I am a Refugee

Not only am I preaching in view of a call, but I am also a refugee here in Sinton Texas. From what I have seen and heard it is coming up between were Rita And Katrina Didn't get, and it is unfortunate that my home town of Jennings is in its path. The cone of uncertainty is still wide but it is scary to even think about. They did close all two way into one way out of Louisiana, So we will be here in Texas till maybe Thursday.
I am limited in funds so we will just stay in the Missions apartment in Odem till then. All that we own is left up there so we are praying that God spares our home, If it is His will though.
All this feels so familiar from 2005 when I went up to Abbeville and Rita Hit after we left just days later. But we will survive.

HELLO, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE!!!!!

I FEEL LIKE I AM IN A TUNGLE.

HELLO!HELLO!HELLO!HELLO!HELLO!!!!!!!!

On the edge again

Louisiana seems to be in line for another hurricane and people are not happy as they come to get supplies and batteries at work. I met a diver who works for the offshore platforms who informed me that they called in all divers because the waters are ripe for destruction. He said that their people see a pattern under water that shows alot of activity, They speculate it will take the in between path of Rita and Katrina. If this is true we will be coming from Texas Monday, the day they expect it to hit. So on that note I will pray for Gods safety on our trip and home, and of course our church as well.

They came they saw, they took it all.

Well once again they broke into both our vehicles last night, They took my CD player and adapter I had bought in Abbeville. The CD player I bought back in 2000 when I worked for M.M.A. as a grass cutter. I liked it because it had a wired remote and would click it on my shirt when I cut grass. When we moved to Louisiana I put it on our van with the adapter and it was awesome. Off course it was starting to malfunction but I knew how to fix it temporally. So as soon as they see it not working they will throw it away, and the thing that gets me our brand new CD from the Concord Choir was in it and for sure they will throw that away. They only took a flashlight from the pathfinder but they smoked in both of them. It smells in our van, What is crazy is that combined with both my van and Nissan is that I had $700.00 Worth of tools that I will take down now. those that know me, know I have a extensive amount of tools. And not one time did they think to look in the back of our vehicles. God knows I give my tools away to Missionary's so I know God had a hand in them not stealing my tools. I hope that these thieves get what they deserve. I know me, I wish them to get the hemorrhoids, but it is in Gods hands. I say hemorrhoids only because Brother Howard was preaching out of I Samuel this morning

From My Desk

On my desk I keep a calender that roughly covers the top. I do not use it to keep tab on dates but instead I have in backwards so is to have one huge clear sheet. What I do is as I hear something from a preaching message or something God gives me I wright it down.

Well it is time to take down the top sheet because it is full and I had to tare out some peaces for writing a number or something. What I want to do is when I change I want to post these nuggets for record keeping or maybe there might be something that will bless you, So hear are the first of hopefully many:

Calvary was not the after thought of Christ.....Enoch walked with God,(I can imagine the conversation might have gone like this,"We sure are closer to my home than yours." The thought that God gave me was, you are closer to Heaven today than when you got saved......Isiah 2:13.......Bethany in the Bible means the house of the afflicted one, Jesus spent more time in Bethany than any place else.....The cleanest building in Jeff Davis Perish should be the house of God.......It seems like today society tolerates God at a convenient season........He makes the storms to pass, Sometimes God makes the storm to ravage to Manifest His Glory.......There was a time when the Priest would not defile himself and the offerings were sincere........If you ain't afraid of doing it(sin)Don't be afraid of me Preaching against it(sin)........I don't want to be a traiter to the cause; Spreading the Gospel,Separation,Standards,and Convictions........Psalm 16:11 in there in find the word path; A highway to happiness,I don't want to just exist, I want to live....Pin the ears back And plow deep,PREACH!!!!!........Trying to be consistent through the lows and the highs......The thought of Barabbas,"That I can still go free." If you know the song sing it........
And lastly I will say this; Many churches today are living in the spirit after the great revival in Nineveh, Why did this city finally fall after such great a revival? Why did this city dissimate? Why did Nineveh not continue? Simple; and please don't miss it. What we want is not what are children want! Psalms 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Adding sin to sin. You might say no not mine. You are feasting on the manna and our children are the ones saying,"What is it."

