tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:02:22 +0000welcome to my NeighborhoodjoannaGeneral AssemblyLeviticusdeaththe depot grillerob belllabor day. workRichmond VirginiaWaiting SchoolforgivenesssamheinHellSarah Plainvirginiadowntown Lynchburgwealth10% incomesavingsSundayexpensesMr. RogersDelandsanctifiedPapua New GuineaChristmas blessingsgreed2008T.E.A. partykidsvotinghalloweenreadingselfishnesssoccerThe House StudioWeddingsGoddemonsdecievedNPHversesfastingobama verses james dobsonfaithCreationismwidowsscripturesrestCentennial Celebrationpeaceful protestnarnia and the voyage of the dawn treadersholidaysdollarpoweramericaRepublican RallyincreaseMarie MignerpresidentMuslimsgrace of Godtrusteeevangelismstained glassmovingchristian livinggospel of LukeprideNovember 1stextra blessingsvideo blogging a journeypossessionsgoldhordingdestructionmovementhealthcare billdevotionslifestylegiftssilver40 daysdevotionalthe 10 commandmentsObamaBlessingsemmanuel church of the nazareneowns everythingpost modern cultureLynchburg virginiawisemenTSAChroniclesbiblework and witnessgreat women of the biblejusticeLotterygivingset aside titheJesus FilmsancficationHunter Perezmoview reviewsjohn Mccainemmanuelwearyemergent church movementchurchesHolinessmasterDebarytrustingall souls dayemergentjohn clavincrucifiedPastormaterialismsummer slumpthanksgivingwatchingDaytona Beach 68th annual Biker weekPilategreat commissionkarl Gibersonassetsnazarenetea partytithingJesussuffering180pastor PeterChristmas 2008friday the 13themerging churchbusinessangel foodsusannaswingingproverbsrighteousnessmadison HeightsprovisionsmissionariesChristmas 2009Amherst county15%playgroundnon profitsrichesBlue Ridge Mountainsbuildingscookoutssabbath911Alaskaorange city.burdenRichmond Speedwaypoortrustgenerousityjuly 4thPNGgrant writingmarriagesarah Palinmanagerevolutiongenerous livingfinanciallinda seamantrain depotHaggaisober mindedtolerancehomescheckingdr. Dan boonesavedprayerfriendsReviewsesterDevils Marbleyardchildrenmadison Heights virginia100 yearsemergent churchpoliticsbirhtday wish 89 years oldDeland Church of the NazarenepsalmCommon SensewidowdogAll Saints DayHerodmessiahfloridadollarsfishermanThe ShackwisdombudgetsfoodElaine Petitt MinistriesmoneygiversThis is my blog. Sometimes I post often and sometimes not for awhile. It's personal, political and often spiritual in nature. If you got an opinion please post a comment so I you dropped by. God Bless.http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)Blogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-1422860332525617514Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:02:00 +00002011-12-24T13:02:22.353-05:002011 DeLandNaz Yearbookhttp://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-delandnaz-yearbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-2286971042210771886Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:34:00 +00002011-12-16T17:34:15.046-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-i-can-be-grateful-that-merry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-1417594142653772610Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:10:00 +00002011-12-06T23:25:00.614-05:00  The other day I received an email about a family that still needs help that moved away from our city. Last night I received another phone call from someone I did not know from out of state in need of help for relatives who live in my town. Between these two completely different needs & stories it made me think again how lost our culture is and has become from when I first came tohttp://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/12/land-of-lost-gospel-of-hope.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6873586013870908206Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:37:00 +00002011-11-01T08:37:58.967-04:00Jesus Film   Missions is always about a leap of faith, at least it has been for me. My very first mission trip was in 1989 going to Kenya Africa. Since then and including that first trip I have never had the total resources available to just pay and go. I've always had to step out with desire and faith first and begin to trust, wait and lean on God's timing and provisions.          I've now gone on http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/11/baab-of-faith-journey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-4209771820737199112Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:44:00 +00002011-09-19T20:44:57.195-04:00PastorThe pastor teaches, though he must solicit his own classes. He heals, though without pills or knife. He is sometimes a lawyer, often a social worker, something of an editor, a bit of a philosopher and entertainer; A salesman, a decorative piece for public functions, and he is suppose to be a scholar. He visits the sick, marries people, buries the dead, labors to console those who sorrow and to http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-does-pastor-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-5049795167945196426Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:14:00 +00002011-09-11T16:14:50.865-04:00TSA911Common SenseMuslimsHow 9/11 changed me and challenges me to be a better witness for Christ. I remember that day clearly as most do. I was in my church office and my wife called me after the first plane crashed into a tower. I came home for a few minutes to watch it on the TV. I really did not grasp the impact of it right then cause I did not know as much as I know now. I later left to go downtown that morning