Sunday, September 23, 2018

God Never Changes

Just look around us at all the sin and the bad things that are happening. Sin abounds because we live in a fallen world, and so it is easy for a person to be fearful. Changes are forever-present, and not every change, as we know is positive. If we trust in The Lord Jesus Christ, however, we have no reason to be afraid. We never allow His promises to fail. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  When we are fearful, let us remember that God and His goodness to us are unchanging; and because of this, we are ever secure in Him. God will not forsake us.

 All of the Promises of God are "Yea" and "Amen", but all of the promises of God are conditional. They based upon our saying "Yea" and "Amen" to God. Our health can fail us tomorrow but God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness. How can we explain that? Here is a good example. At 91 years old my dad was close to the end of his life. His frail body would no longer let him stand. His physical body had to depend on everything and everybody, but his inner being grew stronger because God was giving my dad that inward strength which he needed.

We may have adversity, hard times, harsh conditions, danger, or many other things come upon us -- but He draws closer to us than a brother and whispers in our ear, "In the world, ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."  Our friends and family may leave or desert us, so that we end up saying the same as Paul said, "No man stood with me." Where has everybody gone? But listen, friends, we can also say the same as Paul did in the next verse, "Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me," because Jesus will never forsake us or leave us. 

And even when death draws near He assures and declares to us, "I am the resurrection and the life." My dad on his deathbed had that assures and was looking for that life in the heavenly city whose builder and maker is God. I know what dad was thinking- “What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see”. What great comfort in knowing that my Savior is referred to in Isaiah 9:6 as "the everlasting Father" and as One with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning because He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

God was with the Hebrews when He parted the red sea and fed them for the next forty years. He was with the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, He was with Daniel in the lion's den. He also protected David all his life from numerous dangers. Many others in the Bible he did the same for and He will do the same for us today because He is the same yesterday, today, and forever! 

Friday, September 21, 2018

Every Promise is Mine - Give Me My Mountain

O taste and see that the Lord is good!” declared the Psalmist, and to better illustrate just how good the blessings of God are, he stated that He will “satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.” I wonder how many have ever given any real thought as to what honey out of the rock implied? The children of Israel to whom he spoke knew very well what he meant! Now, I don’t know of any way one can get honey out of a rock, but this saying was well known amongst the Israelites, and they knew what the reasoning was: It referred to the time of their exodus from Egypt and their forty-year journey through the wilderness where God sustained them. Wandering in the desert, their daily diet consisted of the manna which God rained down from heaven each day. When they lusted after quail, God sent quail until it was up to their knees. When they ate it, He killed them while its meat was still in their teeth! If they tried to hoard the manna, it rotted overnight (except for the Sabbath’s portion). The Bread Of Affliction For forty years they ate what was referred to as the bread of affliction that they might remember the day that the Lord brought them out of Egypt. Oh, but He not only led them out—He brought them into a land flowing with milk and honey, and He “made them
suck honey out of the 2 rock,” signifying a land so lush, so full of flowers for the bees, that the honey flowed from out of the crevices of the rocks! (Deut. 32:13). This was the inheritance that the Lord gave to them: The Land of Promise, but sadly, only two of the generation who came out of Egypt were allowed to go in. In fact, when Moses was gone up into the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments, he was gone so long that the people began to look back to the land of Egypt, and they desired to go back to its leeks and melons rather than to go on into the land of the Promise! A leek is similar to a spring onion, and they preferred to go back to the onions of Egypt than to go on to the honey of the Promised Land! And a lot of people today would rather go back into the stinking mess of the world than to go on into the Promise! You see, there is a difference between coming out of the world, and going into the Promised Land. Everybody that came out, did not go in! Likewise, a lot of Christians who have come out of the world, have not entered into the land of the promises of God! They’re still living in privation, want, fear, sickness: They’re in a wilderness experience, in a dry land, eating the bread of affliction, and not the honey out of the rock! For forty years in the wilderness, God tried Israel and proved them. They did not have the dainties of the land. They ate the manna, the water out of the rock that followed them, and, of course, the milk of the goats, and maybe some cheese for their bread. In Bible numerology, the number forty always typifies a period of trial and testing. God allowed Goliath to try Israel for forty days. Jesus was tried forty days in prayer and fasting in the wilderness, and every child of God who is going to follow the Lord has to go through what I call “a forty experience” as well. Each one will go through that period of trial and test. When he comes out of the world, he is a child of God, but he is still going to have to face that forty experience like Israel did. And this is where many Christians give up and go back! This is what the New Testament writers always call our attention to so strongly: That although God brought them out of Egypt, those who disobeyed, He did not take into the Promised Land! (Heb. 3:15-19). Their carcasses were strewn all over the desert, and except for Joshua and Caleb, He did not take in one of them! Only their grandchildren who were two generations removed were permitted to enter in! Do you know why? He did not want to take anything of Egypt into the Promised Land! He did not want even any remembrance of it, so He eradicated two entire generations and took in a generation who did not know anything about Egypt! He took in Joshua and Caleb because they didn’t look back to Egypt. They were looking on! I believe ole Caleb had his eye on his mountain the whole forty years! God had promised him a mountain, and the first thing he did when they got into the Promised Land was to say, “Joshua, Give me my mountain!” Caleb was eighty-five years old at this time, but he declared to Joshua: “I was forty years old when Moses sent me in to spy out the land, and he promised me that the land whereon I trod would be mine inheritance because I wholly followed the Lord. And I want you to know that I am as strong now to go in and come out and make war as I was then: Now, therefore, give me my mountain whereof the Lord spake in that day!” (Joshua 14:6-12). He wanted his promises, and I want mine! Like we learned in Sunday School: “Every promise in the Book is mine. - R. G. Hardy

