Meeting #110 Feb 1/2009 AUDIO LINK
Jesus
We know you are the son of god.
You lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
“God almighty showed mercy for us in that he allowed Christ to die for us.”
Jesus rose from the dead and now he lives in heaven with God his father.
He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with him in heaven if we accept him as our lord and savior.
Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except by me."
God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be his child. "As many as received him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe on his name."
Jesus we love you and we know you are our savior and the Son of God almighty in Heaven.
Thank you for giving us all what we need to survive every day!
In Christ name I pray:
Amen.
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #111 Feb 2/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Heavenly Father:
Thank you for all you blessings. We have everything we need, and you have watched over us all well.
Father please bless Stanley’s family tonight as they suffer the loss of their child Barb.
In times of great sorrow and loss of life, we need to remember teachings of the bible on this matter.
I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. St. John xi. 25, 26.
I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27.
WE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord. 1 Tim. vi. 7. Job i. 21.
Lord help Stan’s family through these challenging times, and let them know in their hearts that they will all be together again in Heaven.
Her suffering on Earth is over, and her Life with Christ is just beginning, Halleluiahs to God almighty and to Salvation through the blood of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #112 Feb 3/2009 AUDIO LINK
Dear God,
Help me to stay on track with the Lord’s will.
Humans usually have natural inclination to please and serve self, Help me not to live the way that is not pleasing to God.
Jesus bend our will and ways back towards you. Allow us to yield and cooperate with you and allow the Spirit of God to fill our Hearts.
Oh Lord please eradicate every thought pattern and activity promoting dependency on anything other you.
I will rely on you to attain security, salvation, or physical and emotional comfort.
I will not advance myself at the expense of others, or participate in hateful un-Godly acts.
In times of hardship and despair God test our resolve, but all he does out of Love.
He sees beyond the hurt to the outcome and we become more mature and faithful servants for having walked through trial.
Our loving Savior takes each hard step with us, offering guidance and comfort.
(Romans 8:28). Seeing the benefits He has brought about through my hardships, I can honestly thank Him for every period of brokenness I've experienced
The truth is that we all have areas in our lives where we need God’s help.
When we honestly look inward to discover wrong habits and thought patterns, our Heavenly Father help us identify those faults, and He will lead us down a path which is righteous and help us overcome and be renewed...
God let us all surrender to your will so we can become wise and useful servants.
Thank you God for another Day of Wondrous Life, and for the challenges each day bring.
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #113 Feb 4/2009 AUDIO LINK
Dear God,
I am trying as hard as I know how to please you.
Some people think that a person's Salvation depends on how much good he accomplishes in his lifetime,
Jesus died for us because He wants us to Bend back to him and salvation, and although I try to do Good Works I know it is not enough to earn a ticket to Heaven.
I know I am saved because of personal faith in Jesus Christ
What He did--namely, living a perfect life and dying for our sins--is what makes us right with God.
When we receive Jesus as our Savior, His completed work is credited to our account.
Our sin-debt is paid by His blood, and His righteousness is applied to us.
Friends I want you to know that we are saved not by what we do but by whom we trust--we can't add to or take away from Christ's finished work on the cross
I am not convinced that belonging to a church, reading the Bible, and praying are evidences of being a Christian.
These are important, but they're not what turns us into God's children.
We are adopted into His family when we acknowledge the insufficiency of our own efforts and embrace what Christ did for us.
At that moment, we are set apart for the Lord and belong to Him.
It is essential that our faith be grounded in biblical truth.
Receiving forgiveness of our sins, belonging to God's family, and dwelling with Him forever depend on it.
Let us all read the Holy Bible often so the Truth can reveal itself to us.
I pray that everyone who can hear my voice will seek the answers in the Bible.
Thank you God for another lesson about Salvation, may our hearts begin to stir with your Spirit:
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #114 Feb 05/2009 AUDIO LINK
Almighty God,
I wanted to pray with my friends tonight, but I wanted to use Bible verse instead of making up my own prayer like I always do.
I think I write decent prayers, but I would never be able to write anything like the next to authors.
So for everybody’s listening pleasure:
John 3,
16" For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son ,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. [g] 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."[
Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He
makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he
restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even
though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
[a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You
prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6
Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #115 Feb 6/2009 AUDIO LINK
Dear God,
The whole world has seem to become numb to sin.
We live in Sin everywhere we turn, but people just consider it the normal these days.
The Devil does not call sin by its real name. No one is really a sinner, he is just maladjusted, or his behavior is irrational.
No one is a drunkard anymore, he is an alcoholic, he is sick.
