Multi-Tasking on a Biblical Scale

Pastor T. Austin Huggins, IV of Christ Evangel Christian Fellowship recently delivered an exceptionally bold and stimulating exposition entitled "The Kind of Prayer God Accepts" www.christevangel.org

Joh 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

As Pastor Huggins developed then unwrapped those vital elements needed in order that our prayers might be heard by our Creator, I was overwhelmed by the COMPLEXITY of the SIMPLENESS of prayer. I know that does not make sense, but, please read further...

Mar 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

We on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. just dodged a major bullet by only 78 miles when Hurricane Michael came calling this morning. All of us living in the Florida panhandle had been on pins and needles for days as this behemoth of a storm approached. It did not disappoint.

My Brother {in Christ} John, who is also my neighbor, called my attention to the awesomeness of prayer as God hears thousands, perhaps millions of prayers everyday, but especially in times of great conflict or tribulation. John opined that the Father hears each and every prayer that the Holy Spirit, through Christ Jesus formats for His ears to hear. Each one. Individually. Thoroughly. Completely. God then formulates and speaks an answer to those prayers, according to His will. We marvel at the immensity and grandeur and unlimited capability of He who created us. Mentally, this to me is overwhelmingly complex. Read further...

Heb 10:19-22 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, (20) by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, (21) and since we have a great priest over the house of God, (22) let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

This day, thousands of souls cried out to God in the name of His Son Jesus, through the Holy Spirit asking to be spared, for relief from suffering and devastation. At the same time He attended to the prayers from millions around the globe. Tonight thousands more call upon God, in prayer just like children calling out to their Father in times of trial and distress. We are granted direct audience with the Creator of all that is, and all that will ever be. Almighty God! The simplicity of prayer and its effectiveness rests in Salvation through Faith alone, in Christ alone.

Joh 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

This is God's gift to us through Jesus. How special is that?

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?

Multi-Tasking on a Biblical Scale

Pastor T. Austin Huggins, IV of Christ Evangel Christian Fellowship recently delivered an exceptionally bold and stimulating exposition entitled "The Kind of Prayer God Accepts" www.christevangel.org

Joh 15:7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

As Pastor Huggins developed then unwrapped those vital elements needed in order that our prayers might be heard by our Creator, I was overwhelmed by the COMPLEXITY of the SIMPLENESS of prayer. I know that does not make sense, but, please read further...

Mar 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.

We on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. just dodged a major bullet by only 78 miles when Hurricane Michael came calling this morning. All of us living in the Florida panhandle had been on pins and needles for days as this behemoth of a storm approached. It did not disappoint.

My Brother {in Christ} John, who is also my neighbor, called my attention to the awesomeness of prayer as God hears thousands, perhaps millions of prayers everyday, but especially in times of great conflict or tribulation. John opined that the Father hears each and every prayer that the Holy Spirit, through Christ Jesus formats for His ears to hear. Each one. Individually. Thoroughly. Completely. God then formulates and speaks an answer to those prayers, according to His will. We marvel at the immensity and grandeur and unlimited capability of He who created us. Mentally, this to me is overwhelmingly complex. Read further...

Heb 10:19-22 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, (20) by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, (21) and since we have a great priest over the house of God, (22) let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

This day, thousands of souls cried out to God in the name of His Son Jesus, through the Holy Spirit asking to be spared, for relief from suffering and devastation. At the same time He attended to the prayers from millions around the globe. Tonight thousands more call upon God, in prayer just like children calling out to their Father in times of trial and distress. We are granted direct audience with the Creator of all that is, and all that will ever be. Almighty God! The simplicity of prayer and its effectiveness rests in Salvation through Faith alone, in Christ alone.

Joh 15:16 "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

This is God's gift to us through Jesus. How special is that?

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?

The Mighty Magnet

Charles H. Spurgeon

"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."

{Joh 12:32}

Come, ye workers, be encouraged.

You fear that you cannot draw a congregation.

