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[Pastors' blog] Northside Baptist Church

May 29th, 2009 |

Good morning,

I pray all is well in NBC Blog Land.

Once again God saw fit to bless our soul winners. we had 25 out and 13 saved last night for soul winning. What a great evening. Everything was a perfect evening.

Don’t forget our annual church picnic tomorrow at Bowness Park. Look for the orange pylons. Bring your meat, salad, chips, and LAWN CHAIRS. Don’t steal my lawn chair!

Aleena’s grad went very well. She walked graciously across the platform to receive her diploma then slipped and fell.

No - just kidding. We are so proud of her for completing the first of many parts of her life.

Rebecca comes home today. We are so excited about her coming home for the Summer. More excited than her brothers who have to put up with her. Her nagging, hair spray, perfume, extra long time in the bathroom, and of course talking about her date with a freshman.

Hebrews 11:1, 6

Let’s talk about faith for a minute.

Faith is a substance that allows me to step out. We know we cannot please God without it. We sin if we live without it. We cannot even move in the life of Christ without possessing it. Further more we cannot be saved without it but we all possess it. It is the exercising of the faith we possess from God that must be tried.

Herein lies my point. We must step out in faith before God can move us forward.

Faith is a step deeper in unchartered territory but with God assuring us that He has committed to our safety and survival.

When we were in California suffering for Jesus, we swam in the Ocean. The waves were huge, the taste of salt was ever present. the sense of the unknown: sharks, sea snakes, fish, the vegetation floating, how about the forgotten drop off into 300 feet deep water or even rip tides. These were all a thought of fear into the unknown. The thought of unknown in untested waters. Our mind can stop us from pursuing God. OUR MIND ITSELF CAN REALLY STOP US FROM PURSUING GOD! We don’t want to go any further due to uncharted territory. Fear of dying or missing out or even the fear of pain and hurt. We love safety, security, ez, and convenience – These are all enemies of godly faith. You and I cannot truly live for God without pain, worry, clashes, fear, or hurt.

Let us begin to move out in uncharted territory in our life, the ocean. Allow God to prove Himself to you, in a still small way that would begin to open a greater door of faith. Little by little one step at a time. let Him just carry us to safety. We will not pass first base in Christianity without stepping out in our life by faith in Him who promised “I will never leave thee nor sake thee.”

I Love you NBC

Preacher

I John 5:4

Are You Stepping out and Trusting Him to catch you?

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[Pastors' Blog] Northside Baptist Church

May 23rd, 2009 |

Author: Pastor Adkins

Hello and Good Morning to NBC Blog Land,

I pray all is well. We had a great night out Thursday. There were 11 saved with 32 out soul winning – Praise the Lord!

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NBC blog land….. There will be a special gift to all those present on Saturday, June 13 for our annual soul winning marathon. Our theme is: Being wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Pray for Brother Walfred Rodas. He is very sore from his accident on Tuesday.

Bro Curington:

Are you lonely? Are you afraid? Are you despondent?

If you are a believer, guess what. He is! And nothing can change that. He is with you day in and day out. He’s promised to never leave or forsake you. When you feel alone, guess what. Your not! Being alone is an impossibility for a believer. Your lifestyle may feel lonely, but alone is no longer an option. You belong to a lifelong Resider. He’s come to stay, even if we stray.

With that said, we must recognize the potential power that God’s presence has on our performance in life. No matter the job that needs to be done. Christ, not me, is all I need. It’s not Christ AND me, its Christ IN me!

The presence of all mighty God is only one step away from the power of that mighty God! That step is simply faith. Faith is required to engage that power that is available to those in whom He presides.

With this said, Christ is your source of joy and comfort. In faith, trusting Him, is your way to true happiness and an exit from loneliness.

God bless

Preacher

I John 5:4

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[Northside Baptist Church] Pastors’ blog

May 15th, 2009 |

Author: Pastor Adkins

Good Morning to Everyone in NBC Blog land,

We had a great and blessed time at soul winning last night. 4 saved – wow, lets keep it up. God Bless all those in attendance (35) and may we harvest much/more fruit for Him.

* PASTORS’ SECRET – ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh, I am going to give you a hint for all those out there in NBC blog land. Pizza this Thursday, May 21 @ Operation Go. Be There!

I want you to be praying for the town of Strathmore, AB. This town will be our next soul winning marathon on June 13, 2009.

FROM THE PASTOR’ DESK

Acts 17:11

What is discipline? It is like the church in Berea:

“These (people of Berea) were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

We find that consistency is the key to discipline. On again and off again in your Christian life breeds failure and discontentment. Your victory as a Christian must hail a constant consistency, this is discipline. Your inconsistency is exactly the result of how you feel, failure. irritable and your life waving up and down with your thoughts and feelings (mood swings) for anything that has to do with righteousness.

Let us live as the church of Berea. We must live consistent to be disciplined. This is the key to a successful and healthy Christian life! Our main problem is living inconsistent, undisciplined.

I love you NBC

Preacher

I John 5:4

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[Northside Baptist Church] Pastor’s Blog

May 8th, 2009 |

Author: Pastor Adkins

Any incorrect grammar or punctuation is due to the early morning hour.

Good Morning NBC,

Mother’s Day this Sunday is a special time for every person. I want to wish all our mother’s a happy Mother’s Day. We are so blessed for your love and deeds you have shown and are doing. I miss my mother so much, I wish she was here.
To all mothers – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY – We Love You!

This morning’s blog is taken from Proverbs 8:13, “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the forward mouth, do I hate.”

Solomon was the wisest man in the world. He knew that his wisdom did not come from his power but from God. The sign to fearing God is to hate evil. Some times we think to fear God is to just state “I fear God” or we think that fearing God is not to speed, “maybe I fear God because I go to church, I fear God because we are soul winners or we are a Sunday School teacher” when in reality the sign of fearing God is to hate all evil in our life. Evil: Is what God deems offensive in what we see, hear, and do. It has nothing to do with my standard of evil, my rule of thumb, or my years of doing the same thing so it can’t be sinful towards God. The fear of the Lord is not measured by longevity of serving Him. We like to white wash offensives in our life to over come guilt and sinful habits.
Fearing the Lord is not shunning evil or disliking it on my schedule, the fear of the Lord is to hate it, hating evil is where the fear lies.
The last half of this verse tells us that God hates pride. This is the answer to the hating evil. Pride is why Satan fell and why we will fall. Pride says I can do this without God. Anything done without God’s mind is sin. Pride makes us atheist. Pride makes us godless, Pride makes us powerless, Pride makes us pilotless, Pride makes us foolish, unwise, and unholy.
Let’s this week strive to hate evil to fear the Lord and to do this it means we must combat pride in our life by His strength.

Hating Evil is Hating Pride!

Have A Great Day.
Preacher

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