What an amazing morning…prayer at church at 6am and then prayer in front of the Anderson Mill Abortion Clinic (in the glorious rain nonetheless). It was a powerful spiritual moment as 4 NWF folks stood in the rain (no umbrellas) making a statement in Christ to the devil and all His demons and to all those driving by that mercy and truth are worth it…babies are worth in…and the women who might stop by the clinic are worth it!
MEN…Have you heard that crazy talk that men don’t want to go to church because church is too feminine? That’s a bunch of malarkey…men don’t want to go to church because the Light of Christ exposes the sin of darkness! But, I’ve got good news…we have an amazing adventure for men. We learned from John Eldredge’s book Wild At Heart that men are looking for an adventure, an enemy to conquer and a maiden to rescue (or something to that effect). I have great news…praying peacefully in front of the abortion clinic does all three. Today I got to lock eyes with the abortion doctor. I got to pray feet away from a death zone (or as Carol Everett the former abortion clinic owner called it “the gates of hell”). I got to stand for the protection of women (born and unborn). Nothing in the history of our nation has been more damaging to women than abortion. Men…rise up…the church is doing manly things!
MOUNTAINS…Climbing mountains is good. Shooting stuff fun. Going to football games exciting. But, men…we were made for way more than that. Is that really adventure? Isn’t adventure standing in the face of darkness and declaring “GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN ME THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD!”? Oh, climb your mountains, shoot your guys and enjoy your games…but don’t miss the call upon you to protect “the least”, to “love as Christ loved”, and to “lay down your life” for something that matters eternally. Pray for the mountain of abortion to be removed and thrown into the sea!
OSAMA…That’s what he said. The owner of the abortion clinic we are standing in front of peacefully praying for the next 40 Days (you can sign up to prayer at www.40daysforlife.com/austin) said last night to the evening news that we are like Osama Bin Laden. In other words we are terrorists for protesting his daily killing of unborn babies and for his daily tormenting of confused women. Unfortunately this death doctor has it wrong. We are the hands and feet of Jesus reaching out in love to both the doctor and the possible patient. We are asking for mercy and grace to fall…for hearts to change and for forgiveness to come. Isn’t it amazing to think that this abortion doctor who has been killing babies and injuring women for 15 years or so on Anderson Mill Road could today be totally forgiven and become as righteous as Jesus!!! All his sins forgiven and he could be equally welcomed in heaven as Billy Graham! Amazing grace indeed…where wretches like us are saved! Remember the Osama of old who became the Paul of the Bible…God still does this stuff!
Men…called for adventure! Mountains…waiting for you to cast them into the sea! Osama…he can be changed…so can we!
trey
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thinking Christians!
Wow that’s refreshing…a Christian thinking…loving God with “all his mind!” I’ve just been reading WHY PRO-LIFE by Randy Alcorn (we passed out this book to everyone on Sunday…you can get them free on the table to the right when you walk in NWF) and have been so blessed by the clear, persuasive, poignant, pragmatic, logical and truthful presentation of why being pro-life is so “rational”. Rational, that’s a word we’ve given over to the world. Can Christians be rational? Absolutely, truth is not only rational—it is ultimate reality. Even when the world cannot grasp God’s truth, because of blindness, it is nonetheless the most rational (real) information possible.
Here are a few excerpts from Alcorn’s pro-life book:
· WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EGG, SPERM, EMBRYO, AND FETUS? “It’s scientifically inaccurate to say a human embryo or a fetus is not a human being simply because he’s at an earlier stage of development than an infant. This is like saying that a toddler isn’t a human being because he’s not yet an adolescent….something nonhuman doesn’t become human by getting older and bigger; whatever is human is human from the beginning.” (page 33)
· IS THE UNBORN APART OF THE WOMAN’S BODY? “The unborn child also has a genetic code, but it is distinctly different from his mother’s. Every cell of his body is uniquely his, each different from every cell of his mother’s body…a child may die and the mother live, or the mother may die and the child live, proving they are two separate individuals.” (page 37-38)
· WHAT DO THE PICTURES TELL US? “When a pro-life candidate ran television ads showing aborted babies, people were outraged…The question we should ask is not ‘Why are pro-life people showing these pictures?’ but ‘Why would anyone defend what’s shown in these pictures?’ The real concern about pictures of unborn babies isn’t that they’re gory, but that they prove the accuracy of the pro-life position…And if abortion isn’t killing babies…then why are these pictures so disturbing?” (page 45-46)
· WHAT MAKES A HUMAN LIFE “MEANINGFUL”? “With no hype at all, the fetus can rightly be called a marvel of cognition, consciousness and sentience….Scientists have already detected self-awareness in the second trimester. The extraordinary capacities of the preborn children have been well documented by scientific studies for years. By early in the second trimester the baby moves his hands to shield his eyes from bright light…responds to sounds…covers ears at loud noises…experiences REM sleep, indicating that he’s not only sleeping but dreaming. Can we say that someone capable of dreaming is capable of thinking? Undoubtedly, later abortions kill a sentinel (self-aware), thinking human being…(and) early abortions are no better than later ones. A living child who would’ve had a name, family, and life will now have none of these.” (page 49-50)
And…there’s so much more…I am only on chapter 8! It’s so true that most of us, including me, have not been well educated in the pro-life “rational” truth! Please read…you will be so amazed. Christianity is truth…thinking God’s thoughts after Him. It’s also grace…embracing God’s forgiveness when we fail at following His truth.
