tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.comments2010-03-30T10:05:23.332-07:00SWAT For Jesus in MontereyMitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00733981599747293676noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-83964390741315152142010-03-30T10:05:23.332-07:002010-03-30T10:05:23.332-07:00Well said brother! AMEN!!!
Tit 2:11 For the gra...Well said brother! AMEN!!! <br /><br />Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,<br />Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; <br />Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; <br />Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. <br />Tit 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.<br /><br />Blessings!Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338195975230423108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-52122238814739045432009-06-08T16:00:49.106-07:002009-06-08T16:00:49.106-07:00Great. Doing your part in spreading the gospel ar...Great. Doing your part in spreading the gospel around the world.Daughter of Wisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565795173054909961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-80644590290608340872009-05-23T10:40:46.420-07:002009-05-23T10:40:46.420-07:00Tom,
That was an AWESOME post, and it blessed me ...Tom,<br /><br />That was an AWESOME post, and it blessed me immensely. Thank you for sharing your heart. I share your perspectives right down the line. I am humbled to be on the team with you, and I look forward to seeing what the Lord does through us all as we seek His face and proclaim His law and forgiveness.Maxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629297402230279522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-32471300948965160202009-05-05T10:28:00.000-07:002009-05-05T10:28:00.000-07:00Check out the other parts! God is amazing!Check out the other parts! God is amazing!Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338195975230423108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-91204731246211983592009-04-09T13:47:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:47:00.000-07:00Chrissy,I was truly blessed by your post. Thank y...Chrissy,<BR/><BR/>I was truly blessed by your post. Thank you for reminding me that it is the love of Christ that compels us to deliver the good news! We need be nothing more than walking billboards, testaments of God's love toward all mankind. I often think it is my own pride that makes me want to do more than deliver the simple message of the truth of the Law and the love of Christ. The knowledge I have accumulated as a Christian should be more for my own sanctification, or for others who have the eyes to see. It truly is simpler than that.<BR/>Thanks again for reminding me of that fact.Maxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629297402230279522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-34067981304005141402009-04-09T13:43:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:43:00.000-07:00Great post, Tom! I had not seen that before. I l...Great post, Tom! I had not seen that before. I like that it is anonymous, even though of course it would we be great to follow this athiest to see how that's working for him now!<BR/>Well done, thanks, I was blessed by it. Though the call of the Great Commission may seem daunting, all burdens are light when they are cast upon our Lord Jesus!Maxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629297402230279522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-55288299329366384272009-03-12T11:02:00.000-07:002009-03-12T11:02:00.000-07:00I couldn't agree more brother! When I read the VOM...I couldn't agree more brother! When I read the VOM magazine i am always so moved by their stories. What brave brothers and sisters they are! It always leaves me with the question, 'What would I do in a situation like that?' and 'Would I lay down my life in such a way?'. I have answered this question many times, but of course I don't know what it's like to suffer such dramatic and severe persecution. What we experience here is not comparable. I love the fact that you posted this. Thanks Maxx! Much Love in Him! ChrisChrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338195975230423108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-20013558025685400962009-03-10T07:00:00.000-07:002009-03-10T07:00:00.000-07:00It seems alot like Court Ave in Downtown Des Moine...It seems alot like Court Ave in Downtown Des Moines. I'm so looking forward to it getting warmer. For the first time ever I had a team of 5 to go through the skywalks last Saturday. Got into some crazy conversations. My last one was the best. I got two 13 year old girls to talk with this old, fat, whiteman for 15 minuites. It was great. When they left they understood why Jesus had to die. I was so pumped!Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621622154409318181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-16838145614603446062009-03-01T18:15:00.000-08:002009-03-01T18:15:00.000-08:00Amen to that, Chrissy, good post! I especially li...Amen to that, Chrissy, good post! I especially like where you said it only matters what Jesus thinks of you, and no one else. How true that is. <BR/><BR/>I still struggle to wear my faith in Christ on my sleeve more while on the job. But I'm getting tired of running from the mission the Lord has called me to! <BR/><BR/>Chuck Missler has often said that God gives us an opportunity every day to show how much we actually love and trust Him. What we need is complete surrender to the grace He wants to give us to make the most of those opportunities.Maxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629297402230279522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-80513168254292555102009-03-01T17:22:00.000-08:002009-03-01T17:22:00.000-08:00Very good Crissy! We are to be obedient to what Go...Very good Crissy! We are to be obedient to what God has called us to do. Witness to unbelievers. Witness to believers. Witness to people who think they are believers.Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733981599747293676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-16151514220619551412009-02-27T10:34:00.000-08:002009-02-27T10:34:00.000-08:00I love that Maxx, just when we think it's time to ...I love that Maxx, just when we think it's time to go home, GOD so often reminds us who's in charge and when it's time to call it a night. May the LORD'S light (Christ Jesus) shine<BR/>in and through us continually! Thanks for the awesome post and encouragement!!