Relationship with God 
2 Comments Reminder on our worship service schedule change starting May 1.
Try not to have the same experience Charlie will have in case he comes at the wrong time.
Relationship with God 3 Comments 
As I was preparing for our message this weekend, I came across an article that listed down the different Bible characters and how they could’ve come up to God and made an excuse why God can’t use them. Some of them actually tried.
I was reminded of one of my most favorite verses in the Bible that says,
“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are.” (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)
Here are some of the Bible characters God used mightily yet had their flaws…
Noah got drunk.
Abraham was too old.
Joseph was a daydreamer.
Jacob was a liar.
Leah was ugly.
Moses had a speech problem.
Gideon was a scardey cat.
Samson was a womanizer.
Rahab was a prostitute.
Jeremiah & Timothy thought they were too young.
David had an affair with a married woman and murdered her husband.
Elijah was suicidal.
Isaiah thought himself unworthy.
Jonah ran away from God.
Naomi was a widow.
Job went bankrupt.
Martha was a perpetual worrier.
The Samaritan woman who spoke with Jesus at the well was five times divorced.
Zaccheus was too small.
Peter denied Christ.
The disciples fell asleep while praying.
The little boy only had 5 loaves & 2 fish.
Paul was a religious fanatic.
Timothy had ulcers.
Lazarus was dead!
How about you? What’s your excuse?
Relationship with God 1 Comment 
I had the privilege of listening to Stephen Mansfield as he spoke to Victory pastors all over the Metro. His message was on the Signposts in the looming crash of a leader.
Here they are my notes on that talk.
1. View of authority became isolated.
They begin to set themselves apart. They isolate themselves.
The beginning of isolation starts from view of authority.
2. Lost connection with friends
Trusted friendships of transparency.
Your fans will get you killed. Your fans will overlook your mistakes.
Accountability groups don’t work. Walk closely with other men.
3. Relationship with God became mechanical.
No passion. No heart transformation.
We trade our relationship with Jesus for ministry.
4. Lost the poetry of what they get to do.
Heart becomes cold. Moral decline follows.
5. Having no fun.
Men need beyond work. Life after work.
Planned of distraction.
Rest. Family time. Planned distraction.
Lack of manly release can be translated to another I’m not supposed to be with.
6. Schedule had become a tyrant.
Leads to resentment
Leads to burn out.
Leads to secret time. Then moral failure.
No reason why we can’t be happily busy.
7. Men and women exchange roles.
Women are more superior in all ares except in Abstract thought and aggression.
8. The home life is opposition or demand.
Wife is the ball in chain. The dragon lady.
When this sets in, destruction looms.
9. Defining episodes from the past.
Nixon: abused in high school came up during watergate scandal.
The soul has a memory like an elephant.
10. Ministry had to be perpetuated at all costs.
The ministry on the pedestal.
Ministry becomes one of your ‘kids’.
