Who is our brother or sister that comes to mind, that we might help in their time of need? Does anyone come to mind?
Author: Arw27
Hi,
My name is Alan and I have been in ministry, for many years. I started out at Grace Community Church in their sports ministries, in Softball, Basketball and Semi Pro Baseball team, where I coached, led devotions, and shared my testimony on the baseball team with other teams we played. After leaving Grace, My wife Kathy and I were at Simi Valley Community Church, where we were lay pastors, and also got involved in Parenting classes called Growing Kids God's Way. The church ended up splitting and were part of the original people that helped start Cornerstone Community Church with Francis Chan and Ron Wilson. During that time, we continued in parenting classes, couples bible studies, and small groups. I became a non staff Pastor/Elder some years back and did it till I stepped down on December 31st, 2019. Nothing bad, just felt that the Lord was calling me to do something else, after 25 years at Cornerstone. Presently, I joined a band with our Homeless Ministry (PADS) and we just started a group on Friday nights, that ministers to professing believers who are going through some type of recovery. My desire, is that there will be some type of home/small church that I will lead, based on what the Lord seems to be calling me to. It is a really big step of faith, at 65 years old.
A couple other things to note. I was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and left there when I was 20 years old. My passion was baseball, and my desire, was to play professionally. I gave my life to Jesus when I was a young teenager, but lack of a consistent fellowship and some family problems led me away. I also, started letting baseball be my God.
I moved to California when I was 20, and works for an offshore drilling company for about 2 and 1/2 years and then went back to school and Cal State University where I met my wonderful wife in Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU). We were married in 1980 and Lord willing, look forward to celebrating our 40th anniversary in August. We have 3 daughters that all live close by, until my middle daughter just moved to Tennessee.
My Career, had been since I got out of college, with a degree in finance, a combination of IT, consulting, Executive Vice President, RE Broker and Loan Broker, and a short time as a VP Senior Financial Analyst with Bank of America.
Well, I hope that gives you a little glimpse into my life, and where I think the Lord is leading. Please feel free to write.
God Bless
Alan
Do you think God is saying, that we get whatever we ask for? Food for thought below……..
Taken from Crosswalk.com, all credit belongs to them
It sounds so simple: ask and you shall receive anything you want! But what if what you want isn’t good for you? What if what you want at the time goes against the law of God? What if two people on earth ask for the same job or the same spouse? They can’t both have it. And if you get everything that you ask for, doesn’t that place you in power over God? Let’s determine what this verse is really telling us about asking and receiving.
Understanding the Context of the Phrase ‘Ask and You Shall Receive’ in the Bible
Right after this concept of asking and receiving, Jesus shares that parents give good gifts to their children. If mere humans can do this, how much more can our loving heavenly Father give to us? It is important to remember how God wants to lavish good things on us (Deut. 28:11). But sometimes we must ask and continue asking because our initial motive is wrong. God won’t give us the answer to a whim of ours that comes out of wrong thinking. But the more we ask, the more what we want gets molded into what is really good for us.
This could be the main idea of the passage: to simply stay in an ongoing relationship with your living God. Ask for something you want. If the answer is yes, keep on communicating with God. If the answer is no, keep on asking your heavenly Father. Talk with God until you either receive what you want or the wisdom to know why you didn’t get it. Then continue to keep the communication open. Keep asking. Keep communicating. Most of all, keep loving your Father in Heaven.
This passage was mentioned in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount. When you look at this passage as a whole, it speaks of the Kingdom of God and connecting our lives to that Kingdom. Jesus tells us how to grow in our character. It seems that the ask and you shall receive message would be along these same lines. We should always persevere to have a more God-like character. We ask. We learn. We grow. Then we ask again.
Sometimes we ask and then do receive what we asked for. But a lot of the time, asking may simply be a part of the process of learning and growing in wisdom. In 1 Kings 3, Solomon asked God for a discerning heart to help people and to distinguish between right and wrong, and the Lord was pleased with him. God was pleased that he asked for wisdom and discernment instead of fleeting things like wealth or honor. He gave Solomon a very wise heart, but he also gave him the wealth and honor that he hadn’t asked for. Solomon asked for the best thing and received other blessings as well.
We are Overcomers!
We are Overcomers…..
God’s plan for us, has always been for us to be reconciled with him, no matter our circumstances. We will have trials, but we can find comfort, in knowing that Jesus had overcome the world, and we can as well, through our faith in him, and with his helper (The Holy Spirit), who lives within us.
Notice to my followers. Can’t seem to connect my new blog site to my old website. Please see link below.
Not sure what has happened, but am having trouble with the new Jetpack from WordPress. Since this, my blogs are not coming through correctly.
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Thanks for you help, in advance,
Blessings Alan
Great ideas on our prayer times.
www.bible.com/reading-plans/16086/day/6
This is not trying harder to gain your entrance to Heaven. It cannot be earned. If anyone is confused about this, send me a note, and I will try and explain, if you are uncertain if you are going to Heaven.
This is not trying harder to gain your entrance to Heaven. It cannot be earned. If anyone is confused about this, send me a note, and I will try and explain, if you are uncertain if you are going to Heaven.
Thankfulness
What are some things that you are thankful for? Would love to hear from you. I copied a few things from the Bible that might stimulate your memory. 🙂
1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 1,005 helpful votes
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Psalm 100:4 ESV / 721 helpful votes
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Colossians 4:2 ESV / 667 helpful votes
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:20 ESV / 662 helpful votes
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Psalm 106:1 ESV / 563 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Philippians 4:6 ESV / 558 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Colossians 3:15 ESV / 554 helpful votes
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Psalm 107:1 ESV / 527 helpful votes
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Colossians 3:17 ESV / 525 helpful votes
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Chronicles 16:34 ESV / 475 helpful votes
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Colossians 3:15-17 ESV / 437 helpful votes
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Psalm 28:7 ESV / 406 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Living Waters 