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I think the word love is an amazing word that has the power to change everything, and in fact has changed everything. Two thousand years ago God put His love on display for the human race as His Son Jesus hung between heaven and earth and laid down His life so that we could be saved. His love changed everything and some times we take that for granted and even at times allow Him to become common

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They were the best of times and the worst of times, not to rip anyone off or anything. These past several months have been a journey of a life time, and it feels like a journey that lasts a lifetime. full of many great blessings from God and also full of many hard times from the enemy or perhaps even self inflicted. This is a period in my life that I would not exchange for an easier road or a

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I was in town yesterday coming out of the bank and I saw a lady that I knew from the Potter's House, so I stopped to say hey. She was sitting on a bench with another lady, who I introduced myself to also. She proceeded to ask me what I did for living and I told her I was a pastor. She responded with Holy **** you are a Pastor? I want to be a pastor to! I went on to ask why she wanted to do that

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Wow! What a day,tonight I saw over a hundred people walk down to the alter to Give their heart to Jesus. That will never get old and it is my dream to see that at Jubilee in the future. there is a lot of info to digest here so I guess for tonight I will give you this one thought and then I will hit the hay. God has given us His love to share with the world around us. the same love that compelled

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Well we arrived in LA after a very short night sleep and a long flight. What a great church they have here, and what a beautiful setting. This afternoon we toured the campus, HUUUGGGEEE they seat 3,500 in the sanctuary and run nine services. Thirty five hundred kids show up every weekend, and a thousand teenagers. they feed almost a million needy people a year. these are mind blowing numbers.

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Psalm 15:1-5 (Message) A David psalm. GOD, who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list?  "Walk straight, act right, tell the truth. "Don't hurt your friend, don't blame your neighbor; despise the despicable. "Keep your word even when it costs you, make an honest living, never take a bribe. "You'll never get blacklisted if you live like this." Don't you think it

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I have to say when I think about the whole Mother's Day thing, I am a very blessed man! I was raised by a great mother who loves Jesus and helped all of her kids to love Jesus too. I have a great mother in law who never interferes and whom we would like to have visit more, who raised Kristine to love Jesus. The mothers in my life are cool, low maintenance moms. Then there is my sweet wife

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2 Corinthians 5:17 Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. I think it is amazing that Jesus died on the cross to set me free! Here is the thing Jesus gave us a new life, and He wants us to live it. It is time to let go of your guilt and shame and walk boldly into the new life that God has promised to you. I love this verse in Galatians

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I was doing my daily reading yesterday in the New Century Version and i came across this verse. Colossians2:2 I want them to be strengthened and joined together with love so that they may be rich in their understanding. This leads to their knowing fully God's secret, that is, Christ himself. This verse is really telling us that if we want to fully know Christ then we need to be strengthened and

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What a great worship service we had yesterday, a big thank you to our worship team they are awesome! During the worship time we were encouraged to stop for a few moments and give thanks to God, and we did. As I was giving thanks so many things flooded my heart. so I thought it would be cool if on this blog we would take some time to say thanks. I will begin with my thanks and you can comment with

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Hey all! I would really appreciate your prayers and participation in the upcoming event that we are doing in Dunnville. We are joining with other churches in Dunnville to show the people in our town that Jesus loves them in practical ways. We will be doing a free store, a carnival, free haircuts, renovations, barbecues and a free feast at the end of the day, and we are going to pray that God will

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If you read this list and honestly evaluate your life, and you feel you are out of sync on any of them, then you need a refresh.If you are focusing on your habits instead of focusing on your heart for God. (Going through the routine)If you are focusing on your goodness instead of your Godliness. If you are focusing on your knowledge of God's word instead of your obedience to it.If you are

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I am so excited about what God is doing in all of our lives this week! I t has been fun watching different people respond at different times to what God is saying to them, and it is also great to see a resurrection of the passion that many of you once carried! God is definitely good!

