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During the Time of Your Stay on Earth

Posted on September 29, 2016Leave a comment

Join me at the National Center for Family Integrated Churches Fear of God conference
at Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ashville, NC October 27-29, 2016.

“How Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways.” (Psalm 128:1)

I will have the opportunity to gather with some of the most looked to men of God in our day. Men like Ken Ham, John Snyder, Joel Beeke, Jeff Pollard, Carlton McLeod, Scott Brown, Craig Houston, and many others. (Full list of speakers)

Over the past several months I’ve participated in a daily devotional on the Fear of God. You may want to take some time to meditate on the Fear of God with these devotions. (All devotion videos)

I will address the Fear of God from the following position.

During the Time of Your Stay on Earth
(Background: Psalm 128:1, Ecclesiasties 12:13-14, 1 Peter 1:17, Hebrews 12:28-29)

It is said again and again in our day; “to err is human”. Could it be said better? “to fear God is human.” This will be our safety net to cover all our wandering ways, sinful indulgences, and actions against our creator.

The philosophy of men gives us permission to sin; even to laughingly brush away the conclusion that, even in our fallen condition, we are called out to fear God and keep His commandments.

How do we keep ourselves from wanting less than what God calls us to; Himself.

A problem many of us are blinded with is that we are more impressed with what God will give us than we are with God. Many spend a lifetime of energy trying to “walk in His Ways” or “keep His commandments” and never come to fear or know Him (1 Peter 1:17).

If we are to walk in His ways in a manner that is considered an acceptable service, we are to do so with reverence and awe “for our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29)

The Fear of God Devotional (updated)

Posted on July 21, 2016Leave a comment

Since the first week of June I have been participating in a daily devotion on the topic “the Fear of God.” If you have missed any of them or don’t know anything about them get started HERE. The daily devotional is provided by the National Center of Family Integrated Churches.

Day One – A Wrong View of the Fear of God – Paul Washer
Day Two – The Essence of the Fear of God – Craig Houston
Day Three – The Fear of God Is Everything in Life – Malamulo Chindongo
Day Four – All Subjects Tied to the Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Five – Can You Hear the Voice of Your Shepherd – Dr. Joel Beeke
Day Six – Chastising Children and the Fear of The Lord – Jason Dohm
Day Seven – The Control Freak Father and the Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Eight – Civil Leaders in the Bible Who Did Not Fear God – Paul Thompson
Day Nine – Fear and a Low View of God – Paul Washer
Day Ten – The Crowning Problem of Our Day – Clarence Simmons
Day Eleven – Big Grandpa in the Sky or What – Kevin Swanson
Day Twelve – How Does the Fear of God Liberate Me – Paul Thompson
Day Thirteen – Why Did God Take My Child – Paul Washer
Day Fourteen – Helping Children See What the Fear of God Looks Like – Joel Beeke
Day Fifteen – Do I Really Fear God? – Jason Dohm
Day Sixteen – Chaos From the Lack of Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Seventeen – Fearing God and the Pastors’ Salary – Malamulo Chindongo
Day Eighteen – How the Fear of God Works in the Heart of a Christian – Paul Thompson
Day Nineteen – How Mercy Increases Godly Fear – Joel Beeke
Day Twenty – How Do You Instill the Fear of God in Your Family – Jason Dohm
Day Twenty-one – Genetic Engineering and the Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Twenty-two – How Do We Dampen the Fear of God – Paul Washer
Day Twenty-Three – How Thankfulness and the Fear of God are Connected – Joel Beeke
Day Twenty-four – Is It Possible to be Saved and Not Fear God? – Jason Dohm
Day Twenty-five – Godly Fear in the Home – Kevin Swanson
Day Twenty-six – How to Grow in the Fear of God – Paul Washer
Day Twenty-seven – Talking to Unbelievers about the Fear of God – Paul Thompson
Day Twenty-eight – Winning Souls and the Fear of God – Joel Beeke
Day Twenty-nine – Mercy Toward Those Who Fear God – Jason Dohm
Day Thirty – How Do Parents Explain the Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Thirty-one – Indicators of the Fear of God in a Believer – Paul Thompson
Day Thirty-two – The Cure for a Multitude of Evils in the Church – Paul Washer
Day Thirty-three – Illustrating the Fear of God to Your Children – Joel Beeke
Day Thirty-four – Missteps in the Fear of God – Jason Dohm
Day Thirty-five – How is it That Christ Feared His Father – Kevin Swanson
Day Thirty-six –
Day Thirty-seven –
Day Thirty-eight –
More HERE

The Fear of God

Posted on June 19, 2016Leave a comment

I’m thankful to the Lord for the ministry of the National Center of Family Integrated Churches and it’s director Scott Brown. I’ve recently had the privilege to participate in a devotional project with trusted brothers coloaborating our attention upon the topic of the fear of God.

Every weekday there is a new (short) video and devotional thought to cause the participant to meditate upon the attributes of God and His call to us to fear Him. Here is my latest contribution from Friday, June 17, and a link to the past few weeks of helpful devotional thoughts. Be sure to check HERE each day for more in the coming weeks.

How Does the Fear of God Liberate Me from NCFIC on Vimeo.

Day One – A Wrong View of the Fear of God – Paul Washer
Day Two – The Essence of the Fear of God – Craig Houston
Day Three – The Fear of God Is Everything in Life – Malamulo Chindongo
Day Four – All Subjects Tied to the Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Five – Can You Hear the Voice of Your Shepherd – Dr. Joel Beeke
Day Six – Chastising Children and the Fear of The Lord – Jason Dohm
Day Seven – The Control Freak Father and the Fear of God – Kevin Swanson
Day Eight – Civil Leaders in the Bible Who Did Not Fear God – Paul Thompson
Day Nine – Fear and a Low View of God – Paul Washer
Day Ten – The Crowning Problem of Our Day – Clarence Simmons
Day Eleven – Big Grandpa in the Sky or What – Kevin Swanson
Day Twelve – How Does the Fear of God Liberate Me – Paul Thompson
More HERE

The Highway of Holiness

Posted on April 6, 2015Leave a comment

Consider joining me at Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ashville, North Carolina this fall, October 29-31, 2015, for the “Highway of Holiness” conference.

A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.
No lion will be there,
Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;
These will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk there,
And the ransomed of the Lord will return
And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
With everlasting joy upon their heads.
They will find gladness and joy,
And sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Isaiah 35:8-10 NASB, emphasis mine)

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Full list of speakers: SPEAKERS

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