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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 4, 2019

This morning I returned back home where I belong to Living Waters Full Gospel Church. I was honored to lead my church family in worship to our Lord. I preached my 26TH sermon in the 34 months that I’ve been preaching regularly. I love to share with my church family what God has placed upon my heart. I love to serve God and His children by proclaiming and teaching His Word to as many brothers and sisters who wish to hear me.

My sermon today – “Josiah & Judah” – was all about the 31-year reign of King Josiah of the Southern Kingdom of Judah during the 7TH Century B.C. I bookended my sermon with the theme of Types & Shadows. I identified the 5 witnesses to Jesus Christ from the Gospel of John Chapter 5. I then detailed Josiah’s godly reign over the land. I concluded with identifying how Josiah was a type of Jesus some 650 years before the coming of the Messiah.

Never before had there been a king like Josiah – who turned to the LORD with all his heart and soul and strength – obeying all the laws of Moses. And there has never been a king like him since. (2 Kings 23:25)

Here’s how I concluded my sermon – word-for-word:

… Well Josiah is a type of Jesus. He was godly from his youth. Like Jesus. He had the heart to seek first the Kingdom of God. Like Jesus. He purged the land and cleansed the temple twice. Like Jesus. He traveled all over the land proclaiming the power of God. Like Jesus. He built the house of God, and He revealed the Word of God. Like Jesus. He brought the people into the covenant with God. Like Jesus. He prepared a great Passover. Like Jesus. He died an untimely death. Like Jesus.

He was the last good King. Until the next great King – the greatest King that ever lived – the greatest King that still lives today – the most powerful King of them all – the King of Kings – our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ – who sits in the place of honor at the right hand of God ! AMEN !

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Weekend Kickoff Mini-Thoughts

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date August 1, 2019
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Let’s try this again – a rapid-fire session of thoughts on my mind right this minute:

I went on a short weekend getaway last weekend.
I left at dawn last Friday, and I returned late this past Monday morning.
It was a 76-hour vacation away from home.
I drove about 140 miles away from home, so not too far.
Once upon a time I’d announce my vacations away from home on social media.
I’m much smarter nowadays, as I now reveal vacations after-the-fact.
So I drove to Fort Myers Florida on Friday.
I ate Breakfast at Perkins along the way in Naples.
I like Perkins. I wish we had those here at home.
I enjoyed a late Lunch / early Dinner at Outback Steakhouse.
I can’t remember the last time I ate there (maybe over 10 years ?)
We don’t have one close to home, but we have Longhorn & Texas here.
I love to eat steak !
I saw longtime comedian Brian Regan LIVE in concert that night.
He packed-in a lot of laughs in 55 minutes.
I wish he had performed for 90 minutes.
He left us wanting more, so he did his job as a comedian.
He had an opening act too – a comedian that made us laugh for 15 minutes.
The next morning I headed over to Fort Myers Beach.
I visited “The Island” (as the natives refer to it) 7 times from 2011 to 2015.
It was love at first sight at the end of April of 2011.
I thought I had found my future retirement town.
On subsequent visits I discovered the “seedier” side of town.
I decided not to retire there.
I decided to stop visiting there.
So this was my 8TH visit, but 1ST visit in a little over 4 years.
It’s still a fun place to visit.
I’ll visit for a 9TH time sooner rather than later.
I did considerable research on churches on the island beforehand.
There are a lot of churches along its narrow 7-mile length.
A friend suggested a specific church to visit.
I watched the previous Sunday sermon from the Pastor.
I didn’t care for his style. He was too Jimmy Buffett-like.
He acted too silly for me.
His use of Scripture was mighty thin too.
I like a Pastor with a sense of humor, but this dude was over-the-top.
I ended-up watching a LIVE Facebook feed of my own Pastor back home.
I like his style.
Later on Sunday night I took a fun 3-hour boat cruise that I pre-booked.
It was billed as a “Dolphin & Shelling Sunset Cruise“.
There were 38 of us including the Captain & Skipper.
Both narrated portions of the cruise.
We saw lots of birds at play on the various islands.
Dolphins jumped all around us at the rear of the boat.
Those dolphins know how to get from Point A to Point B quicker.
They simply ride the waves created by the boat.
I didn’t get any pictures of the dolphins because there were lots of kids too.
They blocked my view, but it’s all good.
The sunset was beautiful too, but again my line-of-sight was blocked.
I did manage to get one reasonably good photo of the sunset.

Sunset (Cruise)

You’re lookin’ good Fort Myers Beach !

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 21, 2019

Today was another beautiful day with my church family at Living Waters. We had a special guest speaker this week, and he brought God’s Good News to us in an awesome way.

He preached on all 21 verses of Daniel Chapter 1 – which begins in 605 B.C. – the 3RD year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah. Jehoiakim was the oldest son of Josiah who I’ve been studying for the past month or so, and it’s actually become my next two sermons that I hope to preach to my church family. My first sermon covers the entire 31-year reign of King Josiah. My second sermon covers the crumbling of the Kingdom of Judah immediately after Josiah’s untimely death.

During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah – King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The LORD gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah, and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. (Daniel 1:1-2)

Today’s sermon went a long way in helping me to understand the fall of the “Southern Kingdom” to Babylon.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became King, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Zebidah – the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight – just as his ancestors had done. (2 Kings 23:36-37)

Our Special Guest Speaker this week was Jeff Carter – Author of “I Can Prove God Exists: Only God Could Be An Atheist” – available on Amazon.

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Sunday Scripture

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 14, 2019

This morning I did what I’ve done for pretty much every Sunday morning over the past 12½ years (since Sunday January 21ST 2007), and that is – hang out with my church family. I don’t “go to church”. I don’t “come from church”. That would be religious, and I am not religious. I am the church. I represent God and His church with every new moment of my new life.

It’s the highlight – the pinnacle – of every week for me – those 4 hours every Sunday that I get to hang out with those who believe and follow and love our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ as much as I do. They are my closest brothers and sisters of my church family, and they know more about me than anyone else in the entire world – more than my blood family – more than my coworkers – more than anyone on social media. I’ve shared my life with my (current) church family now for the past 4 years and 4 months. We walk together on this fantastic journey.

From First Corinthians Chapter 12 Verses 27 to 31 in the New Living Translation, and as the Bible says:

All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:

– first are apostles
– second are prophets
– third are teachers
– then those who do miracles
– those who have the gift of healing
– those who can help others
– those who have the gift of leadership
– those who speak in unknown languages

Are we all apostles ? Are we all prophets ? Are we all teachers ? Do we all have the power to do miracles ? Do we all have the gift of healing ? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages ? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages ? Of course not ! So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts.
But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.