Thursday, July 12, 2018

AMERICA - A Time Of Reckoning



Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more (Judges 10:
13)

I have really been thinking about our country a lot lately and how this once beautiful land filled with God's Blessings has turned her back on Him and on just about everything that is right and good. This reminds me of Israel in Biblical days and how she turned her back on God. We all know what happened to Israel for turning her back on God. Will America be any different? No! The effects of all the sins past and present in this country are mounting up and all America will feel the effects. This country is about to be called to account for the sins and trespasses committed by the government and her people. We must not forget the church and her failure to cry out against the sin and lift up a standard against it.


Most people in this country cannot decern right from wrong. They think good is bad and bad is good. In America, it is good to promote homosexuals, to allow them to become members of our churches and in some cases stand behind the pulpit as a church leader. It is against the law to cry out against it because it is a hate crime to do so. Most churches remain silent and because of this the Holy Spirit has left the church and you see no one healed or set free from their sins. It is sad when there are megachurches with thousands attending and all they hear is a motivational speaker and go home the same way they came. LOST AND UNDONE WITHOUT GOD OR HIS SON!


To take God's beautiful rainbow that He has given us as a promise and use it to promote sin is blasphemy against God and His Word. The Government tells the people that transgenders, crossdressers, homosexuals, lesbians, and the like of such are just another lifestyle.  This is even taught in our public schools. It is no longer Adam and Eve, but now it is Adam and Steve when the Bible clearly tells us God made them male and female. What do we want to be "politically correct or "Biblically correct"?


The killing of unborn babies in their mother's womb (better known as Abortion)  in this country has destroyed millions of unborn babies during the last decades. It started out first the killing of the unborn babies had to be done in the first few weeks of pregnancy but now it is done in many cases when the baby is full-term and ready to be born. We are bombarded on TV with people wanting laws to stop the killing of animals and laws passed to protect them which is all fine and good. The question is where are the people's priorities? The aborting of a baby is called a choice, the women's right. The question is what about the rights of the unborn baby. Did anyone stop to think how many Billy Grahams, Billy Sundays, Bert Clendennens, George Washington, Abe Lincolns, and the list goes on that have been aborted.


America, just like Israel was in the Bible days, Has been warned over and over and over, yet does not regard or heed the warnings and will eventually be paid the price of sin and losing God’s protecting hand. This country can look for a severe judgment coming very soon because, like Israel, we have been warned, yet we continue to go downhill to the broad road that leads to and invites destruction.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

