Balancing Ministry N' Work

I am floored that the post linked below has 1,068 hits as of this evening! Most of my posts range from 10-50 views with only one other breaking the 100 mark. So breaking 1,000 blows me away. Sermon on Jeremiah 29:11 I love that it is a sermon on the most popular googled Bible verse Jeremiah 29:11. This sermon, titled 'God has a Plan' was originally given when we lived in Spencer, IA and I was filling in for Pastor Ross. I pray that the 1,068 people who were guided to the post were helped by what they read and I pray that any future readers are also blessed. I know I am blessed by the thought that something I typed and preached may have impacted even a single person. 11  For I know the plans I have for you” —this is the Lord ’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12  You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13  You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14

So far their are 5 videos of people from Planned Parenthood (not a good name) talking about harvesting body parts of unborn children and 'selling' them to research companies. Yes, there is outrage. People who are 'ok' with others having abortions are upset over the selling of body parts. It is a start, but be angry over the right thing. The selling of baby body parts is horrific but the sheer amount of murder that is performed at these abortion clinics is mind numbing. Yes I said abortion is murder. We all need to wake up to the murder of babies that is taking place in our cities every single day. Society may not care what the Bible has to say anymore, but it speaks pretty clearly about murder. One of the Ten Commandments, that list that used to be posted pretty much everywhere, states pretty clearly 'Do not murder.' Abortion is murder, it is an abomination in God's eyes. It is one of the original rules given to the Israelites when they were rescued from

I am currently reading Kyle Idleman's book "not a fan." and it can be pretty thought provoking. Today I read a section from chapter 6 'self-empowered or spirit-filled?' that got me thinking. Kyle talks about how we believers often talk about wanting to ask questions of those who came before us. Ask David about slaying the giant, ask Elijah how amazing it must have been to call fire down from heaven, or ask Moses what is was like to meet with God on the mountain. Kyle talks about how everyone in the Old Testament lived in a time where God was 'with' them but that changed after Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension. Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witness in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." When Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to us, humankind no longer lived in a time where God was 'with' us because all believers had God 'IN