR

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River Church of the Mall of America Podcast
These are my notes from the Podcast. All scriptures are King James Version.

Growing Bigger Hearts – Being a Great Friend

River Church at the Mall of America

Recorded January 8, 2006

1Sa 18:1-4 KJV

(1) And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

(2) And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

(3) Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

(4) And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

After the victory over Goliath, Saul takes David under his wing, for a while at least. Then the crowds begin to sing David's praises. Saul gets jealous and Saul looks to get rid of him. While this is going on, Jonathan (Saul's son) and David become friends. We need to look at four characteristics of their friendship.

1. Take the initiative – Jonathan takes the initiative in their friendship. All good friendships happen that way. If we want to have a friendship like they had, then we need to take the initiative. Why did Jonathan take the initiative? Did he see the relationship with God that David had? David took on Goliath with God as his aide. Later Jonathan will act like this when he goes to battle. It must be the glue that holds the friendship together. We look for people who are like us.

2. Be generous – In verse 4, Jonathan gives many gifts to David. This was not a homosexual relationship, but more of a covenant relationship, a next in line to the King covenanting with a Shepard boy. He was giving signs of his kingship. The robe, protection for David. The tunic Represents the heart, to know David better. The sword, the most powerful weapon, like the Word, God's power. The Bow, the long range weapon, praying for David. Belt, the practical support David would need. Would we do the same for those that are our friends?

3. Be honest –
   1Sa 19:2 KJV
   (2) But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
   
   How do you handle things when problems are arising. Jonathan could have been loyal to his father. He was next in line to be king. He kept honest to friend. When correction is necessary, be honest in private.

4. Be loyal – He was loyal to David. Like God covenanted with Abraham, Jonathan made a blood covenant with each other. They were loyal to each other, a concept foreign to our society today.

These characteristics are God's as well. This defines who God is in the world. God did each one of these. God is a fantastic friend to each one of us.

Insainity rises its head again.

Form Boston.com (Boston Globe's on line version)

Diebold Election Systems Inc. , one of the country's largest manufacturers of voting machines, is scheduled to argue in court today that the Office of the Secretary of State wrongly picked another company to supply thousands of voting machines for the disabled.

Diebold says it will ask a judge to overturn the selection of AutoMARK , a Diebold business competitor, because the office of Secretary of State William F. Galvin failed to choose the best machine.

I guess that if you can not win the bid you can sue them into giving you the contract now. I realize that I am only getting one side of this here BUT, even with both sides this sounds like it sounds stupid!

Prayers for stepson Robert

You may or may not know that my stepson Robert is in the Navy. We knew he and his ship (USS Stennis) had been deployed to the Middle East but were not sure when he would arrive. Well, I heard on Fox news this afternoon that the Stennis is in the Persian Gulf and they are part of the demonstration of airpower that is going on. While some readers may not care for the war, and I respect that, he is after all a human being who needs support. Please keep him in your prayers in the next few days as I am fairly sure that he will need it. If he does not, I know his mom and I will.

Grace Church Sermon Notes - Teachings That Hinder Health

Teachings That Hinder Healing

Grace Church

Pastor Bob Yandian

Wednesday Feb. 7, 2007

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Paul was one of the greatest proponents of divine healing. One of the teachings that we have heard is Paul's thorn in the flesh. It was supposed to be given to him to keep him from being proud. The problem is the more word you get the less proud you get. If what they say is true, then God should be really sick because He has the most Word in Him. (Joke)

Gal 4:15 KJV

15. Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

People have said that this supports the thorn in the flesh was an eye disease. The words 'pluck out your own eyes' is just an expression, much like the one that Jesus used when he said 'do not let your right hand know what your left hand is doing.' Do your hands have their own brains?

Gal 6:11 KJV

(11) Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.

This was also supposed to be another proof of eye problems. Galatians and Hebrews were possibly written at the same time. Where Galatians ends, Hebrews picks up. This would make it the largest letter that Paul had written. Both books talk about the same things, one to the gentiles and the other to the Jewish people. Both talk about grace and law.

Jesus said he would be with us through all troubles, not that we will not go through trouble. He can be an opportunity for you to use your faith and grow.

2Co 11:20 KJVR

(20) For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

These people were letting people come in and put them back into bondage by putting them under the law. Paul would not do this. Though these people were probably one of the richest of the groups he preaches to. He will not take an offering from them. The poor Philippians take an offering and provide it to Paul so he can quit making tents. Though he would not take an offering from them, the ones trying to put them under the law took what they have. Exalt in Greek is epairō (ep-ahee'-ro). It means to exalt and is in the present middle indicative meaning: present – happening right now; middle – done to self; indicative – it really is happening. They were doing it to your self and receiving it.

2Co 11:30 KJV

(30) If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

Paul wants to testify of what God has brought them through. He does not want to talk about what he had to give up to serve God.

