Dipping Points, Breaking Points, Tipping Points & Turning Points

I Will Not Drive Like A Turkey! - A Man's Code of Conduct

On my steering wheel is a small sign that says, "I will not drive like a turkey!" It's a reminder that I'm made in the image and likeness of God and I should act like it when I'm driving. This episode is about creating your own personal code of conduct that we should live by. It was written as part of the curriculum for STRONG MEN- GREAT DADS, but the principles are good for anybody. Man-Code 4 Life Building Your Own Personal Man-Code of Conduct 1. What Is A Personal Code of Conduct? A Strategic Game Plan for Life. Personal Rules to Live by. Sets Healthy Boundaries & Regulates Your Behavior Helps You Clarify What You Believe & Know What You Stand for. Athletes Who Refuse to Play by The Rules Seldom Win. 2 Tim 2:1-4 "So you, my son, be strong (strengthened inwardly) in the grace (spiritual blessing) that is [to be found only] in Christ Jesus. 2 And the [instructions] which you have heard from me along with many witnesses, transmit and entrust [as a deposit] to reliable and faithful men who will be competent and qualified to teach others also. 3 Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him." 2. SOLDIERS Have A Battle Pla You Are A Soldier In Your Own Life, How Will You Conduct Yourself? Your Man-Code 4Life Is A Coat of Armor Protecting You From Trouble. What Do You Stand For? What Will You Allow In Your Life? RAD - Responsibility, Accountability & Discipline. CPR - Commitment, Perseverance & Resiliency. For a complete copy of the Man-Code 4 Life, please email, bob@biblebob.org

Behind Enemy Lines Part Two & the Father Hole In Your Heart Podcast

This is the second part of a Sunday Sermon at Passion Vineyard Fellowship in Cottonwood, AZ. While the original plan (my plan) was to continue the study of how to rescue people headed for bad times or worse (hell,) my plans were changed midweek. We spent the first part taking a look at the three main enemies we battle against, Satan, the world and our flesh. God impressed upon my heart the need to speak about the Father-Hole in the Heart. Unforgiveness for father wounds is a gaping hole in the heart. The father of lies (Satan,) will use bitterness and unforgiveness to cloud our judgment in almost every relationship. Wholeness and healing can only come from the Father of Lights. "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes]." James 1:17 Amplified Bible

New Life From A Death Stalk

Approximately 60 to 63 million people die worldwide each year. This global statistic breaks down into smaller time increments: Per month: ~5 million Per day: ~167,000 Per minute: ~116 Per second: ~1.9 Will you use God's sudden burst of energy in you to go on a time sensitive rescue mission? A kernel of wheat has to fall to the ground and die before it can bring forth new life. We are called to die daily. Heavenly suddenly's are a daily occurrence. The agave death bloom is the dramatic final stage of an agave plant's life, during which it shoots up a massive, towering stalk, flowers, and dies. Because agaves are monocarpic, they only flower once in their lifetime. Much of the Christian life is spent waiting to bloom. God calls us into ministries, guides our progress, and helps us through the sanctification process. So many times, just like the century plant, we will expend great amounts of energy with seemingly no growth, no fruit, and no bloom. That's something to think about. Speaking of thinking, I heard a quote the other day that said: "Women spend more time thinking about what men are thinking than men actually spend thinking." Job 8:6-7 "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase." Awaken - Ur; oor the idea of opening the eyes] 1 to stir up, rouse, incite, to be excited, be triumphant. "Make prosperous" shâlam: shaw-lam; The famous word "shalom" or "peace" comes from this root word. shaw-lam Rescue includes removing the problem and restoring peace. To be complete, be finished, be ended, be uninjured, to make safe, to make whole or good, restore, make compensation, to make good, We are completed in Christ through complete surrender to Him. 2 Peter 2:9 "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:" Deliver, rhyomai: rhoo-hym-my to draw to one's self, to rescue, to deliver the deliverer Isaiah 12:2 "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and mysong; he also is become my salvation." Salvation: yᵊšûʿâ - yesh-oo'-aw salvation by God, deliverance, welfare, prosperity, victory Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." "I live" zaō, dzah'-o to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead) to enjoy real life to have true life and worthy of the name active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting of mortals or character living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul metaph. to be in full vigour to be fresh, strong, efficient, Psalm 51:12 "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit." Uphold: sāmaḵ; saw-mak' to lean, lay, rest, support, to sustain, refresh, revive. Isaiah 61:2 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; He hath sent me šālaḥ; shaw-lakh to send, to stretch out, extend, direct, to send away, to let loose, to let go, set free.

He Left the 99 To Rescue Me

The Parable of the Lost Sheep Luke 15:1-7 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. He Left the 99 To Rescue Me In the days in which we live, we hunger and thirst for the fastest resolution of problems, the path of least resistance, we long for blessings in the blink of an eye. This morning I had the thought that it's time for young people who had contact with our ministry of youth with a purpose to stand up and be counted for Christ. Our ministry has a 25 yr history. It takes time and a lot of work. Resilience, perseverance, overcoming, surrendering, trusting God are not character traits built in the blink of an eye. I once sat with a group of folks in a Sunday morning Bible study before church. We were talking about going out on the streets to tell people about Jesus and invite them to join us. One man rather gruffly said, "Baloney! They know we're here! We shouldn't have to go tell them! Rescue requires effort. Rescue is mostly an individual habit where you leave 99% of what you know and give yourself to the 1% that matters in that moment. The spiritual trickle down effect of the 1% you reach for Jesus will enlarge the Father's territory by greater than 99. God's math is always greater than ours. Implying that the 99 are strong enough in faith that they could be left alone presumes there is a group of 99 to be found. They must be people who are not like doubting Thomas, they believe without seeing. The believe when God seems distant in times of trouble and temptation. If you're strong enough to be one of the 99, how would you go after the one. For the sake of giving our study some focus, let's presume the one we're going after is a Christian turned atheist. How do you bring them back? What would you say to them? How would you begin the conversation? Ask what they believe. It's been my experience that no two atheists are alike. Don't take for granted that everyone knows what a Christian believes. Try to find some places of agreement. You can't see a planted seed growing underground. Just because you don't see a reaction to your words, don't presume they aren't reaching the heart of the hearer. Don't try to be a scholar with all the answers. If you can't answer a question, be humble enough to say you don't know.

Rescue Behind Enemy Lines Part One Podcast

This is Part One pf a sermon series at Passion Vineyard Fellowship. It's about rescuing people behind enemy lines. In Part One we talk about the sword within us - the xiphoid, sternum and manubrium as it relates to the Sword of the Spirit. Our topic verse is Ephesians 5:14 in the Passion Translation: "Arise O sleeper! Rise up from your coffin and the Anointed One will shine his light on you!" Other verses used: Job 8:5-7, 2 Peter 2:9, Galatians 2:20 Psalm 51:12, Isaiah 61:1-2