The Nicolaitans Of Today

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. [Revelation 2:6]
Jesus did not hate the people in the Scriptures we read about who He called Nicolaitans, but He certainly hated what they were practicing and teaching — which was a doctrine of compromise in the Church. If you are strong in your Christian faith you know that there can be no bargains or agreements with what the Word of God puts forth.
The sad thing is this movement is growing by leaps and bounds not only across America but across the whole world. We must all realize that the end of this age is coming rapidly to a close and when Jesus comes to rapture His own there are going to be a lot of people who are not going back with Him even though they can and will give Him a list a mile long of all the things they have done.  His words will be, “I know you not”  We must all stand strong in our faith and not compromise.
Everyone that says Lord, Lord will not enter into the kingdom of God. A person can go to church and never miss a Sunday, never miss paying tithes and offerings, and do many other things that may look good, but without obedience to God and His Word, it means nothing.
In America today we have Nicolations who profess Christ but yet do not do the things they know are right. For instance when a Christian  knows that the Abortion (Murder) of millions of unborn babies is wrong but will still be a member of a political party that promotes it that my friend is called compromise, That same political party promotes homosexuals, crossdressers, transgenders, and for the most part does not want God a part of their platform. Not long ago we had a president who promoted all these things and even lite up the white house with rainbow colors. He made fun of certain passages in the Bible, but yet many churches supported him and his agenda. Even today they support that platform (doctrine) These people must repent and return to God.
We must live a holy and separated life from this world. We might have to live in it but we do not have to be a part of it. The church does not need to be part of it. We must be found faithful and a soldier in God’s army. We must preach, teach, be instant in season and out of season to do the Lord’s work.
Today in most churches the members just hear a motivational speech from the pulpit. this style is so widespread in the Church that the doctrine and principles of the Christian faith are largely not known by most churchgoers, especially by those who are younger, because it is never preached or taught to them.  The core Bible doctrines such as the virgin birth, the sinlessness of Christ, sin, salvation, holiness, the crucifixion and eternal judgment are often unknown, inadequately taught, or considered optional. Where modern Nicolaitanism prevails, sound doctrine is replaced with social action, social justice, and an attempt to appeal to mass audiences by making people feel better about themselves. Thus, the true doctrinal teaching of the Bible is diminished, replaced by different versions of a watered-down, “politically correct” instruction instead of a Biblical correct doctrine. We now have over two dozen new translations of the Bible that have changed the Word of God, its meaning or else left out part of the scripture altogether.
As for the old time religion it was and still is the only religion for me and my house. When I go to church I want to hear the pure raw word of God preached.  False teachers will arise and have already risen up that will lure many people into a compromise with the world.  The Nicolaitan spirit is in our churches today and we must fight against it.

Friday, May 18, 2018

Losses Overcome

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten. (Joel 2:25)
Yes, those wasted years over which we sigh shall be restored to us. God can give us such plentiful grace that we shall crowd into the remainder of our days as much of service as will be some recompense for those years of unregeneracy over which we mourn in humble penitence. The locusts of backsliding, worldliness, lukewarmness, are now viewed by us as a terrible plague. Oh, that they had never come near us! The Lord in mercy has now taken them away, and we are full of zeal to serve Him. Blessed be His name, we can raise such harvests of spiritual graces as shall make our former barrenness to disappear. Through rich grace we can turn to account our bitter experience and use it to warn others. We can become the more rooted in humility, childlike dependence, and penitent spirituality by reason of our former shortcomings. If we are the more watchful, zealous, and tender, we shall gain by our lamentable losses. The wasted years, by a miracle of love, can be restored. Does it seem too great a boon? Let us believe for it and live for it, and we may yet realize it, even as Peter became all the more useful a man after his presumption was cured by his discovered weakness. Lord, aid us by Thy grace.
~ C. H. Spurgeon

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Who is Shaping America?

I was reading the history of the Puritans who settled in New England in the early years of our country? That was a long time ago, but there is a forgotten lesson to be learned from them. The family unit which consisted of a man, his wife and their children was one of their firm beliefs.

 They were called Puritans for many different reasons, but the main reason was that they believed in the "PURE RAW WORD OF GOD” Not just part of the Bible but all of it and none of it sugar coated. They laid a foundation for our country which was and still is unique and rare in our country's history. Some people call them religious nuts because of their beliefs., but they were on target about the family unit. A lot of people call me a religious nut because of my beliefs. I have said, more than once, we do not have to sugar coat the gospel. I have been called a Bible thumper, religious idiot, and out of touch with today's world because I stand firm on the Word of God. I want to zero in on their beliefs about the family unit which I also firmly believe in.

The more I read about the Puritans beliefs the more I see they had a most significant influence on the development of America. A large portion of later pioneers and westward settlers were descendants of these early Puritans and still followed their ways, their values and principles, though they were sometimes secularized and some people tried to remove them from their religious foundations and their practices, they continued to mould America by their thoughts and practices in the years that followed. How we need that foundation today. so how did the Puritans help to mould this country?

