Church Signs

Driving a bus now, I see many parts of the county I haven't seen before. I have been noticing many of the signs and they have been encouraging me. Helton United Methodist says, "Abide in Me and I in You" Then Highland Bible Tabernacle says, "Repent, Repent, Repent".  Ashe PCA Church says "You are the strength of my heart and my portion forever". The last one I saw was at Flecher Memorial Baptist Church and it said, "weather report: the Son will shine forever!" So just from these signs I have been encouraged to converse frequently with the Lord and to have a heart and attitude of repentence realizing that God is the strength of my heart and He will be glorified! ! I have seen some bad church signs but these have encouraged me during this dark time.

A Blue House... the Lord provides!

Just a bus driver

So I started driving bus routes as a substitute driver and I am seeing so many parallels to ministry. Ultimately, the Lord alone has given us our route in life and the handful of people we are to share it with. He knows when He is to let some off and when others are to stay in for the long haul. SOmetimes the road is smoothe and the wind is in our face. Other times the road is rough washed out by circumstances before us. He always finishes every route and brings us safely home. Oh to be content with the whisperings of my Savior. He is good!

If I had two hands doing the same thing

In a very real way we can be our worst enemy

Evans 5th Birthday

We did something brave last night. We had 7 boys over for a campout for Evan's 5th birthday. It was so much fun. Hot dogs, campfire, bear hunt, and fox and the hens. We all fell saleep by 10pm or so. A jet flew over about 6:30am and that was the end of sleepy time. THe back yard came alive with laughter and ideas for a new day. I thanked God for little boys and for a rising generation that has tremendous energy to be harnessed for the sake of the kingdom of God. May God give father's the passion and desire to lead their families well for the sake of the coming generation that God may be glorified!

"....And he went out, not knowing where he was going." Heb. 11:8

Have you ever heard the promises of God and sought to obey but have no idea what is ahead? Abraham did. Lately we find ourselves in the same position. The circumstances of our lives have left us humbled at the foot of the cross of Jesus and asking "what next Lord? Faith is believing that God is able to fulfill His Word in us even when we do not see a way out. God is Sovereign and doesn't waste anything. We know Romans 8:28 well "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." God uses all thing in the sense that He uses the ways of man for His glory whether they be good or evil. He uses good circumstances and bad circumstances to perfect His Will in the earth. He has the final say. I rejoice knowing that HE simply asks us to trust Him. As the children of Israel felt trapped at the Red Sea and a bitter enemy pursuing them, they waited. God delivered them, not for their sake but for His. When we humbly lay down our lives to the Master of all Creation and ask that He glorify Himself, watch out for He will do wonders, that all may know that He is great!

Church Polity

A sI was reading in 1 Samuel today i was reminded that any church or ministry can seemingly operate without true power from above. In the first chapters of 1 Samuel we see the Eli and his sons had completely lost contact with the Spirit's power and purpose within the temple ministry. They were simply gluttonous and immoral. Eli did nothing to correct it. I find it amazing that sometimes our churches are similar. We stagnate and the Spirit is not involved. We are simply "going through the motions". I find that my heart needs to be reminded of this amazing truth from these passages: That we must never separate the work of God from the Person of God. Indeed can we really work "for" God? We know at best we are co-laborers, however it is by His might as Isaiah says. May our ministires always be led by the Spirit. Often I find that the flesh and the Spirit struggle even within the body of Christ! There will be those who just want to keep operating, and then those who want to do what god is calling them to do which is rarely popular. May we guard our hearts in this way.

March 2011 (30 photos), by Scott Day

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Time Use vs. Time Wasted

Life has been quite busy lately. With summer planning and teaching a class and taking a class, this winter has proved to be busy. I plan to have alittle time this spring summer to get back up and blog again. Obviously it is not a priority, but that is because something else is. So I thought I could include this post on time management. Time can be managed into these four areas. this is from Steven Covey's book about 7 habits of highly effective people. I don't know about you but i want to be effective in what i do, especially if it is to the glory of God. I want to accomplish something today for God's glory.

I

Activities:
Crises
Pressing Problems
Deadline-driven projects

II

Activities:
Prevention
Planning
Relationship building
Recognizing new opportunities
Values clarification
True recreation
Not Important

III

Activities:
Interruptions, some calls
Some mail, some reports
Some meetings
Proximate, pressing matters
Popular Activities

IV

Activities:
Trivia, busy work
Some mail
Some phone calls
Time wasters
Pleasant activities