Sermon Rocked The House

     Last Saturday in Victory Christian Fellowship, a new church being planted in the city of Santa Monica, a guest speaker, a Pastor Cheery Smith, a graduate of Biola University and Talbot Seminary, both located in the city of La Mirada, CA, spoke on the need for community. He pointed out from the book of Acts that the early church had all things in common and they gathered together to hear the apostles doctrine (preaching) and they shared  what they had with one another.
     We need community because no one of us has all the abilities within themselves. We are dependent on others. For example, you may have a need to know how to share the word of God with others. Your fellow Christian has just shared the word and he comes and shares with the group his success. You can learn from him and be built up. "So that is how it can be done. I am encouraged."

       He was very good and I think he had the attention of the young folks. Victory Christian Fellowship is for the young people by the young people and needs to grow. Pastor Daryl is trying hard but he can't do it alone. He needs once in a while a guest speaker to come in and give him a rest. This is what was happening.

Money and Time

God's House

       Today being Sunday I was in service. All Christian's should be in a Bible believing,Bible teaching fellowship on Sunday or whenever during the week the service is. ACTS meets on a Sunday. Victory Christian Fellowship meets on a Saturday.The day isn't important. The attendence is.
        Pastor Joe was finishing up his series on money today. He said we should think of our finances not only as the money we have in our pockets but also the witnessing we do and the service using our spiritual gifts
        To help us in our understanding of money and its use, ACTS is hosting a series on Tuesday nights taught using DVDs and study groups; using the Dave Ramsey series on money. I highly recommend Dave Ramsey. Learn not only to give but how to save. The series will show you how to handle your money and how to budget.

Telling

           The whole of our life should be service. Even our work. Some of us are put in places of employment that are easier than others. I work at a grocery store in the deli department. It is not somewhere where I am able to use my intelligence. I feel like my brain shuts down. I basicly wash the dishes and tie up chickens for the roasting. I have trouble at certain times feeling this is what God in His sovereignty wants me to do. But that is the mind set I must take.  He has me there for a purpsoe.
      Please comment about your work situation. How do you manage it?
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New Birth

It is exciting to be in on the ground floor of a new church plant. On the 27th we are having a baby shower for the new venture. As I have posted earlier some person will be walking away with a new IPad2. But that is not the reason a person should get excited. A person should get excited because God is at work.
  Lots of prayer will be needed. Prayer is important. The fervent prayer of a righteous man is very powerful.
  The mother church is Acts. Pastor Joe wouldn't be backing this venture if he didn't know the new pastor he was backing. Pastor Daryl has worked under him for twelve years, most of these years getting trained. Daryl is a graduate of Biola University and presently is attending Talbot Theological Seminary. Pastor Joe, the pastor of Acts, feels that when God saves you He gives you a gift. Also when God calls you to the minisrty it is a call to prepare.And once a person is prepared God will open doors.

And to finance the new church

Never throught it could be done.  Even Pastor Joe of Acts, jokingly of course, said that it was something the Catholic Church  down the block did on a regular basis. And this being a new Baptist fellowship.. Victory Christain Fellowship, to be exact, for them to raffle off an IPAD2 for the price of $25 a ticket, why, it was just something that was ingenous. Victory is going to reach the young college age group. This is something that they are going to respond to. I know the group of Acts is putting in their money. I have. My wife has. Some lucky person will have a wifi IPad2. Launch party will be the 27th of this month. I guess that that is the time it will be raffled off. The winner doesn't need to be present. I will probably be working at Ralphs on that day. My Saturdays are not my own.

Help for the Seeking

I decided to post here some links to web sites that may be helpful.
 Let me first say that the author of this blog is a Biola University Graduate. Their link would be http://www.biola.edu/. A person I will try to get to contribute on this blog is pastor Daryl McKillian. His church site is http://www.evictory.org/. He also is a Biola University Grad and presently a Talbot seminary student. Finally a great link for sermons can be found at http://www.ustream.tv/ and put in achurchthatstudies in the search box. These are services recorded each week when the camera is working. The pastor there is Rev. Dr. Joseph P. Metoyer, Jr. He also is a Biola University Grad. His web site is http://www.achurchthatstudies.org/.