The family unit was the most basic institution in the Puritan society and it was organized like a church or structured like a church and as far as I'm concerned they were right in this. The training of their children began at home. They believed the family was the foundation of all civil, social, and church life, and rightly so. The training of their children began in the family unit and was not left to the government, the village, or psychology. Former President Nixon made the following statement when he was president: "The family unit is the foundation of America". How true those words were and still are today, as they were in Nixon's day or when the Puritans were here at the beginning of our nation. Back in 2006, our president at the time Obama said: “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation.”  I hate to say it but he is just about right, even though he was not saying it as a warning but as an accomplishment.  We are, for the most part, living in an ungodly country, a country that knows not the Living God of the Bible.

The family was instituted and established by Our God before all other institutions and before man's fall. In the morning and evening the Puritan family unit assembled together to worship the Lord and on Sundays, the family unit joined other family units in the worship service. The Puritans believed God and His worship were important enough to reserve at least one full day out of the week, and the original Puritan settlers joyfully devoted Sunday to the Lord. They had a joy deep down in their souls.


Sermons were the centre or bull's eye to the intellectual life of the Puritans, and they rarely were less than an hour in length. Now if we have a sermon for over ten minutes people complain.  We need some of those bull’s eye sermons today, not the motivational messages that will tickle your ears we hear today.  The instruction and training of children by the Puritans were considered heavy responsibilities, and parents prayed that children would become a source of glory to their Lord. The children were taught and disciplined when needed. How this is needed in today's family. But for the most part, it is just not there no more.

In doctrine and practice, the Puritans believed the Bible was and is the only written word of God, with the original text inspired by God and without error. They believe the Creator God has revealed Himself to us in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They believe in the necessity of personal salvation by grace through faith in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. They believe that the Holy Spirit is instrumental in leading a believer to recognize the need for holiness. They also believed in the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

I have said many times that the religious training should start in the home and that training should follow not only our children but the parents as well where ever we go. Our children need to know about Jesus Christ and most of all they need to understand and respect the very foundation the family unit is founded on. 

Because the children are not taught in the home the Christian values and moral values which they so desperately need, they are being raised and taught by our ungodly government, the village, the modern church, and some liberal school teachers that are teaching contrary to the Word of God. We must once again shape our homes and our country to the teachings of the Word of God starting in the homes of every family in this country.
































Thursday, May 10, 2018

I Am A Soldier

I am a soldier in the army of my God.The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer.The Holy Scripture is my code of conduct.Faith, prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare.
I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience,
tried by adversity and tested by fire.
I am a volunteer in this army, and I am enlisted for eternity.
I will not get out, sell out, be talked out or pushed out.
I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable.
If my God needs me, I am there. I am a soldier.
I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, 
primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up. I am a soldier.
No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me or lure me.
I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King,
obeying His orders, 
praising His name and building His kingdom!
No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, 
cards or candy, or giveme handouts. I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for or
catered to. I am committed. 
I cannot have my feelings hurt bad
enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged 
enough to
turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.
When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing,
I will still come out ahead. I will win. 
My God has and will continue to supply all of my need.
I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ. 

The devil cannot defeat me. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me.
Sickness cannot stop me. 
Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments
cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me. I am a soldier.
Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from His battlefield,
He will promote me to captain and then allow me to rule with Him. 

I am a soldier in the army, and I’m marching claiming victory.
I will not give up. I will not turn around.
I am a soldier, marching heaven-bound.
Here I Stand! Will you stand with me?
 unknown author

Saturday, May 5, 2018

SLOWER STEPS: SOARING FAITH

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                               I watched steps that were strong and steady
And hands always firm and for work ready
Begin to tremble and falter as old age caused them to grow weak
And to do ordinary everyday things: help he had to seek.
But as dad’s hands and feet slowed before my eyes,
I saw his inner man begin to rise.
His faith began to soar on eagle wing
He constantly praised God for everything
Upon his face a peace so serene
I was seeing my dad like before I had never seen
I saw close up a man of God now walking his last mile
Such site, through my tears, brought a smile
He told me one day, I’m waiting for “a call”
You see, to the very end, Jesus was Dad’s all in all
Looking back a Bible verse comes to mind
In what a great comfort I find
“Though the outward man perish,
Yet the inward man is renewed day by day”
This was true for my dad until the day:
He, like on eagle wings flew away.
{Scripture Reference: 11 Corinthians 4:16}