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These are a few of my favorite quotes and verses. I hope they challenge you as much as they challenge me.Hope is not dreaming. It is not spinning an illusion or fantasy to protect us from our boredom or our pain....It is imagination put into the harness of faith. CS LewisIf you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a

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Well everyone it is now official, we are moving to our new facility! The conditions were removed from the offer to purchase on the church tonight, and the deal will be closing on October the 30Th. Our first event will be held on the 31st a fun night of clowning, games and of course CANDY. Our first service will be on November the 1st. Wow, God is good! We will need all hands on deck as we prepare

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What an amazing call that God has given us, to Build Relationships that Build the Kingdom of God. This is another question that I ask myself on a regular basis, "If everyone was exactly like me and brought the same level of energy to the table about this mission, would that be a good thing or a bad thing?"I want to be the kind of person that will lead by example so everyday I ask God to help me

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2Ki 4:5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her children. The children kept bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring. 2Ki 4:6 When the containers were full, she told her son, "Bring me another container." He told her, "There are no more containers." So the olive oil stopped flowing. I think that God has given us the call as His people to pour His Spirit into empty vessels.

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I guess I ask myself this question on almost a daily basis, is my heart really committed to the forward progress of the Gospel? What I am really asking myself is, am I intentionally going out into my world to share the love of God, through relationship, to the people that God has brought into my life.It is so important for us to live with a sense of mission, a sense that there is something more

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"Building relationships that build the Kingdom of God". That is our vision and mission at Jubilee. I really believe that we can make a difference in the region that God has called us to, because knowing Jesus makes a big difference in everyone's life.Here is the thing though, it sounds good on paper, it is easy to remember, and it does capture the dream that God has about us in a few simple words

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I can't get that phrase out of my head! It's your fire and it is your responsibility to keep it burning! Here is the thing, we have the priveledge to have a relationship[ with God and many times we take that for granted, but when we do we rob ourselves of all that God has for us. He wants us to love Him with all of our soul with all of our might and with all of our strength. All, all , all, no

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God has really been giving my heart and mind a makeover over the past while and is continuing to challenge me in huge ways. I love that, I love when He is working out something in me. So here is something I have been brewing on lately.Luke 16:10 He who is faithful in the least is also faithful in much. And he who is unjust in the least is also unjust in much. What does it mean to be faithful in

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We as Christians often think that if we just pray then everything will work out, and it is true that prayer is powerful. Here is the thing, if God didn't need us, or at least want us to do our part then why are we still on this planet?In Exodus 17:8-16 we find the story of the famous battle between Israel and the Amalekites in which when Moses kept his staff raised the Israelites would prevail

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Hebrews 4:9-129 So then there remains a rest to the people of God.10 For he who has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from His.11 Therefore let us labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.12 For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul

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I am excited about what God is doing in me, and what He is doing in us as a church. I believe that are best days are ahead and that we are going to rock this region with the Gospel. I wouldn't trade this life for any other life because I feel I am in the sweet spot of God's will for my life right now. That does not mean that I am not going through any struggles or wrestling with any issues right

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I just wanted to let you all know that we will be doing a tour of the building on Sunday after church so that everyone can get an up close look at what is happening in the building. I am hoping to have a bit more rugged version of Cafe Sunday at the school also at that time. Have a great day!

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I put up a post on Saturday night but for some reason it posted as Monday the 13th, so just scroll down to read the post. Thanks

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Hi all! I am pretty excited this week, we are seeing some real progress on our future site. This week the walls are coming down! Here are a few pics I love being part of this church! I love what God is doing in us and through us! I can't wait to see what He is going to do next! I know that none of that has anything to do with tearing out walls but I am feeling a great sense of the Holy Spirit in

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I'll tell you what Bob and the crew are machines. They got a whole lot more done this week. Here are a few more pics. This view is from the front wall of the school toward the back. Here you can see where the wall was removed so that we could make more room for a foyer/ Youth Room The two holes you see in the far wall are the two doors going into the kitchen, that's right a kitchen big enough

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The third principle that I live by and work hard at passing down to my children is found in James 4:6 where it says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. I don't know about you but pride is a huge struggle for me. I have to carefully and strategically work at keeping pride out of my life and staying humble.Have you ever had moments in your life when you felt a separation from God

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The second principle I live by is found in Romans 12:15 and it says to Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep. I think it is so important for us to truly care for each other and feel each others gains or losses.It is often very easy to weep with those who weep, because we can be caught up in the emotion with them, but rejoicing with those who rejoice is a bit more difficult.

