tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895679890126804262024-03-25T07:06:44.978-07:00Word of the daypastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.comBlogger369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-81856172654939348872023-03-29T00:57:00.001-07:002023-08-22T00:58:58.512-07:00Who do you say that I am?<p><span style="color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">Matt 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14And they said, Some</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><i>say that thou art</i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;">John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHfC-GsGpXPv-4rJKq_QebV69a5a522A0R2Kq1k4NZYo69KqtpcdZ0VsbjhtuwBcHe7QSNw1ZgvNQgyQ8799Xq-6m8WvhMNE705rxa72gYi2L5aynV7_pHCjsIxsZCFszMj9_vOxKWTC--ggMQJop1TBinfKBic9KS2RKMVG5LuA1SAsjIwMHcVrNM1w/s357/whodoyousay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="357" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHfC-GsGpXPv-4rJKq_QebV69a5a522A0R2Kq1k4NZYo69KqtpcdZ0VsbjhtuwBcHe7QSNw1ZgvNQgyQ8799Xq-6m8WvhMNE705rxa72gYi2L5aynV7_pHCjsIxsZCFszMj9_vOxKWTC--ggMQJop1TBinfKBic9KS2RKMVG5LuA1SAsjIwMHcVrNM1w/s320/whodoyousay.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="x1e56ztr" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: white;">THere are so many different opinions of Jesus. Even today. Some even say he never existed. So Jesus wants to know, who do we say that he is. Not only who do we think he is, or who do we believe he is. But who do we SAY that he is. Shall we allow everyone else to make claims who they believe he is, and we remain silent?</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: white;">There are so many misunderstandings and so much misrepresentations of who Jesus is, so he asks his church, his people and his children: Who do you say that I am?</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: white;">Jesus sent us out to be his witnesses. So the question is: What kind of witness am I? Am I a trustworthy witness? Will people believe my report of Jesus when they listen to me? Do they find me trustworthy?</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: white;">What is my life saying about Jesus? Who do I say Jesus is by the life I live? What is my attitude testifying about Jesus?</span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: white;">My prayer today is this: Jesus help me to be a trustworthy witness. Help me to be a voice in this world that testifies who you are. Let my life, attitude and responds to situations be a good witness about who you are. Let it reflect your love, patience, piece and Joy. So when I testify that you are indeed God revealed in flesh, people will believe my witness.</span></span></div>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-14279090755241539692023-03-27T22:39:00.001-07:002023-08-08T22:42:24.816-07:00When faith makes shipwreck<p><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 Tim 1:19 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjSy5qaRdI3lPywP8W7xBOJnz2bbHVSdQS84sfWBsFsZF4SVuN9Ro2H5hsFl5wtrmByY_jFMn9T6GEGi1WSqceY1ENZ0VZ3-VZdkYD2LcaHSDYE_K7PlIedUII72L9oJwICVZeDEUQaFL3SjpO-cg292cxMgKtsGqFC4uRO8eJyY-GlKzTmWie_Hz40w/s1200/shipwreck-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjSy5qaRdI3lPywP8W7xBOJnz2bbHVSdQS84sfWBsFsZF4SVuN9Ro2H5hsFl5wtrmByY_jFMn9T6GEGi1WSqceY1ENZ0VZ3-VZdkYD2LcaHSDYE_K7PlIedUII72L9oJwICVZeDEUQaFL3SjpO-cg292cxMgKtsGqFC4uRO8eJyY-GlKzTmWie_Hz40w/s320/shipwreck-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">A shipwreck is a tragic thing. When someone has a shipwreck that means they never reached the destination they once intended to make. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">The same is true, but even more tragic when it comes to faith. When a faith makes shipwreck that means someone once left sin and the world in order to reach heaven. But somewhere, at some point the faith made shipwreck. The reason for that can be so many different things. Sometimes it’s the storms of life that causes the Ship of faith to sink. Maybe the hurt and disappointment became too big. Some say they cant believe in a God that allowed things to happen in their lives. Others have simply got their boat out of course, by taking over the navigation themselves. Instead of letting Jesus be the Captain, they want to decide for themselves where to go and what to do. That has lead the boat right in to dangerous waters. Some maybe have crashed into a rock that bade a huge hole in the boat. Someone perhaps that offended them so bad, they walked away from God and the church. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">It really doesn’t matter if we start right, if we don’t make it all the way. We focus much on how to be saved, and we should. But what about staying saved? If you are in a storm right now, and you feel your faith is being shaken, maybe its time to seek shelter? Take some time aside with Jesus, and let him examine your boat. Strengthen your faith, and repair any damages. After some shelter time with Jesus, you are again ready to face the storms of life. We need from time to time to maintain the boat of faith. Check the navigation to make sure you still on the right course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way of everlasting.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-23142893689442187052023-03-27T06:35:00.001-07:002023-07-29T06:37:46.361-07:00Lest Jesus cleanse your Temple<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Matt 21:12 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">13</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">and said unto them, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29O1orO7kNwfzMHGJ39Dbj8QTYwmskGW9ECTHcAEnZDAFb92AHyRTIrLbvk7qMRemMwGU3nIbcFhAgOUfpZwHEEWjsss3SCS0u68SyPsTIjIN7YCqXirGZvhmESHbO3P5tyZBQX-Ed-EmGUzpdAY-c5XTUF8a6kc1r3G_GX30pxjyAS1wm9DbaORWlEs/s1280/maxresdefault-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29O1orO7kNwfzMHGJ39Dbj8QTYwmskGW9ECTHcAEnZDAFb92AHyRTIrLbvk7qMRemMwGU3nIbcFhAgOUfpZwHEEWjsss3SCS0u68SyPsTIjIN7YCqXirGZvhmESHbO3P5tyZBQX-Ed-EmGUzpdAY-c5XTUF8a6kc1r3G_GX30pxjyAS1wm9DbaORWlEs/w273-h153/maxresdefault-10.jpg" width="273" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> <br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">This is a very strong story, where Jesus shows his true feelings about the Temple. He reveals that the intention of the Temple was to be a house of prayer, but they had turned into a den of thieves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">The Bible makes it clear that it is we who are the Temple of God today… What would happen if Jesus were to visit your Temple? Is your Temple fulfilling its purpose? Have you filled your Temple with all kind of junk that was never intended to be there? Do you pray? Is your Temple a house of Prayer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Why don’t you ask Jesus to come by your Temple, and to cleanse it? Let your prayer today be: Help me Lord that my Temple is clean, and fulfilling its purpose.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-26380029246724744042023-03-26T06:10:00.001-07:002023-07-29T06:18:05.259-07:00You are valuable, just the way you are<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Gen 3:5 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XyRCz-03XeYoq9d4UrzYT0hv_AynsAdBpmtFO_xGgsikPdzuOwnQhr3rAxP06Z0CBr9Jy1r0eIwCKIdESDsGEnLjurM_ZS0yLIM8AzKFC67LI2A1EQT05tjKN7tv208tBP22jJ37nMDHewZy-_eOSHdu8AngG6Zkh-ljQMvbZoIGp_mI0uqg0LYhN2E/s700/you-are-perfect-just-the-way-you-are-liesl-marelli-transparent.