The Veiw

Well once again I am off to another opportunity to seek what my heart desires, The call is so strong in my heart as it was in 2002 when I surrendered to preach. Please pray for Gods will. My desire is that the people be sensitive to the Holy Ghost. And that if God wants me there that God will show them. Preaching Gods word is my desire and it is what God called me to do. Not to impress with my deliverance but that deliverance might be their desire. (Deliverance from sin and its wickedness)
What man is looking for may not be what God is seeking for him, so to the Holy Ghost I will be sensitive too. Let me quote what the Hero I never met in my life has said,"Man is looking for a better plan;God is looking for a better man." and with that statement this was his prayer," Lord help me to be that man. help me to remember that my times are in thy hands." Bro. Lester Roloff
This to is my prayer.
I will be in Alice Texas August 31, 2008 in view if a call.

Its sill Good

Well it has been a fulfilling week, and I can say that no matter what God is Good. Did I fail this week, Yes, But thank God for Grace. I am still praying for the situation in Alice Texas. I would love to be doing what I desire to do but in Gods time I will go. But I do admit it is burning within My Soul.
This week God showed me some things in the bible I have never seen before concerning Jealousy. I will be working on a message soon on what God gave me concerning this one subject.
The verse the Lord showed me was in Matthew 27: 18. You will have to read verses 15 Thur 25 to get the whole scope. It is burning so much in me right now that it is awesome how God is.
I will say one thing. the machine these Pharisee and Sadducee's built was being destroyed because of our Savior. their ways of lasciviously and filthy lucre were being exposed. They were losing ground and hated it. They didn't have the mind of John the Baptist when he said,"John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease." They hated Our Lord Jesus out of Jealousy. But listen to what Jesus said,"John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.''
This is the verse that set me a flame, John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
This was there cause to hate so much and the root of their jealousy, envious of Our Lords Fame, Yet Jesus when He healed if you remember would say," Tell no one"
Listen to what John Gill says about the Pharisees,
perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions read, "we prevail nothing", so Nonnus; the sense is the same; suggesting, that all their wise schemes and crafty councils signified nothing; the commands they enjoined the people not to follow him, or to apprehend him, or to show them where he was, were disregarded; their threatenings to put out of the synagogue such as should confess him, were taken no notice of; their promises of reward were slighted; their examples were not followed; and all their artifice and cunning, backed with power and authority, did not succeed:
Mathew Henry in his writings goes on to show how they hated that Jesus was admired and followed more, and that they were losing ground. I can go on and on but I will pray to preach this one day.
Just remember Jealousy is a killer of the Joy to come. Those Pharisees are in Hell today. my conclusion will probably end with this verse.
Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
What a prophetic statement they made then. How many of their children today in Hell because they caused their children to neglect Jesus. How many of Jews today die never accepting Jesus as Lord.
I will ask you that are reading this post. How many are you telling or how many are you causing to neglect the Savior today. Your attitude will cause a world of difference. Heaven and Hell

Alice, Texas

I had contacted a church that was without a pastor a few months ago but was informed they had a interim from the Roloff homes with them now, but I felt like it wouldn't be the last time I would hear from them. I did speak to Bro. Scott for awhile and found out we had alot in common concerning the desire of seeing prisoners come to know the Lord as Savior in there life and expressed the need for Spanish bibles and material. I told him then about my friend in Georgia and that I would try to get some stuff for him. Well up in Georgia I did get the Bibles from a missionary from Tennessee,and the literature I needed to teach English to Spanish to the prisoners. It is a 31 lesson on the word of God.
I called Bro. Scott Monday and he informed me he was going to call me that night, to tell me that their interim pastor resigned and that I never left his mind since last we talked a few months ago,
He asked me if I was still looking and I assured him I was seeking to pastor again, so we talked so more and I told him I would send them my resume, which I did and they should get it on Friday.
I never did stop thinking about this church, even last week in Georgia it was on my mind so much. When I told Melinda she told me that she had thought about it also.
So I ask of you all please pray that Gods will be done.

We Are Back

John here is taking a pic of me The choir sang awsomeisnt this beautiful



The Genaeral speaks

Camp meeting was awsome these past week and we had a good time of preaching learning and fellowship. Here are some pics from the Mountain

We are leaving

Pray for us, we will leave Sat. morning at 5am to get to Georgia for the Sat night service at Concord Baptist Church in Fairmount Ga. PRAY for my wife too, please. I will miss her so much, but I need this. Would to God my wife was coming but God knows and will bless, I told her tonight as we ate supper together I will also look for us a job up there, (you never know)
Pray for traveling mercy up there and back, Love you guys.