Please keep us in your Prayers!

Please keep us in your Prayers: (Paths to Run In will continue SOON!)

I want to let you all know what is going on with Kristy and the baby, before I head back up to the hospital. The Doctor today told her that the bleeding has slowed but that they were not going to let her out of the hospital until the placenta has no signs of bleeding for at least three days. She wants out of the hospital very bad but we are willing to do what the Doctor says. Today, we have been asked to take a tour of the N.I.C.U. in case we will be needing it. We want the baby to go full term but know it is all in Gods hands. We have full faith and trust in the Lord and know that Maverick is in Gods hands. Please keep us in your prayers. I will see everyone tomorrow morning at church. Pastor Aaron, Kristy & Taylor Family

Urgent, please wait and pray:

Thanks for your prayers! For those who are a part of our online prayer team, you may have heard and started praying. Some of you may not have heard but please continue to stand with us. It is currently around three thirty in the morning. Let me take you back to around 8:45 p.m. last night. I had just gotten home from work and Kristy was still at work waiting for a computer backup to finish. I had left work to go home and work on my Paths To Run In, so we could have a late evening together. Then I received a very disturbing call from my lovely wife. She said she was bleeding and was heading straight to Sacred Heart Hospital. Most of you know that she is seven months pregnant with our son Maverick. I had my computer open to our web site so I clicked on our prayer team button and simply said Kristy is bleeding, please pray and that I was headed to the hospital. We got there within a few minutes of each other. She was just being admitted. After they did an ultra sound and some tests they came up with this conclusion. She must have a tear in her placenta. This is causing the bleeding and making her contractions start and she was dilated to a one. The baby was healthy and the heart was beating strong. They gave her a shot of steroids to help the babies lungs develop. They also gave her meds to stop the dilation. If the bleeding stops, which it hasn't yet, she may be able to resume her pregnancy. If she keeps bleeding then they want to keep her from having the baby for at least forty eight hours so the steroids can help the babies lungs develop. She is just now getting some sleep. The contractions have stopped and it is just a wait and pray time. Please no one worry but do stand with us for God’s will to be done. This is a difficult time because of B.T.I. this weekend but we have such a great staff I know they will take care of everything. I am going to try and get some rest. I will let you know more tomorrow on the prayer line as well as this testimony line. Pastor Aaron

Jesus is able for you to live right!

The Kingdom provides abundant ability!

2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

Once again I want to deal with 2 Peter 1:1-9 and the Abundance God has for His people. The Kingdom of God is more than enough. It is a kingdom of abundance. Anyone entering/living in the Kingdom will have all that they have need of. There is provision in the Kingdom. It is ours by inheritance but that does not mean it is ours to neglect or abuse. Verse three says that God’s divine power has provided everything we need to live in this life and to live like Christ. Then, we get this explanative word. (through). The divine power for all we need comes through our knowledge of Him.
The word Knowledge is the same word used other places. The word knowledge is Greek in Peter and Hebrew in the Old Testament. But the definition has many of the same components. We can live with all that we need as our intimate relationship with Christ develops. This is why we must continually add to our basic faith in Christ. We have all that we need through our relationship with Christ. He called us to know him by the authority of His own glorious, perfection and the authority of His character.
What this one verse means to us today, is we have the power to be who God has called us to be. We can be led by His Spirit, we can meet the challenges of everyday as more than able in Christ Jesus. You have all that you need through Christ's ability. GO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THIS DAY BECAUSE JESUS IS IN YOU AND ARE ABLE! Pastor Aaron

