Pastor's blog
14 December, 2006
As a Christian, it is quite easy to get timid and go with the flow of the world around us. Television promotes unholy lifestyles, movies are filled with things we should not watch, and even music can be filled with filthy language and graphic ideas that we should not expose our hearts to. All of this contributes to the very sad world we live in.
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7 December, 2006
When the Holy Spirit moves on us and our churches, He begins to clean us up. Things that might be acceptable to the common man, are not acceptabe to God and we need to just start throwing them out, never to see them again. It is like that stuff that has accumulated at your house before a move or spring cleaning; you can’t carry it around.
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6 December, 2006
What exactly is the tithe (otherwise known as our ‘firstfruits’)? What is the purpose of the tithe and what do they accomplish? By giving our first fruits to God we are honoring God and putting Him first place in our life as we are acknowledging who God is and what He does in our lives.
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29 November, 2006
October 1997, after a week of intercession for Japan, Pastor Spencer Patrick got an answer to why the church was failing. He saw a vision of a Japanese church while riding into Tokyo on a commuter train. The church was full of about 20 or 30 folding chairs. There was a cold tile floor. The pastor was not preaching but holding and eye-dropper over the front of the pulpit.
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21 November, 2006
1 November, 2006
Many people who have accepted Jesus as their Messiah have been duped. They’ve been told that being filled with the Holy Spirit is something that happens automatically when you accept Jesus as your personal savior. If this is true, then why are there so many wierd people out there calling themselves Christians?
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27 October, 2006
I picked up my friend and started driving down the highway towards the mall which was about 30 minutes away. I got right on the highway and noticed when I tried to accelerate the car was sputtering a bit.
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17 October, 2006
In this world of volatile world of human relationships, people come and go in our lives. Some people are acquaintances, people we know for a time, while others are true friends for a lifetime. Friends are people who stick with us through the thick and the thin issues of life.
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11 October, 2006
In a Japanese church where we first ministered, I found that the most common question was, "how do I walk in financial prosperity that the Bible preaches?" Being a good student of law in my University days, I answered their question with a question. I always asked them, do you tithe regularly?
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1 October, 2006
There are many folks who talk about being a Christian, but when you look at their lives you see no power. But, is that really God's plan for us?
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13 September, 2006
12 September, 2006
Over the last decade, various civic groups are struggling to gain new membership. There is one group that is growing by leaps and bounds. How can I grow?
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6 September, 2006
In the late nineties, I founded a company out of my bedroom. It was a lonely start as I had gone from building the business of America’s largest telecommunications company in Japan to a one-man show...
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30 August, 2006
God wants us to make plans and set goals. He wants us to work hard but also smart.
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23 August, 2006
The first missionaries were from the Catholic denomination and came to Japan in 1549. They were well received and many people came to know Jesus as their Lord. Even Japanese leaders were born from above and baptized into the kingdom.
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21 August, 2006
Buckle and get ready for great things! Watch the church website every Tuesday for encouraging Word from Pastor.
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