Praise Break
February 22 2009
Light of Life Community Church, Inc.
Albert & Carrie Bell – Senior Pastors
Al L. Bell- Executive Pastor
6300 SC Hwy 28 S.
McCormick, SC 29835
Ph. (864) 852-5522
Sunday Services:
9:30 am/Sunday School
11:00 am/Worship Service
Wednesday:
6:30 pm/Prayer & Bible Study
Duration : 0:5:31
SPIRITUAL PREPARATION
FOR WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO by Dr. Harold Sala
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5
There’s a bit of doggerel which says, “Three moves are as good as a fire,” and anyone who has packed his possessions more than twice in a given year mumbles to himself, saying things such as, “What in the world am I keeping this for?” Nonetheless, you keep that old stuff–just in case you might need it some day.
It’s a very good thing that shrouds have no pockets and hearses are not followed by trailers or vans, because, like the Egyptians who buried their dead along with possessions for the afterlife, if we could, we’d try to take it all with us.
I’ve been pondering the lost significance of crossing the Jordan when the vast army of men and women, toughened by the blistering heat and burning sands of the Negev, were finally positioned on the east side of the Jordan, looking across the narrow ribbon of muddy water separating them from Canaan. You can read about this in Joshua 3 and 4 in your Old Testament.
Joshua–the one who had succeeded Moses–told them, “Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River.” Three days later, the hour of march came. On the eve of that momentous day, Joshua gave them further directions: “Consecrate yourselves,” he said, “for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you” (Joshua 3:5).
It’s true that from generation to generation, the meaning of word changes. Catch words, idioms, and certain phrases seem to lose their meaning, I fear that’s part of what contributes to our ignorance of what Joshua meant when he said, “Consecrate yourselves…”
Did that mean, “Get your washing done, fast!” or, “Ladies, get your hair put up and make sure your nails are painted. It’s party time!”? Negative. There are two spiritual concepts that are close to each other, yet different. One is consecration, the other, dedication. The latter, dedication, is something that you do as an act of the will. We say, “That businessman is really dedicated to his work!” We mean, he really pours himself into what he is doing. Nothing is wrong with that.
But what is consecration and who does it? Consecration is what you do as you prepare yourself spiritually for something which God wants to do. It’s like transferring ownership of your property to God Himself, realizing that He already owns it but wants to use it for a joyous celebration.
For three days, they pondered this whole matter. Forget three days; try clearing three hours for spiritual reflection and see what happens. There is value, though, in stopping what you are doing for spiritual reflection, inward purification, and moral house cleaning.
Busyness has become the curse of our age, with the voice of God overpowered by the noise and din of traffic, the ringing of phones, and the beep of pagers, to say nothing of the cacophony of voices–many of which are legitimate, but all of which distract your thinking about God and your relationship with Him.
There is no way of knowing whether any of the people regretted the decision to march across the Jordan, but I can tell you for a fact that for those who did consecrate themselves to what was before them, it was a joyful experience because they had transferred responsibility for what was ahead to Him who rolled back the waters of the Jordan and went before them. Consecration still precedes the awesome, wonderful things which God intends for tomorrow.
Resource reading: Joshua 5.
Duration : 0:4:58
(Official video from the creator.)
Visuals set to the audio of the famous sermon “Seven Way King” (aka That’s My King) as spoken by Dr. S.M. Lockridge. The audio is slightly edited for a better flow in the video.
The music in the background was performed live by the GCC band while the video played on the screens. It then led directly into the worship song “Here is Our King” (To see the performance in it’s entirety go here: gccwired.com/mediaplayer/playeropener.asp?id=478 )
Created entirely using After Effects with footage from the movie “The Passion of the Christ”. The video took 30 hours to create plus around 6 hours of rendering. The final After Effects project file totaled well over 600 layers.
Duration : 0:3:20
This is a portion of the Radical sermon series which is the basis for Radical the book and Radical the Bible study by Life Bible Study.
Duration : 0:9:35
lindsayahortonhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/lindsayahortonPeopleChristianity;, ReligionSalvation: Comparing Mormon, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Orthodox Christian Beliefs
Duration : 0:7:0
Use your faith-Malayalam Christian Sermon
Heavenly Feast YouTube Ministry (www.youtube.com/arakkalnet)
Duration : 0:10:55
If believing in Jesus Christ as Saviour comes down to ‘faith,’ why did the disciples not believe until they had ‘seen’ evidence of Christ’s resurrection, and in Thomas case, touched the wounds of Jesus? Why did their discipleship only become one of faith after receiving the Holy Spirit? When there have been many individuals who had and have not seen, and yet had faith in Christ before receiving the Holy Spirit?
What say yea?
Because the disciples were just like us except that the Holy Spirit wasn’t fully loosed upon the earth at the time. Whether you have the Holy Spirit or not, it is the spirit that opens the heart to receive Christ. After receiving Christ, then the Holy Spirit enters.
Please click on the arrow left of the view counter to see all the description
Please watch part one of this video first
Also subscribe to dprjones while you are at it. You will be glad you did
http://www.youtube.com/dprjones
Dprjones originally made this video
Then ThickShades decided to post two video responses
TogetherForPeace has also joined in the fun by making a video response to each person who was in that colab. Because not all of his videos are posted yet I will just link to his channel
http://www.youtube.com/TogetherForPeace
In this video I do quote some passages from the King James Bible. You can read along by clicking here http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/King-James-Version-KJV-Bible/
In ThickShades videos he suggests that those of us who left the Christian faith and became atheists were never really saved to begin with. While I can not speak for everyone, I can strongly disagree on my own behalf. I evangelized, I went out knocking on doors every weekend. I was constantly distributing leaflets. I prayed every day.
I thought I had a real relationship with Jesus, I know now it was a one sided conversation. Yes many times my prayers were answered but for each one, there is a logical explanation for what really happened.
For those who want to hear why I left the Christian Faith watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg1LUrJNDQQ
Duration : 0:6:55
Empty Vessel written By Mark Sanders
http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/page5.html