The devil never advertises through the wino or the skid row bum, it is always a glamorous person in a sophisticated situation with a glass in their hands, usually in the movies or the television. Unclean demons are in seedy looking bars, but clean demons are in nightclubs, breweries, and in suburban homes.
The Devil never shows the prostitute as a pitiable, diseased, drug addicted, unfortunate, person who is somebody’s daughter, or somebody’s sister, but as a glamorous call girl. He never shows a person in the last stages of cancer in the cigarette ads, but a cool cat singer, or rugged looking cowboy. Somehow he makes us feel like we must be nuts not to suck some fire into our lungs too.
If a person is troubled with a guilty conscience, he is under great stress, he has great anxiety, he doesn't need to repent, what he needs is a tranquilizer. People feel no need for forgiveness because their conscience is numb, and they have lost all sense of guilt.
No one is ashamed of anything anymore; the Devil will is being done.
Just look around you at the bumper stickers and it is evident people today are dominated by the Devil.
Read the daily newspapers, or listen to the news on radio, or television, and you hear of all kinds of murders, robberies, rapes,
child abuse, and none of these things are referred to by the word sin.
Many today are throwing fits on the highway; drive by shootings and what is called road rage complete with appropriate gestures, and none of this is called sin.
Almighty God let us all repent for all of these transgressions, and not become numb to the Sin that is around us all. Instead let us recognize our situation as bad, and try to help others that may also need forgiveness. Let us all bow our heads and praise God,
that us Christians still know what sin looks like.
Let us all read the Bible every Day, and keep Jesus Christ first in our lives.
An unknown author once wrote these words:
That holy book I’d rather own than all the world and gems
That ever in monarchs coffers shone, or all their diadems.
Yea, if the sea were crysolite, the earth one golden ball
And diamonds all the stars at night, That book is worth them all.
No soul has ever found relief in glittering bands of wealth
Gems dazzle not the eye of grief, gold cannot purchase health.
But here a blessed balm appears to heal the deepest woe
For those who read this book in tears their tears will cease to flow.
Thank you God for another important message for us all, Praises to Jesus Christ who sits at the thrown with God in Heaven:
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting # 116 Feb 7/2009 AUDIO LINK
Jesus,
Thank you for forgiving me for my sins.
I am a sinner and I know I fall short of the Glory of God.
I know that you died for me at Calvary, so that I might be forgiven for all my sins.
God I accept you as my savior and want you to help guide me to a better way of life.
You have always protected me, and given me the things in life I need, and I am grateful for everything Lord.
I know my past was wicked but because my faith in the Holy Bible, I know you will clean my sin debt, when I ask you to forgive me Jesus.
The book of Acts speaks of your sweet forgiveness Lord.
In Acts 2:38
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus
Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit.
Acts 5:31
God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give
repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives
forgiveness of sins through his name."
Acts 13:38
"Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the
forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.”
God we here on Earth are so lucky that you love us all as much as you do.
Thank you for all of creation God, and for helping us all through another day of Beautiful life!
Praise to you for your only Son Jesus Christ who has saved a wretch like me.
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting # 117 Feb 8/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Father in Heaven,
We live in a world that tries to run apart from you Lord.
Man always centers on his own desires.
I know if I live without Christ I will be under God's judgment for all eternity.
This also includes those who attend church but do not have a personal relationship with the Savior in Mathew 7:21-23 it is said,
21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers
As Christ's ambassadors, believers are to be prepared to share the gospel
(2 Cor. 5:17-21). 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21God made him who had no sin to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
Regularly take time to speak to others about what matters most. The most important issue in life is a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Let us all seek the Father Jesus Christ redemption, so that we can be Good Ambassadors of God until the day when this life comes to an end, and our new life in heaven begins,
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #118 Feb 9/2009 AUDIO LINK
God Almighty,
Today seemed to be full of disappointments. It seems when it rains it pours.
I found myself getting all upset about situations out of my control. I should know better than let things get the best of me, but I am still a human being, and I do things wrong often.
I should have turned to Jesus Christ today, but instead I let the Devil get the best of me, and I ended up shaking my fist, and voicing my opinions when I should have kept my mouth shut.
I am sorry to drift away from you God, and I know I could have used your help instead of trying to do things my way.
A believer who allows himself to drift will miss out on the joy and fulfillment of a rich relationship with the Lord.
I had to ask myself important questions, is your excitement about the things of God stronger than ever before? Or has it diminished over time?
Sometimes my spiritual fire needs stoking, and today was one of those days. Help me Lord to handle myself like a man, and keep my cool, and help me to allow the Holy Spirit to handle things I cannot.
Forgive me for my actions Lord, I know I was wrong.
I love you Jesus, and I am trying to be a better person, I know I have a long way to go, and I admit I need your help Lord.
