One - There is a whole group of people out there who cannot come to church, who are bedridden or disabled to the point where going to church isn't an option. Or those to whom distance makes it impossible for them to attend our church and they are having trouble finding a good true church in their area. I am feeling a tremendous responsibility to do something about getting the Word to those folks. A lot of what I am doing now is starting to be directed at that purpose. It probably won't raise our attendance board one number, but who am I to say, Maybe it will? But I consider this a Missionary Work, I'm just not having to go out of the country to perform it. This is the main reason I am working on and with different methods of getting the Word out. These methods include Recording Sermons, putting them on CD's or cassette, MP3's on the web site, or even Radio. The work on the website is important - it is a portal to people I will never see. The recording of the sermons will let people here them who would otherwise never get the chance. Make no mistake, in my mind it is an important ministry tool - not necessarily for the benefit of the people who are able to come to our church every Sunday, but specifically for those who cannot. The Lord is leading me in this direction and I thank God for showing me a direction, and I pray he gives me the strength and wisdom to follow.

Two - Time, and the proper use of it - - Anything that fills up your life to the point that it is interfering with your relationship with God is wrong, no doubt about it. But I have noticed this in myself. I have found so far that it is not the things I am doing to promote God's Word that is eating up my time, it is the things I do that have to do with the flesh. It is not the time I spend working on Web Sites, or the time I spend recording and producing the sermon Cds' that uses up all my time. It is not the time I spend studying God's Word with friends and students at school that makes me feel there aren't enough hours in the day. I don't feel rushed during the day because I took that time at the beginning, and throughout the day, to talk with God. My day doesn't seem crammed full simply because I have committed to reading the Bible at least 1/2 hour each day. It isn't the 45 hours a day I spend at work at the college that interferes with my spiritual life. It isn't even the class load or homework load of being a full-time student at the college that steals the time away from God. I can do all that and still spend quality time with my children. The biggest truth I have discovered about time is this : It's not the time I spend doing God's work that overloads me, it is the time I spend following the flesh. It's the time I spend surfing the internet, or playing the latest game of Command and Conquer. It's the time I spend watching the Simpson's on TV, or perhaps a basketball ball game. It's that extra hour I spend in bed after I've already woke up, just because it feels good and warm under the covers. Folks, I have found I have more hours than I thought, but only when I cut out the wasted time. There are only 2 things I feel I MUST do each day, and I have committed to doing them - 1) Talking with God, asking him for strength and energy and guidance. 2) Reading his Word (because He's already answered most of my questions, in fact He wrote the answers down for me so I could read them!!!!)

Sometimes I do feel I'm running out of hours, but every time I do, God shows me something non-productive I can cut out of my day. God is perfecting me, cutting out the junk in my life, and I thank him for it. And when it really starts to feeling like it's too much - I pray to God and I thank him that he gave me a day of rest, a day to be able to put aside all the other stuff and just come and praise him, worship him, and hear his Word. God, in his infinite wisdom, knew we needed that day and set it aside for us - And I thank God for it! Thank you Jesus for changing my life.