<BR/>In HIM,<BR/>DeanDionnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03283835674681870734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-9490310927239434982009-02-15T20:14:00.000-08:002009-02-15T20:14:00.000-08:00Maxx...I never thought about this verse before, bu...Maxx...I never thought about this verse before, but I decided to meditate on it for a while. This is what the Holy Spirit revealed to my soul, and I checked it out with my Manners and Customs book about iron working. <BR/><BR/>Back in ancient days, a black smith would work iron ore into useful tools. He would take raw iron, and heat it up in a furnace to mold it into a spongy mass of iron. The furnace was not strong enough to melt the iron, just enough to make it plyable, even when using bellows (an instrument that forced air into the furnace to increase the heat). <BR/><BR/>Once the iron was removed from the furnace, it had to be pounded into wrought iron and have the slag and air bubbles beat out of it with a hammer. Then after the piece was beaten into a shape against an anvil by the smith, it was sharpened into a useful tool as an axe or knife. <BR/><BR/>Application<BR/><BR/>When we as men come from the ground as a lump of useless blob, we are then heated up by the fire of the Holy Spirit, and then molded and shaped by the maker or craftsman for His use. The combined heat and beatings work out the slag (sin) out of our lives, and then heated up by the fire of the Holy Spirit and beaten against the anvil (Word of God) until we are molded into the piece we are to be made (axe or knife). The anvil is never effected by the beatings and always retains it's shape. Thus the Word of God is not effected by us at all. Same with the fire of the Holy Spirit. It is not effected by the piece being molded. The only thing being effected is the piece of iron being molded. <BR/><BR/>God molds us through the fire of the Holy Spirit and the beatings of the Maker against the Word of God. Then we are made in the image of the tool we are supposed to be. An axe or letter opener. An axe is designed to cut trees down so it is blunt and heavy. A letter opener is used to make precision cuts to open up mail, so it will be small and light. You wouldn't use an axe to open up mail, and thus you wouldn't use a letter opener to cut down trees. Each tool is made with a purpose in mind. They are going to look different, feel different, and weigh different. <BR/><BR/>The next step is to then sharpen the piece to make it even more useful, and to help make it cut even better. They are sharpened together, or by a wetstone. Small pieces heat up and are blasted accross the room and removed, and then chiped away to give the tool a nice sharp edge. <BR/><BR/>So are we to be sharpened by one another, to help us be even more useful for the master. How much easier would it be for a sharp axe to cut a tree down. Much easier than a dull one. It takes less work when the tool is sharp. We need each other to sharpen our own usefullness, and help us sharpen our gifts to help us become the best tools for the Masters work. It's painful at times, and we feel like we've been made into sparks, and pieces of us ignite, and thrown accross the room. It hurts to be shapen, but it's profitable in the end. To help each other, and when we each do according to the gifts we are given, we work together in harmony with other tools to achieve a common goal. <BR/><BR/>But...axes and knives that became dull, unable to be sharpened again, or unable to be shaped were cast back into the fire and burned up, to be combined with other pieces that became useless. So are we as tools of God, when we become useless are cast into the fires to be consumed. <BR/><BR/>Thus, as iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621622154409318181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-3966945642380308972009-02-15T20:07:00.000-08:002009-02-15T20:07:00.000-08:00Very interesting way to evangelize. I wonder if i...Very interesting way to evangelize. I wonder if it would work in Des Moines, IA on Court Ave. It would be better to have people with me though.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621622154409318181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-74119768236878191082009-02-15T18:57:00.000-08:002009-02-15T18:57:00.000-08:00This has really got me thinking. Good stuff. Bac...This has really got me thinking. Good stuff. Back in biblical times, the iron workers couldn't get the furnaces hot enough to pour melted iron...only copper. So what they did was get it hot enough to bang out the slag (sin like in melting gold), and air bubbles. Then the wrought iron was then shaped and sharpened by continually banging on the hot iron, and sharpening it into tools like axes and knives. Like you said Maxx, it's tough to shape a piece of hard, useless iron into a useful tool like an axe or knife. It takes a great deal of heat (holy spirit), and work (banging of the one working it), and sweat to make a useful tool (a sharp disciple). Crafted to the masters use. Each piece was designed for a purpose. Axes for cutting trees, knives for precision cuts (medical or letter openers). You wouldn't use an axe to open up a piece of mail, and you wouldn't use a letter opener to cut down a tree. Pieces that are not useful, or became useful were thrown back into the fire to be molded with other pieces until they were useful. I can go all day meditating on this one. THANKS MAXX!! I feel a sermon in the mix. Praise the Lord.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621622154409318181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-57133814779277388362009-02-13T13:17:00.000-08:002009-02-13T13:17:00.000-08:00Great post, Dean! Thank you for your heart and I ...Great post, Dean! Thank you for your heart and I praise the Lord for the passion He has given you. I am constantly encouraged to know there is another warrior brother out there willing to call it like it is. As a another buggy of mine in San Diego often said to me, thanks for being REAL!<BR/><BR/>MaxxThe Godsey Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423298401158416449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-79160917854944734342009-02-10T19:26:00.000-08:002009-02-10T19:26:00.000-08:00This is one of my favorite clips. I think the brot...This is one of my favorite clips. I think the brother has gone to be with the Lord. I bet he did it without notes!Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733981599747293676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-89271695321019594142009-02-08T22:46:00.000-08:002009-02-08T22:46:00.000-08:00Hello! :)Hello! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-91429502787229686222009-02-07T19:19:00.000-08:002009-02-07T19:19:00.000-08:00Great post, Tom! Very glad to see on the blog, lo...Great post, Tom! Very glad to see on the blog, looking forward to partnering with you on this ministry!The Godsey Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423298401158416449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832640057960092490.post-52069721186492372852009-01-31T13:57:00.000-08:002009-01-31T13:57:00.000-08:00Aye, aye, sir! Will continue to move toward posit...Aye, aye, sir! Will continue to move toward position and await further orders. Calling now for close air support from the Holy Spirit!<BR/><BR/>MaxxThe Godsey Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423298401158416449noreply@blogger.com