Below is a powerful devotional from David Wilkerson. It's regarding the Supreme Courts decision to take the 10 Commandments out of every courthourse throughout these United States of America. I praise God for men and women who tell it like it is and let us know the truth. I pray this devo not only blesses you, but truly causes you to pray for our nation like never before.
In His Grip,
Pastor Mike Houser
David Wilkerson Today
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Most of America knows that the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in any government courthouse. This landmark decision has been covered exhaustively by the media. But what does the ruling mean?
A courthouse is where laws are enforced. The Ten Commandments represent God’s moral law, which never shifts or changes. It is as fixed as the law of gravity.
If you defy that law, it’s like stepping off a high building. You can deny that the law affects you, but there are consequences sure to be paid.
Simply put, the Ten Commandments are eternal laws designed by God to keep society from destroying itself. Yet, amazingly, many sand-blasting companies are at work right now grinding away those Commandments—as well as God’s name—wherever they’re engraved in courthouse marble or concrete.
What a telling picture of the state of our society. These unchangeable laws were originally engraved in stone by the finger of God. And now they are being erased from stone by the law of man.
Some Christians are saying, “What’s the big deal? We are not under the law.
Why should this be an issue?” No, we are not under the Hebrew law, meaning the
613 additional commandments added by Jewish rabbis. But every Christian is under the authority of God’s moral law, which is summed up in the Ten Commandments.
I wonder what goes through God’s mind as these sand-blasters erase his laws from before our eyes. Some believers claim, “We don’t need these displays of the Commandments. All that’s really necessary is for us to have them written in our hearts.” That’s not what God’s Word says. Consider the very visible presence God intended for the Commandments as they were delivered to his people:
“These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart… and [thou] shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates” (Deuteronomy 6:6-9).
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Powerful devotional from David Wilkerson
Hello everyone! I received a online devotional from David Wilkerson, the anointed Senior Pastor at Times Square Church in New York and I wanted to share it with all of you in blogland. I pray it blesses you! (Pastor Mike Houser)
David Wilkerson Today
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
HE DOES IT THROUGH LIFE
Let me tell you how God brings people into his house, how he speaks to them, and how he saves them. He does it through life. The Lord builds his church through the testimonies of light shining forth from those who love him. And he’s able to do this not because these servants use the right methods, but because they live the life.
Christ’s life produces light in homes, in neighborhoods, in cities, in workplaces. How is this life obtained? It comes down to every saint living right, beyond reproach, as examples of God’s mercy. Such servants deal honestly, selflessly, with no dark part in them. They lead lives wholly devoted to Jesus, and are ready to serve others at all times.
Paul speaks of servants who “knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness”
(Romans 2: 18-19). Such saints as Paul describes are to be commended.
Let me give you an example of such light. Recently, the CEO of a company in New York called our church. Pastor Neil took the call. The CEO told Pastor Neil about two women from our church who work for him. He said they weren’t like the others in his office. These two women were always courteous, smiling, helpful to others, never complaining or backbiting. “There’s something different about them,” he said. “I would like to meet with you to find out what the difference is.”
These women were heavenly candlesticks, placed in their jobs by Jesus. And the light they shone lit up the entire workplace. How? They had the life of Christ in them. Their boss recognized it as something beyond what this world has to offer.
That CEO was Jewish. Do you think he would have responded to an invitation to a revival meeting? Would he have read a packet of materials produced by a church?
No, he would have tossed it all into “File 13” and never looked at it again. This man responded to true light—a light born of lives hid in Christ, and being lived out daily by two humble women.
We are only able to bring light to our communities as we are full of Christ’s life ourselves. We have to live out the message we bring, if we are to preach it with any power. God help us to remember that the light shines through in the little things of life.
David Wilkerson Today
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
HE DOES IT THROUGH LIFE
Let me tell you how God brings people into his house, how he speaks to them, and how he saves them. He does it through life. The Lord builds his church through the testimonies of light shining forth from those who love him. And he’s able to do this not because these servants use the right methods, but because they live the life.
Christ’s life produces light in homes, in neighborhoods, in cities, in workplaces. How is this life obtained? It comes down to every saint living right, beyond reproach, as examples of God’s mercy. Such servants deal honestly, selflessly, with no dark part in them. They lead lives wholly devoted to Jesus, and are ready to serve others at all times.
Paul speaks of servants who “knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness”
(Romans 2: 18-19). Such saints as Paul describes are to be commended.
Let me give you an example of such light. Recently, the CEO of a company in New York called our church. Pastor Neil took the call. The CEO told Pastor Neil about two women from our church who work for him. He said they weren’t like the others in his office. These two women were always courteous, smiling, helpful to others, never complaining or backbiting. “There’s something different about them,” he said. “I would like to meet with you to find out what the difference is.”
These women were heavenly candlesticks, placed in their jobs by Jesus. And the light they shone lit up the entire workplace. How? They had the life of Christ in them. Their boss recognized it as something beyond what this world has to offer.
That CEO was Jewish. Do you think he would have responded to an invitation to a revival meeting? Would he have read a packet of materials produced by a church?
No, he would have tossed it all into “File 13” and never looked at it again. This man responded to true light—a light born of lives hid in Christ, and being lived out daily by two humble women.
We are only able to bring light to our communities as we are full of Christ’s life ourselves. We have to live out the message we bring, if we are to preach it with any power. God help us to remember that the light shines through in the little things of life.
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Battle for the Next Generation
The Battle For Next Generation (Message for this Sunday night)
This Sunday night I believe God has given me a powerful message for all parents! There is a battle raging for the souls of our children and God has given me a fresh word that addresses how we can see this next generation through. If you are a parent you need to be here.
Our service begins Sunday night at 6p.m.
In His Grip,
Pastor Mike Houser
Senior Pastor
This Sunday night I believe God has given me a powerful message for all parents! There is a battle raging for the souls of our children and God has given me a fresh word that addresses how we can see this next generation through. If you are a parent you need to be here.
Our service begins Sunday night at 6p.m.
In His Grip,
Pastor Mike Houser
Senior Pastor
Thursday, March 4, 2010
New series starting this Sunday morning
Hello Holland First Family,
My first blog on our newly enhanced website. A special thanks goes out to Cory Zigterman who has spent many hours putting this incredible website together.
This Sunday I begin a new series on "JOY." One of my favorite verses in the Bible is found in the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. It reads, "The JOY of the Lord is our strength." That means if you are not walking in joy you are walking in weakness. Times are tough! It seems everywhere we turn we read of disaster, chaos, strife and immorality, but in the midst of it all we can have joy because it comes not based on our circumstance or living in a sinful world, but it comes from Christ alone.
I pray you'll come out this Sunday morning at 10a.m. as I begin my new series, "Incredible Joy!"
May the Lord bless you,
Pastor Mike Houser
Senior Pastor
My first blog on our newly enhanced website. A special thanks goes out to Cory Zigterman who has spent many hours putting this incredible website together.
This Sunday I begin a new series on "JOY." One of my favorite verses in the Bible is found in the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. It reads, "The JOY of the Lord is our strength." That means if you are not walking in joy you are walking in weakness. Times are tough! It seems everywhere we turn we read of disaster, chaos, strife and immorality, but in the midst of it all we can have joy because it comes not based on our circumstance or living in a sinful world, but it comes from Christ alone.
I pray you'll come out this Sunday morning at 10a.m. as I begin my new series, "Incredible Joy!"
May the Lord bless you,
Pastor Mike Houser
Senior Pastor
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