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I think that it is so important that each of us have some clearly defined principles by which we live our life. Principles that are non-negotiable, and guide our lives to a great degree. I have a few that I live by and I will share them with you to give you an idea of what I mean.The first principle I live by is "I am a steward, not an owner". I gave my heart and life to Jesus many years ago and

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Man, God is really challenging me lately. I was spending some time in prayer and worship this morning, I was singing "With Everything" by Hillsong, and I really sensed that God was asking me, "Really, do you love me with everything"? Here is the thing, we often say things with out thinking, or we think but not really.God is calling us to an authentic walk with Him. He's asking us to give Him

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Had a great day yesterday! What a fantastic day at church. I felt the power of the Holy Spirit in the service in a great way. One person decided to leave the old life behind and follow Jesus (That is what we do it all for) Many decided to live a life that is more connected to Jesus and to follow Him with Passion. As I said it was a great day!I don't know about you but I really feel that God is

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Do you really believe that what you believe is really real? I hope this question is really bugging you. If you really believe then it will affect how you look at the gift of life each day, it will affect how you spend each precious day, every hour, every minute of the time you have been allotted.Here is the deal, hell is a real place and so many people that I know and people that you know are

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Yesterday I asked the question "Do you believe that what you believe is really real?" in the hopes that it would get you all thinking about what you think is real. I think as Christ followers some times we give lip service to the fact that the Bible is true, that it is the inspired word of God, but do we really believe it?Here is the thing, God's word says that He loves you and will provide for

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Great it is to dream the dreamWhen you stand in your youth By the starry streamBut a greater thing To fight life through And to say at the endThe dream was true This was a poem that was spoken many times by John Osteen, and since Mark Davy shared it yesterday morning in the service it has been rolling through my mind. The truth is that most people start out with a dream when they are young and

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I am pretty excited to let all of you know that once again this year we are participating in the One Prayer Series. Last year over 1700 churches partnered together for a month to pray, fast share and give toward answering the prayer of Jesus "That they would be one". This year the theme is God Is _____. We will be hearing from some great pastors from around the world sharing with us during our

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Happy New Year! I am pretty stoked about this new year of 2009! I know that the media is saying that it is going to be a bad year and everything but truthfully I believe that God is up to something and He wants us to get involved! So what should we do to get involved? Here are a few things that I believe will help.Get into a steady and solid set of devotions right from the get go. Wayne Cordeiro

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Merry Christmas all! What a great night we had last night, being together with our church family and all the visitors was an awesome way to kick off the holidays. I want to say a special thanks to the creative team, who spent untold hours preparing for our Christmas service. You are awesome! Also thanks to all the others who made last night a great night for people to experience the love of Jesus

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I have been spending a lot of time thinking about and praying about 2009, and I am pretty excited about what I think God is about to do. I spent a couple hours on the phone with a pastor friend of mine in Toronto and we were sharing some of the things that God is doing. we also talked for a while about what we believe God is going to do in 2009! I just feel that there is a hunger for God right

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Hey, I have been reading a book called "The Divine Mentor" by Wayne Cordeiro and I have been loving it! I have believed in reading for a long time and also in allowing myself to be mentored through the persons writings, but Wayne takes it to a whole new level. Here are a couple things that I have learned so far:Life has given us to very effective teachers, one is Wisdom and the other is

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Here is a great post by Steven Furtick take a few minutes to think about that, and ask God how high He would like to throw you.Have a great day!

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I picked up this quote on Perry Noble's blog which he quoted from a book called "Crazy Love" and it really verbalizes a lot of what God has been speaking to me lately.“Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.”What are you giving a ton of energy to, that in reality does not matter? What are you giving to

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I guess that I am really asking God right now for wisdom. I realize the great desire that God has to reach out to share His love with those who don't yet know Him, and that He has called us to get involved with His mission on the earth. I have been losing a lot of sleep over this for a while and it, quite honestly, consumes me. I don't even want to pretend to have the answers on how to do this

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This has been an incredible year of growth for me, and I am so thankful to God for the things He has taught me. I guess the big question that I have had to come to grips with is the "Me or Jesus" question. I have let this question seep into every part of my life. Here are a few examples:When I am evaluating whether or not I can do something, I have to bring Jesus into the question in a few ways,

