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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Soon we will celebrate Easter and remind ourselves of his great love. We remember that he died and will
take the time to share in his resurrection and focus on the glory that we have in Him. It is such a great time to share in
that day and it is one of the highlights of the year for us on the Christian calendar. We need to remind ourselves of this
not only on Easter morning but daily. We need to see ourselves as one song says as the reason that he died. IF we were the
only one He would have died for us. God is for us and we need to see ourselves not as objects of his wrath but as objects
of his love. Many have spent the time preparing themselves for Easter by going through what is called Lent to get their bodies
ready for this great day. Soon there is a greater day coming then just Easter and that
is the day of the Rapture when we will be with Him forever more and all the hurts of this life will be gone. He is coming
soon and the world is preparing itself for that day for the groanings of the earth are being felt even now. The earth is preparing
itself for the arrival of its Creator. Prepare your heart not just because of the day on the calendar but because of who it
is that is being celebrated. This week we will focus on valued administrators.
They are not mentioned in the Bible much but we will focus on what the Bible says and on Easter we will pause from this series
to celebrate the King and his Resurrection and see how God is sharing his love and through each of us. The reason that we
will pause is not about tradition but because everything will stop when the King comes through the gate, because he is worthy!
Pastor Don Carson
7:14 pm edt
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Dear Friends,
Tell me this? Do you believe that Jesus is coming soon? Do you really believe it
in your heart of hearts? I do! I know that I know that
He is coming and what I can do is to go on the internet and tell someone so
I am doing what I can to tell people and to share grace with them.
Go and tell someone that Jesus is coming! Do not wait
for the Pastor to tell you, do not go late hoping to get a back pew so you can
leave early if you the Pastor is longwinded? Do not worry on Sunday
morning if the Pastor takes too much time but willingly go
and say God this is your time and your day and I want to be here to praise you
and worship you! I want to worship you in everything I do today.
God said that He loves you and cares so much for you that
He thinks you are worth the blood! Do you? Do you think you are worth the blood?
God is pleased with you even when you are not pleased with yourself. God is
coming soon to reward you not to judge you! Help and tell
others by sharing what God does through you. There is a song that I use
to sing I got to tell somebody I got to tell somebody and the more you sang
that phrase the more intense it got. Go and tell someone. If you are not happy with your Pastor pray for him. I
read today that if you are sitting in the pew it makes no sense for you to leave
to go to another church so you can sit in their pew. If you do not like the Pastor
pray for him, for if you go somewhere else the other Pastor will need just as much prayer as the one you got now. I believe that
when God sends you to an area he sends you there for a reason and unless God
moves you, you should stay where you are at for God sent you to that
church for a reason, so stay there and let God work it out. Thank
you Jesus for you will keep us no matter what is going on in our life for you are
greater. Praise you Lord for you will keep us in Jesus name - Amen!
Pastor Don Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
Sunday, March 15, 2009
God is pleased with you just as you are for God did what He needed to make you well pleasing in His sight.