Thank you for blessing me and forgiving me, and please bless all my wonderful friends, who have come here tonight to hear about your glorious love God.
God grant me
the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living
one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this
sinful
world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
In the name of Jesus I pray for forgiveness:
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting 119 Feb 10/2009 AUDIO LINK
Almighty God,
I pray tonight for all the ministers and reverends’ and priest in the world.
Being a preacher man is one of the most un-glorious jobs in the world.
Unless you are a shady preacher begging for cash in a big theater they call a church that is.
Everybody looks up to the preacher for advice and support, and when things are going good, well everyone is happy.
God I realize now though that this job also includes a lot of duties that well frankly stink.
Like how people turn on you when they build up walls around themselves as if somehow the preacher is not doing his job. Or when all a preacher can offer is pray when people are looking for more tangible help like cash, now, or support for their points of view, or expected to go along with things that you don’t agree with.
Yes God, I have discovered that I am just another person, who just stood up and said “You are my God, I love you”, and I tried to bring people together.
But the longer we gather the more that people drift away. I don’t know what more I can do as a human being, to be any more respectable, or loving, or to share equality across the entire human race. I cannot be part of things that are not Godly, and I will never ever take sides, or be part of a quarrel as they are not the way to resolve anything.
God please help me to bear the weight of the responsibility you have given me, and allow me to stand faithful even as the walls are crumbling down.
God you have always provided the things we need. I thank you for all your blessings.
Please place your hand on my shoulder Jesus when I am in doubt, and renew me, so that I may continue the work you have so graciously dispatched to me.
Bless all the club members past and present, and let them know they are always welcome in our house Lord.
In the name of God in Heaven I pray for support:
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting # 120 Feb 11/2009 AUDIO LINK
Today, we live in what could be called a society without a conscience.
Many feel no sense of wrongdoing at all as they participate in drive-by shootings, all manner of hideous murders being committed, and the criminal having no feeling of remorse whatever.
Paul speaks of these days when he tells Timothy about the character of men in the last days in First Timothy four, “For the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.”
Sometimes it seems futile to preach the message of Christ to a world today whose conscience has been seared as with a hot iron.
Few and far between are those who are persuaded.
God help us all remember the words of Paul again in Second Timothy three, “But know this that in the last days grievous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of self, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self control, fierce, no lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; holding to a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.”
In a world gone mad over sports, violent movies, drug addiction, alternate lifestyles in sex, passing out condoms to school children, murder by abortion, drive-by shootings, child abuse, and child abductions, I cannot help but feel that as far as the world in general is concerned, my message will only be heard by a very few.
God help us all to keep are faith alive and help us all avoid temptations, let us be honest and caring, and live up standing in a world that is not.
Our Character can be our defense against Satan, and all his Evil.
Thank you lord for helping us Daily,
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #121 Feb 12/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Father in Heaven,
In Jesus' Name, I give thanks for our country and our government.
I hold up in prayer before you the men and women in positions of authority.
I pray for all people in authority over us in any way. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord rests upon them.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
I receive your blessing and declare with my mouth that you are The Almighty God and Creator of the Heaven and the Earth, and that your people dwell safely in this land and that they prosper abundantly. We have much to be thankful for here in America.
Heavenly Father, I pray for President Obama that you may grant him a spirit of wisdom and revelation of insight into mysteries and secrets in the deep and intimate knowledge of God, by having the eyes of his heart flooded with light so that he can know and understand the hope to which you have called him.
I give thanks unto You Lord that the gospel is published in our land and that the name Jesus Christ is known by every man and women here.
The Word of the Lord prevails and grows mightily in the hearts and lives of the many good American people.
I give thanks for this land and the leaders that you God have given to us, in Jesus' Name.
I proclaim that Jesus is Lord over my country.
Amen.
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Scripture References:
Ephesians 1:17-21; Colossians 1:10-11;
Philippians 1:6.
Meeting #122 Feb 13/2009 Friday the 13th AUDIO LINK
My Heavenly Father,
Forgive me for being a whiny little crybaby, moaning and groining because my back hurts, or I am broke, or my job stress is getting to me.
For all the things I complain about, when I should just shut up and man up.
Compared to what Jesus Christ suffered at Calvary all of my pains combined equal nothing at all.
You will see people wearing jewelry which has the cross on it, but do they really have any idea what that cross symbolizes?
There are a lot of people who have no idea what it means to be crucified.
For Jesus it meant being flogged by two soldiers with leather whips with bone tips that ripped his flesh to shreds.
Is it any wonder why Jesus fell trying to carry his cross? He was beaten violently, and then made to carry his death device.
Crucifixion is the most horrible form of torture probably in the world. After having square spikes hammered through your hands of wrist, they add to the misery by driving another through your ankles. The square shape increases the pain levels dramatically.
