tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post2453641753539022549..comments2023-10-21T04:32:31.262-05:00Comments on Following Judah's Lion: A Disgusting DisgraceRick Fruehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-16190753600493888162013-05-05T16:55:15.235-05:002013-05-05T16:55:15.235-05:00We all come to salvation in different ways, God c...We all come to salvation in different ways, God can save even in worldly situations. The Billy Graham Crusades made him a rich man and the so called preacher to the presidents. Jesus said that the world will hate us because it hated Him first. NeedI say more?<br /><br />I believe some were saved through his preaching, but it wasn't his doing, it was God, and to give him credit for it is wrong. <br /><br />Just like if we take credit for doing work in the faith. We are to do our reasonable service, snd I can almost guarantee, almost guarantee that the paultry things I do cannot compare to the work Pastor Bunyan and his little daughter or his wife have done in the Lord's service. I don't know if I could do what that precious brother in the Lord has done and if he were here he would be angry at us for giving him praise when it should all go to God.<br /><br />I am ashamed thst I cannot do even a fraction of what he has done. Time Church to stop talking and start doing. Feed the poor, care for the sick, the widows, brothers and sisters in Christ. Stop making excuses, and get to the work of the Lord, and do it not for accolades, but because it is your reasonable service. Start with sacrificial prayer. That means that maybe we need to turn off the tv for intercessory prayer, or writing a chek to a viable ministry that feeds and brings the Word of God to the poor. Or maybe just maybe open the Word and spend some quality time with our Father. Fellowship with your true brothers and sisters in Christ.<br /><br />And anyone who gives to the Hinn ministry because he is in debt deserves whatever judgment God brings upon them. Lets not be like them. Lets do what the Word of God says, not what the world does.<br /><br />It is on my heart to start an intercessory prayer/Bible meeting once per week. I am willing to pay for a go to meeting type site so that we can all participate who are women. Women only because we as women cannot lead a ministry where men are included. However, it would be a blessing to have Pastor Rick lead this prayer meeting and if he is unable to a time or two, one of the other brothers could lead it. Otherwise it can be the women who meet. Please email me if you're interested. cchrinc@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Time to get busy for the Lord brothers and sisters, time to get busy. Goes for me too.<br /><br />Love to all<br />Your sister in Christ,<br />Cherie c<br />Cherie c.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-14141033729183396832013-05-05T12:21:38.359-05:002013-05-05T12:21:38.359-05:00The church crosses a line in the sand when it gets...The church crosses a line in the sand when it gets excited about superheroes, especially those it esteems in high positions. The church should be about God's business. When it becomes an invitee of government calls to prayer, it loses it's flavor and salt to the world. <br /><br />Those who Jesus came for are not looking for a mighty army, or 'the friends of the friendless club' or a self help group, they're looking for the Lord whose the only one who can fill the void. They need attendance, shelter, healing, recovery, deliverance from sinful additions, and a new heart. These HAVE been left alone in their depravity to die without a savior, and while that one is committing suicide in a lonely motel room, the 'church' is congregating in the halls of great men patting each other on the back. <br /><br />While it's true that these christians who speak to a prayer breakfast are doing their part in making a difference for Christ, it's also true that many unknown are among the many christians who are trying to do their part, but who are not applauded and do it when no man can see. <br /><br />The church loves to be 'where it's happening' - cameras, lights, reporters, grandstanders, conferences, prayer breakfasts, but fail to go into the cracks and alleys and poverty-laden stretches of neighborhoods only miles from their Washington prayer clubs. <br /><br />I remember listening to Billy Graham televised crusades with my parents, and I know it sparked a conviction in them, as well as it did me. In fact, in my heart, I did ask the Lord that I always be with Him and He with me for the rest of my life. And God did answer, praise His Name. I know that the BG ministry did much good. However, because men are prone to be respecters of persons and love to rub shoulders with the elite clergy, and the popular evangelist is now being sought out by presidents and dignitaries to have personal meetings with, things start to change. The savior is not exalted, but men's ministry names are exalted. The focus is on the ministry's worldly influence on high society and politics. If the church yields to the sense of being proud that men of power are now in the church's camp, they begin to revere the power men and the power evangelist rather that the Lord Jesus Christ. <br /><br />Church people who become drunk with the sensation of power and great men in their ranks, or the NRA, or their Constitutional rights, or their entitlements, are in danger of falling into snares that catch their souls. If we are drunk with our own pride, and nationalism, and prosperous circumstances, and have the mightiest military on earth, and rejoice because we feel that nothing, no other nation can bully us or come against us, then we have lost our first love. And that is tragic. <br /><br />Seems like the church wants to envelope itself with worldly carnal power and it fails to realize it's depending on mammon, rather than our One Lord, who came to save our souls, not to anoint us with dominant power over other men. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-78565008754782651952013-05-05T11:56:11.469-05:002013-05-05T11:56:11.469-05:00Thanks for this Rick. The ecumenical farce, that d...Thanks for this Rick. The ecumenical farce, that day is. <br />I'm so far from measuring up to our Lord, I fall so short, and really, I'm a complete nothing. But Christ is everything to me. He loved me beyond anything I can understand, took my filthy sins, the colour of crimson and made them as white as snow. Forever grateful am I, He doesn't discriminate between sins. Unlike some of today's Pastors who can't get themselves past gay people and same-sex marriage. They just keep harping on it. Always condemnation; No grace. And the hearts of their congregations are hardened and closed to those very sinners, whom, Jesus, their own Saviour, gave His life for. Seems to me sin has been around since the Garden of Eden and 'gay issues' as far back as Sodom and Gomorrah. <br />I think they like the praise of an audience.<br />John Bunyan, what an example of love for Jesus!Lorenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-77222708965927409622013-05-05T10:58:11.551-05:002013-05-05T10:58:11.551-05:00This sermon Pastor Rick is the type of message the...This sermon Pastor Rick is the type of message the Church needs today. Julie wants to support your ministry as do I and I am sure there are others. It is time Pastor, time to return to the pulpit, only this time God has seasoned you with His truth. It will not be easy, it will at time break you beyond measure, but it is time. They are coming out and we need a place to go. This blog has become my church and I Thank God for it. One will not find this kind of preaching at their local church building. Preaching that points us away from ourselves and to Christ. Helps correct us and at the same time lifts us up because if we are right with God, we then receive blessing. No self serving preaching or back pats, only truth, even if its hard to hear.<br /><br />I know I have been a thorn in your side, but I knew something was different when I happened upon your blog. Not filling your head with ego making words. I am asking you to do with a fellowship ministry that you do with this blog, and it may take all you have inside. I am asking you to make a sacrifice for His sheep Pastor. <br /><br />Days are short and are evil. Jesus' truth is being killed off and the sheep perish will malnutrition from not having the true Word of God. His people are pershing because of false teaching, and those brave enough to preach the truth are becoming harder and harder to find.<br /><br />When Jesus returns, will He find those with faith? <br /><br />I keep you in my prayers. <br /><br />Hi Julie, nice to meet you dear sister in Christ. My name is Cherie.<br /><br />your sister in Christ Jesus,<br />Cherie c.<br /><br /><br />Cherie cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-66152262859645451292013-05-05T09:09:41.389-05:002013-05-05T09:09:41.389-05:00Rick Wiles, Glenn Beck, and other men and women li...Rick Wiles, Glenn Beck, and other men and women like them do not represent Jesus. They represent this hedonist culture and they are filled with hatred for a variety of people. You are correct.Rick Fruehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-58141721175209043492013-05-05T08:58:18.679-05:002013-05-05T08:58:18.679-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Julie Wiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987876340425622095noreply@blogger.com