Counting Down to a New Year

2007 starts on Jan 3.
The 1st is a Holidy and the 2nd is the end of full time at the Hardware. Oh I'll still be there on Friday and Saturday so they won't have to close the doors. Word broke out there today and it has been good. Many church folks found out this week and have come by to give me their support in prayer. I and my family continually need your support and prayer as we together reach North Ga. for Christ. Over on Bob Franquiz blog is a good word 'bout starting the New Year. Don't forget to pick up the couples book and a copy of "Go Big" You just gotta read "Go Big" it is a book that is making an inpact on my ministry much like "Purpose Driven Church" did in the early 90's. Have a Good Weekend and I'll see ya on the 3rd.

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Check out what New Spring is up to these dayz.
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Thank You for a great time at Fellowship Church's Christmas party. You folks know how to have FUN.

Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence.

Oswald Today!

This is something I am tring to accomplish in my life. Please pray for me.

December 9, 2006
The Opposition of the Natural
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Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires —Galatians 5:24

The natural life itself is not sinful. But we must abandon sin, having nothing to do with it in any way whatsoever. Sin belongs to hell and to the devil. I, as a child of God, belong to heaven and to God. It is not a question of giving up sin, but of giving up my right to myself, my natural independence, and my self-will. This is where the battle has to be fought. The things that are right, noble, and good from the natural standpoint are the very things that keep us from being God’s best. Once we come to understand that natural moral excellence opposes or counteracts surrender to God, we bring our soul into the center of its greatest battle. Very few of us would debate over what is filthy, evil, and wrong, but we do debate over what is good. It is the good that opposes the best. The higher up the scale of moral excellence a person goes, the more intense the opposition to Jesus Christ. "Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh . . . ." The cost to your natural life is not just one or two things, but everything. Jesus said, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself. . ." ( Matthew 16:24 ). That is, he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence.
The natural life is not spiritual, and it can be made spiritual only through sacrifice. If we do not purposely sacrifice the natural, the supernatural can never become natural to us. There is no high or easy road. Each of us has the means to accomplish it entirely in his own hands. It is not a question of praying, but of sacrificing, and thereby performing His will.