Bread Breakers Ministry

"LET GO OF GUILT" Prt 2...

Virtual Sunday Message
11-9-09
By Rev Deb

EXAMINING SCRIPTURE

A passage I believe that has been misunderstood in terms of salvation is found in Hebrews 6:4-11.  Some have taken this to mean that a believer can fall from their steadfast relationship with Christ to a point of being lost.  As you have perhaps taken note already from part 1 of this message, that I do not believe a believer can alter their relationship with Christ, as there was nothing on their/our part to deserve it in the first place. 

LET GO OF GUILT!!!

Virtual Sunday Message
11-1-09
By Rev Deb

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Cor 1:9)

All Christians believe that salvation is the most important doctrine of the bible. It is just as important that we understand what the correct doctrinal teaching is, rather than placing preconceptions into the text.

Once a person comes to faith in Christ he/she is immediately brought into a permanent relationship with God as His child. This can NEVER be severed!!! At this moment of conversion, the believer also comes into a living organic union with Christ and becomes FOREVER united to Him as His bride; thus becoming "Bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh" (Eph. 5:30-32 K.J.V).  Believers are then mystically united to each other as members into the ONE body of Christ's (1 Cor. 12:12-14)!!

A DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT!

"Then Joshua said to Achan, “Why have you brought trouble on us? The Lord will now bring trouble on you.” And all the Israelites stoned Achan and his family and burned their bodies."  Josh 7:25

Achan stood open-mouthed with the other Israelites and watched God crush the fortified city of Jericho. He heard God say, “Don’t take anything for yourselves or the entire nation will suffer.” But he chose to act on his desires rather than God’s directions. He thought the robe he took was too beautiful to burn. And the gold and silver he hid? Surely God wouldn’t miss a few bars. Wrong! Achan did the missing.

Achan missed the significance of God’s command. God did not issue a list of invasion suggestions and directions. The orders were to be carried out without hesitation or alteration. God was shaping a people who would obey his Word.

Achan also missed the reason for God’s command. Because his perspective was self-centered, he couldn’t see what was at stake. God was building a nation of people who understood that private actions lead to public consequences. Achan believed in the modern saying, “As long as no one else is hurt or sees what I’m doing, I can do it.” But his actions led to suffering and humiliation for the nation and death for his own family.

We don’t always know how our actions will affect other people. But if we assume that our actions won’t affect others at all, we will be making a terrible mistake. We have taken the idea of personal decisions and privacy to the place where we idolize these perceived rights. But is anything “just our business”? How many of your plans and actions today would be changed if someone was right beside you every moment? Remember, others are always involved! God doesn’t miss anything. Our desires do not override God’s directions.

Adapted from 365 Life Lessons from Bible People (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 1996).

A PECULIAR KIND OF TRUST

Virtual Sunday Message
10-19-09
By Rev Greg

Focus:  Trusting in God's Promises

TITLE: Joshua Chpt.23 God does not Fail Us

"Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses." Deut. 34:9

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide:

"Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them--to the Israelites.

A LIFE APPLICATION

   Daily Devotion

"I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ."   Galatians 3:5, NLT

    The Holy Spirit gives Christians great power to live for God. Some Christians want more than this. They want to live in a state of perpetual excitement. The tedium of everyday living leads them to conclude that something is wrong spiritually. Often the Holy Spirit's greatest work is teaching us to persist, to keep on doing what is right even when it no longer seems interesting or exciting. The Galatians quickly turned from Paul's Good News to the teachings of the newest teachers in town; what they needed was the Holy Spirit's gift of persistence.    
   
If the Christian life seems ordinary, you may need the Spirit to stir you up. Every day offers a challenge to live for Christ.

Great Pumpkin Cookie Recipes

I found these recipes on line and thought it would be a nice addition to the harvest time fun... I also added a cream cheese icing for those that prefer a little extra sweet:)

Blessings
Rev Deb

OLD FASHION PUMPKIN COOKIES

2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 c. solid pack pumpkin (Libby's)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Glaze (recipe follows)

The 7 Apophthengesthai of Christ

Virtual Sunday Message
By Rev Deb
10-5-09   
 
Apophthengesthai is a Greek word meaning "to speak out".  Jesus spoke out 7 vital sayings while He hung upon the cross to pay for humanities sin. 

Psalms 22 was written by king David as a prophecy concerning his greater Son - Jesus.  Psalms 22 was written about 1000 years prior to Christ's birth.

"Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.  My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.  My heart is like wax, melting within me.  My strength has dried up like sun baked clay.  My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.  You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.  My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me.  They have pierced my hands and feet.  I can count all my bones.  My enemies stare at me and gloat."