Category: God

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ‘net – all my friends and fans kept checking – to see if a new blog post they could get. Have no fear, for here it is – a special Christmas Eve edition of the ‘Key Lime Pie’ from Chris – direct from our Plantation Key campus:

– Our campus in the upper Florida Keys is a tad over 38 miles from home.
– It’s generally a treacherous 45-minute drive one-way.
– It’s worth the miles and the drive to praise and worship Christ in public.
– In many countries around the world you can be sent to jail for doing that.
– We’re so lucky and fortunate to be able to live here in Freedom.
– God’s Kingdom is everywhere – even where there’s no freedom.
– There are no boundaries as to where God can reach you.
– He can reach you right there where you are right now.
– Even if you’re at hell’s gates of fire – He can rescue and save you.
– You’ve just got to believe and trust in Him.
– If you already believe and trust then share your faith with others.
– Let them see what Christ is doing deep within your mind, heart, and soul.
– At tonight’s Christmas Eve service we praised and worshipped Him.
– We sang some Christmas songs, as He listened intently.
– Our Kids Life kids sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jesus.
– Zech and I took turns reading Scripture out of Isaiah (7:10-14 / 9:2-7).
– Lead Pastor Travis read from Luke 1 & 2 – all about the birth of Jesus.

Luke 2:1-7 (NLT, 2ND Ed.) – The Birth Of Jesus
1  At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.
2  (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3  All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census.
4  And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee.
5  He took with him Mary, his fiancée, who was now obviously pregnant.
6  And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.
7  She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.

Have yourself a very Merry Christmas my friends – my brothers – my sisters. Remember the real purpose of this most special of special days.

On this bone chilling 58°F Sunday morning in Homestead Florida U.S.A. we – the Life Pointe Church family – gathered corporately to love and praise and worship Him all-together in unison:

– We were all born into sin.
– As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous — not even one.”
– For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
– Sin separates us from God.
– Jesus was tempted by anything and everything that was dark and evil.
– He was just like us.
– But He took the hit for all of our sins.
– He died a brutal death on that cross on that hill.
– He died so that we could be born again and Live again.
– He rescued me and saved me 40 months ago this week.
– He placed me at the front door of my church 35 months ago today.
– He led me to Life Pointe Church to meet other believers – new and old.
– God demonstrated His Love for us by sending Jesus into the world.
– God wore humanity so that we could wear divinity and have eternal Life.
– I am God’s son, and Jesus is my Brother.
– God chose me to follow Him, and I accepted.
– God chooses everyone to follow Him, and He waits for you to accept.
– You may not accept today or tomorrow, but He will always be waiting.
– God will never give up on you.
– It is never too late to accept God’s invitation.
– I accepted a couple of months after my 39TH birthday in 2006.
– There is nothing in this world that compares to God’s Love for me.
– I am made right through my intense faith in my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.
– I am not a Sunday morning trophy of God.
– He did not rescue and save me so that I would obey Him for 4 hours a week.
– He directed me to go out and change the world and expand His Kingdom.
– He has called upon me to be a Disciple to others, and show them the way.
– Walk with me.

1 John 4:7-10 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
7  Dear friends, let us continue to Love one another, for Love comes from God. Anyone who Loves is a child of God and knows God.
8  But anyone who does not Love does not know God, for God is Love.
9  God showed how much He Loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal Life through Him.
10  This is real Love — not that we Loved God, but that He Loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.