http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-its-subtle-effects-in-decade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-1434049780125446744Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:54:00 +00002011-06-27T11:54:21.557-04:00SundayrestJesussabbath   I recently returned from a week of teen mission camp. There were 15 of us in 3 vans driving 12 hours one way to make a difference in the city of Tuscaloosa, AL after the Tornado’s from April. The night we arrived we were excited and got settled and started off the time in the evening worship. What followed was very little sleep on a gym floor with over 100 other people. Each day was labor http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/06/do-you-rest-weekly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-5274257305393093423Mon, 02 May 2011 10:24:00 +00002011-05-02T13:33:38.680-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/05/jesus-virgins-and-man-who-stunk-to-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-7268423475595171529Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:16:00 +00002011-04-27T08:49:02.941-04:00rob bellsober mindedIn the last few weeks a lot of attention was drawn to the new book "Love Wins " by Rob Bell. A friend of mine read the book and said his conclusion was that Rob Bell did not have anything biblically solid to say, but rather his book was basically a giant question on Hell with a question much like Eve was given in the garden by the serpent who said " Did God really say you will die? ". Many http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/04/are-you-sober-minded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6236748090091185901Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:12:00 +00002011-04-24T17:12:50.638-04:00Today has been a great day in our church, community and our family. Why?. Because we celebrated the physical resurrection that happened 1,981 years ago today. “Why do you search among the dead for the living, He is Risen”. The recorded historical facts of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ are a truly supernatural encounter that forever changed and continues to change the world. http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/04/special-day-called-easter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-7215252886594770479Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:41:00 +00002011-04-22T09:41:36.140-04:00deathcrucifiedsufferingPilateHerod   Each year as I reflect on the passion and sacrifice of Christ I am always amazed at how His Spirit teaches me something new about the greatest sacrifice in world history. Jesus went to a cruel death for me and for anyone who would trust in Him. Last night as I read the last supper passage of scripture from the gospel of John to my family as our evening devotion I asked a question to my kids. http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-friday-friendship-of-enemies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-171634558104247763Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:15:00 +00002011-02-03T09:43:44.412-05:00orange city.Hunter PerezDebary Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James 4:14         Yesterday was a difficult day for many in our local church community. We had a funeral at 10 a.m. for a dear Saint of God who lived to age 83. She was loved and cherished by so so many. Then a few hours later around 2:30 I received a call http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/02/vanished.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-2202052517666039925Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:55:00 +00002011-01-20T09:55:23.482-05:00Lotteryfishermangospel of Luke<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pthttp://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2011/01/instant-wealth-without-lottery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-2623892326839888927Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:31:00 +00002010-12-09T09:31:16.227-05:00Christmas blessings<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pthttp://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/12/businesses-christmas-blessings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6192631028610746839Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:24:00 +00002010-12-04T15:24:02.873-05:00 About a month ago, we started sharing with our congregation about the need for sacrificial giving for our missionaries.  We had been told there is a need for an extra 6 million dollars to keep all our missionaries in the harvest fields of the 152 world areas in which we present the gospel.  My wife and I have always given to missions above our regular tithes and God has always seemed to enable http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/12/manna-challenge-of-obedience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-4614219821974074396Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:48:00 +00002010-11-24T09:48:24.603-05:00Mig 7: What Food did Jesus eat for Thanksgiving?http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/11/mig-7-what-food-did-jesus-eat-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6488534722891145779Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:21:00 +00002010-11-24T09:21:39.905-05:00In my devotions today I was reading from John 4:27-38. There was alot of lessons in this short passage, but verse 34 especially caught my attention with tomorrow being Thanksgiving Day and so much attention focused on food. Every