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I am stoked! I am so excited about what God is doing and I know that it is just the beginning. We went out this morning and raked leaves for people just to show them God's love with no strings attached. I am praying that the seeds sown this morning will be effective in leading some people to Christ but also that those who participated would also feel as though they had drawn closer.People, we are

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It is my goal to honour God in all that I do, and one of the things I have found that helps me stay on track is asking myself good questions. Here are a few of the questions I have been asking myself lately.Is my relationship with God close and growing? I don't know about you but I can really get distracted by all kinds of good things, while missing out on God's things. You might think it is

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It is Pastor appreciation month in October and I just want to thank the people in my life that have been pastoring me and pouring into my life.Pastor Paul thank you so much for challenging me and helping me to become who God has called me to be. Thank you for believing in me even when I wasn't sure that I believed in myself, you and Elaine are a blessing to Kristine and I and we wouldn't want to

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Tonight I get to hang out with our young people for our Thursday night meeting and I am pretty excited about what God is doing. When I was at the Creative Church Conference on Monday in Albany, Ed Young said something that rang so true to me, especially after our Sunday service. He said "Our church is all about the empty chair". what he was saying was, that everything that they plan, everything

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Well we just arrived in Albany New York after a six hour drive. Well what a great day! We have such a great bunch of team leaders at Jubilee and it has been a fun day of travelling with them. We are here for the Creative Church Conference put in by Ed Young of Fellowship Church inn Grapevine Texas. I am pretty excited about what God is doing at Jubilee right now and really enjoyed being in the

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Wow! It is already Thanksgiving weekend, where did the year go? Well what are you thankful for? I think one of the main characteristics of a Christ follower should be a thankful heart with words to express it! so why don't you take a few minutes just to stop and give thanks to God for all that He has given to you. Here are a few things that I am thankful for.I am thankful for a loving God who

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Hey dads! I was preparing for my "Wild at Heart" Life Group yesterday and while doing that there was a lot of questions about what your father was like. This was an interesting topic for me so I got pretty absorbed in the moment. I had a great father and mostly my memories of him are nothing but good so the experience really stirred up some great memories. I wrote a letter to myself on the day my

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What a great day today! I am so excited about what God is doing, I feel so blessed to be a part of it! Here are some of the great things that happened today!I got news about Jeremiah today. He is doing great on his tour and Is really sensing that people are praying for him. By the way don't stop praying for him, he is on a mission for our country but also on a mission to reach lost people. So

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Last week we kicked off our first week of Life groups for the fall, and it was a great week from what I have heard. If you want to get more connected with people in the church, or if you are looking for a way to introduce a friend to Jesus, then Life Groups are the place to connect. Even though we had sign up Sunday last week, you will have the opportunity to sign up in the entrance of the church

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I have been a Christian for a long time, and have served Him in the local church for more than thirty years. I have been through great times and I have been through horrible times. There have been times when I have felt very close to God, and times when I have felt very disconnected from Him. Through all of this I have learned one very important fact, being a Christian is about having a living

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Hi everyone! I am sorry it has been a while since I wrote on here but last week, I just needed to slow things down and get some time with God. I am excited to be back at it. Yesterday was a great day and I am so thankful to God that I get to pastor this church. so here are a few of the highlights of Sunday.The worship was absolutely awesome! We have been working out a few glitches with sound and

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What a great day! We probably had about two to three hundred people come through the Yard Sale today, and they got served very well. we were able to shine the love of Jesus in our community in a big way! Thanks to every one that helped out, the people were blown away by your generosity and your desire to serve them. Let's keep making the name of Jesus famous. I believe that there are a ton of

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Great night tonight! I just want to say thanks to our teens, they are really inviting a lot of people out to youth on Thursday's. Steve did a great job teaching tonight and made a really great point about carrying our Christian lives forward. He used the analogy of a football player carrying the ball forward toward the goal line and using the five yard markers as goals or steps along the way.