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="486" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XyRCz-03XeYoq9d4UrzYT0hv_AynsAdBpmtFO_xGgsikPdzuOwnQhr3rAxP06Z0CBr9Jy1r0eIwCKIdESDsGEnLjurM_ZS0yLIM8AzKFC67LI2A1EQT05tjKN7tv208tBP22jJ37nMDHewZy-_eOSHdu8AngG6Zkh-ljQMvbZoIGp_mI0uqg0LYhN2E/w231-h334/you-are-perfect-just-the-way-you-are-liesl-marelli-transparent.png" width="231" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">When the Devil tempted Adam and Eve, he told them that if they ate of the fruit, they would be as God… What is significant about that, is that the Devil implies that they were not good enough they way they were. That the way God made them could be improved. This is only revealing his own nature. Even though he was the most beautiful and magnificent of all Gods creatures, he was not satisfied. He wanted to be as God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Here he attempts to inflict this poison into mankind. The thought and the idea that you are not good enough the way you are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">From the fall in the garden, this poison has effected mankind throughout all history. Never be satisfied the way you are. Those with dark skin use creams to get more light skin. Those with light skin uses sun and Solariums to get darker skin. Blond hair is died to brown hair, and brown hair is changed to blond hair. Curly hair is made straight and straight hair is made curly. Women use fortunes to change their looks. Nose, chin, breast, nails etc etc. Reason is there is this voice telling us we are not good enough as we are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Pride ideology builds on the same lie. Don’t be satisfied the way you are, or the way you were born. They support thinking and statements like: “I was born in the wrong body”… Men want to be women, and women want to be men. Some have even gone to the extreme of changing their sex by surgery. But the tragic reality is that they never will be satisfied. Suicidal rate keeps on going higher, and is not even going down after surgery. <br /><br />We have a message to them, and to the rest of a world that the Devil is trying to destroy by the lie that you are not good enough. Your creator loves you, and think you are valuable just the way you are!!! </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">You were not born in a wrong body.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> You are you. If you don’t fit into the expectations of those around you, listen to your creator. You are good enough and beautiful enough the way you are.</span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-38147538352101859642023-03-25T07:05:00.001-07:002023-07-29T06:10:03.809-07:00Where your heart is<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2 Chron 7:16 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine HEART shall be there perpetually.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5XU3L0l4yKaHSzsKsl6LQVTdfsGl2xgiTP9jmIv7d1beqG1Nn1nfoPxlkqVdb8QbGFWEF6sAV-Bb1UggK0I60ONVd0003NNVOho8E0PDlcbNZMdrFKhky2VP4f-b155r_X3JGKrG4CecliliepRrmBlNj3pRQducprX3v5lDdp8mPbDd1pehA97OCFE/s1080/where-your-heart-is-1080x675-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1080" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5XU3L0l4yKaHSzsKsl6LQVTdfsGl2xgiTP9jmIv7d1beqG1Nn1nfoPxlkqVdb8QbGFWEF6sAV-Bb1UggK0I60ONVd0003NNVOho8E0PDlcbNZMdrFKhky2VP4f-b155r_X3JGKrG4CecliliepRrmBlNj3pRQducprX3v5lDdp8mPbDd1pehA97OCFE/w296-h185/where-your-heart-is-1080x675-1.jpeg" width="296" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">This is part of what God told King Solomon, when he revealed himself to him by night, after the dedication of the Temple. God reveals that his desire and plan for the Temple is that his heart should be there always. God had chosen and sanctified his house, so that his heart could be there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Today we know that this Temple only worked as a shadow and example for the truer Temple, which are you and I. The Bible makes it clear that God doesn’t dwell in houses build by men, but rather that we are the Temple of God today. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">So what is God trying to tell us today, by his statement to King Salomon? That his intention and plan for us, is to sanctify us, so his HEART can be with us always!!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">What makes this even more wonderful, is when you think of the statement of Jesus in Matt 6</span><span class="label"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">21 : ”…</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also…”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">By choosing us as a dwellingplace for his heart, he also reveals that we are his tressure!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Oh, how he loves us</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-60517221447032091302023-03-24T07:01:00.001-07:002023-07-29T06:04:26.366-07:00Jesus loved Martha, Mary and Lazarus<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">John 11:5 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1AQ3dQ-IlNXCH4BF56157koZksbNkiIR_SS4kjL8dj0b9Lb9unthVP_eKsW8OR9InSzdy5WD2IXF2smU9ubXud2hjbu7YxsmMImwv0QRtGB8jvP3Iw2-4xMhOYHk7zR9rJm6rMRH-T9GbSZIwqYyMbFu5OB8dAUQP8Bmg8SKjdFTTjjmJmtlkCJTF1o/s2560/mary_martha_lazarus-2-1-scaled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="2560" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1AQ3dQ-IlNXCH4BF56157koZksbNkiIR_SS4kjL8dj0b9Lb9unthVP_eKsW8OR9InSzdy5WD2IXF2smU9ubXud2hjbu7YxsmMImwv0QRtGB8jvP3Iw2-4xMhOYHk7zR9rJm6rMRH-T9GbSZIwqYyMbFu5OB8dAUQP8Bmg8SKjdFTTjjmJmtlkCJTF1o/w276-h184/mary_martha_lazarus-2-1-scaled.jpg" width="276" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Maybe John felt the need of emphasizing the fact that Jesus loved Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Especially after he decided to wait two more days before he arrived on the scene. It would be easy for Martha and Mary to doubt what they had believed until this point. Namely that Jesus did love them. But after seeing he chose not to come back with the messengers, despite the fact Lazarus was dying could very easily cause them to think he didn’t love them. But the Bible makes it clear that it was not because he didn’t love them, that he delayed his coming. <o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Sometimes it can be easy to assume Jesus doesn’t love me, when I go through hardship in my life. When the answer seems to delay. When it seems like Jesus doesn’t care about my pain and struggle. But let me remind somebody today: Jesus does love you. Whatever you go through does not mean he doesn’t love you. Hold on to your faith in both his LOVE and his ability to change your situation.