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Sunday, January 24, 2010
So many people are focused on what is going on in Haiti because of the trouble there
and are trying to help. I applaud that wholeheartedly but I also believe that we need to realize that this is not an
act of God. God too often is blamed for the diseasters that happen in this world; whenever a tornado or hurnicane happen
and there are major diseasters like Hurricane Katrina there are so many that come out and say well look why God did
this or that. They find fault with these nations and say see this is why God did this.
I received an email saying that there was voodoo there so God is mad at them. If we were to look at all the places that have
evil in them then no nation would be safe. There is no perfect nation for there is no one who is perfect, but the
one who was perfect was crucified. Jesus the perfect one, took our place and gave us His earned righteousness.
People read the OT and see God as a God of vengeance so they believe that
God must be a God of anger and not of love. Then they read the NT and look in the book of Revelation and see all the
horror that is foretold and think that God is now also taking vengeance against people. I want you to know that
the devil comes to steal kill and destroy. The devil knows that his time his short so he kills and destroys
making people think that it is God who is doing that, so that people will turn against God, even the insurance companies
calls these events acts of God. God is for you and not against you! I serve a God of love and grace, so when you
see these tragedies do not see God as the one causing the tragedy but as the one who sends the relief and causes people
to help. God loves you! Remember
the Bible says that Satan told Jesus all the kingdoms of the world were his and if Jesus would bow down then he would give
them to Jesus without Jesus having to go to the cross. The temptation had to be true or it would not be a real termptation.
Adam gave his authority to Satan when Adam fell. Satan was called the god of this world and the prince of the power
of the air by Paul - this is his realm and these tragedies are his handiwork. ( 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2) Father bless those affected by this tragedy and help to heal the hurt of what the devil has done, and
let the people see your love and grace so that they may know your Son and what He did to redeem them from the curse and
from Satan's power. Let them know Jesus defeated the devil and they can be free from the bondage they are in because
of what Satan did to them.
Pastor Don Carson Word
of Grace Fellowship
Sunday, January 17, 2010
1/17/10
It is important that as we begin the new year that we focus on our relationship
with God. We have many relationships that are important to us but the most important one should be our relationship with God.
How do we build our relationship with God? We build it by spending time with Him and fellowshipping with Him just as we spend
time with the people around us. The more we spend time with people the better our relationship with them will be. The better
our time with them is, the better our relationship with them will be. God wants you to spend time with Him and that is not
just in prayer or praise, or in reading the Bible. God wants you to
just spend time worshipping Him with your heart, or studying His word. Worship and study comes from the heart. Worship is
when you spend time with God from your heart loving Him because of who He is. Too often we spend time focusing on our problems
and praying God take care of this or that and say God I know you love me but I still need these things. Our focus when we
pray is on our needs sometimes, instead of on our God. We cannot fellowship with God when we focus on something else. Our
focus must be on God when we fellowship with Him. I cannot focus on Him and focus on something or someone else. God must be
the focus of our life or our fellowship will suffer. Jesus the
Son of God spent time with the Father many times all night, because He knew the value of fellowship and after doing
great miracles would retreat to fellowship. Your fellowship will recharge you so that you can see God can work in your life.
Yes you need Provision in your life but it cannot take the place of fellowshipping with God. So if you want a resolution.
let it be to fellowship by worshipping the Lord with your heart not just by singing songs or listening to praise music, but
fellowship with your Father. Come to church so that you can learn and grow by fellowshipping with your Dad. Maybe the sermon
is too long or the music not what you want but be there to fellowship God.God is the reason you are there and it does not
matter how long the service is or how short, you are there for one reason to be with your Dad. Love Him and worship Him in
all you do. Study so that you may see that God approves of you and loves you and then you will be a workmen not ashamed. let
God's love flow through you. Pastor Don
Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Dear Friends,
1/10/10
The Lord is with you and will keep you. I was reading today that the Lord told Joshua that he should be strong and
of good courage in 1:6,7,9 and I think it is important that we know that God wants us to have courage in these times
when we go through hard times. We can be strong for God not only speaks to us but lives in us. HE witnessed Moses who
talked to God face to face and was the greatest prophet of the OT. He wrote the Torah and whenever the Jewish people
refer to the OT they refer to it as Moses and the Prophets. Moses was first in their heart, even though they may
be the children of Abraham- Moses was their leader. This was the man that Joshua learned from.