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Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the foreigners, both to the wise and to the unwise. This verse is burning in my heart and has been for a long time, because this is, I believe, God's call to the church. We can never repay the debt that God paid for us, but I believe that because God has given us the Good News, it is now our "debt" to tell others and help them experience the

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I think that answering questions is a great way to grow as a Christian, so here are a few questions.What are you doing that you should stop doing?What are you thinking about doing but you are to afraid to start?Who is there in your life that you need to help connect to Jesus? What are you doing to help them?Have you ever felt closer to God then you feel now? How have you moved?Is there a

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-44721396379019354052008-09-13T19:41:00.004-04:002008-09-13T20:15:52.872-04:00

I have been going through this time of awakening in my life like I have never experienced before, and I am so thankful to God for it. We just finished Youth Camp last week and we are working really hard to prepare for the Community Yard sale next week, so the intensity level is pretty high for me right now. I know this may sound strange, but this is what God has been teaching me through it. If my

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Man I am getting old(er) and I still hate winter. I used to be able to stay awake for the whole weekend of youth camp and be set to go on Monday morning, but I have got to say between lack of sleep and freezing certain parts of my anatomy off, it has taken me a few days to recover. One thing that hasn't changed though is the boost I get out of seeing God work in peoples lives, especially young

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Wow! I am so tired, seven hours of sleep all weekend. What a great time we had up at camp with our young people! Here are a few Highlights of the weekend.The youth worship team did an awesome job at leading us into the presence of God!I could tell people were praying, because right from the first few minutes of our Friday night service the teens were responding and I felt like they had really

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What a great weekend! I really enjoyed the beautiful weather and got a lot done. I was really happy with the way everything went in our service. On the weekend someone told me that it is getting harder and harder to just sit around in our church because the message is pushing people to get involved. Someone else called and told us that they had been really moved by the messages to start being as

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What a great day today! Today I went with some of the board to have a look at a Southridge Community Church in St. Catharines, to see how they had renovated a school into a functioning church building and to get some thoughts on how to renovate our school. We got some good ideas and insights and we are continuing to move ahead with plans to prepare our new site. The bonus that we got today was

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I was reading in Acts this morning and sort of had a couple of verses just light up for me. I guess that I have probably read Acts hundreds of times, especially the first few chapters but I have never seen it this way before. This was right after the Holy Spirit baptised the Church and they hit the streets.Acts 2:9-11 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; Visitors from Mesopotamia, Judea, and

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As I have been saying, I think it is really important to invite people to church and maybe even go a step further and bring them. Check out this post by Perry Noble. I think it says it all. Who is the Bob in your life and what are you going to do about Bob?Have a good one!

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Of this one thing I am sure, God wants us to reach lost people. There is a fire inside of me right now that just keeps getting bigger all the time, and sometimes I feel like it will consume, and that fire is for lost people. I am at the point that I can't tolerate another moment of the same old same old and I hope you all feel the same way.I think that yesterday was an amazing day. One man who

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I am stoked! Tomorrow is going to be an awesome day and I just know God wants to do good things through it! I am closing out the series with the story of the rich young ruler and I am feeling God in the house as I am preparing and praying.I am really excited about a few things right now the first of which is that I feel like a new man, like I have been born again again, because of the way God is

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I am sitting here preparing for Sunday and we are going to be finishing our series "Me or Jesus?" This series has seriously messed me up. I am so convinced that God wants to do something great through us as a church, but right now He is calling us to Himself. He is calling us to a deep and vibrant relationship with Him. It is all about Jesus, he saved us from an eternity that was hell, but He

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I am so thankful to God for the call He has placed on my life, and with that the responsibilities. I think that one of the most important things we can do as leaders is to ask ourselves some thought provoking questions. Here are some of the questions I am asking myself at this point.Is my personal relationship with Jesus growing and vibrant?Am I leading to build a kingdom for myself, or am I

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I just have to get this off my chest. I am really believing God to do great things through us as a church, but the truth is I am wondering if we have enough interest in this as a church to see it through. Here is the deal, we start church at 10 am on Sunday mornings and you could shoot a cannon through the place and not hit anyone, but ten minutes later the place is fairly full. This is a problem

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What a great night! Levi started youth tonight (I am now officially old) so I am really excited about that! I am praying that God will really touch him and that he will encounter God as a young man, and that from that encounter he would become a die hard Christ follower. Here are a few of my thoughts on the night.We have two great couples giving their lives and time investing in the next