</span><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-20310532952563434982023-03-23T06:49:00.001-07:002023-07-29T05:51:57.806-07:00This sickness is not unto death<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">John 11:3 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">When Jesus heard <i>that</i>, he said, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5EN6w4gfgBTd4lZN7HxUUdmjTbqi3SmP7fVZezz4TwsuKEd_Ry8IKv70yEs4Tso9IH3k5WD1dnmieTCpY8dQWYY3tMc3oFjTvrzLDV2ILXQwSvj2HcBb5C3SF1AvPza3YnztB6YhbU8Ea69-Zg5tw9xggY03Jbp6roAOl4lOUF9aQtwoneJY2GpN6_s/s1200/5579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5EN6w4gfgBTd4lZN7HxUUdmjTbqi3SmP7fVZezz4TwsuKEd_Ry8IKv70yEs4Tso9IH3k5WD1dnmieTCpY8dQWYY3tMc3oFjTvrzLDV2ILXQwSvj2HcBb5C3SF1AvPza3YnztB6YhbU8Ea69-Zg5tw9xggY03Jbp6roAOl4lOUF9aQtwoneJY2GpN6_s/w282-h188/5579.jpg" width="282" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">This statement seems a bit odd, knowing that Lazarus was about to die moments later. But maybe that was exactly the reason for Jesus to say this. This sickness is not unto death. Death is not in control over this sickness. Jesus was. He said it was for the glory of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">When you go through hardships and trials, you need to tell yourself: This situation is not unto death. My faith will not die as a cause of this. Hell is not in charge. Jesus is in charge. When I come through, I will come through pure as gold. It may look dark and difficult. I may not have all the answers, and even question why sometimes. But I will not allow anything cause the death of my faith. This sickness is not unto death.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Jesus says in Luke 10:19 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">He didn’t promise that we would not encounter snakes and scorpions in our lives, but he promised that when we do, it would not harm us. He never promised we never would get sick; but hat the sickness would not harm us. He never promised us that friends and people never would betray us, but when they do, he would make sure it wouldn’t harm us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">No matter what you face or go through, remember: This situation is not unto death. The Devil is not in charge. Jesus is.</span><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-65463485553226970212023-03-22T06:46:00.001-07:002023-07-29T05:48:35.729-07:00Dont worry about the stink<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">John 11:39 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Jesus said, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Take ye away the stone.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been <i>dead</i> four days. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">40</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Jesus saith unto her, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ya-ucI5hxWkxYY5fKnX5cghKq_-He6dS0yaqbhIababjEvpOZO0zJJr34b8kA3w2qwjWR0YxgyaZ9HAKvyzz2jOWqFUY-Lk7TRrsfTHXLLvfVkU5yyrepmpo36_odlauN6hppZHkapgvQk4WUInnBBhJD5lvhwCQZDKVjZ1daK01tmbiQywJYEFZYDA/s1280/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Ya-ucI5hxWkxYY5fKnX5cghKq_-He6dS0yaqbhIababjEvpOZO0zJJr34b8kA3w2qwjWR0YxgyaZ9HAKvyzz2jOWqFUY-Lk7TRrsfTHXLLvfVkU5yyrepmpo36_odlauN6hppZHkapgvQk4WUInnBBhJD5lvhwCQZDKVjZ1daK01tmbiQywJYEFZYDA/s320/maxresdefault.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">When Jesus told Mary to roll the stone away, she was worried about the stink. She was concerned about the smell that would fill the atmosphere and be an embarrassment to her and her family. What would people think? What would they say? Best to keep the stink behind the stone. But Jesus was trying to let her know that if you want your miracle, you will have to endure some stink.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Many times in the Bible, we can see people go through a time of stink before they experience their miracle. Joseph is one example. There in Egypt’s prison, betrayed by his brothers, and betrayed by Potiphar, he was in the midst of STINK. But after the stink was a great miracle. You may go through some stink in your life right now, but maybe what you need is to let Jesus speak into your stink. When the voice of Jesus shouted “Lazarus come forth”, the stink was changed into a great miracle. Let Gods word speak into your situation, and see how God will transform your “stink” into a wonderful testimony.</span><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-22673567742296430482023-03-21T06:44:00.000-07:002023-07-29T05:45:20.982-07:00Confidence in Prayer<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 King 18:41 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for <i>there is</i> a sound of abundance of rain. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">42</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFl8FcfnSIErTfVFrjufLnIpdN_eYfw16w9xWtJWFMTQLVw6cB7CGOqjTL-JjJWo-qAKCpZhcJDjetd6m08zJi8GIc5lx0xmbhIhzWEnv9yqwEomdoxObwxH0107Hfxl2uT7c15iiJXBhO8yWICsZezf7in_VmvCR53SvEdIAZ7K5PL6nlKxNQZZXMCQI/s369/HandCloud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="369" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFl8FcfnSIErTfVFrjufLnIpdN_eYfw16w9xWtJWFMTQLVw6cB7CGOqjTL-JjJWo-qAKCpZhcJDjetd6m08zJi8GIc5lx0xmbhIhzWEnv9yqwEomdoxObwxH0107Hfxl2uT7c15iiJXBhO8yWICsZezf7in_VmvCR53SvEdIAZ7K5PL6nlKxNQZZXMCQI/w273-h247/HandCloud.jpg" width="273" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">First Elijah proclaims to the King with confidence to prepare for an abundance of rain. This is three and a half years after he had told the same King it wouldn’t rain until he said so. Now he proclaims the time has come. What a confidence. What a faith. What an assurance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">But then something strange happens. The Prophet starts to pray… Was it because he was not confident in his own proclamation? Was it because he hoped God would back up his statement? Actually, what it shows is an incredible confidence and faith in the power of prayer. He had prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and God had answered that prayer for three and a half year. Now he hears in the Spirit that it’s finally time to rain. Even though he knows its Gods will for it to rain, he also knows it doesn’t come without prayer. The same prayer that stopped heaven, now opens up heaven. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">When God reveals his will to us, is for us to pray it through. Sometime Gods intention to reveal his will to us is to get us on our knees. Will you like Elijah put your face between your knees and pray Gods will through? Will you pray like Jesus taught: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven? Pray until you see the clouds starts manifest it self?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Don’t say thing like “I guess it wasn’t Gods will” when things doesn’t happen. Sometimes its not the lack of Gods will, but the lack of prayer!!</span><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-64729936602832428992023-03-20T03:49:00.001-07:002023-03-20T03:49:29.423-07:00Not unto death !<p><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">John 11:</span><span class="label" style="font-family: Cambria;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">When Jesus heard <i>that</i>, he said,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7yfe8pyArilLdnNPDNAQHPtU2csEjv7kgzj_-kk1vKWQTtHbtlzfI9t5QGk9g-di7uYP6iD-heNVE6m9s1fzmrMPV0UrhKUXUeiJ6kc3UYxBy1N80D6rmk9mlZREybl-5RDPOPSYt7LC9uZtUH9I3wzIUXTOCwD9ClGRKmI0fZ-XEkeLj7p0QM0J/s275/images-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7yfe8pyArilLdnNPDNAQHPtU2csEjv7kgzj_-kk1vKWQTtHbtlzfI9t5QGk9g-di7uYP6iD-heNVE6m9s1fzmrMPV0UrhKUXUeiJ6kc3UYxBy1N80D6rmk9mlZREybl-5RDPOPSYt7LC9uZtUH9I3wzIUXTOCwD9ClGRKmI0fZ-XEkeLj7p0QM0J/s1600/images-2.jpeg" width="275" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">This seems for us that know the story a bit strange. Especially when we know the rest of the story. Even Jesus himself said in verse 14</span><span class="label"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Then said Jesus unto them plainly, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Lazarus is dead.” </span><span lang="EN-US">Seems contradictory at first glans… First he says that this sickness is not unto death, and then he says plainly that Lazarus is dead. According to the timeline it also seems like Lazarus was already dead when the messengers came back to Martha and Mary. They greeted them with what they thought was the good news from Jesus; “this sickness is not unto death.” They must have been puzzled when they heard he was already dead. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Did Jesus miss it? Had they misunderstood him? Did they hear wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">They did not hear wrong or misunderstand, this was exactly what Jesus said. But he didn’t say Lazarus would not die, he only said this sickness is not unto death. In other words, death does not own this situation. Death is not in charge or in control of this sickness. Even though there is some stink already, the promise of Jesus is still more powerful than death itself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">But before Jesus could do the miracle, they had to role the stone away, and let him do it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Some of you have rolled a stone over some promises, and settled with the thought that I guess it was not meant to be. Let me remind you: Hell is not in charge of your situation. Jesus is. You need to role the stone away and pray one more time. Let the enemy know that this situation is not unto death. Death has “owned” this situation long enough. Stand on the promises of God. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Some people have allowed death and hell to “own” their issue and problem. There is already a stink there. A stink of bitterness. A stink of doubt. A stink of rebellion. What they need to do, is to role the stone of doubt, bitterness and rebellion away and let Jesus make sure that their issue is not ending in a dead faith. Too many people will go to hell over situations that Jesus never meant should lead to death. Maybe they never heard the good news or report from the messengers. Maybe they didn’t believe it. Maybe they refused to let go of their bitterness or doubt. And they end up going to hell, because they never rolled the stone away so the life giving, and life transforming words of Jesus could speak into their lives. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-23041105380612247552020-10-11T14:09:00.004-07:002020-10-11T14:09:37.787-07:00It is the small things that will lead to the BIG things (Missionary Allan Calhoun)<p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Cambria;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria;">“For who has despised the day of small things?” (Zec 4:10)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91dbfpW3CZtvQa5BAGFAMf8zxJMk7qOnptdQ3fxXlc5dBrXq_xpXJPYYEKpfu9cQYbquFX0bpJFb0QcZTyg9WedNHsNDs9jOL1kR8r6AigF9dPfQqeMOibmjNmXDE0TXeZ3BttH9-fCM/s1578/104121363_10221573826602518_6349033156511899857_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1578" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91dbfpW3CZtvQa5BAGFAMf8zxJMk7qOnptdQ3fxXlc5dBrXq_xpXJPYYEKpfu9cQYbquFX0bpJFb0QcZTyg9WedNHsNDs9jOL1kR8r6AigF9dPfQqeMOibmjNmXDE0TXeZ3BttH9-fCM/w246-h246/104121363_10221573826602518_6349033156511899857_o.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">I am very much for BIG things. I like BIG churches, BIG conferences. I very much desire BIG revivals. But I think also that sometime as we pursue the BIG things, we can quickly loose the small things, and the small voice of God. Many times it is the small things that can bring forth the BIG things in our lives. It could be just a small txt or encouraging message that says things like: “I missed you Sunday”, that could encourage a young woman, man or child to come to the house of God next Sunday. They may be the next Paul, or a Deborah of the new Testament that will transform cultures. Who knows!!! We have to stop expecting everything to start big.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Today, I want to be led by the Spirit, and to walk by the Spirit. So let me encourage you today to get on with your life, and let God use you in the small things that in turn will develop into BIG things. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-4420732256639401182020-10-08T15:19:00.003-07:002020-10-08T15:19:37.266-07:00Biblical meaning of hope (Missionary Mark Robin Shutes)<p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13pt;">Many times we use the word hope incorrectly. We say things like: I hope God will heal me. I hope I will get a better job. I hope this thing will work out in my life etc. When we use the word hope this way it actually steals our faith. But the biblical meaning of hope is very different from this.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSLwF_vHPVd-PEPjJqW-wlIg-bCqXgHAgL3_0fRAEz_3uznNhDVIIl98KxFOH9v8rtf3z5K84MgsLnr1wLm_sCvpWmuJzZaZk96mHPqJV5F8MyGrWzW9EvwQGql6D5DD9E5sa9TFs8rY/s385/1543_10208143899544958_7051010881110504664_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="385" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSLwF_vHPVd-PEPjJqW-wlIg-bCqXgHAgL3_0fRAEz_3uznNhDVIIl98KxFOH9v8rtf3z5K84MgsLnr1wLm_sCvpWmuJzZaZk96mHPqJV5F8MyGrWzW9EvwQGql6D5DD9E5sa9TFs8rY/s320/1543_10208143899544958_7051010881110504664_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13pt;">Rom 5:1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13pt;">Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13pt;">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 13pt;">By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;">The meaning of the Greek word used for hope here has to do with expectation. This word expecting (hope) is the same as when a woman is expecting a child. She will then prepare things in her home, getting things ready in hope (expecting) of the child to be born. This is how you use the word correctly. So when I hope God will heal me, I make room, and prepare for the miracle to happen. When I hope God will fill me with the Holy Ghost, I already make room for it by repenting and surrendering my life to God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;">Paul teaches that this expectation is a result of Gods grace. And we have access to this grace through faith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">Rom 8:18</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">19 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">20 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">21</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;">Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;">It’s just like you put a seed in the ground, and then waiting in hope. It’s an expectation. So the next time you hope for a miracle, understand it has to do with expectation. It’s because of the seed that is put in you by the word of God, and that through faith we have access to his grace and all that he provided for us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;">The true meaning of hope is that I am expecting it to come to pass because of what he did for us. By faith I have access to his grace, and it is THIS that gives me hope.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: white;">So make room for the miracle, and expect it to happen. For we have access to the grace of God by faith, and that’s why we have this great hope.