Today’s reading I Chronicles 10-12

I Chronicles 23:30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

I find it highly interesting the lack of thanking and praising I do when I consider that in this passage God had His people set aside special people to be in charge of thanking and praising in the morning plus to repeat the same procedure in the evening.

He is worthy of our praise. We should be thankful for all that He is doing. I should learn to control my thoughts and emotions and make time each day to just thank Him and praise Him.

It will change much about my thought life and my emotions. Do you spend much time in praise and thanksgiving. Is that a constant in your heart and mind.

Thanks and praise be to our God for all that He has done in our lives!

We have been in Trenton, Georgia at the Sand Mountain Bible Camp all this week. We have had a great time. I didn’t have WiFi there and so I did my devotions and saved the notes on a document. This morning I posted them. They disappeared but when I thought they were posted I deleted the document to be found no more.

I will have 3 missing devotional notes. I actually told them to post to face book and they come up with a error message. So sorry.

It was a wonderful time and God has blessed greatly.

Not really sure how many people read the devotionals and so not convinced that I need to continue posting them as I might be giving you too much to read!

Today’s reading I Chronicles 8-9

I Chronicles 22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

David had great things in his heart to do for the Lord. God chose not to allow David to do what he so desperately wanted to do. However, God told David He would allow Solomon, David’s son, to do the work. Then David went to work preparing for the ministry that God would allow his son to have.

David prayed for his son. David prepared for his son. He spent the rest of his life getting things ready for his son to do something extremely great and large for the Lord.

I wonder what we are doing to prepare our children to have successful spiritual lives after we are gone. Are we thinking of the next generation. Are we considering what God can do and will do after we are gone.

It is not enough to just live this life here and to do what we need for our lives. We must carry the gospel forward for the kingdom’s sake.

Begin making preparations today to do great things to help your children successfully serve the Lord.

Pastor Austin,

My dad is retiring from ministry and I wondered if you could help spread the word about this church that will be without a Pastor in June.

Thanks!

Jon
678-551-5533
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Date Posted: 4/24/2012

Job Category: Senior Pastor

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Job Type: Bi-vocational/Full-Time

Church: New Life Baptist Church

Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Worship Style: Traditional and Slightly Blended

Denomination: Independent Baptist (BBFI)

Church Size: 30-40

Contact: Clinton Peterson

Clint.Peterson@ch2m.com

New Life Baptist Church of Spartanburg, SC is prayerfully seeking an Independent Fundamental Baptist Senior Pastor who will lead them with a vision to reach their community and world for Christ. This leader must be a servant leader possessing the overseer requirements in I Timothy 3 and Titus 1. This pastor should also be committed to biblical preaching from the King James Bible. They must be a visionary who has a passion to look with eyes of faith to cast vision. Though we are a small flock, our building is paid off and we are ready to grow and be led by a man of faith, prayer, and integrity. We desire a man who loves the whole church and will challenge and disciple every age group.

To begin the process, send your resume, link to your sermon audio/video, statement of faith, and cover letter to clint.peterson@chzm.com or sent it to 131 Hidden Hill Rd. Spartanburg, SC 29301

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