God did not ask you to keep the law but only asked you to do one thing and that is to accept
his gift. We have such a simple message to give and that is to accept this gift and yet we still manage
to screw it up. We want to make it based on our works. We feel we need to do something to make us right
before God. We feel a need to do good works even though we know down in our hearts that God does not ask
that of us. Why? We know that God is for us and loves uss and even read Scriptures like John 3:16 and are
sure that
God loves us. Let me make it as clear as I can. God is in love with you for God
created you and He adores you so much that He was willing to die for you.Tell me who would you die for? Would
you die for someone you who did horrible deeds? Would you die for someone like Adolph HItler and say
I love you? God did! Or would you only die for the good people of the world! Would you even
die for them! Some people are so in love with their lives that they would not even die for anyone! When
you minister you are telling God you love Him! You are demonstrating to God that it was worth it for him to die
for you! You are thanking God when you give to ministries with your money! You are not just thanking
the minister but thanking the Creator.We are told to give to those who feed us. IF you eat at a restaurant you
pay the bill there. Gal 6:6 says that we should communicate to them who teach us. Bless those
who bless you. Give and it will be given. Do not hold back but give what you can. One of the ways we minister
is by giving This sermon will not cover all the ways you can minister. There are many more ways you
can minister. Every one ministers every day in their life just by testifying to the resurrection of Jesus so give
and know that God will bless you! I encourage you to find reasons to give to the place God put you
and to the ministries God sent you to so that you can be fed. This is what he is dealing with
me and this is what I must deal with you on What I am taught I must share with you. So go in grace and share with
others what you have, giving from your heart for out of the heart the mouth speaks. Bless you and I
pray that God will return to you many times over what you have given. I also want to encourage you to pray Eph
1:15--23 over those God put in your life and Eph 3:14-21 for wisdom and revelation every day
Pastor Don Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Do you have all that you need or do you need more then you want? Do you want to go to heaven because
then you will have all you need? So often Christians want to go to Heaven because they think that then all their problems
will be over and they use that as a way to get to out of their problems. Too often we think that when we go to Heaven it will
solve all our problems, but Heaven is not the way to solve our problems. Our problems are to be solved down here. Salvation
is not just for the sweet by and by but also for the here and now. We are to witness to people and share with others
the joy and gladness that Jesus put in us. God gave us power and authority for the here and now. On the cross he did not just pay for our sin but also he took the payment for our sickness when we took the
stripes for our healing. That represents the here and now. Isa 53 represents both the here and now and the sweet bye and bye.
Both are included in the salvation package. Give to others from what God gave you. HE did not give you because you do so much.
You do not earn it by your work. God gave it to you not because of how hard you work. God put you here for this time and place
and in this city and this church. Love him with all that you have because when you do it blesses him. Bless Him because of
what HE gave you. HE did not have to give to you but He did. He loved you not because of you but because of Him. God loves
you because He is God. Right now we are in a bad situation financially,and
it is all over the world but God has a better way, a better system. God is on your side and wants to help you and bless
you. Love him and rejoice in all that he did for you. HE is for you and wants to show you all that he has because He is not
only Your Creator but the lover of your soul. So let Him love you and rejoice in all that He has given to you! God gave you
all that you need in Jesus Christ so stop thinking that it is about you!
Pastor Don Carson Word
of Grace Fellowship
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Last week I was in the hospital but I am doing better this week. I pray that this week I will be able to preach the sermon
that I did not get to preach last week. I think that it is important that we do not get anxious. There are so many things
we can get anxious about in this life. Paul said be anxious for nothing. We can be anxious about finances, bills, kids, job,
family, friends, and all the things that going on in our life. We have many problems in our life if we will look for them.
However, we have one source. That one source is Jesus Christ. I pray that we have helped you see that one source. The
focus that we must have is Jesus and not our flesh. Too often we focus on what is wrong in our life and not what is right
in our life. It is easy to find problems but it is not as easy to find solutions. The solutions are already paid for by the
blood of Jesus and all we need to do is say yes. Do you need healing? Then say yes! Do you need Salvation then say yes! Do
you need Deliverance then say yes! Do you need finances then say yes! Whatever you need it is found in the cross of Jesus!
All the promises of God are Yes and Amen! The word amen is a word we include at the end of our prayers so
we think it is a way to end a prayer. But the word Amen means SO BE IT! When the Bible says Yes and Amen it means Yes
and Yes. We would say absolutely. Without a doubt! When the Bible says all the Promises of God are yes and Amen it means that
it was accomplished and paid in full by Jesus Christ. In the OT that was not said. In the OT it was based on your obdedience;
but in the Nt it is based on Jesus obedience for you! If you will come to church with us then we will tell
you how to receive what you need! I know many of you need many things- Feel free to call up the phone number listed on this
site and ask for prayer. Send us an email and we will pray with you. We take all contact very serious. We want to hear from
you! We meet at the Springfield YMCA Sunday Mornings at 11 AM. Help us reach others. We are going to all the world with
the gospel of grace so please partner with us to help us do that. You can find out how to partner with us on this site. Tell
others about us by giving them our website at www.wordofgracefellowship.com Pastor Don Carson
Word of Grace Fellowship
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