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-55516554420950881872019-06-08T12:55:00.002-07:002019-06-08T12:55:56.325-07:00You Can’t Out Give God<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">A lone soldier walks down the long palatial corridor. Only the sound of his bronze armor clinking together in cadence with his military stride breaks the silence of the early morning. He pauses for a moment to listen in front of the massive cedar doors of the royal quarters. He hears the gentle, melodic tones of the royal harp and the voice of King David as he sings to the God of Israel. The king is already up! The soldier rushes away to let the rest of the servants know to get ready for the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">Inside the royal chamber, a lone figure in plain white linen leans over his old harp and sings before the window. As usual, he is in the company of his two most dear and faithful friends. His God and the harp he saved up to buy when he was just a teenager- his constant comforting companion! His voice quivers from the emotion evoked by the unmistakable presence he feels in the room. He peers out of the lattice window and watches the sun slowly rise over the Judaean hills, lighting the sky with a myriad of vivid colors of the morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">His masterful fingers pluck the strings of the harp, and with eyes tightly shut, he sings to the unseen guest in his room! He sings to the One who believed in him when he couldn't believe in himself. He sings to the One who was his Father during the years his earthly father rejected him and treated him as a lowly slave. He sings to the One that his mother told him about as a little child: "He will never leave you or forsake you!" He sings to the One who delivered the mighty Goliath into his hand and kept him unharmed for the many years he was hunted by his father-in-law, King Saul. His song· is intimate and from the very depths of his heart. He understands that his tears do not indicate weakness but ultimate dependence upon his God. His God is the king, and he is just the chief shepherd over God's people! He sings as his soul searches out direction and wisdom from the One in the room. He sings to the Lord, asking Him to order his steps and give him direction to lead the nation. He sings of the past victories God has given His people, and his praises echo off the cedar beams and resound through the halls of his stately palace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">As the sun rises higher in the sky, his voice is no longer a whisper but his voice begins to crescendo with the morning, and the palace of David becomes a source in the earth of heartfelt praise to the God who made it. His song rings through the halls of heaven and falls upon the ear of the Great Creator of All Things, the Ancient of Days. All of heaven is impacted by the sound of one man who has chosen to begin his day with a song of praise! The Almighty raises His hand for the angels to silence their continual song of adoration. All of Heaven stands and listens in rapt attention to the voice of this lowly mortal as he sings of his love for his God!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">No wonder David was a man after God's own heart. No wonder God would later choose to come in the form of a man from the lineage of David. How could God ignore such a man who so desired to be in His presence? David gave his God the thing He wanted most, attentive love and affection. David provided a place for his God to dwell in his praise and worship! Somehow David realized the Tabernacle and its religious ceremonies of sacrifice was just a temporary substitute of what his God really desired. So he sang and wrote songs so others could sing. His psalms are still an inspiration and an example to us all, of how we can have an intimate relationship with God that is possible through heartfelt praise and worship. David met God every morning with a song and a praise. That special daily time in his royal chamber made King David the mighty man we know today. David gave God his heart in praise, and God gave David an anointed song to sing and share with his people. What a blessed transaction!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">God is intently searching for the Davids of today, for those whose consistent morning praise will interrupt the worship service of Heaven and cause the angels to fall silent in awe of a human's love for his great God! I want to be a David!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-14605759210108608352019-05-31T06:28:00.000-07:002022-08-11T06:30:27.137-07:00Learn when to be quiet<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” (Num 13:30)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbaJhkH2Xrjt6kcdrNoeFoU3a26FqjZN9r1I5bGMml1bCcAN0_LotKJqZIheQ1UAPaUfnXr26EgnUQYk4DHDoh066qT2tIn2MblaJh76xFky91czNnVhwPmDsD4Ov0SKyzevybDuWJ-puTDzzWy0RnrP_tUCiENv6AynugG1_5QoawzUGNa_tvR42/s407/51ziU-LOAvL._SL500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbaJhkH2Xrjt6kcdrNoeFoU3a26FqjZN9r1I5bGMml1bCcAN0_LotKJqZIheQ1UAPaUfnXr26EgnUQYk4DHDoh066qT2tIn2MblaJh76xFky91czNnVhwPmDsD4Ov0SKyzevybDuWJ-puTDzzWy0RnrP_tUCiENv6AynugG1_5QoawzUGNa_tvR42/s320/51ziU-LOAvL._SL500_.jpg" width="314" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Caleb told the people to be quite. He could see how doubt started to spread in the camp, and tried to stop it by telling them to be still. “Death and life is in the power of the tongue,” the Bible tells us. We can choose if we want to spread doubt or faith, death or life. But Caleb was too late. The damage had already been done. The bad report from the ten spies spread in the camp, and as a result doubt and fear prevailed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">The next time they came to take the land, Joshua said this: “”…<span style="background-color: white;">You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you…” (Joshua 6:10) Joshua knew by experience that when some of them would see the walls of Jericho and the soldiers on the wall, fear and doubt will try to enter in. But they were not allowed to say a word!! They were not allowed to spread their doubt. Not until he told them to shout together with the others and the walls came crumbling down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">I you don’t have any positive to say, you must learn to be quite. Don’t share your negative talk and your doubt. Don’t be the source of doubt and fear. Pray rather that God will give you faith so you can be a Joshua and Caleb of our time.