The victim is forced to push upward on the spike in their ankles to be able to breathe.
Then the soldiers dropped your cross down into a hole which ripped you to pieces even further.
Jesus Christ the Holy Savior endured all of this for you, and I.
Even as his father our Creator turned away from him, He still suffered all of the pain as a human man, and he experienced the extreme torture that any other human man would have, so we might find favor again with God.
If Jesus would have chosen to come down from the cross, mankind would have once again been destroyed by God.
When I see a cross on a necklace or an ear ring, I don’t see jewelry, I see my Lord dying for me on a rugged cross, surrounded by haters, and mockers, and I feel like crying every time.
I am so sorry you had to endure such agony father. I love you and would gladly lay my life down for you to God.
Help us all to never forget what true suffering is, and let us all give thanks to the most glorious and loving savior Jesus Christ.
We truly all have been blessed. I will try to be thankful for every precious moment of my life, on a good day or bad.
"And let it be known: He who waits for Jesus’ return, and keep faith onto him to be the true Son of God; they will see heaven with their own eyes. "
"Lord Jesus, I believe you are the son of god!
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins.
Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life.
I ask you in to my life and heart to be my lord and savior.
I want to serve you always."
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #123 Feb 14/2009 Valentines Day AUDIO LINK
Dear God,
I was thinking about past history, and how cruelty and evil have been part of man’s life since the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge was eaten.
Slaveholders who abused the helpless, and wicked rulers who tyrannized entire race of people, as well as widespread instances of enslavement to emotional wounds and sinful acts, habits, and attitudes. People oppressed in this way cannot break free.
Thankfully, Christ came to earth to release us from captivity to sin. He said of Himself:
(Luke 4:18, 21).
18"The
Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the
Lord's favor."
My first step is to recognize that I am a sinner.
Second, I need to recognize the symptoms of sin like: insecurity, fear of failure, pride, and past abuse, anger, and other violations of God’s will...
Third, I need to trust the Lord to help, and believe that His Holy Spirit will enable me to do whatever is necessary.
God wants us to live our lives free of negative evil forces that blind us from the truth.
(John 10:10).
10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Fourth, ask God to help you, through the power of Jesus Christ.
God will answer by acting in your best interest.
God may immediately free you or it might take some time to heal, in which case a struggle might lie ahead.
Jesus knows what is best for each of us, and his blessings will enable you to experience freedom and abundance in life
Oh heavenly father we love you and trust in you, and we submit our lives to you, help us to succeed Jesus.
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting # 124 Feb 15/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Heavenly Father,
As I study the Bible more and more and also gain knowledge of the world through science, your magnificence is impossible to deny.
The very first line of the Holy Bible in Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
And in Genesis 14 it teaches us that you had invented the entire universe by the fourth day.
Genesis
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
So let us take a closer look at exactly what God accomplished in less than four days.
Almost all the stars in the Universe are collected together into galaxies. They can be small dwarf galaxies, with just 10 million or so stars, or they can be monstrous irregular galaxies with 10 trillion stars or more. Our own Milky Way galaxy seems to contain about 200 billion stars; and we're actually about the average for number of stars.
So an average galaxy contains between 1011 and 1012 stars. In other words, galaxies, on average contain between 100 billion and 1 trillion numbers of stars.
Now, how many galaxies are there? Astronomers estimate that there are approximately 100 billion to 1 trillion galaxies in the Universe.
So if you multiply those two numbers together, you get between 1022 and 1024 stars in the Universe. How many stars?
There are between 10 sextillion and 1 septillion stars in the Universe. That's an incredibly large number of stars.
The way Genesis describes God’s awesome power when it is stated “He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth” That statement alone Lets me know that he can just set the universe in place, how wonderful is that?
So the next time I feel like my problems are so big, or my life is so messed up know one can help me, I will remember the awesome power of my God, and never doubt that I am important to him.
He is watching over me, with as much love and care as he used when He set this whole Universe in place.
And by his hands anything is possible if I trust in his will.
Thank you Jesus for all you did for us all here on Earth. We all praise your father, our almighty creator, Hallelujah!
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright 02/2009
Meeting #125 Feb 16/2009 AUDIO LINK
Lord God,
Give us this day our daily bread, and lead us not into temptation.
Help us all to resist the things of the world that give temporary pleasure, and trade them for the things that give eternal Salvation. If I become angry and cuss and shake my fist, even if no one else may see me act this way, Jesus always see everything we do.
When I look at porno or lust for another women, nobodies knows but me right? Wrong, God knows what I was thinking. If I want to get high or get drunk even if I hideaway in my room, Jesus is standing right beside me, and his heart is heavy with sadness.
