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Saturday, August 29, 2009
August 30, 2009
I look back to the end of 1999 and realize how scared so many were thinking the world would end because of the year
turning to 00 so that would be it computers would crash. I see that many times the religious people found
reasons why the world would end but we are still here. They want to look at secular reasons to determine why it will
end. The Bible says that Israel is the timepiece that we should look at. The nation of Israel did not just come into
existence in 1948 but existed in Bible times and God them to bring to us the Bible and from them came the Son of God.
Jesus was birthed as a Jewish male. Soon Jesus will return for the church and we do not know the time but we do know this
HE will come and it is on the horizon. Bring people in! Go and share the good news that God is here and lives in you-
tell people that you run into tell them about Jesus! Share who God is in your life for God is good and God
lives in you. I tell you to do this for these reasons 1) people need to know
Jesus and HE gave us the message 2) it will let you know that God is with you and reaffirm who HE is in your life 3)
You will know that God loves you and cares about you and see God work in your life 4) it will help this church to grow
in your heart and life 5) I also pray you will invite them here so this church can grow in numbers too 6) We have
so many troubles and problems and what comes first needs to be God's love and it will open your desire to serve Him in a new
way 7) The most important - The Bible says so! There are many others I
can think of and maybe even you can think of as well. God loves you and wants you to know his love. Today we will begin
a look at God's Character and we will start with his Amazing Love which in the Greek is defined in one word Agape. It did
not exist outside of Christianity for there was nothing that could describe it, in all the Greek mythology or gods; there
is no other God other then the Living God who lives forever that came in the Person of Jesus Christ for He is Lord
Almighty! May Jesus become living and new in your heart today!
Pastor Don Carson Word
of Grace Fellowship
Saturday, August 22, 2009
August 22, 2009
How deep does your love for God run? Will you sacrifice your child for another? Will you give all you have so a
murderer can go free. Will you love the unloverly and the ones that do not deserver it? This is the love of God and God
loves you so much that you cannot fathom it for it is beyond your depth. God's love is so great and we spent some
time looking at it. God is able to love us for HE is eternal and the eternal God is the one that gives us assurance for we
know that someone will be there for us. We haveto trust that God will be there when we do not know where to turn for
God is for us! Do we really beleive in God when things get rough? Or do we only believe when things go good. God is there
for us when we have bad times or good for God is with us all the time. He is eternal. He lives forever and we need to realize
that HE has great love for us. He gives to us grace for what we need but grace is not something that is there is for the short
term but is there for the long term as well. God never gives up on you and is eternally there whethre
you think you need him or believe on him or not. God loves you and wants to share with you however you cannot give to those
who do not want to receive. You must open it and accept it. You can be given a gift and not open it, until you do it will
remain unopened and you will never get the benefit of it. Open the gift of Eternity that is wrapped up in the gift of Jesus
Come and visit our website sharing the gift of what we have here at www.wordofgracefellowship.com and if you are in the NJ area then come visit us today! Our service is at 11 AM Sundays at the Springfield YMCA. Come
and be blessed with God's grace today! Pastor
Don Carson
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Are you happy? Do you think that God is good or do you think that it was nice to pray that as a child
but it is not true anymore? How do you consider God to be in your life? Do you want to know more about who God is or do you
think that there is more important things in your life? For the rest of the year and into 2010 we will be
looking at this and other questions about God. We think that it is important to know God and want you to explore
those questions and others with us. God is not just an idea but a real person and He wants to know you. Jesus is coming
soon for the church and then comes the tribulation period and as the song says are you ready? Once you know God and His Son
Jesus then you will be ready for they do not just want you to go to church but want a relationship with you. We want
to help you establish that relationship with Him so that you can grow in what he did and walk in Jesus more strongly. We want
to share Him with all we can and encourage you to do the same. We do not just want to share Him where we meet at
the YMCA but in the marketplace, shopping centers, parks, schools and wherever you go and are. We want yo to know the
Jesus we know and to minister to you the healing and miracles that we have seen for we do not serve a dead God ,
but one who loves you and cares for you and wants to be a part of your life. We want to go into
other countries and tell them about this Jesus and share with all we can. Will you help us do this? Will you help us
spread this good news with the world? Share our website www.wordorgracefellowship.com with all you can and come to church with us and share the good news with them. Pastor Don Carson
Monday, August 10, 2009
Today I want to share with you some wisdom that was given in one of the Sermons given by my Pastor - Pastor
John Hogan. We sometimes get so used to hearing things that we do not realize the wisdom one has until we no longer
hear it. He was a great influence in my life and I wish so often that he were still here for I could use his shoulder
to lean on. This was taken from an excerpt of Sermon he preached on 11/19/2000 There
is simplicity in JC but Christianity has made it complicated by adding 632 doctrines to what it is about , simply
it is suppose to be a relationship with God. God in Christ and Christ in you, for we have a love affair with God.
Perfect love casts out all fear. Heb 3:12 says take head lest you have an evil heart of unbelief. Men think that an evil heart
is doing some sin. God said that an evil heart is when you do not accept Jesus as your Saviour. God says that
you do not to worry about the sin issue for there is no sin issue with Him. 2 Cor 11:3 reminds us that Christ is simple
for we do not keep ourselves by keeping the commands for our deeds do not make us right with God so rest in what he did.
There is much truth in those words and I have echoed those
words and they got down in my spirit and I have said the same thing from time to time. This simply means that God wants you
to understand the focus of the Bible is that He wants to know you. I know alot of facts about someone but that does not
mean I know the person. Knowing about someone does not mean you know them. God wants to fellowship with you and wants you
to fellowship with Him, So let all the noise and busyness of life settle down so you can fellowship with your love- Jesus
Christ Come join us Sunday 11 AM at the Springfield YMCA - We would love to see you. Come support
us through prayer and finances. Read our website. You came to visit and find out about us so read what we have and learn
about us so that you will want to learn more about us. Call us or email us- we would love to hear from you. Call our Pastor
at 732-297-7794 or email him at revdoncarson@verizon.net Pastor Don Carson
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Today we see a new beginning - every day starts a fresh and the old failures are wiped away.
Old things are passed away. The problem is that in the flesh what you did yesterday carries over until today and your
life is a series of days that are added one by one and your failures add up. I do not see what is wrong with you
instead I see what is right about you. I see you through my Son letting go of what is wrong and seeing you only
through the blood stained hands of Calvary. Too often we
see men through the deeds they did and not through the deeds of Jesus. Will you see yourself through the blood of Calvary
or will you see yourself through the failures that never end? I asked you to see yourself by the life I offered you and
not through the death that comes daily to you through the fleshly deeds that are grounded in the failures of Adam. No man
can succeed with fleshly deeds for all flesh is guilty before me. The only flesh that I marvelled at is the flesh of Jesus.
Walk in the goodness that He provided for that is where my blessing is. I want
to ask you what will you accept and to whom will you go for your success? The SPirit of God is calling you and wooing
you from the safety of what you call dear. God is drawing you to something better and saying I have more for you then you
have imagined and what to start a journey in you that will amaze you and show you great wonders- if you will hear me and obey
me, follow me says the Lord. Listen to the voice of the Lord for HE will lead you in good paths. I ask you to join me to go to these paths. Go to where God is leading me and help me to go there. Pray
for me and not only pray but help me get there with financial support as well. Tell your friends about us and share with them
our web address at www.wordofgracefellowship.com or tell them to join us at our Sunday Service at 11 AM at the Springfield YMCA in Springfield NJ 07081 Pastor Don Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
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