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-88117891395802948142019-05-30T05:45:00.001-07:002022-08-11T05:50:23.973-07:00Dont wear a "faith mask"<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Rom 1:16</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMapEIM8K9VlHCIn2Qe9k3_x0FfcTE39d7vN3eQW4i-Y7gZyL7lpji4MwGbjlWhogtcIIyh4KR2tPXeVqIuGPMwlsnbrAKK3RSzUfPGmhav0xZfMlvsJjpqVcBpADITtagxwxI7x0hVCJmBCvQd1z7DXMU9KdkW7bjmqN-m4mkYUsFnl9VyOAe6OaQ/s500/5f095db47a4ff731cba7e992-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMapEIM8K9VlHCIn2Qe9k3_x0FfcTE39d7vN3eQW4i-Y7gZyL7lpji4MwGbjlWhogtcIIyh4KR2tPXeVqIuGPMwlsnbrAKK3RSzUfPGmhav0xZfMlvsJjpqVcBpADITtagxwxI7x0hVCJmBCvQd1z7DXMU9KdkW7bjmqN-m4mkYUsFnl9VyOAe6OaQ/s320/5f095db47a4ff731cba7e992-large.jpg" width="252" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">During the pandemic we were told to wear a facemask. One of the main reasons was that they wanted to avoid that we spread the virus in case we were infected. They would say things like: Keep your germs to yourself. I am not interested to be exposed to your germs, or viruses. If you are not afraid for the virus, that’s is your business, but don’t expose me to it, they would say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">Some of the same kind of thinking is behind the idea of demanding us wearing a “faithmask”. By that I mean that they want us to keep silence about our faith. The reason is that this faith is very contagious. And it spreads by sharing it. Faith cometh by hearing the Bible tells us. They say things like: Its ok if you want to believe, but keep your faith to yourself. Don’t expose me for your faith. I don’t want to be infected by your faith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">But we say as Paul: “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:20) <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">We cannot, and we will not be silent. We are not ashamed of the gospel. Our aim and mission is to start a FAITH PANDEMIC.</span><span style="color: #121212;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-46724084242500983352019-05-29T02:45:00.000-07:002022-08-11T02:48:44.064-07:00 Spiritual celebrity<p><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;">Acts 19:14 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;">Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;">15</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;">And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqGt70vR3ma1RKoS9Ldoi2IYsj1e_sNieAHuzK5nrvloqSBI92THzTBi28KIrMkqERXsPjKeHDijCT-bb7J3-dFtuZZlAiKuq1o3kI3MmfGDmn9HYnYFKdRgvNj752jR2woAKMGvKR3E39ERhTfw3ZrujR_WChItzE0XAWz-a7f1P1hUEj9xMSPkj/s600/Clouds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqGt70vR3ma1RKoS9Ldoi2IYsj1e_sNieAHuzK5nrvloqSBI92THzTBi28KIrMkqERXsPjKeHDijCT-bb7J3-dFtuZZlAiKuq1o3kI3MmfGDmn9HYnYFKdRgvNj752jR2woAKMGvKR3E39ERhTfw3ZrujR_WChItzE0XAWz-a7f1P1hUEj9xMSPkj/s320/Clouds.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">One of the greatest desires of young people today is to become a celebrity. Idol, Norway got talent, X factor, the voice, etc etc is just a few of many reality shows that people join, hoping to become the next celebrity. Social media, Youtube and Tik Tok is other platforms people are using to reach their dream of becoming known to this world.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"><br />But as for myself, I have no desires of being known in this world. I would rather become a spiritual celebrity. When I walk down the streets of Oslo, I could care less if people recognize me or not. But I desire that every evil Spirit in the area will say; oh no, Gøran is coming down our street. When I enter into a room, I would rather the Spiritual world recognize who I am, than anyone in this physical world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">But the one thing I desire the most is that God recognize me. What would it profit if the whole world knows who I am, but God doesn’t? What nightmare if he asks the question: Who are you? I have never known you. Then it is better to be unknown by this world, as long as heaven knows who I am.</span><span style="color: #121212;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-76208046531084527572019-05-28T02:09:00.000-07:002022-08-09T02:13:00.318-07:00How the enemy views us<p><span style="color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Num 13:33 There we saw the giants the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJndhxkxhl_Yyc8uY2OAv3dxE9SIZupXuoy9xUV72hXronkV1V6oM71z-EqadP3hC3ppCpc4CB18EE52Kx7nu7rkMrRNlM3kbOyToIfQsYvlySaHpvJtkpuprYcn7iYNmwNqUJ014E4tT8VkOrHSbfDZPp1dXY-136rJ_mbz4DCDuV7WfNvV4YbTA/s480/grasshoppers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="480" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJndhxkxhl_Yyc8uY2OAv3dxE9SIZupXuoy9xUV72hXronkV1V6oM71z-EqadP3hC3ppCpc4CB18EE52Kx7nu7rkMrRNlM3kbOyToIfQsYvlySaHpvJtkpuprYcn7iYNmwNqUJ014E4tT8VkOrHSbfDZPp1dXY-136rJ_mbz4DCDuV7WfNvV4YbTA/s320/grasshoppers.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">“We were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in THEIR sight…” They claimed the enemy viewed them as grasshoppers. How could they know? Did they ask them? Or could it be that they assumed the enemy looked at them in the same way they looked at themselves? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Many times we make the mistake to think that others view us as we view our self. But more important, we think that the enemy views us as we view our self. But when you read the story 40 years later, when God sent in two spies to Jericho, they found that the enemy was trembling for them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">I believe that if we only could see in us what the enemy sees, we would not say we are as grasshoppers. Because the enemy knows God is with us and in us. His greatest fear is that we will see it ourselves. The main goal of the enemy is to hinder us to see what we are and what we have.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-74672774289802540622019-05-27T01:48:00.001-07:002022-08-09T01:55:42.730-07:00PERCEPTION<p><span style="color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Num 13:33 There we saw the giants the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFf65m8PvrPbGLBtii5WFvFFpIEz3vSAVbcu0g-6Z-1HJwerqNua7GGKkHY7VU1bA-wvq9VnqcmUXy7UxSXpGxDrYlLmeO0nrC2hJKIBqM6zb2TbYn6NPlFGniw-I62_fTJCM3OdRBBvoZExc96YLA3ylGdFaPhggtzJcsK70MZrbTD6Ce8ZvKVm9/s480/grasshoppers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="480" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFf65m8PvrPbGLBtii5WFvFFpIEz3vSAVbcu0g-6Z-1HJwerqNua7GGKkHY7VU1bA-wvq9VnqcmUXy7UxSXpGxDrYlLmeO0nrC2hJKIBqM6zb2TbYn6NPlFGniw-I62_fTJCM3OdRBBvoZExc96YLA3ylGdFaPhggtzJcsK70MZrbTD6Ce8ZvKVm9/s320/grasshoppers.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">When Israel failed to conquer the Promised Land it was because of doubt. It was because they looked at themselves in light of the enemy. They should rather have looked at the enemy in the light of their God. Then they would have seen that it was the enemy that was as grasshoppers. A preacher I know ones said that doubt are faith in the enemy. Instead of having faith in God, they had faith in the enemy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Another preacher noticed that they said WE were as grasshoppers. The problem in other words, was not just their view on themselves, but also their view on each other. When they looked on their fellow soldier they saw them as insignificant. They viewed them as grasshoppers, and not worth much. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Do you view your fellow brother and sister as insignificant? Do you believe that God can use them? IF we don’t believe in each other and don’t see the potential God sees, it will affect the outcome of the battle. We cannot fight this battle by ourselves. It is God that will do it through me, and it is God that will do it through my brother and sister. So don’t view yourself or you brother in the light of the enemy, but view them in the light of God.</span><span style="color: #121212;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-77169958800246303792019-05-25T22:58:00.000-07:002022-08-09T00:27:28.181-07:00Den rette timing<p><span style="color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">4 Mos 13:1</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Herren talte til Moses og sa: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Send noen menn av sted for å utspeide Kana’ans land, som jeg nå vil gi Israels barn!