Thanksgving since I can remember a big meal is prepared and spread with family and friends. So I began to think about how the disciples were focused on physical http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-food-did-jesus-eat-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6314584615409790108Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:29:00 +00002010-11-19T08:30:42.273-05:00narnia and the voyage of the dawn treadersmoview reviews var flashvars = {};flashvars.height=40;flashvars.width=280;flashvars.file="rtmp://fmedia.attainresponse.com/video";flashvars.image="http://www.attainresponse.com/MediaF5/flv_preview_coming.jpg";flashvars.id="petermigner@comf5-com/audio1290172949056";flashvars.autostart="false";flashvars.shownavigation=true;flashvars.repeat=false;flashvars.allowFullScreen=true;var params = {};http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/11/pastor-movie-review-of-voyage-of-dawn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-2418113141137466854Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:01:00 +00002010-11-09T00:01:29.876-05:00The following was not mine, but worth reprinting on my blog to help spread the word! These truly challenge me and stretch me in the day we live. 95 THESES TO THE MODERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH by Greg Gordon Greg GordonI have revised many of these and also all of them are of a size that will fit on twitter and facebook easily to re-post. Pray about sharing these with others and sharing each theseshttp://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/11/95-theses-to-modern-evangelical-church.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-1052652019187596007Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:59:00 +00002010-11-06T16:59:00.394-04:00christian livingNow that may seem like a strange title for an article coming from a pastor of an evangelical church, but it’s nonetheless a good question that needs to be revisited from time to time. Since worship attendance is in decline in America I assume this means as well a decline in real followers and disciples of Jesus too. When people get into conversations about religion and faith I have often heard http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-christian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-4737865205084802031Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:40:00 +00002010-10-30T15:42:57.254-04:00halloweensamheinall souls dayAll Saints DayHistory reveals our past and much of our current meaning on the holidays is derived from tampered history. Unfortunately, so much of history is rewritten history that it can often get fussy trying to discern truth from lies. The bible is the greatest source of Truth for all of mankind and in my opinion is the most reliable source of history and truth on the planet. In the course of biblical http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-and-history-reveal-mess-of_30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6535029079555622835Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:58:00 +00002010-10-26T16:58:45.640-04:00  Have you ever been the victim of your friends fear, stupidity or carelessness? Perhaps you have heard people say that those closest to you can often hurt you the most. How true that is. My mom is now 91 years old and lives alone in Maine. Since she was 80 she has had a goal in mind to celebrate her 100th birthday. Every year I often wonder what excitement will be next with my mom? This past http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/10/clawed-by-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-6192831628490481776Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +00002010-09-06T08:15:43.289-04:00forgivenessgrace of GodfishermanJesus was never known to be a fisherman, but rather a carpenter. Not much is known about those pre-ministry years, but we know he was raised in Nazareth and not along the seashore of Galilee. However, after Jesus publically launched his ministry he called a few disciples to follow him who were fisherman. So I presume he got familiar pretty fast with the cleaning process of fish in preparation forhttp://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/09/fish-gut-grace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-5899947215289042042Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:17:00 +00002010-07-17T22:20:35.795-04:00      Many years ago when I was a youth pastor in Lakeland, FL I remember a local church having a special day called "Bring a Sinner Day". Someone I knew told me about it and how they were supposed to invite people who agreed they were a sinner. As it turned out they had a great response and many people came who admitted they were indeed active sinners. People agreed to attend that day out of http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260384854392489869.post-2780550837604052514Mon, 17 May 2010 03:40:00 +00002010-05-16T23:40:17.577-04:00evangelismgreat commissioncookouts Be Careful what you name your Sermon! This morning I mentioned that folks should come back for "The Cookout". I went on to note than the Cookout was going to be a message, but I was not real clear as I wanted to stir interest. Needless to say I created interest alright. One women and several teens who are new to our church took me literally. The teens took it to heart and actually showed up http://40daysplus.blogspot.com/2010/05/kingdom-of-rejected-and-cookout-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (PastorGadget)0