Mission

    A lot of people even church goers get missions and ministry mixed up. With all these ministries that are around today I'm not sure if I know. Lets see if we can help here. A ministry is when you help people,(that's where the word minister comes from) taking food, clothes, money, you get the point. This is the part of helping the sick and those who are hurting. A mission is to the armed forces, they have a target in mind. The same for us! The bible tells us to go and spread the gospel, that is the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what a missionary does and what we are commissioned to do. We can't all pastor are go over seas, so we send these to go for us. Yes they minister too, but when you don't give them the gospel your don't being a missionary. The sick Jesus was talking about is the lost. Yes He healed and gave food, His goal was to give spiritual healing and food. His death, bury, and resurrection was what He came for. This is the Gospel.
    Did you know that your pastor is your primary missionary to take care of. He is the one that gives you the gospel. He tries to lead you spiritual, ministers to you in hard times. I had some say I don't know about that? Well we send people all over the world and forget about home. God said with out a sheperd the sheep will go a stray. there is a lot more to it then meets the eye. A pastor is an under sheperd to the Lord Jesus Christ, a sheperd to the local church. I know most churches want a preacher, but do they want a pastor? A missionary to lead them, a sheperd? We better or we will go a stray!!! I hope this helps shed some light on the subject. Thanks for reading and God bless.

Blain (In His Care) 

Press on

I love that song we sing in church, Press on it want be very long, not long.... Man I can't wait until I'm in that land of milk and honey with my Lord and Savior. We may get weak a weary here, but we have to press on! There are people out there that need to hear the gospel. People like us that get tried and weary in this wicked world, that need some encouragement from the brethren.This old world will beat you down enough, so lets keep focus on the cause and start enjoying the journey. We have an awesome God and we can't let Him down, because He never lets us down. So press on it want be very long, before we reach that land of song.  

Blain (In His Care)

Pastors point of view

I here a lot of peoples point of view of what a pastor should do and be. I know what my job as a servant to the church is and to the Lord. People think if your not burning the roads up or laying at the hospitals your not doing your job. (Well I fell to do like I should sometimes). The most important and Biblical thing is to prepared to feed the sheep. This is not something that happens over night. It takes pray, study, meditation and more pray. I'm there when they need me and try to visit. We have change the deacons role to the pastors. It's also the church bodies role to go. It's a hard balancing act, but we do it as pastors. I have to have time to study and in the book of Acts tells us these things.
            Well the pastor doesn't work so he can go. Listen we all need to go and do these things so lets work hard to do our part as a church whole. Think about your pastors most important part of his service to the Lord and church, feed the flock! Jesus told Peter feed my sheep! So pastors work harder to feed them, then to please them. Go when duty calls and stay when duty calls! Pray for your pastor and lighten his load. Because the burdens are heavy souls need to be saved and you need to be feed. Just a little food for thought.

Blain  (In His Care)     

Tired

Sick and tired of being sick and tired! I'm sick again! Seems like I start to feel better then hit again. Sin works in the same way. Your start doing good thinking your getting away from it, then SMACK! this is why we need to do our best to stay close to the Lord. He is the only one that can protect us from falling back in sin. Stay away from things that would cause you to fall.  If you don't know the Lord as your personal savior you can't do this. The reason being you have to trust Him and with out being saved you don't know how. All have sin and come short of the glory of God. We need Him!!! Ask him to help you trust Him, He will. Staying away from sin and those that may cause you to fall. (Easy preaching hard living!) Stay close to Jesus.

newbe

This is my first attempt at blogging. I hope you will find this blog a place where you can get some thoughts and maybe some help for this thing called life. In 1Thessalonians 5:25 the bible says Brethren for us. This is what we all need in this day and time. So I'm asking you to pray for me.