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gHzE_a1LFg3v9dWA8aGEHHkh7iE-NgOxHzLCsiy27EPuD4ypCZda_X4IyCdZkf-DucLRkpWkcDn32kVQ9m1STwNCYcZ8JpCPV7KsqW2dDCbXDjCdemaMSsXMZ8SRyhVc1NLKpt_jdXlhwG5ACOkpIUMx3xRVjPsLLMCkbgMaKlOo0aefXt_hB1lU/s1600/close-up-conceptual-clock-text-early-late-time-concept-good-timing-choosing-right-moment-d-178804697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1600" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gHzE_a1LFg3v9dWA8aGEHHkh7iE-NgOxHzLCsiy27EPuD4ypCZda_X4IyCdZkf-DucLRkpWkcDn32kVQ9m1STwNCYcZ8JpCPV7KsqW2dDCbXDjCdemaMSsXMZ8SRyhVc1NLKpt_jdXlhwG5ACOkpIUMx3xRVjPsLLMCkbgMaKlOo0aefXt_hB1lU/s320/close-up-conceptual-clock-text-early-late-time-concept-good-timing-choosing-right-moment-d-178804697.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;">De fleste av oss kjenner historien. 10 av speiderne kom tilbake med en dårlig rapport, og de spredde sin tvil i leiren. Resultatet var at de ikke inntok landet. De måtte gå 40 år ekstra i ørkenen for sin vantro. De inntok landet 40 år senere. Det kunne da være fristende for noen å si at det var ikke den rette timingen den første gangen. Men sannheten var at Gud ville de skulle innta landet den gangen. Det står i dagens vers: ”som jeg NÅ vil gi Israels barn”. Gud var klar, men de var ikke klar. Gud ville, men de ville ikke.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><o:p><span style="color: white;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;">Mange ganger når ting ikke skjer, er vi raske til å si at det ikke var den rette timingen. Underforstått at det ikke er den rette timingen for Gud. Selv om . det i noen tilfeller er riktig, tror jeg også at det er mange ting som ikke skjer fordi det ikke er den rette timing for oss. Gud er klar, men vi er ikke klar. Gud vil at vi skal innta løftene. At vi skal beseire fienden. Men vantro og mangel på overgivelse hindrer det som Gud er klar til å gjøre NÅ. Ikke om 40 år. Han har gitt oss nøklene. Han har gitt oss løftene. Han venter på at vi skal innta dem. Ved bønn. Ved faste. Ved utholdenhet og tro. La din bønn i dag være: Gud hjelp meg at jeg er klar når du er klar. Hjelp meg til å følge din timing, og ikke min egen</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-32670763957659758222019-05-25T09:09:00.001-07:002022-08-05T09:11:34.521-07:00Pass on your faith to the next generation<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Judges 2:4 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">5</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweRBCDF1HvIzUw9SbxMOP0m9CJVJLXl23seGiCuaLU5x6ZSkeMfcgXgGZ4IEr4c_rx2iHG5WnsXAC4emYSppBkhkByBdIr79-1j9SGOCfMGfER0Hosblj5eOFQPV0fgC-fZxp0IQ27c-bEmCPVTavJu-4tVCzRsG9PawnpchoiH4EhiybfubpXbEM/s500/passing-on-faith-500x325.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="500" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweRBCDF1HvIzUw9SbxMOP0m9CJVJLXl23seGiCuaLU5x6ZSkeMfcgXgGZ4IEr4c_rx2iHG5WnsXAC4emYSppBkhkByBdIr79-1j9SGOCfMGfER0Hosblj5eOFQPV0fgC-fZxp0IQ27c-bEmCPVTavJu-4tVCzRsG9PawnpchoiH4EhiybfubpXbEM/s320/passing-on-faith-500x325.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">They had just finished a great revival meeting. They all repented and wept. They made promises and commitments. They told Joshua that they would serve the Lord. They asked God to forgive them. The future looked bright. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">But then we read in vers 10: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">… and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">The Bible tells us that there arose another generation after Joshua that knew not the Lord. How is that possible? That means they went straight home after the meeting where they all cried and repented and promised to serve God and told nothing to their children. The very law they had promised to be committed to told them to teach the words of the law diligently to their children. They did none of that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">Are you a mother or a Father like that? You are one person in church and another home. You forget about the promises you make on Sundays, and fail to teach your children about the truth? Let us make sure we transfer our faith and commitment to the next generation. Bring the atmosphere from church into your home.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-66539272667833509102019-05-24T04:10:00.001-07:002022-08-05T04:13:40.252-07:00Give birth to JUDAH<p><span style="color: white;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Gen 29:32 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PwmA9TzAFF-Wjsq2EOQ7Nn2kluTJXMf8UxkK1C43sWe5skSTk2aUONG3F8G8A6mYibImtekin-xF5QW3hhX7IzZnOqP6P1az1c58WKQJnvRZZuP0347y0AXHwtqp0X9AweZM1m8CJi9WB557e3hg3moATR4_Qymi79OSkYWx3sT01EQK0oWwPg6q/s648/fb_img_1478088475133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="648" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PwmA9TzAFF-Wjsq2EOQ7Nn2kluTJXMf8UxkK1C43sWe5skSTk2aUONG3F8G8A6mYibImtekin-xF5QW3hhX7IzZnOqP6P1az1c58WKQJnvRZZuP0347y0AXHwtqp0X9AweZM1m8CJi9WB557e3hg3moATR4_Qymi79OSkYWx3sT01EQK0oWwPg6q/s320/fb_img_1478088475133.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">Jacob loved Rachel, and not Leah. For that reason Leah felt rejected. Three times she gave birth to a son, and each time she hoped that things would change. She was hoping to win the love of Jacob. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">She felt that nobody sees me; so she called the first son “SEE a son”. (Reuben) She felt nobody hears me, so she called the second son “Hearing” (Simeon) After the third son she felt that now finally my husband will be joined to me, so she called him “Joined” (Levi). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">But all she experienced every time was disappointment and rejection. When she got the forth son, she had no expectations. She simply said I will praise the Lord, and called him “Praise” (Judah). That’s when things changed in her life. When she decided to praise the Lord in spite of disappointments and in spite of hurt and rejection something changed. When she made up her mind that whatever happens I will Praise the Lord. If I receive love or rejection I will praise the Lord. Because the day Jacob died, he requested to be buried beside Leah, and not Rachel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: white;">When we make up our minds to Praise the Lord no matter what happens, and no matter what we face or go through, God will bless us. When we praise him, HE will see us, HE will hear us, and HE will be joined to us. Maybe you have given birth to Reuben, Simeon and Levi? Maybe you want people to see you, or hear you. Maybe you are looking for love and affection, and someone to be joined to? Give birth to Judah, and start praising the Lord in spite of it all. Then things will change in your life.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-10913084909508054862019-05-23T11:29:00.009-07:002022-08-04T11:43:50.617-07:00Is your life a stage or an altar?<p><span> <span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">Rom 12:1 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, <i>which is</i> your reasonable service. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And be not conformed to this world...