Let’s think…and let’s embrace both Truth and Grace!
trey
Here are a few excerpts from Alcorn’s pro-life book:
· WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EGG, SPERM, EMBRYO, AND FETUS? “It’s scientifically inaccurate to say a human embryo or a fetus is not a human being simply because he’s at an earlier stage of development than an infant. This is like saying that a toddler isn’t a human being because he’s not yet an adolescent….something nonhuman doesn’t become human by getting older and bigger; whatever is human is human from the beginning.” (page 33)
· IS THE UNBORN APART OF THE WOMAN’S BODY? “The unborn child also has a genetic code, but it is distinctly different from his mother’s. Every cell of his body is uniquely his, each different from every cell of his mother’s body…a child may die and the mother live, or the mother may die and the child live, proving they are two separate individuals.” (page 37-38)
· WHAT DO THE PICTURES TELL US? “When a pro-life candidate ran television ads showing aborted babies, people were outraged…The question we should ask is not ‘Why are pro-life people showing these pictures?’ but ‘Why would anyone defend what’s shown in these pictures?’ The real concern about pictures of unborn babies isn’t that they’re gory, but that they prove the accuracy of the pro-life position…And if abortion isn’t killing babies…then why are these pictures so disturbing?” (page 45-46)
· WHAT MAKES A HUMAN LIFE “MEANINGFUL”? “With no hype at all, the fetus can rightly be called a marvel of cognition, consciousness and sentience….Scientists have already detected self-awareness in the second trimester. The extraordinary capacities of the preborn children have been well documented by scientific studies for years. By early in the second trimester the baby moves his hands to shield his eyes from bright light…responds to sounds…covers ears at loud noises…experiences REM sleep, indicating that he’s not only sleeping but dreaming. Can we say that someone capable of dreaming is capable of thinking? Undoubtedly, later abortions kill a sentinel (self-aware), thinking human being…(and) early abortions are no better than later ones. A living child who would’ve had a name, family, and life will now have none of these.” (page 49-50)
And…there’s so much more…I am only on chapter 8! It’s so true that most of us, including me, have not been well educated in the pro-life “rational” truth! Please read…you will be so amazed. Christianity is truth…thinking God’s thoughts after Him. It’s also grace…embracing God’s forgiveness when we fail at following His truth.
Let’s think…and let’s embrace both Truth and Grace!
trey
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The Anointing
“The anointing breaks the yoke of bondage!” (Isaiah 10:27 KJV) That’s what I always heard as a new believer. There is truly nothing like it when the Holy Spirit breaks in through a song, message, testimony, prayer or through the Word.
I saw that this past Sunday. We had 6 Japanese students here at NWF who had NEVER been to church. But a strange but true thing is that they had been taught the song Amazing Grace (in English nonetheless) in grade school. When we sang that song at church on Sunday the Holy Spirit fell and 2 of the girls broke down crying—later stating they “felt God”! Feeling God is good—but not enough for salvation.
Today we were taking one of the Japanese students to the airport. She asked, “Why do you believe in Jesus?” We told her 2 things—(1) Remember how you felt God on Sunday. He’s real. (2) Jesus lived, died and rose again to prove He’s God and the only Savior!
The full “anointing that breaks the yoke of bondage” comes as the Holy Spirit is embraced and the Word is taught. Spirit and Truth…breaks the yoke of bondage. Pray with us that all 6 of these students will come to radical saving faith in Jesus Christ!
Spirit and Truth…Revisited
trey
I saw that this past Sunday. We had 6 Japanese students here at NWF who had NEVER been to church. But a strange but true thing is that they had been taught the song Amazing Grace (in English nonetheless) in grade school. When we sang that song at church on Sunday the Holy Spirit fell and 2 of the girls broke down crying—later stating they “felt God”! Feeling God is good—but not enough for salvation.
Today we were taking one of the Japanese students to the airport. She asked, “Why do you believe in Jesus?” We told her 2 things—(1) Remember how you felt God on Sunday. He’s real. (2) Jesus lived, died and rose again to prove He’s God and the only Savior!
The full “anointing that breaks the yoke of bondage” comes as the Holy Spirit is embraced and the Word is taught. Spirit and Truth…breaks the yoke of bondage. Pray with us that all 6 of these students will come to radical saving faith in Jesus Christ!
Spirit and Truth…Revisited
trey
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