We can never have thoughts or experiences that our Savior is not having too. You see that spark called life which is your very soul, was given to you by almighty god, it is like a GPS, I like to call it the Gods Population System. It is a connection back to the holy spirit that feeds information to us and from us to God. Our very soul is a transmitter that sends reports about us twenty four hours a day. We cannot hide when our sin is sealing our fate.
Speaking about Temptation in
JAMES 1 12 -18 it is written:
12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
13When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. 17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
God we have been raised in sin, we live in sin, we are surrounded by sin, how can it be that I will be able to resist when men are such weak creatures to begin with?
Jesus offers us hope in John 14 1 thru 4
1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going."
So how can I feel better about myself, and feel more level headed at times?
James also answers this in James 1 19 thru 25
19My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. 21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
So I will try to do what the Bible teaches, and try to watch my tongue, and not let temptation rule over me.
Thank you God for giving us this wonderful lesson.
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright
Meeting #126 Feb 17/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Heavenly Father,
If I don’t know what to do and how to solve problems and fix things and, most of all, protect myself and my children from harm then you God are the one strong and good and reliable place of safety.
I will remain confident, calm and steady, holding to my Faith so even if all the walls can come tumbling down, and all the waves can break, and all the snakes can hiss and the lions roar and the wind blow, and there will still be a safe place in Jesus’ arms always to remain confident that my God will help me.
The battle to be confident is not just about us, it is also about the security of our loved ones.
It is about their sense of security and happiness if we are confident and reliable and safe for them, they will be much more likely to turn to God as their refuge in hard times too.
Proverbs 14 26-27
26 He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress,
and for his children it will be a refuge.
27 The fear of the LORD is a
fountain of life,
turning a man from the snares of death.
It says that the solution to fear is fear I wonder how that can be.
Fear of the Lord means fearing to dishonor the Lord, fearing to distrust the Lord, to fear anything that the Lord has promised to help you overcome, fear of the Lord is the great fear destroyer.
Isaiah 41:10
10
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Fear not, or you are sending a vote of no confidence against God's word.
If the Lord says, "I will never fail you nor forsake you," believe it to be true!
Hebrews 13:6
6So
we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
Isaiah 51:12 13,
12 "I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you that you fear mortal men,
the sons of men, who are but grass,
13 that you forget the LORD your
Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For
where is the wrath of the oppressor?
Pride is the exact opposite of the fear of God, do not be proud, instead fear God.
Fear dishonoring him. Fear distrusting him. Fear putting your solutions to the problem above his.
He says he can help. He is smarter. He is stronger. He is more generous. Trust him. Fear not to trust him.
Why? He works for those who wait for him
Isaiah 64:4.
4
Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
He will solve the problem. He will rescue the family. He will take care of the little ones. He will meet your needs. Fear not believing that.
Then you will have a strong confidence - not in yourself, but in the promises of God, which makes you tremble with fear not to trust.
We will trust in you always Lord, do with our lives what you will!
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright
Meeting #127 Feb 18/2009 AUDIO LINK
Almighty God,
Today started off like any other day. Get up at 6:00, make the coffee, hit the shower, and get myself ready for work.
All systems are go, and everything is ok.
You get to work and things start happening and the pressure starts to roll. I call another company on the phone I do business with, and their automated phone answering system is out of whack, and I try for over five minutes to get through but still no human just this stupid machine saying “I didn’t understand your last input, let’s try again”, and the old me would have pulled the phone out of the wall and threw it out the door.
I had very little patience for anyone or anything before I knew you Jesus. Today though the new me started laughing, I laughed so hard, I think I might have scared my co-workers, because I laughed so hard. It was hilarious listening to how dis-functional this stupid computer voice was, and its absolute inability to decipher the English language.
I thought how in the world this company can stay in business when the very core of their system was so screwed up. So here I am the new me laughing when I would have been cussing, and then it suddenly hit me. Jesus is starting to change me. He is molding me from the inside; He is capping my anger, and giving me the ability to laugh at Satan’s way of getting under my skin. Old Lucifer is losing his hold on me, and before long he will be absolutely defenseless against the Spirit of Goodness that burns like a flame in my heart.
So now I look at the bigger picture: The picture of American going straight down the drain.
The hopelessness in great plans devised by Officials who are supposed to have my best interest in mind.
America without God, without brotherly love, with segregation, and separation, and famine, and wars, and starvation, and sexual abuse to children, and as I begin to absorb all of this despair, I need to remember, I did not create this mess, I cannot do anything about it, I have to live through this whether I like it or not, I have to be part of the daily sinful world and all the despair it brings with it.
