THE WHOLE STORY....

Often times people will judge others before they even know the whole story. I've even had people say things to me and about me that didn't have any foundation to it at all because they were too focused on the problem that they didn’t take time to ask me the whole story. I forgive them because I’ve made that same mistake myself in the past. I think the thing that bothers me the most in all this kind of stuff is the fact that when someone does blame others for doing things they think happened without knowing the whole story, they are brave enough to write the letter, but coward enough to not sign their name. In the long run take some advice from me. If someone writes you a letter or an email, before you read the whole letter, check to see if they signed their name. If they didn’t sign their name, then the letter is not worth reading.

Pastor Dave

DIVIDE IT UP

Josh 18:1-5
18:1 The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The country was brought under their control, 2 but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.
3 So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? 4 Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me. 5 You are to divide the land into seven parts. NIV
** Wow…. So if you haven’t heard…. It seems we’ve upset a lot of people in this city because we want to pray over it. So as I’ve read the above verse I noticed that Joshua also separated the land in 7 parts and had them survey the land and report back to him and he would assign the land to the people of God. We too have separated the City of Renton into 7 parts and we are in the process of surveying and assigning parts to certain people who have a heart to pray over those parts. We will claim back this city for God and His Glory. His kingdom come, His will be done on Renton as it is in heaven…. That is my prayer today!

OBEY?.... OR NOT?

Deut 29:19-20
19 When such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself and therefore thinks, "I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way." This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. 20 The LORD will never be willing to forgive him; his wrath and zeal will burn against that man. All the curses written in this book will fall upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven. NIV
** This is so dangerous! People just don’t count the cost and it will cost them EVERYTHING! These chapters I read today, (28 & 29) bring fear into my life but at the same time, I know if I obey and do all He is asking me to do, I will be blessed above and beyond all I could ever ask or imagine! So it really boils down to this…. Obey or disobey? God is not the bad person here. He is just pointing the way to prosperity and blessings and informs us what the other road is like if we do not take His road to blessings….. what do you choose?

WORSHIP HIS WAY

Deut 12:4
4 You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. NIV
** God not only wants us to worship Him but He is very clear that we are only to worship Him His way! That means we need to be careful and watch His direction and His leading and not just do what FEELS good to us when leading and worshiping God. I think we even need to be careful about just copying other churches in their worship styles and worship songs…. What is God saying to you? What is God saying to your church about worship? Are we just picking up DVD’s or going to conferences and running home and being a copy of what God is doing somewhere else, or are we taking the time to listen to His voice and taking the steps and sacrifices to worship Him in His way?