Try the preaching of a crucified, risen, and ascended Savior; for this is the greatest "draw" that was ever yet manifested among men.

What drew you to Christ but Christ?

What draws you to Him now but His own blessed self?

If you have been drawn to religion by anything else, you will soon be drawn away from it;

but Jesus has held you and will hold you even to the end.

Why, then, doubt His power to draw others?

Go with the name of Jesus to those who have hitherto been stubborn and see if it does not draw them.

No sort of man is beyond this drawing power.

Old and young, rich and poor, ignorant and leaned, depraved or amiable--all men shall feel the attractive force.

Jesus is the one magnet.

Let us not think of any other.

Music will not draw to Jesus, neither will eloquence, logic, ceremonial, or noise.

Jesus Himself must draw men to Himself; and Jesus is quite equal to the work in every case.

Be not tempted by the quackeries of the day; but as workers for the Lord work in His own way, and draw with the Lord's own cords.

Draw to Christ, and draw by Christ, for then Christ will draw by you.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?

The Mighty Magnet

Charles H. Spurgeon

"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."

{Joh 12:32}

Come, ye workers, be encouraged.

You fear that you cannot draw a congregation.

Try the preaching of a crucified, risen, and ascended Savior; for this is the greatest "draw" that was ever yet manifested among men.

What drew you to Christ but Christ?

What draws you to Him now but His own blessed self?

If you have been drawn to religion by anything else, you will soon be drawn away from it;

but Jesus has held you and will hold you even to the end.

Why, then, doubt His power to draw others?

Go with the name of Jesus to those who have hitherto been stubborn and see if it does not draw them.

No sort of man is beyond this drawing power.

Old and young, rich and poor, ignorant and leaned, depraved or amiable--all men shall feel the attractive force.

Jesus is the one magnet.

Let us not think of any other.

Music will not draw to Jesus, neither will eloquence, logic, ceremonial, or noise.

Jesus Himself must draw men to Himself; and Jesus is quite equal to the work in every case.

Be not tempted by the quackeries of the day; but as workers for the Lord work in His own way, and draw with the Lord's own cords.

Draw to Christ, and draw by Christ, for then Christ will draw by you.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?

Walk in the Newness of Life

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. {Rom 6:4}

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. {Rom 6:19}

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 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. {Rom 12:1-2}

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. {2Co 5:17}

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. {Gal 6:15-16}

So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, {Eph 4:17}

But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. {Eph 4:20-24}

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Walk in the Newness of Life

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. {Rom 6:4}

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. {Rom 6:19}

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 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. {Rom 12:1-2}

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. {2Co 5:17}

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. {Gal 6:15-16}

So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, {Eph 4:17}

But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. {Eph 4:20-24}

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HIS WORK IS SEEN EVERYWHERE

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. {Psa 19:1}

Each evening as the sun sets, Almighty God announces the close of yet another day. He does so in magnificent splendor; painting the evening sky with mighty brush strokes of color and texture, mixing clouds with gold and silver light spread over the pastel blue of Heavens gateway.

Each morning, this mighty and incredible artistry of His invisible power is made visible to our eyes again, announcing the beginning of a new day. A fresh start. A day filled with His promise, His love, His might. {Gen 1:5 --God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.}.

From the beginning of time this gift and evidence of His power has never been duplicated. Each painting is dynamic, ever changing, never repeating, always fresh and renewing. In THIS we see ample evidence of God!

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. {Rom 1:20} The man who shouts "There is no God" is an Anathema and is cursed in the presence of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Pray for that man.

The Spirit of our Lord is invisible and His works remain a deep mystery to the flesh, and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." { Act 14:17}

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. (42) So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body. {1Co 15:41-42}

Look up into the heavens tonight. As different from one to another the stars reveal His majesty that has been gifted to each one of us. We are as individual, one from another, as the stars differ in the sky. Only God can grant this miracle. He does so leaving visible evidence that we might see and that we might believe. DO you have insight? Do you believe?

"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. {Dan 12:3}

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