2Co 12:7-10 KJVR

(7) And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

(8) For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

(9) And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

(10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Paul says that the revelation that he had gotten from God, Satan tried to come and defeat him. Exalted above measure. The exalted here is huperairomai (hoop-er-ah'ee-rom-ahee) a derivative of the word we just looked at. It is in the present passive subjunctive. Something that could happen so this was not happening. He was getting to a point that the ministry was going to take off so Satan had to do what he could to stop it. If studying scriptures brought thorns (sickness and disease) from God, why would we want to study the Word. God said that Paul could handle it. The thorn was greater persecution in his life. God was going to bring Paul through it.

Thorn in flesh in scripture:

Numbers 33: 5, Joshua 23:15, Judges 2:3,

The thorn was people that were going to come against him.

The messenger from Satan comes from the same word we get from angel. If we follow the logic of the thorn in the flesh people we would be saying obedience to God means we will get demons sent to us. God does not work with the devil. Paul knew it was satanic, so he went to God. Satan is really attacking God when he attacks us. We will go though problems but God will deliver us from them all.

Podcast Sermon Notes - River Church Mall of America - Growing Bigger Hearts

Growing Bigger Hearts 1
Giants in our lives

Jan 1, 2006 sermon recorded

River Church of the Mall of America Podcast
These are my notes from the Podcast. All scriptures are King James Version.

The God of the Bible is a communicating God. He wants to talk with us and relate to us.

We need to grow bigger hearts. We need to grow spiritually so we can hear him on a daily basis. We need to look at a man who was like this and see what he was like. To see how he got to be a man after God's heart.

David was told by his father to see how his brothers were doings during a war they were in. When he gets there he sees Israel and the Philistines were in a stalemate. No one wanted to go into the others person's area to fight. The Philistines did not want to fight in the hills of the Hebrews and the Hebrews in the open plains. They agree to send one champion from each side. Goliath who double major in assault and battery and minored in smack talk was chosen by the Philistines. He was so big that he scarred the Hebrews. Then he started to smack talk the God of the Hebrews. This gets David angry.

His brother tries to stop thin but David will not listen. He is taken to Saul who should have been fighting this battle but is too scared. Saul tries to give David his armor but David will not use it. As David faces Goliath, he taunts David. And David replies that God will get him through all of this and defeat Goliath.

And then David slings the stone and taker him out with one blow. So what does this have to do with us today? We face giants in our lives every day. Giants of relationships, jobs, medial reports. They smack talk us in our minds much like Goliath did to the Hebrews. How did David face his giants? Here are four sequential ways;

• We can prepare in private.
  
  1Sa 17:34-35 KJV
  (34) And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
  (35) And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
  
  David took care of preparations by his care of the sheep. He did it physically with the lion and the bear, but spiritually in times of worship to God.
  
  
• Fight the right foe.
  
  1Sa 17:28 KJV
  (28) And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
  
  Would we face the Eliabs or focus on the giant foe? David made sure that his focus on Goliath. We need to fight the devil not the people on our own team. We do not need to fight each other.
  
  
• Recognize the resources
  
  1Sa 17:40 KJV
  And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
  
  David realized he needed spiritual help and God led him to the five smooth stones. When we face our giants look for the tools that will help us.
  
  
• Value your victories
  
  1Sa 17:54 KJV
• And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
  
  He took the head and weapons to display them. Write down when God puts a victory in your life. These events need to be celebrated.

Someone has way too much time on their hands...

KOTV.com - The News On 6 Fun With Peeps Video

I guess sanity still does exsist...

FOXNews.com - British School Puts Three Little Piggies Back in Play - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "The three little piggies will live on after all.

A day after it was reported that a school in Britain would be changing characters in its play from the three little pigs to the three little puppies to avoid offending Muslims, the Honley Church of England Junior School changed its mind, and will use the pigs in the music festival."

Cooler heads must have won out on this one..

My God is an awsome God

My Turn: Seeing a Smile I Had Not Known Existed - Newsweek My Turn - MSNBC.com:

"March 19, 2007 issue - Under the fluorescent lights and lazy ceiling fans of a Pentecostal church in Milwaukee, I watched my oldest brother crouch down and rest his head in his hands. He began to pray silently, moving his lips. Two pastors knelt alongside him and rubbed his back. They, too, began to pray. It was a remarkable sight, because our family is Jewish. Even more remarkable was the fact that my brother was allowing himself to be touched."

Take some time to read the rest of the article. A fascinating story to me since I have a son diagnosed with Asperger's. God is a good God.

Political Correctness gone mad....

FOXNews.com - School Changes Name of Play to 'Three Little Puppies' to Avoid Offending Muslims - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News: "Little Red Riding Hood ... Hansel and Gretel ... the Three Little Puppies?

