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Welcome all visitors. Like a tree planted by the Spring of Living Water. The plan of action for Wintercreeks.net is to be a source of healing for the nations. The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of mankind, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the joy of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light in a dark world, nourishment for your soul, and comfort for a broken heart. Here Paradise is restored, Heaven opened and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand subject, our good the design and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, reverantly and prayerfully. It involves the highest responsibilty, will reward the greatest labor and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents.
Blessings of Abandonment to God
written by - Richard N. Thomas - January 31, 2008
When applied to our personal walk with God, abandonment means a total relinquishing of our rights. The masses cry out for civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, the right to be obnoxious and call it freedom of expression. Human beings spend their whole life desperately mastering the control of their right to themselves. Abandonment to God is an act of the will in which we deliberately, without reserve, relinquish all rights to ourselves.
The only right a child of God has, is to be called a child of God. The right to be called a child of God came at a great price. [ see John 1:12 ] Once abandoned to God - the Christian has no other master. We are no longer the master of our fate. Our personal needs are no longer our concern. [ see Matthew 6:33 ]
The life of Christ was marked by self-expenditure. The disciple is no above her/his master. The apostle Paul was not concerned for his personal needs. He was recklessly abandoned , totally surrendered to the God that called him to one purpose. [ see Romans 1:1 & 16 ]
In my opinion, the reason Christianity has moved so slowly for nearly 2000 years is we fail to recognized Jesus Christ as sovereign in our lives. We go to meetings for attitude adjustments. Healing services become three ring circuses. Modern Christian music is technically advanced yet theologically anemic. I fear the Church has entered the Laodacian era where Christ is pictured on the outside of the Church, knocking on the door. [ see Revelation 3:14-22 ]
You will not hear the voice of God in the storm, the earthquake or the WWW. Oswald Chambers tells in "My Upmost for His Highest", that God speaks to us through our circumstances. The child of God that obeys God will hear His voice all the time whether at work or play. The still small voice is heard when we walk in the light as He is in the light. [ see 1 John 1:5-8 ]
Once you hear the word of God, then what. Take up your cross and follow Him. Don't look back. To look back is a sign that you long for something in your past. In Christ there is no future - only an eternal present. In Christ there is no end. There is nothing in the past that can satisfy the child of God. Therefore, to look back once you decide to follow Jesus will make your life fruitless. [ see Genesis 19:23-26 ]
Jesus Christ is not calling disciples to die but rather to live for Him. It is a n easy thing to die. Living is hard. Living for Jesus requires daily sacrifices. Your cross could be a job that is not so glamorous. Living with a spouse that is abusive or lazy. Your cross could be attending a school where you are the only virgin. Taking up your cross does not mean strapping a bomb to your body to blow up a bus or marketplace full of women and children, jogging naked for breast cancer research or throwing yourself off a bridge. [ see Romans 12:1 ]
The cross is the symbol of giving and living. Giving, because "God so love the world..." that He trade His life for ours. Living, because He "...came to bring us abundant life." [see John 10:10 ] If we try to hold on to our life, we will lose it. If we give our life to Him - we take advantage of a great trade. [ see Matthew 10:39 ] Giving up our right to ourselves is our living sacrifice - our cross - our abandon. [ see Romans chapter 6 and Galatians 2:20 ]
He traded His life for me
He laid it down at Calvary
He's the King of kings
He's the Lord of lords
And He traded His life for me.
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This award-winning Unusual Films production depicts actual events from the life of Robert S. Sheffey, a nineteenth-century circuit rider. The film tells the story of a unique servant of God, who as a rowdy young man followed his friends to a revival meeting and there found in the Scriptures new direction for his life. Ardent in prayer, tireless in service, and steadfast in defense of the truth, "Brother Sheffey" rides through the hills spreading the gospel. Although he suffers the loss of his two greatest earthly treasures in one day, Sheffey still finds forgiveness in his heart for the person who caused his sorrow. Based on the book The Saint of the Wilderness by Jess Carr, Sheffey brings hope, courage, joy, and tears. It captures the warmth and compassion of a man whose soul was on fire for the Lord, and, in the words of Bob Jones III, "Every Christian who sees this film will be warmed by that heavenly heat." Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes.DVD Features:
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