March 17th, 2010 by Ptr. Vince
Meaning of Baptism
Those who are baptized in Jesus do not need to strive after a new life.
They have already attained new life through dying with Christ. But they do
need to nurture that new life so it can grow and mature. That’s what
church is for. That’s what Bible study is for. That’s what prayer is for.
It is like the Parable of the Sower. Many of those seeds sprouted up, but
only a few grew into maturity. The rest withered and died.
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March 17th, 2010 by Ptr. Vince
Stay Focused!
We sometimes miss the great opportunities of life because we get
sidetracked. I once heard the tale of a talented and gifted bloodhound in
England that started a hunt by chasing a full-grown male deer. During the
chase a fox crossed his path, so he began now to chase the fox. A rabbit
crossed his hunting path, so he began to chase the rabbit. After chasing
the rabbit for a while, a tiny field mouse crossed his path, and he chased
the mouse to the corner of a farmer’s barn. The bloodhound had begun the
hunt chasing a prized male deer for his master and wound up barking at a
tiny mouse. It is a rare human being who can do three or four different
things at a time–moving in different directions.
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February 20th, 2010 by Ptr. Vince
This is a collection of illustrations concerning epiphany.
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January 25th, 2010 by Ptr. Vince
The collection of illustrations below is all about becoming a light to the world. It is about becoming a good example, about living as a true Christian.
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January 18th, 2010 by Ptr. Vince
Here’s a message that will bring you chills. Have you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and Then just put it on a list and said, ‘I’ll pray for them later’? Or has anyone ever called you and said, ‘I need you to pray for me, I have this need?’
Read the following story that was sent to me and may it change the way that you may think about prayer and also the way you pray. You will be blessed by this….
A missionary on furlough told this true story while Visiting his home church in Michigan .
‘While serving at a small field hospital in Africa , every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at the halfway point.
On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city where I planned to collect money from a bank, Purchase medicine, and supplies, and then begin My two-day journey back to the field hospital.
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January 4th, 2010 by Ptr. Vince
I got this humorous story from a forwarded email. This is indeed perfect for both husband and wife. I hope you’ll enjoy this funny conversation. God bless!!!
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A woman writes to the IT Technical support Guy
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jeweler applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NEWS 5.0, MONEY 3.0 and CRICKET 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5..3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed,
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December 15th, 2009 by Ptr. Vince
Nice Sermon Illustrations For Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching and I guess many of us ministers are making 4 series Christmas sermons. But let me ask you something, how’s your Christmas illustrations coming?
Well, no worry. Today, I have a collection of christmas sermon illustrations for you.
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O Little Town of Bethlehem: A Story of Faith
One of my all time favorite Christmas hymns is “O Little Town of
Bethlehem.” It has been around since 1868 although it wasn’t formally used
in churches until 1892. It is a hymn which is packed with emotion, a song
about the Christ Child, born to Mary, a song filled with the creative
power of God intervening in history with the gift of a savior.
For me “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” depicts the Christmas story as a
story of hope, a story where the divine and the human come together in an
amazing but humble way. It is also an invitation for both the non-believer
and the believer. For the non-believer it is an announcement of what God
has done and for the believer it is a challenge to increase one’s faith.
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December 3rd, 2009 by Ptr. Vince
Repentance, one of the most important things that all people should learn. It is turning away from sins. It is all about forgetting the past and moving forward. It is all about taking off the old clothes and putting on new one.
But there are still many Christians who find it hard to repent. There are many people who still lived in their old way of life. May these illustrations be a blessing to each one.
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Shake It Off and Step Up!
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the
farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule braying and went to the site.
After assessing the situation the farmer sympathized with the mule but
decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving.
Instead he called his neighbors and asked them to bring their shovels and
bury the poor mule and put him out of his misery.
The mule seemed hysterical. When the dirt struck his back he shook it off.
As the farmer and his friends continued to shovel a thought struck the
farmer. After each shovel of dirt was thrown onto the mule he said, “Shake
it off and step up.” The mule did what he asked, after every shovel of dirt.
After a time the old mule stepped triumphantly out of the well. What seemed
to bury him actually became his road to freedom.
There is an alternative to every impossible situation. The way is not always
visible to us. But our task is not to work miracles, that is up to God. Our
responsibility is to prepare the way, committing every ounce of energy we
have to the possibility of the transforming power of God, remembering that a
single act of kindness can bring hope to generations yet to come.
Keith Wagner, Possibilities Unlimited
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