That's what one British school renamed the traditional Three Little Pigs story for a school play, so as not to offend Muslims in the community, London's Daily Mail reported."

In this really necessary? Even the Muslim people think this one went to far. Oh Well!

No Man is an Island... but his house might be

You got to know that this guy's commute is going to be really tough.

House is an island

Developers have turned a house into an island in China after the owner refused to move out.

The villa now stands alone in a 30ft deep man-made pit in Chongqing city, reports Jinbao Daily.

The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m 'Broadway' square, including apartments and a shopping mall.

But the owner of the villa says he won't move out unless the company pays his price - the equivalent of £1.3 million.

"The villa owner refuses to move, so the real-estate developer has had to dig out all around it to force him to," says a saleswoman at Weilian Real Estate Sales Company.

Time to have some one admit they screwed up

Suspended crew chief returns to Michael Waltrip Racing

Suspended crew chief David Hyder has returned to work at Michael Waltrip Racing.

Unfortunately, the one who probally knows the most about what happend does not want to say what he knows and claims he is inocent. And now he goes back to work. One can hope that thngs can get done soon. It is bad enough that Michael has missed another race. He cannot concentrate on everything at once.

Blogged with Flock

Gentlemen, start your engines.... time to take the Subway

Is the Busch Series coming to dead end? (phillyBurbs.com) | Ernie Saxton:

"Anheuser- Busch has told NASCAR that it no longer wants to sponsor the series. It is giving up the title sponsorship after 26 years. It may have something to do with NASCAR asking for a very hefty increase in the sponsorship rights fee over what they had been paying. Sources say that NASCAR wants at least $30 million for the title sponsorship while Anheuser-Busch had been paying about $10 million.

Rumor has it that Subway may be interested in taking over the sponsorship."

Am I the only one that thinks the name "Subway Series" should be for Baseball not NASCAR

Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software

Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software

Looks like a site to keep track of. I tend to use open source/freeware because of the cost. Keeps my hobby low cost.

Grace Church Sermon Notes

Like a Virgin
Desperate Households 2
Bob Yandian

All scripture King James Version. These notes are what I got from sermon, not necessarily what was preached. Sermons are available to view/listen to at Grace Church website for approximately 1 month from time sermon preached.

Gen 2:24-25 KJVR (24) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (25) And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.


One flesh is a term for marriage. Naked is a sign of sexual relationships. This is God order of things. Unless you leave you cannot cleave. Unless you cleave you can not be one flesh.
Mat 19:5-6 KJV (5) And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh (6) Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Marriage is a covenant made between a man, a woman, and God. It is a covenant to turn to God and away from all others.

Job 31:1 KJV (1) I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

1 Tim. 3 talks about husband of one wife. A translation for this would be a one woman man.

God said he was married to his nation Israel. When they went after other gods he said they went a whoring.

Eph 5:30-33 KJV (30) For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. (31) For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Paul goes back and forth between marriage and the relationship with God. Get to know one and you can understand the other. We are one flesh with God.

Today marriage and sex are being challenged when it comes to what God has set for us. The world says:

• You are expected not to be a virgin when you get married.
  
• It is OK to have sex unless if it is protected sex.
• You can have sex if you love them.
  
• Live with each other to see if you are compatible.
  

How does God look at sex outside of marriage?

1Co 6:15-17 KJV (15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. (16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. (17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

When you have sex with a harlot it is you being tied to her. It is considered one flesh. Sex is the outward sign of marriage. In the time of the Bible, you got married by getting things set up with parents, and when you picked her up and went on your honeymoon, you were married when sex took place. So every time you have sex with someone, that is a sign of marriage to that person. You are made in God's image and this is what He believes. By having sex outside of marriage you start to build up an image of a person who does not exist as each is imprinted on you.
Exo 20:5-6 KJV (5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (6) And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

If sex outside of marriage is OK, why do we have jealousy. We know it is not right. When we do not serve God it is the same feeling for Him as when we feel hurt from the pain of a cheating spouse.

God has a plumb line for us.

• Premarital sex does not make you a better marriage candidate.
  
• Living together does not prepare you for marriage. Marriage is a covenant.
  
• Sexual compatibility does not produce a good marriage. A good marriage produces sexual compatibility.
  
• Good sex is progressive in a marriage. You need to learn together. And you also have to learn to forgive the mistakes. It is like learning to drive a stick shift. Cars are more forgiving than marriage partners.
  
• Living together without marriage is a sin.
  

Fornication - sex before marriage.
Adultery - sex outside of marriage.

Adultery is a reason to break up a marriage. God divorced Israel over their adultery with other gods. Marriage is where freedom exist. Outside it is bondage.

So what do we do with the feelings of not what to forgive and the rage that happen from a spouse having an affair. Turn it loose, and forgive. If God can forgive, so can you.