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Matthew 19:24 I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle."I don't know about you but I have always thought that God was maybe putting rich people at a bit of a disadvantage in this verse. Did you know that most people in Canada would rank in the top 10% income earners in the world, and that because of that Jesus is

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This morning I was reading in Nehemiah in my God time, and I am always amazed at the new things you can learn each time you read God's Word. Here are a few of the things I noticed in Chapter one and two.Nehemiah always prayed before he acted on something. 1:4-11, 2:4,Nehemiah obviously had a close relationship with the king, because the king noticed that Nehemiah was not himself and wanted to do

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Man am I stoked this morning! I am so thankful to God about what he is doing in people's lives and also in my own! I have had a few conversations with people about the message yesterday and as I have been praying that He would do, He is messing people up. I know that we often look around us and we judge who God can use and who we think He can't use, and maybe today you are thinking that God

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Oh man, am I tired. The three hour time change has fully taken hold not to mention the mental toll of all the info we took in this week. Anyway here are my thoughts on the day.I don't think that I have ever spent more time preparing for a message then I did for the one I preached today, nor have I ever felt as confident that God would use what I said to work in the hearts of His people as I felt

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I am so stoked! As I was cutting my grass today I was thinking about the incredible love of God and how thankful I am that He loves me(personally). Sometimes I can be such a bone head and sometimes I can be so judgemental and opinionated but God looks past that and loves me any way. I don't think He wants me to remain the same but His grace is always shown whenever I ask Him to forgive me and

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Hi everyone! It has been an amazing week, and God has really been good to Kristine and I. First of all we have been hanging out with Steve and Beth Fleming (they are amazing friends and mentors to us) all week and have learned so much from them. Kevin and Sheila Gerald are an amazing couple and they have been so kind to us, and have helped us so much to understand our roles better. Sheila spent

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Man, I prayed in the morning service a couple weeks ago that God would give us an encounter like Isaiah Had where in Chapter 6 He said woe is me I am undone. God is messing me up, I am undone. As I have been writing on this blog, God has been really stirring something in my heart that I think is huge, and that something is a deep passion and concern for those that have not yet connected with

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Just had dinner with the Flemings, the Geralds, and the Scanlons. I feel like it was the best Christmas ever and it is only August. I am so amazed at the blessing of God in my life and I just feel that His hand is upon us as a church. The people that He has brought into my life are just amazing. We got to Hang out with Steve and Beth all day (They are such a God send to Kristine and I) then

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Good Morning! We arrived in Seattle safely last night just in time to take in the evening service here with Paul Scanlon. Wow, when God gets on you about something He just keeps going at it, doesn't He? Here are a few of the highlights. He was teaching out of these verses.Mat 21:28 "Tell me what you think of this story: A man had two sons. He went up to the first and said, 'Son, go out for the

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OK so here is the deal. It is easier to give in to mediocrity but that would really disappoint the Heart of God. It says in 2 Peter 3:9 that God is even holding back the end of time to the point that it might seem to some that He might not even be true to his promises, because it is His desire that all should be saved. I read this great post today Perry's Post from Perry Noble's blog that I think

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Have you ever been at the door way of opportunity before? Well I feel like that is where we are standing right now as a church. I feel this urgency inside right now that makes me feel uncomfortable all the time. I know that God is saying to us as a church that it is time to step out into the promise, but at the same time I know that God is asking us for more than He has ever asked us for. I have

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I just have to say that I am incredibly in love with Jesus and I am so thankful that I get to be part of what He is doing! There I said it and now I feel better. Have a great one.