So I have decided to be happy and laugh about it. I am going to enjoy my life here on Earth keeping within the boundaries of God’s will, to the best of my ability. I am not going to worry anymore about a future I cannot change. What will be will be, but whatever the future brings, let it be God’s Will, and may Gods will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Let us all rejoice it the knowing that our father Jesus Christ will always be there to help us no matter how desperate things might get, always trust in Jesus and his father the creator of the Heavens and the Earth.
A happy man is the man who delights in the law of the Lord, and in His law doth he meditate day and night. This is the secret of the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, standeth not in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. He meditates on the law of the Lord day and night. It is more difficult to get the members of the church to do this than almost anything else. They will invest more time reading anything else but the Bible. It is easier to convince them not to rob a bank than to read the Word of God. The church can listen to a preacher editorialize on a verse of scripture for a hundred years every Sunday, and never know any more of the Word of God than when they started.
The happy man here is the one who meditates on the Word of God day and night. Only through this practice can a person be truly happy.
Psalms 40 8-12
8 "I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”
9 "I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know. "
10 " I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your loving kindness and Your truth
From the great assembly. "
11 " Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
Let Your loving kindness and Your truth continually preserve me. "
12 "For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me. "
Let us all give happiness and gladness back to God, as our thanks for his protection.
In Jesus Name, Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright Feb 18/2009
Meeting #128 Feb 19/2009 AUDIO LINK
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green
pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow
me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
My friends, Jesus said in
John 10 11-18
11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
Jesus was the Good Shepherd at the cross. He laid down His life for the sheep. Jesus died for you and me.
Jesus was the Good Shepherd when he was raised up from the dead, and was victorious over death.
A Prayer in Hebrews 13-20
20May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen
Jesus helps us all in living the Christian life.
John 10 14 – 15
14"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep
I will always try to continue to hear your voice always Jesus my Shepherd.
The Good Shepherd is coming back for the flock.
When that great day arrives, the Good Shepherd will call His sheep from the grave and they will head His voice and rise to follow Him into the eternal home.
John 10 27 – 30
27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one."
Our Heavenly Savior, who watches over us sheep, from Heaven above, thank you for your awesome love.
Thank you God for loving us all so very much, Glory to God on High!
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright
Meeting # 129 Feb 20/2009 AUDIO LINK
Brothers and Sisters,
Tonight I pray for forgiveness:
Jesus Christ is always there by your side. He always hears your prayers and He is the only one who can give you the keys to Heaven. Fear not into the night for Jesus will always be with you, his shed blood will shield you from evil, and his grace will deliver your sole.
Jesus rose from the dead and now he lives in heaven with God his father.
He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with him in heaven if we accept him as our lord and savior.
Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except by me."
God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be his child. "As many as received him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe on his name."
Jesus we love you and we know you are our savior and the Son of God almighty in Heaven.
Thank you for giving us all what we need to survive every day!
Jesus, I want to know you.
I want you to come into my life.
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin so that I could be fully accepted by you.
Only you can give me the power to change and become the person you created me to be.
Thank you for forgiving me and giving me eternal life with God.
I give my life to you.
Please do with it as you wish.
Amen.
Rev. Robert D Wright
Meeting #130 Feb 21/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our father in Heaven,
Thank you for sending Jesus Christ to us sinners here on Earth.
We know we all fall short of your glory father, and we would have been separated from you forever if Jesus had not died on that cross at Calvary.
We all are trying to be the best Christians we can, and we ask that you help us through every day Lord.
You always give us our “Daily Bread”, and usually you give us plenty, more than we need, and you give this often, and we know that every morsel of food, and everything we have, all are gifts from you Father.
We live in faith of you word Jesus, and we know if we remain strong you will return for us and take us to be with you and the Father in Heaven, forever.
Jesus said to the High Priest, Caiaphas, “Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Hear Paul as he tells us, “The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God.”
Listen to John in Revelation, “Behold He cometh with the clouds and every eye shall see Him yea and they that pierced Him.” Then Jesus said of Himself, “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father and then shall He render unto every man according to His works.”
Paul again said in Thessalonians, “In an hour that ye think not - the Son of man cometh.”
Remember the familiar statement of Jesus, “If I Go I come again.”
And then in the last chapter of Revelation He said three times, “Behold I come quickly, Behold I come quickly, Behold I come quickly.”
And then the last prayer in the Bible as prayed by the Apostle John, “Even so come Lord Jesus.” It is abundantly clear the Scripture teaches that Jesus is in fact coming again.
We have faith in those words, and we know Jesus of Nazareth, is the Christ and the living God, and we will see him with our own eyes.
Be always ready for the Second Coming, not to wager with your life. Give yee not into temptation, ask the Lord to let not your Heart be tempted, so you may not have your name written into the book of death, but instead be called forward by Jesus, from the book that gives life.
