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

A Living Sacrifice….

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bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.1.NASB1995

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.2-3.NASB1995

Took a drive in the Jeep, after coming back from a trip to California. It was like God saying, welcome back to Tennessee. I am still struck, by the whispering of God’s magnificence of his creation, and this beautiful place, we get to call home. I am always reminded of Psalm 19, “The heavens cry out, to God in his Majesty and Glory” (Alan’s translation) 😳

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God is Closer than you Think

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Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord and He shall lift you up.

“God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, “I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place. Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel—make it a sure thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I gave to David your father I’m giving to you, namely, ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’”
‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭7‬:‭12‬-‭18‬ ‭MSG‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/97/2ch.7.12-18.MSG

Nothing can Separate us from the Love from God.

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Visiting family and friends in CA. Back home to Tennessee, tomorrow.

Righteousness is given to us by our Faith in Jesus. His sacrifice makes us right with God, when we believe.

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bible.com/bible/100/2co.5.20-21.NASB1995

“God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV) You are God’s righteousness. You are His goodness and rightness because of what Christ did on the cross. This was given to you, and you are called righteous by the Lord of the universe. You can live in light of the righteousness you were given. It not only allows you to approach God with confidence, but it allows you to be an ambassador to others around you. Because your righteousness is not earned but freely given through faith in Jesus, you can share this gift with others and invite them to be God’s righteousness too.

Love Your Enemies!

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bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.35.NASB1995

Father, my heart is sinful and selfish. You have already shown me, the depths of your compassion, and yet this verse creates tension in my heart to do good to my enemies. I cannot do this without your Holy Spirit and your working together in me. Help me continue to grow, in this area. Amen.

Help me Lord, to Love as you loved me? I was an enemy, but your reined down Mercy on me.

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bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.35.NASB1995

Father, my heart is sinful and selfish. You have already shown me, the depths of your compassion, and yet this verse creates tension in my heart to do good to my enemies. I cannot do this without your Holy Spirit and your working together in me. Help me continue to grow, in this area. Amen.

Thank you Jesus, for changing our Hearts, through the work of your Holy Spirit. May your Spirit, continue to work in us. Amen

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“I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.”
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭36‬:‭27‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.36.27.NASB1995

Jesus, the God Man is Alive and lives, that we might live our lives, through him and his Holy Spirit, that he has given to us.

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bible.com/bible/100/psa.77.11-12.NASB1995

Father, just as David looked back at Israel’s deliverance from oppression, and looked forward to the coming messiah, we as Christians look back at our deliverance from sin by Jesus death and resurrection, and look forward to his second coming. May the Good News of deliverance to all who believe, go out to every living soul. May their faith in Jesus, transform them into the people you want them to be.