God told Joshua I will not fail or forsake you. I want you to know that God will not forsake you or fail you. God has never
failed you or left you. I know that sometimes we may seem to hear from God but that does not mean he failed you or left
you. God is still there listening to you and standing beside you. The Footprints in the Sand says He carries
you when there is only one set of footprints. God cares about you more then you know. Look
at the 3 instances God says be strong and of good courage to Joshua In v 6 God says 1) it is to bring His people
an inheritance 2) v7- says so you may prosper 3) so you wont fear and know God is with you. God does not think it is wrong
to give you these things for God wants to give it to you. God wants to bless you, you need to know that in
your heart for God desires to show his love to you. God wants to give to you so that you can give to others. Stop seeing that
you messed up here or there, or that your prosperity and getting your bills met is based on your ability. God gave
you his love and the focus we need to have is on what did Jesus do and not on what we must do. Focusing on
our doing to be blessed instead of our being puts us back under the law. Stop basing your blessing on your job;
instead base it on Calvary. Oh, you need to have a job in this realm,
but the reason you are blessed is Jesus. You always have reason and money to give and strive to give. Try to find a reason
to give. BE a giver for giving is more blessed then receiving . So, what I am saying is simply this:God wants to bless
you so you can bless others. Now go and share this site with those you
know. Tell them about us. Tell them that they can hear the grace of God and that there is a place where they
will not be condemned. God is for them and loves them and they need to hear that, for God wants to show them his love. If
you live in NJ, then come join us at our Sunday Morning Service at 11 AM at the Springfield YMCA and let us bless you. Directions
to the Y are available on this site from any location. Share our website with them - www.wordofgracefellowship.com and also share your faith and love with us. As God leads you, bless us with your prayers
and finances. Send in your donations to Box 225 Springfield NJ 07081
Pastor Don Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
10:50 am est
Sunday, January 3, 2010
1/3/10 We have started
a new year and so often we talk about resolutions and trying to do good and make sure we try to get this or that right
in our life. The focus of that is perfect our flesh but even God could not do that. He sent his son, and His son was perfect
and they crucified him and HE was the only one with perfect flesh. You have a new life that began in the Spirit
of God and that life is kept by the sacrifice of Jesus. You were born again, you had a new start. It does not matter
if you were 80 when you got born again or 5, you still had a new start and a new life was put in you. This life was the life
of God. When you born you had temporal fleshly life, what we call
mortal bodies. Now you are reborn with the very life of God in you. Pastor John used to talk about laboring to rest. He
would say that there is one thing that we are told to labor and that is to labor to rest. Being able to relax sometimes takes
effort. You have a house and kids and a mortgage but that takes effort to pay for those things. God says you can rest in Him
for God did the work and HE keeps you by what He did. Too often we want to strive to get things done for we apply
the same principles to the spirit that we see in the natural. But God says He did the work. Our work is simply to believe
in the one He sent. As you begin a new year, I want you to do one thing:
Rest in the grace of Jesus Christ. Cast your care upon Him. Stop striving. God is up all night so let him worry about it.
It amazes me when someone says but I have to worry about this or that. Bury your worry so your faith can soar. This is not
just a new year but a new decade. We are in the 21st century; your life began in the 20th century and God kept you
this far so God will keep you again and again for you can trust Him. If there is anyone you can trust it is
Him. I want to tell you this: a couple of years ago: I began a year looking
at my bank account and said how am I going to make it, thinking I only had enough money for 2 months at the most, and
there are 12 in a year, but I made it. Then the next year came and I had the same amount I had the beginning of the previous
year. Now I am beginning a new year and I have what I had 2 years ago. So when I see that I gained confidence that God
will keep me and it reminded me of the story of the oil not running out. God is keeping me and blessing me though it may
not add up in your mind- God is a good keeper and HE will provide your needs. Trust Him! Now I do pray that you are blessed by this site. We need your help to go forward. I
know that God has more for us then just a website. I need your help. Yes I am asking for you to help us financially,
so that we can do more with what God gave us to do. Please send your donations to Word of Grace Box225 Springfield
NJ 07081 and tell others about us for God has given us more to do. I know he wants me to travel and preach overseas ,and minister
to nations. Time is short- tell others about us and give them our website so they can help us too- give then this
link at www.wordofgracefellowship.com . We need to reach out together so that we can share His grace, for Jesus is coming
soon! Pastor Don Carson Word
of Grace Fellowship
10:26 am est
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