Will you be there?

It is almost time for the Missouri State Motocross Championship Series. Just like in the past few years it is our plan to be there to provide Sunday Morning Worship Service for those that want to participate. Round 1 will be in Moberly at HLR on 4/22. I sure hope to see you there. A little food for thought: You know exactly when and where this will be. You know how to prepare for it. You know what to bring and what not to bring. You know what time to leave your house to be there in time and you have a reasonable idea when you are going to be back home Sunday night. That is pretty cool. Now there is another event you have heard me talk about. This is the event when Jesus is going to come back for those of us who believe in him. Then there is also the event when the people that don't believe in Jesus will loose there chance to change there mind about what they want to believe. That is also pretty cool if you are in group 1. But what about if you are in group 2? If you are 100% sure you are right, then I guess it doesn't matter. But what if you are not sure? What if you have been ignoring that feeling that there is more? Or that somebody is calling you? It is dangerous to ignore this and to keep saying I will do it tomorrow. I sure hope you decide to become part of group 1. Don't wait until it is too late. The Bible says: "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. Matt 25:13 (NIV). I don't want to scare you, but it is risky business. This is not as simple as you win or loose a Motocross race, or you miss the MX event all together. This has eternal consequences, so it is important that you do what needs to be done.

Mild Winter

This has been probably one of the mildest Winters that I can remember. I like it. It was or I guess is, its not quite over, a good Winter for staying in practice riding MX. Staying in practice is going to really help when racing season gets on the way soon. The same way that helps, we also need to stay in touch with God. If you are a Christian and you don't practice what you are, your walk with Jesus is not going to be very smooth. Trouble seems to follow us around and keep us beat down. But if we "practice" our walk with Jesus, things will go a lot better. As the weather continues to get warmer and Spring is right around the corner, don't forgot about your walk with Jesus.

Almost Christmas

What is Christmas to you? Is it presents under the tree? Is it time with family? Time off work? Whatever it is to you, please remember what it really is. It is the rememberence of the birth of our Savior Jesus. Without him we would have no reason to celebrate Christmas. I hope you take the time to reflect on this. Merry Christmas

Another MX season

Well another racing season has come to an end. It was a good season for most of us, but as always a few people got hurt thru out the year.
It makes me wonder sometime why we do this to ourselves. Some of us claim because it is fun, some say it keeps us young and others like the competition. Whatever reason we do it for, we always keep coming back for more. It is amazing what we will do for something that we really want to do.
This brings up a question. What will we do for Jesus? To what extend will we follow him? Will we follow him even when it hurts? That is a good question.
Now there are of course people that don't follow him at all. I am not talking about them right now. I am talking about those of us that call ourselves Christians and have asked him to be our Lord and Savior. To what extend will you follow Jesus.
Sometimes it seems like everything is going against us. Are we ready to give up when that happens? I hope not. Just like getting past pain and injury in MX, these things will pass.

The Bible reminds us:
Ro 8:28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

This is a promise we need to remind ourselves of and remember in the times when things are tough.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

It is almost Christmas. A lot of you are busy with Christmas shopping and all the things that go along with it. There are many people doing this. It is all about celebrating Christmas.
But what are you celebrating? The Holiday? The presents? The family get together? I don't know what it is you are celebrating.
However I do know what I am celebrating. I am celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The birth of the one and only person that was able to come to this earth and pay the price for our sins. Because of this we can be forgiven for our sins and some day spent eternity with him.
How?
He paid the price by being crucified and dying on a cross like a common criminal and then was buried. But it does not end there. Three days later he rose from the dead and then went to heaven to prepare a place for us. Who is the "us"? Did he die for everyone's sins? A lot of people say that he did. But if you think about it, that can't true. If he did die for everyone, everyone would be forgiven and someday go to heaven. So if that's not true, who did he die for? HE DIED FOR EVERYONE THAT IS WILLING TO RECEIVE HIM AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR. This is a free gift. You don't work for it or do anything for it. All you do is accept him. Where do you stand?

End of the season

Well as always it has been a while since I have posted anything. This has been an awesome year and the MX season has almost come to an end. The turnout has definitely went way down from past years due to the economy.
I hope things get better for everyone to allow the turn outs to get bigger again. This weekend will be the last State Race for this year at Legends in Half Way MO. I can't wait. Practice on Saturday, Church Sunday AM and then the races.
God has been good to us and has enabled us to make all the races again this year. I wasn't sure how we would do this year.
For anyone that has helped support our Ministry throughout this year a big Thank You and we pray God blesses you.
See ya soon.

Does God still heal people?

This is a subject that keeps coming up in our Bible study. One side says: God heals whom he chooses to heal. We can get sick because we are in a world where people get sick and sometimes God will heal us miraculously other times he does not . The other side says: Yes you can get sick, but God wants to heal all and the only reason you don't get healed is because of lack of faith.
I am not sure on what side you stand, but I do know where I stand. I know that God can heal everyone. I know there are scriptures in the Bible that mention sick people without mention of them being healed. There are many scriptures in the Bible that talk about people being healed. So do all get healed? NO.
Is it because of lack of faith? Could be. Is it because God in his sovereignty chose not to heal them for what ever reason? Could be. I believe that God guarantees us spiritual healing in the Bible, I do not believe he guarantees us physical healing here on this earth.
To tell a genuine believer that is trying to serve God with all his heart that he does not have enough faith to be healed I believe is cruel. It can destroy that individual.
Should we have more faith in God and trust in his healing touch? Yes. I think we do miss out many times.
But I also know that faith is a gift from God and it is nothing we can conger up. So as the Bible says, let us ask for more faith and God will give it to us as he sees fit. Then we can stand ready to receive it, be it more faith to trust in healing or whatever God has in store.
And if we do not see a healing, lets trust God that he knows what he is doing and lets not beat ourselves up over it.

Have faith in God, don't have faith in your faith.

God bless you.

P.S. If you want to discuss this feel free to let me know.