In the name of the Father and the Son,
Amen
Rev. Robert D Wright
Meeting #131 Feb 22/2009 AUDIO LINK
To our heavenly father above,
Thank you for your boundless love
You have given us all what we need
Inside our hearts Lord plant a seed
Give us hope and love and understanding
Provide for us daily without us panning
Fill our hearts with the spirit of God - Let temptation find us not
Get the Devil behind us Lord - For salvation we have sought
Give us today hope for the world
And all that dwell there in
That God will bless everyone
And keep them free from sin
Thank you God for your Son
Who gave us back our life
Who lives within us constantly
And fills our hearts with light
His bloodshed there at Calvary
My life begins anew
And now I get down on my knees
And give my thanks to you.
Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright 02/21/2009
Meeting # 132 Feb 23/2009 AUDIO LINK
Jesus,
We are all so very happy to be here with you tonight.
You are the positive force that drives all of us to do better in our lives.
We will trust in you Jesus, and we will not lean on our own understanding, but instead will allow the spirit of Jesus Christ to move in our lives, and deliver to us his wondrous bounties.
There is one who can always make things better. He can ease your suffering and give you hope, and dignity, and mostly salvation.
Jesus Christ is always there by your side. He always hears your prayers and He is the only one who can give you the keys to Heaven.
Fear not into the night for Jesus will always be with you, his shed blood will shield you from evil, and his grace will deliver your sole.
The Bible has come down out of Heaven, every sheet of it, and it has come even unto me. It is God’s personal message to me. Take the word of God personally.
In Matthew 5 Jesus Christ spoke to his apostles saying this:
3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Thank you Lord my forgiving me of my sins, and opening a new chapter in my life.
May all my friends also be as blessed as I am.
Jesus I love you, and I can’t wait to look into your eyes Lord.
In the name of the father who art in Heaven I pray,
Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright 02/23/2009
Meeting 133 Feb 14/2009 AUDIO LINK
Dear God,
Thank you so much for sending the Holy Bible. We all need to read and re-read the Bible because the Bible is the authoritative Word of God. His Spirit did the talking, no matter whose hand set down the message.
All throughout history Critics have tried to discount the Bible, and try to point out inconsistencies; even some very important and influential people of high positions have tried to say the bible was meaningless because it was written by multiple authors.
Reading the entire Bible reveals that each part is consistent even though God did allow for writers' differences in viewpoint and background but the various parts fit together, and fundamentally, they are all consistent.
It is critical for believers to trust in the inerrancy of the Scriptures.
A flawed book could only be the product of man's hand, but the Bible is the authoritative Word of God.
His Spirit did the talking, no matter whose hand set down the message.
Did you know that when the scriptures were written there were no chapter and verse divisions?
It was not until the middle twelve hundreds that the Bible had chapter divisions and not until the middle fifteen hundreds that there were verse divisions.
So the Holy Bible has seen numerous changes over the Centuries, but The message remains stead fast.
A song about the Word of God by unknown author said this:
Mid the storms and doubts of unbelief we fear;
Stands a book eternal, that the world holds dear.
Through the restless ages it remains the same,
‘Tis the book of God and the Bible is its name.
The old book and the old faith are the rock on which I stand.
The old book and the old faith are the bulwark of the land.
Through storm and stress they stand the test,
In every clime and nation blest,
The grand old book and the dear old faith,
Are the hopes of every land.
The BIBLE – BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH
Let us all become very familiar with the BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH
So that when we cross over our father Jesus Christ will be very happy with us!
Amen
Meeting # 134 Feb 25/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Heavenly Father,
It was encouraging to the New President of the United States of America, close his State of the Union address last night with “God bless us all, and God bless America”
I pray that all the leaders of Washington pay attention to the masses of Christians who still believe in God and want him to be the Major Part of any system we as Americans devise.
God has always been good to America, and it is about time for people to stop bashing my God, and open their ears to the spirit. God is the only one that can help any Nation, and any Nation that fears God will prosper.
Ronald Regan said it best when he said “A nation that rejects God, will be a nation lost”
There are still a lot of us Americans out here that are willing to fight for God, Freedom, Honor, and Country, and we are getting sick and tired of God bashers. You don’t hear us going around trying to make Atheist act any certain way, or for that matter being a Christian that I am, ensures that I will not evade on the privacy of another, or try to force you to do, act or believe anything, so get your noses out of Gods business.
Dear Father in Heaven, I still don’t know the author of this song, but it is on our Web Site God, right on the very first page, and I hope every American can watch the video, because it is our way of saying we love you god. I dedicate this song to Jesus Christ...