</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="600" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiS_kwwqaw70GYnxNKSFe2ZvqHGzgORjTl2q3TgvIv4ALTnlAPZ8nXnvLARC7jZoEL70pVfXdulW0YuMPs59I1_OMTvkujTeMdhV7QsnBCt7USYE8vAfBtrTQHkuf0yRt9Bkg_QFiJL6RTuhuty7YrFD-_gmrKJMHeIwvaeVShBuKsZLrcIxzygF8/w266-h201/altar-of-sacrifice-1-GoodSalt-jcgas0063.jpg" width="266" /></span></div><span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white;"></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="clear: right; color: white; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesEKPYBOL1eB1N8bchoPm-31BQYumR3lrft-IhG3uYWf2VAxwH4BH7G-gWQuHmGLdT9eg32AH3WwgCouaAmbsWa8XrPcQCydt65D-aDGVflEMeis02IFDxtc9kYKiLTtH1pQP4p9_bkDV55fBCY7CNoFQGXqklOepz_Ox4eGgCd9vI8rQaN9n0DVl/w268-h201/photo-1576514129883-2f1d47a65da6.jpeg" width="268" /></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">God has called us to build an altar, and not to be like this world. This world wants us to build a stage. A stage is a place where YOU are the focus. Where YOU get the glory. Where you are seen and get the attention. A stage is a place of performance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">An altar is a place of sacrifice. Where you die. Where your pride and self-will die. An altar is the place where you don’t get any attention, but where you are eliminated. An altar is the opposite of performance. You don’t have to do anything, but lying there. A dead person doesn’t perform! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: white;">God called us to take up our cross and follow after him. It doesn’t only mean we have to sacrifice a lot of things, or many painful situations. It also means I don’t have to</span></span><span style="color: white;">perform. I live no longer myself. That means my will is dead, but it also means my works and struggle is dead too. No more performance. No more stage. </span></p><span style="color: white;">Churches that are a reflection of the world build stages. Places of performance. But churches according to Gods heart build altars. They focus on prayer and repentance. The</span><span style="color: white;">y focus on holiness. If you want Gods blessings on your life, then step down from your stage, and present your body a living sacrifice!! </span><o:p></o:p><p></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-23754310463573687332019-05-22T10:31:00.003-07:002022-08-04T11:10:16.831-07:00Have you checked the signature?<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Eph 3:15 "of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named"...</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xqX8tqtyJrdOGbbfe4IWXIoylRgnWFzDHe7LmBZ7hK9-_77KCujt5t7F53itS26-4zabd2r-RqfOArUbjR_CvHAlfKyVBh7zBjEyD4WAqjxDF54Wyh8FIsJGJ_XBRpW7qs3BHG8GtDqpHeFV0Jjhks92IGEibbrlxoFK9aQb0HnZzhzMpTGHDOqA/s500/monet-signature.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xqX8tqtyJrdOGbbfe4IWXIoylRgnWFzDHe7LmBZ7hK9-_77KCujt5t7F53itS26-4zabd2r-RqfOArUbjR_CvHAlfKyVBh7zBjEyD4WAqjxDF54Wyh8FIsJGJ_XBRpW7qs3BHG8GtDqpHeFV0Jjhks92IGEibbrlxoFK9aQb0HnZzhzMpTGHDOqA/s320/monet-signature.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; text-indent: 18px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt;">For those investing money in art and in painting, it is of most importance that what they buy is authentic. It can be two paintings looking 100% the same to the naked eye, but one is authentic, and the other is a counterfeit. If it is a counterfeit, it looses all of its value. When it comes to expensive art, the value of the painting is all in the signature. Its not the colors or the frame that gives it value. Not even the picture itself. It’s the signature that ties the painting to the artist that gives it value. Our value lies totally in the signature. We don’t have value in ourselves. It is the signature of Jesus that gives us the value.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">In the Old Testament, God put his name on Israel by them keeping the law, and his blessing. “</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> (Num 6:27)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: white;">In the New Testament God puts his name on us in baptism. That’s when he gives us his name. He puts his signature on us. If you don’t have his name, you are a counterfeit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">”Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Have you checked your signature?</span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889567989012680426.post-10004473017926383452019-05-21T00:14:00.004-07:002022-07-28T02:08:21.395-07:00The way of Balaam<p><span style="color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">2 Pet 2:15 which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;">the son</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"> of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #a3ffa8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p><span style="color: white;"></span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwjO_0ol1ACFH4avFICM7qDtPgoBggtp7Fa1_2lSBLpCiezUcfBQzdm39CaUYtUbBR4g4KvSPvP_vX50ZO6EmNvv8uft4We5XDRnvy8nEXjEyQrB8jNnI1Xs5g3teZ-gqJPrAABQOEwGsZyN1veH3wvdjLMsjTsJfyhNYapw8lb4OQ8zDgrs5LE3W/s600/1101978096_univ_sqr_xl.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwjO_0ol1ACFH4avFICM7qDtPgoBggtp7Fa1_2lSBLpCiezUcfBQzdm39CaUYtUbBR4g4KvSPvP_vX50ZO6EmNvv8uft4We5XDRnvy8nEXjEyQrB8jNnI1Xs5g3teZ-gqJPrAABQOEwGsZyN1veH3wvdjLMsjTsJfyhNYapw8lb4OQ8zDgrs5LE3W/s320/1101978096_univ_sqr_xl.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #a3ffa8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">The story of Balaam seems a bit strange at first. Because when you read the story in the OT it seems like he was hearing from and following Gods word. When Balak the King wanted Balaam to curse Israel, he made it clear that he could nothing against Gods word. Balaam refused 4 times to curse Israel, since God told him not to, and blessed Israel instead. So why is Peter saying this about Balaam? One verse in the OT reveals this. Num 31:16 tell us that Balaam counseled the Midian women to seduce the men of Israel to commit adultery with them. In that way Israel brought curse upon them selves. Balaam had no power to bring curse upon Gods people, but instead he got them to bring curse upon them selves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #a3ffa8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #a3ffa8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">This is what the Devil is doing today as well. He has NO power over Gods people. He can’t curse you, or bring any bad things upon you. But he knows Gods word. So instead he seduces you to bring curse upon yourself. Paul says CURSED is anyone who doesn’t love the Lord. So if the Devil can make you love the world and not love the Lord, he makes YOU bring curse upon yourself. Paul said if anyone preaches another gospel than him let him be accursed. So if the Devil can make you change or twist the gospel, he makes you bring curse upon yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #a3ffa8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #a3ffa8; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">The bottom line is this: The Devil has no authority over our lives. All he can do is to cause us to do it. So as long as we stay close to God, and love God and not the things of this world, we are under the blessings of God, and the Devil cannot reach us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></p>pastor Andreassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565211774722568746noreply@blogger.com0