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I am really excited about what God is doing in my life. He is really pushing me to develop in a lot of areas right now and it has been challenging but inspiring. I think that so many times we get bogged down in what we think we can't do that we miss out on the amazing things God wants to do through us. Let's stop thinking we can't accomplish our dreams and let's move ahead with boldness and do

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Had a great day wrestling with my lawn tractor today (and right after I wrote about storms), I was cutting my lawn this morning and the thing just died, I have no idea why but boy I was bugged. Then I remembered what I had written in my last post, about finding flaws in our character through storms.Well that got my mind working a bit and I realized that I have a little issue with patience in my

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-37323263430045106982008-07-24T01:16:00.015-04:002008-07-24T01:44:21.233-04:00

Wow what a day I had! I just finished Sunday's message (it is 1:17 am) and that took a lot more time then I thought it would! I spent the good part of my day (Again) in the basement, at the church, because these nasty rain storms have revealed a serious flaw in our basement wall. Whenever that driving rain shows up this week, we have a bit of water to clean up, in the basement. As I was vacuuming

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-34050122150293729832008-07-22T09:22:00.002-04:002008-07-22T09:44:24.934-04:00

I have been thinking a lot about the love of God the Father toward me this week. What an amazing Father we have, and how amazing He is! Any way as I was putting my boys to bed last night it really hit me. As I was praying for them before they went down to sleep in their blanket fortress (our basement looks like a dessert tribe has set up their tent village down there) it hit me how much I love

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-18635338335487526582008-07-21T12:06:00.003-04:002008-07-21T16:21:43.210-04:00

It is great to be home! A couple years ago we did "Building a House to Belong to" as our theme for the year and for Father's Day we gave out baseball caps with that phrase printed on. Well today as I was sitting, thinking and asking God about how we can reach out in our world, He reminded me about that theme. When we were away last week on holidays it really occurred to me how important Jubilee

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-48249244774627642382008-07-21T00:55:00.000-04:002008-07-21T01:34:02.552-04:00

Today was an amazing day! I am so excited to see what God is doing at Jubilee! This mornings service was awesome, it was so good to back at home in our church with the people that we get to do life with. I love Jubilee and the people that we serve and I never feel that great about missing a Sunday.It was exciting to see so many visitors this morning (13 first timers). If you were one of them we

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-3539466916196921382008-07-12T15:07:00.001-04:002008-07-12T15:24:14.866-04:00

Yesterday I spent the day out on Lake Mindemoya on beautiful Manitoulin Island. Our main objective was to catch fish, any way that we possibly could. What a day of thinking and adjusting our methods of catching fish. We started out casting for pickerel with worms, then we tried trolling for a while with lures and worm harnesses, then we shifted to moving from place to place, to try and catch bass

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-57103265725966639212008-07-06T21:34:00.000-04:002008-07-06T21:59:27.366-04:00

What a great day! I just feel so excited about what God is doing and what He is going to do.This morning's worship was awesome, I could really feel the presence of the Lord in the HouseI feel so blessed that I get to do life with some of the most awesome people in the world!!!I really believe that God is asking us to really step out in faith as a church and believe that in the next twelve months

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-42840766235002767322008-07-06T00:03:00.000-04:002008-07-06T00:19:43.293-04:00

Have you ever asked yourself that Question? How far does God really expect me to go with following Jesus? These are questions that all of us have asked at one time or another, and the truth is that we usually ask them inside of ourselves, inaudibly for fear that God might hear us, and answer.I guess the better question to ask ourselves would be, what don't you want to give to, or for God, and why

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-86240270913443289012008-07-04T11:27:00.000-04:002008-07-04T11:41:07.853-04:00

How's your week going? Are you still giving it full throttle for God or are you letting things slip? One of the things that I have found really helps me stay focused is when I ask myself hard questions. As Kevin Gerald, the Pastor of Champion Centre in Seattle says, there is only one degree of difference between water that is useful for a nice cup of tea and water that can power a locomotive

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-54269130616031598332008-07-04T00:12:00.001-04:002008-07-04T01:17:23.174-04:00

I can't believe how privileged I am! Tonight I got to hang out with some of the greatest young people that I know, I got to participate in some really passionate worship, and I got to share from my heart about how much God wants to connect with each of us. I feel such a sense of excitement right now and I am not even sure why, but I really think that God is at work in our church and I can't wait

Pastor Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16766442540157908352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701129539290027996.post-47961639138605722512008-07-03T15:02:00.000-04:002008-07-04T01:18:30.086-04:00

I know that most Christians believe that telling others about Christ is important, but it also seems that even though we think that, we still don't do it. I am often fearful about telling people about Christ even though in my heart I am very passionate about Him. What does it really take to become a passionate sharer of the truth? I believe there are a couple things that will help.We need to

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