Current Family & Ministry Update:
Yesterday, was a wonderful day. It didn’t start so well. Kristy woke up very sick, throwing up, and her body ached all over. She rested and slept most of the day. I am glad she is feeling better and I think she needed the rest no matter what. I started the morning by going to a chapel at Willamette Christian School for a Pastor’s Appreciation Chapel. It was wonderful to see the kids who had invited me and to see their faces light up. Today, I was reminded that what you can do in the lives of children matters the most and it really doesn’t take very much. Show a little care, go out of your way and it can mean the world to a child.
I went home to check on my lovely wife and to take her everything. I thought Wal-Mart might have that would make her feel better. I hate to see her not feeling well. She is such an amazing woman and it takes a lot to get her down. If you can please pray for her and that my rumbling stomach doesn’t get any worse. We are both needing to get things ready for B.T.I. this weekend.
The day was full and kept me very busy. Some days it seems like my main function is just problem solving. This was one of those days. I worked with Hudson on some T.V stuff and did four weeks of openings and closings for our television program. I pray that God uses these television messages to reach people and to go into places where the message of Christ might no go otherwise.
My daughter Lauren called because she was very excited to have a girl at school come to her and ask her about getting serious about her relationship with God. Lauren was excited to be able to minister to her.
Jet and Haley were so blessed to have my parents visit their school for grandparents day. Once again this shows how the investment you make in the lives of a child is very worth the effort.
Our mid week adult Bible study went well and was very exciting to hear the passion in people’s voices when they spoke of their love for Christ and their desire to follow Him. Worship, testimonies, the Word of God and the fellowship was all very fulfilling. Have a wonderful day and allow your knowledge of Christ to increase. Pastor Aaron

P.S. Check out the wonderful new testimonies of how God is working in the lives of people. There are new ones up today. Go to ww.4crossfire.com and click on testimonies.

Living in the Kingdom of Abundance:

Abundance!

I am sorry about not getting my devotions out to you the last few days. We have had some amazing days in the Lord this week.

Abundance: This is a word that drives us to think money when we hear abundance. 2 {Peter 1:2 let us know what real abundance really is. To associate true abundance with what money can buy is short sighted. True abundance is what money cannot buy. Look below AND KEEP IN MIND. God wants us to live in true abundance. The word means multiplied. Ever increasing. More. I say more Lord, more.

2 Peter 1:1-9 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

We all need money and God is faithful to take care of us. In God’s kingdom there is no lack. We must learn what real abundance is, so we can be trusted with financial abundance. Jesus is not a get rich scheme. He is faithful to us and keeps His promises. He gives us all we need but we will find what we need, as we begin to live in the Kingdom (begin being led by the Spirit). When you live in the Kingdom all you need and more is already yours. It isn’t about heaping unto yourself. It is about partaking in your inheritance. In the Kingdom of God, money is a tool to reach this world and provide for God’s people. Money honestly has nothing to do with real abundance. In the next few days I want to deal with this wonderful word abundance. God has called us to be blessed or in abundance. Be blessed as you learn to live in God’s Kingdom!

Current Life and Ministry Update:
Once again, I am sorry for my delay in getting devotions out to you all. I was so happy to deal with the subject Love and the Kingdom of God All of last week was awesome. I am excited for BTI youth camp, the upcoming March 15 message (on loving your enemies), as well as Resurrection Sunday. God is up to some great things. I am sorry that I left some of you hanging after my last update. I did finally get our horse buried. It was like he was singing that old song “ain’t no grave, gonna hold this body down—I’m gonna get up, get up, get up, out of this ground. This was one of those things you will never forget. I went to court and that went very well but I will be going back to court in May. God is being very faithful. One thing I had not mentioned was, I was in great need to refinance my home. I need to pay for the room additions to make extra space for our new addition, also give each of my wonderful children their own rooms. This loan would also help us get to July when we are hoping to begin receiving a salary again. Having no income for the last six months also makes getting a loan very difficult. People don’t like to loan to people who are not currently making any money. Praise the Lord, Sunday I was given a word from the Lord to just ask. This might be a little pre-mature, but it looks like this loan will be coming through. This is a huge weight off of me, (one I should have been letting Jesus carry all along). We had a great weekend. Sunday morning was great. I had a great time with everyone at our Sunday pizza fellowship. Sunday night worship night was better than I could have asked for. We had a great turn out and I believe everyone who came, found it very worth while.
Please pray for Kristy, she woke me up around four in the morning and asked me to pray for her because she was throwing up ad felt cold and had the chills all over her body. She things she go food poisoning. Please lift her up in prayer. Have a blessed day and trust Jesus all day long, He is trustworthy. Pastor Aaron