Phil Patchett
Pastor

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Hear This Saints of God

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

I'm not usually political, but folks, I can see the writing on the wall. If you can't, you need spiritual glasses. What used to be 'little by little' is fast urning into a landslide ... a tidal wave ... an avalanche ... a flash flood ... When a conservative (like it or not) made it to the White House, and has not acted like a seasoned politician (because he isn't one) the water in the swamp was moved. If you think what is happening to President Trump is just about him, you're thinking wrong. It's the straw for the camel. This entire onslaught of tyranny is aimed at Christians. This began with the previous administration, and those people are still wanting our country to change. They're doing it behind the curtains, but they are doing it. This calls for us (Christians) to be about our Father's business now before this bashing hits home. Look at California ... Watch this mid-term election. You've never seen such huge amounts of money being funneled to the Democrat party. God says you can't serve two masters ... God or Mammon/Money ... choose one or the other. Read, get educated about what is going on and decide to do something. You are the only witness for Jesus to some around you. You are the one who needs to fall on the knees and pray. Don't be fooled. This is war, and we are God's soldiers. He hasn't kept anything from us. He has told us what to expect and what to do. Like it or not it's time to move in the name of Jesus. Please listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and heed His instructions. Put the ''armor of God'' on each morning. We've got an enemy that knows what time it is and is moving to quench our spirit. No way will I sit still and let it happen around me. Pray for our president and leaders. Pray for our pastors. Pray for our brothers and sisters in the Lord. Pray for our families. Pray for others. And let them know you are praying for them. You might not agree with me and think I should keep quiet, and that's okay; but those who know me know it won't matter. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I just want mine to agree with God.

Credit for this article ---  Penny Joy Pizzoli Rayfield

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

AMERICA: Judgement or Revival


As I was lying in bed last night I woke up around 12:30 am and could not go back to sleep. A lot of things went through my mind about where America was headed and her many sins. I just could not sleep. I do not want to say the Lord was showing me things to come, but I can say I was very troubled in my spirit.  I am firmly convinced (some will not agree with me, I’m sure) that America is headed for destruction and the loss of all her freedoms. Like Israel in Bible days a nation cannot turn its back on God and not expect to reap the whirlwind.  America is coming to the end of the broad road that leads to destruction.
It is plain to see and follow the pattern here. First Bible reading and prayer were not allowed in our schools anymore. Any Christmas Carol that mentions the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ was not allowed in schools.  Then those very important things were not allowed in any of our government buildings, court rooms, and other places. Now in all those places armed guards have taken the place of the Lamb.
 When sin starts it is like a snowball that gets bigger and bigger. America started her down fall when they took the Lamb of God out of our school systems.  It later became political incorrect to say Merry Christmas. You were to say Happy Holidays. In the community where we live there are about 50 houses and this past Christmas we were the only house in the community that had a manger or for that matter any religious ornament. To me Jesus is the reason for the season. As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
America has gone from a Bible believing nation to a nation that promotes sin, craving more sin and wants more and more.  There are more abortions (the killing of unborn babies) in this country than people being shot with guns. Homosexuals who once hid their sin in the closet have now come out of the closet and the government promotes the sin. During the last administration rainbow colors lit up the White House. That is the same thing as shaking your fist at God. The democrats did not even want God in their platform at their convention a few years ago. America is becoming a Godless country. Just like in Daniels day the handwriting is on the wall.
 I firmly believe any nation that justifies homosexuality or Lesbianism as an excepted life style is in its final stages of moral corruption.  That is exactly what is happening in America today.  Men wearing women’s clothes trying to look like women, Kids not knowing if they are male or female or which bathroom to use. Homosexuals being made members of our churches and in some cases are becoming preachers in their churches. America is becoming reprobate and the end result will be just like that of Sodom.
America does not need to worry about Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, or any other evil country because I believe in just a few years America will be overtaken from within by the Tide-Pod generation and there will be a large scale persecution of Christians. We will see sin as we have never seen it before.  We are already seeing it! America has a out of control sin problem.
I also believe that it is because of a few praying Christians who are interceding for this country is the only thing that is holding God’s judgment back. Long gone are those old brush arbors by the side of the road, those all night prayer meetings. Long gone are those upper rooms in our churches where people prayed and the Lord came down. Long gone are the preachers of old that preached hot hell in a freezing snow.
If people are looking for a great sweeping revival that will turn this country around, I do not believe there will be one. It will not be revival but it will be judgment.

In Today's Word What Are You Building?

  In a day of violence and God's impending wrath, what should a man of God be Building? Noah built an ark. In Noah's day, the earth ...