The words go like this…
“You place your hand on his Bible
when you swear to tell the Truth.
His name is on greatest monuments
And all our money too
And when we Pledge Allegiance
There’s no doubt where we stand
There’s no separation we’re One Nation Under Him
In God we still trust
Here in America
He’s the one to turn too, every time the going gets rough
He is the source of all our strength, the One who watches over us
Here in America… in God we still trust.
Now there are those among us who want to push him out
And erase his name from everything this country’s all about
From the Schoolhouse, to the courthouse they’re silencing his word.
Now it’s time for all believers to make our voices heard.
In God we still trust
Here in America
He’s the one to turn too, every time the going gets rough
He is the source of all our strength, the One who watches over us
Here in America… in God we still trust.
Here in America….”
We do trust you Almighty God, and we will always try to walk in the light of the Son Jesus Christ, or sweet and precious Savior…
Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright Feb 25/2009
Meeting # 135 Feb 26/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Heavenly Father,
I work with a really nice old German man named Helmut. Helmut was telling me about his life as a young boy in Germany, during World War ONE. He had to do all kinds of terrible jobs just for a scrap or two of food, or candy, or cigarettes, or whatever the German Soldiers would give them.
His country was completely destroyed from Allied bombings, and his mother and father and his family lived in the very worst time in History in the hardest place to be, and the hardest time, and Helmut still left Germany as a God fearing man.
He is a Catholic but God we still share one common believe, the belief that Only Jesus Christ can save us.
He is a very religious man and somewhat emotional, I have seen tears in Helmut’s eyes on more than one occasion. That is because Helmut has seen every atrocity possible, and being a German himself had to watch as his country first conquer, then be conquered. I really respect anyone who has seen such wickedness but still can be soft spoken, kind and loving as he is. He is a very special person Lord and I ask that you continue to bless him and all the German people who had to experience this.
God it is hard to believe that some people can be so strong, even when the times are the worst.
You have always been there to protect Helmut and his family, or he would have had an allied bomb is his front door so many years ago. You always watch out for us Christians who accept you as the Father and the Son, and who are faithful to your word.
Thank you for bringing people like Helmut into my life, he has always been an inspiration to me.
He has never drifted away from the Spirit of Goodness which each man’s Heart contains.
Do not drift from God’s love. He is calling out to you right this moment to embrace him, He loves you, and will always stand by you, even as the bombs are dropping.
You may have drifted far away from where you should be.
The years pass, and you are not aware of it.
The gospel song says:
"You are drifting from the shore; leaning on an idle oar.
You are drifting slowly drifting down.
You are drifting with the tide
To the ocean wild and wide.
You are drifting slowly drifting down.
You are drifting, drifting down
To the dark and awful sea, you are drifting down
From the Father’s loving care
To the blackness of despair.
You are drifting slowly drifting, drifting down. "
We will stay steady in your love God and dwell upon your Spirit day and night, so that we may never drift away.
Let us all be ready for the Lord God's return.
Matthew 25:1, “And when the Son of man shall come in His glory and all the angels with Him, then shall He sit on the throne of His glory.”
God came down from heaven once and He will come down from heaven again. Do not allow your attention to drift away from God.
While we today have heard about Jesus, and read about Jesus, we have never seen Him face to face. However that day will come, because John tells us in 1st John the third chapter,
“We know that when he shall appear we shall see him as he is, and not only that, we shall be made like Him.”
We will always try to remain happy and hopeful, even in the worst of times, Like Helmut’s family, we in-trust our future to you God and We will stand ready for your return:
Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright 02/26/2009
Meeting # 136 Feb 27/2009 AUDIO LINK
My God,
Every day I praise you.
Psalm 145
You are
good and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.
The Lord lifts up all who are falling
and raises up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
and you give them their food in due season;
You open your hand and satisfy the desire
of every living thing. Psalm 145
Glory to the Father. . .
Psalm 51
Have mercy
on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
A clean heart create for me,
O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your holy spirit take not from me.
Cleanse me of sin with hyssop,
that I may be purified;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear the sounds of joy and gladness;
the bones you have crushed shall rejoice.
Ephesians 4:29-32
Never let evil talk pass your lips; say only the good things people need to hear, things that will really help them. Do nothing that will sadden the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed against the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, all passion and anger, harsh words, slander, and malice of every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.
Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright 02/27/2009
Meeting #137 Feb 28/2009 AUDIO LINK
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us, Lord, from every evil,
and grant us peace in our day.
In your mercy keep us free from sin
and protect us from all anxiety
as we wait in joyful hope
for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
For the kingdom,
the power,
and the glory are yours
now and forever.
Amen
Rev. Robert D. Wright 02/28/2009
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