A message on Fear from Pastor Pete Vossler of Crosswinds Church Reno Nevada

This is a great Facebook post that I wanted to share:

"Fear always whispers “you’ll never be secure unless you get more.” I know that all of us have this thought many times. Our main desire is happiness, but we don’t know really what happiness looks like. Is it more money? Is it more time? Is it in the accumulation of things? How about the perfect relationship that we have made up, and looks like, in our mind? Happy people don’t follow money, or things, or relationships, they follow their God-given passion. On the outside there are people that look like they have it all: money, freedom, friends, and family, but do they have the one thing they want most-happiness? We have a tendency to look at the outward and make judgments on what we see. How do you know if you would not be horrified at the home life, alienated kids, a spouse who resented their obsession with work, and no time to kick back? Maybe you’re reading this and thinking “Yeah, but this doesn’t apply to me. In this situation I know I could be happy!” Money and things cannot buy happiness no matter what we try. The Apostle Paul explains it this way: “I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength” (Php 4: 11-13).When you peruse God’s purpose for your life; status, money, and things are only secondary. Your real status symbols are salvation, spiritual growth, a secure home, special friends, and the satisfaction of doing what God called you to do. 

Be blessed in His will for you today 

Pastor Pete"

Copied off of Facebook and written by +Pete Vossler, +Crosswinds Assembly of God, Reno, Nevada.  

Thank you Pastor Pete

Bonded by Christ

"... ' God will be the bond between me and you, and between my children and your children forever!'" 1 Samuel 20:42, The MSG

When God is the center of our relationships, nothing on Earth, above or below, could ever separate, nor could the darkness of hell divide in two.  So make sure that all those you love and treasure are bonded by your prayers and your love for God. 

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You will surely live.

“If the wicked restores [what he took in] pledge, gives back what he had taken in robbery, walks in the statutes of life [right relationship with God], without committing iniquity, …None of his sins… shall be [seriously] remembered against him… he shall surely live.” Ezekiel 33: 15 -16

See what happens when you turn from your evil, wicked, sinful ways?  You LIVE!! You truly LIVE!!  God gives you a new life; He forgives you.  What you thought living was before, becomes nothing in comparison to what you begin to experience with the new life He instills within you.

Don’t miss out on living! If you have yet to give your heart to God, NOW is the perfect time to do so.  Join those of us that declare Him as our Lord and Savior, because, until you do, your life isn’t  being lived out to the fullest… as a matter of fact, it isn’t even being lived at all.

Obey the voice of the Lord

“… Obey, I beg of you, the voice of the Lord, who speaks to you through me, Then it will be well with you, and you will live.” Jeremiah 38:20 AMP

Building a relationship with the Lord takes time and effort, much like all relationships do, and as time goes by, and your relationship with Him gets stronger, then you will develop a personal bond with Him that will outshine all others.  You will begin to hear His voice in your own ways, and you will begin to know, that you know, that you know, His calling, no matter what the situation may be.  Hearing His voice takes faith and boldness, and sometimes you just have to step out and try; He knows your heart, don’t worry, if you take the wrong step, He’ll pull you back in.  No matter the case, do what you feel God is telling you to do.

Yes friends, make sure to take time to build your most important relationship– your relationship with God – because without Him, your life will not succeed, however, with Him, your life will continually evolve into blessing upon blessing ~ a never-ending journey of miracles. 

Praise God - Hallelujah